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Best albums of 2019 (Spotify playlists in 1st post) (1 Viewer)

Getting a big Jeff Rosenstock by way of PUP vibe from Prince Daddy and the Hyena’s (I didn’t name them) Cosmic Thrill Seekers. It’s like a punk rock opera. I recommend. 

 
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In case anyone didn't know, Tiny Changes with various artists covering The Midnight Organ Fight is out today. Includes Craig Finn, Ben Gibbard, Julien Baker, Manchester Orchestra, Wintersleep, The Twilight Sad, Josh Ritter and more.

 
Northern Voice said:
In case anyone didn't know, Tiny Changes with various artists covering The Midnight Organ Fight is out today. Includes Craig Finn, Ben Gibbard, Julien Baker, Manchester Orchestra, Wintersleep, The Twilight Sad, Josh Ritter and more.
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was just coming in to post about that.

so far, some amazing covers... looking forward to diving in completely.

also- new metz is a brain-melter.

 
wait... is this a new stereolab single?

I honestly can't tell with spotify- they do so many re-releases that have the current year attached instead of the original year.

 
rockaction said:
El Floppo said:
wait... is this a new stereolab single?

I honestly can't tell with spotify- they do so many re-releases that have the current year attached instead of the original year.
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Yes, this has certainly fooled me many times. 
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kinda sorta.

Alongside the albums, Stereolab have shared ‘Freestyle Dumpling’ – an unreleased track from Emperor Tomato Ketchup that was previously only available as a Japanese-release bonus track.
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:thumbup:

Two years ago, METZ released their third record, Strange Peace. While we all await word on a fourth full-length, the noise-rock outfit is satiating fans with a newly announced rarities collection. Entitled Automat, the album is due out on July 12th via Sub Pop.

For Automat, the Toronto-based band has compiled a selection of rarities dating back to 2009. The LP is set to feature 12 non-album singles, B-sides, demos, and more, all of which were remastered by Matthew Barnhart. The vinyl version of Automat also contains a trio of covers, including Sparklehorse’s “Pig”, Gary Numan’s “M.E.”, and the Urinals’ “I’m a Bug”.
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Stop it Toronto you're too good to us

 
the mid-year draft has me going through my catch-all playlist. didn't like the name of the band, in spite of playlisting them, so didn't really dig deeper... but dammit- The Crows album "Silver Tongues" is genuinely good. maybe everything seems derivative the older you get, and even if these guys are (I'm hearing a lot of 90's brit-power-rock), they're doing it really well. 

nme review:

One of Britain’s most thrilling rising bands are back on top with this uncompromising, theatrical debut, which at times comes off like The Jesus & Mary Chain lacquered in gold

The annals of music are filled with cautionary tales of bands who showed so much promise but soon faded out to nothing but distant memories. After an attention-grabbing start, of late it had looked like that scenario might become true of Crows too. Upon emerging in 2015, they quickly solidified their reputation as one of the most exciting new live bands in the UK, putting on a series of wild-eyed, chaotic gigs that left you bruised but, ultimately, bewitched. A single and two EPs reinforced their power, but then there was nothing but a concerning break in service.

READ MORE: Crows Interviewed: mad-eyed stares and howling into the darkness with north London’s most exciting new punks

The north Londoners’ long, long-awaited debut album ‘Silver Tongues’ reintroduces the four-piece, reminding us why Crows were so exciting when they first bludgeoned their way into our lives – it’s in their knack for writing lurching, dark, and frenetic pit-openers such as ‘Hang Me High’ and ‘Crawling’. But it’s the second half of the record that shows how they’ve grown in the interim, bringing surprising shifts and dynamic dives into enthralling new territory.

‘Chain Of Being’, a song about relying on religion as a crutch, is bright and expansive; dizzying, soaring, sky-blue atmospherics woven into its uncluttered core. ‘First Light // False Face’ clocks in at nearly eight minutes long and morphs from quiet, vulnerable soundscape punctuated by heaving sighs and frontman James Cox dropping his voice sinisterly low to something akin to a Jesus & Mary Chain track lacquered in gold. This segues seamlessly into album closer ‘Dysphoria’, which draws out Steve Goddard’s droning guitar wall of noise, reinforces it with bassist Jith Amarasinghe and drummer Sam Lister’s precise, crunching rhythm section, and moulds it into something emotional and glowing.

Crows have always been a band who do things differently, and they prove this once again on ‘Silver Tongues’. The album was recorded in near-total silence, a way to build the songs’ sense of atmosphere, but also put their inhibitions over what they’ve described as a “personal record” in the shadows. Cox, meanwhile, recorded his vocals on stage to an empty room at London’s MOTH Club in an effort to bring some of the theatre of his live performance to the tracks. It worked: each song sparkles with life, whether he’s glowering and ominous or sadly lamenting. 

