Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics. Might be her best and I've been listening to her since Rip Rig and Panic days. John Grant - Love Is Magic. All in with the synths, and still acerbic as ever. The title song is a wonderful earworm. There are threads on both these albums.
Just got around to listening to it yesterday and I agree, I am really digging her revisiting these songs so quickly and keeping the songs fresh with new interpretations. It definitely is very cool to see artists do stuff like this where you can tell it is driven by the passion of the songs they write above all
I'm still partial to the new Half Man Half Biscuit album title: No One Cares About Your Creative Hub, So Get Your ****in' Hedge Cut.
Of your suggestions I've only had a chance to listen to this one so far and it is very good. Thanks for that.
Posting"why aren't more people paying attention to XX band?" sounds like a whiny complaint. I think that it is boorish behavior to taunt the thread as if it isn't cool enough. (Maybe trying to claim cool points?) Most posters haven't promoted over 1,000 best albums of the year, this year. Is it just a clandestine album promoter?
I am so glad that I picked up a copy of this album after hearing about it here. As already mentioned, initial listen took a bit of adjustment to their Audio treatments, but wow! Really like it.
The new debut from The Other Years (Anna Krippenstapel and Heather Summers... fiddle, guitar, banjo, and two voices) is really nice if you are a fan of Joan Shelley (Anna is the fiddle player in Joan's band) and Gillian Welch, maybe a bit of Freakwater (Anna also plays with Freakwater) and Will Oldham (they're touring with him). Old time music with a bit of cosmic wonder bubbling under the surface.
I'm enjoying a lot the new album by David Nance (now David Nance Group), Peaced and Slightly Pulverized. Sounds a bit like a cross between golden age Crazy Horse and the Velvets. The guitar work on In Her Kingdom is just epic.
It nearly destroyed my speakers in the car the other day, mind you. It requires attenuating the bass by about 4-5 notches. FYI - I do not have a banging sub in my boot.
My buddy Istvan of Black Hill (Hungary) has formed a new atmospheric black metal band. It’s quite innovative as the guitar tones he uses are liquid and shimmering, quite uncommon to metal, and distinctly his. This is excellent dreamscapes of metal, which has guttural vocals and bass work, too.
Not a bad listen. IDLES gets me more excited, but there's some satisfaction here. More blunt with the angry lyrics. Drowned in Sound's review seem accurate: "Despite this newfound life, on the whole Digital Garbage doesn’t deviate from the classic Mudhoney sound. The one, two punch of ‘Paranoid Core’ and ‘Please Mr. Gunman’ could’ve fallen right off the back of a lost Stooges record. The sort of Stooges record Iggy might have made if he’d sacked off James Williamson after Raw Power and brought in Johnny Ramone, just for a laugh. In fact, with each and every passing album the group seem to be slowly morphing into the best Iggy Pop cover band in the world. That’s not a dig. Quite the opposite. It’s arguably the highest praise a band can receive. Even the worst Iggy covers band is 80 percent better than every other band. It’s a scientific fact. Look it up" ON BANDCAMP
A couple more: How To Dress Well - The Anteroom. More emphasis on noise/sound than pop this time, but as a whole piece it works very well at blending his experimental and pop oriented sides. Tunes like "Body Fat" and "Nonkilling 6" are freakin' gorgeous pop tunes, and there's room for dancing. Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning. Dylan Baldi does rage better than anyone this side of Kurt Cobain. Four albums in and the attack is still seething but sharp and taught, even the 10 minute "Dissolution" uses it's time wisely, excellent songwriting to boot. This is a great band, playing off each other with a terrific sense of dynamics.
