YTD recordings listened to: 462
Good music, not recommended for purchase: 294
Not good music: 132
Honorable Mentions: 11
Buys: 13
Possibles: Boyd Rivers, Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure, Cryptopsy, Nick Waterhouse, Patterson Hood, Skyzoo, Chris McGregor, Brother Ali (2009), Alvin Youngblood Hart, Ether Net, Oddisee, Holly Williams, Dave Arner Trio, Trap Them, Orchestra Super Mazembe, Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood, Inzinzac, Afrolicious, Maurizio Minardi, Della Mae, Bill Horist, MAKU Soundsystem, Joseph Arthur, Melt Yourself Down, Zomby
@@@ Zomby: With Love (4AD, 2013). Off the All Music weekly email. I wasn’t expecting much as I haven’t heard anything from 4AD in a long time except a steady stream of pop-tronica. This is electronica, but it’s heavier and more abstract — trippy as shit with stuttering beats and an off kilter chopped feel to it. This is pretty hot, I think I’m gonna have to bump this to the top of the list for today’s listening and take a closer listen when I have more time.
@@@ Mac Miller: Watching Movies with the Sound Off (Rostrum Records, 2013). This record is up on the MOG new release page. Part left field, part blunted funk this first tune, The Star Room, is pretty tasty. I dig the arrangements more than I dig the rhymes. Real nice syrupy tempo twistin’ and crusty sub bass keyboard bass lines. After four or five tunes I’ll upgrade the rhymes — he’s caught my ear a few times and S.D.S. (Somebody Do Something) is a clever title.
@@@ Kris Berry: King of Me (Kanaga System Krush Records, 2013). I caught this record over here at Splinters and Candy. He’s doing a genre hybrid thing in combining his thumb piano skills with a drum kit, percussion and some reggae/Caribbean inspired (no guitar) tunes and a Salif Keita wailing vocal style. It’s interesting how similar the thumb piano sounds to a steel drum sound. Check it out for yourself. Solid B from me.
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