Best Ever Albums

Re: 2023 Music

LTSings — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:35:08 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 02/15/2024 15:35

A song from 2023 that I just discovered.

"Spirits and Demons" (feat. Meghan Patrick) - Michael Ray

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Re: 2023 Music

Streams — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:39:39 GMT

Author: Streams

Posted: 01/22/2024 20:39

the stuff that stuck with me the most

Nick Ashwood - inside the body of a wave (synthesizer and reed organ)

mattie barbier - This Is What People Think Mountains Look Like (trombone)

Madison Greenstone - Resonance Studies in Ecstatic Consciousness (clarinets)

John McCowen - Dealing With: Models of Duration (contrabass clarinet)

Michiko Ogawa & Lucy Railton - fragments of reincarnation (sho, hammond organ, cello)

Jessica Pavone - Clamor (string sextet and bassoon)

Ángeles Rojas - breathe into the forest, into the bird, into the song (saxophones, cello, guitar, tuning forks, shruti box)

Dafne Vicente-Sandoval - Minos Circuit (bassoon, electronics)

and then I couldn't pick just one of the four records including Sergio Merce (Topializ, Traslasierra (expanded landscape), Prayer to Humanity, Amplified Resonances (saxophones, ewi, electronics)) or certain performances of Éliane Radigue (Naldjorlak (cello), Delta XV (string quartet), Hepta I/Occam XX (ensemble/analog synthesizer))

Re: 2023 Music

Hayden — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:28:25 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/23/2023 16:28

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Can't find our music random chat thread, so— happy holidays! 😁

Re: 2023 Music

MrIrrelevant — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:14:38 GMT

Author: MrIrrelevant

Posted: 12/14/2023 22:14

Somehow just discovering the Grien Chattan album. Great solo debut. Gotta play it again for sure.

Re: 2023 Music

MrIrrelevant — Fri, 1 Dec 2023 14:49:17 GMT

Author: MrIrrelevant

Posted: 12/01/2023 19:49

Hayden wrote:

Will share some recent 2023 opinions soon. Can't believe we're in the final month.

Would like to hear your thoughts on AJR's new album.

Re: 2023 Music

Hayden — Fri, 1 Dec 2023 10:59:49 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/01/2023 15:59

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Tori Amos (prod Trevor Horn) covering Kendrick. Don't know if I've ever heard him covered before.

Will share some recent 2023 opinions soon. Can't believe we're in the final month.

Re: 2023 Music

LedZep — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 07:50:10 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/23/2023 12:50

Wasn't that impressed with the new PinkPantheress, unfortunately. It's nice, but the mixtape is easily better. She has stripped a lot of those cool dnb, bass and similar club sounds.

Overmono's Boiler room set is the best thing you'll hear this year, might genuinely be the best Boiler room set ever.

Quaranta is great, almost a polar opposite of uknowhatimsayin¿, but just as good.

New Aesop Rock needs another listen, but the first listen says it's some of the best rap of the year.

Re: 2023 Music

Tha1ChiefRocka — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:54:35 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 11/16/2023 06:54

Hayden wrote:

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Andre 3000's debut album this Friday.

So, uh, a Jazz flute album?

This discourse around whatever this is will probably be entertaining to say the least.

But at least he's being forthcoming with their being "no bars" on the album.

Crazy midwest emo song titles as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Blue_Sun

Track 1 "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a "Rap" Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time"

Re: 2023 Music

Tap — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:40:22 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 11/15/2023 22:40

Norman Bates wrote:

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is fantastic and one of their best.

Yesss I second this, it's wonderful!

If anyone wants some highly esoteric 2023 suggestions, I have this page set up https://endaural.com/grabbag23.html to randomly show you 10 albums I liked from this year. If you don't like what you see, hit refresh to see something different

Re: 2023 Music

Romanelli — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:27:03 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 11/15/2023 15:27

MadhattanJack wrote:

I can't say I'm impressed with the packaging on this thing. You'd think a global conglomerate like The Beatles could do better than this.

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I mean, sure, I like the way it automatically twirls around and everything, but I'd still rather see some band imagery or something, especially on the blue side. Obviously it's a single so BEA isn't directly concerned with it, but what if they find still more old undiscovered Lennon demos in a moldy trunk somewhere next year that they want to AI-convert into a new Beatles album, and they end up hiring the same cover designer that they got for this thing? It could be catastrophic.

