@@@ Parcels: Tieduprightnow (Because, 2018) Some white boy indie disco funk the Guardian has declared a song of the summer. It’s a pretty standard arrangement but it is my misfortune not to dig the singer. He does not signal funk to my brain. Is it dicky for me to recommend Prince’s tune Lady Cab Driver or DMSR (also off 1999) over this track by some Australian white boys. I’m sure they’re perfectly nice gents/gals/trans but this is music we’re talking about and I take my music seriously.
@@@ Disclosure: Ultimatum (N/A, 2018) I can’t get put the label here as I once again suffer from shit interwebz so I have to stream this Guardian song of the summer off the ill sounding GooglePimpTube. This is a modern dance floor banger with some chill lounge vibes an African female vocal sample stacked and popped on top for maximum funkiness. If you took the white boy and put him on top of this beat I would denounce him but she’s got flow and correct energy. It’s a pretty simple affair — open a can of unt-tss and put some keyboard vamp on that and chop and dice her singing. Much better than the last track for sure.
@@@ The Internet: Come Over (N/A, 2018) The last of our listens today and I have to throw in that I think naming your band/group The Internet is not only dumbass, it’s stupid. This is another Guardian song of the summer and they have gone big time for Prince influenced funk. Straight four on the floor, falsetto vocals and a B- guitar vamp. To quote a previous review: Is it dicky for me to recommend Prince’s tune Lady Cab Driver or DMSR (also off 1999) over this track by some outfit called The Internet. I’m sure they’re perfectly nice gents/gals/trans but this is music we’re talking about and I take my music seriously.
YTD recordings listened to: 388
Good music, not recommended for purchase: 203
Not good music: 173
Best: 7
Honorable Mentions: 4
Possibles: Retox, Defeater, Jonwayne, Okkyung Lee, Slidhr, The Chewers, Toxic Holocaust, Susie Iberra/Roberto Rodriguez, The Coral, T.O.M.B., Lozen, Erase Errata, Mastery, Hartley C. White, Weed, Cold Water, Janelle Monae, Luther Dickinson, Graeme Barrett, Fast Asleep, Goldlink, Cavanaugh, Satoko Fuji, Moken, Juan Atkins, Lantern, Twin Peaks, Djelimady Tounkara, The Oh Sees, Denny Zeitlin, MILF, Unfun, De La Soul, Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes, A Tribe Called Quest, Noname, Gouge Away, Klara Lewis, Krullur, The Lowest Form, Hard Proof, Yotoco, Jungle Fire, Sandoz, Oddisee, Forro in the Dark, RAM, Fiver, Succumb Succumb, Gloom, Priests, Propaganda, This is the Kit, Roberto Gonzalez, Integrity, Tuba Skinny, The Expanders, Converge, Open Mike Eagle, Criolo, Billy Strings, Flowers of Sulphur, Tal National, Portal, Hernan Sama & Marcelo von Schultz, Jean Grae and Quelle Chris, Lawaii, Etran De L’Air, Ruby Karinto, Elysia Crampton, Parquet Courts
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