Diplo - California (Mad Decent, 2018)

Weird EP from Diplo whose production credits need no intro here. Despite the title this isn't a collection of bangers, rather the mood here is a little...wistful? Morose, even? The production has plenty of bombast - witness in particular "Suicidal" featuring Desiigner (as repetitive and maddeningly catchy as anything the latter comes out with) and "Look Back" featuring D.R.A.M. which is damn near melodramatic in its hugely over-the-top production. "Worry No More" with Lil Yachty and Santigold is also very catchy and radio ready. "Wish" with Lil Xan is completely forgettable and mostly a snooze, "Get It Right (Remix)" feat. MØ and GoldLink is also cinematic but not terribly good either. My favorite is "Wish" with Trippie Redd's raw-throated, shouty vocals (almost bordering on annoying but not quite). Catchy and anthemtic. The mood of this EP is scattered and a couple good tracks in its 18 minutes' length makes it feel pretty dashed off. Oh well.

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Eartheater - IRISIRI (Pan, 2018)

Eartheater first came on my radar (and many others) with 2 Hausu Mountain tapes in 2015. She makes glitchy, disorienting music, combining electronics and synthesized percussion with voice, guitars and who knows what else. The whole thing is a confusing stew, kind of reminiscent of Inga Copeland but I would say even more detached from "song". Didn't do much for me.

Kevin Drumm - Jury Prize (Karl Schmidt Verlag, 2018)

Here's a new kd album on Tom Smith's Karl Schmidt Verlag label that's very much the opposite of some of the kd we've heard earlier this year - namely, it's loud as fuck. There's one 53-minute track here, "Schmickedtwice (Jury Prize)" and it sounds as chaotic and unhinged as anything from Drumm, certainly a return to the noisy Sheer Hellish Miasma days but sonically on par with analog Merzbow. Recorded this year though so not an old recording. It sounds like there's vocals buried way deep, somebody screaming through the TV static, maybe even some percussion? This one's a heater.

Albums of the Year 2017 // New Releases

//40 Migos Culture (300 Entertainment) //39 Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Stranger Things 2: A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack (Lakeshore) //38 Unsane Sterilize (Southern Lord) //37 Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch Blade Runner 2049: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Epic/ASG) //36 Ricardo Villalobos Empirical House ([a:rpi:r]) //35 Brockhampton Saturation II (Question Everything Inc./Empire) //34 Fire-Toolz Drip Mental (Hausu Mountain) //33 Clams Casino Instrumental Mixtape 4 (no label) //32 Yves Tumor Experiencing the Deposit of Faith (no label) //31 Lil Yachty Teenage Emotions (Virgin/EMI) //30 Thriftworks The Feather and the Sword (no label) //29 Paul White & Danny Brown Accelerator (R&S) //28 Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi This Dazzling, Genuine "Difference" Now Where Shall It Go? (Black Truffle) //27 Nazoranai Beginning to Fal...

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