Teens of Style from last year was good---I like this one a little more.

One I just heard this week that I really like is Seratones - Get Gone (the tracks "Don't Need It," "Headtrip," and "Chandelier" are standouts).

It's on Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/user/bobsixtysix/playlist/2ScxCraZZUPzbJa1AQGpr0

Agreed, especially the song "Don't Need It." Her vocals are pretty impressive.

Yeah, her vocals really help these songs stand out - great stuff!

Hey here's a random update

01. Horse Lords – Interventions
02. Deakin – Sleep Cycle
03. Aluk Todolo – Voix
04. Parquet Courts – Human Performance
05. Oranssi Pazuzu – Värähtelijä
06. David Bowie – Blackstar
07. Avishai Cohen – Into the Silence
08. Nap Eyes – Thought Rock Fish Scale
09. Rangda – The Heretic's Bargain
10. Henry Threadgill / Ensemble Double-Up – Old Locks and Irregular Verbs
11. Cavern of Anti-Matter – Void Beats/Invocation Trex
12. Mary Lattimore – At the Dam

This is pretty fucking fantastic:

Somewhat of a list:

Andy Shauf The Party
µ-ziq RY30 Trax
Hooded Fang Venus On Fire
Fog For Good
ANOHNI Hopelessness
Vanillalord Macro Plaque PAC
Doomsquad Total Time
Rangda The Heretic's Bargain
Prince Rama Xtreme Now
Jessy Lanza Oh No
Mikael Seifu Zelalem

Listening to that new u-ziq now. Have always liked his style and this is hitting the spot today.

Totally. It's right in my wheelhouse, and seems to come from the same place as Lunatic Harness, and other of his best work. Bombadub and Cumblin in particular are awesome tracks.

Listened to a couple of songs from this album. Great stuff. Is it all instrumentals?

Been listening to Teens of Denial a ton over the past week (thanks again for the link) and am absolutely loving it. Favorite album so far this year for me.

Sorry for the late response, but yeah, I've never heard anything of theirs with vocals.

Their previous album, Hidden Cities, is really good, too. I first heard them on a split with Lower Dens, and their track on that, "Bending to the Lash", is what piqued my interest. The newer version of that track on Interventions is longer and more fleshed out.

Streaming this upcoming (July) release right now and am fucking loving it!

Just did some more research on this. Turns out it was recorded in 1995: Still, I'll take it!

2nd edition of fave songs:

1. The Hunches - Whatcha Gonna Do?
2. The Crazy Squeeze - To The Lonely Ones
3. Islands - Back To It
4. The Kills - Heart of a Dog
5. Twin Peaks - Keep It Together
6. The Seratones - Don't Need It
7. Bird of Youth - Sons & Daughters
8. Miles Neilsen - Stranger
9. The Coathangers - Dumb Baby
10. Papernut Cambridge - Radio
11. James Hunter 6 - Stranded
12. East of Venus - Jane September
13. The Gee Strings - Situations
14. Misty Miller - Other Girls
15. Culture Abuse - Yuckies
16. The Main Grains - Unscrewed
17. Tedo Stone - To The Marshes
18. Cheap Trick - Blood Red Lips
19. So What - Why Can't I See You Tonight
20. Giuda - It Ain't Easy
21. Radio Days - Rock 'n' Roll Night
22. Fuzzy Vox - Don't Leave Me Behind
23. Mick Rhodes & the Hard 8 - Since You
24. Pat Todd & the Rankoutsiders - Gone Are the Days

I need some Radcliffe-type music in my life so this is good. Balance and all that.

Likes:

Parquet Courts
Kyle Craft
White Denim
Car Seat Headrest
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Day of the Dead
Sunflower Bean
Operators
Sturgill
Charles Bradley

Seeing Black Mountain next week which should push that on to the favs list as well.

Updated with the new Hip record.

And Un Blonde:
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/un_blon ... bum_stream

Some good stuff on here Rads. I like Islands, Twin Peaks, and Pat Todd, which I already knew. But I also really like James Hunter 6 and Misty Miller, which I did not know. The Main Grains song reminds me sooo much of a Groovie Ghoulies song. I wish that Gee Strings song was better, they have a good band name.

You might prefer the rest of their new album. "Situations" is the black sheep.

Faves
David Bowie - Blackstar
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Tacocat - Lost Time
White Denim - Stiff
case/lang/viers - s/t

Need to hear
Doomsquad
PJ Harvey
DJ Shadow
Angel Olsen
Kevin Morby
Pinegrove
Andy Shauf
Nothing
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Pond Scum

Should maybe give a listen based on wide acclaim
Mitski
Anohni
Steve Gunn
Ital Tek
Roly Porter
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.

Should maybe listen because I liked their older albums, but they've bored me over the last couple of releases
M. Ward
Tortoise
Animal Collective
Jesu/Sun Kil Moon

Heard once and enjoyed the passive listen
Swans

OV-ER RA-TED (clap clap clap)
Sturgill Simpson
Margo Price
Ty Segall

Not feeling
Car Seat Headrest
King Gizzard
Black Mountain

Good background music
William Tyler
Ray LaMontagne ft. My Morning Jacket

Like if I'm in the right mood aka stoned
Heron Oblivion


Hey PopTodd - that Flamingods isn't too bad, so thanks for posting that link. Did you listen to that Mbongwana Star that came out last year? You might dig it.

Cool! Glad that you dug it.
And, I did listen to that Mbongwana Star. Put it in to my Spotify queue and I listen to it periodically. I do like it.

It's worth a listen. The collab with Run The Jewels is cool and "The Sideshow" is just straight-up fun as fuck. There's some neat ideas throughout, but sometimes you need patience (like with "Depth Charge") and then there are other tracks where you are patient for something innovative or whatever and nothing ever materializes. I think the album falls under "Not nearly his best but even an average Shadow album is better than 90% of current DJ output."

Feeling so so-so on the first 50% of 2016 releases (my list notwithstanding).