[Closed] 2017 Album Releases..What are you listening to?

Wow ..I knew things were in decline but am I really the only one listening to albums these days ? 🙁
I was hoping to tap into something interesting ...

Not at all. I don't think my taste is the same as yours, but here's a few so far this year:

Municipal Waste: Slime and Punishment
Unsane: Sterilize
Mastodon: Emperor of Sand
Kreator: Gods of Violence

I als have the new Enslaved CD sitting here, which arrived today and I haven't had a chance to listen to yet.

It's too early for end of year lists, though 8)

This year has been pretty poor IMO.

New Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams and QOTSA are the only ones that I’ve stuck with to be honest.

Mikey74
I've never mentioned that it was 😀
I'm also well aware that most sales are in the last quarter..
You maybe correct regarding musical taste ..but thanks for the reply .
Mastodon would probably be the only one I would check out..cheers

My favourites so far have been;

Brutalism by Idles
Occult Architecture by Moon Duo

Lillie Mae - Forever and Then Some
Bonnie Prince Billy - Best Troubador
Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
Chastity Belt - I used to spend so much time alone
David Rawlings - Poor Davids Almanack

Thanks for the replies ..I will take a back seat now and maybe have a listen to some of your recommendations ..
Keep them coming ...

Mogwai- Every Country's Sun
Wand - Plum
Part Chimp- IV
Bonobo -Migration

There's a varied list.

Runrig - The Story
Skippinish - Alive

Brokeback - [i]Illinois River Valley Blues[/i]
Blanck Mass - [i]World Eater[/i]
Evan Caminiti - [i]Toxic City Music[/i]
Earth & Bug - [i]Concrete Desert[/i].

Vocals not being something I appreciate much.

Jason Isbell 'The Nashville Sound' is top of my list this year.
Ghostpoet getting needle time too.
Only given it a few spins so far, but liking the new St Vincent.

American dream - LCD soundsystem
Weather diaries- ride
Orc - thee oh sees (or whatever they call themselves now)
Sketches, motu, banana - king gizzard
Different days - charlatans
Synths + drums + noise + space - ak/dk

I really can't get enough of Idles - Brutalism. Best album of the year for me.

Also been listening to Public Enemy - Nothing is Quick in the Desert, Prophets Of Rage, The Amazons, Black Country Communion and A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Been a pretty good year for music so far...

After thier few years in obscurity, The Darkness are back to the raw randomness rock n roll they do sooooo well.

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Not the “best” of 2017, but certainly warming up Autumn.

Currently doing the rounds for me are:
Music From Before The Storm - Daughter. A bit meh in places, but has some wonderful, wonderful moments.
I See you - The XX - magnificent return to form after terrible second album.
The Spark - Enter Shikari - Because deep inside me the 15 year old me can't be subdued.

Great year so far, we're nearly at the end of it, so I have quite a long list of stuff I've been enjoying!

Another for Idles - Brutalism
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
Moon Duo - Killing Time
Forest Swords - Compassion
King Gizzard - Murder of the Universe
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
All We Are - Sunny Hills
Soldout - Forever
Four Tet - New Energy
Ellen Allien - Nost
Kölsch - 1989
Tricky - Ununiform
Blanck Mass - World Eater
D33J - Death Valley Oasis
Jacques Greene - Feel Infinite
Lunice - CCCLX
Nosaj Thing - Parallels
Throwing Snow - Embers
A7PHA - A7PHA
¡Eureka! - ¡Eureka!
Jay-Z - 4:44
Milo - who told you to think!!!!
Onry Ozzborn - c v p ii d
Kleeznrz - Season 2

(bandcamp.com for anything you don't recognise, and some you do (eg. Tricky))

This has been on quite a lot at my house over the past couple of weeks, Four Tet - New Energy

EDIT - spotted it's in DezB's list too.

I'd recommend checking out these 2 Mister P: [i]Nosaj Thing - Parallels
Throwing Snow - Embers[/i]. If you haven't already.

The Dead Cross album is pretty awesome.

