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I recently realized that Neil Young has released two albums since his massive Living With War. Where have I been? To save you the trouble, I'd say that Fork In The Road is definitely better skipped, but Chrome Dreams II actually has quite a lot of depth to it, quite liking it. This track appears on my upcoming California Soft Rock mixtape, if I ever get around to finishing it :)

Also recently bought the Monsters Of Folk (a collaboration between My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes, and M. Ward) album, that's also growing on me like crazy. I think I was listening to it when I got my first speeding ticket ever recently, so unfortunately it kind of reminds me of that. But I love this track.

Last but not least, Mike Stinson just released his third album! Heaven.

(I hope you like mopey country/folk music)

Neil Young - The Way (buy Chrome Dreams II)

Monsters Of Folk - Magic Marker (buy the album)

Mike Stinson - Square With The World (buy The Jukebox In Your Heart)

choon

so for quite a while i've been secretly into this music coming out of the deepest darkest clubs of sheffield. or at least that's the way that bassline/niche has been sold on wikipedia. actually wikipedia says the scene is associated violence and gang culture, which is hard to believe for music that is basically super slow R&B vocals and ridiculously heavy sped up basslines. can't really imagine people getting violent while "baby, can you kiss me?" blares across the speakers.

"bassline (dance music)" feels slightly like a guilty pleasure and reminds of reggaeton in it's lazily repetitive (hypnotic) formula - but you also get the sneaky suspicion that one or a couple of tracks could blow the whole thing up rather than consign it to the damned history of weird uk club sub-genres. or at least it's worth keeping an ear out for so you might just end up with a hell of a night out dancing in the right london club.

here's some recent songs, at least one of which shows some promise to stray from the formula:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/73328588473bd01a/

1. Addictive - Candy Rain

2. Addictive - Right There (Burga Boy Remix)

3. TS7 - End with Goodnight

4. Delinquent - Playing Around (Dub)