If I gotta slap a pussy-ass ni**a, I'ma make it look sexy
If I gotta go hard on a bitch, I'ma make it look sexy
I pull up, hop out, air out, made it look sexy
They won't take me out my element, Nah, take me out my element

It's as close to being better than TPAB as anyone could possibly expect. The songs are so immediate, so catchy. Damn. "DNA." ... what a way to start an album! That shit goes so fucking hard it's insane!!

He's just knocking it out of the park time and time again. With the exception of untitled unmastered. Which really isn't an "album," he's had nothing but near-perfect records.

This one feels a bit to me like the Yeezus to his MBDTF. Yeah everything comes back to Kanye for me, but that's it. DAMN. is a great fucking album.

Over 40 years after forming The Only Ones and 20 since he last released any new music, Peter Perrett's got his debut solo album, How The West Was Won, coming June 30 via Domino.

http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/new...-west-was-won/

What the hell is wrong with you people that all you post about here is hip-hop, electronica and indie reunions?

Said the guy who's salivating over Royal Trux ;)

I know, and I bitched about this before already... It's just that there are other things going on in the music world (I posted "announcements" of new albums by Devon Sproule and Bash & Pop, for instance) and I find the overall focus of this thread rather narrow.

I'm looking forward to this new Ray Davies album. It doesn't actually sound quite like "my kind of thing," but I love me some Kinks, and his voice just does something special to my brain, like Paul Westerberg's or Jeff Tweedy's — two artists who would probably be super down with this album.

New EP of Six Unreleased Prince Songs Announced, Listen to "Deliverance"
Deliverance EP Due Out Friday via RMA

But isn't it being blocked by some legal action? Thought I heard that somewhere. Would be awesome if it really became available tomorrow.

A "so-called judge" :D said... No EP for you! (But the single is still available?)

https://news.google.com/news/story?n...1wBQMQqgIILzAA

I want the whole goddamn thing!!!!!

Yo Nazi, I can't even find find the single :confused:

Where'd you find them shits?

Uhhhh... I haven't tried to find it; I was just mentioning what I saw there on the news. With a question mark. In case it was fake. "The dishonest Pitchfork is the enemy of the people!" —Steve Bannon

Now lemme check the black market... Yup, keep an eye on your inbox...

I prefer this one, from 1980:


I mean it, maaan...

Pretty sweet day for new releases, I say:

Pussycat — Juliana Hatfield
Here On Earth — Jenny Scheinman
Ignite The Rest— R. Ring (Kelley Deal)
The Authorized Bang Collection — Van Morrison

Plus some Consciousness and shit.

Listen to Previously Unreleased Prince Song "Electric Intercourse" from Purple Rain Reissue
Purple Rain Reissue Due June 23 via NPG and Warner Bros.


Purple Rain Deluxe:

Disc One: Original Album (2015 Paisley Park Remaster)

1. Let's Go Crazy
2. Take Me With U
3. The Beautiful Ones
4. Computer Blue
5. Darling Nikki
6. When Doves Cry
7. I Would Die 4 U
8. Baby I'm A Star
9. Purple Rain

Disc Two: From The Vault & Previously Unreleased

1. The Dance Electric
2. Love And Sex
3. Computer Blue ("Hallway Speech" version)
4. Electric Intercourse (studio)
5. Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden
6. Possessed (1983 version)
7. Wonderful Ass
8. Velvet Kitty Cat
9. Katrina's Paper Dolls
10. We Can Fuck
11. Father's Song


Purple Rain Deluxe — Expanded Edition:

Includes Disc One and Disc Two as Listed Above

Disc Three: Single Edits & B-Sides

1. When Doves Cry (edit)
2. 17 Days
3. Let's Go Crazy (edit)
4. Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
5. Erotic City
6. Erotic City ("Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive")
7. Purple Rain (edit)
8. God
9. God (Love Theme From Purple Rain)
10. Another Lonely Christmas
11. Another Lonely Christmas (extended version)
12. I Would Die 4 U (edit)
13. I Would Die 4 U (extended version)
14. Baby I'm A Star (edit)
15. Take Me With U (edit)

