posting some good stuff to come out of 2018 so far
Robert Rich - The Biode -- very organic electronic music, the folk instruments give it a fourth world feel but it also reminds me of music from a couple video games. free to stream on bandcamp.
Tune-Yards - Heart Attack -- the album this belongs to has some pop songs which are instant classics in my head. sounds kind of like Ibibio Sound Machine.
Steve Reich - Pulse -- a little morsel of genius, Reich only gets ripe with age
Ty Segall - My Lady's on Fire -- glam rock, whole album is pretty great and can be found in full on Youtube.
MGMT - She Works Out Too Much -- wo MGMT finally recorded a great
album, they always had good singles in them but finally they put out an album consistent all the way through
Anenon - Tongue -- cool minimalist and jazzy album, improvement over Anenon's previous release I think. looking forward to where he goes in the future for sure.
new Panda Bear EP is also great, kind of funny he put out the song "Shepard Tone" 1 day before the Hawaii missile scare. feel like Panda Bear probably set that up, knowing the shady stuff he's done before. forget the vinyl-only release though.
really looking forward to new solo album from David Byrne in March, which has him collaborating with old pal Brian Eno and progressive electronic artist Oneohtrix Point Never. I'm a big fan of OPN's stuff, he's one of the most forward thinking artists today imo. also there's a collaborative album from Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet on the way this month. high masterpiece potential there. new material from Ryuichi Sakamoto this month too. 2018 is shaping up to be a spectacular year.
