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August highlights - LP of the month, playlists, etc

sean [Edit] [Delete] 36 replies 15:39, 23 August '11

Seeing as it's horrid outside and there's a bank holiday ahead which probably means no-one will be around to do the usual last Sunday of the month bantering about the month just past, I thought perhaps we should get in a bit earlier.

My LP of the month was probably the ZOMBY album - really surprised by it, and been fitting in nicely with my obsessive listening to the SBTRKT and Metronomy records (they really are the sound of summer) and is a nice escape to the future from listening to St Vincent (pretty much the album of the year, isn't out 'til next month but you're in for a treat - got great interview answers from her too!) and Antlers album (Burst Apart sounded incredible at Summer Sundae!), which have been in my ears about 3 times a day, every day, for much of August.

Here's this month as a playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/0dNPkKJBjdHxF8nlccPwc6

Drowned in August 2011 Spotify Tracklisting:
Nils Frahm – Unter
Metronomy – The Look
The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?
St. Vincent – Surgeon
M83 – Midnight City
Austra – Lose It
Ladytron – Ambulances
Björk – Cosmogony (Serban Ghenea Mix)
Laurel Halo – Embassy
Zomby – Things Fall Apart
Still Corners – Endless Summer
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Maniac
Grandaddy – The Crystal Lake
Saves The Day – Living Without Love
Toro Y Moi – How I know
WILD FLAG – Future Crimes
Best Coast – Our Deal
Cant – Ghosts
Matthew Dear – Slowdance
Swimming – Sun In The Island
Moonface – Whale Song
Joan As Police Woman – Chemmie

What were your favourite records, songs, gigs of August?

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  • most of next week's releases

    are already streaming/leaked, so i sorta presume some of you are already living in the third week of October anyways :)

    sean @grouchland | 23 Aug '11, 16:13 | X
  • fuck all decent has come out in ages

    Zomby was great though

    SCROTUM | 23 Aug '11, 15:45 | X
  • I haven't been blown away by anything this month

    but I really like the SBTRKT album and the new Beirut. Mark Kozelek was the best gig I went to and Mount Kimbie were really good at Field Day.

    kilgore-trout | 23 Aug '11, 15:56 | X
    • oh yeah and I love the Satin Panthers EP by Hudson Mohawke

      kilgore-trout @kilgore-trout | 23 Aug '11, 15:56 | X
      SCROTUM and jimitheexploder this'd this
    • oh also

      the Widowspeak album is very good

      kilgore-trout @kilgore-trout | 23 Aug '11, 17:22 | X
      cronenberg this'd this
  • did many of you check out the Moonface album

    be curious what you make of it.

    sean | 23 Aug '11, 16:16 | X
    • yeah

      I liked it, sort of underwater OMD. But my vote is War on Drugs, cant stop playing that album

      avl06 @sean | 23 Aug '11, 16:19 | X
      JaguarPirate this'd this
  • haha!!

    silks @brightonb | 23 Aug '11, 16:55 | X
  • Can't wait to see their careers take off

    now that you've stopped harming them by mentioning them

    WhiteLightWhiteCity @brightonb | 23 Aug '11, 19:07 | X
  • I Break Horses

    eggyrocks | 23 Aug '11, 16:23 | X
    • gave that a spin this morning after hearing a track and really liking it. Bella Union coming up trumps once again!

      sean @eggyrocks | 23 Aug '11, 16:46 | X
      vamos this'd this
  • The new Stephen Malkmus is rather good.

    August Gig Highlights:

    Heads / Big Naturals
    Mark Kozelek
    How to Dress Well

    and Big Joan at Dean Lane skate park.

    fellover | 23 Aug '11, 16:31 | X
    • we have a Malkmus interview coming up on DiS in the next day or so.

      sean @fellover | 23 Aug '11, 16:47 | X
  • hmmmm:

