Topic: 2017 in Music

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

I've had the Kozelek one on a few times and I quite like it. More than the last one anyway. I kind of tune in and out. There's a ridiculous amount of lyrics to take in, the vibe is slowly reeling me in though. Boxing, disaster, touring, death, music, all his usual topics.

The Spoon track is cool, still looking forward to the whole LP.

Hand Habits album is good too.

[Nick110581]

Saw Band Of Horses on Thursday night.

Absolutely brilliant gig - really tight sound and played a cover of Powderfinger. Loved it.

[Brooklyn]

The Ought frontman released a solo record, and it's pretty great.

[jooneyisdagod]

The Ought frontman released a solo record, and it's pretty great.

It's fucking great actually. Nice one.

[MOZ]

Whether you like flamenco or not, this album is well worth checking out.

Rosaliá has a remarkable voice and this album is great mix of traditional flamenco and modern infliuences. It's really well mixed and produced as well.

Give it a go.

[Raaphael]

Whether you like flamenco or not, this album is well worth checking out.

Rosaliá has a remarkable voice and this album is great mix of traditional flamenco and modern infliuences. It's really well mixed and produced as well.

Give it a go.

I like this. Just been to Spain as well. Exactly something like this I`m looking for.

In other genres I`m really looking forward to albums by Mastodon, Mark Lanegan and The Black Angels.

[Nick110581]

The Ought frontman released a solo record, and it's pretty great.

Very Lou Reed esque. Listening again now.

Sounds great on first few listens.

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

The Sun Kil Moon one, 'Philadephia Cop', where he's moaning about music journalists with the mini skit where the bloke is talking about going to SXSW and being friends with 'Doctor John Misty' and then he gets a text from Sufjan Stevens Fucking hell he's so bitter but it really tickled me.

Going to give the new Dirty Projectors a listen, don't think I've ever heard anything by them. Selective deafness is what I seem to have.

[jooneyisdagod]

The Sun Kil Moon one, 'Philadephia Cop', where he's moaning about music journalists with the mini skit where the bloke is talking about going to SXSW and being friends with 'Doctor John Misty' and then he gets a text from Sufjan Stevens Fucking hell he's so bitter but it really tickled me.

Going to give the new Dirty Projectors a listen, don't think I've ever heard anything by them. Selective deafness is what I seem to have.

I know you like him mate, but it is JUST SO BORING.

[cloggypop]

Kevin out of Truman's Water is one of the supports for Nightingales on Thursday. Boss stuff.

[Venton]

Looking forward to the new Jane Weaver album, the sample is great.

https://janeweaverfire.bandcamp.com/album/modern-kosmology

[RedmeisterOZ]

I like this. Just been to Spain as well. Exactly something like this I`m looking for.

In other genres I`m really looking forward to albums by Mastodon, Mark Lanegan and The Black Angels.

The Black Angels: "Death Song", released 21 April 2017

[Raaphael]

The Black Angels: "Death Song", released 21 April 2017

They`ve released a single.

I like the "Nocturne" single from Mark Lanegan`s new album. Great. 

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

The Black Angels: "Death Song"

Still purely milking the VU connection there

[jackh]

Anyone into Conor Oberst?

Looks like the book is truly closed on Bright Eyes now, and he's focusing on his solo career.

His new record, Salutations, is due out in a couple of weeks - a couple of tracks here:

A Little Uncanny:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/3eJCyJ8vhJM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/3eJCyJ8vhJM</a>

'Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/D627Jv_dKlA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/D627Jv_dKlA</a>

The demos for this album actually led to the release of a 'prequel' to this album...a stripped-back version, titled Ruminations.  A track here:

Barbery Coast (Later):

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/fyJucQrCZWE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/fyJucQrCZWE</a>

Saw him play a low-key set at Manchester's Albert Hall last month - hoping he returns with a band set up at some point later in the year.

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

The Black Angels: "Death Song", released 21 April 2017

Playing Liverpool Psych Fest, too. Looks like a good line-up.

[RedmeisterOZ]

'English Tapas' - Sleaford Mods (released 3 March 2017, Rough Trade Records)

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

'English Tapas' - Sleaford Mods (released 3 March 2017, Rough Trade Records)

The posty just arrived with my copy (a day early!) Can't wait to give it a spin!

[Sir Psycho Sexy]

Lorde's new track is out - 'Green Light'

[Mr Dilkington]

And it is fucking amazing. She's phenomenal.

[Kop307]

Brilliant. Every single track.

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

Been a cracking week for new music. The new Brokeback album (Douglas McCombs from Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day) is probably the best they've done. Very Tortoise esque, but with added middle-eastern/lounge influences. Really odd, but it works just fine.

Grails have also killed it with their new album. It could well be the perfect comedown album after tripping on psychedelics. Seeing them next week and can't wait.

King Woman might just be the best thing I've heard this year. They've basically mastered the doom/psychedelic/shoegaze crossover thing. Beautiful and brutal at the same time. Chip and Filler - reckon you lads might dig this.

Got the new Sleaford Mods, Pissed Jeans and Six Organs of Admittance ready to go. Can't wait!

