Some of my indie favourites have dropped new releases so this post is necessary! Only You Know — Beach House Strung With Everything — Animal Collective Endless Time — The Weather Station Simulation Swarm — Big Thief Enjoy! Bonus: Adrianne Lenker playing this raw with just the guitar, last year. I like both versions. Continue reading Tuesday Tonalities 25/01/2022
Shiver — Danielle Eva Schwob (performed by Ashley Jackson on harp, Natalie Joachim on Flute, and Simon Boyar on Vibraphone) via I Care If You Listen. Triptych for Soprano and Orchestra, Part 1 — Wong Chee Yean (performed by Ang Mei Foong, soprano and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, words from a Wong Phui Nam poem) … Continue reading Saturday Soiree 22/01/2022
A lot of good new music just dropped today but I haven’t listened to them yet, so I’m just going to post the stuff I’ve really been enjoying this week out of the January releases so far. Too Dead Inside — yeule Rapture in Blue — Cautious Clay Watching Strangers Smile — Parquet Courts In … Continue reading Friday Mixtape 21/01/2022
Because this trainwreck of a day requires some soothing tunes, I present a very small selection from my sleepytimes playlist. Just Make it Stop — Low Let Me Get There — Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions (feat Kurt Vile) symbol — Adrianne Lenker Jane 16 — Harold Budd Evangeline — Cocteau Twins Apocalypse — … Continue reading Thursday Timbre 20/01/2022
ride the dragon — FKA twigs Lawn – Aldous Harding Sweet Sound of Success — Molly Nilsson Remembering Me — Cate Le Bon Reproductive — Shamir Continue reading Monday Mixtape 17/01/2022
Sonata in D Minor K.141 — Domenico Scarlatti (performed by Martha Argerich) Miroirs, M.43: IV. Alborada del Gracioso — Maurice Ravel (performed by Bertrand Chamayou) Barcarolle, Op, 28, No. 1 — Amy Beach (performed by Yifan Yin) Danse Rythmique — Ida Presti (Performed by Cinzia Milani) Valse no. 1 — Kiem Nguyen (performed by Thu … Continue reading Sunday Serenade 16/01/2022
Mixtape of the post-booster shot wooziness. World Sick — Broken Social Scene Pretty much one of the anthems/fight songs of the last year of my PhD candidature (2011). Bull In The Heather — Sonic Youth I’m feeling this vibe right now. Also, it has Kathleen Hanna (and yes, there’s Bikini Kill in this mixtape). Oxford … Continue reading Friday Mixtape 14/01/2022
Love Me More — Mitski Who Has Seen The Wind? — David Byrne, Yo La Tengo, (Yoko Ono) All Alone — Best Coast Fyodor Dormant — Beirut Honeycomb — Tim Atlas Continue reading Wednesday Mixtape 12/01/2022
I’ve been avoiding “my best-of albums/songs” lists for the past 2-3 years because it requires far too much thinking and over-thinking. I’ve been busy, distracted, and listening more widely than the narrow scope of genres within the “indie darlings of the year” lists — and I’ve been doing the work of becoming a better (hopefully!) … Continue reading Some Music I Enjoyed in 2021: An Incomplete List
The Nowhere Inn –– St. Vincent Hysterical Us — Magdalena Bay Their album Mercurial World just dropped and it’s so good. One of my favourite albums of 2021 so far. Working for the Knife — Mitski STOP THE PRESSES! NEW MITSKI! Take Me Avalon I’m Young — Pond Say What You Will — James Blake … Continue reading Tuesday Tonalities 12/10/2021
Swing — José González Telepatía — Kali Uchis Woman — Doja Cat Entertainment — Ginger Root Syncopate — Michelle Lemonhaze — PawPaw Rod Guerilla — Remi Wolf Continue reading Wednesday Mixtape 29/09/2021
Arcadia — Lana Del Rey Return — Emma Ruth Rundle If You Say The Word — Radiohead in the darkness — mxmtoon Lockdown — Priya Ragu True Seekers — Sleigh Bells Their new stuff is really good. One of the bands I’ve seen at music festivals. In another life, in another world. Spanish On The … Continue reading Monday Mixtape 13/09/2021