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musicallyrich · 6 years ago

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Crate Digger’s Corner: 2017 Albums Pt., 5

Crate Digger’s Corner…by DJ Musically Rich

Here is the fifth part to my 2017 list. For those that missed the first part (and haven’t taken a look at it yet), I’m giving a quick list of albums that I heard from 2017 in 7-10 at a time. There will be a few more parts to the list over the coming weeks. I may do a listening to some of the ones that I know I like, but want to revisit, and use that as an opportunity to review some of those more deeply (If there are any you see that you would particularly like to see a review of, leave a note). This list does not include reissues, live material or compilations.

Artist- Album (general genre)- and brief description

Steven Wilson- To The Bone (rock/prog rock)- The Porcupine Tree founder continues to put out wonderful albums under his own name as well. Following the brilliant “Hand. Cannot. Erase.”, “To the Bone” continues in the same vein and has beautiful melodies and top notch playing all the way through. If you aren’t familiar with Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree and the other bands he leads it is a wonderful path to go down.

Gov’t Mule- Revolution Come…Revolution Go- (blues rock)- The late ‘90s side project for the Allman Brothers’ new guitarist and bass player has continued on through the death of said bass player (Allen Woody), and not missed a beat. On their most recent studio effort the band revs up and delivers an album full of hard rockers that cover political, personal, life on the road and ends with a wonderful traditional song, “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground”. An excellent album from this, now, veteran band!

Kamasi Washington- Harmony Of Difference (jazz)- The Kendrick Lamar sideman (from the album “To Pimp A Butterfly”) puts out his second album, and it is a delight. On this EP, the Coltrane influenced player lays down 5 very nice tracks on side 1, but the prize is in finishing off this album on the second side. Side 2 consists of Kamasi and his band taking the 5 individual songs from the first side and creating a track that uses those tracks as the basis for the entirety of his Side 2 single track. This track does an amazing job of working in all of the major melodic motifs from Side 1, while creating a new, brilliant composition.

Ty Segall- s/t (garage rock)- On his 2017 self-titled album the sometimes lo-fi, garage rocker seemingly fuzzes everything he possibly can on the album to good effect. The two guitarists, the bass player, the vocals, if he could I’d assume he’d fuzz out the drums. However, it doesn’t cover up the melodies and playing that he and his band display on the album. This is a recommended selection especially for fans of his recent albums.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard- Polygondwanaland (prog/psych rock)- The Austrailian collective (I covered the other 3 albums they released this year on an earlier part of this, and the fifth will follow) delves as deep into the prog rock subgenre as they have on any of their releases (at least the ones I heard). Another excellent 2017 release from this group

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard- Gumboot Soup (psych pop/rock)- On this album it sounds like they are combining the sounds of Frank Zappa and the Canterbury Scene and do it with wonderful results. Yet, another album to check out by this collective.

Margo Price- All American Made (Outlaw Country)- Margo Price picks up right where she left off on her debut album with outstanding songwriting and performances. You can still certainly hear the influence of Dolly Parton and other earlier female country stars in her work and she won’t disappoint fans of ‘70s outlaw country music or fans of the revival going on now with stars like Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, and Sturgill Simpson among others.

Here are 7 albums I heard in 2017, there will be more from this list coming in the future, and this isn’t necessarily a ranking, just in the order that I was writing them down. I hope you enjoy and happy hunting!

To see photos of other albums in my collection follow my IG: djmusicallyrich

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loveisdangerousxo92 · 7 years ago

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Couldn’t be more thrilled with how these came out. A bit of blood sweat and tears, and some time later… I think the results speak for themself. A million thanks to King Gizzard & everyone who had a hand in making this project such an unbelievable success. On to the next one 😉 #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #kinggizzard #polygondwanaland #auralpleasure #auralpleasurerecords #vinyl #45rpm #records #coloredvinyl #tetrachromacy #glow #slipmat #blacklight #indie #music #recordlabel #label #analog #highend #audio #audiophile #music #sterlingsound #ryanksmith #welcometo1979 #gzvinyl #piratespress #hantyumi #crumblingcastle #hello

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workingclassdan · 8 years ago

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All albums I listened to in 2017

