Music

Spotify playlist for this quarter is here. Playlists for past quarters and years here.

Okay, music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:

• Department of Eagles: In Ear Park (2008)
• Benoit Pioulard: “La Guerre De Sept Ans” (2006)
• Émilie Simon: Végétal (2006)
• David T. Little: “How We Got Here” (2003), “Tricky Bits” (2007), Agency (comp. 2013, rel. 2019)
• Anakronos: The Red Book of Ossory (2020)
• Straylight Run: “How Do I Fix My Head” (2007)
• Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation (2007)
• Beat Circus: These Wicked Things (2019)
• Volcano!: Paperwork (2008)
• Parts & Labor: Mapmaker (2007)
• Invisible Things: Home Is the Sun (2012), Time As One Axis (2016)
• The Dear Hunter: The Fox and the Hunt (2020)
• Combat Astronomy: Kundalini Apocalypse (2013)
• White Flight: White Flight (2006), White Ark (2009)
• Eartheater: RIP Chrysalis (2015)
• Kablam: “Everything for Everyone” (2019)
• Nubya Garcia: Source (2020)
• Cave: Threace (2013)
• Wildildlife: Six (2007)
• Cyann & Ben: Happy Like an Autumn Tree (2004)
• Ken Valitsky [Walicki]: “Meaning – Less” (1995), “Black Velvet Elvis and the 900 Foot Jesus” (1998)
• Rick Cox: Fade (2005)
• UFOmammut: Eve (2010)
• Journey to Ixtlan: “Burnt Coyote Teeth” (2008)
• Legion of Two: Riffs (2009)
• DM Stith: Heavy Ghost (2009), Pigeonheart (2016)
• Clubroot: Clubroot (2009)
• Yacht: I Believe in You, Your Magic Is Real (2007), See Mystery Lights (2009)
• Kiran Leonard: Grapefruit (2016)
• Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses: Perils (2005), Manfauna (2007)
• Yugen: Labrinto D’Acqua (2006)
• Jean Louis: Jean Louis (2008), Morse (2010), Uranus (2013)
• Ken Valitsky: Species Compatibility (1993)
• Alexander Mosolov / Metallica: “The Iron Foundry” (1927/2020)
• Jun Togawa: “カウンセル・プリーズ [Counsel Please]” (2004)
• Tom Zé: Jogos de armar (Faça você mesmo) (2000)
• miRthkon: “Daddylonglegz” (1999), The Illusion of Joy (2006), Vehicle (2009)
• Hoppy Kamiyama: “Flesh For The Jet Set” (1998), A Meaningful Meaningnessless (2005)
• Jose Luis Fernandez Ledesma: Sol Central (2000)
• Ebonylake: As Ghosts We Dance in the Thrashing Seas (1998)
• Natsumen: Endless Summer Record (2005)
• Fire!: You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago (2009), In the Mouth, A Hand (2012)
• Buck Jam Tonic: Buck Jam Tonic (2003)
• Clarence Clarity: Save Thyself (2013), Who Am Eye (2014)
• Zegota: “A March to the Dead Sea” (2001)
• Rovo: Pyramid (2000)
• Flotation Toy Warning: Bluffer’s Guide to the Flight Deck (2004), The Machine That Made Us (2017)
• Leonid Fedorov & Vladimir Volkov: “Галушка” (2007)
• Encre: Flux (2004)
• Alex Tiuniaev: I Knew Her (2008)
• Skeletons: Lucas (2007), Money (2008), People (2011), The Bus (2012), Am I Home? (2016)
• Keefe Jackson / Jim Baker / Julian Kirshner: So Glossy and So Thin (2020)
• Clogs: “Who’s Down Now?” (2003), Lantern (2006)
• Lau Nau: Valohiukkanen (2012), Poseidon (2017)
• Ultralyd: “Saprochord” (2007), Inertiadrome (2010)
• Sebkha-Chott: “Gode Sainture Cuir” (2019)
• Eyedea & Abilities: “Burn Fetish” (2009)
• Kiss Kiss: “Virus” (2009)
• Endon: “Born in Limbo” (2017)
• Jocelyn Pook: Deluge (1997), Untold Things (2001), Caótica Ana (2007)
• Murmuüre: Murmuüre (2010)

Rediscovered or revisited (i.e. I’m no longer excluding great albums I revisited but hadn’t forgotten about), and really liked:

• Grizzly Bear: Yellow House (2006), “Two Weeks” (2009)
• Patrick Wolf: Lycanthropy (2003), Wind in the Wires (2005)
• Santigold: “Les Artistes” (2009)
• Circle: “Meronia” (1994)
• Fatboy Slim: “Praise You” (1998)
• Fastball: “The Way” (1998)
• Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place (2011), Nepenthe (2013)
• Juana Molina: Segundo (2000), Un Dia (2008)
• Remy Zero: “Save Me” (2001)
• Vincent & Mr. Green: Vincent & Mr. Green (2004)
• Manitoba: Start Breaking My Heart (2001), Up in Flames (2003)
• Caribou: The Milk of Human Kindness (2005), Andorra (2007)
• The Earlies: “Dead Birds” (2005)
• CocoRosie: The Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn (2007)
• Royksopp: Melody AM (2001), “Happy Up Here” (2009)
• Shugo Tokumaru: L.S.T. (2005)
• Something Corporate: “Drunk Girl” (2002)
• Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
• Architecture in Helsinki: Fingers Crossed (2003)
• The Polyphonic Spree: “Soldier Girl” (2002)
• Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It In People (2003)
• The Go! Team: Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004), Proof of Youth (2007), Rolling Blackouts (2011)
• The National: Boxer (2007)
• Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes (2008), Helplessness Blues (2011), Crack-Up (2017)
• Father John Misty: Pure Comedy (2017)
• Shearwater: Palo Santo (2006)
• The Dodos: Visiter (2008)
• Beat Circus: Dreamland (2008)
• Battles: Mirrored (2007), Gloss Drop (2011), Juice B Crypts (2019)
• The Eternals: Black Museum (2003), Rawar Style (2004), Heavy International (2007)
• The Books: Thought for Food (2002), The Lemon of Pink (2003), Lost and Safe (2005)
• Zammuto: Zammuto (2012)
• Toby Dammit: Top Dollar (2001)
• Hella: There’s No 666 in Outer Space (2007)
• Man Man: The Man in a Blue Turban with Face (2004), Six Demon Bag (2006)
• Explosions in the Sky: “With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept” (2001), All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (2007)
• Kopernik: Kopernik (2003)
• Visible Cloaks: A Crystal Skull in Peru (2007)
• Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights (2002), Antics (2004)
• The Strokes: Is This It (2001), Room on Fire (2003)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Maps” (2003), “Heads Will Roll” (2009), “Zero” (2009)
• TV on the Radio: Young Liars (2003), Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004), Return to Cookie Mountain (2006), Dear Science (2008)
• Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals (2007)
• Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend (2008), Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
• The Paper Chase: “Who Can Deny How Delicious It Tastes?” (2001), Now You Are One of Us (2006)
• Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand (2004)
• Holy Fuck: Holy Fuck (2005), LP (2007)
• Arcade Fire: Funeral (2004), Neon Bible (2007), The Suburbs (2010), Reflektor (2013)
• Islands: “Swans (Life After Death)” (2006)
• Electrelane: Rock It to the Moon (2001), The Power Out (2004), Axes (2005)
• Fuck Buttons: Street Horrrsing (2008), Tarot Sport (2009), Slow Focus (2013)
• Blanck Mass: “Cruel Sport” (2015), World Eater (2017)
• Vessels: White Fields & Open Devices (2008)
• Colleen: Everyone Alive Wants Answers (2003), The Golden Morning Breaks (2005)
• Jóhann Jóhannsson: Virðulegu Forsetar (2004), Fordlandia (2008)
• Magyar Posse: Kings of Time (2004)
• Menomena: I Am the Fun Blame Monster! (2003), Under an Hour (2006), Friend and Foe (2007)
• The Dear Hunter: Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional (2016)
• Ahleuchatistas: On the Culture Industry (2003)
• Far Corner: Far Corner (2004), Endangered (2007), Risk (2018)
• The Mars Volta: Tremulant (2002), Deloused in the Comatorium (2003), Frances the Mute (2005), Amputechture (2006), The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez: Omar Rodriguez (2005)
• Combat Astronomy: The Dematerialised Passenger (2005), Earth Divided by Zero (2010)
• Grails: Burning Off Impurities (2007), Take Refuge in Clean Living (2008)
• Zukanican: E 5number (2006), Horse Republic (2006), The Stumbling Block (2009)
