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uhmmm at Allie X above excellence like Smerz and Hatchie... okay then honey...

 

i need to listen to a lot of these still jfkfslgdk

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Ravyn and Hatchie deserved better :fish2:

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Yesterday was the first time I listened to Kilo kish’s album. 

The Loona girls have some crazy twitter stans :deadbanana4:

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Hatchie :clap3:

 

Boygenius better get some loves tho :gaycat3:

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SUPER SUNSET :alexz: She just keeps getting better and better, I don't know how sis does it!
My top 4 are in your highlights and I like all 4 artists you mentioned, wow our connection! :gaycat3:

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7 hours ago, ChapelHooker said:

uhmmm at Allie X above excellence like Smerz and Hatchie... okay then honey...

 

i need to listen to a lot of these still jfkfslgdk

they're all excellence :)

 

6 hours ago, Superpower said:

Yesterday was the first time I listened to Kilo kish’s album. 

The Loona girls have some crazy twitter stans :deadbanana4:

yeah that's kinda... their thing :deadbanana4: same can be said about many k-pop stans tho!

 

1 hour ago, Remmy said:

SUPER SUNSET :alexz: She just keeps getting better and better, I don't know how sis does it!
My top 4 are in your highlights and I like all 4 artists you mentioned, wow our connection! :gaycat3:

Our minds! :heart2:

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allie x is a queen and others are interesing. (i wrote interesting wrong, but i don't curr, i'm an illiterate hoe)

 

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rly enjoyed kilo's release she's a nice girl. never cared for allie too much but science may be my favourite song from her yet so i hope she keeps growing

 

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the "girl of the month" thing, which led to a thousand theories from their biggest stans

i can never decide whether loonaverse was brilliant or dumb, everything about it is vague and to me it seems like they came up with the concept 3 minutes before filming the videos but maybe that's also exactly the force that leads fans to creating these batshit crazy theories so

 

as for the mini album i only liked hi high but that's fine, it's not like kpop album tracks matter anyway

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K, let's finish this!

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#05.

Aphex Twin - 'Collapse'

Genre: IDM

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Maybe Aphex Twin's latest releases weren't the most inspired - honestly, after 'Syro' I personally had a hard time being captivated by the stuff he kept releasing. But I can honestly see myself replaying 'Collapse' a lot. It is clear that he has been influenced by a wave of new producers - namely Jlin and other footwork acts - and this works to his favor, as it is probably the most inventive and genuinely innovative his music has sounded in a long, long time. Every time in a while it is good to be reminded why Aphex Twin is as loved as he is, and this record really does it.

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You'll like it if you like: Aphex Twin's best releases, Jlin, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares, RP Boo, LFO
Highlights: "T69 Collapse", "1st 44", "abundance10edit[2 R8's, FZ20m & a 909]"

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#04.

Bad Gyal - 'Worldwide Angel'

Genre: Reggaeton, Alternative R&B

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Barcelona singer Alba Farelo a.k.a. Bad Gyal is one of the most exciting artists in the rising "neoperreo" wave, which led other people like Tomasa del Real, Ms. Nina, Audri Nix or La Favi to bigger popularity. While this lacks a huge single such as her breakthrough "Fiebre", this is still her best release to date, bringing the confidence of iconic female reggaeton figures like La Factoría or Ivy Queen with modern production brought by producers such as Kelela collaborators Jam City and Dubbel Dutch or people like D33J and El Guincho. It's as fun as music can get in 2018!

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You'll like it if you like: Palmistry, La Factoría, Ivy Queen, Charli XCX, Tomasa Del Real, Organ Tapes
Highlights: "Internationally", "Tra", "Yo sigo iual", "Candela", "Blink", "Tu moto", "Realize"

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#03.

Laurel Halo - 'Raw Silk Uncut Wood'

Genre: Ambient

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'Dust', released last year, was probably Laurel Halo's most traditionally "pop" release to date. By no means was it something you would hear on the radio or anything of the sort, but it had more melodies and hooks than you would expect it to, and many song-like structures as well. 'Raw Silk Uncut Wood' has nothing of the sort, though, as it is an ambient EP/mini-album more than anything. That does not make it any less interesting, however, since you can hear how experimental it is most of the time, it has very strong jazz and classical music influences and it truly feels like an organic listening experience, truly makes you feel in the same way its cover is presented.

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You'll like it if you like: LAM, Tim Hecker, William Basinski, Eli Keszler

Highlights: "Raw Silk Uncut Wood", "Mercury", "Quietude", "Nahbarkeit"

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#02.

Jenny Hval - 'The Long Sleep'

Genre: Art Pop, Progressive Pop, Dark Jazz

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When Jenny Hval first released "Spells", I expected her to go in a poppier direction for this EP. It was probably the most accessible song she has ever done, basically a jazz-pop song with the most beautiful melodies possible. And while saxophones and jazz are present in the rest of 'The Long Sleep', this is not exactly the easiest listen possible. But that makes it even more interesting. Each track of the release sounds like an alternative version of the opening track, as if it were from different stages of sleep, making the whole EP to be an experience of its own. It is an extension of Hval's artistry and another reason why she's one of the most important artists of this decade.

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You'll like it if you like: Kate Bush, The Blue Nile, Julia Holter, Stars of the Lid, Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch

Highlights: the EP as a whole is meant to be listened as one, but like... "Spells"

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#01.

