New Music Releases Thread
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Drone folk is the new Jesus.
The Great MES
Striker
I had to read that twice, just to make sure you really missed The Twilight Sad out
Curlyteeth
Midfield
Me neither. Kept giving it a go but to no avail
wot, no Stormzy?
Mickdundee
Winger
TL;DR
Atmosphere have dropped a “surprise” album today. Hardly any publicity or anything and apparently Slug answered an interview with “I don’t know what you’re talking about” when questioned on it.
If you can’t beat @Arkle , join him…I think this list is symptomatic of how I listen to music now – there’s too much to listen to and it’s all too easy to access, so I think I don’t stick to any one album for weeks on end like I used to back in the day. I think that’s why very few albums stick out as total favorites like they might have done in the past. That means I find it almost impossible to come up with a list of 5 or 10. Now I measure it on if I went back to an album and played it more than 3 or 4 times or I bought it (even then I don’t play them much at home because time is limited). I guess the good and reassuring thing about the list is that music is alive and well and there’s still loads of stuff that I like out there, if you're willing to investigate, and much of it is due to this thread!
Tallies – Tallies
Twilight Sad – It Won’t Be Like This All the Time
Ceremony – In the Spirit World Now
Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
Fontaines DC – Dogrel
Charly Bliss – Young Enough
Bis – Slight Disconnects
Dude York – Falling
Scratch Massive – Garden of Love Remixes
Domiciles – This Is Not a Zen Garden
Bad Books – III
Young Guv – Young Guv 1 & 2
Petrol Girls – Cut & Stitch
Control Top – Covert Contracts
Priests – Seduction of Kansas
Moon Tooth – Crux
L’Epee - Diabolique
Sebadoh – Act Surprised
Bob Mould – Sunshine Rock
New Model Army – From Here
Pixies – Beneath the Eyrie
Desperate Journalist – In Search of the Miraculous
Frank Turner – No Man’s Land
Biffy Clyro – Balance Not Symmetry
Blanck Mass – Animated Violence Mild
Bad Religion – Age of Unreason
Wonder Stuff – Better Being Lucky
Idlewild – Interview Music
Skinny Lister – The Story Is…
Dive Dive – The Waves Behind
Mountain Goats – In League With Dragons
Guards – Modern Hymns
Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won’t Hold
Wildhearts – Renaissance Men
Sleeper – Modern Age
White Lies – 5
Silversun Pickups – Widow’s Weeds
Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
Soft Cavalry – Soft Cavalry
My Life Story – World Citizen
Off With Their Heads – Be Good
Futureheads - Powers
Bodega – Shiny New Model….Spotify has it as an album…seems more like an EP so not sure if it qualifies
And my favorite snappy album title:
Jaz Coleman & The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – Magna Invocatio: A Gnostic Mass for Choir and Orchestra Inspired by the Sublime Music of Killing Joke
Stuff that probably doesn’t qualify (compilations, covers, re-recordings, etc):
Screaming Females – Singles Too
Tiny Changes – A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s Midnight Organ Fight
Industrial Accident – The Story of WaxTrax Records
Echo & The Bunnymen – Peel Sessions
Billy Bragg – Best of the BBC
Juliana Hatfield – Evry Breath You Take (Police Covers)
Maximo Park – As Long As We Keep Moving
Editors – Blanck Mass Sessions
Some great reissues / expanded editions along the way:
Twilight Sad – Killed My Parents and Hit the Road
White Lies – To Lose My Life (10th)
We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls (10th)
Tallies – Tallies
Twilight Sad – It Won’t Be Like This All the Time
Ceremony – In the Spirit World Now
Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
Fontaines DC – Dogrel
Charly Bliss – Young Enough
Bis – Slight Disconnects
Dude York – Falling
Scratch Massive – Garden of Love Remixes
Domiciles – This Is Not a Zen Garden
Bad Books – III
Young Guv – Young Guv 1 & 2
Petrol Girls – Cut & Stitch
Control Top – Covert Contracts
Priests – Seduction of Kansas
Moon Tooth – Crux
L’Epee - Diabolique
Sebadoh – Act Surprised
Bob Mould – Sunshine Rock
New Model Army – From Here
Pixies – Beneath the Eyrie
Desperate Journalist – In Search of the Miraculous
Frank Turner – No Man’s Land
Biffy Clyro – Balance Not Symmetry
Blanck Mass – Animated Violence Mild
Bad Religion – Age of Unreason
Wonder Stuff – Better Being Lucky
Idlewild – Interview Music
Skinny Lister – The Story Is…