QOTSA Villains is pretty good, but not as fantastic as the last album (....like Clockwork).

Wow DezB..you really do love music !
Not sure how much of that I will like ..but I will try most things once 😆

The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding probably my favourite at the moment.

Lots that have already been mentioned.

Tip of the iceberg mate 😉

QOTSA was odd. It started ok, then I got really bored with it and thought it was just too bland. Then I read that Mark Ronson was involved, so I deleted it. 🙂 Shame really cos I've loved them since the album with the ladies knickers on the front.

I've heard Throwing Snow but not the other. I'll have a listen, cheers DezB.

I quite like this Max Cooper album too

2017 has been a good year for tunes.

Some highlights so far...

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society | Simultonality
Caterina Barbieri | Patterns of Consciousness
The Myrrors | Hasta La Victoria
GAS | Narkopop
Wand | Plum
Bitchin Bajas | Bajas Fresh
Rafael Toral | Moon Field
Bruce Russell | Metallic OK

Also patiently waiting for
Roland Kayn |A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound
to drop through the letterbox, and finding the 14 hours to listen to the whole thing.

Royal Blood | How Did We Get So Dark?
? | Relaxer

Joe Cocker, hoping to finally see him live.

[i]? | Relaxer[/i]

Alt-J, I'm guessing! Yeah, good one that.

zinaru -
2017 has been a good year for tunes.

Wouldn't call them [i]tunes[/i] in the traditional sense! Interesting stuff there though.

Sleep Well Beast by the National and Every Country's Son by Mogwai.
Now looking for something a bit more lightheared!

Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley

Looking forward to seeing them on Thursday

some good ones here!

ones that stands out..

LCD American Dream has been caned. need to give it a rest.
SW. the album. totz brillbags

Porter Ricks Anguilla Electrica
Laurel Halo dust
Perfume Genius No shape
taloboman the night land
Khruangbin The univers smiles upon you

Been trying new Bicep album and mount Kimbie also.

Arcade Fire's album blew goats. Utterly awful, gutted.

The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Sleep Well beast - The National

some electronic stuff, the names escape me right now.

It feels like it's been a poor year for a lot of so called "future classics" or "back on form" albums.......Foo Fighters and QOTSA, looking at you two

Keep meaning to try LCD Soundsystems new one

It feels like it's been a poor year for a lot of so called "future classics" or "back on form" albums.......Foo Fighters and QOTSA, looking at you two

I also really wanted to like the Killers new album after the first single (The Man). As usual, the second single blows goats so I won't be buying it...

Most of mine have been mentioned, but I'll list them again cos I've really enjoyed them:

LCD
Four Tet
Public Service Broadcasting
St Vincent
The XX (didn't think the 2nd album was bad btw)
Joe Goddard (of hot chip fame) - Electric Lines
Kojey Radical - In Gods Body

No one has mentioned Elbow’s Little Fictions nor Ed Sheeran’s Divide..

Are we just music snobs here.?

C’mon, popular artists that were once seen as fringe, right down STW alleyway Shirley.. 😆

[i]Are we just music snobs here.?[/i]

I am. 8)

Runrig was mentioned, for balance

Pumarosa - The Witch - pretty much constantly for a few months now.

Will be giving the new St Vincent album a try as well.

No one has mentioned Elbow’s Little Fictions nor Ed Sheeran’s Divide..

Are we just music snobs here.?

Another one I've been enjoying at home.

Most of what you lot post I think are made up student bands, or you sling a few letters into a word search engine and come up with obliterations of by gone artists from the early 60’s..

Fun though, I thought I had an eclectic taste (I have) but you lot post up some obscurity from the land of unknown.

Carry on please, some stuff you’ve posted i listen to.. some.... 😆

I've said it before and I'll say it again, you just can't use the word obscure when it comes to music anymore. Yeah there's Radio 1 playing gawd knows what and that's obviously going to be the most popular music, but the Internet is just full of music you won't hear anywhere else. It's not [i]obscure[/i] cos it's out there, but you gotta go look for it (unless you're not interested enough).
I get emails from junodownload with new releases every week, and I've heard of a tiny percentage of what they list.

