New Music Releases Thread

Arkle said:
Go on then, part 1 of my potted review of new and newish stuff I've listened to this week. I think I'm tackling too much this time, not got to some big releases yet. Anyway:

Helen Love - I'd like to say that they're moving in a new post-rock related direction but it's more of the same. 100mph retro culture referencing indiepop. Good fun TBH!
CCR Headcleaner - this is fab! F A B! Fab... stoner indie rock, sort of combining Dead Meadow with Pavement.
Josephine Foster - really nice, folky Americana. She has an old timie voice which some won't like but I do.
Sam Burton - debut album from a singer-songwriter who's part of Jess Williamson's touring band. This has a nice laidback way about it. Enjoyable!
Cabaret Voltaire - with Stephen Mallinder gone (taking his vocals with him), this is basically a Richard H Kirk record, as @mad cyril sayid earlier. Industrial electronica with sampled dialogue. Pretty good.
The Cribs - it's fundamentally The Cribs with slightly more production sheen. Enjoyable but I wish they'd diversify a bit, add some marimba or something.
Phoebe Bridgers - an EP of alternate versions of tracks from Punisher. Nice enough but probably not needed. I haven't listened to both alongside each other to see what's changed.
Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - more cosmic electronica from the Norwegian pair. Quite laidback, quite summery, all lovely!
La Locura de Machura - this is a compilation of Colombian music from the late 70s (well 1975-80). There's a story behind it involving an eccentric businessman turned producer who got local bands to recreate Afrobeat with a Latin twist. Utterly ace if a tad bonkers in the nut.
Luluc - this crept out 3 weeks or so back and escaped my notice. Their records are lovely! This sounds like Low if Mimi did 90% of the singing. (I suspect I made that comment about their last album also)
Tristan Perich - modern classical. A lot of violins (50 seemingly) combined with electronic music. Engaging!
Larkin Poe - covers done in their country blues style. I like it a lot. Some quite mainstream choices to cover.
Babeheaven - kind of triphoppy indie-pop. Breathy female vocals. Enjoyable enough.
Grandaddy - essentially beautiful. The Sophtware Slump on a piano. Great!
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Had a listen to Helen Love today. It's a bit of a Toy Dolls meets Buzzcocks fusion.
 


There's a nice single out by The Loyal Seas (a Tanya Donelly side project, collaboration with Brian Sullivan). A-side, Strange Mornings in the Garden, is perhaps more synthy than I'd normally expect for her, but it's still solidly indie - good stuff
 
Arkle said:
I think so. There's a few things to come but, with the odd exception it's live albums, Christmas albums and compilations.
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Here we go then. I’ll go with album of the year and then a long list of contenders. Having written it, it’s quite a f***ing long list! Good year for me

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher, by quite some distance.

Others nominated
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
Trace Mountains - Lost in the Country
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Dana Gavanski - Yesterday is Gone
Kiwi Jr - Kiwi Jr
Old Blues - Bad History Month
Taylor Swift - Folklore
MAITA - Best Wishes
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
Krautwerk - Neuling
Owen Pallet - Island
Bdrmm - Bedroom
Jesu - Terminus
Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today
Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics
Microphones - Microphones in 2020
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Thurston Moore - By the Fire
Adrianne Lenker - Songs
Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
Sei Still - Sei Still
Jeff Tweedy - Love is the King
Thee Oh Sees - Levitation Sessions
Flaming Lips - American Head
JARV IS - Beyond the Pale
Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT - Untitled (Rise)
Nick Cave - Idiot Prayer
 
chunkylover53 said:
Here we go then. I’ll go with album of the year and then a long list of contenders. Having written it, it’s quite a f***ing long list! Good year for me

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher, by quite some distance.

Others nominated
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
Trace Mountains - Lost in the Country
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Dana Gavanski - Yesterday is Gone
Kiwi Jr - Kiwi Jr
Old Blues - Bad History Month
Taylor Swift - Folklore
MAITA - Best Wishes
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
Krautwerk - Neuling
Owen Pallet - Island
Bdrmm - Bedroom
Jesu - Terminus
Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today
Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics
Microphones - Microphones in 2020
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Thurston Moore - By the Fire
Adrianne Lenker - Songs
Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
Sei Still - Sei Still
Jeff Tweedy - Love is the King
Thee Oh Sees - Levitation Sessions
Flaming Lips - American Head
JARV IS - Beyond the Pale
Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT - Untitled (Rise)
Nick Cave - Idiot Prayer
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I'll look at mine later in the week. It'll be a daftly long list with a fair amount of overlap. Don't think I've listened to Levitation Sessions, it's a live album, isn't it?
 