1. David Bowie - No Plan (ep) 2. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 3. Gone is Gone - Echolocation * 4. The xx - I See You 5. The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mldy 6. Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound 7. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 8. Foxygen - Hang 9. Ty Segall - Ty Segall 10. Camp Cope / Cayetana - Split EP 11. Cuddle Magic - Ashes/Axis 12. Hand Habits - Wildly Idle 13. Son Volt - Notes of Blue 14. Sun Kil Moon - Common as Light… (notable for shitness) 15. PVT - New Spirit 16. Steve Vai - Modern Primitive 17. Dirty Projectors - ST (little bubble) 18. Middle Kids - EP 19. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy 20. The Waifs - Ironbark 21. Bruce Springsteen - (Odds & Rarities) 22. Thundercat - Drunk 23. Animal Collective - The Painters EP (kinda bonkers) 24. Los Campesinos - Sick Scenes 25. Grandaddy - Last Place (lost machine) 26. Methyl Ethel - Everything is Forgotten 27. Kingswood - After Hours, Close to Dawn 28. Holy Holy - Paint 29. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds 30. Spoon - Hot Thoughts (do i have to talk you into it 31. Brian Eno - Reflection 32. The Shins - Heartworms 33. Laura Marling - Semper Femina * 34. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - The French Press EP * 35. Temples - Volcano 36. Roy Buchanan - Telemaster Live in 75 37. Real Estate - In Mind 38. Depeche Mode - Spirit * 39. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand * 40. Drake - More Life (Passionfruit) 41. Ben Wright Smith - The Great Divorce 42. Sleepmakeswaves- Made of Breath Only - (hailstones) 43. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness 44. Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage and Joy 45. Steel Panther - Lower the Bar 46. Evyltyde - Rising 47. Spiral Stairs - Doris and the Daggers 48. Julia Holter - In the Same Room * 49. Boss Hog - Brood X 50. British Sea Power - Let the Dancers Inherit the Party 51. Anjou - Epithymia 52. The Melker Project Remix 53. New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions 54. Future Islands - The Far Field 55. Craig Finn - We All Want the Same Thing 56. Smith Street Band - More Scared of You Than You Are of Me 57. Cold War Kids - La Divine 58. Clark - Death Peak 59. The Black Angels - Death Song 60. Arca - Arca 61. Luke Howard - ? 62. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 63. Prince - ep 64. Incubus - 8 65. Amy Shark - Night Thinker ep 66. Mew - Visuals 67. Gorillaz - Humanz 68. Ryan Adams (b-sides) - 69. Tim Rogers - An Actor Repairs * 70. Feist - Pleasure 71. Bill Baird - Easy Machines 72. Bill Baird - Baby Blue Abyss 73. Thurston Moore - Rock n Roll Conciousness 74. Colin Stetson - All This I Do For Glory 75. Bob Dylan - Triplicate 76. Pond - The Weather 77. Alice Coltrane - The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane 78. San Cisco - The Water 79. Doug Tuttle - Peace Potato 80. Big Walnuts Yonder 81. Perfume Genius - No Shape 82. Penguin Cafe - 83. Mac Demarco 84. Afghan Whigs - In Spades 85. At the Drive-In - interalia 86. Slowdive - Slowdive - falling ashes 87. Dead Letter Circus - The Endless Mile - Lines 88. Nick Murphy - Missing Link ep 89. Bob’s Burgers - s/t 90. Fleet Foxes - The Crack-Up 91. BNQT - Volume 1 92. Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions 93. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's 94. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song 95. Ben Ottewell - A Man Apart 96. Bernard Fanning - Brutal Dawn 97. Roger Waters - Is This the Life We Really Want 98. Underground Lovers - Staring at You Staring At Me 99. Elder - Reflections of a Floating World 100. Half Waif - form/a ep 101. The Kills - Echo Home non-electric ep 102. Bleachers - Gone Now 103. Amber Coffman - City of No Reply 104. Marika Hackman - I’m Not Your Man * 105. Husky - Punchbuzz 106. U2 - (some bootleg of latest tour) 107. Alt-J - Relaxer (3WW) 108. Beach Fossils - Somersault 109. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me 110. London Grammar - Truth is a Beautiful Thing 111. Lindsay Buckingham/Christine McVie - 112. Phoenix - Ti Amo 113. Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Planetarium 114. Big Thief - Capacity Mythological Beauty 115. Kirin J Callinan - Bravado 116. The Magpie Salute - The Magpie Salute (Live) 117. Portugal. The Man - Woodstock 118. Lorde - Melodrama * 119. Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark? 120. Ride - Weather Diaries 121. Cigarettes After Sex - s/t 122. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana 123. Jeff Tweedy - Together at Last 124. Tara Jane O’Neil - s/t 125. Baby Driver soundtrack 126. UNKLE - The Road pt1 127. Silicon Valley soundtrack 128. Haim - Something to Tell You 129. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder 130. Jay-Z - 4:44 131. Tex, Don & Charlie - You Don’t Know Lonely 132. Oh Wonder - Ultralife 133. Radiohead - OKNOTOK 134. Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm 135. U2 (live Vancouver) 136. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet 137. DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall 138. Vera Blue - Perennial 139. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life 140. Nine Inch Nails - Add Violence ep * 141. Singles soundtrack deluxe 142. Arcade Fire - Everything Now 143. Boris - Dear 144. Perera Elsewhere - All of This 145. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface 146. The Murlocs - Old Locomotive 147. Dan Sultan - Killer (fire under foot, kingdom) 148. Fountaineer - Greater City, Greater Love 149. Benjamin Gibbard - Bandwagonesque 150. Juanita Stein - America 151. Saskwatch - Manual Override 152. Kid Koala with Emiliana Torrini - Music to Draw To: Satellite 153. David Rawlings - Poor David’s Almanac 154. Damian Cowell's Disco Machine - Get Yer Dag On! 155. Jen cloher - s/t 156. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains * 157. Paul Kelly - Life is Fine I smell trouble 158. Davey Lane - I’m Gonna Burn Out Bright 159. Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun 160. Alvvays - Antisocialites 161. Ben Frost - The Centre Cannot Hold 162. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins 163. Iron and Wine - Beast Epic call it dreaming 164. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness 165. Gold Class - Drum 166. King Gizzard and Mild High Club - Sketches of Brunswick East 167. Steven Wilson - To the Bone 168. The Preatures - Girlhood 169. Filthy Friends - Invitation 170. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding 171. Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel - Dreaming in the Non-Dream 172. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream 173. Cloud Control - Zone rainbow city 174. Liars - TFCF 175. Neil Finn - Out of Silence 176. Deerhoof - Mountain Moves 177. Jake Bugg - hearts That Strain 178. Gordi - Reservoir 179. Meg Mac - Low Blows 180. The National - Sleep Well Beast 181. Beaches - Second of Spring 182. Chad Vangaalen - Light Information 183. Nothing But Thieves - 184. Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold 185. Tori Amos - Native Invader 186. The Belligerents - Science Fiction (Sorry to Say) 187. Rostam - Half-Light 188. Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter 189. Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson 190. Davey Lane - Back/Here/Forward 191. Lisa Mitchell - When they Play That Song ep 192. Tired Lion - Dumb Days 193. Mastodon - Cold Dark Place ep 194. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers 195. Lee Ronaldo - Electric Trim 196. Neil Young - Hitchhiker 197. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful 198. Hyla - Osaka 199. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Vietnam War 200. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism 201. British India - Forgetting the Future 202. Matt Cameron - Cavedweller 203. Hammock - Mysterium 204. Ben Frost - Threshold of Faith 205. Philip Selway - Let Me Go 206. Prophets of Rage - s/t 207. Phoebe Bridgers - Starnger in the Alps 208. Pearl Jam - Let’s Play Two 209. Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life 210. Torres - Three Futures 211. Ibeyi - Ash 212. Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry 213. Liam Gallagher - As You Were 214. Andrew Bird - Echolocations: River 215. Bladerunner 2049 soundtrack 216. The Horrors - V 217. St Vincent - Masseduction 218. Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett - A Lotta Sea Lice 219. Beck - Colors 220. Robert Plant - Carry Fire 221. Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother 222. Destroyer - Ken. 223. William Patrick Corgan - wpc 224. Custard - The Common Touch 225. Love Migrate - Somewhere, Over the Mangroves 226. Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent 227. Polish Club - Alright Already 228. Ecca Vandal - s/t 229. Grooms - Infinity Caller 230. Lean Year - s/t 231. Kevin Devine - Instigator 232. King Krule - The Ooz 233. Portico Quartet - Art in the Age of Automation 234. Weezer - Pacific Daydream 235. Hans Zimmer et al (Blue Planet ll soundtrack) 236. Fever Ray - Plunge 237. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 238. Jim Lawrie - Slacker of the Year 239. REM - Automatic for the People (25th Anniversary) 240. Angel Olsen - Phases 241. Stranger Things 2 (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein) 242. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - Live at Red Rocks 243. Tame Impala - Currents (deluxe) 244. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland 245. Sharon Jones - Soul of a Woman 246. Bjork - Utopia * 247. Aldous Harding - Party 248. David Gilmour - Live at Pompeii 249. Queen - News of the World (deluxe) 250. Stella Donnelly - Thrush Metal ep 251. U2 - Songs of Experience 252. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Who Built the Moon? 253. Taylor Swift - Reputation 254. Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference 255. Wand - Plum 256. Weaves - Wide Open 257. Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black 258. Neil Young and Promise of the Real - The Visitor 259. Pony Face - Deja Vu 260. The Orbweavers - Deep Leads

