Friday Clock Out

2016 Cream of the Wheat Edition

Phil D

Yeah a lot of 2016 kind of sucked, but you know what, there was a helluva lotta good too. Say, for instance, all this glorious music! Today's show should make you feel better about the year, some of my favorite stuff from 2016, spewed all over the WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio airwaves.

Yeah a lot of 2016 kind of sucked, but you know what, there was a helluva lotta good too. Say, for instance, all this glorious music! Today’s show should make you feel better about the year, some of my favorite stuff from 2016, spewed all over the WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio airwaves.

Noted:

La Femme “Mystere” (Born Bad)
Civil Civic “The Test” (Gross Domestic)
Duchess Says “Sciences Nouvelles” (Bonsound)
Odd Nosdam “Sisters” (Leaving Records)
De La Soul “And the anonymous nobody” (A.O.I.)
Holy F*ck “Congrats” (Innovative Leisure)
Horse Lords “Interventions” (Northern Spy)
Spray Paint “Feel the Clamps” (Goner)
Tobacco “Sweatbox Dynasty” (Ghostly International)

Honorable:

David Bowie’s album Blackstar (ISO / Columbia)
The Pop Group “Honeymoon on Mars” (Freaks R Us)
Future of the Left “The Peace & Truce of The Future of the Left”
Guerilla Toss “Eraser Stargazer” (DFA Records)
Aesop Rock “The Impossible Kid” (Rhymesayers)

Reissue / Excavated delights:

The Shaggs Philosophy of the World (Light in the Attic)
Get me Home for Tea – Rare psychedelic rock from the UK (Org Music)
Sunday Nights (Fat Possum)
Boombox 1 (Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-82) (Soul Jazz)
Betty Davis The Columbia Years 1968-1969. (Light in the Attic)

Cream of the Wheat:

A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from here, thank you for your service (Epic)

Savages “Adore Life” (Matador)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard “Nonagon Infinity” (ATO)

Of the Year:

Brian Eno “The Ship” (Warp Records)
In this year of realizing our mortality, whether it be the ending of our life through the loss of our celebrity heroes from David Bowie to Carrie Fisher, or the potential end of our nation in this horrifying deplorable presidential election, I needed some sort of reflection, introspection that goes beyond fake or real news stories and topic sentence solutions that we share on social media. What was needed was a meditative atmosphere that took all of the politics, brandings and identifications away and left me to feel this sense of peace in the time of darkness. Enter Brian Eno’s The Ship. The title track is a 21 minute immersion into the dark depths of the sea, imagine being on the Titanic as it is sinking, you are drowning. Drowning in the political world, drowning in a capitalist, drowning in a materialistic world, drowning in a world of glaciers melting, as we sink into the loss of it all, where does it leave us? The brilliant title track takes us below the surface with slow mediation that is alarming and somber as deep vocals set us in the scene of being on the ship. There is the sun, the sky, the waves — there is a timelessness to the chanting. And then:
The sail is down the wind is gone
The sky is blessed with growth
The slave to hopes of destiny
Illusion of control
And we are as the unrefined
The wake about to roll
And we sink….the ghosts of life come in, an ethereal voice speaks randomly, but NOT randomly. Through the words be they objects, actions, and things, they connect and submerge us under wave after wave.
The song demands that you dedicate yourself to it, listen with full attention. In this world of flash synapse and a barrage of sensation, chopped and fed to us in tiny little bits, this will be your challenge. And the reward is brilliance. I get chills. The pace of this world is spinning us a million miles an hour, this song teaches us to stop, look around, listen, slow down, observe, find the solace in the darkness. There is a great calming in the calamity. Haunting and enlightening, The Ship is a song and album that will stand the test of time and is the album of the year for me.

Local Boom:
Imaginary Sons

Live moment:

Richard Pinhas / Wume @ Strange Matter

Artist Song Album Record Label Year/Comments
Odd Nosdam Bow they will Sisters leaving records 2016
La Femme mycose Mystere Born Bad 2016
Civil Civic The Island The Test Gross Domestic 2016
Holy F*ck Xed Eyes Congrats Innovatice Leisure 2016
Future of the Left Grass Parade The Peace and Truce of... 2016
Horse Lords Truthers Interventions Northern Spy 2016
Duchess Says Inertia Pt 2 Sciences Nouvelles Bonsound 2016
Spray Paint george finally showed up Feel the clamps Goner 2016
Tobacco Human Ohm Sweatbox Dynasty Ghostly 2016
David Bowie Lazarus Blackstar ISO / Columbia 2016
The Pop Group War Inc Hollywood on Mars Freaks R Us 2016
Guerilla Toss Diamond Girls Eraser Stargazer DFA Records 2016
Aesop Rock Rings The Impossible Kid Rhymesayers 2016
The Brain nightmares in red Get me home for tea : rare psychedelic rock from the uk ORG Music 2016
The Fiery Furnaces I'm Leaving Sunday Nights : the songs of Junior Kimbrough Fat Possum 2016
Count Coolout Rythmn Rap Rock Boombox 1 : early independent hip hop, electro and disco rap 1979-82 soul jazz 2016
Betty Davis Down Home Girl The Columbia Years light in the attic 2016
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Gamma Knife Nonagon Infinity ATO 2016
Whores I see you are also wearing a black tee shirt gold eone 2016
Savages the answer Adore Life Matador 2016
A Tribe Called Quest We the People We got it from here, thank you for your service epic 2016
Brian Eno The Ship The Ship warp records 2016
Imaginary Sons Taste the Waste Don't Impress me 2016

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