The 2013 Music Thread

[Numbahs]

Been listening to the new QOTSA for the last two days. It's alright. It's not a face-melter like Songs For The Deaf, but I haven't deleted it yet...that's gotta count for something.

[livid]

Yeah like I said, it's definitely the most subdued thing they've done but after how boring I found Era Vulgaris, I really enjoy it.

[Numbahs]

I fell asleep to it last night and had a fever dream to the title track. True story. It was like a season finale or something.

[livid]

That wasn't a fever dream, you just forgot you got the bright idea to emulate this week's Mad Men.

[LittleDaniel]

Can't stop listening to The Uncluded. I love Kimya and I love Aesop Rock so this is so lovely. Can't wait until I get their album, but for now the three or so singles have been on a constant repeat in my room and office.

[Gazz]

Sweet baby Jesus, the new 30STM album is dull.

[METALMAN]

Well, obviously.

[Lowerdeck]

I hate you. I want to go to Mountain Oasis so fucking bad. Neutral Milk Hotel reunion is a big deal because, unlike other reunions, everyone presumed they wouldn't get back together and tour. Hell, no one expected Jeff Mangum to come out of hibernation a few years ago, much less a full band reunion and world tour.

Plus, you get to see Nine Inch Nails AND How to Destroy Angels. Damn you!!!

I am definitely looking forward to NIN and HtDA. For my one big fest trip of the year, I picked a pretty good one.

[SRN]

So, yeah. A new track from Boards of Canada dropped. Listening to it, it only makes me more excited for Tomorrow's Harvest. Really sounds like they have decided to steer their sound in a new direction.

[Cactus Drags]

This is most definitely not representative of his back catalogue, but Cosmo Jarvis' new single is great.

His regular stuff is well worth checking out, he sings about gay pirates and shit.

[livid]

Oh, nice. I really enjoyed his 2011 album but kinda forgot he existed.

[Cactus Drags]

I saw him play in a tiny bar in Bristol not too long ago. Brilliant, he's kind of quirky, I dunno if he's just stage shy or whatever. Need to listen to his more recent album more often.

[probablyoliver]

New Laura Marling came out yesterday. It's phenomenal.

[Skummy]

So, Sir Christopher Lee released a new album yesterday, on his 91st birthday.

[gunnar hendershow]

And it's a power metal album.

[Skummy]

Of course it is.

[OGpistolpete]

My sister's friend's band released a music video she dances in today. They're called Vitek. Check it out.

[livid]

Any fans of the producer Danger Mouse may be happy to find out that he produced Portugal. The Man's latest album. It's a pretty damn perfect match and I can't believe it didn't happen sooner. You can stream the new album here, otherwise it's drip drip dripping in the normal places.

[GA!]

David Lynch has announced details of his second album 'The Big Dream'.

The album is the Twin Peaks director's follow-up to his 2011 debut, 'Crazy Clown Time'. It features a cover of Bob Dylan's 'The Ballad Of Hollis Brown' and also includes a collaboration with Lykke Li called 'I'm Waiting Here'. Scroll down and click 'play' to listen to 'I'm Waiting Here' now.

Lynch praised the Swedish singer in a press release announcing the album, saying: "She brought her own style to this song, which has a doo-wop sort of thing going on, but in a way it's far-removed from the '50s."

Elaborating further on the sound of 'The Big Dream', Lynch explained: "Most of the songs start out as a type of blues jam and then we go sideways from there. What comes out is a hybrid, modernised form of low-down blues. The Blues is an honest and emotional form of music that is thrilling to the soul. I keep coming back to it, because it feels so good."

'The Big Dream' will be released across Europe on July 15 on Sunday Best Recordings.

'The Big Dream' tracklisting in full:

'The Big Dream'

'Star Dream Girl'

'Last Call'

'Cold Wind Blowin'

'The Ballad of Hollis Brown'

'Wishin’ Well'

'Say It'

'We Rolled Together'

'Sun Can’t Be Seen No More'

'I Want You'

'The Line It Curves'

'Are You Sure'

'I’m Waiting Here' with Lykke Li – Exclusive Bonus Track

Sweet!

[gunnar hendershow]

The new Boards of Canada album Tomorrow's Harvest has been on loop since I acquired it yesterday. 8 years of waiting and, unlike Daft Punk, Mount Kimbie, and Gold Panda, they did not disappoint and kind of exceeded expectations. The nostalgia, the emotions, the feelings it gives off are completely different from their past work but done in the same BoC way. There's been such a wave of BoC imitators who haven't been able to match BoC, and then here the brothers come out with their first album in 8 years and it sounds exactly like a BoC album while being also something completely new.

There's a growing belief, based on the album artwork, that the album is themed after Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil which I think is something I'm going to definitely have to read.