Stray tracks: Hans Zimmer & Radiohead Lisa Hannigan - Oh! You Pretty Things Jarvis Cocker & Chilli Gonzalez Jack Whiter Glen Hansard (2) John Butler Trio Ryan Adams - back in your head Brian Eno & Kevin Shields Tropical Fuck Storm (2)

2016 catchups:

Ryley Walker & Charles Rumback Alex Isenberg Lisa Hannigan Margaret Glaspy Catfish and the Bottlemen Badbadnotgood 1 Mile North Chris Forsyth Peep Tempel Tash Sultana Rogue Wave Damien Jurado Love Migrate - Luke Howard Kaleo

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magentaavocado · 1 month ago

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Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet

Part of The Polygondwanaland Project

Learn more about Hummus (second photo) and her artist here

I placed 500k sand for this project; this is not a real desert biome. It rains here, I'll have to post pictures of that another time.

#kglw #minecraft build #minecraft #my art #shown here with shaders #built in survival #polygondwanaland #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #The Polygondwanaland Project #The creatures are #Bearrett #Hummus #Globert Gregg #and Migraine #I placed 500k sand for this project plz clap

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weirdwariii · 7 years ago

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My Top 20 Albums of 2017 Part 2: 10 - 1

10. Alvvays - Antisocialites: What a delightful album. Like, I should just leave it at that, because I’m not sure what else I want to say about it. This is just the kind of indie pop-rock album that felt plentiful and unavoidable 10 years ago, but doesn’t show up as much anymore. But I don’t think its noteworthy just because it’s filling a niche. It’s just an effortlessly tight album. It sounds good, the vocals are great, the songs are amazing. There’s hints of some interesting inspirations sprinkled throughout (someone was listening to Stereolab…), and I just can’t get enough of it. I wouldn’t be surprised if, in the longrun, this album has some more longevity than most of the other albums on this list.

9. Thundercat - Drunk: Let me start here: I picked up this album on vinyl this year, and it’s one of the coolest looking packages to come out this year; great cover art, lots of art inside, and...the album spread across three 10” discs. To get through the album on vinyl you need the steadfastness to flip three different discs after each side, and to put away each disc and replace it with the next at least twice. That’s a lot of commitment for any album, and the very thought of listening to this album on vinyl exhausts me (considering that my turntable is located on the opposite side of the room from my couch). With that said, I’m pleased to announce that I love this album, despite its presentation. I feel like this is the third year in a row that Thundercat has felt like an important part of important music (see also: To Pimp a Butterfly, You’re Dead! and The Epic), and its good to see that its own name on the cover of his work this year. This is an album that feels uniquely his, and somehow makes a song about watching anime in Japan seem as much of an artistic accomplishment as making the best yacht rock song in 30 years with the help of Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The entire album is an equal parts quirky and soulful trip and hints that future albums could be even quirkier and more soulful. Just, like, listen to it digitally.

8. Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever - French Press EP: So what does this say: For a 6-song EP, these songs must be exceptional if it was better than all those other albums? Or that, as an EP, there’s less of a chance to be bored with it by the end? Well, for what it's worth, this is the only EP on the list, so it clearly did something right. Honestly, if this was at LP length and was 10 songs at the same quality as the 6 presented here, this would probably rank even higher. As is, this is just a breezy and effortless set of indie rock songs from a new band that sounds like they’ve been around 10 years longer than they really have. There isn’t a moment that goes to waste, and I’m always left wanting more at the end - a quality that even some of my favorite albums this year didn’t have. I sincerely hope there’s a full length on the horizon, and that it makes good on the promises hinted at here.

