Things I’m Checking Out Jason Aldean Noah Kahan Foo Fighters The Amity Affliction Meghan Trainor Jackson Dean Metric Atreyu Ringo Starr Emarosa The Milk Carton Kids The Cab Khatumu EP Friko Oliver Tree Jack The Underdog Death Lens Shower Beers Antony de Costa
Scimitar (Scimitarium II) -- What if you take black metal instrumentation (WITH AUDIBLE BASS) and marry that with traditional heavy metal vocals and swager (think Castle Rat)? Failure (Location Lost) -- This band is so incredible. More than just 90's alt-rock. All-time greats. Plini (An Unnameable Desire) -- My favorite instrumental prog. So, so catchy and emotive. Aversio Humanitatis (To Become the Endless Static) -- Dissonant black metal that actually has quite a bit of melody and fucking RIPS. Pure Wrath (Bleak Days Ahead) -- Title ain't wrong. Atmospheric black metal (choirs, organ, sax, mellotron, etc). This thing is pretty varied, but it meshes pretty well. Devoid of Thought (Devoid of Thought) -- Really good prog-y death metal. Stars Hollow (Kind of Hoping) -- Twisty, jangly, gravel-y emo.
If you like slick hooky pop the Mercer Cunningham EP that dropped today IS IT FUN OR IS IT OVER? is pretty amazing