The New Music Thread

[Earbrass]

Pelkkä Poutanen  / discovered via link on facebook / Finnish avant-folk (2021)

 

 

[JSbass]

 

 

Rozi's music always sounds new to me, never predictable.

[Oomo]

Knower / discovered via random youtube browsing

 

 

[StickyDBRmf]

That is superb

[Mykesbass]

This one will hopefully meet the approval of many of you - new material from Meshell Ndegeocello. Jazz/Soul, just beautiful, and one of the best bass centric tracks I've heard. Thanks to Cerys Matthews who played this today.

 

[LowB_FTW]

I'm gonna echo what the bass player says at the end of that track and say, I love that one.

 

Mark

[Mykesbass]

Really nice piece of pop on 6 Music this afternoon by CVC. Really liked the fluid bass line and mix of bass/bass drum.

 

 

[Barking Spiders]

On 26/01/2023 at 14:08, BassTractor said:

Norse pop singer Dagny (Dagny Norvoll Sandvik) to me is one of several people standing well apart from yer everyday pop dreck.
Here a 7yo song that has matured nicely, IMHO.
"Backbeat"

 

 

I like this a lot, as I do her fellow countrywoman Sigrid,whose voice isn't dissimilar.  IMO pop's in quite a good place now, well female fronted pop anyway, what with these two, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo. 

 

[BassTractor]

2 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

I like this a lot, as I do her fellow countrywoman Sigrid,whose voice isn't dissimilar.  IMO pop's in quite a good place now, well female fronted pop anyway, what with these two, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo. 

Yesss! Have you heard her "Don't Kill my Vibe"? Really worth a close listen - maybe with headphones coz of the gazillions of tiny elements. Me lurves it.
Also her "Sucker Punch" and probably other songs, but I don't know any of these artists very well.

As you say: female fronted pop's in a good place, and many young Norse artists have found their way to my playlists.


Norseland also has guys, like this guy: Sondre Justad.
Here he's singing the day after an anti-gay terror attack that killed two people.
Also without the devastating setting I love this song.
 

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by BassTractor

[Leonard Smalls]

Getting a bit noisier, this band are most excellent live...

 

 

[Oomo]

Crackazat, discovered via friend's recommendation (not much of a video though I'm afraid :D)

 

 

[Soledad]

On 27/01/2023 at 20:02, Frank Blank said:

Sam Lee / Elizabeth Fraser - YouTube - Folk

 

 

Is that Liz Frazer formerly of Cocteau Twins / Mortal Coil ?

[Frank Blank]

Just now, Soledad said:

Is that Liz Frazer formerly of Cocteau Twins / Mortal Coil ?

 

It is indeed.

[Jonesy]

On 21/08/2023 at 16:06, Mykesbass said:

Really nice piece of pop on 6 Music this afternoon by CVC. Really liked the fluid bass line and mix of bass/bass drum.

 

 

 

 

I saw CVC a few weeks back at Wilderness and will be going to see them in Camden at the back end of Sept, really looking forward to it! They're a fantastic band and the album is well worth checking out, it's full of really tasty bass playing and Ben is the first bass player in a while from a new band that plays anything interesting (imo)

[Rumple]

Heard this for the first time earlier today on 6Music, the radio was only on quietly but the bass jumped out immediately.

 

 

 

Edited September 19, 2023 by Rumple

[Mykesbass]

20 minutes ago, Rumple said:

Heard this for the first time earlier today on 6Music, the radio was only on quietly but the bass jumped out immediately.

 

 

 

Been heavily advertised on my FB feed (local gig coming up). Must check this out.

[Barking Spiders]

On 29/08/2023 at 17:14, BassTractor said:

Yesss! Have you heard her "Don't Kill my Vibe"? Really worth a close listen - maybe with headphones coz of the gazillions of tiny elements. Me lurves it.
Also her "Sucker Punch" and probably other songs, but I don't know any of these artists very well.

As you say: female fronted pop's in a good place, and many young Norse artists have found their way to my playlists.


Norseland also has guys, like this guy: Sondre Justad.
Here he's singing the day after an anti-gay terror attack that killed two people.
Also without the devastating setting I love this song.
 

 

I have both Sigrid's albums and they get a regular spins. She's just great, her natural prettiness, no heavy make up and visual gimmicks, fantastic voice, slinky moves oh and yeah and really good songs. I'm generally not a fan of white rock and pop vocalists. Much prefer female. There are just 3 or 4 whose vocals I like. The majority range from the passably mediocre at one end to the truly abysmal at the other.  Viz male vocals I tend to prefer the great soul singers from Otis to Luther.

[LowB_FTW]

It's been out about a month now but it's just popped up on my radar, the new album by PiL - End of World.

The first two tracks are absolute crackers. I'm very impressed with these.

I quite like tracks 4, 7, 8, and 12, but for me the absolute standouts are the first two tracks. I wish the rest of the album could have followed these two, but then, that wouldn't be PiL now, would it?

https://soundcloud.com/publicimageltd/sets/end-of-world-3

Above SoundCloud link for the full album, for anyone interested.

 

Mark

 

[Mykesbass]

4 hours ago, LowB_FTW said:

It's been out about a month now but it's just popped up on my radar, the new album by PiL - End of World.

The first two tracks are absolute crackers. I'm very impressed with these.

I quite like tracks 4, 7, 8, and 12, but for me the absolute standouts are the first two tracks. I wish the rest of the album could have followed these two, but then, that wouldn't be PiL now, would it?

https://soundcloud.com/publicimageltd/sets/end-of-world-3

Above SoundCloud link for the full album, for anyone interested.

 

Mark

 

I used to live in Penge 😆

[Rumple]

3 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

I used to live in Penge 😆

Me too and I'm only a stones throw away now 😄

[Bassassin]

Exploring Birdsong - 3-piece female-fronted, keyboard-led progressive rock. I think they're stunningly good.

 

 

Their vocalist Lynsey Ward guested on Lifesigns' last album Altitude - checked them out & I think I like her band better! They've so far released 2 EPs, waiting with bated breath for an album & tour.

[BassTractor]

For @Barking Spiders and possible others, Dagny is another young Norse artist, here with orchestra.
Some cracking pop songs amongst those, IMHO.

If I understand correctly, this footage should play wherever you are.

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/kork-hele-landets-orkester/2021/MKKA11003420/avspiller

[Dad3353]

49 minutes ago, BassTractor said:

For @Barking Spiders and possible others...

 

[Nothingman]

Discovered Karina Rykman about 18 hours ago. I’m hooked.
 

Really talented musician, great pop songs with soooooo much left field influence, and a bloody amazing ball off fun energy.

 

 

[Mykesbass]

1 hour ago, Nothingman said:

Discovered Karina Rykman about 18 hours ago. I’m hooked.
 

Really talented musician, great pop songs with soooooo much left field influence, and a bloody amazing ball off fun energy.

 

 

That's great. Thanks for posting it, off to check more of her work.