Ordered by release date (too hard to rank!)

Stephen J. Malkmus - Traditional Techniques

Dana Gavanski - Yesterday Is Gone

The Orb - Abolition Of The Royal Familia / Abolition In Dub

Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep

Mogwai - ZEROZEROZERO (A Mogwai Soundtrack)

Cavern Of Anti-Matter - In Fabric OST

Sonic Boom - All Things Being Equal

Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink

JARV IS... - Beyond The Pale

Thurston Moore - By The Fire
 
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The Music Man said:
Ordered by release date (too hard to rank!)

Stephen J. Malkmus - Traditional Techniques

Dana Gavanski - Yesterday Is Gone

The Orb - Abolition Of The Royal Familia / Abolition In Dub

Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep

Mogwai - ZEROZEROZERO (A Mogwai Soundtrack)

Cavern Of Anti-Matter - In Fabric OST

Sonic Boom - All Things Being Equal

Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink

JARV IS... - Beyond The Pale

Thurston Moore - By The Fire
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Forgot about Malkmus, Nadine and Mogwai!
 
chunkylover53 said:
Forgot about Malkmus, Nadine and Mogwai!
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Mogwai needs a physical release but not sure it will get one with them having a new album out early next year. All things considered it has been a very good year music wise. Got another 20 that I've really enjoyed but kept list down to 10. Never heard Richard Dawson's digital only (bandcamp) album 'Republic Of Geordieland' and looking forward to The Avalanches in a couple of weeks. Special mention for first half of The Proper Ornaments - Mission Bells. It's a game of two halves though and the second half is a big let down.
 
chunkylover53 said:
Here we go then. I’ll go with album of the year and then a long list of contenders. Having written it, it’s quite a f***ing long list! Good year for me

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher, by quite some distance.

Others nominated
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
Trace Mountains - Lost in the Country
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Dana Gavanski - Yesterday is Gone
Kiwi Jr - Kiwi Jr
Old Blues - Bad History Month
Taylor Swift - Folklore
MAITA - Best Wishes
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
Krautwerk - Neuling
Owen Pallet - Island
Bdrmm - Bedroom
Jesu - Terminus
Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today
Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics
Microphones - Microphones in 2020
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Thurston Moore - By the Fire
Adrianne Lenker - Songs
Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
Sei Still - Sei Still
Jeff Tweedy - Love is the King
Thee Oh Sees - Levitation Sessions
Flaming Lips - American Head
JARV IS - Beyond the Pale
Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT - Untitled (Rise)
Nick Cave - Idiot Prayer
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So we’re in no way trying to keep to a top 10 then, @Arkle screwed that up last year! 😉
 
Old Prestonian said:
Had a listen to Helen Love today. It's a bit of a Toy Dolls meets Buzzcocks fusion.
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Yeah they are very fun. Them and The Freshies are very underrated when it comes to that kinda British 70s/80s style pop-punk IMO.
Arkle said:
New albums this week from Billie Joe Armstrong (covers), Hatebreed, Jahari Masamba Unit, Jenn Grant, Miley Cyrus, Smashing Pumpkins, Voivod and Ane Brun. A quiet week!
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Very quiet. BJA (even though I’m a bit bored of lockdown covers albums) and Smashing Pumpkins for me.
Here’s my top 10 of the year (in no particular order):
AJJ
Lily Hiatt
Pokey LaFarge
The Big Moon
Taylor Swift
King Gizzard
Haim
Waxahatchee
Austin Lucas
Joachim Cooder
 
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I’m going with a concrete top 10 then some superb efforts who missed the cut. I’m Happy with the top 10, a good combination of debuts and old masters.

Michael Rother - Dreaming
Holy Fuck - Deleters
Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar
Baxter dury - The night chancers
Andy Bell - View from halfway down
Bruce Springsteen - letter to you
Ghostlawns - Motorik
Working men’s club - Working men’s club
Inner Square - Rubicon.
Krautwerk - Neuling.

couid have made it

fred und luna
Frasey Ford
Warm digits
Wargirl
Cabaret Voltaire
Vacant lots
Moby
Wrangler
Ist ist
 
Right then my list...

