Happy ... er ... new year, it's the 2023 album recommendations thread!

[SpookyFrank]

There's a posthumous Sparklehorse album, Bird Machine, out in September.

 

[Hollis]

Really? I thought it was mostly pretty dull. I'd hoped for some sort of return to form with proper drums and heavy guitar riffs but as usual it's mostly vocal warbling and soft percussion, spacey gentle guitars etc. - fine if that's your thing but it's too far removed from the early stuff I used to love.

I think it's a bit of a grower... there's some really good stuff on it..

 

[contadino]

Jazzy bit of afrobeat anyone?

2nd time I've played this today. Suffice to say it's really good. Tony Allen and Adrian Younge. I think I heard an interview with Adrian Younge about this album maybe around about the time Tony Allen died, but I completely forgot about it. Luckily it popped up on my feed this morning.

 

[flypanam]

Haven't listened to a lot of new stuff this year so far but picked this up back in june, only got round to listening to it last week. Its a grower in a very off kilter way



also looking forward to Fat Tony's return

 

[stavros]

A nice bit of electro-ambient from Loscil. It's free too, with the option to pay if you want.

 

[The39thStep]

Clientele album is great

 

[Indeliblelink]

Some warm & fuzzy ambient prog electronics from Prague.
Binaural Space - Togetherness

 

[braindancer]

I've been listening to Anthony Naples' new album Orbs a lot. His older stuff was very dancefloor focused but this is very down-tempo. First half almost has a trip-hop vibe, whilst second half gets into more of a dub techno sound. Very nice

 

[stavros]

Anyone else heard the new one by Paris Texas?

 

[May Kasahara]

Really enjoying Jepsen's new one, The Loveliest Time.

 

[nogojones]

Another new one from the prolific Lee Scott

 

[neonwilderness]

There were rumours circulating that the gig might have been her last - but I've no idea whether there's any truth in that...

She was on Desert Island Disks today and confirmed that this is probably her last album. “I think that must be it now, surely”

Desert Island Discs - Shirley Collins, folk singer - BBC Sounds

Shirley Collins, folk singer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[magneze]

New EP from E.M.M.A.

 

[Dr. Furface]

I've been listening to Anthony Naples' new album Orbs a lot. His older stuff was very dancefloor focused but this is very down-tempo. First half almost has a trip-hop vibe, whilst second half gets into more of a dub techno sound. Very nice

It deserved a better summer!

 

[mwgdrwg]

Might be my album of the year, perfect pop and guitar riffs from Chris Farren, it's such a summer joy...

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Swans - The Beggar

Giving this a proper listen finally, it's not quite up there with their best but still pretty good. A 43-minute-long track probably lands squarely on the side of self-indulgence though...

 

[braindancer]

Giving this a proper listen finally, it's not quite up there with their best but still pretty good. A 43-minute-long track probably lands squarely on the side of self-indulgence though...

I've not managed to get through it yet - I've tried it a few times but given up each time. It's probably me who has the problem rather than the record though .

 

[belboid]

Exbats - Song Machine out on October 13

https://bandcamp.23video.com/9891472.ihtml/player.html?token=299fc7b622e68a4c63c2ebc3ad09e506&source=embed&photo_id=87611141

 

[braindancer]

Absolutely tearing punky black metal (or blackened hardcore if you will ) from Calligram - seriously good:

 

[hitmouse]

A top 40 list from the first half of 2023:

Our 40 Favorite Albums of 2023 So Far

From billy woods to boygenius Fever Ray to Feist to Jessie Ware to Jason Isbell to Lana Del Rey to Liturgy, here are our 40 favorite albums of 2023 so far...

www.brooklynvegan.com

I'm pretty sure I've listened to that Jessie Ware one once.

 

[hitmouse]

This is one of those threads where killer b's absence is really noticeable, come to think of it.

 

[MBV]

Yes I really like his recommendations.

 

[braindancer]

This is one of those threads where killer b's absence is really noticeable, come to think of it.

Agreed! His ability to sort the wheat from the chaff was very much appreciated.... and sorely missed.

 

[braindancer]

A top 40 list from the first half of 2023:

Our 40 Favorite Albums of 2023 So Far

From billy woods to boygenius Fever Ray to Feist to Jessie Ware to Jason Isbell to Lana Del Rey to Liturgy, here are our 40 favorite albums of 2023 so far...

www.brooklynvegan.com

I'm pretty sure I've listened to that Jessie Ware one once.

I've checked out some of these, in summary I say:

bar italia - nope
billy woods & Kenny Segal - YES!
Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA! - nope
Everything but the Girl - nope
Kelela - Raven - YES!
Liturgy - nope
Mandy, Indiana - maybe
Parannoul - nope

 

[hitmouse]

I've checked out some of these, in summary I say:

bar italia - nope
billy woods & Kenny Segal - YES!
Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA! - nope
Everything but the Girl - nope
Kelela - Raven - YES!
Liturgy - nope
Mandy, Indiana - maybe
Parannoul - nope

Mandy are the only one of those I've seen live (at a festival), they were pretty good but I'm not sure how much I'd go out of my way to hear more of them.

 

[stavros]

Absolutely tearing punky black metal (or blackened hardcore if you will ) from Calligram - seriously good:

There's a wonderful surrealism with equating black metal recommendations with Mick Hucknall.

 

[braindancer]

There's a wonderful surrealism with equating black metal recommendations with Mick Hucknall.

I'll let you into a secret - I'm not actually Mick Hucknall

I forget actually that I have Mick's face on here - I think I stuck him on around 15 years ago!

 

[hitmouse]

As a result of that list, I've now got around to listening to Peppers from Ocean Boulevard, and I am shocked to find that LDR has written an actual bop again:

Should I let this lure me into listening to the rest of DYKTATUOB, or is the rest of it all just going to be the same plinkyplonky piano bullshit?

 

[stavros]

Anyone fancy almost 8 hours of Autechre live?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Full album from Super Furry Animals' techno-pop wing Das Koolies in September. New track out now...



stavros