Me and Daw just live listened to MAGDALENE together and I think we’re soul bonded now

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Daw sent me this v nice track called Cellophane which I loved:

and admitted I loved but in my concession said that it would only ever be the second best Cellophane of all time, which led Daw and I to a discussion about 2019’s AOTY (neck and neck with The Book of Traps and Lessons IMO) and one of the best albums of the decade:

Now I won’t run on a treadmill running through the highlights of this album because we all already know this is a certified classic (highlights for me are literally all of them), this blog is more about the fact that Daw and I texted and I’m pretty sure we soul bonded.

As soon as Daw texted me “that was a good album” I reached for my phone and my hands were covered in dried French’s yellow. I looked down and realized I was now wearing a T-shirt that read “Beach Bunny #1 fan”, and I looked over at my dresser and saw a 240 page screenplay titled “Izzo & Lizzo”, which upon inspection was a buddy cop comedy starring international superstar Lizzo and specifically East Lansing superstar Tom Izzo, and it wasn’t bad?

Anyways, we’re soul bonded now I guess.

How about this FKA Twigs Sad Day video?

FKA Twigs and Hiro Murai hit it out of the park on this one, hell yeah. Admittedly I’m not a big music video guy but I am a medium-level swordfight guy, and this succeeded in both categories.

Here is a deeper look at both categories.

Some great swordfights in history:

And the undisputed best sword fight of all time:

And here are some of my other favorite music videos of the year (I know, I know I’m missing your favorite one I already said I’m not a big video guy):

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I’m sorry this blog might be the saddest music video blog of the year, I really need video recs. So I guess the point of this blog was… send me recs? For videos?

Thanks.

Best Tracks of the Week 11/13/19

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This is our weekly best new tracks article. We cover mostly brand new songs but also some gems from the last few weeks. Follow our playlist if you want to follow on Spotify or if you hate my writing and just want the music:

‘Burning Accidents’ – Kate Davis

This snuck up behind me in public and put its dirty hands over my eyes and asked me to guess who it was, and I, a little pissed off, guessed it was an old work acquaintance or person I had one class with in high school who had no business touching my face. I was wrong, it ended up being an AWESOME and totally original album that I instantly fell in love with. It’s sad girl music (something UndercoverSadGirl would listen to) but with almost a bit of a pop punk flavor to it, like if you sprinkled some Wavves onto a sad girl music cake. Anyways this instantly became one of my favorite albums of the year and I highly recommend.

‘スイート Sweet’ – SebastiAn, Loota

Allow me to translate that Japanese for you since I happen to speak Japanese, it says… Sweet. Sui-to to be exact. You’re welcome. This whole album from the veteran French producer was awesome, some serious grooves and paint peeling synths.

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‘Sunrise’ – Alice Ivy, Cadence Weapon

It’s the kind of song you could put on loop and you’d never realize you;d been listening for an hour straight, a dreamy jam from Australian Alive Ivy and Canadian Cadence Weapon.

‘Sad Day’ – FKA Twigs

I already wrote a whole post about the album here: https://indiepong.com/2019/11/13/fka-twigs-album-so-good-might-literally-be-an-alien/

But TLDR it’s one of the best albums of the decade and a true accomplishment in every way, so if you can’t tell I liked it a lot. It somehow meets in the middle of harsh and beautifully raw/emotional, and we are here for it.

My two other favorites on the album are Home With You and Cellophane, which are both also tracks that sound like they couldn’t have possibly come from this planet. I love.

‘I Used To’ – imbi the girl, SUPEREGO

Alrighty roo well this one actually came out a few months ago, but I heard it and fell in love with it immediately and had to include. Yeah, like I’m going to listen to a song on repeat all week and not include it because of a fEw MoNtHs. Get over yourself. Plus, the album is coming out very soon and the people of Indie Pong nEeD 2 kNoW!

I am beside myself excited for this album —–ALERT! LIVE EDIT——– This album actually literally just came out 5 hours ago in Australia, but I can’t listen yet because it’s not out until tomorrow in America. Here is the link, let’s check it out together! Teamwork!

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‘DICTATOR’ – REI AMI

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This is badass. Rei Ami is badass. Not here to mess around. And then all of the sudden it’s warm and comforting. Really like this one from the Korean-American new force on the scene.

‘Fox’ – Dogleg

Dude this song goes so hard. Michigan band, I’m guessing extremely underrated because I can’t find much on them online. Can’t wait for more.

Also, I had never heard this but I guess a dogleg is something bends like a dogleg, not necessarily the literal leg of a dog. Does it matter? Well the next time you’re at autozone and one of your friends asks you to ‘hand them the dogleg’ do you want to look like a dumbass? That’s what I thought.

‘Another Day’ – #1 Dads

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How’d you like that Dogleg->#1 Dads transition, you like? Nice, thanks. This song is mad chill, like when you just had a crazy time camping with your friends (marshmallows, speakers, dance marathon, lots of coffee to stay awake for the dance marathon, pillow fight, etc.) and you need a chill song to put on repeat a few times on your drive back to reflect on the crazy night you just had. P.S. I don’t really go camping.

‘Back To Love’ – Vanessa Amorosi

Oh yeah, power ballad time. This is like the opposite of the above camping scenario, in this scenario you just quit your job and used credit cards to piece together the funds to buy a red Corvette convertible and you stand up while your best friend who also just did that (but it’s a little different, because she had been planning on leaving her job for a while and had been saving money for the occasion so didn’t have to get any credit cards) and you stand up and let your hair blow in the wind and scream as loud as you can because sometimes you have to just do something crazy.

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Re-enactment of above scenario in blue car

Banger.

‘Honeybird’ – Andras

Banger from Australian producer Andras. P.S. All of the last three artists are Australian. I guess all I listen to is Australian music. So be it, the Australians are making the best music! Album comes out in January 2020.

“(Wilson has previously released LPs under solo and shared aliases including Art Wilson, Wilson Tanner and Andras & Oscar.)” – https://www.factmag.com/2019/11/13/andras-joyful-beats-in-space/

Thus concludes another week of Australia Pong I mean Indie Pong, don’t forget to follow our playlist for automatic updates each week my friends!

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FKA Twigs Album… So good she might literally be an alien

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I’ve been through several drafts of this and just can’t find a take, because at the end of the day this is just a perfect album. You get about one or two of these a year, and this is the best the year has to offer. What really amazes me about this album is how it dichotomizes harsh beats with such unbelievably raw vocals. I’ve really never heard anything like it. You’ll be hearing about this one for years, it’s truly special.

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Favorite songs: literally all of them. This is not a normal album. But I will say Cellophane is one of the best songs of the decade and also one of the best songs I’ve ever heard period.

Sorry there weren’t more hot takes in this blog, but damn, this album really is something special.

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