No Buy May Challenge! May 1-May 31!!!

[avecigrec]

#30
Hieroglyphic Being - The Disco's of Imhotep

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

#7



The Postal Service - Give Up

Been stuck in my head for days and constant streaming of it, finally found time to give it a spin

 

[avecigrec]

#31
Count Basie - At the Savoy Ballroom

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

#8



Pulsallama - Pulsallama

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

#9



Stevie Nicks - Rarities 1981 - 1983

 

[avecigrec]

#32
Black Pumas - Black Pumas



Throwback to 42 variants ago!

 

[avecigrec]

#33
Sun Ra - Janus

 

[Dirtbag Auntie]

Holy cow! Everyone is killin it!

 

[avecigrec]

#34
Sun Ra - Continuation

 

[avecigrec]

#35
Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold

 

[Rip_City]

#12
Midori Takada - Through the Looking Glass



An almost forgotten Japanese ambient/new age stunner. The atmosphere changes to a palpable organic force that could be contextualized as something harrowing and violent.
Japanese ambient is something else...it doesn't often rely on droney sections to lengthen the run time. It is instead felt with pockets of space and organic choice of timbre, where a simple yet unexpected change of instrumental shift bears deep emotional resonance.

 

[Rip_City]

#13
Portishead - Portishead



Trip hop hits different at night after a few adult beverages.

 

[Rip_City]

#14
Alice Coltrane - A Monastic Trio



I have found Alice's music to be substantially more fascinating than her husband's as of late, something you'd never hear me say even three years ago. I could use more of her records without hesitation, and I am eager to sample more.
This one is also fairly accessible; glad I got this one on a blind buy last month. Hard bop influences, but assuredly not the intent.

 

[Rip_City]

#15
Tony Conrad with Faust - Outside the Dream Syndicate



The precursor to Swans? Maybe?
Either way, a gargantuan LP with two sidelong tracks ~26min each. Drone, krautrock, avant grade, experimental...it really is a challenge to describe.

 

[Rip_City]

#16
Richard Pinhas - Iceland



More avant-garde excellence, with a side of progressive electronic. So glad I was turned onto this one...avant-garde has been the missing link to complete my current tastes of the past 2-3 years.

 

[avecigrec]

#36
Townes Van Zandt - For The Sake Of The Song

 

[Rip_City]

#17
Fugazi - Red Medicine



An N&G RotM pick is responsible for me being interested in Fugazi's music. Just another reason to be thankful for this forum.

 

[avecigrec]

#37
Jason Isbell - Southeastern

 

[Rip_City]

#18
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis



I am stunned by the mastering of this album. Truly transcendent release that turns 10 next year! If only there were more bands/duos like them...

 

[avecigrec]

#18
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis

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I am stunned by the mastering of this album. Truly transcendent release that turns 10 next year! If only there were more bands/duos like them...

My biggest concert sadness of the Covid era is not getting to see Dead Can Dance. My wife purchased tickets in Oct. 2019 for a May 2020 show, which got rescheduled to June of this year and has been rescheduled again for Oct. 23, which will be great for many of the ticket holders, but is our exact due date - which is itself exciting, but means no Dead Can Dance show.