there are still many records i didn't get a chance to hear.
favorites sorta best to least best, lps and eps mixed together:
jim o'rourke -
steamroom 32
biosphere -
the petrified forest
jan st. werner -
spectric acid
teresa winter -
untitled death
richard youngs -
this is not a lament
colleen - a flame my love, a frequency
kassel jaeger & jim o'rourke - wakes on cerulean
peaking lights - the fifth state of consciousness
laurel halo - dust
yelle -
ici & maintenant
ellen allien -
nost
jim o'rourke - steamroom 35
kaitlyn aurelia smith - the kid
tim heidecker - too dumb for suicide: trump songs
golden retriever - rotations
bardo pond - under the pines
visible cloaks - lex
félicia atkinson - hand in hand
kelly lee owens - kelly lee owens
konrad sprenger - stack music
wolf eyes - strange days II
mount eerie - a crow looked at me
tarawangsawelas - wanci
cicely irvine - excavations
benoît poulard - lignin poise
no ufos - nu for rs lp
colin stetson - all this i do for glory
fever ray - plunge
zola jesus - okovi
ahnnu - special forces
lea bertucci - all that is solid melts into the air
growing - disorder
kars-lis clover - grafts
sarah davachi - all my circles run
specific songs
clairo - sure, there's pretty girl, but flaming hot cheetos live shows way more talent.
colin stetson - the rain like curses. even another step up from all this i do for glory.
yelle - ici & maintenant (voyou remix) this versus the original is a great example of remixing as an important art.
twice - i likey. a masterpiece in scientifically engineered pop.
live experiences
these are all in columbus because i don't like to travel.
rafael toral & ryan jewell. i want to explain. i hate the use the phrase "you had to be there", but i guess i just did. i've been a fan of rafael toral's for 17 years, so it was a dream to finally see him (and say hi!). ryan jewell is one of the most talented and innovative performers i have ever witnessed.
mike shiflet - at COSI planetarium: 360 psychedelic visuals, surround sounds, phenomenal composition(?)/performance. i was not on drugs of any kind, but i did float above my body for a moment.
BAND - i had been given a few hints about what i would witness, and i smiled and thought it jolly and preposterous. then i saw them setting up the curtains and lights and... more and more, furniture? i don't wan't to spoil it for the uninitiated, i'll just say, ferocious attack of sound, a baby doll dress of a kind, microphones and tapes, something involving an IV catheter, and aluminum baseball bats.