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The Runner (Original Soundtrack) (LP)
Boy Harsher
Always spooky, sometimes catchy electronic music you're gonna wanna dance to. This is the soundtrack to the short horror film they made themselves. It's weird and it's cool and I recommend listening as well as watching!
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Night & Love (LP)
Këkht Aräkh
Part black metal, part dark folk. This album is perfect. The quiet songs are so sad and sweet and I love them. Forever Night Castle of Love is the best song title period. I love it. I love this album.
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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) (DVD)
Best movie of 2022! This movie is so sad and SO funny. Every single line made me laugh. More insane movies about friendship, please!!!
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Lease on Life (Cassette)
The Losers
Awww, yeah. The Losers...SF's finest. After witnessing their singer roll around screaming on the sidewalk outside the 16th Street BART station, I was hooked. I love the meaning they bring-- punk as a mode of operation rather than an attitude, a music taste, or a fashion style.
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If I Die, I Die (reissue) (CD)
Virgin Prunes
Admittedly I’ve had a bit of trouble lately keeping up with new music. What better excuse to talk about a recent reissue of an absolute classic from 1982, The Virgin Prunes’ “If I Die, I Die”?
The album is a stunning masterpiece from beginning to end, an uncompromising amalgam of angular post punk, twisted pop, and tribal rhythms. It is also one of the greatest goth records, before people started using that term.
An historical note that I’m still surprised a lot of people don’t know is that the members of the Virgin Prunes were childhood friends with U2, having all grown up in the same suburban Dublin neighborhood. Guggi was Bono’s best friend, and was actually responsible for giving him and most of the other kids their nicknames.
In many ways the Prunes can be seen as the evil opposite of U2. At the time both bands’ music struggled with similar issues: becoming adults, faith and lack of faith, pop and noise. But whereas U2’s struggle was toward the light, The Virgin Prunes embraced the darkness. It’s definitely worth taking a trip down that road with them.
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Caprisongs (LP)
FKA Twigs
This is my favorite album of 2022. I knew I fell in love with this album the moment I listened to oh my love. This entire album rules.
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If This Isn't Nice, I Don't Know What Is (LP)
Still Woozy
This album has really spoken volumes to me. It is an amazing indie/alternative record with so many different innovative sounds that are so unique and pleasing to the ear. I'm a sucker for any type of smooth vocals that feel sort of like ear candy to me. For my life, I really spent a lot of time trying to figure out what my next steps were and this album really helped me find my sound. I implore every one to give this album a chance, you most definitely will not be disappointed. From the nice synth-style wavetables that he plays with. He creates and records all of his own material which just adds this layer of complexity to me. Absolutely becoming my favorite artist of all-time.
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Juno (LP)
Remi Wolf
I actually discovered this artist, Remi Wolf from listening to Still Woozy. There was a song that he created with her called "Pool" and I just loved the match of their voices and it made me seek her out. When I did, I was pleasantly surprised to find she had just dropped her debut album, "Juno". From the beginning of the album to the end, it is full of reggae style pop, with just an incredible dynamic range through and through. This is one album I find myself putting on my turntable more often than any other. If I'm feeling down or anything, I plop this vinyl in my player and before you know it, I'm dancing all around my apartment and my bad day becomes just a memory.
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Salad Days (LP)
Mac Demarco
So... obviously he is not really a new artist at all, but I felt like he needed to be noted on my list of music that I like. I can say confidently that I was so late to the Mac Demarco game. After being recommended him by multiple friends I decided to give his music a chance. I am thoroughly obsessed with this record. Each song sounds completely different from the last. From LoFi Synth melodic interchanges to an almost idyllic capture of raw emotions. It is honestly my favorite artist that I have discovered since moving to LA. I pretty much stream this anytime I need to feel like things will get better. Go stream "Salad Days" and more specifically chamber of reflection if you haven't already.
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77 Live (LP)
Les Rallizes Denudes
Temporal Drift, a new label out of LA, have done the impossible: legitimize and finally reissue the works of this beyond legendary Japanese noise rock band."77 Live" is LRD at peak form, all shitgaze guitar squall, dubbed out rhythms, and misanthropic vocals. Strangely enough, once one acclimates to the overwhelming noise of it all, "77" Live becomes powerfully meditative. If anything, bring this to your next audiophile listening party to see the looks on your friends' faces!
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Osaka Bridge (LP)
Bill Wells With Maher Shalal
A strange and touching collection of tunes realized to their fullest by nigh-amateurs. But there's the rub - the naïvety of these performances sell every song's emotional power. A first listen may bring a chuckle or two, but a close listen thereafter blooms into a "this is what music is all about" revelation. MSHB helps us tune into our daily life and existence, where the mundane and profound cohabitate with little fuss.
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