Month: June 2013

CD Review – Tricky, False Idols, False Idols, 2013

Tricky, False Idols, 2013 [False Idols]
Tricky, False Idols, 2013 [False Idols]
Library Classification: Hip-Hop / Trip-Hop

File Under: T

Artist: Tricky
Title: False Idols
Label: False Idols / Self-Released

Date(s) Recorded: 2013
Date Released: 2013-05-28
Date Received: 2013-05-20

Clean: All
Indecent: None

RIYL: Massive Attack, Burial, Hyperdub
Play: 5-Parenthesis, 6-Nothing’s Changed, 1-Somebody’s Sins, 4-Bonnie & Clyde, 12-Does It, 15-Passion Of The Christ

Comments: Stellar guest vocals from Francesca Belmonte & Fifi Rong. Tricky is at his best when he has a female foil to play off. 4-Bonnie & Clyde is a perfect example of male/female call & response, harmonies and dissonance. Nods to his (arguably) last great album, Pre-Millenium Tension (1996) on 6-Nothing’s Changed, which picks up where “Makes Me Wanna Die” (from PMT) left off.

In a nutshell: Some will call it a return to form, but it’s hard to dispute that this is the most cohesive album that he’s put out in a decade.

-DJWB

Playlist, WSUM, 2013-06-25

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First Hour:

  1. Studio Kinda Filthy by Saint Etienne from Foxbase Alpha [Heavenly]
  2. Ecstacy Ghost by IO Echo from Ministry Of Love [IAMSOUND]
  3. Drawing Lines by Girls Names from The New Life [Slumberland]
  4. Untitled (Secret Track) by Wax Idols from Discipline & Desire [Slumberland]
  5. Sukie In The Graveyard by Belle & Sebastian from The Life Pursuit [Rough Trade]
  6. Found Love In A Graveyard by Veronica Falls from Veronica Falls [Slumberland]
  7. Humming by Portishead from Portishead [London]
  8. Devil Knows by Widowspeak from Almanac [Captured Tracks]
  9. The Colour Of The Earth by PJ Harvey from Let England Shake [Vagrant]
  10. When The World by The Cave Singers from Naomi [Jagjaguwar]
  11. I Hear Colors by The Black Angels from Indigo Meadow [Blue Meadow]
  12. California Girls by The Magnetic Fields from Distortion [Nonesuch]
  13. Sun’s Gonna Shine by Evan Murdock And The Imperfect Strangers from Feel Bad No More [Evan Murdock Music]

Second Hour:

  1. My Wife Thinks You’re Dead by Junior Brown from Greatest Hits [Curb Records]
  2. Ain’t Blues Too Sad by Roky Erickson With Okkervil River from True Love Cast Out All Evil [Anti]
  3. Soothe My Soul by Depeche Mode from Delta Machine [Columbia]
  4. Need To Be by Stereolab from Margerine Eclipse [Elektra]
  5. Slyd by !!! from THR!!!ER [Warp]
  6. Barriers by Suede from Bloodsports [Fontana]
  7. Barricade by Interpol from Interpol [Matador]
  8. Be Wild by M83 from Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts [Mute]
  9. Be Above It by Tame Impala from Lonerism [Modular]
  10. Oceans by Deerhunter from Turn It Up Faggot [Stickfigure]
  11. Weight by Mikal Cronin from MCII [Merge]
  12. Unbelievers by Vampire Weekend from Modern Vampires Of The City [XL]
  13. Ocean Repeating (Big-Eyed Girl) by Wild Nothing from Empty Estate [Captured Tracks]
  14. Same Clothes Same Time by Control from Control [Science Of Sound]
  15. Two Thousand Hands by SISU from SISU [Monoprism]

Upcoming Shows (in Madison, unless otherwise noted):

Playlist, WSUM, 2013-06-11

Marty Finkel, Might Be Found, Slothtrop, 2013
Marty Finkel, Might Be Found, Slothtrop, 2013

First Hour:

  1. Benjamin [new release] by Marty Finkel [a local artist] from Might Be Found [Slothtrop]
    tagged with genre(s): [folk/country] — Benjamin music video on Youtube
  2. Frankie Teardrop by Suicide from First Album [Mute / Red Star]
    tagged with genre(s): [rock] [experimental] – Starkweather Set
  3. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen from Nebraska [Columbia]
    tagged with genre(s): [folk/country] – Starkweather Set
  4. Stark Weather [new release] by Icky Blossoms from Icky Blossoms [Saddle Creek]
    tagged with genre(s): [electronica] – Starkweather Set
  5. Perfect Kiss by New Order from Substance [Qwest/Factory]
    tagged with genre(s): [electronica]
  6. The Words That Maketh Murder [new release] by PJ Harvey from Let England Shake [Vagrant]
    tagged with genre(s): [rock]
  7. Late March, Death March [new release] by Frightened Rabbit from Pedestrian Verse [Atlantic]
    tagged with genre(s): [rock]
  8. Everything’s Coming Up Roses [new release] by Replacements from Songs For Slim [New West]
    tagged with genre(s): [rock]

Second Hour:

  1. Movement by LCD Soundsystem from LCD Soundsystem [DFA]
    tagged with genre(s): [electronica]
  2. Collision Of Teeth/Bodies [new release] by Wiping Out Thousands from Reaction Machine [Self-Released / Bandcamp]
    tagged with genre(s): [electronica]
  3. Draglove [new release] by IO Echo from Ministry Of Love [IAMSOUND]
    tagged with genre(s): [electronica]
  4. Josefin by First Aid Kit from The Big Black And The Blue [Wichita]
    tagged with genre(s): [folk/country]
  5. You Never Know [new release] by The Casket Girls from Sleepwalking [Graveface]
    tagged with genre(s): [folk/country]
  6. Hyperballad by Bjork from Post [Elektra]
    tagged with genre(s): [electronica]
  7. Don’t Go Away [new release] by Marty Finkel [a local artist] from Might Be Found [Slothtrop]
    tagged with genre(s): [rock]
  8. Sweet Potatoes [new release] by Evan Murdock And The Imperfect Stra [a local artist] from Feel Bad No More [Self-Released / Bandcamp]
    tagged with genre(s): [rock]
  9. The Facts [new release] by Control from Control [Science Of Sound]
    tagged with genre(s): [rock] [experimental]
  10. The Fall [new release] by Buildings On Buildings [a local artist] from Buildings On Buildings [Self-Released / Bandcamp]
    tagged with genre(s): [rock] [folk/country]
  11. Getting Hi [new release] by The Hussy [a local artist] from Clothes Mountain [Red Lounge]
    tagged with genre(s): [punk/ska]
  12. Hold On, I’m Coming by Sam And Dave from The Best Of Sam And Dave [Atlantic]
    tagged with genre(s): [blues]

Upcoming Shows (in Madison, unless otherwise noted):

CD Review – Diamond Rings, Free Dimensional, Astralwerks, 2013

Diamond Rings, Free Dimensional
Diamond Rings, Free Dimensional

Library Classification: Electronic / Pop
File Under: D

Artist: Diamond Rings
Title: Free Dimensional
Label: Astralwerks

Date(s) Recorded: 2012
Date Released: 2012
Date Received: 2013

Clean: All
Indecent: None

RIYL: Cold Cave, Night Moves, Cut Copy
In a nutshell: Second LP by Toronto musician John O’Regan as Diamond Rings
Play: 3-Runaway Love, 5-I’m Just Me, 7-(I Know) What I’m Made Of, 4-Put Me On, 10-Day & Night

Comments: Basic synthpop with some really strong moments. SThere’s some navel-gazing, as happens with one-man bands (looking at you Prince, Trent Reznor/early NIN, etc.) Definitely a step up in terms of scope and production value from his debut LP, Special Affections (Secret City Records, 2010). I’ll admit I’m pretty obsessed with 3-Runaway Love, which has pretty much everything that I want in a synthpop song.

-DJWB

Playlist, WSUM, 2013-06-04

Weekend, Sports, Slumberland Records vs. Limiñanas, Crystal Anis, HoZac Records
Weekend, Sports, Slumberland Records vs. Limiñanas, Crystal Anis, HoZac Records

Podcast (120.7 mb): 2013-06-04.mp3

Early Listener Bonus Track:

  • Heart Attack Man by Beastie Boys from Ill Communication [Grand Royal]

First Hour:

  1. Heart Attack [new release] by The Ruby Suns from Christopher [Sub Pop]
  2. The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack by Liars from Drum’s Not Dead [Mute]
  3. Sell It [new release] by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from Specter At The Feast [Vagrant]
  4. Secret To The End [new release] by Depeche Mode from Delta Machine [Columbia]
  5. Leaders Of Men by Warsaw from Warsaw [Warsaw]
  6. Always Maybe [new release] by The Black Angels from Indigo Meadow [Blue Meadow]
  7. The Brass [new release] by The Men from New Moon [Sacred Bones]
  8. Cheap Beer [radio edit] [new release] by Fidlar from Fidlar [Mom + Pop]
  9. Coma Summer by Weekend from Sports [Slumberland]
  10. Summer Job by Art Brut from Art Brut Vs. Satan [Downtown]
  11. Constructive Summer by The Hold Steady from Stay Positive [Vagrant]
  12. Cristal Anis by The Liminañas from Cristal Anis [Hozac Records]
  13. Initials B.B. by Serge Gainsbourg from Comic Strip [Island / Mercury
  14. Slow Fast Hand by Stereolab from Emperor Tomato Ketchup [Elektra / Warner]

Second Hour [Slumberland Records set to start it out]:

  1. Projektion [new release] by Girls Names from The New Life [Slumberland]
  2. The Scent Of Love [new release] by Wax Idols from Discipline & Desire [Slumberland]
  3. Past Tense [new release] by Golden Grrrls from Golden Grrrls [Slumberland]
  4. The Future by Cut Copy from Bright Like Neon Love [Modular]
  5. In Another Way [new release] by My Bloody Valentine from mbv [mbv records]
  6. Recover [new release] by CHVRCHES from Recover [Glassnote]
  7. Best Of Friends [new release] by Palma Violets from 180 [Rough Trade]
  8. Silence On Silence [new release] by The Helio Sequence from Negotiations [Sub Pop]
  9. New Morning [new release] by PVT from Homosapien [Terrorbird]
  10. Sea Song by Doves from Lost Souls [Heavenly]
  11. Nitrous Gas [new release] by Frightened Rabbit from Pedestrian Verse [Atlantic]
  12. Down From Dover [new release] by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood from Fairy Tales & Fantasies [Rhino]
  13. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [new release] by Black Lips from RSD13, Black Lips / Icky Blossoms S [Saddle Creek]

Upcoming Shows (in Madison, unless otherwise noted):