New Particles hand-snatched from the tube of the Large Genre Collider for the week ending 2015-09-18. 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 |
Dallas Smith |
"Wastin' Gas" |
Kids with Cars 5 |
Sturdy, twangy, anthemic bro-country by Dallas Smith. |
| 2 |
Tuoni |
"S.a.n.o. S.e." |
Kuolonpyörä |
Finnish screamy progressive Faith-No-More-core from Tuoni. |
| 3 |
Kelela |
"Rewind" |
single |
Simmery indie r&trap by Kelela. |
| 4 |
Atlas Genius |
"A Perfect End" |
Inanimate Objects |
Australian indie that verges on CHVRCHES-as-rock from Atlas Genius. |
| 5 |
FRANKIE |
"New Obsession" |
Dreamstate 5 |
Glittery who-needs-Max-Martin dance-pop by Frankie. |
| 6 |
Dear Jane |
"一去不返" |
single |
Brash Hong Kong indie rock by Dear Jane. |
| 7 |
We Are The Grand |
"Soy" |
single |
Soaring Chilean indie rock by We Are The Grand. |
| 8 |
Viva Belgrado |
"De Carne y Flor" |
Flores, Carne |
Warm, surging Spanish post-screamo from Viva Belgrado. |
| 9 |
Annalisa |
"Vincerò" |
Splende |
Glorious Italian arena-pop by Annalisa. |
| 10 |
Nek |
"Prima di parlare" |
Prima di parlare |
A slightly darker version by Nek. |
| 11 |
Luca Carboni |
"Luca lo stesso" |
single |
A more cross-hoppy pop version by Luca Carboni. |
| 12 |
Claudia Megrè |
"E già mi sento in vacanza" |
single |
A bluesier, rockier version by Claudia Megrè. |
| 13 |
Antonello Venditti |
"Cosa avevi in mente" |
Tortuga |
A more classisist, AAC version by Antonello Venditti. |
| 14 |
Fiorella Mannoia |
"Le parole perdute" |
Fiorella |
A grand, orchestra-layered version by Fiorella Mannoia. |
| 15 |
i Braccialetti Rossi |
"Il bene si avvera (ci sono anch'io)" |
single |
A thumpy, pealing, classic-rock version by i Braccialetti Rossi. |
| 16 |
Pasajero |
"Parque de Atracciones" |
Parque de Atracciones |
A yearning, ragged, swirly Spanish version by Pasajero. |
| 17 |
Estereotypo |
"A todos nos pasa" |
El ingobernable azar |
A beepy electro-rock Spanish version by Estereotypo. |
| 18 |
Varry Brava |
"Oh, Oui Oui" |
Arriva |
A bouncy pop-punk Spanish version by Varry Brava. |
| 19 |
Loadstar |
"Native - Original Mix" |
Native / Once Again 2 |
Big, humming twitch-trance by Loadstar. |
| 20 |
Desperate Journalist |
"O" |
Desperate Journalist |
Reverby post-punk grace by Desperate Journalist. |
| 21 |
Farewell Dear Ghost |
"Fire" |
We Colour The Night |
Atmospheric indie post-punk by Farewell Dear Ghost. |
| 22 |
Goldroom |
"Embrace" |
It's Like You Never Went Away 4 |
Gauzy synth-pop by Goldroom. |
| 23 |
Crown |
"Serpents" |
Natron |
Grinding, NIN/Godflesh-ish industro-pop by Crown. |
| 24 |
Ms. John Soda |
"Sirens" |
single |
Twee synthpop by Ms. John Soda. |
| 25 |
Midas Fall |
"Push" |
The Menagerie Inside |
Evasive post-rock by Midas Fall. |
| 26 |
Fei-Fei |
"Born - Lauren Flax Remix" |
Pretty Girls Don't Hallucinate (Remixes) 4 |
Some Fei-Fei remixes to remind me how much I want new Fei-Fei songs. |
| 27 |
Cut Ribbons |
"Indigo" |
We Want to Watch Something We Loved Burn |
The swoony, chiming Welsh indie-pop band Cut Ribbons should go on tour with Royal Teeth. |
| 28 |
Get Inuit |
"I Am the Hot Air" |
single |
Helium shoegaze by Get Inuit. |
| 29 |
Rifftera |
