PopTodd Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Just in case any of you actually care.The top 3-5 can probably shuffle into any order on any given day: Fumaça Preta - Fumaça PretaPortugese-speaking Columbians living in Amsterdam making a ruckus with a groove that sounds like Os Mutantes or Tom Zé jamming with Captain Beefheart.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugWRFUYr_LY The Thons - Thirty Foot SnakeChicago-based retro punk band, with a great guitar player for fans of The Strokes, The Fall, Television, and Parquet Courts. This record is better than PC's newest one. And, it's free at their Bandcamp page.https://thethons.bandcamp.com/track/here-i-am Phil Ajjarapu - Sing Along Until You Feel BetterYou should all know this one by now. Bravo, Phil!!!https://philajjarapu.bandcamp.com/ The Limiñanas - Trouble In MindIf Serge Gainsbourg were a woman who sang in a Nuggets-like 60s garage rock band.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZNRqUlp7hQ Freeman - FreemanDean (Gene?) Ween's first solo album sounds like twisted, tweaked early solo McCartney.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvXxAGPOB4I D'Angelo - Black MessiahMaybe it's too early to actually put this one on my list, but the early returns indicate that there is no way that this one shouldn't be here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPp6pTrNw44 James - La Petite MortTheir best album since Laid, IMO.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWPgJkOdUZU The War on Drugs - Lost In the DreamAtmospheric and wonderful update of the sound of The Waterboys and World Party.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LmX5c7HoUw Tom Zé - Vira Lata Na Via LacteaI can't help it. I find this man's music endlessly fascinating, every single time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4qqkrLquQs Wand - Ganglion ReefThe ballsy, rocking, riff-happy band that was always missing from the Elephant 6 collective.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKoSvvH1YI0 If and when I feel like giving it some more time, I could flesh out a Top 20 or 25. Plus there are a couple more albums that I should probably hear that might change this around. But this will do for now, methinks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 James - La Petite MortTheir best album since Laid, IMO.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWPgJkOdUZU Agreed! It's not getting a lot of attention in the U.S., though. Shame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 that WAND record does indeed rule. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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