Eclectic electronic: retro futurist synthwave, ambient, downtempo, electro, jumpig back and forth. That said it is not a very coherent album, but tracks are fine.
Xander Harris – California Chrome
Coves – Peel
This one has been sitting in my “play later” list for quite some time. I like it a lot, listened to it several times, but couldn’t put it in a specific drawer in my mind. Now I read a review of the album where it was said to be similar to Garbage and that is a fair point. Although this is how Garbage could sound in 2016, so that’s good, too. I so rarely listen to music nowadays, which could be labelled as classic and simple alternative rock. This is one of those.
VA – Emerging Organisms vol. 5
This is the best compilation album I have heard in quite a while. Didn’t know any of the artists and now have albums queued from all of them. This is a gold mine.
Oneohtrix Point Never did a video for the track Animals starring Val Kilmer. It is so minimal that you are not sure if this is it but still you cannot not watch. Anyhow, I like it.
Pitchfork writes that “Kilmer is falling asleep on the side of a bed”. What did these guys watch? He is clearly listening to the track. That is the best part of the whole thing.
Frank Turner – Campfire Punkrock
It is one track actually: Thatcher Fucked the Kids.
Btw, I just realized that Thatcher reads “that Cher”. Yea, she fucked the kids, too.
Oh my gosh. How insane is pledging $780 on Kickstarter. But!
At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
Listening to many post-hardcore stuff nowadays, once again. Brings back the times when I had more of that rage and tried to express more of it. Time to do that again. Externalize.
Cursive – The Ugly Organ
Good rock music and the strings, sometimes with a hint of theatrical edge to it. Like the young little brother of Dog Fashion Disco. Old music, new find.
Pondering in the Pit: 17 Essential Post-Hardcore LPs
You can create a great playlist from this selection. Although I feel there is more grunge feeling and sounds in there than hardcore per se, but still good assembly of bands and album suggestions.
Wojciech Golczewski – Reality Check
Sci-fi horror soundtrack music with retro futuristic synth themes.