My first impression of the packaging was that the old guy down the street had made a mix tape for his wife and was jokingly pretending it was The Beatles.

Not that my opinions are popular around here anyway, but here goes...

As for the song...my apologies to the world which is losing their mind over this. But I am simply not impressed. The only plus part of it is that they have the technology to do it, which really amounts to a roll of digital duct tape. The song is not good and sounds like what it is...not fully written. The video is as impressive as the packaging. And I seriously doubt that if this did not have The Beatles' name on it, that it would be a hit in any possible way. It's average. With the quality of music and musicians we have today, it's far below average. And when placed next to the body of work of The Beatles, it's downright bad and, really, shame on them for wasting everyone's time on a piece like this that was probably never meant to be a Beatles track, and that was not even a completed song.

There's a reason why bands should never get back together. This is a prime example of just please leave your legacy alone.

Re: 2023 Music

Hayden — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 19:10:07 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/15/2023 00:10

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Andre 3000's debut album this Friday.

Re: 2023 Music

Norman Bates — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:58:00 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 11/12/2023 21:58

Three releases I think you should not sleep on:

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is fantastic and one of their best. Both extremely learned and humorous, it sees them focus on, this time, insects ; what comes out is a fun and challenging mix of field recordings, concrete sounds and collage, with even the odd semi-banger in there ('Why?').

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Lueur by Univers Zéro
Is the first Univers Zéro album in 10 years. Belgian RIO/Chamber art rock veterans are still as vivid as ever. One song sound like its inherited from Wyatt, another one from Weather Report, all in all still fresh, original and, in an odd way maybe ? even slightly fun.

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Phone Orphans by Laura Veirs

Is not as good as last year's, let alone her best (July Flame for instance) but it's still Veirs so it's still very good. Perfect autumnal album, acoustic melodies that sometimes feel like you've heard them before but hey.

Re: 2023 Music

MadhattanJack — Fri, 3 Nov 2023 17:58:30 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 11/03/2023 21:58

I can't say I'm impressed with the packaging on this thing. You'd think a global conglomerate like The Beatles could do better than this.

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Re: 2023 Music

Anonymous — Fri, 3 Nov 2023 16:06:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/03/2023 20:06

I’m thinking the Stones are better than the Beatles. At least in 2023.

Re: 2023 Music

Anonymous — Fri, 3 Nov 2023 16:05:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/03/2023 20:05

Hayden wrote:

Ayyyy, it's pretty good 😄

Glad they got around to finalizing it. It's a lovely song. Lyrics aged heartbreakingly.

I think it’s good, but sounds more like solo Lennon than a genuine Beatles song. Same as with Free as a Bird and Real Love. Still nice though and there is a bit of Fabs in the backing.

Re: 2023 Music

Hayden — Fri, 3 Nov 2023 11:45:54 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/03/2023 15:45

Hayden wrote:

& whatever that new Beatles song is.

Ayyyy, it's pretty good 😄

Glad they got around to finalizing it. It's a lovely song. Lyrics aged heartbreakingly.

Re: 2023 Music

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 14:36:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/29/2023 18:36

1989 has never slapped harder

Re: 2023 Music

baystateoftheart — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 12:21:03 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 10/29/2023 16:21

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The Secret To Life by FIZZ

This is a really fun pop/rock album that just came out, with four solo artists coming together - not sure if they're popular enough to qualify as a supergroup. Someone on RYM said it's reminiscent of Jellyfish, so now I'll have to check them out.

Re: 2023 Music

Tap — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 01:11:18 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 10/29/2023 05:11

For upcoming releases, the new Matmos is gonna be a great one. Also this Koma Saxo seems like it's gonna be an absolute blast https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/post-koma

Re: 2023 Music

Hayden — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 22:12:37 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/29/2023 02:12

MadhattanJack wrote:

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RTJ5 (?????)

Must be Run The Jewels - they title their albums RTJ2, RTJ3, etc., and the next one should be #5.

Sorry Jack, my question marks were in reference to whether or not it might happen, not what the album was (I wrote it in :lol:)— Mike's album kinda flopped, and I know the duo's working on new material... thought they might drop it as a surprise a la RTJ3.

And thanks for the Beatles track— I'm going to assume this isn't the 'official' cut, but I like it. Very interesting hearing a Beatles song with modern production (fan made? I think). Has Grizzly Bear/Flaming Lips/Tame Impala vibes.