The Interrogator is out now on CD, available directly from the band on The Big Cartel. Mine arrived in the mail (accompanied by a nice handwritten note from Elizabeth) last week. After a couple of listens, all I can say is I don’t think they’re capable of making a bad album.

Indeed. Not even capable of a dull song, if you believe Robert Christgau. :cool:

Incidentally, I have to admit that it was only after Robbie Robertson died and clips and quotes started showing up everywhere that I realized The Paranoid Style's A Goddamn Impossible Way Of Life album is titled verbatim after this exchange on The Last Waltz:

You remembered I don’t care much about the opinions of “The Dean”. I’m impressed. But he did stumble on to The Paranoid Style. I wasn’t aware they got that album title from The Last Waltz. I’ve seen the movie but don’t remember Robertson saying that, it’s been so long. Thanks for pointing that out. By coincidence, it’s my favorite Paranoid Style album.

I don't think Xgau ever reviewed anything by The Mendoza Line or Slow Dazzle, so it wasn't the Timothy Bracy connection. Probably the Wussy connection. Or, he just dug Elizabeth's looks and decided to check 'em out. If it's the latter, can't say I blame him...

Wow...

https://www.strandedrecords.com/coll...llection-10xlp

James Elkington - Me Neither (December 8)

Jolie Laide - Jolie Laide (debut album by Nina Nastasia's new project/duo) (November 17)

Fuckit, this is too significant to stay silent:

Mary Halvorson - Cloudward (January 19)

Barbara Manning - Charm Of Yesterday… Convenience Of Tomorrow (December 8)

Yesss

Mary Timony - Untame The Tiger (February 23)

ETA: Wow, Dave Mattacks plays on this album!
:eek:

https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/mary_timony_announces_first_new_solo_album_in_15_y ears_shares_video_for_new

J Mascis - What Do We Do Now (February 2)

Does anybody else think "Can't Believe We're Here" sounds a bit like R.E.M.'s "Sitting Still"? I'm getting this one!

Chastity Belt - Live Laugh Love (March 29) on Suicide Sqeeze

Minor Threat - Out Of Step Outtakes 7" (December 1)

AND NOW... 2024's ALBUM OF THE YEAR (you read that correctly) is already here!

Itasca - Imitation Of War (February 9)

My favorite albums from this horrible year

50. Divide And Dissolve – Systemic
49. Low Cut Connie – Art Dealers
48. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
47. Agriculture – Agriculture
46. John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy – Evenings at the Village Gate
45. SQÜRL – Silver Haze
44. GNOD – Live at Roadburn 2022
43. Purling Hiss – Drag on Girard
42. The Armed – Perfect Saviors
41. Henry Threadgill – The Other One
40. Yellow Eyes – Master's Murmur
39. Lucidvox – That’s What Remained
38. Khanate – To Be Cruel
37. Lankum - False Lankum
36. Seven)Suns – One Of Us Is The Killer
35. Shackleton & Zimpel with Siddhartha Belmannu – In The Cell of Dreams
34. James Holden – Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities
33. Kali Malone (featuring Stephen O’Malley & Lucy Railton) – Does Spring Hide Its Joy
32. Ragana – Desolation’s Flower
31. Arvo Pärt – Tractus
30. U.S. Girls – Bless This Mess
29. ØXN – CYRM
28. Pile – All Fiction
27. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper
26. otay-onii – Dream Hacker
25. James & The Giants – James & The Giants
24. Bell Witch – Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate
23. Bardo Pond - Peel Sessions
22. Swans – The Beggar
21. The Clientele – I Am Not There Anymore
20. Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden...
19. Hey Colossus – In Blood
18. Spurv – Brefjære
17. Meg Baird – Furling
16. Wednesday – Rat Saw God
15. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
14. Quasi – Breaking the Balls of History
13. The Keening – Little Bird
12. The Necks – Travel
11. Susanne Sundfør – blómi
10. Zoh Amba & Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt – The Flower School
9. Califone – Villagers
8. PJ Harvey - I Inside The Old Year Dying
7. James Brandon Lewis – Eye Of I
6. Sparks – The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
5. Fågelle – Den svenska vreden
4. Wilco – Cousin
3. Memorials – Music for Film: Women Against The Bomb
2. Liturgy – 93696
1. jaimie branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))

Heaven Vol. 2 by MONO



Second volume of the Heaven EP series by Mono, released around Christmas time each year, since last year. It's a digital only bandcamp edition.
I will just wait until/if the vinyl edition will be released lateron, in March probably like volume 1 ...

1. Squid - O Monolith
2. bdrmm - I Don't Know
3. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
4. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody
5. Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya - Orbweaving
6. 100 gecs - 10000 gecs
7. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
8. Jane Remover - Census Designated
9. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes
10. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World

Maps and Scaring the Hoes slap.