These albums need a little more time in the oven of perspective. Selections here are within the last seven years. The dates are not when they were released but when I got around to adding them here. These are in addition to the Top 1000 albums.
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Angry Metal Guy Says: To fully appreciate where we’re going, we must understand a few things about Hobosexual. Firstly, they’re not metal, and that isn’t going to kill you. I might though, if you opt to miss out on this slab of goodness based
Read More12.17.17 Charlotte is the daughter of one of the most beautiful women of the 60s and 70s, Jane Birkin, and the late great French crooner composer Serge Gainsbourg (my #552 and #726). Over the decades she has made her own success as a believably revealing acto
Read More12.16.17 It seems this Light In The Attic release perfectly encapsulates this 90s Los Angeles alternative trio's body of work. Righteously moody and sprinkled with a little Gram Parsons and Velvet Underground influence this collection is must from this period.
Read More12.9.17 The energy from this newly issued record of an often bootlegged live recording from Hoboken NJ, 1986 could power a cargo ship from China. It is here where he can hear how strong their influences we’re to them
Read More12.4.17 This North London quartet nailed it on their 2015 debut My Love Is Cool. After buying this on double-platter vinyl, I am now on my third listen to 2017s Visions of Life. Though not a gigantic leap, Visions.. is a progression from their debut.
Read More11.26.17 While I am reminded of recent soul artists like Raphael Saadiq, Allen Stone, Ms Whinehouse, and the Daptone Records artists performing their take on retro-soul, Harding seems to offer a more modern approach.
Read More11/19/17: Heroes of the 70s glam era the avant Los Angeles native Mael Brothers (Sparks) released Hippopotamus in 2017 after a decade away. Sparks earlier records throughout the early to mid 70s had a sound somewhere between Queen and
Read More11.6.17 Tell me this album cover doesn’t look like it was lifted off a late 70s early 80s pulp novel. The music within this airbrushed sleeve didn’t surprise me. What I mean to say is the album art and the contents within are spot on
Read More11.6.17 Admittedly I have not kept up with Plant's post Zeppelin works other than 83s The Principle of Moments. And I was a wee lad then. So, in fairness I had to crash coarse the past 2 and a half decades of Robert's releases on the ol' Spotif-a-trolla.
Read More10.24.17 moody. quiet. original. building. soulful. swirling. sexy. jazz. falsetto. meditative. blue. groove. short.
Read More10.23.17 I have been unfair to these guys. I think living in Seattle though the 90s and early 2000s in the heyday for the Seattle sound might be the reason. Like the the grunge, punk and indie sound of the time, or not, you gotta admit it had "cojones".
Read More10.10.17 Look at the cover of this album. That fella is 22 years old! Now listen to the album. That fella is 22 years old! How is this possible. Maybe I am reading misprints. Maybe the dust filled plains of Canadian heartland Saskatchewan mixed
Read More10.3.17 I haven't heard this English shoegaze group for more than 20 years. When I haven't heard something in that long it's usually because I've lost touch. But in this case it's because they have not released anything since '95s Pygmalion.
Read More10.1.17 Right on par with 2015s mega effort epic scale The Epic (#509), Harmony of Different flows seamlessly between styles of jazz. Unlike The Epic, which I think is 3 weeks long, Harmony is but a mere EP. Don’t let that shake you aficionados,
Read MoreUpdate: 6.20.23 I moved this album to the Top 1000 9.18.17 This is one album that I might have to eventually find parking for on the main 1000 list. Other than Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool this might be one of the better albums in the last few years.
Read More9.17.17 DAVID SACKLLAH @ Consequence of Sound writes: There’s a special kind of loneliness that comes along with big cities. Unlike rural, country towns, you’re surrounded by the bustle of millions of others wrapped up in their busy lives.
Read More8.2.17 Carrie Underwood is NOT country. And "real country" is not gone and forgotten. Just listen to this here record. Go on, git! Stapleton nails it in every way here with this straight forward authentic comfort piece.
Read More7.18.17 I'll keep this short because there isn't anything about this talented young man's original work that hasn't already been said. Adorned with praise and awards I hope Lamar's original sound has shown folks that pop hip hop
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