7. Oh Sees - Orc: Sometimes there’s just the perfect album at the perfect time. Maybe its a band that you’re finally getting into as they put out a new album, or maybe it's an album that just seems to mesh with the kind of music you’ve been into lately. Maybe it's an album that just resonates with how you’re feeling in that moment. Sometimes it's all of the above, as was the case here. I finally got into Thee Oh Sees last year, absorbing their two albums in my quest for more music that was in the same vein as Ty Segall’s Emotional Mugger. Between these albums, and King Gizzard’s 2017 output (we’ll come back to that), I was 100% on board the fuzzed out psych-garage-punk bandwagon, and that's when this album fell into my lap. I just love everything about this album. It’s raw, it’s weird, it’s loud, it has the most epic drum solo I’ve heard all year on it. My garage-rock sensibilities were spoiled silly this year, and this album played a huge part in that.

6. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life: I read a review earlier this year for this album, and I’m kind of paraphrasing from memory, but it essentially said: “In a trying year like 2017, you’d think a band like Japandroids would have more to say on that, rather than making more fun punk music.” And that literally made me love the album even more. The best response to the darkness of our world, as it turns out, was to remind you of what it looks when you make it to the light at the end of the tunnel. The band doesn’t necessarily do anything they haven’t done before - there are few risks or moments that would sound completely out of place on an earlier album. But they really are great fucking songs. The title track is, hands down, the best song that was released this year. Yeah, maybe this didn’t call our orange meat puppet a buffoon or anything, but it sure as hell will be playing on my headphones on the day that we wave goodbye.

5. Washed Out - Mister Mellow: As we approached the end of 2016 and with the mostly unknown, but likely dark, void of 2017 looming ahead, I vowed to make art more important in my life. It needed to be an escape just as much as a response. And when I felt overwhelmed by the news cycle, or when the inspiration I needed just wasn’t there, Mister Mellow was. Between the “visual album” aspect of this project (that I strongly urge you to check out) and the music itself, it completely fit in with my aesthetic as artist and never failed in giving me a little pep talk. It's not a long album, nor is it an especially deep one. But in terms of style and just being a pool of strangeness to get lost in, this album never let me down. It might not be an explicit reaction to 2017 in itself, but it definitely aided me in creating my own.

4.Tyler the Creator - Flower Boy (or probably, Scum Fuck Flower Boy): The genesis of Odd Future was a weird time for me as an aging fan of music. On one hand, here was this collective of talented young rappers churning out a near-constant stream of albums for free - a concept that was novel and exciting to follow. On the other, between fast-paced Twitter stream-of-thought and community in-jokes, Odd Future definitely felt like the exact moment that I felt like I was an old man who didn’t get what the kids were listening to. And through that, I followed Tyler from afar. He’s a funny guy who you’ve been able to watch mature, year by year, to someone who feels very much like a spokesperson for a generation (am I crazy for thinking this??). This album feels like his most personal, self-aware, and world-aware album in his career, and there’s a quality in the production and the songs worthy of that awareness. I recognize the lack of hip hop music in my list this year, and that’s a very fair observation. My only excuse (and it is just an excuse) is that Flower Boy was just that hard to beat, for me. I listened to this album a lot this year, and I found myself relating to some of Tyler’s own personal revelations.

3. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy: Earlier this year, speaking to a friend of mine about this album, I was voicing my displeasure: “The album is just far too long and says far too much. I just feel like I’ll never have the energy to slog through the whole damn thing.” But, again, 2017. The world needed protest music, or at the very least, music that seemed to understand the world we now lived in. So I slogged through Pure Comedy and...it wasn’t a slog at all. Okay, sure. It’s long. It takes its time. But Josh Tillman GETS it. Its a bad, and darkly amusing, world out there, and he’s here to let loose about it. The album only got better through the year, with every single listen. Even the 13 minute “Leaving LA” centerpiece feels wholey essential, acting as almost an origin story for FJM as much as it's a state-of-the-union on Josh’s personal life. This album didn’t just grow on me this year, it came to feel absolutely essential.

2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana, Murder of the Universe, Sketches of Brunswick East, Polygondwanaland: Not only did it not seem right to pick just one album of the 4 (at the time of my writing this) albums released by KG&TLW this year, but it felt like there was a larger picture here that needed to be recognized. King Gizzard promised 5 albums this year, and of the 4 we got, not a single one disappointed. Not a single one felt like a weak link to me. Not a single one felt like a misstep or seemed inessential. In a year where albums from some of my favorite bands bounced off of me after a listen or two (sorry, Grizzly Bear), this one band somehow made 4 albums that I cared about and kept coming back to. Flying Microtonal Banana and Murder of the Universe were both instantly loveable. They feel right into the same psych-rock wormhole that Oh Sees had me traveling through - especially the latter, with its story-driven sections and spoken words just hit the spot in every way possible. Sketches didn’t resonate with me at first, admittedly, perhaps because of its vast difference in sound from Murder - but I came around on it quickly, and its jazz-leaning pop would actually become the second most listened to of the 4 albums (with Murder being 1st). Polygondwanaland, finally, felt like a singles compilation - a complete set of tracks that, while feeling a little disconnected from each other thematically, shows off everything the band is capable of as well as hinting at what could be on the horizon. I honestly can’t say enough good things about this band, nor can I recall the last time that a band’s entire aesthetic just resonated with me so much. And to bring such a great quantity of music (with equal amount quality) to the table was just...perfect. Or, y’know, close to perfect. Because these albums are only #2 on the list.

1. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural: Nothing Feels Natural was one of the first (if not the actual first) albums I fell in love with in 2017, and it felt like the album that all others would be measured against. And, for the most part, this album always felt like the best. There were times when other albums felt more important in a moment (Murder of the Universe and Flower Boy both immediately come to mind), but when the buzz wore off a little, I was always happy to come back to Nothing Feels Natural. Here, Priests nail both a cohesive sound, yet its done through an assortment of genres. The surf-rock of “JJ” (another contender for year’s best song), the spoken word punk of “No Big Bang” and the new wave of “Suck” all seem to be at contrast with each other on paper, but the entire album flows together effortlessly. The band is tight as hell, and for as much as I want to call them “punk” there just isn’t a lot of the discordant noise I’d associate with that label on this album. There’s a Spoon-esque attention to production on this album - everything feels planned and well thought-out and there’s barely any wasted moments. Musically, I think the album holds its own against almost any other that I’ve listened to this year. Yet, I don’t even think its the music that even puts it here in the top spot - that’d be the lyrics. You’re probably as sick of hearing about the influence 2017’s politics had on music as I am sick of writing about it, so I’ll try and condense it a little...but you get the idea. For songs written prior to the year, they certainly hit all the right spots for the issues that mattered in 2017: Identity. Feminism. Consumerism. Culture. Even if it would’ve been the right album at any time, it still felt especially poignant this year, and the fact that it sounds so great only propelled it the very top.

And that’s it. That was my favorite music of this year. All done. The end. Onwards to whatever black hole of despair 2018 will be.

#weirdwariii2017eoy #music #music list #king gizzard #priests #tyler the creator #father john misty #japandroids #alvvays #rolling blackouts coastal fever #thundercat #washed out #thee oh sees

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prehistoricsounds · 5 years ago

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Latest Arrivals!

The new album from ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead "X: The Goddless Void And Other Stories", Asgeir "Bury The Moon", Green Day "Father Of All...", Khruangbin & Leon Bridges "Texas Sun ", A reimagined version of Gil Scott-Heron's "We're New Here" with Makaya McCraven, One Direction's Louis Tomlinson "Walls" and Midnight Oils' Rob Hirst has teamed up with Sean Sennett for the "Driver Reviver EP" on CD and the recent release of Winston Surfshirt's "Apple Crumble"

Plus some restocks!

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - X: The Goddless Void And Other Stories [LP] Asgeir - Bury The Moon (Silver) [LP] Beastie Boys - Check Your Head [2LP] Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 [LP] Boris with Merzbow - Gensho Part 1 [2LP] Boris with Merzbow - Gensho Part 2 [2LP] Brownout - Brown Sabbath Vol. II (Copper) [LP] Candlemass - Ancient Dreams (Clear) [2LP] Ceres - Drag It Down On You [CD] (sold) Death - Individual Thought Patterns (Milk/Clear Splatter) [LP] (sold) Didirri - Measurements [EP] Earthless - Sonic Prayer Jam (Green) [LP] Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey (Red) [2LP] Fela Kuti Feat. Roy Ayers - Music Of Many Colours [LP] Gil Scott—Heron - I'm New Here (Expanded) [2LP] (sold) Gil Scott—Heron / Makaya McCraven - We're New Again (A Reimagining) [LP] Godflesh - Hymns (Orange) [2LP] Green Day - Father Of All... [LP] Harry Styles - Fine Line [2LP] Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene [LP] Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland [2LP] Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien [LP] Karnivool - Themata [2LP] Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (Orange) [LP] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - 12 Bar Bruise (Green) [LP] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup (Baby Blue) [LP] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (Fluro Green) [LP] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Willoughby's Beach (Red) [LP] Knocked Loose - A Different Shade Of Blue [LP] Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight (Pic Disc) [LP] Louis Tomlinson - Walls [LP] Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon [LP] Pink Floyd - The Wall [2LP] PJ Harvey - The Hope Demolition Project [LP] Rex Orange County - Pony [LP] Rob Hirst + Sean Sennett - Driver Reviver EP [CD] Samiam - Astray [LP] Samsara Blues Experiment - Waiting For The Flood [LP] Stone Temple Pilots - Perdida [LP] Strapping Young Lad - City [LP] Stupids - Van Stupid & Frankenfurter [LP] Winston Surfshirt - Apple Crumble [LP]

#prehistoricsounds #newarrivals

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passingthetime · 6 years ago

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I suddenly really wanna make a sorta psychedelic animated video for the entire Polygondwanaland album. It'd be a grand project.

#maybe once i know how to animate #and actually have time #but i have ideas for scenes for some songs and all #i really wanna do it #but as i am now i'm not enough

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bronovatwelvemore · 7 years ago

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Sho Wara

Satoshi Sho Wara (サトシ翔ワーア) is an english singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, poet and painter under Asylum Records. Dubbed as “The Poet Of Rock And Roll”, he has enjoyed consistent critical and popular success and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the rock genre. Besides music, Sho has released poem books and paintings. He is also one of the only artists of asian ethnicity to win a Grammy Award.

Profile

Full name: Satoshi Sho Wara (サトシ翔ワーア). Stage name: Sho Wara (翔ワーア). Birth date: June 1st 1984 (33). Birth place: London, England. Nationality: English. Zodiac sign: Gemini. Chinese zodiac sign: Wood rat. Height: 1.93cm. Weight: 86kg. Blood type: O. Voice type: Bass. Vocal analysis: A-.

Personality

Positive traits: Adventurous, charming, communicative, creative, dynamic, energetic, enthusiastic, independent, lively, loving, self-confident, sociable, strong sense of teamwork, virtuous, talented, warmhearted and witty. Negative traits: Changeable, competitive, daredevil, flirtatious, foolhardy, greedy, impatient, impulsive, inquisitive, jealous, obsessive, possessive, quick-tempered, resentful, self-indulgent, selfish and unfaithful.

Physical appearance

Dark brown and straight hair. Brown eyes. Tanned skin. Athletic. Dimples. One piercing on the left ear and one piercing on the right ear. Eighteen tattoos.

