[Music] Albums 2024

[Pogue Mahone]

Big Special were brilliant at The Great Escape. Their album is also wonderful.

 

[Machiavelli]

Agree. Love the opener especially when the deep squelchy thing comes in , and the track which is a very obvious nod to Can.

That'll be track 6 'Ah Yeh'. It's all good for me, can't wait to see it live interspersed with some chat from Geoff and Billy.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

See your Lufthansa, raise you Lufthansa Terminal....

Sorry mate, only just seen your reply. Yes I remember it well, an incredibly catchy tune.

 

[CheeseRolls]

Enjoying the latest from The Drin - Elude the Torch

 

[Whitechapel]

Absolutely loving the debut BERWYN album, WHO AM I. I was struggling to succinctly sum the album up thankfully the strap line on The Guardians (5*) review did a better job than I could have -

“With devastating directness, the Trinidad-born London artist depicts his struggles with UK immigration, fusing visceral poetry, dark humour and a crackling R&B croon”



Looking forward to the Bashy album too when I get around to it. An often forgotten cornerstone of those early UK Hip-Hop glory days.

 

[Machiavelli]

From that list the only albums I have heard/own are Shabaka, The Smile and Thou. Thou is quite something but it’s metal so not to everyone’s taste. I got sent it as part of my Sacred Bones subscription, it’s a Guardian 5/5 album.

I will give St Vincent, Beth Gibbon, Waxahatchee and Kamazi a sPin today.

For me, Waxahatchee is OK, but it's yet another cracker from St Vincent. What a talent.

 

[Whitechapel]

Absolutely loving the debut BERWYN album, WHO AM I. I was struggling to succinctly sum the album up thankfully the strap line on The Guardians (5*) review did a better job than I could have -

“With devastating directness, the Trinidad-born London artist depicts his struggles with UK immigration, fusing visceral poetry, dark humour and a crackling R&B croon”



Looking forward to the Bashy album too when I get around to it. An often forgotten cornerstone of those early UK Hip-Hop glory days.

The Bashy album is really good too, but that BERWYN album is growing on me more and more, proper album.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Picked up the new Joe Goddard and finally got the Fabiana Palladino record from Resident today. Lovely stuff

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Picked up the new Joe Goddard and finally got the Fabiana Palladino record from Resident today. Lovely stuff

Some really lovely summery house “push the sky” type songs on that Joe Goddard album, the second track Progress is a good example.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm loving the new Crack Cloud long player. Took a few listens but it's a real grower. More chilled and introspecitive than their previous output, has hints of Gorillas more meloncholy moments, and still has hints of Big Audio Dynamite.

 

[jackalbion]

I'm loving the new Crack Cloud long player. Took a few listens but it's a real grower. More chilled and introspecitive than their previous output, has hints of Gorillas more meloncholy moments, and still has hints of Big Audio Dynamite.

Just gave this a whirl while I worked from home, decent album that, they're getting through albums at a rate of knots. Loved the final track.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Just gave this a whirl while I worked from home, decent album that, they're getting through albums at a rate of knots. Loved the final track.

In a single word, beautiful.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

...as an aside I have got tickets to see them live. Last time I saw them they had 9 people on stage including a girl dressed as a cloud playing the harp. I think more people need to dress as clouds

 

[CHAPPERS]

Did anyone else pick the Young Fathers x Maasive Attack x Fontaines DC record? One track is Young Fathers x Massive Attack and the other is Fontaines. Both incredible and two very good mixes on the b side, with Orbital remixing the Fontaines. Well worth it if you can get hold of a copy, all in aid of Doctors Without Borders.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Been listening to the new Oh Sees long player. Another album with a very obvious Can influenced track, Beak>> being the other. Always a good thing in my mind.

 

[jackalbion]

I have been listening to the new Mount Kimbie album recently, really enjoy it, slept on it a bit at the time but its a belter.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The new Uniform album is quite brutal. Quietus describe the sound as an 'industrial scrape' A very good discription. I have a ticket to see this performed live.

 

[redoubtable seagull]

Been listening to the new Oh Sees long player. Another album with a very obvious Can influenced track, Beak>> being the other. Always a good thing in my mind.

Returning to Chalk in Brighton in ….. June 25! Not sure why bands of this stature annunce tour dates so far in advance. Is it so they can plan their tour cash flow?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Returning to Chalk in Brighton in ….. June 25! Not sure why bands of this stature annunce tour dates so far in advance. Is it so they can plan their tour cash flow?

I imagine it’s to secure the resources (crew, buses etc) and the routing of venues they need. A friend is a tour manager and he’s said it’s been a nightmare the past few years as so many bands are touring, venues (in the sequence you need them) and buses etc are just not always available.

Given it’s June I have a suspicion the European festival circuit are also playing a part. You can get a good guaranteed run of weekend dates and headline your own shows inbetween. Very good financial option for small bands.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Given it’s June I have a suspicion the European festival circuit are also playing a part. You can get a good guaranteed run of weekend dates and headline your own shows inbetween. Very good financial option for small bands and US bands.