Currently it's Mount Kimbie - What Love Survives, it keeps rolling back up the playlist along with Lcd Soundsystem.

Hopefully Dr Hook live 2017.

This year's releases from

Prophets of rage.
Macklemore
Haim
London grammar
Metallica
Royal Blood
Run the jewels

All in/still in the van (in CD format, still my preferred way to buy music)

Almost forgot - 22 years after Pygmalion: the new album by Slowdive is very good.

Loads of good stuff this year, much like every year.

Herva - Hyper Flux
Pond - The Weather
Shigeto - The New Monday
Baltra - No Regrets
Actress - AZD
Cut Copy - Haiku From Zero
D33j - Death Valley
Dauwd - Theory Of Colours
Beck - Colors
Forest Swords - Compassion
Khotin - New Tab
Lapalux - Ruinism
Thundercat - Drunk
Patricia - Several Shades Of The Same Color
Indian Wells - Where The World Ends
Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
Porter Ricks - Anguilla Electrica
Vermont - II
Blondes - Warmth
DJ Sports - Modern Species

+ Loads more

Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett's new album is lovely.

Blimey - lots of new stuff for me to try here! Thanks.

I'll try & think of some new albums I've been listening to.

Currently listening to Idles - Brutalism which was mentioned near the top on Page 1. Good album!

I've just been recommended Electric Octopus - Driving under the influence of jams.

15 minutes in and its only half way through the first song. The whole album is nearly 4 hours long!

So far so good though, definitely what i need whilst lying on the sofa with manflu.

Algiers - The underside of Power. Wow!

For nostalgia's sake...

The Defiant. The Men They Couldn't Hang.
Weather Diaries. Ride.

And just because they're great...

Big Machine. Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band.
I See You. The XX.
Spark. Enter Shikari.

New release hits my list!
Special Request - 'Belief System'
http://amzn.eu/iH1UmxV

I’ll happily include Elbow’s latest, the polar opposite to Ed Sheeran and Coldplay, and 90% of Radio One’s playlist, which I do consider to be aural wallpaper, the new version of Kindling (Fickle Flame) featuring John Grant is a beautiful song.
Anyway, so far this year I’ve been enjoying Thea Gilmore’s [i]Counterweight[/i], and her limited edition EP [i]The New Tin Drum[/i], Opeth [i]Sorceress[/i], Gizmodrome, Haley Bonar [i]Golder[/i], Judie Tzuke [i]Peace Has Broken Out[/i], King Crimson [i]Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind[/i], Arcade Fire [i]Everything Now[/i], Gaelynn Lee [i]The Songs We Sing Along The Way[/i], and [i]All The Roads That Lead Us Home[/i], Slowdive, Donald Fagen [i]Sunken Condos[/i], (not new, but new to me), Big Thief [i]Capacity[/i] and [i]Masterpiece[/i], and Hurray For The Riff Raff [i]Small Town Heroes[/i], (again, not new, but new to me and signed by Alynda, the singer) and [i]The Navigator[/i], (which is the latest album), Kris Delmhorst [i]The Wild[/i], and finally Cara Dillon [i]Wanderer[/i], a signed copy of which arrived yesterday but I’ve not had a chance to listen to it yet.

Been liking The Flat Worms singles/EPs, the album’s due out imminently.

Mostly stuff from 2018.

Another Jason Isbell fan here and just found The White Buffalo, didn't get on with the latest Ryan Adams on first listen might give it another go

Judie Tzuke Peace Has Broken Out

Is that.. y’no..[i]the[/i] Judie Tzuke ?

Am I the only person listening to Slowdive by Slowdive??
Great album

Can't believe no one has mentioned these:

Ocelot Ocean - "Fried egg plant"
Alfred Honeycomb - "The cat widdled in my shoe"
Zinc Daffodils- "Tungsten bicycle"

Yawnz- Spherical Violin is a great album, but not as good as their first one "Spotted Zebra In My Pond"

Are you lot making these band names up?
Frankly I'm just looking forward to the next Coldplay album.

