1 |
Amiensus |
"On These Deserted Plains" |
Ascension |
Progressive post-metal from Amiensus. |
2 |
Tallesen |
"Sessiom Tide" |
Inca |
Clicky abstractro from Tallesen. |
3 |
Roll the Dice |
"Blood In Blood Out" |
Until Silence |
Soundtracky mood-pieces by Roll the Dice. |
4 |
Einherjer |
"Fremad" |
Av Oss, For Oss |
Grinding black-folk-metal by Einherjer. |
5 |
Folkstone |
"In caduta libera" |
Oltre… l'Abisso |
Purist (!) folk-metal by Folkstone. |
6 |
Hallway Swimmers |
"Indigo" |
Advertised |
Twitchy indie r&b without r or b from Hallway Swimmers. |
7 |
Piano Interrupted |
"Cross Hands - Hidden Orchestra Remix" |
The Unified Field Reconstructed |
Puréed ambient experimentalism from Piano Interrupted. |
8 |
Alejandro Fuentes |
"Encore" |
single |
Big shiny video pop by Alejandro Fuentes. |
9 |
Nadia Nair |
"Beautiful Poetry" |
Beautiful Poetry +1 |
Just because you can sing doesn't mean you can't chop your singing up. e.g. Nadia Nair. |
10 |
HÆLOS |
"Earth Not Above" |
Earth Not Above +3 |
Wistful indietronica from Hælos. |
11 |
Save Us from the Archon |
"Epigram (Divorcing Body from Self)" |
Fear Eats the Soul 4 |
Post-math yearning by Save Us from the Archon. |
12 |
Hundredth |
"Unravel" |
Free |
Booming shout-rock by Hundredth. |
13 |
A-Mei Chang |
"都對也都錯" |
偏執面 |
Epic Taiwanese pop from 張惠妹. |
14 |
Miu Chu |
"都給我快樂" |
快樂美人魚 |
Bouncy chirpiness by 朱俐靜. |
15 |
Craig Finn |
"Newmyer's Roof" |
single |
Springsteenishness from Craig Finn. |
16 |
Said the Sky |
"Falling In (feat. Mimi Page) - Original Mix" |
single |
Twitch-trance from Said the Sky. |
17 |
Sound Remedy |
"Spirals (feat. King Deco)" |
single |
Shimmery yoga-step by Sound Remedy. |
18 |
Illenium |
"I'll Be Your Reason" |
single |
Halting trap-trance by Illenium. |
19 |
Asylums |
"Joy In A Small Wage" |
single |
Pealing guitar-rock by Asylums. |
20 |
Prides |
"Messiah" |
Higher Love 4 |
Anthemic (maybe Christian) emotronica by Prides. |
21 |
Smile |
"Ella Tiene Algo" |
single |
Latin pop-punk by Smile. |
22 |
Deborah Iurato |
"Da sola" |
single |
Have I mentioned that the Italians are the unsung masters of pop-rock? e.g. Deborah Iurato. |
23 |
Demi Lovato |
"Cool for the Summer" |
single |
If Carly Rae Jepsen can have new songs, so can Demi Lovato. |
24 |
Unleash The Archers |
"Frozen Steel" |
Time Stands Still |
Gothic power-metal by Unleash The Archers. |
25 |
Cradle Of Filth |
"Yours Immortally..." |
Hammer of the Witches |
Cradle Of Filth cleaned up a bit. |
26 |
Saurom |
"Vive" |
single |
Spanish folk-hard-rock from Saurom. |
27 |
HEALTH |
"MEN TODAY" |
single |
Crashing indietronic epicore by Health. |
28 |
Betty Who |
"Just Like Me" |
Take Me When You Go (Deluxe Version) |
Some new tracks on the "deluxe" version of the last Betty Who album. |
29 |
a-ha |
"Under The Makeup" |
single |
Stately new a-ha song. |
30 |
Team Sleep |
"Your Skull Is Red - Live" |
Woodstock Sessions Vol. 4 |
Drifty proto-post-rock by Team Sleep. |
31 |
Above & Beyond |
"We're All We Need" |
We Are All We Need |
Definitive progressive uplifting trance by Above & Beyond. |
32 |
Audien |
"Something Better" |
single |
Lady Antebellum singing with Audien and not screwing it up. |
33 |
Project 46 |
"Beautiful (It Hurts)" |
Beautiful |
Lots of people singing pop-trance with Project 46. |
34 |
Kins |
"Young" |
Cyclical 4 |
Fluttery indiephemera by Kins. |
