New Particles hand-snatched from the tube of the Large Genre Collider for the week ending 2015-08-28. This is what I am listening to in the universe where I have time to listen to all of this and still everything else.
| 1 |
Solvey |
"Solvey" |
Solvey |
Dreamy, percussive indie-pop by Solvey. |
| 2 |
a.l.f |
"it's ak" |
it's ak ep 2 |
Frantic grubstep by a.l.f. |
| 3 |
El Ten Eleven |
"Point Breeze" |
Fast Forward |
Loopy advanced-background electronica from El Ten Eleven. |
| 4 |
Spector |
"All The Sad Young Men" |
Moth Boys |
Wildly Editors-sounding britrock by Spector. |
| 5 |
Courteeners |
"Are You in Love With a Notion?" |
Anna |
Remember guitars? The Courteeners do. |
| 6 |
Teenage Wrist |
"Outside of Love" |
Dazed |
Whirry indiegaze by Teenage Wrist. |
| 7 |
Blank Realm |
"Palace of Love" |
single |
Boisterous Cure/X-ish throwback indie from Blank Realm. |
| 8 |
Betontod |
"Traum von Freiheit" |
Traum von Freiheit |
Ragged German punk by Betontod. |
| 9 |
Broilers |
"Ist Da Jemand?" |
Noir |
Raggeder German punk by Broilers. |
| 10 |
Meme |
"No Puedo Parar" |
single |
Slow, pulsing Latin electro-rock by Meme. |
| 11 |
Inventions |
"Escapers" |
Maze of Woods |
Stuttery obliquetronica by Inventions. |
| 12 |
The Sun |
"Il mio miglior difetto" |
Cuore aperto |
Italian arena-pop by The Sun. |
| 13 |
Francesca Michielin |
"L'amore esiste" |
single |
Trap-trippy Italian dance-pop by Francesca Michielin. |
| 14 |
Bleak |
"Guilt Tripper" |
We Deserve Our Failures |
Harrowing black thrash by Bleak. |
| 15 |
Brooklynn |
"Built on Tragedy" |
single |
Giddy almost-Laura-Brannigan-grade Big Pop by Brooklynn. |
| 16 |
A Silent Film |
"Lightning Strike" |
single |
Epic overearnest indie-in-the-Imagine-Dragons-sense indie rock by A Silent Film. |
| 17 |
Meridian Dan |
"Hot For Me Now" |
single |
Clattering "German Whip" follow-up from Meridian Dan. |
| 18 |
BEST WISHES |
"Temperament" |
Maulden Woods 5 |
Lurchy punk-pop by Bestwishes. |
| 19 |
Leaves' Eyes |
"The Waking Eye" |
single |
Fine gothic-metal filligree by Leaves' Eyes. |
| 20 |
Gloryhammer |
"Universe On Fire" |
single |
Coarse power-metal bombast by Gloryhammer. |
| 21 |
Trivium |
"Until The World Goes Cold" |
single |
A second Trivium song in a row that I like. |
| 22 |
Hel |
"Mina Bröder" |
single |
Thin, dark-elven folk-metal from Hel. |
| 23 |
Gimu |
"Hidden In Darkness" |
Of The Spirit, Of The Space |
Abstract-metal echoings by Gimu. |
| 24 |
Weyes Blood |
"Cardamom" |
single |
Weyes Blood following old Nick Drake pathways. |
| 25 |
Laura Stevenson |
"Torch Song" |
single |
Canadian alt-country blare from Laura Stevenson. |
| 26 |
Chris Norman |
"Waiting" |
Waiting +1 |
Chris Norman puts the Arena in one of the "A"s in AAC. |
| 27 |
Sycosis |
"Higher" |
single |
Surgingly atmospheric hip hop by Sycosis. |
| 28 |
Eastern Conference Champions |
"Love in Wartime" |
Love in Wartime |
Grand underdog alt-Springsteen rock by Eastern Conference Champions. |
| 29 |
Kobra And The Lotus |
"Lay It On The Line" |
Words Of The Prophets 5 |
Reverent rock-harder covers EP by Kobra And The Lotus. |
| 30 |
Fuck The Facts |
"Everywhere Yet Nowhere" |
Desire Will Rot |
Shoutspastic noise by Fuck The Facts. |
| 31 |
NMR - Norwegian Metal Resistance |
"Kjærlighet" |
single |
Bizarre overprogrammed elf-metal excess by Norwegian Metal Resistance. |
| 32 |
Matenrou Opera |
"Aoku Toumei Na Kono Shinpi No Umi E" |
single |
Masterfully quavery and remorselessly florid J-metal by Matenrou Opera. |
| 33 |
INORAN |
"Beautiful Now" |
Beautiful Now |
Denser, darker J-goth-rock by Inoran. |
| 34 |
KMPFSPRT |
"Die Welt kann mich nicht mehr verstehen" |
single |
German sprint-punk by KMPFSPRT. |
| 35 |
9MM |
"Olé, Viva La Fiesta" |
single |
Howly German oi from 9MM. |
| 36 |
Ohrenfeindt |
"Motor an" |
single |
German-voltage AC/DC by Ohrenfeindt. |
| 37 |
Ahab |
"The Isle" |
The Boats Of The Glen Carrig |
Sub-aquatic monster-metal by Ahab. |
| 38 |
Mephorash |
"The Hendecasyllabics of Death" |
Sfaíra Ti̱s Fo̱tiás 2 |
Meditatively grim occult rites from Mephorash. |
| 39 |
Plaguewielder |
"Existence Is Our Exile" |
Chambers of Death |
Plaguewielder is evocatively named. |
| 40 |
Bedroom Audio |
"อย่าให้เขาเข้ามา" |
single |
Thai alt-rock by Bedroom Audio. |
| 41 |
Infinity Girl |
"Hesse" |
Harm |
The kind of shoegaze in which you eventually notice that acid is eating your shoes by Infinity Girl. |
| 42 |
Mostapace |
"Divide - Original Mix" |
Divide 3 |
A flayed skeleton of a dance song by Mostapace. |
| 43 |
The Sweetest Condition |
"Beyond the Blue" |
Edge of the World |
Nashville dance-rock by The Sweetest Condition. |
| 44 |
June 1974 |
"Changes" |
single |
Back to format June 1974 laptop-glitter single. |
| 45 |
5 Seconds of Summer |
"Jet Black Heart" |
single |
And in the department of things you don't need me to tell you about, unless you deliberately avoid things most people wouldn't need me to tell them about: Warm boyband yearning by 5 Seconds of Summer... |
| 46 |
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
"Downtown (feat. Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Eric Nally)" |
single |
...and oh my god, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis may be the best there has ever been at the thing they do. This is basically "Thrift Shop" crossed with "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" without losing the humor OR the drama, and every bit the equal of "Uptown Funk" in both-timeless-and-state-of-the-art no-gimmicks-barred pop-hit craft. |
| 47 |
Jean-Michel Jarre |
"Ethnicolor - Remastered" |
Zoolook |
But if you can't take that, maybe this is the week to listen again, as I bet you haven't for a while, to the greatgreatgreat Jean Michel Jarre's greatgreatgreat synth-wizard-gets-a-sampler masterwork Zoolook. |
