2017 New Music Thread

[the wonderwhy]

3 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

What's biggest disappointment? Paramore? Soulwax?

What will be the biggest disappointment yet to come? Arcade Fire? LCD?

What we looking for to the most before the end of the year? Susanne Sundfor for me.

I liked both of those. 

Dunno if they're necessarily disappointments but The XX and Gorrilaz are the two stand out over-hyped ones for me. 

Alvvays, QOTSA, Broken Social Scene, Mogwai, Ghostpoet I'm banking on before the end of year & hoping the debuts from Girl Ray/Slotface are decent. 

[kingcrawler]

That 3-4 weeks in late August/early September where we're getting new QOTSA, Alvvays, The National, Gordi, The War on Drugs, LCD, Mogwai, Turnover, Grizzly Bear and more is ridiculous, haven't had a spell that good since 2013.

[Amy Lawn]

Oh wait, obviously Father John Misty is the biggest disappointment.

[Guy Incognito]

Fleet Foxes - Crack Up

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder Of The Universe

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana

Quelle Chris - Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often (most underrated album of the year)

Drunk - Thundercat

Future Islands - The Far Field

59 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

What's biggest disappointment? Paramore? Soulwax?

What will be the biggest disappointment yet to come? Arcade Fire? LCD?

What we looking for to the most before the end of the year? Susanne Sundfor for me.

biggest disappointment - Gorillaz, total rubbish in my opinion.

biggest disappointment yet to come will probably be Arcade Fire, not enjoying any of these new tracks much.

new Grizzly Bear is the one I'm looking forward to most.

 

[dentalplan]

Oh man I missed listmas

1. Run the Jewels - RTJ 3
2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
3. Foxygen - Hang
4. Kevin Morby - City Music
5. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
6. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
7. Idles - Brutalism
8. Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens
9. Slowdive - Slowdive
10. Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog

*I would produce a more eclectic list if I listed 11-20, honest guv. Also I'm sleeping on Big Fish Theory at the moment - only listened once but it's excellent and would probably break into that list in a few listens time.

• Biggest disappointment - Japandroids

• Biggest disappointment yet to come - Not feeling good about QOTSA or St. Vincent. Also if Dear Tommy isn't released in 2017 I'll be mad.

• Looking for to the most before the end of the year - Arcade Fire

Edited July 1, 2017 by dentalplan

[the wonderwhy]

Ah yeah FJM, knew I was missing something. I do find that a bit daunting to go back to but whenever I pluck up the courage I fall back in love with it. He was great last weekend as well. 

I'm enjoying the new Algiers album that came out last week. Worth a go if you like TV on the Radio, perhaps Young Fathers, sorta stuff 

[Alex DeLarge]

Albums of the year so far...

1. Slowdive - Slowdive
2. Fleet Foxes - Crack Up
3. Laura Marling - Semper Femina
4. Actress - AZD 
5. Perfume Genius - No Shape
6. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
7. Sampha - Process
8. Lorde - Melodrama
9. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
10. Wiley - Godfather

Los Campesions!, Tinariwen, King Giz and Vine Staples are all likely to end up overtaking a few of these though, but it's just what I'm feeling at the time.

[EighteenSixty7]

Vince has put out a banger. It's a bit short though.

[mjsell]

No particular order:

Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone

Wiley - Godfather

Bonobo - Migration

Spoon - Hot Thoughts

Sundara Karma - Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect

RTJ - 3

The Gorillaz - Humanz (I liked it -sue me)

Sylvan Esso - What Now

Sampha - Process

Ibibio Sound Machine - Uyai 

 

Best Song: Young Fathers - Only God Knows

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

SZA - Ctrl

Bonobo - Migration 

Stomzy - GSAP

Mr Mitch - Devout

J Hus - Common Sense

Arca - Arca

Jacques Greene - Feel Infinite

Sevdaliza - Ison 

Sinjin Hawke - First Opus

Joe Goddard - Electric Lines 

probably missed a ton off, but those 10 have had the most spins by me this year. 

