your first-quarter best new music picks

Trans Canadian Highway EP BITCHES

in no particular order...

khanate - clean hands go foul

bones of seabirds - sink thy hands deep into earth

ktl - iv

amesoeurs - s/t

wolves in the throne room - malevolent grain + black cascade

locrian - drenched lands

Belbury Poly - From An Ancient Star

Moon Wiring Club - Shoes Off And Chairs Away

DOOM - Born Like This

Alva Noto - Xerrox vol.2

Atom TM - Liedgut

Squarepusher - Numbers Lucent

Disrupt - The Bass Has Left The Building

and probably others I've forgotten

  kokoon said:

wolves in the throne room - malevolent grain + black cascade

def. gonna get these black metal doesn't have to be anti-christian

Grizzly Bear 'Vecktimest'

Animal Collective 'Merriweather Post Pavillion'

Kromestar 'My Sound'

Harmonic 313 'When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence'

Prefuse 73 'Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian'

thus far.....

I totally forgot about the awesome Belbury Poly and Animal Collective albums. Cor 2009 is shaping up to be an awesome year for music.

  Capsaicin said:

Aphex Twin - Konklaver

animal collective's is the only thing that's got me excited so far.

No Line on the Horizon

Some good ones:

Bibio, Vignetting The Compost

Bibio, Ovals And Emeralds

Lotus Plaza, The Floodlight Collective

Machine Drum, Want To 1 2?

Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion

Dr. Who Dat?, Beyond 2morrow

Seeland, Tomorrow Today

Color Cassette, Forever Sparrow

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Mutations EP

Hudson Mohawke, Polyfolk Dance

Prefuse 73, Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian

Pendle Coven, Self Assessment

Aphorism, Surge

Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest

I am liking What? by Point 7

Zu - Carboniferous

Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 2

DOOM - Born Like This

i'm preemptively posting Wevie Stonder - The Bucket. I don't have it yet but it's going to be awesome.

wisp - shimmering hour

squarepusher - numbers lucent

DOOM - born like this

i havent heard much new music though

Bibio - Vignetting The Compost

Disrupt - The Bass Has Left The Building

Doom - Born Like This

Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence

Martyn - Great Lengths

Remano Eszildn - R-Tracks

quite good:

yeah yeah yeahs - its blitz!

animal collective - merriweather post pavilion

intrusion - seduction of silence

claro intelecto - warehouse sessions CD

tim hecker - an imaginary country

somewhat good:

dan deacon - bromst

telepathe - dance mother

jeremy jay - the new one

lotus plaza - floodlight collective

times new viking - stay awake

fever ray - fever ray

Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence

Bibio - Vignetting the Compost

Mistabishi - Drop

Ben Klock - One

Tim Hecker - An Imaginery Country

Kromestar - My Sound

Martyn - Great Lengths

Fever Ray - Fever Ray

Doom - Born Like This

Been a good year thus far

does anyone else think the Pop Ambient compilations are shit?

Brian E - Yellow Light District

Kush Arora - Boiling Over

Nommo Ogo - Across Time and Space

  tauboo said:

does anyone else think the Pop Ambient compilations are shit?

there's usually one or two great tracks on each, though

  Awepittance said:

Brian E - Yellow Light District

Fuck me I want to hear this! The samples rule!

  IRARI said:

  kokoon said:

wolves in the throne room - malevolent grain + black cascade

 

def. gonna get these black metal doesn't have to be anti-christian

i dont get why people have such a preconception.

Could it be......

THIS GUY?

Or...

THESE GUYS?

*VERY NSFW*

well yeah, aside from the mayhem logo there isn't much anti christian in those photos. plus black metal isn't anti christian, tht's just what i gets props for. most of the bands come out and say that in the beginning it was all about shock value and garnering attention. it fuckin' worked. but shit. not much of a case, they dug themselves a hole.

yagya - rigning

intrusion - seduction of silence

alva noto - xerrox vol. 2

mastodon - crack the skye