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10 Advance Base 10
07 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
== Vatican Shadow
== Tortoise 11
06 Xiu Xiu 12
04 L. Pierre
== Boyracer 13
03 Jens Lekman 16
02 Milky Wimpshake 17
01 Joyce Manor 91

Just the usual stuff I reckon. One of those weeks where I just collapsed into my room every afternoon feeling really angsty for some reason and blasted Joyce Manor out. Probably on my period or something.

Also: stumbled upon that John Doran review of the L. Pierre album which made me listen to it. Had no real interest in listening to an instrumental Aidan Moffat record but it is wonderful. Great The Caretaker vibes all round.

1. Everything Everything - 54
2. Animal Collective - 24
3. Andy Stott - 15
4. Liars - 11
5. Zammuto
5b. Adebisi Shank
5c. Grosse Symphonieorchster/Hans Swarowsky - 10
6. Joanna Newsom - 9
7. Bright Eyes - 8
8. Aphex Twin
8b. Patton Oswalt
8c. Panda Bear - 7

1. I can't imagine myself listening to this album much in the future, like it isn't a keeper, but a lot of the songs are great fun.
3. Unlike his last couple of EPs which were great for a couple of plays but quickly lost their impact this album seems to have staying power, it was especially good for depressing walks in the snow.
4. Been listening to WIXIW on CD a bit too, I'm coming round to it - it still doesn't sound like a Liars album though. I think it's because they used to be quite heavily focused on percussion and this album has a totally different vibe.
5. One of the best meshings of pop and 'math-rock' I've heard since Maps & Atlases first couple of EPs. Should probably get round to listening to The Books someday soon.
5b. Their second album remains unbelievably good - I don't understand how they aren't more popular.
8b. Very tenuously related but I got Louis CK tickets :D

Scrobbler still broke. Can't be arsed to fanny around fixing it. Here's what I've been listening to this week.

Fire! Orchestra - Exit!
Local record shop posted that they'd got it in on twitter so I positively raced to pick it up. Very good, like a modern version of Art Ensemble. The second side has some jarring vocal moments though. Big righteous free jazz which grooves. Definitely lives up to the hype.

Mats Gustafsson & Colin Stetson - Stones
Second Rune Grammofon release of the week. This one is a bit disappointing. They both fart away nicely enough but there's a lack of difference in tone which means it sounds a bit boring. None of the cool percussive sounds Stetson usually wrenches out either. Maybe I'll come round to it though.

Moon Duo - Mazes
This is a little gem of a record. Like a lighter and more digestible Wooden Shjips. Really fun, sounds really nice and grooves along nicely. I'd call it an edible slab of pysche-pop if I didn't hate that term.

Cult of Luna - Vertikal
If you like Isis you'll like this. It's good, but yet to completely blow me away. Love the nods to 2001 though.

Jontti - Twirligig
Picked this up for three euros because it was on Stone's Throw. Psychedelic beat tape with some occasionally obnoxious AnCo style vocals. It's nice enough but a bit too light and airy for me. Probably won't listen to it again.

Kevin Drumm - Relief
Harsh medicine. This one doesn't have Russell Haswell providing 'spectral engineering' so it's probably not as good as Crowded, the other record he released last year. I'm just speculating on that as I haven't heard Crowded. Melds his drone side with his harsh side pretty well though.

Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
Still one of my favourite records of the last ten odd years. Better than anything else they've ever done by quite a way. It's sad, funny, ironic and above all it really rocks. The production is so good, perfect match between fuzz and low end gnarl. And the lyrics and their delivery are perfect

1) Ovuna - 93
2) Ten Second Disco Experiment - 80
3) Man Man Mo - 69
4) Forx - 65
5) Le Touquet - 48
6) Saroya Nechatmiak - 40
7) Red! Amber! GO! - 33
8) MAYNARZ - 24
9) $ilver Pimp$ - 10
10) Antique Dildos - 8

