2018 Mid-Year Song Draft - Round 9 this AM, Round 10/all owed picks this afternoon. (1 Viewer)

[Eephus]

9.xx Strand of Oaks - "Passing Out"

We all have our favorites, Strand of Oaks is one of mine.  Their 2018 album "Harder Love" is an odds and sods collection of tracks that didn't make the cut for the last one "Hard Love" 

Tim Showalter is an artist who is passionate about rock 'n roll and the album format so it's interesting (for me anyhow) to listen in on his creative process after the fact.  "Passing Out" is a fine song but it would have been out of place on "Hard Love".  I'm glad it found a release.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Rd 7 - Dream Wife - "Love Without Reason"

This song sounds nothing every other song on the album, which mostly just consists of barely-intelligible screaming.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Rd 8 - CHVRCHES - "Forever"

Best song off a bit of a disappointing album. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Close it with a local Detroit jazz legend covering a Detroit rock giant. 

Rd 10: Dave McMurray- Seven Nation Army

Spotify Link

 

[Steve Tasker]

Rd 9 - Shallou - "Lie (feat. Riah)"

Downtempo pop from one of my favorite artists of the past year.  Probably not in the wheelhouse of many drafters here.  

 

[Northern Voice]

Makeup for yesterday

8. Death Cab for Cutie - Gold Rush

I really like the DCfC song, so I don't care if you don't.

I posted it in the albums thread and think it got one (negative) response but I agree with you, it's a really good song. It might not sound like 2003 Death Cab but aren't bands supposed to evolve and try new stuff? And all that said, it's still instantly recognizable as a DCFC song and yes, I'm a fanboy but I don't care. 

 

[Northern Voice]

Rd 8 - CHVRCHES - "Forever"

Best song off a bit of a disappointing album. 

I actually really like the one the dude sings on this one (not the one with Matt Berninger, the other one - 'God's Plan').

 

[Northern Voice]

round 10

Ty Segall - Every 1's a Winner

(I was holding out hope that someone else would have picked him by now so I could have gone with Old Crow Medicine Show here  )

@Steve Tasker and I saw Old Crow Medicine Show at Bonnaroo. They were really damn good. 

Edit - were you going to take Flicker & Shine?

 

[Eephus]

10.xx Skinny Pelembe - "Spit/Swallow"

I'll probably hate this pick by the time of the year end draft but the groove is kind of insidious.  The 8-bit video deserves more than 9,871 plays.

 

[D_House]

Rd 8: The Vaccines - I Can’t Quit

 

[El Floppo]

10.... Put a record out- Canshaker pi

Simply red is a band I used to know.

 

[D_House]

Rd 9: Arctic Monkeys - Four out of Five

 

[Eephus]

Rd 9: Arctic Monkeys - Four out of Five

Thank you.  I'm glad somebody drafted a song off of this.  It's not exactly brimming with singles but the album is a grower.

 

[Eephus]

10.... Put a record out- Canshaker pi

Simply red is a band I used to know.

That took a bit of a dark turn around 2:20

 

[El Floppo]

That took a bit of a dark turn around 2:20

Yeah...video is a little...um, Dutch.

 

[D_House]

Rd 10: A$AP Rocky - Praise the Lord (The Shine)

 

[Jaysus]

@Steve Tasker and I saw Old Crow Medicine Show at Bonnaroo. They were really damn good. 

Edit - were you going to take Flicker & Shine?

I was!

 

[Eephus]

Anybody in for keeping this going?

 

 

[El Floppo]

Anybody in for keeping this going?

 

Sure

 

[Chaos Commish]

Ok

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Anybody in for keeping this going?

 

Yes.

10.xx  The Spook School - Keep In Touch

More Scottish pop. 

 

[Steve Tasker]

Rd 10 - Keep Shelly in Athens - "Tokyo Lane"

My favorite Greek dreampop/chillwave outfit keeps churning out new EPs.

 

[Northern Voice]

Anybody in for keeping this going?

 

Keep going 1 AM, 1 PM, and people can drop out/stop picking anytime?

 

[dal_boys_phan]

A few make-up picks ft. country artists

Round 9 - Zedd (ft. Maren Morris) - The Middle

Not saying I love it, but I don't automatically flip the channel when it comes on.

