Current list of stuff from Q1 that I really dug. It's mostly metal and hardcore so I'm sorry to peers if they check anything out and hate it. :) Brian Fallon - Painkillers Ignite - A War Against You Magrudergrind - II Wake - Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow Conan - Revengeance Full of Hell - Amber Mote in the Black Vault Gatecreeper/Homewrecker/Outer Heaven/Scorched - 4 Way Split Seven Sisters of Sleep - Ezekiel's Hags Fuming Mouth - Lotus The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
1) Daughter - Not To Disappear 2) Chairlift - Moth 3) The 1975 - I like it when you sleep... 4) The Jezabels - Synthia 5) St Lucia - Matter 6) AURORA - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend 7) School of Seven Bells - SVIIB 8) The Saint Johns - Dead of Night 9) Lucius - Good Grief 10a) Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution 10b) Little Green Cars - Ephemera
Loner Chic - Year of the Goth Pinegrove - Cardinal David Bowie - Blackstar Future - EVOL Father - I'm a Piece of Shit Daughter - Not to Disappear Kanye West - The Life of Pablo Into.It.Over.It - Standards The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It Sioux Falls - Rot Forever Hmm, I had a hard time coming up with an order but this is close enough. The honorable mentions go to Somos, Rihanna, and Jazz Cartier.
Pinegrove - Cardinal Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor Chairlift - Moth BRAZA - BRAZA Somos - First Day Back DIIV - Is The Is Are The 1975 - I like it when you sleep Into It. Over It. - Standards DJDS - Stand Up And Speak Basement - Promise Everything these are actually the 10 albums i liked out of 14 new releases i listened to. first five will likely make my EOTY top 30, so it's been a decent year so far. i still haven't been blown away like with Harmlessness or Peripheral Vision last year though
Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are Weezer - White Album Brian Fallon - Painkillers Killswitch Engage - Incarnate Iggy Pop with Josh Homme - Post Pop Depression Face to Face - Protection Bloc Party - Hymns was kinda disappointing.
Just going by my post played on last.fm Killswitch Engage - Incarnate Kanye West - Life of Pablo Rihanna - Anti Like Pacific - Distant Like You Asked Future - Evol Asking Alexandria - The Black Daughter - Not to Disappear Lacey Sturm - Life Screams Simple Plan - Taking One for the Team Adelitas Way - Getaway
Pool from Porches and Painkillers from Brian Fallon are my two favorites so far. I definitely need to listen to more new music. I've been playing a lot from 2015 and I've fallen behind.
Brian Fallon, O'Brother, The 1975, Polyenso, Wet, Weezer, Pinegrove, The Sun Days, The Rocket Summer - favourite releases of the first quarter.
Matmos — Ultimate Care II Roly Porter — Third Law Oranssi Pazuzu — Värähtelijä The Body & Full of Hell — One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache The Body — No One Deserves Happiness The Drones — Feelin Kinda Free Ty Segall — Emotional Mugger Jesu & Sun Kil Moon — Jesu / Sun Kil Moon Field Music — Commontime Lemon Demon — Spirit Phone Chairlift — Moth Aluk Todolo — Voix Pop. 1280 — Paradise Big Ups — Before a Million Universes UXO — UXO Bullion — Loop the Loop MONEY — Suicide Songs DIIV — Is the Is Are The Jezabels — Synthia Anderson .Paak — Malibu The Black Queen — Fever Daydream
I've seen a lot of people going on about DIIV, but I saw them open up for Weezer in 2014 and I was "mehhhh"
In rough order... The 1975 - I like it when you sleep... Pinegrove - Cardinal Into It. Over It. - Standards Animal Collective - Painting With Kanye - TLOP Weezer - Weezer (White Album) Somos - First Day Back Young and Heartless - Stay Away Sam Means - 10 Songs Dustin Kensrue - Thoughts that Float on a Different Blood
Favs so far in no order: 1. The 1975 2. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo 3. Asking Alexandria - The Black 4. The Word Alive - Dark Matter 5. Denzel Curry - Imperial 6. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered Most Anticipated: Beartooth Drake Kanye (?) Saosin Fall of Troy Schoolboy Q Blink 182 ADTR Brand New.
my faves so far would be Kanye West - The Life of Pablo Rihanna - ANTI Wet - Don't You Future - EVOL The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It The Zolas - Swooner Zayn - Mind of Mine dvsn - SEPT 5TH not in any kind of order though.
Pinegrove was my favorite by far. Nothing really came close, but I also listened to far less new music than I'd hoped/expected to
In no order.. Parker Millsap - The Very Last Day Hayes Carll - Lovers and Leavers Robbie Fulks - Upland Stories Richmond Fontaine - You Can't Go Back White Denim - Stiff Charles Bradley - Changes The Suffers - s/t Teseschi Trucks Band - Let Me Get By Mount Moriah - How to Dance The Cactus Blossoms - You're Dreaming
1. The Range- Potential 2. Kanye West- The Life of Pablo 3. The 1975- I Like It When You Sleep... 4. Daughter- Not to Disappear 5. Sioux Falls- Rot Forever 6. Pinegrove- Cardinal 7. Anderson Paak- Malibu 8. DIIV- Is The Is Are 9. Baauer- Aa 10. Future- EVOL Least Favorite Releases 1. Wet- Don't You 2. Panic! at the Disco- Death of a Bachelor 3. Bloc Party- Hymns Albums that just missed the Q1 cutoff but would probably be in my top 10: Explosions in the Sky- The Wilderness dvsn- Sept 5th
I think you would be into the Richmond Fontaine album if you haven't heard that one yet. One of the most underrated bands out there and this is their final album.
My first quarter as of right now. 1. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of it 2. Pinegrove - Cardinal 3. Basement - Promise Everything 4. Daughter - Not To Disappear 5. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo 6. Brian Fallon - Painkillers 7. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. 8. David Bowie - Blackstar 9. Future - EVOL 10. Wet - Don't You
I could see that. I always kind of viewed them as a mellower drive by truckers, but that may just be bc that's how I first heard of Richmond Fontaine. Patterson had one of their albums on his end of the year list a few years back.