• Mono: One More Step and You Die (2003), Hymn to the Immortal Wind (2009)
• Max Richter: Memoryhouse (2002), The Blue Notebooks (2004), Infra (2010), Recomposed: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (2014), The Leftovers: Season 1 (2014), Black Mirror: Nosedive (2016), Three Worlds (2017), “The Shores of Scotland” (2018)
• Hauschka: Salon des Amateurs (2011), Silfra (2012), Abandoned City (2014), What If (2017)
• Apparat: Duplex (2003)
• Ben Frost: “Theory of Machines” (2007)
• Encomiast: “Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo” (2001)
• The Killers: Hot Fuss (2004)
• Ratatat: Ratatat (2004), Classics (2006), LP3 (2008), LP4 (2010)
• LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem (2005), Sound of Silver (2007), 45:33 (2007), American Dream (2017)
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: “Clap Your Hands!” (2005)
• MGMT: Oracular Spectacular (2007)
• Girl Talk: Night Ripper (2006), Feed the Animals (2008)
• Lindstrom: “Fast & Delirious” (2006), “Where I Go You Go Too” (2008)
• Justice: Cross (2007), “Civilization” (2011)
• Out Hud: Street Dad (2002)
• !!!: !!! (2000), Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story) (2003), Louden Up Now (2004), Myth Takes (2007)
• Erase Errata: Nightlife (2006)
• Mi Ami: Watersports (2009), Steal Your Face (2010)
• The Kills: “No Wow” (2005)
• The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat (2004)
• Marnie Stern: In Advance of the Broken Arm (2007)
• White Denim: Workout Holiday (2008)
• Thee Oh Sees: Carrion Crawler / The Dream (2011), Face Stabber (2019)
• Black Mountain: “No Hits” (2004), “Bright Lights” (2008)
• Ancestors: “Neptune with Fire” (2006)
• Smoke & Mirrors: Deities (2004)
• Silentist: Chariot Swing (2005)
• Between the Buried and Me: Colors (2007)
• Ephel Duath: “The Passage (Pearl Gray)” and “Praha (Ancient Gold)” (2003)
• Alcest: Souvenirs D’Un Autre Monde (2007)
• Cave: Psychic Psummer (2009), Pure Moods (2010), Neverendless (2011)
• Gnaw Their Tongues: L’arrivée de la terne mort triomphante (2010)
• Seirom: 1973 (2012)
• Kings of Leon: “Use Somebody” (2008)
• Health: “Stonefist” (2015)
• Natural Snow Buildings: “Felt Presence, Ghostly Humming” (2006)
• Deerhunter: Cryptograms (2007)
• Belong: “I Never Lose, Never Really” (2006)
• Excepter: Vacation (2004)
• Raccoo-oo-oon: “Tail at Prospect Peak” (2007)
• M83: Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003), Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005), Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
• Serena-Maneesh: Serena-Maneesh (2005)
• Akron/Family: Akron/Family (2005)
• Brightblack Morning Light: Brightblack Morning Light (2006)
• Shit and Shine: Ladybird (2005), “Practicing to Be a Doctor” (2006)
• Black Heart Procession: “Waterfront – The Sinking Road” (2000)
• Hans Zimmer: Inception (2010)
• Leila: Blood, Looms & Blooms (2008)
• Yugen: Iridule (2010), Death by Water (2016)
• Kneebody: Kneebody (2005)
• Fire! Orchestra: Exit! (2013)
• Taal: Skymind (2003)
• Derek Charke: “Tundra Songs” (2015)
• These New Puritans: Hidden (2010)
• Owen Pallett: Heartland (2010)
• Teeth of the Sea: Your Mercury (2010)

Movies/TV

Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):

• Nitzberg, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)
• Barbakow, Palm Springs (2020)
• Mendes, 1917 (2019) ★
• Shults, Waves (2019) ★
• Various, Peep Show, season 1-7 (2003-2010) ★
• Various, Peep Show, season 8-9 (2012 & 2015)
• Various, Barry, seasons 1-2 (2018-2019) ★
• Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
• Various, Billions, season 1 (2016)

Games

Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):

• The Last of Us Part II (2020) ★
  • I don’t have a Playstation so instead of playing it, I watched an HD no-commentary playthrough (while doing other things, often at 2x). Great storytelling (for a video game). It seems the aspects that many people hated about the story were exactly what I most liked about it. Much better than the first one.

Books

• Priess, The President’s Book of Secrets
• Ritchie, Science Fictions
• Klein, Why We’re Polarized
• Yglesias, One Billion Americans