#81

Sounds a bit like an MOR late era a-ha to me, except worse. All very forgettable.

#82

This is banging!

#83

I’m very pleased to admit that I don’t know what late era aha sounds like, but it does not sound like a compliment!!

I think the thing I liked about the maccabees was the sense of urgency in their music which couldn’t be more lacking in this record if it tried.

#84

That Nihiloxica album is top banana. I’m now in a Ugandan drum trance after listening to it on repeat for four hours. Brilliant recommendation.

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#85

Yep all of this^

nice one @Gert !

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#86

Had pretty much the same experience with it today. Completely rushed over me, but in a good way. Great record

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#87

i’m a real sucker for this kind of easy listening piano led jazz - i must have listened to this about 20 times so far since friday. love it.

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#88

Happy Thursday everyone!

Run The Jewels were miles ahead of everyone else last week, followed by Muzz and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Bit of a quieter week this week, what’s everyone enjoyed?

  • Animali - May D. Kay (somewhere between Electric Guest and Radiohead)
  • Bibio - Sleep On The Wing (Nice instrumental folk. Trad with modern twist)
  • Built To Spill - Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston
  • Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
  • Chromeo - Quanatine Casanova
  • Clap! Clap! - Liquid Portraits
  • Coriky - Coriky (FFO Fugazi)
  • Drab City - Good Songs For Bad People (Female vox/samples and stuff)
  • Dua Saleh - ROSETTA
  • Finish Flag - Swimming Pools (At the pop end of London’s DIY/Punk scene)
  • George Mello - At One
  • Gia Margaret - Mia Gargaret
  • GoGo Penguin - GoGo Penguin (jazz trio)
  • Jehnny Beths - To Love is to Live (A mix between the as expected in your face angry rock and also softer piano backed songs too)
  • John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Bill Stewart - Swallow Tales (jazz trio)
  • Karenn - Music Sounds Better With Shoe (bangerz)
  • Kate NV - Room For The Moon (really lovely electronica with vocal flourishes. FFO Haiku Salut and Braids)
  • Lena Philipsson - Maria Magdalena (wannabe ABBA (which is a good thing))
  • Let it Come Down - Songs We Sang in Our Dreams
  • Modern Nature - Annual
  • Moon Duo - Escape (Expanded Edition)
  • Naeem - Startisha
  • Nightports w/ Betamax - Nightports w/ Betamax (brilliant juddering thudding electronic treat. FFO Comet Is Coming)
  • Nihiloxica - Kaloli (Ugandan drumming techno/electronica kinda thing)
  • Norah Jones - Pick Me Up Off the Floor (Starbucks circa 2002 but come good, maybe?)
  • Noveller - Arrow (guitar-based ambient-ish soundscapes)
  • Orland Weeks - The Quickening
  • Photay - Waking Hours (at a juncture of jazz-funk, IDM and ebullient pop)
  • Ringarë - Sorrow Befell (atmo black metal)
  • Scott Orr - Tape Demos (FFO Villagers)
  • TENGGER - Nomad
  • VALDRIN - Effigy of Nightmares (blackened death from Sweden)
  • Violet Mist - Glimmer (nocturnal synthwave)
  • Wesley Gonzalez - Appalling Human (former Lets Wrestle singer solo album)

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New Releases 19/06/2020
#89

So… I keep seeing these nice polls.

And it got me thinking… is there a collective DiS conscience?

Like, do our top-voted choices from the previous month (roughly mid-May to mid-June) suggest commonalities among us lovers of sound?

So I thought it would be fun and maybe even revealing to have a look:

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Some things that stand out:

  1. Well, the declining participation is glaringly obvious. As a slope, it’s almost perfectly downward.

  2. Our appetite seems to be overwhelmingly political. Wonder why…?

  3. Lots of rapper/producer duos.

  4. This list is predominantly male. (Perhaps it’s worth noting the sole woman on the list, fronting Bab L’Bluz, is occupying a traditionally male role).

  5. Ratio of Americans to Brits: 5:1.

  6. If you add all the numbers in the votes column together, you get: 956. Which is the number of US law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty over the last 5 years.

…

As a parting comment, may I just say: the fact that West African trance music is in this list perfectly explains why I love DiS. Also… please be safe out there as we continue to navigate pandemics and race wars. My prayers are with you and yours :hugs:

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#90

Woah people seriously sleeping on the chloe x hallie album

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#91
#92

Just found this one. Pond/Tame Impala member, sounds like what you’d imagine. Better than TI’s recent shower of excrement.

#93

Just waking up to this now - it is very, very good.

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#94

I know I’m bumping an old thread but I listened to that single (with the sort of news show video) on a whim and loved it. So I’m glad yr endorsement is pushing me towards the rest of the album.

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#95

this is great!