New Music Friday!

zomgbear said:
I know nothing about Amen dunes except my weird memory remembers that he did a video for VMP called Hi Fives - which @debianlinux won some contest or some other where he won all the records that Amen Dunes chose and he PIF'd that Roxy Music album that I claimed and still have. I have the worst memory ever, i don't know why i remember this.



I think i meant to check out his music but I actually never got around to it. This new album might be a bad place to start lol
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Haha, dead on! I disdained every record in that giveaway that I entered specifically to get the ones Japanese Breakfast picked. There was a also a signed Amen Dunes that I PIF'd and I recall listening to the album on Spotify and deciding I disliked Amen Dunes but feeling like I was already biased against them due to his shitty picks.
 
Radar List, 24th May 2024
  • Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, J. Peter Schwalm — Sushi. Roti. Reibekuchen (Experimental / Avant-garde / Sound Art / Field)
  • Chihei Hatakeyama & Shun Ishiwaka — Magnificent Little Dudes Vol. 1 (Funk / Jazz / Blues / Soul / Gospel)
  • Colin Stetson — All This I Do For Glory (Experimental / Avant-garde / Sound Art / Field)
  • Felix Hess — Frogs - A Selection of Field Recordings (Experimental / Avant-garde / Sound Art / Field)
  • Myrkur — Ragnarok (Original Soundtrack) (Metal / Noise / Industrial / Extreme)
  • Paul Weller — 66 (Pop / Indie Pop / Experimental Pop / Electro-Pop)
  • Richard Chartier — On Leaving (Abstract, Experimental)
 
avecigrec said:
Radar List for 5.17.24


Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
Nathan Schubert – Live in Vancouver
Wu-Lu – Learning To Swim On Empty
Rapsody – Please Don't Cry
Alan Braufman – Infinite Love Infinite Tears
Blick Bassy – Mádibá Ni Mbondi
Charlotte Cardin – A Week in Nashville EP
Kerry King – From Hell I Rise
Various – Everyone's Getting Involved
Kaïa Kater – Strange Medicine
Shellac – To All Trains
Lemon Bucket Orkestra – Cuckoo
Barry Adamson – Cut To Black
Pallbearer – Mind Burns Alive
William Shatner – Where Will The Animals Sleep? – Songs For Kids And Other Living Things
Animal, Surrender! – Animal, Surrender!
Various – Long Distance Love – A Sweet Relief Tribute to Lowell George
Ani DiFranco – Unprecedented Sh!t
Ruth Moody – Wanderer
Isobel Campbell – Bow To Love
Intervals – memory place
Blitzen Trapper – 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions
Slash – Orgy of the Damned
Little Feat – Sam’s Place
renforshort – clean hands dirty water
Alana Yorke – Destroyer
UFOMAMMUT – Hidden
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I'm irritated that the Pallbearer vinyl still isn't shipping yet. Been holding off on that till I get it.
 
Radar List for 5.24.24


Sun Ra – Excelsior Mill
La Luz – News of the Universe
Andrew Bird Trio – Sunday Morning Put-On
Old Man Luedecke – She Told Me Where To Go
Msaki x Tubatsi – Synthetic Hearts Part II
Loyle Carner – hugo: reimagined (live from The Royal Albert Hall)
AnkAnum – Song of the Motherland
Aja – Ajasphère Vol. II
Gastr del Sol – We Have Dozens of Titles
Brian Eno, Holger Czukay & J. Peter Schwalm – Sushi! Roti! Reibekuchen!
Thelonious Coltrane x Miller Gold – Ahegao
Caoilfhionn Rose – Constellation
Yola – My Way EP
Machinedrum – 3FOR82
Low Leaf – Red Moon
Halima – EXU EP
Rami Gabriel – That’s What I’ve Been Sayin’
Sean Khan – Sean Khan presents the Modern Jazz & Folk Ensemble
Carlos Niño & Friends – Placenta
Bill MacKay – Locust Land
 
I really enjoyed the instrumentation on the new DIIV album. It's damn good. But, man, I can't get past the vocals.. they ruin the record for me. They just seem very poorly mixed in on the majority of the record. I'm pretty new to the band, and I've seen a lot of hype for the record, but is that what they're going for with the vocal mixing? Someone fill me in becasue I really want to like this album more than I do! The vocals just have me scratching my head..
 
musicjunkiegreg said:
I really enjoyed the instrumentation on the new DIIV album. It's damn good. But, man, I can't get past the vocals.. they ruin the record for me. They just seem very poorly mixed in on the majority of the record. I'm pretty new to the band, and I've seen a lot of hype for the record, but is that what they're going for with the vocal mixing? Someone fill me in becasue I really want to like this album more than I do! The vocals just have me scratching my head..
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That’s Shoegaze for ya
 
musicjunkiegreg said:
I really enjoyed the instrumentation on the new DIIV album. It's damn good. But, man, I can't get past the vocals.. they ruin the record for me. They just seem very poorly mixed in on the majority of the record. I'm pretty new to the band, and I've seen a lot of hype for the record, but is that what they're going for with the vocal mixing? Someone fill me in becasue I really want to like this album more than I do! The vocals just have me scratching my head..
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The vocals get buried in the back. It's their sound. In their first album Oshin you can't make out the words. But with shoegaze, the vocals are like an additional instrument that blends with the wall of sound. I guess shoegaze is more melody oriented than lyrical content.
 
YoHabloEspanol said:
The vocals get buried in the back. It's their sound. In their first album Oshin you can't make out the words. But with shoegaze, the vocals are like an additional instrument that blends with the wall of sound. I guess shoegaze is more melody oriented than lyrical content.
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I think DIIV’s vocals come closest to that of The Radio Dept.’s. TRD’s vocals make their entire sound outside of the Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Electronic/Indie Rock music they do so well. I think it’s what makes them really great and unique. DIIV’s vocals are light, hazy and hidden. Most songs the vocals are it’s own instrument. TRD’s vocals also sound “wet” or drenched a little bit. Idk if that makes sense but it’s hard to describe. DIIV’s first two albums are also more “wet”. The last two are more dry and airy but still similar.
 
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