Vocals

Critic Of Music

Vocal type: Bass. Positives: Robust, clear lower register that is projected well. Bass is achieved with great technique and support down to F#2. A highlight of the voice. Slightly brightening as he ascends, the middle register still maintains ease and displays a warm, masculine tone. Though he gains a slight (pushed) rasp above E4, his voice remains open, projecting well. Well-developed mixed voice, allowing him to access a clean, head-dominant C5 belt. A light, warm falsetto that Sho has no issues staying in for extended periods. This area possesses a soft vibrato and is reached with ease until around Eb5 when he needs more volume to phonate. Solid understanding of musical phrasing, being considerate to the music by changing vocal colors, texture and dynamics. Negatives: The upper extremes of the falsetto are unstable and undeveloped and the chest register thins as he ascends. Though he mixes at the extremes of his chest voice, the rest of the belting range could use a more even mix.

Albums and singles

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2002) I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor When The Sun Goes Down

Favorite Worst Nightmare (2004) Brianstorm Fluorescent Adolescent Teddy Picker

The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us (2006) Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas Dirty Lights Noisy Heaven

Gumboot Soup and Polygondwanaland (2007) All Is Known Beginner’s Luck Greenhouse Heat Death The Last Oasis

Ok Computer (2010) Airbag Karma Police Lucky No Surprises Paranoid Android Plug In Baby

In Rainbows (2012) All I Need Bodysnatchers House Of Cards Jigsaw Falling Into Place Nude Reckoner

The Underside Of Power (2014) Cleveland The Underside Of Power Walk Like A Panther

Boarding House Reach (2016) Connected By Love Corporation Ice Station Zebra Over And Over And Over Seven Nation Army Supermassive Black Hole

Thin Black Duke (2018) Come As You Are Locked Out Of Heaven Roxanne Smoke On The Water

Science Fiction (2020) Happy Together Hold On We’re Going Home Sex And Candy Time Of The Season

Virtue (2022) ALieNNatioN All Wordz Are Made Up Leave It In My Dreams Pointlessness QYURRYUS

For Nina, Forever Ago (2024) Lover, You Should’ve Come Over Since I’ve Been Loving You Skinny Love Slow Dancing In A Burning Room You Are My Sunshine

Hug Of Thunder (2026) 1979 Hug Of Thunder Losing My Religion Viva La Vida

Sleep Well Beast (2028) Carin At The Liquor Store Day I Die Guilty Party I’ll Still Destroy You The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness

Kid A (2031) Burning For You Don’t Fear The Reaper Kid A True Love Waits

Skeleton Tree (2033) I Need You Jesus Alone O’Children Skeleton Tree

Is This The Life We Really Want? (2035) Dejà Vu Smell The Roses The Last Refugee Wait For Her

Relatives In Descent (2037) All Along The Watchtower A Private Understanding Don’t Go To Anacita Whole Lotta Love

No Cities To Love (2040) Babe I’m Gonna Leave You Hallelujah Stairway To Heaven

Twin Fantasy (2043) Bodys My Boy Say It Ain’t So Twin Fantasy

To Be Kind (2045) Oxygen Screen Shot

Snares Like A Haircut (2047) I Want You Just Like A Woman One Of Us Most Know Snares Like A Haircut

Sleeping Tapes (2053) A Glass Of Water Goodmorning, Sweetheart The Raven

Grace (2060) Eternal Life Forget Her Grace Last Goodbye So Real

Albums and non-title tracks

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2002) A Certain Romance Dancing Shoes Fake Tales Of San Francisco From The Ritz To The Rubble Mardy Bum Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured Riot Van Still Take You Home The View From The Afternoon You Probably Couldn’t See For The Lights

Favorite Worst Nightmare (2004) 505 Balaclava D Is For Dangerous Do Me A Favour If You Were There, Beware Old Yellow Bricks Only Ones Who Know The Bad Thing This House Is A Circus

The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us (2006) Hard Luck Kid I Break Guitars Porno Love Ride The Wild Haze Throwaways Too Late To Die Young Young & Alive

Gumboot Soup and Polygondwanaland (2007) Barefoot Desert Down In The Sink I’m Sleeping In Muddy Water Superposition The Great Chain Of Being The Wheel

Ok Computer (2010) Climbing Up The Walls Electioneering Exit Music (For A Film) Filter Happier Let Down Subterranean Homesick Alien The Tourist

In Rainbows (2012) 15 Step All I’ve Ever Known Faust Arp Pain Videotape Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

The Underside Of Power (2014) A Hymn For An Average Man A Murmur, A Sign Animals Bury Me Standing Death March Cry Of The Martyrs Mme Rieux Plague Years The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly

Boarding House Reach (2016) Abulia And Akrasia Ball And Biscuit Everything You’ve Ever Learned Ezmerelda Steals the Show Get In The Mind Shaft Humoresque Hypermisophoniac Respect Commander What’s Done Is Done Why Walk A Dog?

