Q1 2018 Release Roundup • Page 2

Fall Out Boy - M A N I A
Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers
MGMT - Dark Little Age
The Dangerous Summer - The Dangerous Summer
Dashboard Confessional - Crooked Shadows
Senses Fail - If There Is A Light, It Will Find You
Migos - Culture II
Lil Yatchy - Lil Boat 2
Rich The Kid - The World Is Yours

EPS:
Kailee Morgue - Medusa
Robokid - Apart
Pale Waves - ALL THE THINGS I NEVER SAID
The Fever 333 - Made An America
The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy,

This year has been slacking overall compared to last year so far

 

I would actually agree that this year is starting slower for me in terms of things that I love

 

every year is good if you like good music

 

But not every January-March is good. Also, if you are comparing years to each other, they can't all be the best, there has to be a lesser year by definition.

 

yeah, last year had a lot of stuff come out early, i see a ton of big things coming in the next several months

 

There hasn’t been much that’s hit me yet but I can’t say it’s that weak of a year since a lot of the albums that I’m iffy on mean a lot to other people. Luckily, there’s a ton I’m looking forward to

 

The Aces, Fickle Friends and Camila Cabello. Throw in Typhoon.

 

subbing, I know I def have missed a lot this year so I'll comb through the lists. Jeff Rosenstock, Soccer Mommy, and American Pleasure Club are probably my favorites so far this year. haven't listened to any newer rap or pop releases recently so will definitely be headed into that area

 

yo

the greatest event of the year is and will be Graham Lambkin uploading his shit for streaming

Graham Lambkin

then, my favs:

Amen Dunes - Freedom
Graham Lambkin - No Better No Worse (Vol. 1)
Nils Frahm - All Melody
Dedekind Cut - Tahoe

other cool shit:

Kraus - Path
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
Oneida - Romance
bvdub - A Different Definition of Love
Pianos - Wait for Love
Pendant - Make Me...
Keiji Haino + SUMAC
U.S. Girls - In a Poem...
Turnstile - Time & Space
A.A.L. - 2012-2017
American Pleasure Club - A Whole Fucking Lifetime of This
Portal - ION
Noto + Sakamoto - Glass
Carseat Headrest

edit: added some records I was forgetting... some might move to my favs after spending time with them

 

This is the first year I've really been into listening to full releases so I can't really compare but given that just next week we have Wye Oak, Hop Along, Cardi B and Kylie Minogue and I may be missing stuff there's definitely a lot of music this year

 

Lucy Dacus
Soccer Mommy
Caravela
Nipsey Hussle
Author
SiR
Black Foxxes

Most anticipated:
Now Now
Hop Along
Natalie Prass
Leon Bridges
Wet
Vacationer
Okkervil River

 

Favourite albums:
Cecil Frena - The Gridlock
U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited
Lucy Dacus - Historian
Tribulation - Down Below
First Aid Kit - Ruins
MGMT - Little Dark Age
Dream Wife - Dream Wife
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Preoccupations - New Material

Favourite singles:
Cecil Frena - All of My Heroes
Dream Wife - Somebody
First Aid Kit - Rebel Heart
MGMT - When You Die
U.S. Girls - Pearly Gates
Shame - Dust on Trial
Brandi Carlile - The Joke
Soccer Mommy - Your Dog
Lucy Dacus - Night Shift
Camp Cope - The Opener
Liza Anne - Paranoia
The Decemberists - Severed
Kacey Musgraves - High Horse
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless
Troye Sivan - The Good Side
Didirri - Formaldehyde
Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel
Out of Service - The Whole World
Hop Along - Prior Things

 

1. Camp Cope
2. Kacey Musgraves
3. Kindo
4. Soccer Mommy
5. Fall Out Boy

Those are my favourites so far.

 

American Pleasure Club - a whole fucking lifetime of this is my fav & the only release I've returned to consistently, but the new Germany Germany and BTBAM records were cool

looking forward to The Sidekicks, The Wrens (lol), BTBAM pt. 2, TesseracT, Adrianne Lenker, Snail Mail

This take is really popular and I don’t like it because it implies that music exists in a vacuum and that it’s not possible to feel alienated from the sorts of qualities that current culture/community selects for or to identify more or less strongly with different time periods of music

 

except with the internet out there you can find music made by pretty much any sort of community, you might just need to work harder to find it.

 

this also feels incorrect to me, because all communities go through different phases at different times, and also all music subcultures are to some degree shaped by current times. and even within communities, if the stuff you relate to is the stuff that isn't popular now, the people who would otherwise be making that stuff will fall to the sidelines and make less music, and you'll instead be inundated by stuff that has surface similarities but feels different at heart.

like after I got bored of current indie, I started getting a bit into prog metal, but that genre mostly peaked in the late 00's to early 10's, and then I started getting into 80's pop, which I really love but is not really reflected in current music. and other genres like black metal require starting from the earlier records and working your way progressively through so it might be years before I catch up to current stuff. so your response feels like the right response to "I don't like any music that isn't stuff I already know" but not really as a response to "I don't like the music coming out now"

sorry for getting so defensive btw, I just felt really weird and bad for a long time about how I related to music and only stopped feeling that way when I let go of the idea that you have to be excited about what's happening now to be a True Music Fan

 

Are you into any of the synth pop out there now that’s very 80s inspired (CHVRCHES, St Lucia, Francis & the Lights, LANY, etc)?

 

I have a ton of catching up to do, as always, but rn I’m feeling:

Camp Cope
Pianos Become The Teeth
Kacey Musgraves
Runaway Brother
Hovvdy
Fall Out Boy
Tiny Moving Parts
Turnstile
Caroline Rose
Hurry

 

the hovvdy record is underrated as shit

 

It’s stellar

 

incredible mood record, surprisingly hooky too

 

Yeah yeah, not the sort of thing I can throw on any time, but when I’m in the mood for it, I’m REALLY in the mood for it

 

the dangerous summer
fickle friends
the plot in you
hayley kiyoko
camila cabello
tiny moving parts

 

Totally forgot to mention Sidney Gish in my list, but omg thats like a top 3 so far easily.

 

U.S. Girls- In a Poem Unlimited
Amen Dunes- Freedom
Soccer Mommy- Clean
Jeff Rosenstock- POST-
Kacey Musgraves- Golden Hour
Lucy Dacus- Historian
Caroline Rose- LONER
Orquesta Akokan- ST
Gulfer- Dog Bless