Saturday, May 25, 2019

Best of 2018 #9: Confidence Man - Confident Music for Confident People (Heavenly)

For a band that came from kind of a one off joke, they turned out to make some really enjoyable music. Confidence Man formed in Brisbane, Australia in 2016 from three other indy rock bands to make silly dance music. Once they realized they had something more than a joke, the band really came into it's own. Confident Music for Confident People is a wonderful dance/electronic record, channeling parts of the groove-ridden style of Daft Punk, the off-kilter disco of Dee-Lite and the surreal groove of Beck. Highlights are the goofy swagger of "Don't You Know I'm in a Band" and the ultra-infectious "Boyfriend (Repeat)" This is one of the most solid dance and electro-pop albums of 2018

Monday, May 13, 2019

DNTTA Playlist for April 26, 2019

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca 

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Paul Tynan - Swirl* - quARTet (Origin)
Mats Eilertsen - Albatross - And Then Comes the Night (ECM)
Yonathan Avishai - Joy - Joys and Solitudes (ECM)
Brittany Anjou - Hard Boiled Soup - Enamijo Reciprokataj (Origin)
Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin - Berlin IV* - Clock Radio (Elastic)
John Zorn - The Big Gundown - The Big Gundown (Elektra)
Cameron Graves - Fixing a Hole - Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper (Impulse)
Leah Hokanson - Let it Be Wrong* - Facets (Independent)
Apollo Suns - Passing By* - Dawn Offerings (Independent)

DNTTA Playlist for April 12, 2019

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca 

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Crystal Castles - Kerosene* - III (Last Gang)
Corinthian - 20 Miligrams* - Big Fridays Sessions 2018 (Independent)
VT100 - NotMono - The Burden of Irrational Optimism (Independent)
Radiant Baby - Do It* - Restless (Lisbon Lux)
Alt-J - In Cold Blood (feat. Pusha T) (Twin Shadow Version) - Reduxer (Atlantic)
Adult. - People You Can Confuse - Anxiety Always (Ersatz Audio)
Twitch - Instructions to Your Revolution (Digital Winter – Dug a Hole version)* - Instructions to Your Revolution (Independent)
Jay Slay - Keep on Lovin’* - All Night Long and Remixes (Independent)
Spume - Traumhaus* - Planetfall (Arachnidiscs)
Terrace - Hold Fast* - Criterion (Independent)
Ugly Animal - Splutterpunch - Unco-ordinating (Foolproof)