{"id":11746,"date":"2018-12-13T09:57:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=11746"},"modified":"2018-12-19T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T16:58:25","slug":"new-music-charlotte-gainsbourg-lambchop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/new-music-charlotte-gainsbourg-lambchop\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Gazing: New music from Charlotte Gainsbourg and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imogen Heap<\/a> \/ Frou Frou<\/a> are touring the U.S.<\/a> in 2019, which is big news for reasons I shouldn\u2019t have to get into. (I did type a few paragraphs legitimizing a claim that she\u2019s the most influential B-list indie star of the aughts, but I won\u2019t labor the point.) See? Things are looking up. Never mind that the tour is named for (\/funded by) some weird company whose mission includes the word \u2018blockchain.\u2019 I have no idea what the hell it is, but I hope I can see the show without having to find out. Nostalgia: brought to you by Tech!<\/p>\n

To continue our year-end coverage coverage, many good best-of lists came out this week. Here are my faves: Gorilla vs. Bear songs<\/a>, Tiny Mix Tapes cover art<\/a>, Jon Caramanica & Parales\u2019s album<\/a>\/song<\/a> lists for the NYT. I agree with more of Pitchfork\u2019s albums<\/a> than songs<\/a>, but for better or worse both are inherently valuable in their own right (clocking the zeitgeist.) Now, to address the songs of 2018 which no one seems to acknowledge are still being released every day.<\/span>\n