My ranking of the top 100 prospects for Monday’s MLB Rule 4 draft is now up for Insiders.
If I don’t hurry up and post this, it’ll be a two-month update that has about 50 songs on it, so rather than wait for the time I’d need to do a full writeup, here’s my latest playlist of new music.
Tracks:
- alt-J – Adeline.
- Arcade Fire – Everything Now.
- The Afghan Whigs – Toy Automatic.
- Royal Blood – Hook, Line & Sinker.
- Portugal. The Man – So Young.
- Wavves – No Shade.
- The New Pornographers – Darling Shade.
- Japanese Breakfast – Machinist.
- machineheart – Shelter.
- Hoops – On Letting Go.
- Sløtface – Magazine.
- Sheer Mag – Just Can’t Get Enough.
- Fictionist – Lazarus.
- MisterWives – Coloring Outside The Lines.
- Are We Static – Heartbreaker.
- The Chain Gang Of 1974 – Looking For Love.
- WATERS – Something More.
- Cloves – California Numb.
- Courtney Barnett – How to Boil an Egg.
- Sundara Karma – Explore.
- Swet Shop Boys – Zombie.
- Danger Mouse, Run The Jewels, Big Boi – Chase Me.
Some quick thoughts: I didn’t love alt-J’s new album, Relaxer, as they’ve continued to move away from the minimalist approach of their debut album, but thought the new WAVVES record was strong, and liked the new records from Afghan Whigs (more than their comeback LP) and WATERS. I’ve listed to the New Pornographers’ Whiteout Conditions, released in April a few times; I think it’s solid but not as good throughout as Brill Bruisers. I’m looking forward to the upcoming releases from Royal Blood, Arcade Fire, and Cloves. The Courtney Barnett song is a one-off single, a song she said she wrote when she was much younger but had never recorded. I’ve ended with two hip-hop songs – the Swet Shop Boys (Riz Ahmed & Heems) returned with a six-track EP, while the last song is from the 30-song soundtrack to the upcoming film Baby Driver.