69'-21' (1 year, 1 rec: redux)
felt like doing this one more time. Here's a rec for each year from 1969 to right now. Not necesarily best, but rather obscure or underrated... Or both... Or neither lol. basically good shit. |
1 | | Toots and The Maytals Sweet and Dandy / Monkey Man
69'
rocksteady / reggae |
2 | | Vinicius de Moraes En la Fusa con Maria Creuza y Toquinho
70'
samba |
3 | | Karen Dalton In My Own Time
71'
folk / singer-songwriter |
4 | | Joan Manuel Serrat Miguel Hernández
72'
spanish folk / singer-songwriter
JMS puts music to poems by Miguel Hernández. Ngl, you'd probably miss a lot in translation, but it's still worth a listen even if you don't know spanish, imo. |
5 | | Lucio Battisti Il nostro caro angelo
73'
rock / folk / blues
italians have a very special pop sensibility. Not perfect, but still nice. |
6 | | Neil Young On the Beach
74'
best NY. |
7 | | Edgar Froese Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
75'
ambient |
8 | | The Funkees Now I'm A Man
76'
funk / rock
one of my all-timers. |
9 | | Taeko Onuki Sunshower
77'
city pop |
10 | | Haruomi Hosono Paraiso
78'
synthpop / city pop
it's Harry Hosono. |
11 | | Lee Scratch Perry From the Heart of the Congo
79'
dub
a very cool and unique blend of dub with african musicians, by the master. RIP absolute legend. |
12 | | Ilitch 10 Suicides
80'
minimal wave
wtf is minimal wave |
13 | | Scientist (JAM) Rids the World of the Curse of the Vampires
81'
dub
classic |
14 | | Deux Filles Silence and Wisdom
82'
ambient pop |
15 | | Noel Ellis Noel Ellis
83'
roots / dub
crazy good. |
16 | | Ingram Marshall Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem
84'
minimal / ambient |
17 | | Kilslug Answer the Call
85'
noise / sludge
nasty pieces of shit. |
18 | | Anna Domino Anna Domino
86'
art pop |
19 | | drunks with guns Drunks With Guns
87'
noise rock
classic |
20 | | Fishbone Truth and Soul
88'
rock / alt-rock |
21 | | Mano Negra Puta's Fever
89'
skapunk / rock
Manu Chao's band |
22 | | Danielle Dax Blast The Human Flower
90'
art pop |
23 | | Rein Sanction Broc's Cabin
91'
grunge
thnaks Johnny for the rec |
24 | | Sade Love Deluxe
92'
rnb / love
Holy music |
25 | | 8Ball and MJG Comin' Out Hard
93'
gangsta rap |
26 | | Bedhead (USA-TX) WhatFunLifeWas
94'
slowcore
20-21: slowcore season |
27 | | Teenage Fanclub Grand Prix
95'
jangle |
28 | | Kingpin Skinny Pimp King Of Da Playaz Ball
96'
gangsta rap / memphis |
29 | | Smoke City Flying Away
97'
trip hop |
30 | | Time Machines Time Machines
98'
drone
wrote a review for this |
31 | | Angie Stone Black Diamond
99'
rnb |
32 | | Jill Scott Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
00's
Rnb / jazz |
33 | | Clogs Thom's Night Out
01'
Minimal / jazz |
34 | | Carla Bruni Quelqu'un m'a dit
02'
Chanson |
35 | | Tribalistas Tribalistas
03'
MPB / pop |
36 | | The Libertines The Libertines
04'
Bri'ish |
37 | | Scarling. So Long, Scarecrow
05'
Goth rock |
38 | | Sunshine Has Blown Sunshine Has Blown
06'
EAI |
39 | | Lily Allen Alright, Still
07'
Britpop
This is a PSA: Lily Allen rules |
40 | | STRFKR Starfucker
08'
Indie |
41 | | Ahleuchatistas Of The Body Prone
09'
Math rock / improv
I wish this guys' music was more easily available, I really like it, it's very unique |
42 | | SQRM Rodeo
10'
Sludge |
43 | | Julianna Barwick The Magic Place
11'
Ambient |
44 | | Sleigh Bells Reign of Terror
12'
Rock |
45 | | Sicko Mobb Super Saiyan Vol. 1
13'
Drill pop
Classic |
46 | | White Lung Deep Fantasy
14'
Pop punk
Please come back |
47 | | SNTS The Rustling of the Leaves
15'
ambient techno |
48 | | Kikagaku Moyo House in the Tall Grass
16'
psych rock |
49 | | Richard Dawson Peasant
17'
folk |
50 | | DJ Smokey & Ruben Slikk Goony Toonz
18'
hip hop
timeless |
51 | | Organ Tapes Hunger In Me Living
19'
pop
one of my all-timers (2) |
52 | | Aine O'Dwyer Daedalus Airs
20'
field recordings / sound art
wrote a review for this one (2) |
53 | | HTRK Rhinestones
21'
country |
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