underdogunderdog underdog Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Anyone heard any decent albums yet this year? I've listened to Songs of Praise by Shame which was pretty decent. The other one I've heard is Hold on to Your Heart by The Xcerts. It's got a bit of an 80s rock feel to it. Looking forward to Editors releasing their new album later in the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Not been many good releases so far but bit more promising this weekend with First Aid Kit, Tune-Yards, Shopping, The Go Team, Porches, They Might Be Giants, Starcrawler, Xylouris White and The Shins all dropping. Will be working through those this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefan27 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The Xcerts album is superb. Very Springsteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberfeldy Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Skids : Burning Cities is definitely worth a listen. Deserves a spin considering it’s taken them 35 years to bring a new one out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 21/01/2018 at 00:44, Christophe said: Not been many good releases so far but bit more promising this weekend with First Aid Kit, Tune-Yards, Shopping, The Go Team, Porches, They Might Be Giants, Starcrawler, Xylouris White and The Shins all dropping. Will be working through those this week. The First Aid Kit (God, what a dreadful name that is - it's even lousy to type...) album is lovely in places but it's not quite doing it for me. They really are fabulous live, though, and I think the songs will work better live anyway. But maybe it's a grower. It's the only new album I've got so far this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Not got round to that one yet, was spinning the new Shopping earlier. Sounds like a parody of all that meaningless spidery post-post-punk indie everyone liked in 2005. Shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Liked the “new” Shins record, which is pretty much just alternate versions of Heartworms. The new To Kill A King record is good as well. Thought the First Aid Kit was largely pretty bland, and I listened to Shame to see what all the fuss was about. Hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 The short taster of the new Low Anthem sounds like a real return to form. Looking forward to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Having heard It Follows by Nervus I'm looking forward to their new album Everything Dies which is out at the start of March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 The new Lylo album is fantastic, if far too short. Looking forward to the launch gig tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50/50 Winner Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Very impressed by the new Parks, Squares and Alleys album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdhafc1874 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Bit early in the year - expecting decent new albums from Halestorm, Shinedown, Black Stone Cherry & Tremonti over the next few months though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geddyalexneil Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 A tad early to make a decision on album of the year, however up to now the best 2 I have heard are the new Orphaned Land and the blues one (his first I think) by Rick Springfield. Both are setting the bar high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 20:58, geddyalexneil said: A tad early to make a decision on album of the year, however up to now the best 2 I have heard are the new Orphaned Land and the blues one (his first I think) by Rick Springfield. Both are setting the bar high. That is an album I need to give a good listen too. I doubt they'll ever make an album as good as Mabool though, that is an absolute masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geddyalexneil Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Great album shout NorthernLights. Up to now my favourite albums by them have been Mabool and Never Ending Way! However this one could replace them given time. I do think I will keep returning to this new one and getting as much out of them as I do the previous 2 I have mentioned. The track with Steve Hackett is simply immense! Look forward to reading your views once you have fully checked it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 The new Low Anthem is streaming on NPR. Sounds like an album of very one paced, strangely choppy remixes - imagine Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah! on their second record covering Simon and Garfunkel. Bored the hell out of me on first play, bar a couple of very pretty moments. Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is by a mile their best album. Crying shame/10. Yet... I'm not abandoning ship on this one. It might be hard work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggysBeard Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I've been enjoying Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon. Bit different to what you would normally expect. I know it was late 2017 and not 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Savage Henry said: The new Low Anthem is streaming on NPR. Sounds like an album of very one paced, strangely choppy remixes - imagine Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah! on their second record covering Simon and Garfunkel. Bored the hell out of me on first play, bar a couple of very pretty moments. Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is by a mile their best album. Crying shame/10. Yet... I'm not abandoning ship on this one. It might be hard work though. Very disappointing to hear that. Was waiting for it to come out before I listened. The last record was pretty abysmal with one or two great tracks. They were shockingly bad live on that tour as well (I left early the two shows I went to). A shame, as their first two records are phenomenal. Franz Ferdinand's new one is very disappointing on first listen. Having heard the new stuff live previously, I was excited for this, but it's very boring, aside from the singles that have been released so far. The new Ezra Furman is fantastic though, and is an early contender for my album of the year, as I imagine it'll grow on repeated listens. Really loving the new Hookworms record as well, had never heard any of their stuff before, but was blown away by this. Also really loving Harrison Whitford's record. He tours and plays with Phoebe Bridgers, which is the only reason I'd heard of him, but his record is beautiful, in a similar vein to his tourmate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Best album I've listened to so far has been the Black Panther soundtrack. Migos' album is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iminavest Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Given The Xcerts album a couple of listens this morning, wonderful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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