Friday Music Day

FMD: October

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A lot of new albums coming out this month that I'm interested in:

Danny Brown
Nick Cave
Angel Olsen
Wilco
Big Thief
Blood Orange
Battles
Vagabon
FKA Twigs
Guided By Voices (okay, not really this, but I'll mention it for free's sake)

Anything you're looking forward to?

Oh yeah, and drop your lists.

27 thoughts on “FMD: October”

  1. Funny. And correct. Sweating The Plague is due to be released October 25! 4th release this year.

  2. 1. I Won't Last a Day Without You--The Carpenters
    2. Take On Me--A-Ha
    3. It Doesn't Have to Be That Way--Jim Croce
    4. Anticipation--Carly Simon
    5. Back Home Again--John Denver
    6. Son of a Son of a Sailor--Jimmy Buffett
    7. Stumblin' In--Chris Norman and Suzi Quatro
    8. Lost in Love--Air Supply
    9. Monday, Monday--The Mamas and the Papas
    10. Beth--KISS

  3. I'm really interested in the Vagabon record.

    Ashley Bathgate (she of the "double bow" tag) just had her new album out, and it's good.

    Sunn O))) has a new album in late October too. They're one of those bands that I always like when I listen to them, but I sometimes forget about.

    * Become Desert - Seattle Symphony Orchestra - Become Desert (John Luther Adams)
    * Millionaire - Thao and the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive
    * Leopard's Tongue - Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima
    * You Don't Own the Road - The Kills - Blood Pressures
    * Brennshluß - Newspeak - sweet light crude (Pat Muchmore)
    * Scharins söner - Varg - Ursviken
    * Nothing Stirs - The Body - I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer
    * Aequilibria - International Contemporary Ensemble - AEQUA (Anna Thorvaldsdottir)
    * Partita for 8 Singers: 3. Courante - Roomful of Teeth - Partita for 8 Voices (Caroline Shaw)
    * Temporary Famine Ship - Indian Jewelry - Free Gold!

    1. Vagabon is probably the most I'm interested in from that list.

      What do you think about Lux Prima? It basically sounds like an extension of Rome to me.

    2. I'm listening to Ashley Bathgate ASH right now from the bandcamp link.
      Parts remind me a lot of Sarah Neufeld (at least Hero Brother, I hadn't realized she had a new one).

  4. 01. "Second Hand News" – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
    02. "Swims" – Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me
    03. "Freedom Of `76" – Ween – Chocalate And Cheese
    04. "Enemy" – Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    05. "Blood Hands" – Royal Blood – Royal Blood
    06. "A Breeze From Alabama" – William Albright – The Complete Rags Of Scott Joplin
    07. "Pop Life" – Prince – Around The World In A Day
    08. "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart" – Mitski – Retired From Sad, New Career In Business
    09. "Don't Stop Until You Get Enough" – Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
    10. "When The Tigers Broke Free (Part 2)" – Pink Floyd – The Wall

  5. Really excited to hear Angel Olsen's new one. It kind of blows my mind how much she's evolved from the spare singer-songwriter to catchy pop rock to full on epic synth pop.

    2. Half way through my first listen of All Mirrors.Consider my mind blown, too, how she went from sounding like she recorded around a campfire to sounding like she recorded in a spaceship. Looking forward to seeing her for the first time next month.

  6. 1. Sonic Youth “Kotton Krown” Sonic Youth
    2. Koko Taylor “Wang Dang Doodle” Deluxe Edition
    3. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “Whipped” Singer's Grave - A Sea of Tongues
    4. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “Home Recording”* Wolf of the Cosmos
    5. Outkast (Big Boi ft. Sleepy Brown) “The Way You Move”* Speakerboxxx

    6. Boom Bip & Doseone “Ho's” [Circle]
    7. Nate Young “Flushing” Volume One: Dilemmas of Identity
    8. Will Oldham “I See A Darkness”* Songs of Love and Horror
    9. Eels “Jungle Telegraph” Souljacker
    T. HEALTH “SALVIA - MARCUS WHALE RMX” DISCO3
    E. Outkast (Andre 3000) “Hey Ya!”* The Love Below

    *Notes:
    4. Susanna cover
    8. New (2018) solo acoustic recording
    5. & E. These are the only two Outkast songs I currently have on my iPod.

  7. Anyone else pick up Dead Man's Pop? Don't Tell a Soul was always way down on my list of Replacement albums, in part because the production was so sterile. The Matt Wallace mix wipes most of the 8o's gloss away to reveal a far more "real band" feel. The running order was also changed for the betterment. The net result is a much better album, IMO. The Bearsville sessions sound more like demos and for the most part are inferior to the original or remixed album. The drunken sessions with Tom Waits are funny and play more like a musical comedy album. Even so, probably not gonna listen to them much. The two live discs are a rockin' treat for old fans and new. The band is tight (as far as the Mats go) and Westerberg is in cantankerous and funny form throughout.

    A tune from DTaS that never rang true in my ears (mainly due to the production), but achieves lift off in this unhinged live version.

    1. I like the Wallace mixes. Not sure why they had the Bearsville sessions. Pretty sleepy. Haven't gotten to live tracks yet.

    3. Pretty much my opinion too. I've heard this concert before on a bootleg or euro-release.

  8. I went to the Conversations with Nick Cave gig earlier this week. Just Nick Cave, not the Bad Seeds and he played solo piano. But also took questions from the audience. About 3 hours long, no break and I think he played 14 songs. It was really cool. Of course some of the questions were a little meh. It's interesting in that I'd say that 75 percent of the questions the asker inserted themselves into the question. People like talking about themselves I guess. I got to ask a question, but it wasn't about me. It was about From Her to Eternity and it's use in the movie Wings of Desire. Much along the lines a discussed in this post.

    Some of the song performances were amazing, in fact three had my jaw on the floor. Definitely one of the cooler shows I've been to in a long time.

    1. huh. nick cave is notoriously prickly, so i'm surprised he would do something like this. i listened to a really awkward interview with him on sound opinions once. i was going to listen to his wtf interview, but in the introduction, MM said some to the effect of "well... i tried!" i didn't bother after that.

      1. He's doing a whole tour in this format, to rave reviews.

        Have you read any of his Red Hand Files stuff? It's amazing. Also the only time he was prickly was when a woman asked if he considered covering Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. There was no doubt he thought it was a dumb question.

  9. Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
    Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley"
    Reverend Horton Heat - "It's Martini Time"
    Ronnie Milsap - "Stranger in My House"
    Muse - "Madness"

    Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"
    The Eagles - "Those Shoes"
    The Hives - "Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones"
    Donald Fagen - "I.G.Y"
    Concrete Blonde - "Joey"

    I've been digging this EP Nick Lowe put out called Love Starvation, it was only 4 bucks at Amazon. Highly recommended

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