Thin Black Duke (2018) A Gentleman’s Gentleman Cold & Well-Lit Place Ecce Homo Host Letter Of Note Other People The Finished Line The Upper

Science Fiction (2020) 137 451 Batter Up Can’t Get It Out Could Never Be Heaven Damn Desert Everybody Here Wants You In The Water Lit Me Up No Control Out Of Mana Same Logic/Teeth Waste

Virtue (2022) Black Hole Lazy Boy My Friend The Walls One Of The Ones Permanent High School Pink Ocean Pyramid Of Bones Think Before You Drink To Fall In Love With You We’re Where We Were Wink

For Nina, Forever Ago (2024) Can’t Get Started Edge Of Desire Give Me Love I Don’t Trust Myself With Loving You I Know It’s Over In The Blood I Still Feel Like Your Man Little Lion Man Nina Please Don’t Fall In Love With Someone New The Girl The Night We Met White Blank Page You Should Know Where I’m Coming From

Hug Of Thunder (2026) Gonna Get Better Halfway Home Mouth Guards Of The Apocalypse Please Take Me With You Protest Song Skyline Sol Luna Stay Happy Towers And Masons Vanity Pail Kids Victim Lover Violet Hill

Sleep Well Beast (2028) Born To Beg Cheers, Darling Coconut Skins Dark Side Of The Gym Empire Line Helpless Moving On And Getting Over New Light Nobody Else Will Be There Sleep Well Beast Turtleneck Walk It Back

Kid A (2031) Eskimo Everything In Its Right Place How To Disappear Completely Idioteque In Limbo Morning Bell Motion Picture Soundtrack Optimistic The National Anthem Treefingers

Skeleton Tree (2033) Anthrocene Distant Sky Girl In Amber Magneto Ring Of Saturn

Is This The Life We Really Want? (2035) Bird In A Gale Broken Bones Is This The Life We Really Want? Oceans Apart Part Of Me Died Picture That The Most Beautiful Girl When We Were Young

Relatives In Descent (2037) Caitriona Corpses in Regalia Elephant Half Sister Here Is The Thing Male Pleague My Children Night-Blooming Cereus The Chuckler Up The Tower Windsor Hum

No Cities To Love (2040) A New Wave Bury Our Friends Fangless Gimme Love Hey Darling No Anthems No Cities To Love Price Tag Surface Envy Wave

Twin Fantasy (2043) Beach Life-In-Death Cute Thing Famous Prophets High To Death Nervous Young Inhumans Never On The Day You Leave Sober To Death Stop Smoking

To Be Kind (2045) A Little God In Your Hands Bring The Sun Just A Little Boy Kirsten Supine Nathalie Neal She Loves Us Some Things We Do To Be Kind

Snares Like A Haircut (2047) Cruise Control Drippy Popper Primitive Plus Send Me Secret Swamp Soft Collar Fad Squashed Stuck In The Changer Third Grave Rave Tidal

Sleeping Tapes (2053) Chimes For Dreams Feeling Good Good Evening Hummmmmm IKEA Seeing With My Eyes Closed See You At The Dreaming Tree Sleep. Dream. Wakeup. Temescal Canyon The Hen The Sea We’re All In This Together (Goodnight)

Grace (2060) Corpus Christi Carol Dream Brother Lilac Wine Mojo Pin You’re Gonna Live Forever In Me

Partners

Shraddha Kapoor (1999) Caryn Marjorie (2001) Adeline Rudo (2002) Yovanna Ventura (2002) Seryna Seo (2003) Caitlin Beadles (2004) Dina Denoire (2004) Lily He (2004-2010) Koleen Diaz (2006-2011) Jessica Vu (2005) Dollicia Bryan (2005) Mishti Rahman (2007-2009) Jasmine Villegas (2007) Érika Januza (2008) Yes Liv Can (2008) Blue Cantrell (2009) Tammy Torres (2009) Rosario Dawson (2010) Bria Myles (2010) Karrine Steffans (2011) Alyssa Arce (2011) Vanessa Vargas (2011) Mikaela Long (2012-2015) Krista Santiago (2012) Maika Monroe (2012) Cindy Kimberly (2012) Shenelle Scott (2013) Nicola Peltz (2013) Cydney Christine (2014) Marie Avgeropoulos (2014) Jasmine Sanders (2014) Draya Michele (2015) Bernice Burgos (2015) Cyn Santana (2015) Ammika Harris (2016) India Westbrook (2016) Lily Collins (2016) Baskin Champion (2017) Audreyana Michelle (2017) Cailin Russo (2017) Jordan Ozuna (2017) Alexandra Daddario (2018) Olivia Holt (2018) Raina Lawson (2018) Nina (2018-2023) *married in 2022, divorced in 2023 Rachel Roy (2021-2023) Karisma Ramir (2021) Jasmine Rose (2022) Maya James (2022) Lani Blair (2022) Marie Nova (2023) Stephanie Woods (2023) Brenda Lowe (2023)

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100 Best Albums of 2017, pt. 3

50. Sampa the Great – The Birds and the BEE9

Although it’s technically a mixtape, there was the sense that following song after song after song of gold, Sampa the Great had finally gifted us with a full-length album. That said, it feels more like an entrée, a promise of greater things to come, being such a subdued, smooth, organic exploration of femininity and Afro-Australian identity. She is, without doubt, one of the great Australian talents working today.

49. TV Haze – Scrap Museum

With an untamed, late-nights-on-Rage mood throughout, this Melbourne trio have promised big things to come with their debut; all grungey scuzz and lo-fi charm, they’ve proven themselves masters of noisy pop in just 28 minutes.

48. Bjork – Utopia

As Bjork’s career continues, she drifts ever further from “pop” music; for her tenth, she turns from the heartbreak of Vulnicura for newfound mindfulness and contentment. If anything, these flute-filled songs are too generous a gift; at an hour-plus, it can be a little much to digest in one hit.

47. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana

The first of The Gizz’s four (so far) albums of 2017, this is a more subdued affair than their usual frenetic approach, with the conceptual use of microtonal tunings giving the songs an otherworldly, vaguely Turkish sound.

46. Aimee Mann – Mental Illness

All you need to know about Aimee Mann’s ninth solo album is in the cover; the wry smile of the friendly monster, the elegant font and that couldn’t-be-blunter title; it’s the perfect representation of the beautiful music within – elegant music carrying dark and often painful lyrics.

45. Matt Martians – The Drum Chord Theory

The tracks here were supposedly intended to be part of The Internet’s next record; instead, the mishmash of old-school soul sounds proves to be an exhilarating funk odyssey all of its own.

