Bulldog

Thanks for the videos guys. Anyone else reading this who hasn't posted anything, where are my recommendations dammit?!

I'm joking, of course. But seriously, you got something released sometime in the last 12 years you want me to listen to, just post it here

Put it this way - I'm off to Bucharest for a weekend in November, and off traveling for a few weeks through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland this winter, so I'll need a good playlist!


Caravan Palace
Lone Digger

Apparently a lone digger is slang for someone who's the only person in a room enjoying whatever music's on. Makes sense looking at this video. I just chanced across this at total random (that'll often happen here), and yeah, it's awesome. I love the production, how upbeat it is despite...well, just watch the video. I've found me a keeper here.

Hey, thanks for posting! And I know the feeling. It's not that I actively stopped listening to a lot of music, it's just that ever since I graduated university, a lot more stuff began getting in the way, for better or worse. And, I mean, trying to keep one's finger on the pulse, that takes time and energy. More energy than an old man like me can often spare anyway

Unfortunately, I can relate all too well to Karen Mantler's Business Is Bad! I love the song though. It's a balancing act, isn't it? It sounds smooth enough to be accessible to non jazz lovers, but not too smooth that it ends up being dull and too inoffensive. There's still that experimental, improvised-sounding edge to it to keep the other side of the listening spectrum hooked. Sounds like there's a bit more of that angle to Surviving You. Good shout, I like this lass. I could picture seeing her trio playing at a bar in Vienna or something, I likey.

What I'm getting from Aksak Maboul is...I can't even remember the name of the sound (and I won't cheat by Googling it), but it's that kind of 80s, synthwave vibe that propped up the Thor: Ragnarok soundtrack, you know? Where's this lass from? I had a thread on here waaaaaaaaay back about listening to one album from every country in the world, and it sounds like she'd fitted right in with that. I like the cut of her jib...Veronica Winken in particular. Nice, bouncy kinda vibe, I could picture myself cranking that before I head out of my hotel room to a few bars for the night. And pfft, I'm sure you couldn't make people fed up with you talking about them if you tried

As for Snarky Puppy, the danger for me with big band jazz is that they can sometimes end up sounding like the band in Whiplash...not a bad thing, but the kinda music in that film did sound to me like the soundtrack for some 60s spy thriller. I dunno, maybe it's just me. But What About Me?....there's more to that. A bit more colour, a bit more vibrance. Again, I likey.

And Triste...oh god, I think I'm in love I love this kinda music. I just love that carefree atmosphere, the solos that punctuate it, that metronomic rhythm. Do send more of this stuff my way if you can.

Jadis, mein Freund, these sound AMAZING!

I've heard the term industrial hip-hop before, and it sounds like something Death Grips would fit into? I love the minimalist production, that distorted kinda bassline (maybe that's not the word for it, I dunno), that sparse electronic beat. Great shout.

I think I may have heard Crystal Castles before...or maybe I've just heard the name. But it sounds to me like non-mediocre, semi-gothic dream pop. Reminds me of a lass I used to listen to called Zola Jesus - she might be worth your time.

Tirzah sounds great as well. Again, very minimalist, but not so sparse that it barely sounds like anything's there. I guess you'd call it a kinda punk aesthetic - the fact that you don't need too much to make a good, melodic tune. I'm gonna have to go down this rabbit hole after I finish work today.