Dispatches from the Underground // December 2024 Pt. 5

New Music

Mon Nobi – From hearts & marginalia (h/t filip from start-track.com) / short EP of lofi acoustic songs with moods that range from sad and somber to strange and spooky

on the empty sky – Magicicada / hey bluesky, if you like the overlap between post-rock and ambient synth music, check out this EP my friend did – Nate Holdren

David Dellacroce – A Waste of Denver (h/t ‪florgoth)

autumna – broken shimmer, mended ghost

Talons’ – in retreat (h/t ‪‪Cinchel‬)

Nightports w/ Matthew Bourne – Dulcitone 1804 (Leaf ) (h/t Mark’s Music)

Peni Candra Rini – Wani / you are unlikely to hear a better gamelan/rock crossover album than this one! – Bill Barnett

odd person – all futures fade

VA – Last Winter We Didn’t Sing (Thor’s Rubber Hammer) / Drone for the holidaze

VA – Silber Christmas 2024 (Silber Records) / I was going to let this year slip away without a Christmas release, but Electric Bird Noise was pushing to make it happen & so here it is. Five pieces showcasing a lot of the variety of Silber. No covers or holiday classics unless you count a sample of a William S Burroughs impression a classic. Merry Christmas!

Listening Recommendations

Loula Yorke – speak, thou vast and venerable head (quiet details) / Best of “the year,” dude? / This album’s divine beauty /
Transcends space and time – revoltoftheapes

Binaural Space – Lofi Ambient Xmas (h/t Fireflower Foundation)

ML Buch – Suntub (h/t De Selby)

acidliner – Red-1 (Wrong Speed Records) (h/t VogonLaundromat)

The Empty Page – Imploding / New Music Jason Prize Shortlist 2 of 5: The Empty Page’s sophomore album acted as my introduction to the Manchester duo. Vocalist/Bassist Kel Page is bursting with personality on these angsty, melodic, Post-Punk tracks – New Music Jason

Ian Hawgood & David Cordero – memory blossom / never too late (Home Normal) (h/t Stefan)

Moritat – Vermilion / Sometimes called art rock and avant pop, Moritat is Venus Laurel, Corey McCafferty and Konstantin Jace. Their songwriting bond spans over a decade together, always pushing the musical boundaries.

Golden Shoulders – Friendship is Deep (Unspun Heroes)

Reading

“what were the skies like when you were young?” / A few thoughts on spotify, streamers, etc. because I realized I’m just shouting them on here and I keep forgetting stuff – Gavin Miller

Barbara Kingsolver – Demon Copperhead (h/t wordkunst)

End of the Year

Gerard Cosloy / I made a list of favorite records and shows from the year about to conclude. You’re not obliged to read it, I wasn’t obliged to write it. Here’s to our free will!

Nick J Mascis / What if I just did a “five cool shit albums I discovered via other people’s year end lists” list?

Ironic Hill picks – Blod & Shadow Pattern – Midnite Blues + James Blackshaw – Unraveling In Your Hands

Phirnis / Favourite new music and archival releases of 2024

huizi stan account / 10 non-Polish albums I went hard for in 2024 (not necessarily from this year)

‪my friends call me 5 / what did we listen to this year… (emphasis on stuff that was new this year…)

Misc

Vinyl reissues by Deathbomb Arc