well, all the records ive been looking forward to for the latter half of the year have been totally boring so far (interpol, thermals, of montreal), so lets talk about good stuff people havent heard:
FIRST OFF this album is the bomb:
dance album of the year, calling it. forget lcd soundsystem, everyone go download this, srsly. illumination is like an amazing smorgasbord of all these different types of electronic music, from disco to glo-fi to funk and house and all kinds of stuff, all rolled up into this amazingly sexy, constantly varied package. neon indian meets saturday night fever?
i seriously cant recommend this enough. by drawing from alot of different styles, it solves the problem i have with dance albums, being that they're so repetitive. listening to illumination is a totally hypnotic experience, and every time im done i can pick out a different track where im like "i need to hear that again", but really this feels like a proper
album, where i couldnt pick out a favourite track even if i had to.
srsly dont just look at this and be like "oh neat",
go download it bitches you wont regret it
the title track from
antony and the johnsons new ep thank you for your love is really beautiful, moving stuff. i can't get over how angelic that mans voice is. i want him to sing me to sleep every night :3
that james blake ep pitchfork BNM'd, also, is sounding better and better. i'm really making an effort to start getting into dubstep lately since listening to all these mediocre new albums from the bigger indie bands i know i like but whose best albums are probably behind them is really starting to grate on me. most everything i've looked forward to this year has dissapointed me :(
SO, are there any people here into dubstep or have good reccomendations for stuff thats come out this year (or, you know also not from this year)? i dont expect a whole lot since i know it's very much a british sound (i think i feel some kind of affiliation for it since it's from my native britannia), but any recommendations would be awesome. im looking at you,
deschain :)