[choc e-Claire]

I finally got around to Brat after you all lost your minds. It's not bad.

Anyway, with the caveat I barely listened to anything new this year, samlrc - A Lonely Sinner gets my nod for the #1.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Anyway, with the caveat I barely listened to anything new this year [...]

OK boomer.


You know, I thought the Beth Gibbons album was gonna slay everybody else and be the "consensus" album of the year, but xcx.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

A few years back my friend was in a shop and he saw a bloke he thought he knew from AA meetings and went up and to say hello, but the guy mouthed "just fuck off" to him. As my friend walked away he realised it was Bobby Gillespie who'd just told him to fuck off.

Originally Posted by Diesel

He looks like the type to enjoy a silk scarf. A friend of mine had a similar experience with Thom Yorke in an alley behind a venue where he was playing a DJ set. Out pops Thom from the venue exit to which my surprised pal mutters to his friend 'Thom Yorke' to which Thom tells him to fuck off.

Not sure what the problem is with silk scarves (didn't Miles Davis use to wear some?), but the delicate bullshit rockstars mentioned above could learn a thing or two from someone like Steve Earle. Here's a comment posted on Dimeadozen recently:

I first met Steve while getting some ice cream on the River Walk in San Antonio, TX around this time period [1988]. He was wearing a very unique jean jacket with Copperhead Road on back. He was so cool to me and my buddy that saw him on David Letterman show and were blown away. We hung out for a bit and then he said..whats your name and how many tickets you want? Sure enough there were 4 tickets for us at will call at the show that weekend. I stood right up front with a pretty rough crowd( i was a 18 yr kid among men)..haha. He rocked out and was sweating all over the place and me. At the end he gave me a big high five and smile. True story.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

OK boomer.


You know, I thought the Beth Gibbons album was gonna slay everybody else and be the "consensus" album of the year, but xcx.

That Beth Gibbons albums is incredible. I’d rank it well above Brat, which probably wouldn’t be in my top 10 of the year. Gibbons definitely would, if I were to make such a list.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Skuj

 

Skuj, dude, what are you doing. That's silly. Just post... whenever, dammit.

[The Soup Nazi]

 

All right, 2024's #1 for me: Wendy Eisenberg - Viewfinder. "Changing isn't healing ... Healing takes forever ..."

[Toilet & Bowels]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Her album Auto was my favourite record in whatever year it was it came out (2019 maybe?)

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Her album Auto was my favourite record in whatever year it was it came out (2019 maybe?)

2020. See, that's the thing with these jazz/improv/whachamacallit musicians, ya can't keep up with 'em. Each year they're on fifty bands, they "appear" in a hundred other artists' records, and then you have their "solo" albums. They're impossible!

Anyway everybody here should give Viewfinder a spin it's so touching and tender but wild and noisy but serene but not lookit just go to Bandcamp listen to it and call me in the morning even better BUY IT you'll get it in hi-res YOW!