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A Smart Kid 
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Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Florida, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 46 |
 Topic: Great Non Prog Albums of the Year (So Far)Posted: October 12 2014 at 22:49 |
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What are some non prog albums to come out this year that you think are really good. State the album and artist, what genre it is, what your rating out of 10 would be, and a little bit of your opinion on it.
I'll start with  Voices by Phantogram Genre: Synthpop, Indie Electronic, Trip Hop Rating: 9.5/10 Voices is the second album by Phantogram. Voices maintains kind of a dark synthpop sound that is sprinkled with elements of trip hop, ambient, and breakbeat. There is a lot of heavy bass, catchy synth melodies, and crisp clean production. Leading lady Sarah Barthel's voice is perfect and fits the music so well. Her voice is one of the best in electronic music since Beth Gibbons. If you are a fan of indie electronic, synthpop, or trip hop and you have somehow managed to not listen to this album then do yourself a favor and do that now. This album will be stuck in you head for a while. I bought this album when it was released in February and I still go back to it daily. Its that damn good.
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Horizons
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 20 2011 Location: Somewhere Else Status: Offline Points: 16952 |
Posted: October 12 2014 at 22:55 |
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Wild Beasts - Present Tense
alt-j - This Is All Yours Caribou - Our Love Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean Interpol - El Pintor |
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Kotro
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Joined: August 16 2004 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 2815 |
Posted: October 13 2014 at 04:00 |
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My top 3 non-prog:
The Oath - The Oath
Temples - Sun Structures Sabbath Assembly - Quaternity |
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Bigger on the inside.
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Guldbamsen
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Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: October 13 2014 at 08:16 |
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Yep that Temples album is great!
Also: Todd Terje - It's Album Time Aphex Twin - Syro (still a new acquisition, but it sounds very promising) The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia The Antlers - Familiars
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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HolyMoly
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 09:45 |
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United Waters - Sunburner
It's a side project by a guy from a noise band (Mouthus), but it seems to be an experiment to see what happens if you take reasonably ordinary, tuneful songs and make them blurry to the point that you're not really sure what you're hearing. The effect is kind of impressionistic - no two listens are really the same, it's all so woozy and murky, but with really nice melodies hidden under the surface. It's kind of like being on NyQuil. |
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Saperlipopette!
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Joined: December 20 2010 Location: Tomorrowland Status: Offline Points: 11621 |
Posted: October 14 2014 at 18:05 |
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1 Fumaca Preta (stream it) - Wild, fuzzdrenched and superpsychedelic Tropicalia
2 Girma Yifrashewa - Peace and Love (opening track The Sheperd and the Flute on soundcloud) Stunning Ethiopian classical/folk piano 3 Kosmisher Laufer (bandcamp-link) - The Secret Cosmic Music Of The East German Olympic Program 1972-83 - Volume 1 (perhaps prog as its Motorik/Krautrock) Volume Two is almost as great. 4 Shrapnel (listen to Titan) - The Virus Conspires (Awesome Thrash Metal for you of that's your bag) 5 Sinoia Caves (check out the title track) - Beyond the Black Rainbow (brilliant progressive electronic OST) 3 & 5 belong in PA, really.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: October 14 2014 at 18:09 |
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Aphex Twin - Syro definitely stands out above the crowd here IMO.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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TheGazzardian
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Joined: August 11 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8676 |
Posted: October 15 2014 at 08:53 |
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Dead Rider - Chills on Glass (features Thymme Jones from Cheer-Accident on drums, great sideways indie pop)
Death Grips - Niggas on the Moon (Free Download / Top 2 Death Grips albums imo) Sage Francis - Copper Gone (great hip hop) Sorne - House of Stone: Death I (I don't know how to describe this guy other than amazing, vocal oriented stuff, the guy can really sing, but there's this really romantic/primal aspect to what he does that I can't really explain) U2 - Songs of Innocence (just joking, although I don't hate this one as much as everyone else seems to) Blonde Redhead, St. Vincent, and tUnE-yArDs all put out great records this year too
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: October 15 2014 at 09:08 |
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As an aside - all the music everyone else recommended seems to be on spotify, will be having a new music field day in the next day or so :)
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Polymorphia
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Posted: October 15 2014 at 15:30 |
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It's pitiful but the only prog album on my top 10 list right now is Swans' To Be Kind. I expect to like Boris, Agollach, Wovenhand, and maybe Kayo Dot (I have mixed feelings about what I've heard).
