https://youtu.be/L-Y0QeSn6-0
The Light Is Leaving Us All appears to be Tibet's best album since the inimitable Black Ships Ate the Sky.
C93 doesn't perform much, so apologies for the clip' poor vocal mix. If you want to make out the words, here's the studio version.
(3 votes, average: 8.33 out of 10)
Loading... This is really in honor of an entire album. Superchunk's What a Time to be Alive is a 32-minute blast of political punk(y) rock that's accessible musically. A genre that was common in the eighties but rarely heard these days. If you like this song, check out the whole deal. It will make you jump up and down, who knows maybe even break something. But be careful, wouldn't want to throw your back out or have the neighbors talk.
(3 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... I'm still spending a lot of time listening to this album.
This piece is from an opera by Lembit Beecher, "Sophia's Forest", and this two part suite is the inner world of the narrator, an immigrant child fleeing a civil war. There are nine "sound sculptures" that are electronically manipulated in addition to the four string players.
I like this (and most everything else on the album) because it is certainly modern and not just straightforward string quartet music, but there is a lyricism and a theme that comes through without difficulty.
Plus, I figured just playing The Beths would be too easy.
(5 votes, average: 8.80 out of 10)Loading... Who says a jazz band can’t play dance music? Bixiga 70 was one of my favorite musical discoveries this year — I really dig the horn section’s sound and the many-layered grooves underneath them. Their fourth album, Quebra Cabeça, dropped in October.
Bixiga 70 draws their name from the Bixiga neighborhood of central São Paulo. On the band’s website, baritone saxophonist Cuca Ferreira details the sources of their sound:
From the very beginning, what we have always had in common is African-Brazilian music. Some of us come from Candomblé, others from jazz, reggae, dub, everything. The whole idea of the band has been to take all these different elements that form us, from Africa and Brazil, and create a hybrid from them.
If you enjoyed this cut, you can catch their full Cultura Livre appearance here.
(5 votes, average: 8.40 out of 10)Loading... My other favorite artist I've discovered this year (besides The Beths) is Jade Bird. She rocks. Also, something about her reminds me of a Muppet. But in a good way.
(5 votes, average: 8.20 out of 10)Loading... "Runners Up"™:
(5 votes, average: 7.60 out of 10)Loading... We'll do the Best Of series starting from next Monday. I'll get an email out eventually but here will be the lineup:
| 12/10: | Rhubarb_Runner |
| 12/11: | Philosopher |
| 12/12: | CarterHayes |
| 12/13: | Daneekas Ghost |
| 12/14: | freealonzo |
| 12/15: | AMR |
| 12/16: | nibbish |
| 12/17: | Beau |
| 12/18: | New Guy |
| 12/19: | Zack |
| 12/20: | Pepper |
| 12/21: | New Britian Bo |
Feel free to start setting up whenever.
We've come back to that time of year. Volunteer below for a spot in this year's Best of 2018 showcase. Schedule will be made in order of volunteering. As always, there's no guarantee that someone else isn't going to play the same thing as you, so be sure to sign up early.
Also, you, whoever you are, just volunteer yeah? You know you want to.
Drop some lists along the way as well.
