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New Music Releases Thread

Mickdundee said:
Laura Stevenson and Jeff Rosenstock have released another EP of Neil Young covers today.
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Off to see them play this stuff a couple of times in December (incl my first trip to Woodstock)
Mickdundee said:
Rayland Baxter the only one getting me excited there. PJ Harvey should be interesting, I’ve always struggled to get into First Aid Kit but I’ll probably give it a go.
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Tomorrow's World was never the same after Rayland left, tbh. The other 2 are probably what I'll give a listen to as well if I get around to it - sparse list for me this week.
 
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Grimes said:
Mimi from LOW has passed away :(
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That's awful news.
So, aside from Ride's 4 EPs for the first time in ages, and the 5 new Sault albums this has been my weekend listening:

Daniel Avery: very, very good. Electronica, some vocals, there's a warmth here.
Decius: quite, er, banging.Enjoyable, not too sophisticated.
Darren Hayman: a bit dull and, at 24 songs, overly long. I usually like his albums.
Horse Lords: wibbly, instrumental kind of post-rockish stuff. Pretty good.
Yonatan Gat: four fairly long guitar based tracks, largely instrumental. I like this.
Trampled By Turtles: bluegrass-ish Americana. Good. They've been doing this for a good while.
Rayland Baxter: this is very good. Americana, a bit proggy, a bit bluesy at times.
First Aid Kit: more upbeat than their last album. Very good songs, same vibe as usual, great harmonies.
Big Joanie: terrific stuff. Quality alt-rock songs. They're very, very good.
Special Interest: dance punk type stuff. Has a great pace and vibe to it.
Old Fire: sort of ambient Americana. Has some guest vocals (Bill Callahan pops up). Very engaging.
PJ Harvey: 50 odd tracks is a lot to take in. Some of them you'll know, some maybe not.
Plastic Mermaids: I think this came out last week. They're one of a number of bands from the Isle of Wight currently making waves. Something of a cross between Mercury Rev and Hot Chip. Really good.
Phoenix: it's Phoenix, they're very good. Sophisticated French pop, basically.

Album of the week: Big Joanie, although Daniel Avery, Rayland Baxter and Plastic Mermaids come close.
 
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The Music Man said:
Very sad news. Low were special.
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Been so many bands reaching out to Alan to pay their respects via social media. They must be great people as well as great artists. Stuart Braithwaite can’t speak highly of them in his book.
Arkle said:
That's awful news.
So, aside from Ride's 4 EPs for the first time in ages, and the 5 new Sault albums this has been my weekend listening:

Daniel Avery: very, very good. Electronica, some vocals, there's a warmth here.
Decius: quite, er, banging.Enjoyable, not too sophisticated.
Darren Hayman: a bit dull and, at 24 songs, overly long. I usually like his albums.
Horse Lords: wibbly, instrumental kind of post-rockish stuff. Pretty good.
Yonatan Gat: four fairly long guitar based tracks, largely instrumental. I like this.
Trampled By Turtles: bluegrass-ish Americana. Good. They've been doing this for a good while.
Rayland Baxter: this is very good. Americana, a bit proggy, a bit bluesy at times.
First Aid Kit: more upbeat than their last album. Very good songs, same vibe as usual, great harmonies.
Big Joanie: terrific stuff. Quality alt-rock songs. They're very, very good.
Special Interest: dance punk type stuff. Has a great pace and vibe to it.
Old Fire: sort of ambient Americana. Has some guest vocals (Bill Callahan pops up). Very engaging.
PJ Harvey: 50 odd tracks is a lot to take in. Some of them you'll know, some maybe not.
Plastic Mermaids: I think this came out last week. They're one of a number of bands from the Isle of Wight currently making waves. Something of a cross between Mercury Rev and Hot Chip. Really good.
Phoenix: it's Phoenix, they're very good. Sophisticated French pop, basically.

