The Knife - Raging Lung
I think I've found my album of the year. Astonishing and bizarre. It makes me so happy that there are creative people out there prepared to go to extremes to make uncompromising, sprawling, boundary-pushing, beautiful and political music like this.
It's a raging lung
and a difference
What a difference
a little difference would make
Tyler, The Creator (ft. Earl Sweatshirt and Domo Genesis) - Rusty
I keep feeling drawn to the Odd Future crew, then I'm repulsed or just put off, and then I'm drawn there again. A sore tooth-syndrom kinda. Why don't they apply their supreme wordplay and charm to something that is worth saying? But then again, they're kids, and that's probably exactly the kind of question that provokes them to invent new clever ways to say 'fuck you'. Tyler pretty much sums up the problem in this one.
Fucking sick and getting bigger like I sneezed on Adele
And bitches getting touchy-feely like they reading some Braille
I'm harder than DJ Khaled playing the fucking quiet game
The fuck am I saying? Tyler's not even a violent name
About as threatening as stained windbreakers in hurricanes
But he rapes women, and spit wrong, like he hate dentists
God damn menace, 666 and he's not finished
And my shit's missing, he hates women, but love kittens
See y'all niggas tripping, man
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Television The Drug of a Nation
This has been waiting to fit into a list for a while now. It's the perfect thing to listen to after watching Charlie Brooker's equally brilliant enlightenment-series How TV Ruined Your Life
Deltron 3030 - Memory Loss
A titillating description from wikipedia:
The album's story casts Del in the role of Deltron Zero, a disillusioned mech soldier and interplanetary computer prodigy rebelling against a 31st century New World Order. In a world where evil oligarchs suppress both human rights and hip-hop, Del fights rap battles against a series of foes, becoming Galactic Rhyme Federation Champion.
James Blake - To The Last
The boy is a genius. There's no denying it now. The album lived up to my very high expectations. Amongst all the gorgeous melodies and lyrics what really stands out for me is the sheer sound-porn going on here. The production in any one minute of this album brings as many spine-tingling moments as most artists manage to produce in a whole discography. Case in point: the way the vocals here seem to be repeatedly emerging from beach-breaking waves of distortion into clear, salty air; or the way the bass punches you lovingly in the stomach at 1.55; or the way some kind of outmoded analogue eggclock that recalls actul physical mechanics accentuates the beat at odd points; or... well all of it, really.
And while we're gushing over James Blake, this is a pretty solid remix of probably the best track of the year:
Once again, one of my main tunes this week is nowhere to be found on Spotify. I found Doom's fantastic album Born Like This in Monorail's second hand-section, and this wonderful track is produced by J Dilla and samples the great maverick Raymond Scott who's been on my lists before, so it just has to be here as a bonus:
ONE MORE! This is bloody awesome:
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