While re-listening to Bitches Brew tonight it occurred to me, there’s never been anything that sounds quite like it since, and there never will be again.
What are your favorite unicorn albums?
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The melding of the audio and visual on a high art concept album is just chefs kiss. Everything she does is just genuine Christ she’s on Twitch now and just a blast to watch. Genuine creative people are amazing to watch.
Alamaailman Vasarat - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk8rHXLLFdw&list=OLAK5uy_lYZj_YUq87l-FS9wF8anChzP4jOXXMxTA
Heads up it’s an acoustic band, not some dude with a synthesizer.
Keygen church ░█░█░░█░█░█░ Nothing ive found sounds like this guy, its quite incredible
Anything by King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizard
I mean, I like kgatlw, but they’re not that unique
How is it possible that I’m the first to mention Days of Future Past?
The Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come … blending melodic, hardcore, jazz, and electronic into one punk album
Salmon - Paco Drop the Chicken … Very eclectic rap / punk, beat-oriented with lots of changes. A personal favorite “local” band.
I’ll throw my few in here:
Lemon Jelly - KY
Paul Simon - Graceland
Air - Moon Safari
Portishead - Dummy
Alt-J - An awesome waveWeen - Chocolate and Cheese
Also Nightmares on Wax - Smoker’s Delight, for absolutely capturing a certain mood
Daft Punk
Discovery
KLF - the White Room . It is a quite unique combination of a early 90s dance album (with a few bangers that still sound good) and road movie soundtrack.
Also, excellent tread!
I wanted to add some of my faves!
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Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
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William Onyeabor - Who is William Onyeabor? - An enigmatic and reclusive Nigerian funk jazz wildman who was prolific and fairly popular in Nigeria in the 1970s. Let’s Fall in Love is so innovative!
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Miles Okazaki - The Sky Below - Just brilliantly innovative avante-garde jazz and guitar. I was struck when I first heard this album
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Smoke - Everything - A group of friends and musicians quietly got together in the heart of San Francisco to record this mysterious, challenging and psychedelic jazz trip. The whole album is a journey and should be heard at once, but if you just want a taste try this timestamp
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The Flying Luttenbachers - Destroy All Music - The song Fist Through Glass is the song that got me into jazz! I heard it on a late night radio show called Brave New Waves while coming down from mushrooms lol
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Prince - Sign O the Times
One of the few albums I listen to beginning to end.
Also, Pink Floyd. Pretty much any album, but specifically Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here.
Check out the 1977 Prince Funk Sessions!
A Grand Don’t Come For Free by The Streets. I love this album start to finish and it’s got a great story right through it.
First time I heard it I’d gotten an email from Vice promoting it and I clicked the link thinking it would just be the first 20 seconds of each song but it was the whole album! Was just starting a movie but I never watched it, just listened to the album straight through. So good.
His first few albums really are seminal. If you’re a HHH there really is no comparison to them.
If this makes sense, there’s a feeling of old outlaw country in those albums and the stories he tells.