"Back to Life" |
Pitch Black |
Self-explanatorily riff-centric riff-metal by Rifftera. |
| 30 |
Patternist |
"New Fashion" |
single |
Superbouncy throwback synthpop by Patternist. |
| 31 |
Cavern |
"Garrett" |
Outsiders |
Furious post-math thrash by Cavern. |
| 32 |
June 1974 |
"Agent Provocateur" |
single |
Glass laptoppery by June 1974. |
| 33 |
Zola Jesus |
"Nail" |
Nail +2 |
Post-chillwave abstractro-pop by Zola Jesus. |
| 34 |
Joe Jackson |
"Ode To Joy" |
single |
Meticulously recorded new-timelessness by Joe Jackson. |
| 35 |
The Japanese House |
"Cool Blue" |
single |
Glitchy hushtronica by The Japanese House. |
| 36 |
GEMS |
"Soak" |
single |
Slow-motion deconstructed-dubstep soft-rock by GEMS. |
| 37 |
Huntar |
"The Hunger" |
single |
Rattly disco-ball indietronic pop by Huntar. |
| 38 |
Mapei |
"Orphan" |
single |
A scratchy, measured-pace introspection monologue by Mapei. |
| 39 |
K's Choice |
"As Rock And Roll As It Gets" |
The Phantom Cowboy |
K's Choice plug in the electric guitars again. |
| 40 |
Hyuna |
"Roll Deep" |
A+ 5 |
Hyuna is back with an EP where you can basically hear the dance routines even with no video. |
| 41 |
CNBLUE |
"Cinderella" |
2gether |
CNBLUE doing K-rock, not K-pop, although still with a little bit of K-pop in it. Or rather a lot, really. |
| 42 |
Landy Wen |
"放閃" |
single |
All-production-stops-out Taiwanese T-pop from 溫嵐. |
| 43 |
Stratovarius |
"My Eternal Dream" |
Eternal |
Yes, I still like power metal. Yes, Stratovarius are still masters. |
| 44 |
Apulanta |
"Valot pimeyksien reunoilla" |
single |
Unapologetic middle-of-the-Finnish-road modern rock by Apulanta. |
| 45 |
Scale The Summit |
"The Winged Bull" |
V |
Scale The Summit trading some djent thud for jazz-metal obliqueness. |
| 46 |
Little Simz |
"Wings" |
A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons |
Little Simz might be grime's crossover-star in waiting. |
| 47 |
Deafheaven |
"Come Back" |
single |
State-of-the-"post" post-metal by Deafheaven. |
| 48 |
Cazadores |
"Daydreamer" |
Afterglow |
Imagine Norwegian dragons. Call them Cazadores. |
| 49 |
Girls in Airports |
"Fables" |
Fables |
Intimately atmospheric dark jazz by Girls in Airports. |
| 50 |
The Apartments |
"No Song No Spell No Madrigal" |
No Song No Spell No Madrigal (Deluxe Edition) |
Reissue of the sumptuous No Song No Spell No Madrigal by The Apartments. |
| 51 |
Close Lobsters |
"Just Too Bloody Stupid" |
Firestation Towers: 1986 – 1989 |
Sprawling gated-drum jangle-pop restrospective from Close Lobsters. |
| 52 |
Besatt |
"Czas Wilka" |
Impia Symphonia |
Dense Bathorial viking black metal by Besatt. |
| 53 |
The Black Codex |
"In the Dead of Night" |
Episodes 40-52 |
You know a band takes their prog-metal concept-career seriously when their new album is just called Episodes 40-52, and their name is The Black Codex. |
| 54 |
Elferya |
"With All My Love" |
Eden's Fall |
You know a gothic symphonic metal band doesn't take themselves too serious when their name is Elferya, but actually this is one of my favorite grandly-not-quite-overblown fallen-angel records of the year. |
| 55 |
XXI |
"Say It Again" |
Inside Out |
Raspy cyber-emo by Xxi. |
