Kylie Minogue - Tension II
Follow up to the her career re-emerge from last year.
Talliah -Gramayre
2nd LP from the Scottish electro wizzard. Single was a lot more melodic than the more recent banging efforts.
Confidence Man - 3AM (LA LA LA)
The aussies are back!
American Football - American Football (Covers)
Covers album of one of the ATD midwest emo albums. Includes covers by Iron & Wine, Manchester Orchestra and a superb Ethel Cain cover of For Sure
Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol
4th and final LP. Didn’t enjoy the last LP, but hope this is a good end to them. Probably won’t be.
W H Lung
Karl Blau - Vultures of Love
A modern country rock record. Recalls smog or Silver Jews at points.
Karl Blau has forever been that of a polyglot, bending funk and folk and pop and punk into experimental forms with total glee. Vultures of Love begins with a mind-walk on horseback through deserted canyons where the devil is the only judge as you ride side-saddle. Then let my voice escort you up the surf-y coast where we do some time gamblin’ with our lives on the first single, the durgy, pop canon - “Pasadena.” Followed by avant barn burners that stick to your ribs, “Taxes” and “Who.” Watch out for that sauce of the hot saxophones! As the record progresses with a mix of smooth and chunky crunk, it gets down to business with “Back on Track” - a boogie- woogie like JJ Cale mixes with Dr. John before you flip the record to be welcomed by a jaunty instrumental full of biting hooks, pounding bass and unapologetic synths. “While the Night Is So Long” harkens back to 90s pop which gives way to the title track - a sensuous pop tale of carrion devotion to their bacterial counterparts. And just when you think you’ve heard all the genres an album could float, I take us deep into 60s Meters funk and then leave you with a tropicalia inspired send-off peppered with synth chirps and homemade timpanis and a guest vocalist
I could probably post 20 albums today - it seems like yet another huge release day.
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Really enjoyed her debut, but subsequent albums just haven’t clicked for me - reviews are making me think this might be a return to form
Jabu - A soft and gatherable star
Boomkat describes this as hazed dreampop and burnished bass inspired by classic Cocteau Twins via A.R. Kane - essential listening for fans of HTRK, Rat Heart Ensemble.
Various Artists - Virtual Dreams II - Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999
LOVED volume 1 - this compilation was being worked on by Music From Memory boss Jamie Tiller up to his untimely death last year.
Christopher Owens - I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
Former Girls frontman with first solo LP in nearly a decade.
Svaneborg Kardyb - Superkilen
Not sure how to describe these chaps. Downtempo slightly jazzy instrumental music? I loved Over Tage from a couple of years ago so very excited for this.
Porridge Radio - Clouds in the sky they will always be there for me
Good band, shite name. Emotionally fraught Brighton indie rock carried by a great vocalist
High Vis - Guided Tour
Hardcore band turned indie anthem makers. Follow up to 2022 DiS favourite Blending.
It’s this and Japandroids for me today.
Nap Eyes - The Neon Gate
Cerebral indie rock from Halifax (Nova Scotia)
Silverbacks - Easy Being a Winner
3rd record from energetic Dublin art-rockers
Hildegard - Jour 1596
Outsider Quebecois pop
Oliver Coates - Throb, Shiver, Arrow of Time
Cello and electronics
Happy Dawnwalker Friday.
Dawnwalker - The Unknowing
Less metal and more prog this time.
This Confidence Man record is pure, unfiltered top-40 90s dance glowstick hands in the air nostalgia pilfering. It steals from everything
I’m here for it
I’m hearing:
Kylie
Underworld
Opus III
St Etienne (ofc)
The Beloved
Crystal Waters
Zig & Zag
lots of Dee-Lite
No time for caution - Thief in the grove.
Post rock
Before Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Lyndsey Buckingham made an album called Buckingham Nicks. This is that album remade
^ no beehive on this lad’s head
Happy conman day to all who celebrate x
What a fucking release day
The Necks - Bleed
LP Giobbi - Dotr
Second album of feelgood vocal house/pop from US producer Leah Chisholm, who my 11-year-old DJ niece is massively into. Not a million miles away from Joe Goddard.
O’o - Songs Of Wishes and Bones
Offbeat electronic French pop. Really loved their last album, and this sounds good from the songs I’ve dipped into.