    Songs (some of these weren't released this month but are what i've been rinsing through August):
    Sbtrkt- Wildfire (Objekt remix)
    Objekt- Objekt #2
    Hackman- Close
    Balam Acab- Welcome
    St. Vincent- Surgeon
    Breton- The Commission
    Outfit- Two Islands
    CANT- Believe/Answer
    Magic Touch- I can Feel the Heat
    Maria Minerva- ruff trade
    Youth Lagoon- Cannons
    Shlohmo- Just Us
    Drake- Headlines
    The Weeknd- Lonely Star
    Machinedrum- Lay Me Down
    Bjork- Crystalline (Omar Souleyman remix)
    Clams Casino- Motivation/All I Need
    Girls- Vomit
    Jay-Z & Kanye- No church in the wild
    Wugazi- Sleep rules everything around me
    Lamissy- Pacheko
    Dominic Eulberg- Der Tanz der Gluhwurmchen

    Not really any albums that have majorly done it for me this month, maybe Shlohmo, Clams Casino Instrumentals, The Weeknd, Cant...

    silks | 23 Aug '11, 16:54 | X
  • The War on Drugs album is great

    charliepanayi | 23 Aug '11, 17:06 | X
  • Saw Blonde Redhead on Friday

    Would say it was in my top 3 gigs of all time. 4th time seeing them, and lightyears ahead of any other time. Performance was spot on, everything sounded great. The five track run of Not Getting There-Spring By Summer Fall-Spain-I Still Get Rocks Off-Falling Man is as good as any i've seen live.

    Jordan_229_2 | 23 Aug '11, 17:30 | X
  • I like the Tiger and Woods album

    Forget the name. Can't tell you anything about it, came across a mix of there's by accident. Not even sure what genre of music it is (I'm sure a more dance proficient person could tell you) but I really love it. Perfect timing, especially as it's getting so hot during the day here it's a real chore walking anywhere. This makes it happen!

    johnwiddop | 23 Aug '11, 17:38 | X
    • it's fun-tastic!

      released last month; genre: nu-disco/house.

      cronenberg @johnwiddop | 27 Aug '11, 00:36 | X
  • Hasn't been a vintage month

    The Beirut album deserves a mention, as does Slave Ambient by The War on Drugs. And Active Child of course, but every post I write on here seems to mention this.

    wonton | 23 Aug '11, 18:15 | X
  • i find it difficult to remember what came out this year

    never mind trying to work out what came out this month. I think that's the sort of thing only journos with a stack of press releases have any idea about

    and for that reason, ahm oot

    douchebag | 23 Aug '11, 18:20 | X
  • These prob came out this month or last or soon...

    Zomby - Dedication [4AD]
    DJ Diamond - Flight Muzik [Planet Mu]
    Trouble Books & Mark McGuire - s/t [Bark & Hiss]
    Main Attrakionz - MondreHott [Green Ova]
    Main Attrakionz - 808s & Dark Grapes II [Mishka NYC]
    Sully - Carrier [Keysound]
    Ekoplekz - Intrusive Incidentalz Vol.1 [Punch Drunk]
    Samiyam – Sam Backer’s Album [Brainfeeder]
    Jhene Aiko – Sailing Souls [http://jheneaiko.com/]

    Maybe some more, I can't think...

    12"s: Damu, Vibezin, Teeth, Erra, Swing Ting, NKC, Jam City, Trim, Kevin McPhee, Champion, Anthoiny 'Shake' Shakir, Jason Fine, Nochexxx, Presk, DJ Blend Detroit, West Norwood Cassette Libary, Arkist, DOK, Dark Sky, Kidkut, Unknown, Objekt, Outboxx, Ryo Murakami, Kowton, Mark Ernestus Meets BBC, Levon Vincent, James Blake, Hype Williams.

    jimitheexploder | 23 Aug '11, 18:37 | X
  • Machinedrum - Room(s)

    Thundercat - Golden Age of Apocalypse
    and Zomby - Dedication

    If they weren't out this month then they're still my highlight for the month.

    As for songs, it's been relatively quiet on the releases. Next month's going to be killer though...

