Tonky by Lonnie Holley
The new Lonnie Holley album is predictably great. Features include Mary Lattimore, Angel Bat Dawid, Joe Minter, Open Mike Eagle, Alabaster DePlume, Isaac Brock, Billy Woods, Jessca Hoop, Saul Williams.
Yeah, Lonnie knocked it out of the park again. So exciting to see people like him and Joe McPhee, who are by all means on the older side of things, release such forward-thinking and fresh albums. Lonnie in particular has a certain 'cool' factor— he's not releasing albums as a veteran, he's releasing albums as a contemporary.
& @Tap, I forget where your rec was posted, but Greyhound Days is gorgeous. Shiroishi's best to date, and easily one of my favourite releases of the year so far.
And suppose I should contribute something... go listen to these—
Boys Go To Jupiter, named after the schoolyard taunt and reclaiming it as a badge of honor, are a new indie band out of Brooklyn that is just starting to get some buzz, with this debut album released less than a month ago. Saw them on tour this past week on a whim, which was an amazing decision. They are a tremendous live band with great energy, and gave the small audience everything they had. But more important for this site, Meet Me After Practice is an incredible debut album. A-grade songwriting with emotional poignance, catchy as hell, powerful lead vocals, and a great band (guitar, keys, bass, drums, trumpet, and saxophone). Their sound blends indie pop, indie rock, and power pop, with dashes of pop punk, soul, and disco for good measure. Some of these songs could be hits, and maybe will be if Boys Go To Jupiter blow up as deserved. My favorite new discovery in a long time. Don't walk, run to check this out!
Tonky by Lonnie Holley
The new Lonnie Holley album is predictably great. Features include Mary Lattimore, Angel Bat Dawid, Joe Minter, Open Mike Eagle, Alabaster DePlume, Isaac Brock, Billy Woods, Jessca Hoop, Saul Williams.
Yeah, Lonnie knocked it out of the park again. So exciting to see people like him and Joe McPhee, who are by all means on the older side of things, release such forward-thinking and fresh albums. Lonnie in particular has a certain 'cool' factor— he's not releasing albums as a veteran, he's releasing albums as a contemporary.
& @Tap, I forget where your rec was posted, but Greyhound Days is gorgeous. Shiroishi's best to date, and easily one of my favourite releases of the year so far.
And suppose I should contribute something... go listen to these—
I'm thoroughly focused on catching as much new jazz and prog as I can this year, which means everything else taking a back seat.
However, every once in a while, I stumble upon something outside my focused lanes that I really like.
Here's a few:
20/20 - Back to California (power pop)
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Cymanide - Renascence (R&B)
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Sophie Jamieson - I Still Want to Share (Indie singer/songwrite)
I just made an entry in my jazz diary for the Sun-Mi Hong album. It's brilliant!
Awesome — glad you liked it Fischman. Sun-Mi Hong's really a fun face for the modern European jazz scene. Female jazz-drummer bandleader isn't something we get often, and she's brining tonnes of vibrancy to it while also still being very post-bop. I think her prior album (Third Page) has a bit more vigour to it, smidge more bite, but her new record is still very fresh and innovative. I feel like she's really what jazz needs at the moment. Looking forward to what she does next.
While I'm here, I'll drop a few more recs for the last handful of weeks—
And I'm torn on the new Crampton siblings' Los Thuthanaka project. One on hand, it's pretty unique and fun, but on the other it's just too loud and repetitive for me. Love the concept, still settling into the maximalist execution.
Waiting to hear Hayden's thoughts on the Los Thuthanaka album
Two posts that way ^
(Just a blurb at the end of the post).
My thoughts on it haven't changed, but ultimately I still look on the albums positively. Surprised it's being practically ignored on BEA.
I haven't had as much time to sift through new albums the last two weeks, but there's definitely been some gems— recent recs—
Demilitarize by Nazar
Nazar's come a long way in 5 years. This albums reminds me of someone, but can't pinpoint who. Kept wanting to say James Blake, but that's not quite right. Maybe James Blake in a blender? Regardless, way fuller and more conceptualized than his previous work, and a very exciting step forward.
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Sonor by Enji
I wasn't even aware Enji was releasing a new album until this was already out, but it's Enji, so. Good stuff.
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Ninety Nine Eyes by Yunis
Another hard to describe album... trance? Maybe. With a Middle Eastern/Egyptian palette/scale. It's a phenomenal composition.
የክፋት እቅድ [Evil Plan] by Ukandanz
Ukandanz coming out swinging, again. Super punchy, heavy grooves. Hard not to like this one. Just wish it was another track or two longer.
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Winterspring/Summerfall by Felbm
This was on my radar since the beginning of the year. Felbm creates this really fresh, vibrant, natural sounding compositions that blends ambient, jazz and minimal neo-classical. This is a huge record... really crisp. Think Japanese/Scandinavian aesthetics. Beautiful work.
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