Playlist May 2010

There's a lull in the indie rock force. My senses seem to be sub-consciously preparing my body for an onslaught of quiet and loud guitar wrangling thanks to the traditional May jaunts to ATP and Primavera.

The Ghost in the Machine is opting for sonic balance by ushering in more rhythmic frequencies. Here is the evidence courtesy of my LastFM profile.

Rustie
Rustie is a Glasgow based aquacrunk artist ... that's aquacrunk. Genius!

Fashawn
Fashawn is a young hip hop artist from Fresno in North Cali(fornia) and reminds me of Nas, details here

Fresno is also the crystal meth capital of America.

Torche
Torche, are a guitar worshipping mofos. I'll skip them for now based on my introduction.

Slugabed
Slugabed is a Brighton based wonky producer, yes, wonky. He's clearly influenced by hip hop and computer games.

Madvillain
MF Doom going a bit coffee table with Madlib producing.

Mobb Deep
Queensbridge representin'

HEALTH
Seeing as this post is laden with lazy genre terms, here's a phrase that hopefully sums up these guys, electro-art-punk. Sorry, I'll get my coat and leave you with this amazing video.

My Albums Of The Noughties

Here it is, a list of my favourite 21 albums of the first ten years of the 21st century. There are 21 because that's just the way it panned out. The criteria is simply which albums have I listened to the most since the new millenium. 

I also cross referenced my fading memories of yearly album lists I compiled when I worked in a record shop and lists made with friends after this.  Here is a podcast released in Dec 2008 reviewing that year in music with Jack Mountain and TheoGb. My Lastfm profile is here. The decade list seems to favour the first half with no albums from 2007 at all. The list is currently in chronological order and features one act from the UK, one from Japan and two from Canada.

Tracks From My Albums Of The Noughties

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Animal Collective - “Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished”

(2000) Paw Tracks, reiussed 2003 by Fat Cat Records

Related - Flaming Lips, Black Dice, Forever Changes, Roland SH-2, psychedelic, feedback loops

Track - Animal Collective – Penny Dreadfuls

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - “Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven” (2000) Constellation Records

Related  - A Silver Mt Zion, field recordings, strings

Track - Storm

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At The Drive-In - “Relationship Of Command” (2000) Grand Royal

Related – Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, Texas, post-hardcore, afros

Track – At the Drive-In – Quarantined

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Cannibal Ox - “The Cold Vein” (2001) Def Jux

Related - Wu-Tang Clan, El-P, Harlem, backpacks, indie hip hop

Track - Cannibal Ox – Battle For Asgard

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Hood - “Cold House” (2001) Domino Records

Related - Doseone, Why?, Anticon, Yorkshire dales, lo-fi, shoegaze, electronic

Track - Hood – You Show No Emotion At All

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Les Savy Fav - “Go Forth” (2001) French Kiss

Related – Dismemberment Plan, Pixies, Talking Heads, live performance, art, indie

Track - Les Savy Fav – Reprobate''s Resume

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Do Make Say Think - “& Yet & Yet” (2002) Constellation Records

Related  –  Fridge, Hood, Kranky, jazz, post rock

Track - Classic Noodlanding

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Xinlisuprime - “Tomorrow Never Comes” (2002) Fat Cat Records

Related  – Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Japanese noise, murder, death, kill

Track - Amaryllis

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Sonic Youth - “Murray Street” (2002) Polydor/Universal

Related  –  Pavement, The Year Punk Broke, Jim O'Rourke,indie
 

Track - Sonic Youth – The Empty Page

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El-P - “Fantastic Damage” (2002) Def Jux

Related– Edan, Company Flow, Cannibal Ox,Brooklyn, indie hip hop

Track - El-P – Dr. Hellno & The Praying Mantus

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Black Eyes - s/t (2003) Dischord Records

 

Related – Silver Daggers, Mi Ami, Fugazi, rhythmical punk, two drummers

Track - Speaking In Tongues

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Viktor Vaughn - “Vaudeville Villain” (2003) Sound Ink

Related  – MF Doom, KMD, comic book, super hero rap

Track - Vaudeville Villain

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Black Dice - “Beaches + Canyons” (2003) Fat Cat Records

Related  – Autechre, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, electronic, drones
 

Track - Big Drop

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The Hunches - “Hobo Sunrise” (2004) In The Red Records

Related- Sebadoh, The Replacements, In The Red Records, indie, garage 

Track - A Flower In The Ending

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Meneguar - “I Was Born At Night” (2005) Troubleman Unlimited

Related  – The Van Pelt, The Lapse, Bruce Springsteen, anthemic

Track - House of Cats

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Shipping News - “Flies The Field” (2005) Touch & Go Records / Quarterstick

Related  – June Of 44, Rodan, Enablers, Chicago indie

Track - The Human Face

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Enablers - “Output Negative Space” (2006) Neurot Recordings

Related  – Slint, Polvo, Shipping News, spoken word, post rock, indie

Track - Sudden Inspection

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Marnie Stern - “This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That” (2008) Kill Rock Stars

Related – Hella, Fleetwood Mac, Zach Hill, Kate Bush, prog, punk, indie

Track - Crippled Jazzer

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Abe Vigoda - “Skeleton” (2008) PPM Records

Related – The Mae Shi, No Age, LA, The Smell, tropicalia, punk

Track - Bear Face

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HEALTH - “GET COLOR” (2009) Lovepump Unlimited

 

Related  – Squarepusher, Fuck Buttons, Crystal Castles, LA, avant rock, indie, punk

Track - Health – Die Slow

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Oneida - “Rated O” (2009) Jagjaguwar

Related  – Liars, Can, Neu, classic rock, avant rock, experimental

Track - Oneida – I Will Haunt You

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Bubbling under - Radiohead - "Kid A" (2000), Tortoise - "Standards", Hot Snakes - "Suicide Invoice", Edan - "Primitive Plus", Tom Waits - "Real Gone", Clouddead - s/t, Dananananaykroyd- "Hey Everyone"

Thanks for reading!