I lit a candle or two and sat in a quiet room and tried not to look at my phone and that record hit the spot for real
I don’t entirely know what to make of Ani DiFranco’s Little Plastic Castle tbh. She’s wildly unique and that’s really appealing. But her quirks are right on that line between appealing and annoying. I’ll have to run through it a second time and get a real sense of how I feel
Mentioned it in another thread, but I've found 2020 pretty underwhelming tbh – I love this thread cause it's giving me a bunch of older stuff to check out! But ya not many surprises here: Albums Notes on a Conditional Form - The 1975 ++ Folklore - Taylor Swift ++ Chewing Cotton Wool - The Japanese House ++ Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers ++ Imploding the Mirage - the Killers ++ Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee + Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa + After Hours - the Weeknd + how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway// - KennyHoopla + The Avalanche - Owen + Women in Music, Pt. III - HAIM + color theory - soccer mommy + Manic - Halsey + Chromatica - Lady Gaga * Petals for Armor - Hayley Williams * Singles: We Paid - Lil Baby The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby Laugh Now, Cry Later - Drake Care - beabadoobee Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus AUATC - Bon Iver Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyonce
Have you tried the Ruston Kelly album yet? Feels like something you’d be into based on the other stuff on your list. I’ll check out that KennyHoopla EP. Never heard of him!
here is a list much love friends. tried to keep artist repeats to a minimum and failed several times 1. jack’s mannequin - everything in transit 2. counting crows -august and everything after 3. the gaslight anthem - the '59 sound 4. the dangerous summer - war paint 5. death cab for cutie - transatlanticism 6. tyler lyle - the native genius of desert plants (deluxe) 7. tom petty - wildflowers 8. jack’s mannequin - the glass passenger 9. the wallflowers - bringing down the horse 10. motion city soundtrack - commit this to memory 11. mojave 3 - excuses for travelers 12. the dangerous summer - reach for the sun 13. modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west 14. neil young - harvest 15. andrew mcmahon in the wilderness - s/t 16. the format - interventions and lullabies 17. the gaslight anthem - american slang 18. butch walker - letters 19. counting crows - recovering the satellites 20. paul simon - hearts and bones 21. death cab for cutie - plans 22. tyler lyle - the floating years 23. copeland - ixora 24. U2 - all that you can’t leave behind 25. green day - american idiot 26. lydia - illuminate 27. jimmy eat world - futures 28. the stranger - billy joel 29. butch walker - stay gold 30. microwave - much love 31. noah gundersen- ledges 32. taylor swift - red 33. arcade fire - the suburbs 34. field report - marigolden 35. say anything - s/t 36. bruce springsteen - born to run 37. mat kearney - nothing left to lose 38. explosions in the sky - the earth is not a cold dead place 39. the hold steady - boys and girls in america 40. jason isbell - southeastern 41. the shins - chutes too narrow 42. bon iver - for emma, forever ago 43. andrew osenga - the painted desert 44. charlie simpson - young pilgrim 45. the front bottoms - s/t 46. valleyheart - everyone I’ve ever loved 47. the antlers - familiars 48. bear’s den - so that you might hear me 49. kacey musgraves - golden hour 50. sufjan stevens - carrie & lowell
I think I've heard a couple of his Dirt Emo covers but haven't given him a fair listen! Will spin that today. Kenny's EP reminds me a lot of the first 1975 EP - a little shaggy, and probably not for everyone, but the songs have hooks. Plastic Door or the title track are good places to start.
totally, I've said the wheelhouse overlap is strong with us. although you’re likely more in the country part these days, I feel like we came of age on similar musical journeys. and nice on Kearney. I go back and forth with City of Black & White, but that one impacted me most and just sounds like my childhood. “in the middle” “can’t break her fall” and “what’s a boy to do” is one of the great three song runs from where I’m listening
ruston kelly record is fantastic and I liked his debut a lot but didn't love it. new one is much much more my vibe.
Your list intrigues me in that of the 10 I haven't heard, for 7 of them I've straight up never heard of the artist. That's...relatively rare for me?
Kearney kind of lost me on his last record, which I just think is really awful, but the Nothing Left to Lost - City of Black and White - Young Love stretch really meant a lot to me. Just Kids has some great stuff too, I just think he drifted a little to far toward insubstantial radio pop. I'm legitimately surprised you haven't heard that Mat Kearney album.
Some artists of colour you might like: Vagabon FKA Twigs Haley Heynderickx Cautious Clay Black Belt Eagle Scout Lianne La Havas SASAMI Kelela
Vagabon and Haley are great! I Need to Start a Garden would probably be in my top 100. I’m excited to listen to the others! I can’t believe I’ve never checked out FKA Twigs.
There's probably a few albums I'm forgetting, plus there is quite a bit of recency bias, but here's my list: 1. Green Day - Nimrod 2. Radiohead - In Rainbows 3. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities 4. Jeff Rosenstock - Worry 5. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity 6. mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister 7. R.A.P. Ferreira - Pruple Moonlight Pages 8. BROCKHAMPTON - iridescence 9. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy 10. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly 11. Joyce Manor - S/T 12. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream 13. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 14. Paramore - After Laughter 15. Lorde - Melodrama 16. Twenty One Pilots - Trench 17. the Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree 18. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 19. PUP - Morbid Stuff 20. Cala Vento - Balanceo 21. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino 22. The Front Bottoms - Back On Top 23. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion 24. My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge 25. Modern Baseball - You're Gonna Miss It All 26. blink-182 - Untitled 27. Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux 28. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 29. Los Punsetes - LPIV 30. The Menzingers - After the Party 31. Taylor Swift - Red 32. Nana Grizol - Ursa Minor 33. Yawners - Just Calm Down 34. Foxing - Nearer My God 35. Thrice - Beggars 36. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 37. glass beach - the first glass beach album 38. 100 gecs - 1000 gecs 39. Muse - Absolution 40. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 41. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 42. Bleachers - Gone Now 43. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle 44. The Hotelier - Goodness 45. Björk - Homogenic 46. The Sidekicks - Happiness Hours 47. Weezer - White Album 48. Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now 49. Frank Ocean - Blonde 50. Wild Animals - The Hoax
well I can only hope it leads to the discovery of something you really love. you’re obviously a prolific and diverse listener & have a ton of stuff I love on yours. I’m glad to make some introductions and looking forward to exploring gaps in your list. I’ve been digging through time lately, and it’ll definitely help with that. I started the first Dan Fogelberg record a bit back but got distracted and never returned to him even though I really liked his voice. so this is a good reminder and incentive to listen deeper. I’ve also never heard Mary Chapin Carpenter so I'll be starting there
@ImAMetaphor @mad I can second Black Belt Eagle Scout, really loved At The Party With My Brown Friends. I keep meaning to sit down with Mother of My Children so this is a nice reminder
since my list was too ahead of its time, just want to pop back in and say this is one of the best albums ever and the one thing off my list that people prolly haven't heard that i wish they would! incredibly discerning project returning from a long hiatus and furthering an adored 90s reputation. exclusively poetic/cryptic lyrics, packed full of lil riffs and syncopation, godly guitar tones, overall just a natural playing-out of a 'less is more' approach to songwriting. quite unlike most things that are technically the same genre and under 40 minutes so just do it.
yea my feelings on his discog are similar, but I'm still holding out hope for a comeback on the next one. and did you ever listen to those Tyler Lyle records? I remember mentioning them to you. seems like you would love his stuff, so many of your wheelhouse qualities there