04/24 - A Dance Against Dying

Time to pick up the pace! A bit of riff and rhythm to get things going!

St. Vincent - Broken Man   

I am so ready for a heavier and crunchier new St. Vincent era! 

HOUSE OF ALL - Harlequin Duke

Vulgarity is life!
Good taste is death!

 

Nihiloxica - Asidi   

Ugandan drum madness is my jam.

 

 

Fever Ray - Kandy    

What will spring bring? What emotions? Desire has become strange and unfamiliar and Karin Dreijer makes sense. I revel in it. I've been alone forever.

 

WaqWaq Kingdom - Sjogyo Mujo

I was given this group to write a blurb about for this year's Clandestino festival. And at first I did not know what to think. But after a few listens, this bizarre, ecstatic whirlwind of genre collisions and Japanese shamanism started to make sense. And after a few more, songs like this crystallized into addictive pills of joy.

 

03/24 - Made The Valley For To Ring

Consider this the second half of the list I last posted. These wild, slightly ominous tracks just slotted in with each other perfectly, so I had to make another of these mostly instrumental studio-mood-lists.

Shovel Dance Collective - II: Lovely on the Water, lapping waters by Tower Hill   

A lovely moment on an immersive album that should be experienced in full. I've definitely had a weak spot for compositions containing field recordings lately.

The Stargazer's Assistant - Shango

Settle in, the folk is being swept up in a maelstrom. 

 

 

Colin Stetson - Behind the Sky   

This one I think requires good speakers or headphones to not become slightly grating, but with good sound: wow, what power! Also an excellent album, with contributions from Brighde Chaimbeul, whom I look forward to seeing at Clandestino festival this year.

 

 

Kevin Richard Martin - Camden Crawling    

Pushing on through the last few dark mornings of the winter to a slow but determined beat.

Lankum - Go Dig My Grave

Irish doom folk, now that's a genre!