2016 New Music Thread

[zero000]

4 hours ago, mjsell said:

Saw a band called Crazy P Friday night, they have been around for ages but are still churning out some quality albums - they played a few new songs so I'm hopeful for another new album in the new year. First time I've seen them live and they were phenomenal, would love to see them at Glastonbury somewhere. 

I know nothing by Crazy P, other than heartbreaker which is an absolute belter. Any recommendations?

[Quark]

Really, really, really surprised by how much I enjoyed Bruno Mars' album. I don't know how I feel about that if I'm honest.

[EighteenSixty7]

8 minutes ago, Quark said:

Really, really, really surprised by how much I enjoyed Bruno Mars' album. I don't know how I feel about that if I'm honest.

 

I quite liked it too on my first listen. Nothing serious and a lovely sound to it. Might even buy it.

[rzwodezwo]

new The Weeknd track is absolutely fire, too 

[mjsell]

13 hours ago, zero000 said:

I know nothing by Crazy P, other than heartbreaker which is an absolute belter. Any recommendations?

Best album is 'When We On' (which heartbreaker amongst others is on). The most recent album 'Walk Talk Dance Sing' is also very good as well as there first under the P name 'Stop space return'

My favourite songs other than heartbreaker are: Cruel Mistress, Never Gonna Reach Me, Eruption, Open For Service and Twisted (all on those three albums)

[WS_Jack_III]

Justice album certainly follows a vibe laid out by those 3 tracks that were released before.

 

I like it, like others have said though, doesn't seem like they'll top Cross. Really hoping to see them in 2017.

[EighteenSixty7]

14 hours ago, rzwodezwo said:

new The Weeknd track is absolutely fire, too 

The Daft Punk featured one? Agree. The other of the two is poor.

Tracklist looks exciting with Kendrick on it.

[WS_Jack_III]

The newer DP and Weeknd track is loads better than Starboy

[HoTWire]

On 11/20/2016 at 1:17 AM, FloorFiller said:

yeah likewise. that first album was a breath of fresh air when it came out and just sounded like nothing else, whereas now they sound like an awful lot of other stuff. there are a couple of recent songs that i enjoy but their two latest albums as a whole haven't been up to much i thought. like you though i'd still like to see em live if they were to play a festival or something if only for those Treats songs

Saw them live a few years back (with Charli XCX in support!), and they were really good fun.  Would definitely see them again if they played Glastos.

 

 

 

One of the wonders of the internet is people can give Bruno Mars a listen without committing to buying an album and hear how good he is (or bad if they don't like it).  I reckon he'd put on a great live show.  I live my musical life through Recommendations and SXSW showcases, so I have no idea how big he is, I'm assuming number 1 singles and such mean he is headliner or sub headliner material?  Rather than a West Holt funk/soul/party vibe headliner?

[giantkatestacks]

Someone at work has mentioned this lot to me:

 

It's not new obvs but new to me.Its like how I imagine Sigur Ros would be 500 years ago.

[Siamesedream]

New-ish Conor Oberst is fantastic.  Looking forward to seeing him this weekend.

 

 

[rzwodezwo]

19 hours ago, EighteenSixty7 said:

The Daft Punk featured one? Agree. The other of the two is poor.

Tracklist looks exciting with Kendrick on it.

yes, I Feel It Coming. Didn't realise he put out another that day, too

[WS_Jack_III]

21 minutes ago, rzwodezwo said:

yes, I Feel It Coming. Didn't realise he put out another that day, too

False Alarm is decent too

[mjsell]

New unreleased prince song from the 80s released today. Many more to come or one off? 

It's nothing special btw, but still nice to hear. 

[nikkic]

Just doing my first draft for top 10 albums of the year, it's really not been a stellar year IMO. There's been some really good stuff, but nothing mindblowing. 

 

 

[EighteenSixty7]

7 hours ago, WS_Jack_III said:

False Alarm is decent too

Oh God no, bloody awful!

[SwedgeAntilles]

2 hours ago, nikkic said:

Just doing my first draft for top 10 albums of the year, it's really not been a stellar year IMO. There's been some really good stuff, but nothing mindblowing. 

 

 

It's a weird one, there's a bunch of solid 4/5 albums out there, but probably no 5/5s. I think that's making rating them more difficult

[nikkic]

25 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

It's a weird one, there's a bunch of solid 4/5 albums out there, but probably no 5/5s. I think that's making rating them more difficult

Yep I agree, although my number 1 is fairly easy. The rest are interchangeable based on mood! 

 

I wanted to have a look at how many times I'd listened to each album on Spotify, like how you can do on iTunes,  but I don't think that's a thing. 

[Badlands]

25 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Yep I agree, although my number 1 is fairly easy. The rest are interchangeable based on mood! 

 

I wanted to have a look at how many times I'd listened to each album on Spotify, like how you can do on iTunes,  but I don't think that's a thing. 

I used to use Last.fm which is compatible with Spotify, but since I joined Apple Music I've lost the facility to scrobble. It was good to use as a gauge for what would be my AOTY, i.e. my most played, otherwise it can change dependent on my mood.

[EighteenSixty7]

I think it's been quite strong.

[Avalon_Fields]

1 hour ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

It's a weird one, there's a bunch of solid 4/5 albums out there, but probably no 5/5s. I think that's making rating them more difficult

True. I may just be able to classify one as a 5/5, but I have yet to complete a 'top ten' of albums that all justify being in a top ten.

[SwedgeAntilles]

49 minutes ago, EighteenSixty7 said:

I think it's been quite strong.

Yeah don't get me wrong, there's been loads of stuff this year I've loved. Radiohead, James Blake, Angel Olsen, Hinds, Car Seat Headrest, Avalanches are all pretty much guaranteed to make my top ten. 

[priest17]

Great year for me, subjective though innit? The sheer volume of albums I've loved and played to death is stupendous. I'm gonna have to take a few days to listen to the best of to narrow it to 10.

[WS_Jack_III]

6 hours ago, EighteenSixty7 said:

Oh God no, bloody awful!

Fair enough haha

[big__phil]

13 hours ago, Badlands said:

I used to use Last.fm which is compatible with Spotify, but since I joined Apple Music I've lost the facility to scrobble. It was good to use as a gauge for what would be my AOTY, i.e. my most played, otherwise it can change dependent on my mood.

Username? Or is it pointless now you can't scrobble?