Our Monthly Playlist selection of choice music and Choice Releases list from the last month.
We decided at the start of the year to change things a little with a reminder of not only our favourite tracks from the last month, but also a list of choice albums too. This list includes both those releases we managed to feature and review on the site and those we just didn’t get the time or room for – time restraints and the sheer volume of submissions each month mean there are always those releases that miss out on receiving a full review, and so we have added a number to both our playlist and list.
All entries in the Choice Releases list are displayed alphabetically.
Meanwhile, our Monthly Playlist continues as normal, with all the choice tracks from June taken either from reviews and pieces written by me – that’s Dominic Valvona – or Brian ‘Bordello’ Shea. Our resident Hip-Hop expert Matt Oliver has also put forward a smattering of crucial and highlighted tracks from the rap arena.
CHOICE RELEASES FROM THE LAST MONTH OR SO:
Armstrong ‘Handicrafts’
Review
Audio Obscura ‘As Long As Gravity Persists On Holding Me to This Earth’
Review
Francis Bebey ‘The African Seven Edits’
Jeff Bird ‘Ordo Virtutum: Jeff Bird Plays Hildegard von Bingen, Vol 2’
(Six Degrees Records) Review
Che`Noir ‘The Color Chocolate 2’
Dave Clarkson ‘Was Life Sweeter?’
(Cavendish House) Review
Half Naked Shrunken Heads ‘Let’s Build A Boy’
(Metal Postcard Records) Review
Novelistme ‘Fabulous Nonsense’
Review
Nowaah The Flood ‘Mergers And Acquisitions’
Luiz Ser Eu ‘Sarja’
(Phantom Limb)
Various ‘TUROŇ/AHUIZOTL’
(Swine Records w/ Fayuca Retumba) Review
Voodoo Drummer ‘HELLaS SPELL’
Review
The Wants ‘Bastard’
(STTT) Review
Warda ‘We Malo’
(WEWANTSOUNDS) Review
THE PLAYLIST
Bedd ‘Messed up Your Head’
Dragged Up ‘Clachan Dubh’
John Johanna ‘Seven Hunters’
Vlimmer ‘Gleichbau’
Heavenly ‘Portland Town’
Novelistme ‘I Want You Here’
Half Naked Shrunken Heads ‘Let’s Build A boy’
Juppe ‘Woozy’
Noura Mint Seymali ‘Guereh’
Francis Bebey ‘Agatha – Voilaaa Remix’
Anton de Bruin & Fanni Zahar ‘Running On Slippers’
Chairman Maf ‘Wild Turkey’
Lord Olo & TELEVANGEL ‘BEAT EM!”
Masta Killa Ft. Raekwon & Cappadonna ‘Eagle Claw’
Aesop Rock ‘Movie Night’
Oddisee ‘Natural Selection’
Nowaah The Flood ‘Protocol’
Ello Sun ‘River’
Luiz Ser Eu ‘O Sol Nas Suas Pestanas, Adora’
Elena Baklava ‘Kamber’
Jason van Wyk ‘Remnants’
Mary Sue & Clementi Sound Appreciation Club ‘Horse Acupuncture’
Evidence ‘Different Phases’
Vesna Pisarovic ft. Noël Akchoté, Tony Buck, Greg Cohen, Axel Dörner ‘Vrbas vodo, što se često mutiš?’
