Albums of 2014

[super nintendo chalmers]

Pono bruh.

[Lament]

Official video. Album on July 7th.

I'm starting to think The Holy Bible and Journal for Plague Lovers are the only Preachers stuff I'll ever be into.

The few songs they've played live from the new one sound to be more in the THB/JFPL vein. Do you not like Know Your Enemy? A lot of people who like THB & JFPL like that record.

It's actually kind of rare to find people who like every single Manics record. They really do push themselves into completely different areas with each album.

[Heathen]

The new Survival Knife is pretty good.

New Nels Cline, Pixies and Survival Knife out this week.

Good times, though I'll add my usual frustration that it's nigh-on impossible to find lossless downloadable copies of any of them: it's all LP, CD or MP3. The Pixies LP album is available on Boomkat in FLAC for £10 but that's a staggering $20 AUD (or so).

It's consistently mind-boggling that it seems so hard to find a legitimate way to source a simple FLAC copy of an album; I would much prefer to buy an album, particularly by an artist I've long been a fan of, than download it illegally but there's often no other option.

It seems silly but it's a genuine moral dilemma I struggle with as someone who: a. isn't a vinyl enthusiast, b. isn't particularly interested in purchasing CDs either (for reasons of space as well as exorbitant postage costs to Australia), c. actually cares about sound quality and d. wants to ensure that the artists who've made the music are suitably compensated.

What's the alternative - just don't listen to music? It's nuts.

Download the FLAC from What.cd (or any other legit source), contact the band and explain you'd like to donate some money to them via paypal or whatever and why you had to do it this way.

[kreng]

heh, he kind of answered his own question.

[pjpjpaul]

Anyone want to help me with a what.cd invite? Much appreciated, thanks.

[super nintendo chalmers]

The new William Tyler EP, Lost Colony is seriously great.

[Jorge]

That is nice.

[Kevin Davis]

I love both ''Behold the Spirit'' and ''Impossible Truth,'' will have to pick that up.

[zeb]

That is nice.

[PryTo]

That is nice.

[Mojopin]

Very nice! Man this whole thing is great. Some really beautiful guitar tones on here!

[psychobain]

New Baths ep leaked. Sounds great.

Here's the title track:


He released one of my fav albums of 2013.

[Heathen]

so there's a(nother) new Fire! Orchestra album out

[Heathen]

June 3

[Mojopin]

June 3

Definitely looking forward to this!

[Heathen]

Fantomas: Le Faux Magistrat CD/2LP available on Tompkins Square, July 2014

In celebration of the centenary of Louis Feuillade’s Fantômas silent film series, James Blackshaw was invited by Yann Tiersen to perform a live score to the fifth and final film, Le Faux Magistrat, at the beautiful and prestigious surroundings of the Théâtre de Châtelet, Paris on October 31st 2013.

Fantômas – a master of disguise and symbol of terror - is one of the most popular characters in French crime fiction, as well as a favourite with the avant-garde, particularly the surrealists.

Tim Hecker, Amiina, Yann Tiersen and Loney Dear also performed during the event (which was broadcast live on the European ARTE channel) each bringing their own unique sonic perspective to the other installments in the series.

Written during the course of a few months, James Blackshaw drew influences from French impressionist composers, Brazillian guitar music, musique concrete and the works of other film composer such as David Shire and Pino Donaggio, to create a noirish score that is in turns sinister, quietly profound and thrilling.

Personally invited by James Blackshaw, experimental musicians Duane Pitre and Simon Scott (also of Slowdive) contributed drums, electronics, synth, bowed guitar, bass and more to Blackshaw’s nylon string guitar and grand piano, with multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Glasson adding violin, vibraphone and several wind instruments to the 75 minute long work.

wish I had known this was broadcast on TV

[Mojopin]

Holy Fuck if you like metal! \M/

Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

[Heathen]

I'm both excited and anxious about this one, I don't want it to be a let down like Marrow of the Spirit was.

[solace]

the debut from Sylvan Esso is just fantastic:

http://www.npr.org/2014/05/04/307765618 ... ylvan-esso

[Heathen]

couple good ones

Ryley Walker - All Kinds of You


Horseback - Piedmont Apocrypha


John Matthias - Geisterfahrer