Albums/Potential candidates for the Vampire Weekend Award for Rousing Acceptance Rapidly Followed by Indifference and, Eventually, Hostility
Zu – Carboniferous
Listening to this makes me want to punch things. I’m a pacifist, so I’m immobilised with the conflicting impulses of peace and violence.
Nadja – When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV
Dirgy wall-of-sound type sound, like a herd of elephants pissing on some stalagmites. These are some gooooood stalagmites though: covers of MBV, A-Ha, The Cure etc.
Yacht – See Mystery Lights
I really liked this when I first heard it, then they had it on in TopMan the other week. What the asymmetrics were listening to for about 5 seconds, I imagine. Sounds a bit like LCD Soundsystem, but with CSS jaunty fun-ness. Good for frolicking.
Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
WARP-y folk electronica. There’s probably a proper genre name for this kind of thing, but I don’t want to know what it is.
The Raincoats – The Raincoats (reissue)
1) Hate all musicianship 2) Love all shouty feminist post-punk.
Tartufi – Nests of Waves and Wire
Ok, it’s a bit like Animal Collective. But it’s better, so there.
Sunn 0))) – Monoliths and Dimensions
Hmmmmmmmfffffffffpppppppphhhhh yyyyyrrrrrrrggggggrrrrrrrr brrrrrttttttt
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
To be honest, I think this will win the Vampire Weekend award thing. Has its moments.
Michael Hurley – Armchair Boogie, Have Moicy etc
I know these albums are old, but I only started listening to them this year and they’re better than anything else. Hilarious and sad and lovely.
Loop – Reissues (Heaven’s End, Fade Out, The World in Your Eyes)
Shoegaze like it’s on sale for £19.99.
The Patio Set – EP thing (don’t remember what it’s called)
This is great. You should listen to it and then wonder why you hadn’t heard of them a year ago.
Tags: Albums of 2009, Bibio, Michael Hurley, Music, Nadja, Patio Set, Sunn 0))), Tartufi, The Raincoats, Wild Beasts, Yacht, Zu
November 21, 2009 at 11:39 am |
I feel I must congratulate you for the use of the phrase “like a herd of elephants pissing on some stalagmites.” Nadja release too many albums for me to keep up with, but then I suppose you only really need one.