Album of the week: Big Joanie, although Daniel Avery, Rayland Baxter and Plastic Mermaids come close.
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Decius is banging you’re right. I’ve missed Daniel Avery so will whack that on some time this week
 
Grimes said:
Been so many bands reaching out to Alan to pay their respects via social media. They must be great people as well as great artists. Stuart Braithwaite can’t speak highly of them in his book.
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Yes I've seen a lot of tributes from other artists too. Hope Alan can keep it together. He's had some very difficult times.
 
Decius I really enjoyed. Still enjoying TVAM also from a couple of weeks back.
Will listen to Special Interest as sounds up my street.
 
@Mickdundee picked up an interesting covers compilation album - Sellout Songs - it's a companion to Dan Ozzi's Sellout book. Some notable artists - Laura Stevenson, AJJ, Worriers, Ratboys among others, covering Green Day, Against Me!, Blink, Jimmy Eat World, MCR, Distillers (Laura does She by Green Day)
 
There are new albums tomorrow from Bruce Springsteen, Christine and the Queens Presents Redcar, FaltyDL, Gold Panda, Hyd, Jimmy Edgar, LS Dunes, Louis Tomlinson, Nas & Hit Boy, Heather Trost, Plaid, Jeb Loy Nichols, The Cool Greenhouse, Breanna Barbara, Macie Stewart, Sarathy Korwar, Honey Harper, Fenella and Eliza Carthy & the Restitution.
 
Arkle said:
There are new albums tomorrow from Bruce Springsteen, Christine and the Queens Presents Redcar, FaltyDL, Gold Panda, Hyd, Jimmy Edgar, LS Dunes, Louis Tomlinson, Nas & Hit Boy, Heather Trost, Plaid, Jeb Loy Nichols, The Cool Greenhouse, Breanna Barbara, Macie Stewart, Sarathy Korwar, Honey Harper, Fenella and Eliza Carthy & the Restitution.
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as a heads up bruce springsteen is on graham norton tomorrow night ( talking , not performing )
 
Arkle said:
There are new albums tomorrow from Bruce Springsteen, Christine and the Queens Presents Redcar, FaltyDL, Gold Panda, Hyd, Jimmy Edgar, LS Dunes, Louis Tomlinson, Nas & Hit Boy, Heather Trost, Plaid, Jeb Loy Nichols, The Cool Greenhouse, Breanna Barbara, Macie Stewart, Sarathy Korwar, Honey Harper, Fenella and Eliza Carthy & the Restitution.
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Cool Greenhouse and Sarathy Korwar for me Clive
 
Arkle said:
There are new albums tomorrow from Bruce Springsteen, Christine and the Queens Presents Redcar, FaltyDL, Gold Panda, Hyd, Jimmy Edgar, LS Dunes, Louis Tomlinson, Nas & Hit Boy, Heather Trost, Plaid, Jeb Loy Nichols, The Cool Greenhouse, Breanna Barbara, Macie Stewart, Sarathy Korwar, Honey Harper, Fenella and Eliza Carthy & the Restitution.
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Think I’ve only heard of the 3 of the acts on that list. 2 of them (Springsteen and Nas) I’ll probably listen to. Any other recommendations?
 
Mickdundee said:
Think I’ve only heard of the 3 of the acts on that list. 2 of them (Springsteen and Nas) I’ll probably listen to. Any other recommendations?
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You must have heard of Eliza Carthy, Christine & the Queens and Louis Tomlinson (ex One Direction).

As for recommendations, Fenella is a Jane Weaver project, Plaid do wonky electronica, Breanna Barbara is a little PJ Harvey. Honey Harper is probably the Americana option. Heather Trost is a female singer songwriter.
 
Arkle said:
You must have heard of Eliza Carthy, Christine & the Queens and Louis Tomlinson (ex One Direction).

As for recommendations, Fenella is a Jane Weaver project, Plaid do wonky electronica, Breanna Barbara is a little PJ Harvey. Honey Harper is probably the Americana option. Heather Trost is a female singer songwriter.
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Never heard of Eliza Carthy, and didn’t put 2+2 together that it was the Louis Tomlinson, so Christine and the Queens was the 3rd one
 
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