DVD: Prince And The Revolution, Live at the Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, March 30, 1985

1. Let's Go Crazy
2. Delirious
3. 1999
4. Little Red Corvette
5. Take Me With U
6. Do Me, Baby
7. Irresistible Bitch
8. Possessed
9. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
10. Let's Pretend We're Married
11. International Lover
12. God
13. Computer Blue
14. Darling Nikki
15. The Beautiful Ones
16. When Doves Cry
17. I Would Die 4 U
18. Baby I'm A Star
19. Purple Rain

Ok, so speaking of Prince (that ^^ is fucking rad by the way), I just realized that I have no idea where my copy of Sign O' the Times is.

My iPod Classic was wiped after what I expect was a buggy iTunes update confused to old software, and I lost, like, MONTHS of music. This is my main device for listening, as it is in my car and I take it to the office every day.

I began the tedious task of re-loading my most favorite-favorite music on the thing (the Sonic Youths, Kanyes, Aphex Twins, and so on) and I couldn't find my copy of Sign O' The Times anywhere. Tore my place apart looking for it. No luck.

I Fucking used to have it on Vinyl and CD, and that was nice. But for the last few years it's just been CD, and now nothing.

I was so fucking upset. I realized that it's a desert island album for me. Not being able to put it RIGHT back on my iPod was a super shitty feeling.

I want a reissue of THAT. Of Sign. That's THE Prince album right there.

This one comes out on Friday, May 5:



Nels Cline/Nick Reinhart/Mike Watt/Greg Saunier. Haven't heard it yet. But I recommend it. :)

https://www.sargenthouse.com/big-walnuts-yonder

Yeah that looks good

What a lineup!!

Big Walnuts Yonder is out now. I haven't heard it yet. Any thoughts/first impression?

Also, for those who give a shit, there's a new Afghan Whigs album out now on Sub Pop.

From what I've been able to glean so far, it's strong. Perhaps not as strong as Do to the Beast, but its early yet.

The Afghan Whigs - In Spades

I live in Cincinnati and couldn't care less. When I think of all of the fine bands from this area that never got attention outside the area, their success makes me want to throw up. At least Wussy is starting to get some well deserved attention outside of Cincinnati.

:(

I'm sorry to hear that. I feel the same way about some Seattle bands, though luckily, a lot of the successful ones are pretty good. But I have friends who've been writing, playing, recording and kicking ass for 15 years who still don't even have regional success.

When Macklemore wins Grammys and soundtracks Mariners games, but Susto Amore has to break up so they can eat and pay bills, that's fucked.

I'm digging In spades so far. Its early but so far I agree with you that its not quite as strong as Do To The Beast, but it has a more varied sound that was missing from that album.

Truthfully I'm having a hard time finding time to listen to anything but the new self titled Slowdive album. It is fantastic. As good as Souvlaki and is definitely my favorite album of the year so far. Sooooooo good.

I have not yet heard the new Slowdive. I guess it's the big legacy return album of the year. 2016's m b v. I haven't felt particularly compelled to check it out... never been big on Slowdive, always been more of a MBV/JAMC/Ride/Black Tambourine/Galaxie 500 kind of guy. But I'm not sure I've ever really understood them.

I will make a point to listen to the new album. From what I've read, it sounds a lot like... Slowdive. Sounds like it might be the Slowdiviest Slowdive album ever to be... slowly... dived. Not a particularly interesting prospect for me, but I'll give it a go.

Released a coupla days ago:



Joan Shelley's self-titled third (I believe) album. Produced by Jeff Tweedy. Usual suspects like James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg provide extra-wickedness. This is Joan's gig, though, mkay?

Oh so yeah new Spoon is damn good.

...

Bro you are so behind. That was like a month and a half ago. It's practically from 2010. ;)

How do you feel about the year's only real across-the-board must hear album? By which I of course mean DAMN.

I've heard a few tracks from Damn now. They were good. I just haven't been in much of a hip hop mood right now.

You are such a weirdo. :p

I'm not in a hip-hop mood really myself, but DAMN. is just good music.

I'm not sure what kind of mood I'm in really. Most stuff sounds just totally bleh to me these days.

