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- January 2024 - Recovery
And we're back, with the first episode of season 4. Make it make sense. While most years start with a stretch and a yawn, January roared to life with a series of extremely impressive releases by some new favourites and some old friends. Speaking of old friends, the amount of name drops and callbacks in this episode was ridiculous. Talk about fan service. There's no way of knowing for sure, but if the rest of 2024 keeps up like this, we're looking at one of the stronger years in new music in recent history. Albums discussed below:
21 Savage - American Dream
Boldy James & Nicolas Craven - Penalty of Leadership
glass beach - plastic death
Infant island - Obsidian Wreath
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
Kid Cudi - INSANO
Knoll - As Spoken
Nailah Hunter - Lovegaze
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
1 hr 6 min - ph5x5 Best of 2023: #10 - #1
I might be insane releasing this episode two days before Christmas but the reality is that, in a lot of people's minds, the year 'ends' with Christmas and that weird week afterwards leading up to New Year's Eve doesn't really exist with a particular time and space so still focusing on things that happened that year during that week is like uh why are you bothering the year's over just move on with your life. Plus from my general experience ph5 is a huge hit at family parties so I wanted to help you all out. This is the last episode of the year, talking about my favourite top ten records of 2023. We won't be back in action until the end of January so make sure you get your 'phill' of ph5 while you can. Sorry I had to. For all the cowards who don't want to listen to ~3 hours of me talking to myself to determine my favourite records of the year, I've listed the full list for you below. Roast me drag me praise me please just engage with me!! See you next year.
25. Jesus Piece - ....So Unknown
24. 100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs
23. George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Ya
22. Animal Collective - Isn't It Now?
21. MSPAINT - Post-American
20. Jpegmafia & Danny Brown - Scaring The Hoes
19. Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
18. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
17. Boldy James - Indiana Jones
16. James Holden - Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities
15. Jerome's Dream - The Grey In Between
14. Naomi Sharon - Obsidian
13. Dreamwell - In My Saddest Dreams I Am Beside You
12. Dodheimsgard - Black Medium Current
11. Fiddlehead - Death Is Nothing To Us
10. yeule - softscars
9. Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
8. Panopticon - The Rime of Memory
7. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
6. Bell Witch - Future's Shadow Pt 1: The Clandestine Gate
5. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
4. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
3. Tim Hecker - No Highs
2. Jane Remover - Census Designated
1. Militarie Gun - Life Under the Gun
1 hr 28 min - ph5x5 Best of 2023 - #25 - #11
Every artist who has ever released music has done so in hopes to end up on a year end list. it's literally the whole point of doing it. I'm mostly kidding, but December is always a fun time of year for reflecting back on the past 12 months and determining how the music you listened to helped to shape and define them. As always, we start of by going through #25 - #11 of my favourite records of the year, before finally finishing things off by going through the top ten. I'll record that episode next week or something I dunno. Maybe someone will surprise drop something and screw the whole list up. I guess it's too late now. Do you agree with my picks? Do you think I'm a tasteless jerk? Let me know!
1 hr 15 min - October 2023 - FREE PALESTINE
It's getting cold and dark, might as well settle in with a brand new episode of ph5. October was a bit of a return to reality after the abundance of September. Instead of 3 album of the year candidates we only got one. What a shame! Wild how these things vary month to month. Also, just want to make it as clear as possible that ph5 is wholly against the genocidal war crimes being committed not only in Palestine, but in Sudan and the Congo as well. Ceasefire now. Albums discussed below:
Dreamwell - In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You
Jane Remover - Census Designated
Naomi Sharon - Obsidian
Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - Saved!
