My laptop was destroyed mid February, haha. Most of my listening was for this year was done on my phone. I could probably figure out what I've heard but it's not really worth the effort I guess.
April 57. BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance ++ 58. Perfume - Cosmic Explorer ++ 59. Hanae - Show Girl + 60. Cicada - Farewell ++ 61. Mogwai - Atomic + 62. Seiko Oomori - Tokyo Black Hole ++ 63. Tim Hecker - Love Streams ++ 64. Hello Sleepwalkers - Planless Perfection ++ 65. the fin. - Through the deep + 66. Red Velvet - The Velvet ++ 67. Oyasumi Hologram - 2 ++ 68. Rie Fu - O + 69. tricot - KABUKU EP ++ Galileo Galilei - Alarms (2013) ++
148. Kelly Clarkson - My December (2007) 149. Drake - Views (2016) 150. Rogue Wave - Delusions On Grand Fur (2016)
90. Eskimeaux - Year of the Rabbit EP + 91. Bear Hands - You'll Pay for This + 92. The Fall of Troy - OK + 93. Kevin Gates - Islah + 94. ASAP Ferg - Always Strive and Prosper + 95. Beyoncé - Lemonade ++ 96. Pity Sex - White Hot Moon ++ 97. Matt & Kim - We Were the Weirdos EP + 98. Drake - Views ++
84. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit: +++ [Experiment hip-hop] (DISCLAIMER: RATING BASED ON A 128 KBS LEAK WITH 1 MISSING TRACK] 85. Islands - Taste: +++ [Indie pop]
I love her and this album so much. If you haven't already, definitely check this one out: Tokarev Seiko Omori & The Pink Tokarev CD Album
hey, would you mind recommending me some of your favorite J and K-stuff? your all-time favorites or widely-regarded classics, whatever you think is an essential listen. for reference, i like Maximum the Hormone and a ton of pop/pop-rock/pop-punkish anime ops/eds; the ERASED op is one of my favorite songs this year. just nothing too Hatsune Miku-like. anything will be much appreciated
There are so many hyped albums slated for release this year and we're already into May. And most don't even have release dates. The second half/fall of this year has gotta be packed.
1. Anderson Paak – Malibu + 2. Andrew Bird – Are You Serious ++ 3. Animal Collective – Painting With + 4. Asher Roth – Rawther EP + 5. Bad Reed – S/T EP + 6. Bloc Party – Hymns – 7. Blondfire – True Confessions EP ++ 8. Brian Fallon – Painkillers * 9. Cardiknox – Portrait ++ 10. Cullen Omori – New Misery + 11. Daughter – Not To Disappear * 12. Dr. Dog – The Psychedelic Swamp ++ 13. Frank Turner – Mittens EP + 14. Gwen Stefani – This Is What The Truth Feels Like * 15. Hey Marseilles – S/T ++ 16. Hoodie Allen – Happy Camper + 17. Into It. Over It – Standards + 18. Jank – Awkward Pop Songs * 19. The Joy Formidable – Hitch * 20. Kanye West – TLOP * 21. Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered. + 22. King Charles – Gamble For A Rose – 23. Lacey Sturm – Life Screams * 24. Lapsley – Long Way Home * 25. The Last Shadow Puppets – Everythnig You’ve Come To Expect ++ 26. Lily & Madeline – Keep It Together * 27. Lissie – My Wild West + 28. LNZNDRF – S/T * 29. M. Ward – More Rain * 30. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I’ve Made + 31. Miike Snow – iii + 32. Nada Surf – You Know Who You Are + 33. O’ Brother – Endless Light * 34. PAINTonPAINT – Night Rises + 35. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor + 36. Cardinal – Pinegrove ++ 37. POP ETC. – Souvenir + 38. Primal Scream – Chaosmosis * 39. Ra Ra Riot – Need Your Light * 40. Ray LaMontogne – Ourboros + 41. Sam Means – 10 Songs * 42. Santigold – 99 Cents * 43. Say Anything – I Don’t Think It Is… very good – 44. School Of Seven Bells – SVIIB * 45. Seafret – Tell Me It’s Real * 46. The Starting Line – Anyways EP ++ 47. Sunflower Bean – Human Ceremony + 48. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – A Man Alive + 49. They Must Be Giants – Phone Power – 50. Violent Soho – WACO + 51. The Wealthy West – Long Play * 52. Weezer – White ++ 53. Wet – Don’t You + 54. Wintersleep – The Great Detachment ++ 55. 1975 – ILIWYS…. + 56. The Thermals – We Disappear * Albums below are in order of when I've heard them this year 1. Smile Empty Soul – Shapeshifter EP * 2. The Dandy Warhols – Distortland * 3. Alessia Cara – Know It All ++ 4. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – Call It What It Is + 5. Laura Gibson – Emipre Builder ++ 6. Deakin – Sleep Cycle * 7. Angels & Airwaves – Chasing Shadows EP + 8. Frightened Rabbit – Painting Of A Panic Attack + 9. M83 – Junk – 10. The Lumineers – Cleopatra + 11. Tokyo Police Club – Melon Collie & The Infinite Radness, EP1 ++ 12. Nothing – Tired of Tomorrow * 13. Deftones – Gore + 14. Bear Hands – Distractions (2014) ++ 15. Blue October – Home – 16. Matthew & The Atlas – Temple * 17. Great Pyrenees – S/T + 18. Islands – Taste/Should I Remain Here At Sea? * 19. Beyonce – Lemonade ++ 20. Kyle Craft – Dolls Of Highland + 21. Matt & Kim – We Were The Weirdos EP * 22. Henrietta – Paper Wings + 23. Say Anything/MeWithoutYou – Split ++ 24. The Boxer Rebellion – Ocean To Ocean + 25. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth + 26. PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project + 27. Pepper – Ohana –
I don't know much about Korean music sadly (but you can go ask here) and just started seriously searching for Japanese music last year, but here are some of my favorites which are more in the rock realm: tricot Hello Sleepwalkers Uchu Conbini Ling Tosite Sigure Kinoko Teikoku toe Akai Ko-en [Alexandros] chouchou merged syrups Glim Spanky Polkadot Stingray mol-74 haisuinonasa mass of the fermenting dregs Wagakki Band jizue atlantis airport akasick Chatmonchy school food punishment SHISHAMO Mutant Monster vivid undress Seiko Oomori LovelySummer-Chan Yasuha Kominami touch my secret BAND-MAID Story of Hope amazarashi Supercar Number Girl MONO
Here's April. Another slow month, but my semester is finally over so I'm looking forward to listening to more over the summer.
Didn't listen to a ton last month compared to the others, but heard a few good releases. Weezer was probably my favorite.
April. Probably the weakest month so far for me. Sturgill Simpson & Frightened Rabbit were probably numbers 1 and 2 for me, and iamthemorning, Polyenso, M83, King Giz, & Boxer Rebellion also put out good albums.
slowest month so far, got too caught up revisiting older stuff. thankfully May is stacked. thank you!
Uni work got in the way in the second half of April. Start of the month was really good - three of my top four favourite releases of this year so far came out but then I listened to basically nothing in the second half of the month.
Very good list, but if it's ordered I *will* personally fight you for putting both Supercar and Number Girl at the bottom. (also thanks for the Seiko rec I'll check it out)