44. Ibeyi – Ash

The French-Cuban Diaz twins deliver on the promises of their earlier releases, fusing traditional Cuban sounds with more contemporary soul and jazz, resulting in a beautiful set of meditative tunes.

43. The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding

It’s a case of it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it for the obsessively detailed ramblings of the indie rock band’s fourth album; a gorgeous, boundless record in which to lose yourself for an hour.

42. Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy

Tyler, the Creator completely blows open his musical palette for this ambitious work, letting in strings, piano, and an all-star guest list for his most musically inviting work yet; lyrically, meanwhile, his work remains as compellingly bleak as ever, turning the focus of his bottomless disgust onto himself.

41. Jen Cloher – Jen Cloher

Jen Cloher is, of course, Courtney Barnett’s wife, and, although Cloher is by far the more experienced musician, it’s impossible to listen to her music without her more famous partner in mind. That said, the years in rock’s background have served her well, because here, Jen Cloher truly steps into the A-leagues of Australian songwriters, with an outstanding set of patient, measured, fastidiously detailed yet at time, raucous and bluesy songs.

40. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland

Of their four records this year, Polygondwanaland is at once their least conceptually unified, the least showy, yet the most satisfying in terms of musicianship. The mood is intricately detailed psychedelic throughout; we can still bits of flute, spoken word, and synths, but overall, this album allows us to simply delight in the seemingly boundless talent of these seven musicians.

39. Sugar Fed Leopards – Take You Out Tonight

A revelation of pure caramel-y delight, this Melbourne sextet fuse disco, doo-wop and bubblegum girl-pop for a joyous romp. Lovely folks in person too, which doesn’t hurt a bit.

38. Wireheads – Lightning Ears

Hands down, Adelaide’s best band, Wireheads complete their hat-trick of three great albums in three years; on Lightning Ears, their ramshackle lo-fi country punk odyssey continues, whilst frontman Dom Trimboli’s seemingly nonsensical ramblings are rapidly becoming iconic in their own right.

37. The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir

The Magnetic Fields’ most ambitious – and successful – project since the classic 69 Love Songs, this record’s premise is almost as audacious; the autobiography of Stephen Merritt, with one song for each year of his life. Merritt supposedly played 100 different instruments on the record, and it shows in the lush, boundlessly inventive arrangements; lyrically, meanwhile, there’s a lifetime of treasures to digest in the songs’ thoughtfulness and self-deprecating humour.

36. SZA – CTRL

One of the most critically-adored albums of the year, the singer’s debut is a rich, pristine set of futurist soul and R&B, laden with laser-sharp lyrics taking on modern romance and nostalgia.

35. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Murder of the Universe

This is easily the most ridiculous of all King Gizzard albums – and that’s saying something. It’s a frantic metal concept album about a Frankenstein-inspired cyborg named Han-Tyumi, and yes, you just read that sentence right. More impressive than the concept, though, is just how instantly listentable and enjoyable the whole mad affair is.

34. Guerilla Toss – GT Ultra

Guerilla Toss’ last record was a breath of dance-punk fresh air, but GT Ultra goes even further; tearing loose from whatever may have anchored them (it’s hard to imagine a band like this being tied to anything), it’s a wild, bouncy, noisy ride, the sound of a thousand rubber bands snapping at once.

33. Mere Women – Big Skies

A classic post-punk record, this Sydney band’s sound is huge and spacious, full of tension, anxious energy, lashings of feedback and booming synths. More than anything else, though, it's the mastery of echo and negative space in their sound that truly gives this album its stadium-filling sound, cementing its place as a truly great record.

32. The Mountain Goats – Goths

John Darnielle famously stood on stage alone, acoustic guitar hoisted above his head, declaring “we’re the Mountain Goats.” It was a shock to fans, then, to see this record promoted with a “NO GUITARS” slogan. Instead, we were treated to a gorgeous set of baroque pop songs, rich with keys and woodwind, detailing the trials of a goth band in the 1980s. The music is not, of course, gothic in any way, but the honest, heartfelt detail in Darnielle’s writing hits the spot every time.

31. The Seven Ups – Drinking Water

2017’s best afrobeat record didn’t come from Lagos or Accra, it came from Melbourne. Drinking Water is a near-flawless odyssey of technicolour groove, all polyrhythmic funk and virtuosic brass.

30. Miguel – War & Leisure

On this album, Miguel turns away somewhat from the sultry, smoky, and downright sexy vibes of Wildheart for a much more open, lighter and crisper sound. Lifting the fog has a much brighter and bolder blend of soul and funk, cementing his place as a master of the genre.

29. Songhoy Blues – Resistance

For their second album, the desert blues boys from Timbuktu, Mali are taking on the world; bigger, bolder and brasher, the sound here is more punk than blues, and their growing confidence as performers is exhilarating to hear. Give them a couple more years, and the world will be theirs.

28. Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins

2017 was the year of the indie-rock comeback; more often than not, those records missed their mark, but Grizzly Bear nailed it with their fifth LP. Featuring their knottiest, most tightly-wound and intricate compositions yet, there’s nothing even approaching a radio single, and it’ll take multiple listens to break its surface, but Painted Ruins confirms their position among the art-rock greats.

27. Moses Sumney – Aromanticism

To bind Moses Sumney to the label of a particular genre is a disservice to the uniqueness of his sound; gifted with a once-in-a-generation voice, his expansive sound, somewhere between soul, folk, ambient and Spiritualized-esque grandeur, explores solitude and intimacy in heartbreaking fashion.

26. Pierre Kwenders – MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time

It’s a case of Kinshasa moves to Montreal, as Pierre Kwenders blends traditional Conoglese rumba with contemporary funk and soul for an intercontinental, multilingual (he sings in five languages), multicoloured soul epic.

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