| 56 |
Willow |
"Why Don't You Cry" |
single |
Post-wordly indietronic pop by Willow. |
| 57 |
5 Seconds of Summer |
"Money" |
single |
5 Seconds of Summer. |
| 58 |
Rey Pila |
"White Night" |
single |
Gothic Mexico City dark-pop from Rey Pila. |
| 59 |
Reyno |
"Revivir" |
single |
Gauzy Mexican indie rock by Reyno. |
| 60 |
Vetusta Morla |
"Puntos Suspensivos" |
Puntos Suspensivos / Profetas de la Mañana 2 |
Trilling Spanish-heartland rock by Vetusta Morla. |
| 61 |
Sara |
"Ainoat hereillä" |
Ainoat hereillä +3 |
Jubillant Finnish electro-rock that should really have been called something less ambiguous than Sara. |
| 62 |
Queensrÿche |
"Hellfire" |
single |
A new, Operation: Mindcrime-ish song by the version of Queensrÿche that is now called Queensrÿche instead of Operation: Mindcrime. |
| 63 |
Flawd |
"Off Sorrow" |
Rift 1 4 |
Spiky French collage-electronica by Flawd. |
| 64 |
TOWER |
"Can't Vibe" |
single |
Garbled satellite transmissions of power-pop by Tower. |
| 65 |
Angel Haze |
"The Wolves" |
Back to the Woods |
The second album by the arresting Angel Haze, who I mentally transpose into most portentous acolades I read about Kanye or Kendrick Lamar. |
| 66 |
Dust in Mind |
"How Can You" |
Never Look Back |
Gothic metalcore by Dust in Mind. |
| 67 |
Caspian |
"Arcs Of Command" |
single |
Blasting post-metal blur by Caspian. |
| 68 |
Teramaze |
"Out of Subconscious" |
single |
Swooping gothic power-metal by Teramaze. |
| 69 |
Hidden Skies |
"Let Me Go... Slowly" |
single |
Quick, alive pop emo by Hidden Skies. |
| 70 |
The Future Sound Of London |
"Sorrow" |
Archived 8 |
Recombinatory fragments of The Future Sound Of London. |
| 71 |
Amaral |
"Llévame Muy Lejos" |
single |
Amaral are the Spanish power-pop-punk Roxette. |
| 72 |
Gargantuan Music |
"Dreamer" |
Human |
"As heard on the Doctor Who season 9 trailer" by Gargantuan Music. |
| 73 |
Marianas Trench |
"One Love" |
single |
Five Seconds of Canadian Summer are actually called Marianas Trench. |
| 74 |
Ludovico Einaudi |
"Elements" |
single |
All "focus" playlists should be immediately revved to include something from the new Ludovico Einaudi album. |
| 75 |
Vallorch |
"Until Our Tale Is Told" |
Until Our Tale Is Told |
Giant metal monsters playing tiny Italian flutes (and giant guitars) are called Vallorch. |
| 76 |
Violet Cold |
"La Petite Mort" |
Desperate Dreams |
Breathtaking experimental atmospheric post-black one-man-band metal from Azerbaijan called Violet Cold. |
| 77 |
Laura Stevenson |
"Jellyfish" |
single |
Laura Stevenson picking up where Weeping Tile and Lone Justice and Jennifer Trynin were maybe one day going to leave off. |
| 78 |
Kyla La Grange |
"So Sweet" |
single |
Kyla La Grange finding where Kate Bush's auteurialism might have crossed paths with Cyndi Lauper's new-wave-pop strut. |
| 79 |
TeraBrite |
"What Do You Mean" |
single |
TeraBrite demonstrating the complete mastery of their peculiar craft by turning Justin Bieber's dumbfoundingly half-decent new song into roaring, coiled-catharsis pop-punk glory. |
| 80 |
Skepticism |
"You" |
Ordeal |
The new funeral-doom album by Skepticism, recorded live during the actual end of the world. |