Must say, much to many's annoyance on here, I am thoroughly enjoying Liam Gallagher - As You Were

Mount Kimbie, Blockhead, Mogwai and LCD are ones that have already been mentioned. Also current favourites are Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder, King Krule - The Ooz, Dark Sky - Othona and Basstronaut - Basstronaut. Basstronaut are very easy on the ears.

The new one by Banana Kazoo is worth a listen.
Also 'Triple Thread' by the Dead Teresa Mays
'Fifteen' by I Can't Help Crumbling is nearly as good as "Twelve" and "Thirteen"
'Melon Farming in the Isle of Wight' by Complete Shambles
Also 'Ow my Head' by Billy and the Absolutes

[i]Are you lot making these band names up?[/i]
Yes.

Thundercat ‘Drunk’
Dan Auerbach ‘Waiting on a Song’
Peter Perrett ‘How the west was won’
Ryuichi Sakamoto ‘async’
Richard Thompson ‘ Acoustic Classics II’
Kronos Quartet ‘Folk Songs’
LCD ‘American Dream’
Slowdive
Jason Isbell 'The Nashville Sound’….love this album!

Thanks for the suggestions (don’t know how I missed some of these)….Kurt Vile, Algiers, David Rawlings, Mount Kimbie, Eliza Carthy and Four Tet ‘New Energy (brilliant)

The last few purchases, which are also spinning the most are :

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Pretty colours.

[i]Thundercat ‘Drunk’[/i]
I don't get it! I saw him on Jools and burst out laughing, it was so bad. 😆

'Melon Farming in the Isle of Wight' by Complete Shambles 🙂

One of the top few of the year for me Dez. I can't believe that no-one else is down with Pond.

What a fantstic thread, thanks all. Giving Jason Isbell, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, and The Afghan Whigs a whirl for the first time. Tremendous 🙂

I'm trying so hard to like LCD Soundsystem, I have tried before, and so many of you are recommending it it must be good. But, nope...

One i found in 2017 (though is a 2016 release) is Bon Iver, 22-amillion. A stunning symphony of an album, a true journey.

'Melon Farming in the Isle of Wight' by Complete Shambles

[i]One of the top few of the year for me Dez. I can't believe that no-one else is down with Pond.[/i]

Yeah, just don't get Thundercat at all. I know it's popular with the critics but just.. awful to me, humourously so.
Will check out Pond. There was a grunge band back in the day called Pond, I'm guessing not them.

Is that.. y’no..the Judie Tzuke ?

ElShalimo - Member
Am I the only person listening to Slowdive by Slowdive??
Great album

There was a grunge band back in the day called Pond, I'm guessing not them.

Different band, Aussie psych rock more recently produced by Kevin Parker

'Narkopop' by Gas has made my year and some. After 17 years I wasn't really expecting another one to surface so what a surprise and a sublime addition to the series. As per the subsequent albums it's truly timeless and each listen uncovers something new.

And also something entirely different (someone's thread on STW switched me on to Elder) this has been a great follow-up to 'Lore'. Again, more of the same. Thankfully!

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Pond album is great. Some shades of King Gizzard in there. Slightly more poppy.

This isn't quite an album, but I blimmin love it: [url= https://sweatsonklank.bandcamp.com/album/then-i-was-me-ep ]Sweatson Klank - Then I Was Me[/url]

Off to check out 'Bullfrog in the Light of a Half Moon' as I'm a latecomer to Complete Shambles 😀

I'm slacking in my album listening. Currently in the office listening to 'Quiet Giant' by Emma Langford on Spotify. Singer songwriter stuff, pretty mellow stuff. Hannah Peel has a new album out, 'Mary Casio: Journey To Cassiopeia'. It's ambient electronica stuff, I quite like Deep Space Cluster. Beck has a new album out too, Colors I believe it's called. I must give that a proper listen, but it flowed nice on the way home from work the other day.

This is ace, in a trippy Flying Lotus kind of way:

Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives

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