Itchy-O ‘Phenex’
Tom Caruana Ft. Dynas ‘Aisle 9’
C-Red & Agent M ‘Godspeed’
Scienze & NappyHIGH Ft. Benny The Butcher and Elaquent ‘Capt. Kirk’
Charles Edison ‘No Love Lost’
Parallel Thought & Defcee ‘Graduation Picture’
Fashawn & Marc Spano Ft. Blu ‘No Comply’
Che Noir ‘Blink Twice’
Saadi ‘Homo sapiens’
Charlie Hannah ‘St. Gregor the Good’
HighSchool ‘149’
Swansea Sound ‘Oasis v Blur’
The Wants ‘Data Tumor’
Tigray Tears ‘Wishing for Peaceful Times to Return’
Jeff Bird ‘Shining White Lillies’
The Good Ones ‘Agnes Dreams of Being an Artist’
Briana Marela ‘Value’
The Still Brothers & Vermin the Villain ‘Alright’
LMNO & D-Styles ‘Best to Lay Low’
The High & Mighty Ft. Breeze Brewin ‘Super Sound’
Slick Rick & Nas ‘Documents’
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The Monthly Playlist selection of choice music, plus our Choice Albums list from the last month.
We decided at the start of the year to change things a little with a reminder of not only our favourite tracks from the last month, but also a list of choice albums too. This list includes both those releases we managed to feature and review on the site and those we just didn’t get the time or room for. All entries are displayed alphabetically.
Our Monthly Playlist continues as normal, with tracks from April (and a few from the end of March) chosen by me, Dominic Valvona, Matt Oliver and Brian ‘Bordello’ Shea.
Those Choice Albums____
Ayarwhaska ‘Dendritas Oscilantes’
(Buh Records) Review
Jonah Brody ‘Brotherhood’
(IL Records) Review
The Corrupting Sea ‘Political Shit’
(Somewherecold Records)
Manu Dibango ‘Dibango ‘82: La Marseille December ‘82’
(WEWANTSOUNDS) Review
Nana Horisaki ‘Scoppi’
(Kirigirisu Recordings)
iyatraQuartet ‘Wild Green’
Review
Pidgins ‘Refrains of the Day, Vol. 2’
(Lexical Records) Review
Pound Land ‘Can’t Stop’
(Cruel Nature Records) Review
Michael Sarian ‘ESQUINA’
(Greenleaf Records) Review
Conrad Schnitzler ‘RhythmiCon’
(Flip-Flap) Review
Sleepingdogs ‘DOGSTOEVSKY’
(Three Dollar Pistol Music)
Toxic Chicken ‘Mentally Sound’
(Earthrid) Review
The Playlist____
Joe Probet ‘Landslide’
Penza Penza ‘Carl Wilson’s Morning Routine’
Homeboy Sandman & yeyts. ‘Thanksgiving Eve’
Blu, August Fanon, Kota the Friend & R.A.P. Ferreira ‘Happy’
Aupheus w/ Kool Keith ‘It’s My Space’
Ukandanz ‘Yene Felagote’
Lamat 8 and Tartit ‘Afous Dafous (Yoga Flow)’
Manu Dibango ‘Waka Juju Part 3’
Michael Sarian ‘Glory Box’
sleepingdogs ‘sell fish’
Kannaste4 ‘Ups and Downs’
Your Old Droog & Edan ‘The Glitch’
Anarchitact, Myka 9, N ‘Daddication Pt. 1’
The High & Mighty, The Alchemist & Your Old Droog ‘The Rose Bowl’
Masai Bey & Kitchen Khemistry ‘Transit Authority’
Dr. Syntax & Palito ‘Sprung’
Claude Cooper ‘Happenings’
Batsauce ‘Murmurate – Instrumental’
Ammar 808 ‘Ah Yalila’
Kin’Gongolo Kiniata ‘Bunda’
Jonah Brody ‘The Ancestors Are Taking Workshops’
iyatraQuartet ‘Wild Green’
Wolfgang Perez ‘Preludio A Un Suicida’
Pidgins ‘Results Oriented’
Briana Marela ‘Vibrant Sheen’
Hectorine ‘Everybody Says’
The Pennys ‘Say Something’
Bernardo Devlin ‘5:45’
Ayarwhaska ‘Desasosiego2000’
Occult Character ‘New Mothball Empire’
VESCH ‘Who the Hell are You’
SUE ‘Get Over It’
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