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50. Mothers – When You Walk A Long Distance You Get Tired // Graveyard Lovers – Past The Forest Of The Fruitless Thoughts For the first spot, I couldn´t help myself and decided to let two records take the merit. There isn´t that much similarity between Mothers debut album and Graveyard Lovers sophomore release, musically. Mothers take a route of silent disruption and diminutive vulnerability, while GL change between subversive sucker punches against the system and introspective anecdotes and encounters of personal growth. Yet, they both share the spirit of thought-provoking rock / folk music, neither of them play music solely for entertainment purposes or to create music that just sounds good. The instrumental choices of both bands are reflected in their musical messages. In When You Walk , you´ll get the forlorn opener “Too Small For Eyes”, sounding almost like sung in solitude, more for Leschper herself, then for a crowd or microphone for that matter. But Mothers will step...

90. Kel Valhaal – Ontological Love ( New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala ) Hunter Hunt-Hendrix last effort under Liturgy was the promise of what could be expected: An undefinable mixture of styles and mindsets, him rapping over trap like beats as much as going into rave- mode and combining the spiritual with musical expression. Moving on from Transcendental Black Metal he graces us with Transcendental Qabala (?). On “Ontological Love” there is the distinct immediacy of Liturgy in the completely electronic mindset. The burst beats pushing forward, relentless repetition between breaks and variation. And at one point the prayer begins, Hendrix intonates something closer to an Imam or Sufi songs then spoken-word with the phrase “Ontological Love” weaving together to a truly out of  body/ out of mind experience.  New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala by Kel Valhaal 89. Peter Broderick – It´s A Storm When I Sl...

20. Taylor Swift – 1989 When thinking about today’s pop-sensations, there isn´t too much to look up to or be proud of. In general, our pop singers are still not self-reliant figures and formulas exercised by songwriters and producers. The music of the likes of Rihanna, Beyonce or Miley Cyrus are conglomerates of others conveying an image befitting the person present, more pressing than expressing. The songstresses for the most part are promoters, looking pretty and/or creating some buzz. That´s it, search for content all you want, but you will only find the lack-thereof. To be clear, Taylor Swift isn´t the realest pop-star ever to walk the earth or do her skills as songwriter stand alone and uninterpreted by others. But if one thing, you can sense that Swift still cares about the message her music gives to the listeners and is even self-conscious of what she represents. Therefore releasing “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space” as singles for 1989 were well thought - out choices....