Baron - Torpor. Gets released on the 23rd of October. Love this. Better even than Columns. This page has links to tracks on Soundcloud.
http://thequietus.com/articles/18787-listen-new-baron
Going to be my album of the year in another strong year.
Chairmen Of The Board - The Skin I'm In.
Dungen - Skit I Allt. Not much love here recently for this particular brand of pastoral jazzy psychedelic prog... I find it lovely. I think the wrong bits were highlighted. Nothing wrong with this for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yodft8djtM
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone. The only stoner album one needs to own. Another week of listening to this non-stop. Dislike everything they recorded after this though.
Hey Colossus - Radio Static High. A great gig this weekend but it was supporting a great album. I quite like songs though and this does represent a step back from their previous all out noise attack, imposing a rigid structure on their racket. Really this is just rammed with great riffs.
Humanfly - Awesome Science. So cross that I only caught on to these guys on pretty much the day they decided to split up. Yet more thoughtful controlled riffing. Recommended.
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Dub Syndicate - Time Bomb X De Devil Dead. Marvel that this was release in 1987! Timeless spacey dub, sounds like a missive from the future. Faultless.
Legs Diamond - s/t, A Diamond Is A Hard Rock. Wonderful. Especially the first album. So adolescent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWFWtOlKM_s
Little Richard - The Very Best Of. Such energy. It is difficult to put sounds into the context of the times they were recorded. I cannot imagine how exciting yet probably frightening Lucille would of sounded in 1957. I seem to be obsessed with time don't I? An age thing I suspect. Anyway many of these still sound breathless and raw, and he had bloody good bands.
Low - Trust, The Great Destroyer. Still their best I think. Listened to later albums this week as well but it is still these two I find bewilderingly great. As a friend said, its all about the next Retribution Gospel Choir album now.
Mclusky - My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours.
Phaedre - Blackwinged Night. Contemporary shoe gazery folkiness... The usual Rune Grammofon guarantee of quality though. I'm pretty certain I like it.
Queen - Queen II.
Roxy Music - s/t, For your pleasure.
Spirit - Clear, Spirit, The Family That Plays together, Twelve Dreams.
UFO - 1, Flying, Phenomenon.
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