Shygirl - 'Cruel Practice'

Genre: Industrial Hip Hop, Deconstructed Club, UK Bass

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First thing you hear when pressing play on this is the sound of alarms going off. It makes sense, as literally everything that goes after is literally fire. In only 13 minutes, London vocalist/DJ Blane Muise a.k.a. Shygirl, with assistance of Sega Bodega and Dinamarca in production, comes through with some of the most fun, abrasive, and intense music of the year, finding a midpoint between British rap and club music, taking inspiration in genres such as grime, reggeaton, funk carioca or 2-step as well. Muise doesn't dissapoint with her performance either, as she delivers lots of sick lines with a great flow in the most deadpan-yet-confident way possible. It's just 5 tracks long, but it is essentially all-killer, no-filler, and it will be extremely hard to find something with as much replay value as this.

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You'll like it if you like: Dizzee Rascal, Amnesia Scanner, Kamixlo, Danny Brown, M.I.A., SOPHIE

Highlights: like... every track

 

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I like Bad Gyal, didn't realize she released an EP though ?

Cruel Practice :clap3:  Such a great EP, she truly did that.  I don't even know who she is but she did it. 

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3 hours ago, madonnas said:

I like Bad Gyal, didn't realize she released an EP though ?

Cruel Practice :clap3:  Such a great EP, she truly did that.  I don't even know who she is but she did it. 

technically Bad Gyal's is a mixtape... but we're gonna pretend it's an EP because, well... I can. :eli:

 

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1. Shygirl - Cruel Practice
2. Jenny Hval - The Long Sleep
3. Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Wood
4. Bad Gyal - Worldwide Angel
5. Aphex Twin - Collapse
6. LOONA - [+ +]

7. Allie X - Super Sunset
8. Kilo Kish - Mothe
9. Smerz - Have Fun
10. Oneohtrix Point Never - Love in the Time of Lexapro
11. Oklou - The Rite of May
12. Ravyn Lenae - Crush
13. DJ N**** Fox - Crânio

14. LYZZA - Imposter
15. 700 Bliss - Spa 700
16. Hatchie - Sugar and Spice
17. Peggy Gou - Once
18. Astrosuka - Astrosuka
19. Empath - Liberating Guilt and Free
20. Sudan Archives - Sudan Archives

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Wait Laurel’s was an ep? Ksjdkd I put it with the LPs oop

though that, Kilo Kish, Ravyn and Allie :clap3:

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3 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Wait Laurel’s was an ep? Ksjdkd I put it with the LPs oop

technically it's a mini-album. I count it as an EP because well.. :michael:

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Bad Gyal es una queen, la amo!

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I'm gonna try giving Laurel another chance because I feel her music sounds like a lot of background noise. Like maybe it's too ambient? :rip: 

I guess at the very least it'd be good for studying :flower: 

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Collapse and The Long Sleep :jonny: I really need to check out that Shygirl EP, idk why I ignored it

Raw Silk Uncut **** is my favorite here but I consider it an album. Taste at you giving her the recognition she was snubbed from this year though :'(

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I always miss Kilo's projects and never know if i'd ever really like her.

 

Crush :clap3: Not for Sale from Sudan was cute too

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Ugh, a top 5 :jonny: Cruel Practice is definitely a deserving winner :clap3: Smerz and OPN snapped as well, Love in the Time of Lexapro was honestly better than Age Of.

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Solo escuche a Aphex Twin :rip: 

Espero el siguiente set :duca: 

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Surprised to see Bad Gyal! :eek: queen of Spain snapped :clap3: 

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7 hours ago, World Eater said:

Ugh, a top 5 :jonny: Cruel Practice is definitely a deserving winner :clap3: Smerz and OPN snapped as well, Love in the Time of Lexapro was honestly better than Age Of.

I kinda sorta somewhat agrih... but it has lots of excellent tracks too. :eli:

 

17 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

I'm gonna try giving Laurel another chance because I feel her music sounds like a lot of background noise. Like maybe it's too ambient? :rip: 

I guess at the very least it'd be good for studying :flower: 

yes you should!!! Listen to Quarantine, Dust or King Felix

 

4 hours ago, Bxtch said:

Surprised to see Bad Gyal! :eek: queen of Spain snapped :clap3: 

legend! :jonny:

 

update coming soon. :keir: albums HMs, get me to the next page first tho! hehe

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shygirl seems interesting, i'll try to listen

 

jenny was definitely not for me but i appreciate her artistry 

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1 hour ago, TRF. said:

I kinda sorta somewhat agrih... but it has lots of excellent tracks too. :eli:

 

yes you should!!! Listen to Quarantine, Dust or King Felix

 

legend! :jonny:

 

update coming soon. :keir: albums HMs, get me to the next page first tho! hehe

I'll check those songs out when I can! I'll also give Shygirl a listen since I saw her on @madonnas list too :celestial5:

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21 hours ago, MP2K said:

I always miss Kilo's projects and never know if i'd ever really like her.

This lmao her album wasn't it tho. Might give this EP a spin.

 

Gotta listen to Shygirl.

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nice top 5. didn't know raw silk was an ep/mini album tbh.

 

kilo, allie :clap3: Haven't listened to smerz yet but it seems to gotten some exposure around here. 

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