1 Clutch 23
2 I Stared Into The Forest 17
3 Touché Amoré 13
4 The Bronx 5
5 Weekend Nachos 3
6 Bats 2
6 We Versus The Shark 2
6 And So I Watch You From Afar 2
9 Kiss 1
9 Rush 1

1 - Clutch were fucking incredible on Tuesday, the drumming was so boss. New songs sound great, plus they played ELEPHANT RIDERS and it was awesome. <3
2 - Romanian grind/hardcore noisefest.
3 - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me is one of the best modern hardcore albums around at the moment.
9a and 9b - been watching Paul Rudd films

1 Björk 47
2 Prince 30
2 The Jesus Lizard 30
4 Black Flag 26
4 Cult of Luna 26
6 Blockheads 24
7 Wire 20
7 Pissed Jeans 20
9 Tegan and Sara 19
10 Flipper 17

1 - Listened to her studio albums from Debut through to Vespertine again. All amazing, but I think Vespertine still remains my favourite.

4 - Listened to Cult of Luna in preparation for their London show which was actually a bit of a disappointment. The new album isn't great. Revisited Black Flag after the Hevy announcement. Think I'm more excited to see the Keith Morris-fronted FLAG.

9 - A few listens of the new album which I happened to love. Tread carefully if you're not a fan of synth pop though.

1. PJ Harvey 75
2. Nightlands 28
3. Yo La Tengo 27
4. Widowspeak 26
5. Ulrich Schnauss 22
6. Foxygen 19
7. L.Pierre 17
8. Mountains 15
9= Josh White 13
9= Mystical Weapons 13

Came about after a conversation about whether the wail at the end of The Whores Hustle is the best vocal performance ever. Hyperbole indeed, but it is pretty special. The new YLT album is great, Widowspeak and Ulrich Schnauss also.

1. Neil Young - 22
2. Mountains - 20
3. Evan Caminiti - 13
4. The Haxan Cloak - 9
5. Vessel - 8
6. The Soft Moon - 4

1. Dead Man soundtrack. Always referenced as a major influence on Barn Owl/latter day Earth etc but only just got around to buying it. It's absolutely brilliant.
2. New album is lovely. Penultimate track features some surprisingly gnarly guitar.
3. Standard.
4. Heard the new track on Friday, which blew my mind, so gave the back catalogue a listen. Have always admired rather than loved the first album, but The Men Parted the Water... is just astoundingly good.
5. Great record. Some total bangers on there too.
6. Love his stuff. Takes all the best bits of 80s post-punk/coldwave etc and absolutely nails the production.

1 Mogwai 69
2 Arab Strap 39
3 Future of the Left 12
3 Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs 12
5 Sigur Rós 11
5 British Sea Power 11
7 Blonde Redhead 10
7 The Fall 10
7 TV on the Radio 10
10 The Twilight Sad 9

1. Bill Withers 20
2. Peanut Butter Wolf 18
3. My Bloody Valentine 13
4. DJ Food 12
5. Rob Smith 11
5. Kinny 11
5. How to Dress Well 11
8. Donny Hathaway 10
9. Bobby Womack 9
10. Sir Frederic Cowen 8

Bit of a coincidence that Bill, Donny & Bobby have all popped up in this week's chart as I didn't notice being particularly in that kind of mood or anything, but they were all up there the greatest "album artists" of the 70s (let alone "soul album artists") so I guess it's just one of those things.

DJ Food's Kaleidoscope is one of those 10/10 classics nobody ever mentions on here. Must've been maybe a year or more since I listened to it, until today. Rob Smith's "Up on the Downs" is kinda similar, if only a 8 or 9/10, though I probably still listen to it more often.

Kinny's Can't Kill A Dame With Soul is still my most-played album of 2012 by a long way.

Cowen's 6th symphony's really good - according to my itunes I'd listened to it once before but I didn't really remember it, but I've played it a couple of times this week so I guess time-wise it's up there with Bill really.

PBW scrobbles aren't really all him - it's the Badmeaningood comp he made.