Sampha - Lahai
Short Fictions - Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me
Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version)
Year of the Knife - No Love Lost
1 hr 5 min - September 2023 - MOTLSorry for the wait. September was just a lot to take in. Also I'm sick. After a tepid spring and summer release-wise, last month was absolutely bananas. Sooo much great new music. Narrowing down the list of records I wanted to talk about from September was extremely challenging, but as your willing and gracious host I must do what has to be done to serve the show. Albums discussed below!Animal Collective - Isn't It Now?Anjimile - The KingArmand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test StripsDoja Cat - ScarlettOlivia Rodrigo - GUTSOneohtrix Point Never - AgainSarah Mary Chadwick - Messages to GodTaking Meds - Dial M For MedsTomb Mold - The Enduring Spirityeule - softscars1 hr 20 min
- August 2023 - RepresentationHave you ever tried recording a podcast during an air show? Don't. That was ridiculous. After a brief hiatus from the standard format, we're back with a round up of August's releases after July was too mid to even talk about. August on the whole wasn't too amazing, and I meant to keep this one short and sweet but somehow ended up talking for 80 minutes...I have a problem. With discussions the cyclical nature of popular music, the importance of representation in media, and the dangers of propping up even casual anti-Semitism, this ends up being one of the most impassioned ph5 episodes recorded to date. Albums discussed below:The Armed - Perfect SavioursDJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - DestinyFiddlehead - Death is Nothing To usHorrendous - Ontological MysteriumNoname - SundialOpen Mike Eagle - Another Triumph of Ghetto EngineeringPrewn - Through the Window1 hr 21 min
- He Remembered Me In The Bathroom - New Friends Fest 2023 ft. Bob McCully, Veronika Gorlova & Sean SadeghiSo July was trash (in terms of new music releases anyway - pretty great month otherwise! Instead of wasting your and my time talking about how mid it was, I decided to do an episode on something infinitely more interesting/important - the annual New Friends Festival. Taking place over the August long weekend, the 3 day festival focuses on screamo and screamo adjacent music...and I had the absolute time of my life. On this episode, I'm joined by Bob McCully, Veronika Gorlova and Sean Sadeghi as we recount our experiences at the festival and what the experiences meant to us. Can't wait for next year.1 hr 44 min
- June 2023 - ToxicSun's out. Bird's are chirping. And the music is mid. What is up with that. June was one of the weaker months for releases in recent memory but there was still more than enough to talk about. Not to mention I make a great joke about 'email' that is worth listening to the entire episode for. Despite being pretty low key in terms of good releases, one of my most anticipated albums of the year DID drop...and it actually lived up to the hype. Don't you love when that happens? Albums discussed below:Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream...Burner - It All Returns to NothingDjango Django - Off PlanetHome is Where - The WhalerLoma Prieta - LastMilitarie Gun - Life Under The GunPupil Slicer - BlossomThantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis57 min
- May 2023 - Victory LapMay was Phil's birthday! Everyone drop a Happy Birthday in the comments. Wait you can't do that for podcasts. Never mind. May was cool in that sense but musically it was somewhat sparse. Don't worry - Phil still managed to find something to ramble about for a straight hour. What else is new? Albums discussed below:billy woods & Kenny Segal - MapsBlindfolded and Led to the Woods - Rejecting ObliterationClark - Sus DogDrain - Living ProofJerome's Dream - The Gray In BetweenKhanate - To Be CruelMandy, Indiana - i've seen a wayMidwife & Vyva Melinkolya - Orbweaving1 hr
- April 2023 - HungoverSorry for the wait. It's been one of those weeks! I promise the wait will be more than worth it though, as April featured some of the best releases of the year so far. Despite my exhaustion and slightly hungover state, I did my best to do them justice. This month featured welcome returns by some old favourites, an unwelcome return by someone just plain old, and the year's first EP inclusion. I'm going to sleep now. Tune in! Albums discussed below:Bell Witch - Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine GateDødheimsgard - Black Medium CurrentJessie Ware - That! Feels Good!Jesus Piece - ...So UnknownJim Legxacy - HNPMMetallica - 72 SeasonsPortrayal of Guilt - Devil MusicTim Hecker - No Highs59 min
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Hosted by Phil Maye, ph5 is a monthly round up of the music that impacted Phil's life over the previous few weeks. Part music journalism, part meditative reflection.