As far as those other releases, I will list my 5 favorites thus far (Iceage takes the top right now because it's the newest and I am obsessed with it): Iceage— Plowing Into the Field of Love (Post-punk that is pretty and well-crafted while simultaneously feeling like it could destroy itself at any moment.) Parquet Courts— Sunbathing Animal (A punk album where lyrics command attention and admiration over sprawling, ramshackle arrangements. Pavement is the closest comparison). Flying Lotus— You're Dead! (A bright, fatal swirl of IDM, jazz-freakouts, R&B, hip-hop, and even Canterbury. Probably more thought provoking thematically than any of his previous releases.) Ambrose Akinmusire— An Imagined Saviour is Far Easier to Paint (A gorgeous and unique post-bop album that refreshingly grapples with philosophical themes in a way a lot of modern jazz shies away from). Liars— Mess (An eerie, anxious synthpop album by the experimental rock trio Liars. Perhaps one of their most consistent yet). Edited by Polymorphia - October 15 2014 at 15:31 |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 15 2014 at 15:43 |
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Boris aren't on PA  Anyway who gives a flying fuuk? They're certainly progressive and more importantly very good. Noise is an album I completely forgot about in my earlier post actually  Damn I'm getting old or something - maybe a case of ebola? Another one I forgot to mention is the new Brian Jonestown Massacre. I haven't heard it yet, but I had a dream in which it got airplay, and it was quite literally orgasmic. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. For a "prog" recommendation though - try checking out Syd Arthur's (Siddhartha hoho) newest Sound Mirror. It's very seldom you find this great vocals in modern prog imo.
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 15 2014 at 15:46 |
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Polymorphia
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Posted: October 15 2014 at 15:56 |
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Whaaaat??? Boris seem like shoe-in for exp/post! Not that it matters.
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TheGazzardian
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Joined: August 11 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8676 |
Posted: October 16 2014 at 00:00 |
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This Sabbath Assembly stuff seems very awesome based on what I've heard so far! |
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bloodnarfer
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Posted: October 16 2014 at 00:18 |
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I'm also really into Sorne, he's local here in Austin. His music has a cool, almost tribal feel using home made instruments
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: October 17 2014 at 10:24 |
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Last year most of my favorites were by bands not on the archives...this year it's pretty much the opposite so far. Hard to think of great albums by band's not on this site regarding 2014...
1. Evenoire - Herons (atmospheric female-fronted gothic metal with a folky and even sometimes proggish vibe. In a genre that just gets poppier and poppier, this group stands out by not aiming to be another bland Within Temptation clone. Fantastic stuff)
2. Nana Mizuki - Supernal Liberty (Quirky crazy over-the-top pop music with snazzy guitar leads, off kilter stylistic switches and soaring female vocals. One of the only consistently good big-selling acts out of Japan.)
3. Phobocosm - Deprived (Nasty ugly filthy sick twisted cavernous creepy death metal abominations. In other words, entertaining)
Must be other stuff out there...I should at least check out the newest Boris or that Interpol album (love Turn On The Bright Lights but so far nothing else by them).
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tszirmay
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Posted: October 17 2014 at 10:53 |
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Midge URE- Fragile (amazing and slightly proggy!)
John Foxx & the Belbury Circle- Empty Avenues (funny how the 2 former Ultravox lungs are dishing it out!)
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 17 2014 at 11:23 |
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I must be getting old because those are the only two names I know other than U2
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tszirmay
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Posted: October 17 2014 at 11:39 |
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 17 2014 at 11:43 |
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My list has lots that you guys should know.
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