Yeah.

1 Dawn Richard 45
2 Belle and Sebastian 31
3 L. Pierre 30
4 Everything Everything 26
5 Funeral for a Friend 21
6 Young Marble Giants 19
7= I Am Kloot 18
7= Sleaford mods 18
9= The Auteurs 16
9= Toro Y Moi 16

1. The Wonder Stuff 37
2. Yo La Tengo 27
3. Foo Fighters 26
4. John Williams 23
5. Mudhoney 22
6. Four Tet 20
7. Iron Maiden 16
8. N.W.A 15
9. Guns N' Roses 14
9. Owen Pallett 14
9. Nosaj Thing 14
12. Pantera 12
12. Metallica 12
12. Richard Hawley 12
12. Mastodon 12

Angry music.
The Wonderstuff - My go to band when I'm pissed off
4- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Watched this for the first time!

I blame Michael Gove.... the twat

1. Broadcast - 114
2. Broken Social Scene - 27
3. Everything Everything - 22
4. Rachel's - 14
5. Loscil - 12
6. Seefeel - 11
7. Fridge - 10
8. Grouper - 8
8. Gold Panda - 8
10. Labradford - 7

1 the traditional fools 28
2 black hat 24
3 stalking horse 14
4 the knife 11
5 mcmxci 11
6 father murphy 11
7 converge 10
8 the men 10
9 krallice 8
10 i teoremi 8
11 herbie hancock 7
12 fury 6
13 woods 5
14 gojira 5
15 thou 5

1 i've not really listened to much ty segall stuff but this is well good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MQAcscJn90 perfect level of rubbish recording.
2 grumpy electronic shit no 1.
6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMxdEt_efYA whiny vocals
10 dunno many italian bands huh
11 word http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0L3RXYxS0

1 Max Romeo 22
2 Soundgarden 16
3 OutKast 15
3 Bill Withers 15
5 Kendrick Lamar 14
6 A Tribe Called Quest 12
7 Electronic 10
8 Buena Vista Social Club 9
8 Young Disciples 9
8 Aesop Rock 9
8 Shabazz Palaces 9

1. Biosphere - 88
2. Everything Everything - 51
3. Broadcast - 49
4. Suede - 48
5. Pavement - 27
6. Simon Bookish - 26
7. Beastie Boys - 24
8. Darkstar - 21
9. Tim Hecker - 19
10. Yo La Tengo - 18

1. I blame this entirely on the snow. Gave Cirque a proper play for the first time. Really good.
2. Unlike their debut, I want to keep playing this over and over. Sounds a bit Chris Martin in places but that's ok by me.
4, 5 & 7. Having a 1994 period.
8. New album, streamed and manually scrobbled because I am a scrobbling geek. Sounds promising.

1 FIDLAR 63
2 The Knife 60
3 Local Natives 47
4 Foxygen 40
5 Kendrick Lamar 39
6 A$AP Rocky 35
7 The Roots 33
7 Comadre 33
9 J Dilla 28
10 Epsilons 24
11 Modest Mouse 23
12 The Traditional Fools 20
13 GZA/Genius 17
14 Blue Hawaii 14
15 The Magnetic Fields 13
15 The Postal Service 13
15 Mikal Cronin 13
15 Ty Segall & White Fence 13
19 Marnie Stern 12
20 Ty Segall 11

1 Deerhunter 29
2 mclusky 27
3 Bright Eyes 23
3 FOE 23
5 Desaparecidos 22
6 Parquet Courts 16
7 Liars 15
8 Future of the Left 14
9 Owls 12
10Pavement 11

1 Toro y Moi – 33
2 The Knife – 25
3 FaltyDL – 17
4 Beat Connection – 12
5 Nosaj Thing – 11
5 Local Natives – 11
7 Beach House – 10
7 Bon Iver – 10
7 The Soft Walls – 10
10 Wooden Wand – 9

First listens for Nosaj Thing, Local Natives and Wooden Wand. All really great.