Ian Townsend
17-05-2012, 06:54 PM
.... according to the NME and to celebrate the fact that the year is nearly six months old. Hell, it's worth trying to keep up with the youngsters! (This thread's for you Drew!) I confess i've only heard of two. The Paul Weller lp and Actress - RIP because there was a whole Waxidermy thread about it.
I'll try and add a Youtube a day for each of them. Just to give over three minutes or so of the day to something that's 'now', despite the whole front end of Forumusic being about 'then.':)
Jack White - 'Blunderbuss'. NME said: "His most candid and personal record yet." 8/10.
Tribes - 'Baby'. NME said: "Not only an early contender for album of 2012 but a formidable salvo in the guitar rock fightback." 9/10.
Lana Del Rey - 'Born To Die'. NME said: "(It) marks the arrival of a fresh - and refreshingly self-aware- sensibility in pop." 8/10.
Enter Shikari - 'A Flash Flood Of Colour'. NME said: "They respond to the challenge in explosive style to deliver something like their defining statement." 8/10.
Grimes - 'Visions'. NME said: "'Visions' drips with instinct, an eerie sixth sense, a stream of consciousness mental state." 8/10.
Django Django - 'Django Django'. NME said: "An album characterised by its sharp stylistic swerves but never feels jumbled or incoherent." 8/10.
Pulled Apart By Horses - 'Tough Love'. NME said: "This is a record you'll be revisiting for years to come." 8/10.
Sleigh Bells - 'Reign Of Terror'. NME said: "The way they've leapfrogged their contemporaries in terms of ambition and scope is terrifying." 8/10.
Hodgy Beats - 'Untitled'. NME said: "Hodgy's making good use to his chance to shine." 8/10.
Flats - 'Better Living'. NME said: "Punk as it should be: courageously self destructive." 8/10.
Actress - 'RIP'. NME said: "Essentially alien - yet, very probably, that is the source of their strange, uncanny power." 8/10.
Perfume Genius - 'Put Your Back N 2 It'. NME said: "(The) troubled kid never went away. It's just that this time, he's more concerned with reaching towards the light." 8/10.
Breton - 'Other People's Problems'. NME said: "Breton have barely scratched the surface of what they want to do, and what they can achieve." 8/10.
Polica - 'Give You The Ghost'. NME said: "Beautifully poignant."
Oberhofer - 'Time Capsules II'. NME said: "It gleams like a skate-park erected in the clouds." 8/10.
Pond - 'Beard Wives Denim'. NME said: "Quite possibly the best album release so far this year." 9/10.
Mystery Jets - 'Radlands'. NME said: "About as authentically Yankee as Christian Bale's mid-Atlantic drawl, and just dandy for it." 8/10.
Paul Weller - 'Sonik Kicks'. NME said: "The sound of Paul Weller growing old the only way he could – not particularly gracefully, but with no small amount of style." 8/10.
Graham Coxon - 'A+E'. NME said: "one of the best albums of his career – a pop record with dangerously anti-social tendencies." 9/10.
Maccabees - 'Given To The Wild'. NME said: "A band we’ve loved from the start grasp their potential." 9/10.
The Cribs - 'In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull'. NME said: "No longer victims of their own ideals. They are masters of them." 8/10.
I'll try and add a Youtube a day for each of them. Just to give over three minutes or so of the day to something that's 'now', despite the whole front end of Forumusic being about 'then.':)
Jack White - 'Blunderbuss'. NME said: "His most candid and personal record yet." 8/10.
Tribes - 'Baby'. NME said: "Not only an early contender for album of 2012 but a formidable salvo in the guitar rock fightback." 9/10.
Lana Del Rey - 'Born To Die'. NME said: "(It) marks the arrival of a fresh - and refreshingly self-aware- sensibility in pop." 8/10.
Enter Shikari - 'A Flash Flood Of Colour'. NME said: "They respond to the challenge in explosive style to deliver something like their defining statement." 8/10.
Grimes - 'Visions'. NME said: "'Visions' drips with instinct, an eerie sixth sense, a stream of consciousness mental state." 8/10.
Django Django - 'Django Django'. NME said: "An album characterised by its sharp stylistic swerves but never feels jumbled or incoherent." 8/10.
Pulled Apart By Horses - 'Tough Love'. NME said: "This is a record you'll be revisiting for years to come." 8/10.
Sleigh Bells - 'Reign Of Terror'. NME said: "The way they've leapfrogged their contemporaries in terms of ambition and scope is terrifying." 8/10.
Hodgy Beats - 'Untitled'. NME said: "Hodgy's making good use to his chance to shine." 8/10.
Flats - 'Better Living'. NME said: "Punk as it should be: courageously self destructive." 8/10.
Actress - 'RIP'. NME said: "Essentially alien - yet, very probably, that is the source of their strange, uncanny power." 8/10.
Perfume Genius - 'Put Your Back N 2 It'. NME said: "(The) troubled kid never went away. It's just that this time, he's more concerned with reaching towards the light." 8/10.
Breton - 'Other People's Problems'. NME said: "Breton have barely scratched the surface of what they want to do, and what they can achieve." 8/10.
Polica - 'Give You The Ghost'. NME said: "Beautifully poignant."
Oberhofer - 'Time Capsules II'. NME said: "It gleams like a skate-park erected in the clouds." 8/10.
Pond - 'Beard Wives Denim'. NME said: "Quite possibly the best album release so far this year." 9/10.
Mystery Jets - 'Radlands'. NME said: "About as authentically Yankee as Christian Bale's mid-Atlantic drawl, and just dandy for it." 8/10.
Paul Weller - 'Sonik Kicks'. NME said: "The sound of Paul Weller growing old the only way he could – not particularly gracefully, but with no small amount of style." 8/10.
Graham Coxon - 'A+E'. NME said: "one of the best albums of his career – a pop record with dangerously anti-social tendencies." 9/10.
Maccabees - 'Given To The Wild'. NME said: "A band we’ve loved from the start grasp their potential." 9/10.
The Cribs - 'In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull'. NME said: "No longer victims of their own ideals. They are masters of them." 8/10.