Artists whose new releases you buy automatically without thinking about it first

Voivod is it for me. Every other artist has disappointed me to the point where I gotta make sure I care enough before I plunk down the bread for their latest.

That said, Voivod disappointed me considerably with Negatron when it came out. This is mostly because vocalist Snake was missing. But somehow I bought the follow-up anyway. I might have given up then if not for the fact that Snake returned for the next album, so I enthusiastically grabbed that one and everything else that came after.

I never thought they'd survive the MCA Years, but those guys just keep on going.

 

Most newly released music I buy these days is by such an artist, of whom there are too many to name (but all have careers at least 20 years old).

 

RUSH, they could release an album of fart sounds and I'd be like "listen to those time signature changes!"

 

Glad you added that... otherwise I'd have said 10cc, and then listed all the reasons why that's no longer true.

 

Blondie
Hamilton Leithauser
Marianne Faithfull
Saint Etienne

 

Eileen Jewel
Lindi Ortega
Rosanne Cash
John Mellencamp
Hurray For The Riff Raff
Dori Freeman
Nellie McKay
Quilt
Valerie June
Pink Martini
Leon Bridges
Garland Jeffreys

 

Rosanne Cash
Dave Alvin

 

The Church (without hesitating)
Steven Wilson (used to be Porcupine Tree)
Radiohead
Mew
Flaming Lips
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Dungen
Änglagård

To name a few.

 

For new releases from these artists, I don't need to listen to the album before the purchase. In some cases such as Isbell's latest, I purposefully didn't listen to any of the tracks made available for preview.

Richard Thompson
Jason Isbell
Gillian Welch
David Rawlings
Sturgill Simpson
Amanda Shires
Sarah Jarosz
Alison Krauss (with or without Union Station)

 

At this point, the only auto-buy for me is Scott Walker. Guaranteed to be interesting. I used to have a long list, but not anymore. Almost everything I buy now is a reissue.

 

- Gilbert O'Sullivan

Special Cases:

- ABBA (as long as it features at least one unreleased song)
- Carpenters (as long as it features at least one unreleased song)

 

Absolutely no-one; those days are well and truly over. I have virtually zero interest in the 'dinosaurs' still trooping on, and whilst there are plenty of new bands I like, I'll listen on Spotify several times before I consider buying an album.

 

A lot of prog metal is an auto-buy.
I love to be challenged and yet I love a lot of laidback and even poppy stuff and anything inbetween. Elton John? Elvis Costello? ABBA? Zappa? Between The Buried And Me? Yup!

 

Well, you just named a bunch of mine, but I have several more as well.

 

Ha! I do also, but I just posted a few of my examples to get the thread up and running.

 

The Fall, Taylor Swift, Neil Young, Kendrick Lamar, Lana del Rey, Polly Harvey, Lady Gaga,

 

Van Morrison

 

Nowadays? None...

 

My Bloody Valentine, if they ever have a new release again.

 

I used to with Springsteen, but not anymore. Now no one.

 

Stones
Beach Boys
Kinks

 

Anything Jack White
Wilco
Spoon
Los Lobos

Pretty much it. I've cut this list down quite a bit over the years, but these are still a 'go'.

 

Pat Metheny. He never disappoints. I'd like to see another Group album before I die.

 

100% agree with this.

 

The CURE....only once failed to draw me in with`Wild Mood Swings`.......we worship at the alter of the rock god that is Robert Smith.
The EELS.....someone else mentioned them earlier on.......every album is a revelation of clever surprises.
AND......believe it or not....PALOMA FAITH.....if she continues to play her cards right particularly in the states, and stops playing the fool, she could be up there with the greats.