Graham Parker - Cloud Symbols Clocking in at 31 minutes this is a perfect little album. Good to excellent songs, Parker in relaxed swing mode and strong voice with trademark bite intact, top notch playing and arrangements including tastefull brass - what's not to adore?
Sorry for the late reply. Yeah, I’ve liked all of Interpol’s albums a lot. But I can confidently say if the S/T and El Pintor were not for you, you’ll probably like Marauder more than those two.
Yeah, the new Haken rips, adding it my AOTY contenders list. I’m LOVING the darker/heavier take on their brand of prog metal.
I don't know about "Best" but Spiral Sky's Blues for a Dying Planet has some interesting moments, sometimes channeling Sabbath, that doom metal thing, mixed with solid, but eerie female vocals ala the Affinity album with Linda Hoyle (which in turn reminds me occasionally of Grace Slick). I suppose you have to be in a mood.
Love that album. Makes me think of Bedouine's album from last year in terms of sound. Available in 24bit at Qobuz / HDTracks.
A song from it was posted earlier I think by bubblywaves? People talked about it. Thank you for posting them, never heard of em. The album is really good! Kero Kero Bonito- "time and place" Took me second to appreciate it but I can't stop playing it so safe to say I think it is great. It's kind of like the flaming lips mixed w the 'hoof. Seasoned generously with art-damage. Here's another track from the album. I'll need a Lobotomy to get these songs out of my head. Does anyone have a drill?
Jessie J - R.O.S.E. [released as four separate EPs, one for each letter--R (Realisations), O (Obsessions), S (Sex), E (Empowerment)]
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. These guys never fail to surprise in a good way Voidz - Virtue (side project of Julian Casablancas from Strokes ) The Voidz - Pyramid of Bones (Official Video) Blossoms - Cool Like You Blossoms - Between The Eyes
C.H.E.W. is a small, female-fronted, hardcore punk band from Chicago I've been following since listening to their demo tape a couple years ago. After a few split EPs, they finally came out with their first full-length album in August, and everything I like about the band has intensified. Their sound is heavier, the singer is furious, and the music has a lot more thought put into it than the typical three chord trash. This is their Bandcamp page.
Probably a moot point but here's a small psa about a record that is definitely in my top ten of the year, "the lamb" by LALA: Many of the vinyl pressings are distorted near the end of the second side. I got 2 that both had it and the label said they are repressing the title. It will take about a month so I would avoid this title on vinyl for the time being...
Here's a title I'm ordering today on vinyl...Heaters - Suspended Youth...psychedelic/Kraut style...really looking forward to it. Just released today (just can't come to using it "dropped", not a fan of that line, save it for the mainstream crap)
Common Blah Weakened Friends Release Date October 19, 2018 I enjoyed this quirky drums/bass/guitars/vocal indie rock album from start to finish. May be among my top 5 for the year so far. I thought the singer's vocal histrionics would get old - they usually do with me - but instead her voice just got more engaging as the album went on. Short one - under 1/2 hour. Pitchfork says: === Singer and guitarist Sonia Sturino, bassist Annie Hoffman, and drummer Cam Jones pick apart the causes and effects of bad relationships over familiar strains of alt-rock and grunge. In only three years, though, Weakened Friends have found their literal voice and emblem of musical interest: Sturino’s multifarious, melodramatic singing. Amid a trend of 1990s revivalism led by singing men, Sturino gives Weakened Friends the welcome feeling of letting loose that, in turn, makes Common Blah seem audacious despite abiding by alt-rock’s usual themes. [...] Weakened Friends opt for the punchy eccentricity and pop hooks of Veruca Salt. During “Aches,” depth charges of grunge distortion get a bounce in their step from Sturino’s wiry guitar bends. The blown-out volume of “Peel” is balanced and sweetened by Hoffman’s downplayed vocal harmonies. And Jones steers the pulsing “Younger” with a frenzy of pounded cymbals and insistent snares, switching his emphasis in the chorus to highlight the song’s hook. Even when J Mascis appears on “Hate Mail” for a long-winded guitar solo and to draw Weakened Friends closer to the era they’re honoring, he doesn’t steal the thunder. The song’s core melody is too catchy for second place. === The reviewer talks about Veruca Salt and I can hear that, but the one that kept going through my head as I was listening to the album was Letters to Cleo's Wholesale Meats and Fish, one of my favorites from 1995.
