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I have discovered some fantastic music this year and thought I would share a few of my favourites.
Ismael Lo - The Balladeer, best of
Afro Pop
The Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams
Funk, indie pop, new wave
Newton Faulkner - everything he has done
Anyone got any recommendations along these lines or anything of note you have found recently as always looking for 'new' music.
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Fat Freddys Drop. Funky as the proverbial gibbon.
Clutch
The dead weather
Lots.
The Bronx
DJ Koze - experimental electronic
Alunageorge - Electro-pop with great vocals
Child of Lov - kind of rap/pop/indie
Young Fathers - rap
All new to me this year, along with loads more.
Edward sharpe and the magnetic zero's - sort of hippy hillbilly gospel.
I'm listening to mostly Rival Sons, Kurt Vile and Grizzly Bear at the moment.
Chromatics - Chilled out electronic music that sounds like everything has a purpose, not just mindless loops designed to get radio plays. [url= https://play.spotify.com/track/0SDF7K2lUUNgertEQH4qk7 ]Spotify link[/url]
Marika Hackman - Folk music with hints of mediaeval styles and scales. Well sung and manages to stay interesting after multiple listens instead of being two-dimensional like some folk can be. [url= https://soundcloud.com/marika-hackman/sets/marika-hackman-that-iron-taste ]Free album stream here[/url]
Also, another vote for AlunaGeorge, for managing to mix pop and R&B and still sound fresh.
EDIT: OH, and The Weeknd! Makes hip-hop but is actually a skilled vocalist that hits some brilliant notes. Maybe not to everyone's taste, but give him a try.
Too much, but one that springs to mind as I was just listening is Spazzkid.
Cheers, I will get through all of these.
PS if you like the whitest boy alive, check out Erlend Oye's solo stuff and kings of convenience.