I'm in a modern dad rock mood.

Check out the new LCD Soundsystem.

The new Thurston Moore album is pretty good, despite it being his 50 billionth album

It's really only his fifth or sometning. You can't count the endless session singles and live singles and etc. and etc. as proper albums. Well, I guess you can, but... let's not.

It is pretty good. Sometimes it strikes me that there is pretty much nothing about his music that is challenging or extreme or even weird anymore. Like, I could probably play this album and The Best Day for my father and he wouldn't hate it. That's usually a sign that something's been normified, because my dad pretty much ONLY likes the Beatles, Steely Dan, Roy Orbison, Dylan and Frank Sinatra.

But other times I feel like the album has some nice buzzes and hisses. The middle point of "Cusp" comes to mind. Other parts make me think of the Velvet Underground. It's good for an artists whose best work is behind him. It's good in a general sense (better than any rock you'll likely hear on the radio). It's good, and I'm glad I bought it. But even in a quiet year, it's not Album of the year material.

(For reference, my father famously hated REM's "Leave" because it's "screechy." Why he continued to buy REM albums after they publically declared their intent to no longer sound like James Taylor, I'll never know. Also, the one time he actually accompanied me to a SY show -- sat waaaaaaay back and up in the bleachers and read the newspaper with his headphones on.)

new actress is good. new kendrick lamar is good. lots of other stuff is good. music's good.

babyfather / dean blunt x joanne robertson / hype williams / blue iverson
aaron dilloway (!!!)
mono no aware
haino / fushitsusha
felicia atkinson
sun araw
wolf eyes (!!!)
children of alice
pancrace
second woman
ilpo vaisanen
helm
jaap vink (!!!)
lieven martens moana



new arca is cool I guess, like it's by a considerable distance his best record, but it's literally visionist's lp and a fucking heavy, verging on collapse dose of oversteps with vox and identity politix. none of his solo full lengths have done anything for me which is odd coming from someone who adored his early mixtapes and the stuff he does for others, think he's too beholden to balladic conventions in some way? like it's an interesting approach and this record is the closest he's come to cracking it but I just don't think it's there yet, sound palette instrumentally is way too dry and repetitive, and structurally very predictable.

Wait what? There's a Babyfather album coming out this year?

Where/when did you hear about this? I haven't (I don't think), but hot damn I loved BBF.


Hmmmmm...

I do think that some of today's most daring artists are a little too bogged down with identity politicking for their own good (another example is ANOHNI — nothing against her, but it almost feels criminal to take such a unique and weird voice and to confine it to gender and political anthems. I would like to hear her venture into truly experimental territory on her next outing, assuming she remains ANOHNI. HOPELESSNESS was a really good record, but it's also the kind of thing you can only do once.

With Arca I'm less familiar with the visual aesthetic of the work. I like Arca becaue Arca seems to be carrying on in the bending of electronic genres and rules that my dearly beloved Aphex Twin did (and does) so goddamn well.

I remember liking the new Arca (haven't listened to it a ton) but I also remember feeling that it was a bit "ballad" heavy for an artist labeled "experimental." The tones and chopped melodies certainly do tend to run a bit heavy on the yearning and melancholy. I'm more interested in musical textures and variety, especially from electronic artists.

I'm going to listen to it again though so I can be sure we're even talking about the same thing.

Anyone remember Shackleton? No? Well he's been dropping some pretty cool music lately. His 2016 album Devotional Songs was really cool and his recent release Sferic Ghost Transmits is shaping up to be one of my favorite albums this year.

Also interesting is this Adult. track that Michael Gira is on for some reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCeVE26o67A

OK, so maybe I was exaggerating. A little. But that guy's made a lot of music.

Anyway, yeah, if I had any criticism it would be that Thurston plays things a bit safe.

sev, have you listened to the Flaming Lips "live" thing yet? I noticed it's on Spotify now.

New Housewives 7", a split with Massicote.




http://blankeditions.bigcartel.com/p...sicott-split-7

https://housewivesband.bandcamp.com/...ssicot-split-7

If you get it from Bandcamp, you get the two tracks in 24-bit FLAC right now. Just sayin'.