Lyrically, the band set themselves apart from others, too, taking you on a journey through the curious crevices of Cox’s mind. Much of the album was inspired by research wormholes he found himself down, exploring things such as Dante’s Divine Comedy (the grinding ‘Empyrean’) and the snakeskin trade, as told from the perspective of a snake (‘Hang Me High’). ‘Crawling’ focuses on Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, building itself into a tightly wound coil that springs apart with the singer’s wails of “Leave her in the ground”, while ‘Tired And Failed’ and ‘Dysphoria’ deal with feelings of personal discontent. The former finds Cox sighing “I’m a coward, I’m a shadow / Of who I once could call myself”, before he’s calling himself out as “second rate, inferior” on the latter.

This album proves that he – and by extension Crows – are neither of those things. It might have been a long time coming, but ‘Silver Tongues’ picks up exactly where they left off: back on top as one of Britain’s most thrilling rising bands.

Read more at https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/crows-silver-tongues-review#1FR1hSDJrSzYMgmq.99
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Going to see Built to Spill this weekend and was curious about their openers. Both have albums out this year and both are good. Ourã is druggy Brazilian psych and Xetas are a hard rockin’ Austin trio. Check ‘em. 

 
Nigel Tufnel said:
Going to see Built to Spill this weekend and was curious about their openers. Both have albums out this year and both are good. Ourã is druggy Brazilian psych and Xetas are a hard rockin’ Austin trio. Check ‘em. 
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Just saw BtS in Atlanta and Oura was the second opener. Really quite good, if a little "one-note" in terms of their sound. BtS killed it, of course. Really liked their cover of REM's"Harborcoat" in addition to all of the Keep It Like a Secret tunes.

 
Workhorse said:
Just saw BtS in Atlanta and Oura was the second opener. Really quite good, if a little "one-note" in terms of their sound. BtS killed it, of course. Really liked their cover of REM's"Harborcoat" in addition to all of the Keep It Like a Secret tunes.
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Harborcoat?! Sweet!

 
I playlisted one of their tunes when I first heard it in april... but Otoboke Beaver's 2019 album Itekoma Hits is kicking my ### right now. plus, the song titles are fantastic too- "what do you mean you have to talk to me at this late date", "introduce me to your family", "6 day working week is a pain" and the ballad "binge eating binge drinking bulimia"

 
Eephus said:
It's bands like them, even more than Pop and Hip Hop that make me realize how far removed I am from the target demographic.
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They actually won me over, and I was a bit skeptical at first. They're very clearly a pastiche of a lot of different 70's influences, but they're completely and utterly committed to it, it's not some jokey shticky thing which they're going to do for 6 months before heading into their "Dead phase", or at least that's the impression that they give.

But their vocalist is, um, thin.

 
Good Posting Judge said:
They actually won me over, and I was a bit skeptical at first. They're very clearly a pastiche of a lot of different 70's influences, but they're completely and utterly committed to it, it's not some jokey shticky thing which they're going to do for 6 months before heading into their "Dead phase", or at least that's the impression that they give.

But their vocalist is, um, thin.
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Like hard to look at thin.

 
wilked said:
Debating this show... big on Spoon and Beck, Cage does nothing for me. 

Given that what you think - go or skip? 
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Funny, I'm the opposite. Cage is one of my favorite bands. Beck, I actually haven't explored his catalogue much beyond his hits and Spoon I don't really know many of their songs at all. Looking forward to the show on Sunday night.

 
Good Posting Judge said:
They actually won me over, and I was a bit skeptical at first. They're very clearly a pastiche of a lot of different 70's influences, but they're completely and utterly committed to it, it's not some jokey shticky thing which they're going to do for 6 months before heading into their "Dead phase", or at least that's the impression that they give.

But their vocalist is, um, thin.
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I was kinda obsessed with that one song/video last year. Guitar player has a nice tone. 

ETA: I Love LA was the song

 
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cap'n grunge said:
wilked said:
Debating this show... big on Spoon and Beck, Cage does nothing for me. 

Given that what you think - go or skip? 
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Funny, I'm the opposite. Cage is one of my favorite bands. Beck, I actually haven't explored his catalogue much beyond his hits and Spoon I don't really know many of their songs at all. Looking forward to the show on Sunday night.
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I have tickets to this as well in Toronto in a couple weeks and I'll split the difference of you two, Spoon is my favourite band, I like Cage the Elephant and they were awesome when I saw them live once before and I'm kinda meh on Beck aside from a few songs. It seems like a good bill if everyone is finding two bands they like - to be honest though I'm having a hard time finding a second person to come with me and that almost never happens.

 
Nigel Tufnel said:
I’ve revisited Spoon recently and I determined they are a top 5-10 band of the last 30 years. 
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they're no IDLES, but yeah.

only a handful of bands as consistent with enough body of work- I like that they mix it up a bit too... not always the same sound, even though you can always tell it's them.

 
Nigel Tufnel said:
Man not feeling that new Twin Peaks track. 
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:(

oh no. been loving their last couple albums

about to dive into my RR...

twin peaks

the streets (heard this last night- not really feeling it).

amason

liars

gong gong gong III (yes!)

yak

squid

swervedriver

slaves

ceremony

 
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