2021: A very sweet soprano voice on top of layers of soaring 80s type melodies. A pinch of Nile Roger rhythm goodness at moments. This is definitely a record made in 80s loving. Her voice mixes in a little dream synth-pop
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Over the last two years, Sault’s music has arrived out of the blue: no interviews, no photos, no videos, no live appearances, no Wikipedia entry, a perfunctory and entirely non-interactive social media presence.
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11.4.20 Empty Horses has way more in common with Neil Young than the experimental lo-fi fuzz rock sounds of Sprout’s former band Guided By Voices (#621). ‘Breaking Down’ is an utterly beautiful Americana country piece.
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8.13.20 This acclaimed record is certainly Michael Alden Hadreas’s best work, which says a lot. Fused with fuzz rock, art pop, synth pop, funk and shoegaze, to name the first that come to mind, Set My Heart…might be a masterpiece.
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8.11.20 A fantastic modern post-punk (The Fall, Wire, Joy Division) influenced record. I am telling you, if this had been released back in the day it would have really stood up. It is that good. A Hero’s Death is in the top 5 albums of 2020…easily!
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5.26.20 After 20 plus years Fiona Apple finally dropped her 2nd masterpiece. I am sure some of you will disagree with me in thinking she has one other... Unlike the Rolling Stone Mag’s Top 500 2020 list, with three FA titles, my 1000 has this one in the Newer Albums
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4.3.20 With a rich vox, that is a great combination of Patti Smith, Kate Bush and Erykah Badu, Meg Remy has, once again, compiled a beautiful layered experimental soulful pop release with Heavy Light. Ingredients: Spoken word collage interludes
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3.17.20 My friend Roger has introduced me to a number of amazing recordings over the years. A number of them are on this list. The newest introduction is this album, Splid by Kvelertak.
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Angie Martoccio at Rolling Stone writes: Towards the beginning of Soccer Mommy’s new album, Color Theory, she gives a startling confession: “I am the princess of screwing up.” The singer-songwriter
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3.10.20 To me there are a number of sounds it is reminiscent of, the obvious listed in the review below (Stone Roses, Daft Punk, Pharell and Washed Out). It also, at times, reminds me of 70s Bee Gees, Supertramp (especially “It Might Be Time”) and ELO.
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2/12/20 Those of you out there that are moved by Tom Waits hearth-wrenching ballads, like “Hold On” on Mule Variations, will probably really dig this record. John’s voice is certainly reminiscent of the Waits gruff vox.
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Stephen M Deusner at Pitchfork writes: After his first two albums sold next to nothing and his music career sputtered out in the early 1970s, Bill Fay settled into what you might call a normal life. He worked as a groundskeeper for a London park
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1.30.20 Morse Code… might sit right next to 2005’s triumph Twin Cinema (#651) or, at least, in second place in their body of work. Whiteout Condition (below a ways) was quite strong but this is The New Pornographers sound at its pinnacle.
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1.28.20 It is not surprising that Kim Gordon’s first real solo album outside of Sonic Youth would be remarkable. But what is surprising is there aren’t more of these releases from her after 30 plus years. No matter, No Home Record is a time bomb of sonic goodness.
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Natty Kasambala at NME writes: On this widely-anticipated record, Lizzo accepts the challenge and assumes the throne with ease. Detailing a dynamic journey of falling in love – with oneself – and all the stages that come with it
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