35 |
Yammy |
"marishiten" |
YAMMY M01D |
Console disco by Yammy. |
36 |
Scale The Summit |
"Stolas" |
single |
Thrash-djenting by Scale The Summit. |
37 |
Rolo Tomassi |
"Raumdeuter" |
Grievances |
Anything-can-happen-next mathcore by Rolo Tomassi. |
38 |
Wiley |
"Lost Property" |
single |
Wiley catching up to Skepta. |
39 |
Asian Dub Foundation |
"Zig Zag Nation" |
More Signal More Noise |
Grime-rap-rock by Asian Dub Foundation. |
40 |
Lockah |
"Important 2 / Hate, Meet Fate" |
It Gets More Cloudy... |
Condensed-vapor-wave by Lockah. |
41 |
Centaurus B |
"Train to Amsterdam" |
single |
Speed d&b by Centaurus B. |
42 |
Falling From Grace |
"Divine" |
Divine - Single 2 |
Stentorian post-hardcore by Falling From Grace. |
43 |
Mr FijiWiji |
"Aphasia" |
single |
Spectral small-room club-not-dance by Mr FijiWiji. |
44 |
NCT |
"Scars" |
Scars +1 |
Glassy pop-EDM by NCT. |
45 |
R5 |
"All Night" |
Sometime Last Night |
If the Ben Folds Five were One Direction, aka R5. |
46 |
No Frills Twins |
"Not Over" |
single |
Pop Tape for (Two) Blue Girls, aka goth-pop due No Frills Twins. |
47 |
Carly Rae Jepsen |
"I Really Like You - Bleachers Remix" |
single |
Bleachers mixing some additional crunch into Carly Rae Jepsen's "I Really Like You". |
48 |
Gackt |
"Another World (Taku Takahashi Remix)" |
GACKTRACKS - ULTRA DJ ReMIX - |
Sucked-into-anime party-remixes of Gackt. |
49 |
Zero Assoluto |
"L'amore comune" |
single |
More Italian pop-rock by Zero Assoluto. |
50 |
Immediate Music |
"Dark Angel" |
Fields of Glory |
Trailer epicore by Immediate Music. |
51 |
Really Slow Motion |
"Iron Poetry (feat. Kate St. Pierre)" |
Iron Poetry |
And more of it by Really Slow Motion. |
52 |
Hopsin |
"Fly" |
single |
Shut-up-and-listen flow by Hopsin. |
53 |
Levante |
"Le lacrime non macchiano" |
Abbi cura di te (Special Pack) |
The Italians do indie pop, too, e.g. Levante. |
54 |
Jordin Sparks |
"Right Here Right Now" |
single |
Sultry trap-pop by Jordin Sparks (like we needed yet another song called "Right Here Right Now"). |
55 |
Dowsing |
"Cutoff (Blades, Blades, Blades, & Even More Blades)" |
Cyls Split Series #4 4 |
Alt-emo split EP from Dowsing, The Cardboard Swords, The Long Knives and Sinai Vessel (are those really different bands, or all Rainer Maria in disguise?). |
56 |
Girls Names |
"A Hunger Artist" |
single |
Retro-post-punk by Girls Names. |
57 |
Westkust |
"Swirl" |
Last Forever |
Westkust kind of remind me, pleasantly, of Ned's Atomic Dustbin. |
58 |
I.D. Project |
"Inception" |
Time |
Laptop trance by I.D. Project. |
59 |
Hunter Hayes |
"Someday Girl" |
single |
Twang catharsis by Hunter Hayes. |
60 |
Chief Keef |
"Ain't Missing You" |
Ain't Missing You +2 |
Bizarre but can't-stop-listening trappification of John Waite's "Missing You" by Chief Keef and Jenn Em. |
61 |
A.R.T.I.K |
"Chemical Accidents" |
single |
Manicstep by A.R.T.I.K. |
62 |
The Frames |
"God Bless Mom" |
Longitude |
A good excuse to listen to The Frames again. |
63 |
Sarkodie |
"Mewu (feat. Akwaboah)" |
single |
Twittery afropop Sarkodie/Akwaboah duet. |
64 |
ASD |
"Blockbasta" |
Blockbasta |
Menacingly catchy German rap by ASD. |
65 |
KRANE |
"Chariots" |
single |
Thumpy trance by KRNE. |
66 |
Veruca Salt |
"The Gospel According To Saint Me" |
Ghost Notes |
and my pick of the week, THE NEW VERUCA SALT ALBUM by Veruca Salt. |