2020 New Music

[priest17]

2 hours ago, Mattymooz said:

Another busy day for new releases tomorrow. Is there anything else I am missing other than:

- Mura Masa
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Holy Fuck
- Mac Miller
- Halsey
- Algeirs
- Bad Sounds

Not to mention The bloody Courteeners (!!!1!)

Didn't know Bad Sounds had one out tomorrow, that's pretty sweet. I was so pumped for Algiers when I heard Can The Sub_Bass Speak, everything since seems like it's business as usual though (which is good but I was hoping for something a bit more radical).

Anti-Flag have a new one out as well, and Raekwon has an EP that's tied in with a red bull documentary or something. Big day anyway. I'll probably spend the whole day listening to Slipknot after tonight though ahah.

[FloorFiller]

New Pinegrove is ‘ight but I was (somewhat foolishly) hoping they’d bring back some of their more rockin’/emo leanings, but seems like they’re instead settling comfortably in to being more of a mellower alt-country band (for this album, at least...)

[Baggins7]

9 hours ago, Mattymooz said:

Another busy day for new releases tomorrow. Is there anything else I am missing other than:

- Mura Masa
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Holy Fuck
- Mac Miller
- Halsey
- Algeirs
- Bad Sounds

Also just noticed eminem has dropped another album today, will give it a spin this morning on the drive to work

[FloorFiller]

Huh, this new Eminem album isn’t absolute dogshit.

[kalifire]

24 minutes ago, Billjames7 said:

Also just noticed eminem has dropped another album today, will give it a spin this morning on the drive to work

Still a case of largely diminishing returns, for me. Kamikaze had its moments, but I'm tired of Eminem's whiny, self-obsessed raps with Dre's shitty hip-pop beats. Yah Yah was probably the highlight, mainly for the features.

[HeyPorter]

Just spotted Ed Sheeran on there. No thanks. 

[jyoung]

What's up with that Unaccommodating track? Eminem is weird, man.

[Quark]

Bombay album is lush.

Also spotted this morning that Gregory Porter's got a new album coming in April

[SwedgeAntilles]

Tried to listen to Mura Masa and BBC on the way to work this morning and turned both off after a couple of tracks. Could just be my morning mood. Will give them another go later but not immediately bowled over by either. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Grauniad went to town on that album with both gloves off.

[Quark]

Didn't realise this was coming, Moby popped up on Deezer this morning.  Old school, bit throwback but I love it.

 

[SwedgeAntilles]

24 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Grauniad went to town on that album with both gloves off.

Just read that. Jings. 

[Quark]

2 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Just read that. Jings. 

Which one? Eminem's?

[SwedgeAntilles]

Just now, Quark said:

Which one? Eminem's?

Mura Masa https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/10/mura-masa-ryc-review-alex-crossan?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Samsung_Internet

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I sense between-the-lines beef. It crosses the line from constructive criticism to nineties NME style near personal abuse.

[Quark]

2 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Mura Masa https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/10/mura-masa-ryc-review-alex-crossan?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Samsung_Internet

 

Brutal!  My favourite bit has to be this

"Guests including Clairo, Tirzah and Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell attempt to polish the turds they’ve been handed. Georgia bastes hers with a heartfelt topline, but the backing sounds like hold music for a multinational bank trying to be hip. Slowthai tries to dynamite his contribution with a typically rambunctious verbal display, but any explosion is snuffed out by the wet shart of the production."

Wet shart

[Quark]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

I sense between-the-lines beef. It crosses the line from constructive criticism to nineties NME style near personal abuse.

Quite possibly, but I do like a well-written insult.

[the wonderwhy]

Just now, Quark said:

but the backing sounds like hold music for a multinational bank trying to be hip. 

 

this is pretty on the money in all fairness 

[FloorFiller]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I sense between-the-lines beef. It crosses the line from constructive criticism to nineties NME style near personal abuse.

Speaking of which, NME gave the album five stars. Looking forward to giving it a listen and seeing where my allegiances lie.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, FloorFiller said:

Speaking of which, NME gave the album five stars. Looking forward to giving it a listen and seeing where my allegiances lie.

I think they also declared the Slowthai track Best Single of 2019.  Which is a bit OTT for a fun wee Streets knock off.

[SwedgeAntilles]

Bit weird to say that the album is not bad but just mediocre but then give it one star rather than 2 or 3 which kinda suggests the opposite. 

[MaxPower]

Just gave the Mura Masa album a listen, pretty shit. Pretty disappointed.

 

 

[Quark]

In some ways mediocre can actually be worse than bad in some cases.  If something's bad because it's tried to do something different, or has at least showed some effort, maybe you can recognise that.  But if something is just completely and utterly....beige it can be even more offensive. 

Not heard MM  yet so don't know if that applies here, but one way of looking at it.

[st dan]

I like the new Courteeners album - sue me. 

[Mezhyp1]

Certainly heard the Slowthai track the other day and it is absolutely shite