Round 10 - Justin Timberlake (ft. Chris Stapleton) - Say Something

Seems like they missed out on cranking this song up a minute or two earlier, but still a quality song.

 

[El Floppo]

Keep going 1 AM, 1 PM, and people can drop out/stop picking anytime?

I've got another 30 songs I'd be happy picking.

 

[El Floppo]

first time diving into the playlist.

I love that superchunk song so hard... even though I was going to take a different tune (and might still).

 

[JZilla]

My last pick

These dudes are my faves! in the metal dept anyway, total zilla ####, their first record in five years and it rips.  Hard to pick a favorite track, I could go with 3-4, but I'll close out with the closer

ASG - Florida Sleep On

Wolves are feeding around this town again

Thanks for letting me play along, I have a little time to get the playlist caught up right now..

 

[JZilla]

7.xx 485C - "Kapow!"

Obscure UK Indie

this tune is one of my tops of the year, thanks for pimping it

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

For my bonus Rd. 1 I'll go with this shoegazy goodness. MBV fans should check out this album.

Kraus - Bum

 

[kupcho1]

Round 9:  Big Cloud / Wavves, Culture Abuse

round 10: She's Kerosene / The Interruptors

links, blurbs when I'm back in the USA 

 

[El Floppo]

fwiw- here's the playlist I made for this draft... culled the stuff I liked most (on the day I culled) from my bigger catch-all 2018 playlist. 

spoiler alert... if we're ongoing, I'd be taking things from the playlist. be forewarned. [/ominous music]

 

[El Floppo]

Round 9:  Big Cloud / Wavves, Culture Abuse

round 10: She's Kerosene / The Interruptors

links, blurbs when I'm back in the USA 

shortlisted.

happy to see a fair bit of overlap in this thing... but also happy it's not too much.

 

[Jaysus]

I  Aimee Interrupter 

 

[rockaction]

I  Aimee Interrupter 

I love Brody Dalle. Too bad her band's tickets sell for $350 or so a pop at a club on resale. Yikes. The Distillers were good... 

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Another @drpill recommendation. I've been enjoying this album over the past couple months. Thanks.

Shopping - Control Yourself

 

[JZilla]

Here's a bonus pick from me.. no more of the heavy stuff probably but I can keep tossing 

Good little number by these guys, they do this sound well

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Echo

 

[Eephus]

PRhyme - "Sunflower Seeds"

I'm probably doing it all wrong but I've liked rap albums more than singles this year.  Records from Saba and Cavalier have held up better as entire mixtapes without a standout cut that jumped out at me.  PRhyme is kind of in the same boat but "Sunflower Seeds" is a fun old school jam with a great bassline and a catchy shout it out loud chorus.

Maybe the Beyonce/Jay-Z record will grab me more with repeated listens or maybe Kanye's 15th weekly album will eclipse the 14 that proceeded it.

 

[Fiddles]

hey all just saw the invite to this. nice exercise here.  thx for all the tips (including that merge book)!

 

[D_House]

My favorite new finds through round 5:

Superchunk (reminds me of Cheap Trick), Young Fathers, Nathaniel Rateliff, Chrome Sparks,  King Buffalo (hometown pick), Let’s Eat Grandma, Shame, Eleanor Friedberger

Thats just the best of the best (for me), a lot of other great tunes and looking forward to hearing tounds 6+

 

[Steve Tasker]

Round 11 - Snail Mail - "Pristine"

(I don't know if this is still going on, but this album was on my to-do list for a bit and I love it.)

 

[Northern Voice]

I will update this stuff tomorrow. I was on vacation last week and vacation'ed I did. 

I'm also open to keeping it going, maybe I will un-orphan it next week.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Khruangbin - Maria También

(round 2)

They're fantastic. Great performance at Best Kept Secret earlier this summer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8L2D2XkByA

 

[El Floppo]

taking some ground already covered in the spring... but one of the easiest toe-tapping tunes I"ve heard in a long time by a band I like from a solid album

10- today is the day- the eels

 

[Eephus]

taking some ground already covered in the spring... but one of the easiest toe-tapping tunes I"ve heard in a long time by a band I like from a solid album

10- today is the day- the eels

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