One or two auspicious things amidst this lot, though check out Weyes Blood and Robert Stillman, too. Very conscious of cryptic hyperbole here, but Record 14 is as good as anything I’ve heard this year, this morning at least. 1 Popol Vuh – Seligpreisung (Kosmische Musik) 2 Neil Young & The International Harvesters – A Treasure (Reprise) 3 These Trails – These Trails (Drag City) 4 Jerusalem And The Starbaskets – Dost (De Stijl) 5 Sons And Daughters – Mirror Mirror (Domino) 6 Weyes Blood – The Outside Room (Not Not Fun) 7 Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara – Sixty Strings (VHF) 8 Robert Stillman – Machine’s Song (OIB) 9 White Denim – D (Downtown) 10 Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread (Drag City) 11 The Happy End – Kazemachi Roman (URC) 12 Bon Iver – Bon Iver (4AD) 13 Power Of Zeus – The Gospel According To Zeus (Get On Down) 14 The Same Mystery Record As Playlist 14 15 Moebius – Ding (Klangbad)
One or two auspicious things amidst this lot, though check out Weyes Blood and Robert Stillman, too. Very conscious of cryptic hyperbole here, but Record 14 is as good as anything I’ve heard this year, this morning at least.
1 Popol Vuh – Seligpreisung (Kosmische Musik)
2 Neil Young & The International Harvesters – A Treasure (Reprise)
3 These Trails – These Trails (Drag City)
4 Jerusalem And The Starbaskets – Dost (De Stijl)
5 Sons And Daughters – Mirror Mirror (Domino)
6 Weyes Blood – The Outside Room (Not Not Fun)
7 Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara – Sixty Strings (VHF)
8 Robert Stillman – Machine’s Song (OIB)
9 White Denim – D (Downtown)
10 Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread (Drag City)
11 The Happy End – Kazemachi Roman (URC)
12 Bon Iver – Bon Iver (4AD)
13 Power Of Zeus – The Gospel According To Zeus (Get On Down)
14 The Same Mystery Record As Playlist 14
15 Moebius – Ding (Klangbad)