[IanZG]

Brilliant. Every single track.

Not a fan of this type of music, but it's a great album on first listen. Look forward to playing it a bit more next week.

[RedmeisterOZ]

New one from Mogwai in the pipeline. No release date yet.

[Brooklyn]

Fans of slackery indie rock should like this. Couple of songs from a full length to be released later this year.

https://strangeranger.bandcamp.com/

[DrTobiasFunke]

Not seen any mention of the Jesca Hoop or Julie Byrne albums in here. Think they're two of the best this year so far.

Slightly disappointed in the Dirty Projectors new one after the first couple of listens having really liked their previous album.

Pleasantly surprised with Stormzy, saw him at Glastonbury last year and didn't get the hype but might have appreciated it more if I'd listened to his stuff beforehand. Too bad he's a Manc though!

[Brooklyn]

Couldn't get into the Julie Byrne record as much as I wanted to. Natural Blue is a killer track though.

On the other hand, that Jesca Hoop release is ace.

[KERRYKOP]

Blanck Mass - World Eater is brilliant, best thing I've listened to so far this year

[Nick110581]

Just en route back from Copenhagen.

Brilliant city and saw Hamilton Leithauser, Andy Shauf and Band Of Horses, which were all brilliant in their own right. Great venues and people too.

[Djozer]

Blanck Mass - World Eater is brilliant, best thing I've listened to so far this year

Yeah, I've been liking this too. Very Fuck Buttons, unsurprisingly, which is never a bad thing.

Pangs by Alasdair Roberts is pretty great and the new Thundercat album is enjoyably mental.

[KERRYKOP]

Pangs by Alasdair Roberts is pretty great and the new Thundercat album is enjoyably mental.

Is the next on my list along with Jens Lekman and Pissed Jeans. Time to get listening on the new stuff...

[jooneyisdagod]

I'm at a Frankie Cosmos gig at a record store. It's so packed that there are more people outside than inside. She sounds lovely too.

I can't be arsed to change my Tapatalk settings because my time is more important than yours

[FlashingBlade]

.... and the new Thundercat album is enjoyably mental.

Good , as I decided to get it on basis of one track Ive heard....Im also thinking of splashing out on following:

English Tapas - Sleaford Mods
Drunken Songs - Julian Cope
Republique Amazon - Les Amazones D'Afrique

Groovy times ahead!

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Going to be another year where I won't have time to listen to it all I think!

Had the Dirty Projectors one on. I admired it, not sure I enjoyed it.

Surely Bill Callahan must be due a new one soon?

[MOZ]

Currently enjoying:

Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway



Exquirla - Para quienes aún viven (collaboration between post-rock band Toundra and Flamenco singer Niño de Elche)



Max Richter - Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works (music from the Virginia Woolf-inspired ballet)

[Brooklyn]

Interesting record from a band called Thelma... sounds a bit like Fiona Apple, but weirder. A promising debut.

[telekon]

Just en route back from Copenhagen.

Brilliant city and saw Hamilton Leithauser, Andy Shauf and Band Of Horses, which were all brilliant in their own right. Great venues and people too.

Copenhagen is nice in general, it's where I'm working since last year.

Went to two gigs in Malmö over the weekend. Holy Now, my new favourite band played on Friday, and Eggstone making their first gig in 20 years I think. They marked the occasion by teaming up with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and it was pure bliss. In case you're not aware of the indie scene in the 90's, Eggstone built Tambourine Studios were The Cardigans recorded basically all of their stuff as well as Superheroes and bob hund.

I'm at a Frankie Cosmos gig at a record store. It's so packed that there are more people outside than inside. She sounds lovely too.

Were you in Brooklyn? While I liked the concert last year I can almost imagine here being better in a record shop.

[NotBeenInAigburthSince2008]

I know you like him mate, but it is JUST SO BORING.

I think the last thing I'd ever describe Kozelek as is boring. However, I think he reached his creative peak with Admiral Fell Promises and that left nowhere to go, unless he just rehashed it. Since then he's completely reinvented himself and been very hit and miss. Among the Leaves was largely crap. Benji is a masterpiece and Universal Themes is patchy (though Birds of Flims is one of his best songs ever). The new one is......challenging.

[jooneyisdagod]

Were you in Brooklyn? While I liked the concert last year I can almost imagine here being better in a record shop.

Haha I wish I was in NYC. It was just in Brisbane, where she played the record store gig. And you're right, she sounded great in the venue. The arrangements are so sparse that it almost makes sense to play in such a stripped down venue.

Speaking of Brisbane, there's a rad new dance band that I mentioned a few pages ago. They're called Confidence Man and honestly, it shouldn't work. Sugary pop lyrics, 80's funk and synth beats, fake names and a well-rehearsed stage act. BUT... it just fucking works for some reason that I cannot understand yet. Maybe because it's just so much fun. They might be playing some UK gigs in the next couple of weeks. 

[Cassiel]

Afternoon chaps. Not been round these parts for a while. But I can heartily recommend this. Ticks all my Go-Betweensy boxes. Just so, so good

https://open.spotify.com/album/5H8zSetgD2jMKj8Oo3981G