New albums: Monster Rally, NERD, Horace Andy, Virna Lindt, Blade Runner 2049, The Beatles

Monster Rally – Flowering Jungle

Looking for some escape from the doom and gloom of winter. Inspired, apparently by the sounds, visuals, and animals of a half-century's worth of travel and nature documentaries, perhaps this mixture of Hawaiian guitar, sampling and electronica, reminiscent of Lemon Jelly, will take you take you to a warmer, dreamier place. On Gold Robot Records.

Monster Rally - Tropico

Off of "Flowering Jungle", the new album by Monster Rally (out 12/15/17 on Gold Robot Records) goldrobotrecords.bigcartel.com/product/monster-rally-flowering-jungle Monster Rally Music | monsterrally.bandcamp.com/ Monster Rally Store | monsterrally.co/ Starring Phil Augusta Jackson & Veronica Osorio Directed by Dan Samiljan Written by Dan Samiljan & Devin Doyle Produced by Laurel Randolph Cinematography by Devin Doyle Edited by Jeff Smith Production Designed by Julianna Castigliego Art Directed by Marisa Shipley Visual Effects by Jeff Smith Color by Devin Doyle Casting by Amanda Lenker-Doyle, CSA Special Thanks to Charles Son

NERD – No_One Ever Really Dies

Certainly the career of Pharrell Williams has reversed to curl up and shrivel away. It's hard to know quite what to make of this return to working with his old band, but there is some consistency of hip-hop style throughout, as well as political anger, even though the list of guests and collaborators is bewildering –  André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane, Wale, Future, Rihanna, and er … Ed Sheeran.

NERD and Rihanna – Lemon

"Lemon" performed by N.E.R.D and Rihanna is out everywhere now: http://smarturl.it/lemonsingle?IQid=youtube Pre-order and pre-save "NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES" now: http://smarturl.it/nerd Pre-order the vinyl exclusively at the N.E.R.D store: http://smarturl.it/nerdstore Directors: Todd Tourso + Scott Cudmore Creative Director i am OTHER: Phi Hollinger Executive Producer: Brian Welsh + Jonathan Lia Producer: Stacey Thiel Director of Photography: Malik Sayeed Choreographer: JaQuel Knight LA Production Designer: Brandon Mendez NY Production Designer: Bryan Norvelle Actor: Mette Towley Stylist: Shirley Kurata Glam: Olive Meyer Editor: Taylor Ward Join: http://nooneeverreallydies.com/signup Follow N.E.R.D: http://nooneeverreallydies.com http://facebook.com/nerd http://twitter.com/nerdarmy http://instagram.com/nerd http://smarturl.it/nerdapple http://smarturl.it/nerdspotify

Horace Andy - Good Vibes

Before Christmas really kicks in, let's stuff the seasonal stodge right now. Here's 10 tough vocal and dub mixes with Horace at the peak of his late 70s form, all remastered at Abbey Road suite. 

Horace Andy - Reggae Rhythm It's Gone Internationally

http://www.discogs.com/Horace-Andy-Good-Vibes/master/75397

Virna Lindt – Shiver

A welcome double-disc reissue of Shiver, the acclaimed debut album by the Swede, originally released in 1983. It's a winning combination of chic orchestrated pop informed by foreign film soundtracks, composers such as John Barry and Ennio Morricone, Modernist musique concrete and Cold War spy thrillers.

Virna Lindt – Shiver

The Virna Lindt's album "Shiver", released by label Compact in 1983, was added to my music catalog in May 2011. "Shiver" is a record in the genre of alternative pop. This is a solid and well-received album - I rated it 4 stars out of 5.

Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - Blade Runner 2049 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

My instinct that Blade Runner 2049 would be best viewed from behind the sofa proved to be entirely misguided. The score isn't bad either with Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch carefully weaving their drones and pulses with those original Vangelis cues to  create something fresh, atmospheric and altogether different.

Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - Blade Runner 2049 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

0:00 2049 3:38 Sapper's Tree 5:14 Flight to LAPD 7:02 Rain 9:29 Wallace 14:53 Memory 17:26 Mesa 20:36 Orphanage 21:50 Furnace 25:32 Someone Lived This 28:46 Joi 32:38 Pilot 34:55 Suspicious Minds 39:18 Can't Help Falling in Love 42:20 Hijack 47:52 That's Why We Believe 51:31 Her Eyes Were Green 57:49 Sea Wall 1:07:42 All the Best Memories Are Hers 1:11:05 Tears In The Rain I'm no responsible for any of the Ads on my channel.

The Beatles - The Christmas Records

As if a new picture disc reissue of Sgt Pepper's wasn't enough, the Fab Four also have their Christmas message records reissued as a 7-inch box set on coloured vinyl. The musical interest is minimal but the joshing and messing about will be catnip to Beatles obsessives.

Beatles Complete Christmas recordings from 1963 to 1969

ALL THE BEATLES CHRISTMAS Albums 1963-1969

This week's selection is by Michael Moloney, aka llamalpaca from the vinyl-only record and design store, Chameleon, with new release additions by The Landlord.

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