I See You is certainly worthy of being a topic starter. Loving it.

1/15/2017 3:45:54 PM

this new Priests album RULES and is the perfect album for tomorrow and beyond

new Arcade Fire song is pretty good, too

[Edited on January 19, 2017 at 4:02 PM. Reason : .]

1/19/2017 4:01:47 PM

I've been jamming to this new Susto album for a week now.

1/27/2017 10:00:48 PM

loving so far:

the xx
japandroids
cloud nothings

can't wait for:

spoon
arcade fire
the national
the shins
father john misty
los campesinos

1/29/2017 5:25:23 PM

love this new Cloud Nothings album.

2/2/2017 8:47:06 AM

pretty sure this band, middle kids, will blow up this year. this song is pretty great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFWqLLaMOFs

2/5/2017 4:19:07 PM

big fan of what i've heard from them so far

2/6/2017 1:09:35 AM

Favorite albums so far:


Drab Majesty - The Demonstration
Sampha - Process
The Menzingers - After the Party
The XX - I See You
Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural

Japandroids and Cloud Nothings albums were both kind of snoozers to me, despite the fact that I typically enjoy both bands. Both albums have some really enjoyable songs though.

Overall there have been lots of great individual songs and singles out for upcoming albums. Some of the main ones I'm looking forward to in the near future are:

Slowdive
Jesus and Mary Chain
Father John Misty
Mew
Minus the Bear
You'll Never Get to Heaven
Day Wave
No Joy

[Edited on February 16, 2017 at 12:08 PM. Reason : ]

2/16/2017 12:07:44 PM

XMU loves day wave. i don't find them particularly interesting.

2/16/2017 10:46:25 PM

exactly

knowing nothing about the band members, I always assume they're all 19 and they came of age 5-6 years ago and missed out on the chill wave wave

2/16/2017 11:39:46 PM

It's nothing new but I've enjoyed the few songs ive heard

2/17/2017 8:57:03 AM

new shins is a lot of fun.

3/15/2017 8:58:37 PM

Loess - Pocosin turned out to be seriously disappointing, despite being one of my all-time favorite electronic groups. Hopefully Clark's new release won't disappoint.

3/15/2017 9:34:13 PM

this Middle Kids EP is very, very good

3/17/2017 12:32:15 PM

really enjoying the new Jay Som over the past week. First spin of Real Estate was alright. Haven't gotten to middle kids yet.

music festival-ish thing here this weekend. looking forward to: No Joy, Jay Som, The Drums, True Widow, Thou, Priests, girlpool and a few others.

3/17/2017 6:32:11 PM

<3 Priests so much

will it be your 1st time seeing them?

3/18/2017 11:03:46 AM

^^ yeah jay som is great. Been playing that a lot

3/18/2017 1:04:28 PM

^^ yep! seems like a group I would enjoy live though.

^ for sure. set tonight was good too. No Joy was honestly my disappointment tonight, and that was who I really expected to enjoy the most based on the other 2x i saw them.

3/19/2017 3:18:29 AM

glad to see the cigarettes after sex album will be new material and not stuff re-hashed from previous EPs etc. I loved those songs but I've been dying for new material for a while.

3/22/2017 11:17:12 AM

Anyone checked out Pitchfork's, "OK Computer at 20"? I have the poster of that album at my desk. I really like the visual representation of "Let Down".

http://pitchfork.com/features/ok-computer-at-20/

3/23/2017 11:37:58 AM

they've become barely readable as of late

one can only take so much Father John Misty coverage

3/23/2017 12:59:08 PM

Dante High - Parking Lot Soul


Featuring Ari Picker and other former members of Lost in the Trees. They had their first ever show at Nightlight on Friday night and it was a fun time. The other 2 songs on their EP are great too.

3/26/2017 12:41:27 AM

^That's got a really good sound.

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3/30/2017 2:24:19 AM

^^oh i'm going to need more of that. That's awesome stuff.

3/30/2017 8:12:58 AM

^^^ will check out.

Albums that have been getting a lot of play this week:

David Bazan - Care (his best in quite a while imo. love this)
WebsterX - Daymares (milwaukee hip hop debut)
Braveyoung - Misery & Pride (Portland by way of NC dudes formerly known as Giant. Excellent ambient/drone/orchestral)

Looking forward to the new Mastodon album friday. a couple others off the top of my head that i'm not recalling atm.

3/30/2017 9:52:39 AM

enjoying the new Kendrick song.

3/30/2017 7:57:15 PM

super into the Sampha record

ready for that Amber Coffman

3/31/2017 2:08:43 AM

^ yes, Process is one of my favorites of the year so far.

New Mastodon is good. They don't blow me away anymore, but they're a super consistent band. Last 3 tracks end strong.

Now I'm onto the new You'll Never Get to Heaven album. (Talk about extreme opposites back to back)

[Edited on March 31, 2017 at 10:51 AM. Reason : ]

3/31/2017 10:46:50 AM

I am a very big fan of this Middle Kids KEXP set:

https://youtu.be/J-fot3xdKCY

4/5/2017 12:05:20 AM

Kendrick.

4/14/2017 2:36:20 PM

yep.

4/16/2017 5:35:35 PM

Shamir dropped a new album today. It's...guitar-based and noisy?

4/17/2017 1:26:27 PM

new war on drugs was just what i needed to get the weekend going.
https://vimeo.com/213900454

4/21/2017 6:02:28 PM

my queue i've been working through today:

At the Drive-In – in ter a li a
Slowdive – Slowdive
The Afghan Whigs – In Spades
Mac Demarco – This Old Dog
Pond – The Weather
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Logic – Everybody
Day Wave - The Days We Had
Bibio - Beyond Serious (EP)

and of course the two new LCD Soundsystem songs

5/5/2017 12:26:52 PM

new Grizzly Bear is very Radiohead-y

5/5/2017 2:45:03 PM

Reckoner?

5/5/2017 5:16:10 PM

Quote :

"and of course the two new LCD Soundsystem songs"

loving both

5/6/2017 11:43:02 AM

New Chris Stapleton dropped on Friday. Good stuff all around. Dude knows how to write a country song.

5/8/2017 3:35:55 PM

I am really digging Man Of Oil by Animal Collective. I don't always like the stuff they put out but when it's good damn it is good.

5/9/2017 11:08:58 PM

I saw Old Crow Medicine Show last week on their tour celebrating 50 years of Blonde on Blonde. I haven't listened to the album recordings but the live show was fantastic.

5/10/2017 4:21:24 PM

one of musics grossest bands

5/10/2017 5:23:20 PM

Why? Who else shares that honor?

5/10/2017 6:22:59 PM

New John Moreland is super.

5/10/2017 6:37:45 PM

^^ anyone who has "Wagon Wheel" in their rotation

5/10/2017 7:33:42 PM

Does Dylan ever perform it?

5/11/2017 9:51:14 AM

I doubt it, since he never finished it

and if he did, I doubt he'd sing the shitty lyrics that he didn't write

5/11/2017 10:40:03 AM

new slowdive

5/12/2017 4:59:07 PM

^ been listening to that all week. saw them last sunday and they were fuckin transcendent.

and fuck wagon wheel forever

5/12/2017 5:11:07 PM

yeah last week was super strong. nothing really disappointed. Slowdive and Perfume Genuis were my standouts. I legit enjoyed ATDI a good bit as well despite the rather mixed reviews.

5/12/2017 11:02:20 PM

No Shape is AOTY so far

Slowdive is close

[Edited on May 17, 2017 at 11:36 AM. Reason : .]

5/17/2017 11:35:23 AM