Julian Cope - Self Civil War
Craven Faults - Erratics & Unconformities
The Big Moon - Walking Like We Do
Holy Fuck - Deleter
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - Navarasa : Nine Emotions
Squirrel Flower - I Was Born Swimming
Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar
Destroyer - Have We Met
Frazey Ford - U kin B the Sun
Waclaw Zimpel - Massive Oscillations
Bambara - Stray
Douglas Dare - Milkteeth
Humanist - Humanist
Moses Sumney - grae
The Saxophones - Eternity Bay
Nadia Reid - Out of My Province
Cornershop - England is a Garden
Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques
Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Rejoice
Baxter Dury - The Night Chancers
Dana Gavanski - Yesterday Is Gone
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
Tamikrest - Tamotaït
Nap Eyes - Snapshot of a Beginner
Melt Yourself Down - 100% Yes
Pigs * 7 - Visceral
James Elkington - Ever-Roving Eye
The Lovely Eggs - I Am Moron
Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
Yin Yin - The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers
Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels
CMON - Confusing Mix of Nations
Lewsberg - In This House
Ghost Poet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs of Sorrow
Sparks - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
Magnetic Fields - Quickies
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
Sei Still - Sei Still
Rose City Band - Summerlong
Sunwatchers - Oh Yeah?
Jade Hairpins - Harmony Avenue
The Cool Greenhouse - The Cool Greenhouse
Run The Jewels - RTJ4
Ohmme - Fantasize Your Ghost
Sports Team - Deep Down Happy
Sonic Boom - All Things Being Equal
Hinds - The Prettiest Curse
Larkin Poe - Self Made Man
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
Sven Wunder - Wabi Sabi
Borrowed Books - Shorting Out and Longing
Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink
Khruangbin - Mordechai
Haim - Women In Music Pt. III
Keleketla! - Keleketla!
bdrmm - Bedroom
Julianna Barwick - Healing is a Miracle
Bab L' Bluz - Nayda!
Three Queens in Mourning - Hello Sorrow - Hello Joy
The Bobby Lees - Skin Suit
Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today
Samantha Crain - A Small Death
JARV IS - Beyond the Pale
Kutiman - Wachaga
Taylor Swift - Folklore
Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers
Shirley Collins - Heart's Ease
The Psychedelic Furs - Made of Rain
Suzie Stapleton - We Are The Plague
Mike Polizze - Long Lost Solace Find
Vintage Crop - Serve to Serve Again
Fantastic Negrito - Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
HC McEntire - Eno Axis
Jerry Joseph - The Beautiful Madness
Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
Colter Wall - Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
International Teachers Of Pop - Pop Gossip
Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess
Bill Callahan - Gold Record
Afel Bocoum - Lindé
Declan McKenna - Zeros
The Flaming Lips - American Head
Sault - Untitled (Black Is)
Sault - Untitled (Rise)
Fenne Lily - On Hold
Fleet Foxes - Shore
A. Swayze & the Ghosts - Paid Salvation
Bob Mould - Blue Hearts
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Hen Ogledd - Free Humans
Diana Jones - Song to a Refugee
Schlammpeitziger - Ein Weltleck in der Echokammer
Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club
Brent Cobb - Keep 'Em on They Toes
Joachim Cooder - Over That Road I'm Bound
Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst
North Americans - Roped In
Pillow Queens - In Waiting
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Jennifer Castle - Monarch Season
Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler - In Memory of My Feelings
Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
Kevin Morby - Sundowner
Autechre - Sign
Quintron & Miss Pussycat - Goblin Alert
William Elliott Whitmore - I'm With You
Mav Karlo - Strangers Like Us
Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King
Ela Minus - Acts Of Rebellion
Bonnie Whitmore - Last Will & Testament
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You
Adrianne Lenker - Songs
This Is The Kit - Off Off On
Jim White - Misfit's Jubilee
Herman Dune - Notes from Vinegar Hill
Jesu - Terminus
Slift - Ummon
Gwenifer Raymond - Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
CCR Headcleaner - Street Riffs
Luluc - Dreamboat
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Idiot Prayer

Album of the Year: Sault - Untitled (Black Is)
 
Its only been a so-so year from my view. Top albums for me:

Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers
Waxahatchee - Saint Clud
Cornershop - England is a garden
Olafur Arnalds - Some kind of peace
Future Islands - As long as you are.
Drive by Truckers - the New OK

Massively looking forward to the new Glasvegas album next year, their new single is great. Also, like local South Shields singer Patrick Gosling - check him out on spotify.
 

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