Port-Royal, loved their atmospheric style of electronic shoegaze throughout the 2000s and it was a great shame they never got the same exposure as the likes of M83 or Beach House. They came back a few years ago and released this sublime album, would love to catch them live one day!
Freddie Quell
Mark Eitzel The Go Betweens Jean Grae Microdisney Japan Electrelane Ka Roland S Howard Life Without Buildings Mark Mulcahy The Feelies Felt John Foxx Laura Nyro The Lucksmiths Dr Feelgood
Not sure I’d rate it quite as highly as this but thought it was the best thing Scott had done in ages
Really? I was just daydreaming about this last week!
Still got an intro playlist I put together for a friend on Spotify if you want to give it a listen!
This is actually a good place to remind anyone of Broken Twin (melancholic piano singer songwriter, similar to Soap & Skin, one album from 2013), who has now reverted to her real name, Majke Voss, and looks likely to release something this year
Alexander Tudor’s piece on songs ohia is the best thing the site ever put out imo
It was actually the ‘Beginner’s Guide To Sadcore’ that tipped me off . I thought I knew that ‘genre’ well but I found a lot of new favourites from that piece.
I miss DiS !!
Think I wrote something about Low for it. Was all good stuff anyway. I was actually going to write a book about slowcore called “Be Quiet: You’re Making A Scene” but I realised I’m not a very good writer
I would have bought that!
Alexander’s piece helped me prioritise what to buy from the sprawling discography. But bought it all in the end. Love his solo acoustic albums.
I feel like The Decemberists deserve more acclaim than they receive. The Crane Wife is a near-10/10 album.
Also, Belle and Sebastian (fuck you all)
Just a Mumford and Sons rip off ain’t they?
Big yes for Japan
Japan are miles better than Talk Talk. Yeah, that’s right - I said it.
Have you got those half speed vinyl remasters of Tin Drum and Gentlemen Take Polaroids? I swear they are the most amazing sounding records ever.
yes yes yes
My knowledge of the Books is still faaaaaiiirrlly limited (they used to come on my last.fm a lot as a teenager and that got me interested enough to finally start slowly going through their albums when bandcamp made them available) but their music is so innovative, strange yet listenable, and also a snapshot of a different age in a way (in terms of the sort of stuff they’re sampling)
They’re not lacking for fans, but beyond the classic metal press, I don’t think Iron Maiden get anywhere near enough critical recognition. Beyond their obvious 80s heyday, their post-2000 renaissance years have yielded incredible material.