[Amy Lawn]

See Arca is one that feels like it's probably a great album, but it just requires so much attention to listen to that I've not really put in the time. Thought it was great from the two listens I gave to it, but whenever I feel like listening to it again, I just end up listening to something fun instead.

[edwardjc14]

Forgot about Slowdive and King Gizz would add them too possibly Lorde but need to listen to the album a bit more. Cant wait for new QOTSA and Oh Sees! 

[Guy Incognito]

new Algiers is sounding great on first couple listens

[Mash011]

All the records I'd been really excited for this year have come with major caveats so far - 'it's good but not a patch on their last one,' 'it's got bangers but falls apart completely on the second half,' 'it's good but the overused spoken word stuff brings the energy of the music a little,' etc. Relying on Arcade Fire, The National, QotSA et all to bring out a proper classic in the second half of the year.

[FloorFiller]

3 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

See Arca is one that feels like it's probably a great album, but it just requires so much attention to listen to that I've not really put in the time. Thought it was great from the two listens I gave to it, but whenever I feel like listening to it again, I just end up listening to something fun instead.

I thought exactly the same when I was making my list. Considered putting it in, but I haven't spent nearly enough time on it to justify it just yet. Definitely one for a very specific mood that I haven't figured out yet.

[Amy Lawn]

Oh noes, like an utter dickhead I forgot about Forest Swords when I made my list; this means my list is now completely stripped of any credibility or relevancy it may have had.

[mjsell]

I have a lot of catching up to do of the albums that came out over the last couple of months, I went full glasto mode after the lineup came out, so a lot of albums got forgotten about/bypassed.

Can I have a list please people.

Just listening to James Vincent McMorrow's, always had a real soft spot for him after loving his debut so not sure whether I like it because I like him or because it is actually that good.

Edited July 3, 2017 by mjsell

[tjamest]

Loving Peter Perrett's How the west was won

[Guy Incognito]

IDLES - Brutalism is very good.

[nikkic]

Purely based on what I've listened to the most so far this year, the AOTY front runners are (in no particular order)....

Kendrick - DAMN

Pumarosa - The Witch

The XX - I See You

Bonobo - Migration

Stormzy - GSAP

RTJ - RTJ 3

Joe Goddard - Electric Lines

Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark? 

SOHN - Rennen

Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone

Fully expect this to change significantly as I have been listening to purely Glasto playing bands the last 3 months, so plenty of new stuff to catch up on, plus some big albums coming later in the year (The National, Arcade Fire, Wolf Alice etc). 

[HoTWire]

Half a year, half a top ten

1) Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World
2) The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody
3) All Them Witches - Sleeping Through The War
4) Future Islands - The Far Field
5) Makeup and The Vanity Set - Chrome
 

Although I'm finding I'm listening to less full albums and more single tracks at the mo.

[Mardy]

3 hours ago, tjamest said:

Loving Peter Perrett's How the west was won

Against my better judgement, i'm enjoying it too.

[Badlands]

Loyle Carner

Sampha 

Real Estate 

All liked but not loved, haven't had an album that's grabbed me so far, maybe Solange but I was late to it.

[nosajthing]

Pixx - The Age of Anxiety

Charly Bliss - Guppy

Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory

Lorde - Melodrama

The Smith Street Band - More Scared of You Than You are of Me

Sorority Noise - You're Not As _____ As You Think

Spoon - Hot Thoughts

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

Perfume Genius - No Shape

 

is probably a fairly accurate top 10 of my year so far. Vince's new album is straight fire. A Crow Looked At Me is probably Album of the Year so far for me, though I generally don't make it through a listen of the first song without crying!

[SwedgeAntilles]

AOTYSF;

1. Semper Femina - Laura Marling

2. RTJ III - Run the Jewels

3. I See You - The xx

4. Prisoner - Ryan Adams

5. DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar

6. Pure Comedy - Father John Misty

7. Love In The 4th Dimension - The Big Moon

8. Crack Up - Fleet Foxes

9. Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples

10. How Did We Get So Dark - Royal Blood

There's loads still to come this year I'm looking forward to but it's going to have to be something special to knock Semper Femina off the top spot. I absolutely bloody love it (bought it on vinyl today actually).