Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells (2017-2018)

This album dropped last Friday, October 18th. I of course per FB's lack of a myspace-blog-subscription like setup, didn't know.

I will be checking it out though. I really liked a lot of Exposure from earlier this year.

Videos below

edit: played it once (it's all streaming on YouTube I think),

Touch in Mine, Thang and those last 3 tracks are all bangers.

Quite a good record; maybe not yet at the level of Emily's D+Evolution, but I may already enjoy it more than Exposure.

Those last 3 tracks are the proggy's really. I love it when she gets busy with the vocal layers and even lyrics. That is when her experiments really do work.

Also clearly, much better than the new Janelle Monae album and more or less wipes the floor with Kamasi-Hipster-Washington.

Order Links


1. 12 Little Spells (4:53)
2. To Tide Us Over (4:53)
3. Til the Next Full (4:17)
4. Thang (4:35)
5. Touch in Mine (4:53)
6. The Longing Deep Down (4:35)
7 You Have to Dance (3:27)
8. Now Know (4:26)
9. All Limbs Are (3:36)
10. Readying to Rise (5:07)
11. Dancing the Animal (5:07)
12. With Others (5:52)

2017-2018 Calendar/Projected Anticipated [AS OF SPRING 2018]

4/18/18

April
13: Josh Rouse - Love in the Modern Age
June
15: Chromeo - Head Over Heels

4/7/18-4/9/18

June
22: The Sea Within - The Sea Within
May
25: Bend Sinister - Foolish Games
Shown on Cordova Bay Records

4/5/18

May
18: Dream the Electric Sleep - The Giants' Newground



10/15/17 12:51PM
I post an entry like this every year or maybe 2-4 times a year, etc.

So I'm not sure if I'll bump this, or just post a few more of these over the next 3-6 mos.

The intention is to EDIT it and bump it; not *STICKIE* it per I don't desire to have 1 entry stuck at the top.

At any case, as the news, announcements, and speculation for new albums come up, this list will have more titles.

If any of the names get bumped up to be released before Halloween, obviously it'll be removed/posted likely separately. But given it's October 15th, the odds of that are not too high.

November
17: Galactic Cowboys - Long Way Back to the Moon
30: Harakiri - Alchemy Choir

December
1: The Dear Hunter - All is as All Should Be [EP]
1: The Faceless - In Becoming a Ghost
1: Nicholas Krygovich - In an Open Field
1: U2 - Songs of Experience
8: Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pacifisticuffs
8: The Gloomcatcher - Blade in the Belfry [EP]
16: Greg Herriges / StellaRoma - Revel and Ritual
Esperanza Spalding - Exposure (+Undeveloped)

January and later:

January
12: Typhoon - Offerings
12: Umphrey's McGee - it's not us 
18: Cloud Cult - The Great Alone (OST, instrumental)
26: In Vain - Currents
26: Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs

February
2: Field Music - Open Here
2: Long Distance Calling - Boundless
23: Gleb Kolyadin - Gleb Kolyadin
23: Grimus - Unmanageable Species

March
9: Between the Buried and Me - Automata I
9: Jeremy Messersmith - Late Stage Capitalism
15: Fjokra - Evening Lights [1B]
16: The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl


April
6: The Family Crest - The War: Act I
13: Kindo - Happy However After
20: Kimbra - Primal Heart
21: Inferi - Revenant
27: God is an Astronaut - Epitaph
27: Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer

April 2018-April 2019
Dirt Poor Robins - TBA 1 song per month
Josh King - Into the Blue (singer from House of Fools) 

May
18: Dream the Electric Sleep - The Giants' Newground
25: Spock's Beard - Noise Floor
25: Bend Sinister - Foolish Games 

June
15: Chromeo - Head Over Heels
22: The Sea Within - The Sea Within

Confirmed Titles:
Antemasque - Saddle on the Atom Bomb
Between the Buried and Me - Automata II
Chic - It's About Time
Joey Eppard - Word to the Wise
Fish - Weltschmerz
Ours - Spectacular Sight
Sculptured - The Liminal Phase
Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point

