Wednesday, June 11, 2008

A Mountain of Sound

Some records I'm digesting (some of which I've been mulling over for some time), but haven't got around to blogging about yet:

Outhouse - Outhouse
Ellen Allien - SOOL
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Matana Roberts - The Chicago Project
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior
Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 1: 4th World War
Boris - Smile
Fieldwork - Door (Steve Lehman continues to astound)
Joan as Policewoman - To Survive
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Marilyn Mazur and Jan Garbarek - Elixir (I really like this...)
Neon - From Here To There
No Age - Nouns
Steve Reich - Daniel Variations
Beatundercontrol - Cosmic Repackage
Misha Alperin - Her First Dance
Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Holon
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra
Subtle - Exiting Arm

plus a handful of things I'm really looking forward to hearing...

Blink - Blink
Leila - Blood, Looms and Blooms (have been waiting for this one for a while)
James Blackshaw - Litany of Echoes
Finn Peters - Butterflies
Max Richter - 24 Postcards in Full Colour