Best New Albums of 2017 *

This is a fairly good new offering (well, the album came out in February)...

 

I have another album by this band. I like their hardcore/thrash sound. Sounds similar to Pro-Pain.

 

th new ulver album (the assassination of julius caesar) is great

 

Sight Of Day $14

Buy Barock Project - Detachment (CD) at Discogs Marketplace

It's also on their Bandcamp page for $17 - Detachment, by Barock Project

 

Thanks for that. Notice I was including shipping in the prices I listed. Your links, including shipping, have Sight Of Day for $17, Detachment for $19, and then the Bandcamp $27. Pretty hefty that last one. I've been eyeing the Discogs price for Detachment for a little while now, but I'm short of money as of now...

 

Another vote for the new Robyn Hitchcock. As others have said, this is one of the best albums he's ever done, creative, full of fire and that lysergic imagination, with great tunes and performances. The fact that he's managed to pull this off 40 years into his career is something of a small miracle and a wonderful gift.

 

John Garcia - The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues (Palm Desert, CA 2017)

This is one that I have gotten into lately.

 

I'm surprised there isn't more fanfare for Ron Gallo- Heavy Meta:

 

Electric Moon - Stardust Ritual (Fulda, Germany 2017)



Samsara Blues Experiment - One With The Universe (Berlin, Germany 2017)



Grails - Chalice Hymnal (Portland, Oregon 2017)

 

Russian Circles - Live At Dunk! Fest 2016 (Chicago, IL 2017)
This just arrived in today's mail

 

You're really into circles on album covers huh?

(Just realized you followed this post with one about an album called Russian circles)

 

You're right. I wonder why I didn't catch that when I was posting?

 

Cloud Catcher - Trails Of Kosmic Dust (Denver, Colorado 2017)

 

Childish Gambino

 

Well, DAMN.

 

I really like the new Tedeschi Trucks live album. Sound could be better but what great music.

 

Ray Davies' "Americana"

 

Nikki Lane - Highway Queen, high octane all the way.

 

Finally got through the March-releases. Here's my Top 25 (order depends on mood):

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Number 1:


POPDROID REWIND: MARCH 2017 (Favorite Albums)

01 Juniore: Ouh là là
02 Spoon: Hot Thoughts
03 Laura Marling: Semper Femina
04 Aimee Mann: Mental Illness
05 Ibibio Sound Machine: Uyai

06 Tennis: Yours Conditionally
07 My Baby: Prehistoric Rhythm
08 Depeche Mode: Spirit
09 Soulwax: From Deewee
10 Soldout: Forever

11 Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains: Solide Mirage
12 Grandaddy: Last Place
13 Becca Stevens: Regina
14 Real Estate: In Mind
15 Goldfrapp: Silver Eye

16 Tuxedo: Tuxedo II
17 Jamiroquai: Automaton
18 Valerie June: The Order of Time
19 Roméo Elvis x Le Motel: Morale 2
20 Methyl Ethel: Everything Is Forgotten

21 Glints: Burgundy
22 Temples: Volcano
23 Stef Kamil Carlens: Stuck in the Status Quo
24 Tei Shi: Crawl Space
25 The Shins: Heartworms

 

Jake Xerxes Fussell - What in the Natural World, think Ry Cooder's Boomer's Story

 

Deep Purple
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Some really nice instrumental post-rock in the debut album from Heron called You Are Here Now, and amazingly, pretty much self-released via bandcamp, but professionally recorded live at Kane Memorial Chapel in Kane, PA, by the band's bassist, Eric Morelli, mixed by Matt Bayles (Minus the Bear, Pearl Jam, Caspian, Russian Circles) and mastered by Ed Brooks (Fleet Foxes, REM, Heart, Death Cab For Cutie) ... great stuff, one of my favorite things I've heard so far this year ...

 

Boomer's Story is my favorite Cooder album!
That's a nice track but 6 mins is just too long for a song without an awesome solo of some sort in the middle. The song is done after 3 mins.

 

Fair point, perhaps a shorter track would have been better as a taster, great album though.

 

Agreed, the Fussell album is very nice.

I enjoyed these whilst travelling this weekend:
Night Sins : Dancing Chrome
Like Drab Majesty but even gothier


Cold Beat : Chaos By Invitation
Reminded me of Blouse's Imperium from a couple of years back. A little bit dreamy and hazy, nice female vocal.