Dive Dive – The Waves Behind
Mountain Goats – In League With Dragons
Guards – Modern Hymns
Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won’t Hold
Wildhearts – Renaissance Men
Sleeper – Modern Age
White Lies – 5
Silversun Pickups – Widow’s Weeds
Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
Soft Cavalry – Soft Cavalry
My Life Story – World Citizen
Off With Their Heads – Be Good
Futureheads - Powers
Bodega – Shiny New Model….Spotify has it as an album…seems more like an EP so not sure if it qualifies
And my favorite snappy album title:
Jaz Coleman & The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – Magna Invocatio: A Gnostic Mass for Choir and Orchestra Inspired by the Sublime Music of Killing Joke
Stuff that probably doesn’t qualify (compilations, covers, re-recordings, etc):
Screaming Females – Singles Too
Tiny Changes – A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s Midnight Organ Fight
Industrial Accident – The Story of WaxTrax Records
Echo & The Bunnymen – Peel Sessions
Billy Bragg – Best of the BBC
Juliana Hatfield – Evry Breath You Take (Police Covers)
Maximo Park – As Long As We Keep Moving
Editors – Blanck Mass Sessions
Some great reissues / expanded editions along the way:
Twilight Sad – Killed My Parents and Hit the Road
White Lies – To Lose My Life (10th)
We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls (10th)
At 7 tracks and 16 minutes or so, I'd say it's an EP as well. Very good though!!
Yeah, it's certainly a stretch - Rough Trade were selling the vinyl at pretty much full price as well, which I thought was a bit of a pisstake.
Listened to the Chromatics album for the first time yesterday - I liked it and it might make it on the list in time but too early to qualify!
FFS Chunky, forgot about DIIV
The Great MES
Striker
I've just discovered the Octo/Octa album that came out in September. It sounds a bit old school house/techno
Mickdundee
Winger
For being top secret until the day it dropped, this is actually very good. Atmosphere are always great lyrics-wise, very witty even when they are being a bit silly and this one is no different. Slowly becoming one of my all time favourite hip-hop acts I think (they have a long way to go to overtake Run DMC, The Roots and The Beastie Boys though).
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Currently giving the following new ones a go:
Veltiver
Rosie Tucker
Michael Cormier
Hovvdy
Friendship
Garden Centre
My top ten(ish) of the year probably:
Fat White Family
(Sandy) Alex G
Purple Mountains
Matt Maltese
Hot Chip
Nilufa Yanya
Frog
Martha
WH Lung
Devendra Banhart
Gong Gong Gong
Kiwanuka
Biggest disappointments: Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen and Alex Cameron.
The Angel Olsen album has grown on me but agreed about the other two.
MarcoG
Striker
Lucky Daye - Painted
Rapsody - Eve
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana
Ari Lennox - Shea Butter Baby
Little Brother - May the Lord Watch
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The Twilight Sad - It Wont Be Like This All The Time
Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
WH Lung - Incidental Music
Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild
Fontaines DC - Dogrel
Five hip hop/R&B record and five others. Hard to do a list this year outside of the first two genres, hasn't been the best year I don't think. Chemical Brothers, Black Midi and Purple Mountains could be on that list I guess.
Rapsody - Eve
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana
Ari Lennox - Shea Butter Baby
Little Brother - May the Lord Watch
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The Twilight Sad - It Wont Be Like This All The Time
Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
WH Lung - Incidental Music
Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild
Fontaines DC - Dogrel
Five hip hop/R&B record and five others. Hard to do a list this year outside of the first two genres, hasn't been the best year I don't think. Chemical Brothers, Black Midi and Purple Mountains could be on that list I guess.
naughtynose
Striker
Fontaines DC
Mickdundee
Winger
There’s another new Me and That Man single out today (featuring Grave Pleasures’ Mat McNerney/Kvohst) and it’s superb.
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Curlyteeth
Midfield
My top ten of the year are all fairly well known except perhaps one. If you like super twee indie pop try bitw
