Is there any new music that is really awesome?

[Niall Munnelly]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:38:30AM +0200, Gert van Santen wrote:
> Just wondering... The only really great new album I have heard in 
> recent years is the one by Trentemöller.
> 
> What about everyone letting the bar know his top 3 of very recent 
> albums (say 2005-2008)

That's a challenge; most of my "new" music is pretty old!
Let's see:

Junior Boys, _So This is Goodbye_
    It's poppy and electronic without sounding much like pop
or electronica, smart, soulful, melancholy and joyous all at
once.  Jeremy Greenspan's swoonworthy blue-eyed soul vocals
remind me of Daryl Hall at his best.

Gavin Bryars, Philip Jeck & Alter Ego, _The Sinking of the
Titanic_
    Bryars first major work is dated 1969- to reflect 
changes and new narratives in the story of the doomed ocean
liner.  For this latest interpretation, Bryars found
sympathetic collaborators in the avant-garde Alter Ego
ensemble and Philip Jeck's arsenal of haunted turntables.
I've heard four versions of this piece, and while Bryars
would certainly disagree with the assessment, I think it's
the definitive one.

Bernard Parmegiani, _L'oeuvre Musicale_
    This compiles most of the master's effing legendary
acousmatic music from the past 45 years or so, and pisses
from a great height on any "experimental" Max/MSP or Reaktor
user working today.

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Niall.
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