Starting to compile my list for best albums of 2023 (and for some kind of album of the year). It's super tough because there's so many great ones this year-- and several still to come! Will put out (or keep putting out) an updated list(s) once I narrow it down more or add more.
CONTENDERS:
Cannibal Corpse
Desekryptor
Dripped
Dying Fetus
Flesher
Hot Ocean
Molested Divinity
Nuclear Remains
Serpent of Old
Suneater
Vomitheist
Zorn
By popular request (me) here is one more clip from my latest song, a “post rock ambient delight” according to critics (me) :blobcatcoffee:
I aimed to create the windy howls of rocky places like the Grand Canyon or somewhere in Utah by manipulating sounds in Hypha, Piano Colors, and Noire piano from NI. No loops. Nimona (Charvel pro mod 24 DK) is set up with some compression, a spreader, silver and chromaverb, and a multi spread time delay (studio and tape). #guitar#ambient#PostRock#music
Some good Monday wake up music, a band I just discovered the other day -- Barren Womb. They have a new album coming out in February, and this one is from 2020. It SMOKES.
I don't even know what to compare it to. They call it 'doomsday rock' - I might hear some Helmet or Fugazi or something, I dunno. Refused? Clutch? It's great, dynamic, fun, loud, catchy-- GREAT all the way through. And one of the coolest riffs might be in the last few seconds of the album!
Every few months I fall in love all over again with #RussianCircles – and this week was no exception! I hadn't listened too much to their latest LP "Gnosis" so far, so I set out to change this now. Favorite track:
It's alright 'cause the historical pattern has shown how the economical cycle tends to revolve in a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop a slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more...
I get to see Tortoise in 2 weeks! They've been on my radar for a long time but rarely venture south. Icing on the cake is opener Rich Ruth, whose latest record was mixed by Tortoise's John McEntire. Looking forward to an atmospheric night in Asheville.
Tortoise (Thrill Jockey, 1994)
Rich Ruth - I Survived, It's Over (Third Man, 2022)
Post-rock, folk and ambient walk into a bar and hit it hard enough they get fused into "The Bb'd Lefty Mandolin in the Highlands" by @rykthekreator -- did I mention it was actually a pretty weird bar made of some kind of exotic matter? Anyway, this charmingly ambling track isn't headed anywhere fast, but it's a very pretty trip, so who cares?
I'll do a proper intro message now as I know more what I'm doing. I'm fed up of Twitter/X being all hate speech & fake accounts so I've come here to discuss music, #horrormovies & #scifi. Yeah I'm one of those! 😀
After my several straight hours of playing No Man's Sky yesterday, I'm giving the 65days soundtrack another shake.
As much as I adore this band, I could never get into the NMS OST at release, because I hadn't played the game, so figured there was something I was missing. Which is kinda stupid, because the game is just a game which features this music.
Lots of huge #drums#vibraphone and #noise on this album. Fantastic spacious production and a killer sounding #record to boot. Bandleader Jose Medeles is best known these days as the proprietor of Revival Drum Shop, which is a bonafide #PacificNorthwest institution.
I've been meaning to share a couple things I've recorded somewhat recently. Nothing fancy, simple one-take stuff — obvious mistakes and all. I make no claims of being a professional! :cat_music: #music#guitar#PostRock
Ping Pong - Mars Audiac Quintet - Stereolab - 1994 (www.youtube.com)
It's alright 'cause the historical pattern has shown how the economical cycle tends to revolve in a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop a slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more...