    Dark Sky - Neon
    unknown - Fuck Yonkers
    Mark Ernestus - Meets BBC
    Radiohead - give up the ghost(thriller Houseghost remix)
    Radiohead - Separator (Four Tet remix)
    Lone - all those weird things
    Bjork - Crystalline (Omar Souleyman version)
    Damu - Beat of Zen

    awaythecrowroad | 23 Aug '11, 19:06 | X
    • and proper highlight

      was Blawan down at Life. Properly rinsed the speakers with one of the best pounding sets I've ever heard.

      awaythecrowroad @awaythecrowroad | 23 Aug '11, 19:08 | X
    • ^this

      to the Dark Sky EP. top, top quality

      Hackman's 'Close' EP/three-track single was tight also

      SCROTUM @awaythecrowroad | 23 Aug '11, 19:56 | X
      • yeah

        it was nice to get an EP that was built for dancing over muso-points. Neon doesn't break ground or anything but that bassline is more fun than almost anything else that came out this year.

        awaythecrowroad @SCROTUM | 23 Aug '11, 22:06 | X
  • Think these are all this month

    The Haxan Cloak - s/t (Aurora Borealis CD/LP)
    Charlatan - Triangles (Digitalis LP)
    Robedoor - To Down to Die (Not Not Fun LP)
    Inga Copeland - s/t EP (Self Released 12')
    Dub War - The Funky Deal/To The Depths (Tempa 12')
    Joy O - Sicko Cell/Knock Knonk (Swamp81 12')
    Klaus - Tusk EP (R&S 12')
    Go Hiyama - Monad VII (Stroboscopic Artefacts 12')
    James Blake - Order/Pan (Hemlock 12')
    Dam Mantle - We EP (Get Me! 12')
    Regis - In a Syrian Tongue (Blackest Ever Black 12')
    The Two. Fifteens - The Commute Vol. 1 (Self Released download)
    Dj Diamond - Flight Muzik (Planet Mu LP)

    LP of the month has to either be
    Zomby - Dedication (4AD LP)
    Sun Araw - Ancient Romans (Sun Ark LP)

    But my purchase of the month is undoubtedly the Ben UFO/Kassem Mosse TTT tapes, which I got for a surprisingly reasonable sum considering their limited run. Excellent mixes and hearing Harmonimix - Trim on my stereo is ace.

    E_H_Gombreak | 23 Aug '11, 19:16 | X
  • Song of the month is Lukid - Spitting Bile

    I want to call it a tune, but thats a bit too nice, it's a murky, distorted beast of a track! Probably his best yet.

    karl | 23 Aug '11, 21:15 | X
  • Gig of the month - Drugstore at St Giles church

    Anna Calvi at Field Day was great too.

    Albums and Singles
    Drugstore - Anatomy
    Wooden Shjips - West
    Inga Copeland - s/t 12"
    Aerial Jungle - Tales of Acoustic Levitation (maybe last month?)
    Elm - Nemcatacoa (2011 remastered)
    Maria Minerva - Cabaret Cixous

    jack_on_fire | 23 Aug '11, 22:37 | X
  • Cymbals Eat Guitars

    really impressed at how they've managed to follow up Why There Are Mountains; wrote some garb about it over in the reviews: http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16448/reviews/4143387

    Not sure what else I've listened to and been impressed by that came out this month ... The Blackout by Tunnels springs to mind but not a lot else

    jarock87 | 23 Aug '11, 22:46 | X
  • how does this August compare with last August?

    http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4265530

    sean | 26 Aug '11, 16:45 | X
  • some of that, plus

    my favorite: Joe Goddard - Gabriel EP
    and
    Pixelord - Iron and Cream EP
    Pacific Blue - Industry Prt1+2
    Myrryrs - Feel U EP
    Fall On Your Sword - The First Time I Saw Jupiter
    Beastie Respond - Syncopy EP

    cronenberg | 27 Aug '11, 01:01 | X
  • my favourite: Tasseomancy - Ulalume (sounds like joanna newsom but darker with creepy sounds)

    also like balam acab's and mister heavenly's

    ThingsThatFly | 27 Aug '11, 11:40 | X
    • http://soundcloud.com/exclaim/sets/tasseomancy-ulalume/s-4BylW

      ThingsThatFly @ThingsThatFly | 27 Aug '11, 11:40 | X
  • Slave Ambient - album of the year

    It'll take something massive to change my mind on this

    JaguarPirate | 29 Aug '11, 17:32 | X
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