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New Music Releases Thread


Arkle said:
Yeah, they're very hit and miss.

Aside from turning shite after a good start, what ever happened to We Are Scientists?
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Probably the band I've seen most live. With Love and Squalor's definitely the album I've played from start to finish most in my life, granted it came out when I was twelve but even still.

Saw them headline a small festival in Sheffield once and there were massive fights in the crowd constantly throughout the whole set. Weirdest gig I've ever been to. Keith Murray got so confused at the fights and the constant Yorkshire chants bless him. They're one of them bands that were probably always shite but I thought were great once upon a time.

Every song on With Love and Squalor is still class mind.
 
Anybody seen much of 6 music fest ?
Poor in my opinion. I’ve enjoyed each year but nothing has really grabbed me here
 
I’m finding this THICK record really interesting. It’s melodic and quite delicate but also very noisy and raucus. A lot poppier than most of the so-called riot girl bands (apart from a couple of tracks that wouldn’t have been out of place in the 80s New York Hardcore scene) but more aggressive than bands like The Muffs. It also has what I’ve previously described as “those rudimentary guitary solo bits” that the punky post-grunge bands like Noise Addict used a lot. Nice use of vocal harmonies in places too.

Makes up for Body Count being a bit of a letdown.
 
DufraisFTM said:
SXSW has been cancelled. My mate goes every other year and was due to travel on Wednesday.
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f***ing gutted

My first one this year and paid through the schnozz to go. Having to pay even more now to reroute our outbound to NY instead of Austin.

Seems like an overreaction when there's 25,000 people flying into Austin on any average (non SXSW) day and the mayor's now campaigning to get residents out to bars, gig venues, restaurants etc. to sustain the economy.
 
My summing up of the releases I've listened to this week:

Jonathan WIlson - this seems to have crept under the radar a bit. It doesn't break much new ground but it's very good.
The Saxophones - exceptionally good. Very quiet. Reminds me of something/someone, not sure what. Could maybe soundtrack a David Lynch film or TV show?
Caroline Rose - wonky pop. Well made. Less dancy than say Pixx or Georgia.
Islet - their previous releases tended to be jagged and abrasive and not that much fun, albums to be appreciated not enjoyed. This is the opposite. Really very good.
Honey Harper - excellent in parts. It's a soft crooner country record. Excellent voice!
Swamp Dogg - the veteran has finally made his country/soul record. It's good not great.
Luke Haines & Peter Buck - very good. It's basically a Luke Haines record with, er, Peter Buck on guitar. Witty, at times catchy, curmudgeonly.
Anna Calvi - as far as mini-albums of alternate versions of songs goes, this is well up there.
Nadia Reid - good songs. With Matthew E White producing, I'd thought this might be more Spacebombed up than her previous albums. It's more upbeat but not much more.
DISQ - not as good as I'd hoped. Pretty much standard slightly skewwhiff slackerly indie rock.
Cornershop - in an alternative universe, Cornershop are mentioned in the same breath as The Beatles. This packed to the brim with slightly glam rocky should be pop hits.
Stephen Malkmus - seems like a reasonable Malkmus album. Much as the last one wasn't our hero getting carried away with electronica and turning into Squarepusher, this one isn't him getting carried away with folk and turning into Saltfishforty (picking a name at random from this year's Cambridge folk festival line up).
U.S. Girls - another album full of should be hits (plus some short spoken wordy narrative type things). Really excellent!

If I had to pick five to self isolate with they'd be Cornershop, U.S. Girls, Islet, Haines/Buck and The Saxophones but four or five others could consider themselves unlucky not to be spending time in the custard bunker with me.
 
Arkle said:
Cornershop - in an alternative universe, Cornershop are mentioned in the same breath as The Beatles. This packed to the brim with slightly glam rocky should be pop hits.

If I had to pick five to self isolate with they'd be Cornershop, U.S. Girls, Islet, Haines/Buck and The Saxophones but four or five others could consider themselves unlucky not to be spending time in the custard bunker with me.
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Ha, I listened to that Friday and really liked it - they're a funny one! Hadn't thought about them in years. They've come a million miles from Lock, Stock, and Barrel, but I always seem to like what they do (didn't like US Girls though but)
 
Crayola-Kid said:
Ha, I listened to that Friday and really liked it - they're a funny one! Hadn't thought about them in years. They've come a million miles from Lock, Stock, and Barrel, but I always seem to like what they do (didn't like US Girls though but)
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I'm amazed they're still going strong after 27 years. Wouldn't have picked either Cornershop or The Manics as long term survivors when they first appeared.
 
Arkle said:
I'm amazed they're still going strong after 27 years. Wouldn't have picked either Cornershop or The Manics as long term survivors when they first appeared.
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I was surprised to hear that Cornershop were still going tbh. The manics definitely wouldnt still be around if Richey hadnt gone missing. No chance he would've gone down the bland gap model route that they have for the last 20 years
 
jacko100 said:
I was surprised to hear that Cornershop were still going tbh. The manics definitely wouldnt still be around if Richey hadnt gone missing. No chance he would've gone down the bland gap model route that they have for the last 20 years
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I think you're right about the Manics. Cornershop seem happy to keep ticking along with a dedicated fan base.
 
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