Confirmed/Likely to be Released (but no Title or Release Date Yet)

Flying Colors
Foals
For the Imperium
Genders
Gotye
Imogen Heap
Lehto and Wright
Live
Native Construct
Neverending White Lights
Shelter Red
Soundscape
Tiny Giant
Vennart

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*speculation/hope*

Bruce Peninsula
Chroma Key
Disillusion
dredg
East of the Wall
Extreme
Fjokra
Jazzkamikaze
Journal
Karnivool
Spencer Ludwig
Pepe Deluxe
Red Paintings, The
Jessy Ribordy new band/project
Sigur Rós
System of a Down


I'll believe it when I hold it in my hand

Guns N Roses
Tool

VINYL Video: Esperanza Spalding + Small Leaks Sink Ships

Esperanza Spalding - Exposure / Undeveloped (cd not shown)
Small Leaks Sink Ships - Golden Calf
PHILA - Artists Rise Against Islamophobia

quick video..I have more vinyl coming of course. Plus another podcast.

Esperanza Spalding - Exposure (2017-2018)

This album that I preordered on Vinyl, I'm not sure has any kind of official release date. But I along with every other Vinyl/CD Preorder received their copy within the last week or so.

I just wish they would have sent an actual DOWNLOAD LINK or Card in the Vinyl with the code, etc. Luckily, I found one.

Also it included a CD of extra songs which is titled Undeveloped, which I take to being bonus/tracks not fully finished, developed, etc. But I have checked out some of that already and am liking some of them.

I'm not sure if this will be as schizo or proggy as her last record I love, Emily's D+Evolution.  But I still am optimistic about how good this album is, per just watching it being made on the stream last September.

Oh, and I own 1 of 7777 copies on vinyl (# 2265)

And when it goes up for sale on CD I imagine and digitally, I'll try and remember to pass along links. But for now, this is a December release album.



SIDE A
1. Swimming Toward the Black Dot 4:52
2. Public Trance It 4:34
3, Heaven in Pennies
4. Colonial Fire 3:57

SIDE B
1. Coming to Life 4:10
2. Geriment 2:20
3. I am Telling You 4:37
4. The Ways You Got the Love 5:19
5. I Do 2:44
6. Double Jointed Canyon 4:14


https://esperanzaspalding.shop.musictoday.com/store/

Bonus CD Undeveloped


1. Helluva 3:14
2. Tangerine 3:53
3. World Jungle 3:57
4. Chelsea Mercy 4:29
5. Work of Art 2:08
6. Winning Machines 5:36
7. Trouble 3:45
8. 4th Grade 5:14
9. Whisper 2:02
10. Fittest 2:44

Esperanza Spalding - Exposure (Making of 77-Hour Stream 9/12/17)

9/12/17 11:46AM
unfortunately i can't check out all that much of it right now per I'm at work, but will try to off and on in the next few days.


Facebook Live Stream Link


9/3/17 2:11PM



I may have to check some of this out next week if time allows.

I have become a fan of hers over the last year or a bit less. She's progressive certainly, including jazz, funk, soul, pop among her styles.

I like many 1st saw her name pop-up a few years back when she won the grammy for best new artist, over people like Justin Bieber I recall.

She also guested previously on Janelle Monae's 2nd record, Electric Lady.

2016's Emily's D+Evolution saw her appeal more than ever to many, including me, because it was more diverse and featured more vocals.

It was frankly, her doing Prog.

At any case, I am looking forward to this, as many are. At a min. it's forward thinking and an adventurous way of making an album. Kind of Imogen Heap-like in a way.

And it'll be on Facebook as that pic says.

Janelle Monáe: Electric Lady [Official Video]

Pretty cool, fun video. Not a grand concept or anything involving the whole ArchAndroid concept/story highly. But I do like how it is edited, seeing the likes of Kimbra, Esperanza Spalding and others.

The Electric Lady 8-track, hehe. And the almost retro look with the jacket and puffy hair (wig?).

Janelle coming a bit out of her shell (wardrobe/look/fashion wise).