Pop Strike
 

Hello people. I'm new to this forum.
After reading Luke Haines's Post Everything last year, I was inspired to go on a year-long 'pop strike' - basically I haven't intentionally listened to any music released in the last year, from June 1st 2011 onwards. However, the years up at the end of this month so I need some new music recommendations from all of you. Anybody got anything mindblowing for me?

Why does your "pop strike" include all other genres of music released in the last year? You're not missing much anyways, 2011 wasn't great overall, but I'm sure we've got plenty for you.

I don't know what your taste is, but here are some albums from the past year that I've enjoyed.

The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Cults - Cults
Mr. Gnome - Madness in Miniature
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
tUnE-YaRdS - W H O K I L L
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
P.J. Harvey - Let England Shake
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
Tennis - Cape Dory
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Girls - Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
Blue Sky Black Death - Noir
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome
Mint Julep - Save Your Season
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
The Roots - Undun
James Blake - James Blake
Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise

And from 2012,

Parov Stelar - The Princess, Part One & Two
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Chairlift - Something
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Grimes - Visions
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror

I'm sure I would be able to name more from 2012, but I'm quite behind in checking out the latest releases...

The 'Pop Strike' tag is just a general term encompassing all genres of music, coined by Luke Haines. It's a bit of a rallying against the relentless regurgitation of modern music - everything's already been done - type of thing.

Cheers, I'll get investigating as soon as we hit June.


Very near the top of my 'to listen to' list - loved their first album and still regularly listening to it five years on.

Hammered 'Let England Shake' - it came out before my strike. 'The Lasting Living Rose' is one of my fave tunes of all time, especially Polly performing it in front of Dave Cameron on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.