Some disconnect between the mood in which I played most of these records this week, and feelings today as I post it. Curtis Mayfield on the stereo all morning here, at the very least, though since someone told me last week that Jeremy Corbyn was a massive Fela Kuti it seems only decent to hit up some of that later, too: “Fear Not For Man”!
Anyhow, do try and give a listen to House & Land, Angelo De Augustine, and Rosebud, an album previously unknown to me that’s basically Judy Henske and Jerry Yester’s follow-up to Farewell Aldebaaran.
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1 Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Barefoot In The Head (Silver Arrow)
2 Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star (Sub Pop)
3 Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz Vs The Jealous Machines (Sub Pop)
4 Art Feynman – Blast Off Through The Wicker (Western Vinyl)
5 Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Youth Detention (Don Giovanni)
6 Bill Orcutt – Bill Orcutt (Palilalia)
7 Lal & Mike Waterson – Bright Phoebus (Domino)
8 House And Land – House And Land (Thrill Jockey)
9 Bob Dylan – 2016 Nobel Lecture In Literature (Youtube)
10 Bitchin Bajas – Bitchin Bajas (Drag City)
11 Stefan Schneider And Sven Kacirek – Radius Walk (Bureau B)
12 The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic)
13 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – By Your Side (Bandcamp)
14 Compton & Batteau – In California (Earth)
15 Astrïd & Rachel Grimes – Through The Sparkle (Gizeh)
16 Floating Points – Reflections – Mojave Desert (Pluto)
17 Randy Newman – Dark Matter (Nonesuch)
18 Aphex Twin – Field Day EP (Warp)
19 Katie Von Schleicher – Shitty Hits (Full Time Hobby)
20 Angelo De Augustine – Swim Inside The Moon (Asthmatic Kitty)
21 Edwyn Collins & Carwyn Ellis/Alasdair Roberts/Trembling Bells/Modern Studies – Avocet Revisited (Earth)
22 Psychic Temple – Psychic Temple IV (Joyful Noise)
23 Tricky – The Only Way (False Idols)
24 Tricky – Hell Is Round The Corner (Island)
25 Susanne Sundfør – Music For People In Trouble (Bella Union)
26 Oneohtrix Point Never/Iggy Pop – The Pure and the Damned (Warp)
27 Rosebud – Rosebud (Omnivore)
28 Curtis Mayfield – People Never Give Up (Curtom)