What music are you listening to?

[Damian WayLNKe]

Went on a new music tear thanks to Spotify over the past month that concluded with seeing Peach Kelli Pop at the Metro Gallery last night. Other great stuff I never listened to before includes Shannon and the Clams, Hunx and His Punx, Colleen Green, Habibi and Bleached. I missed seeing Colleen Green too because I confused which day her concert was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eeck0gSY6s

Edited April 23, 2015 by Damian WayLNKe

[Benji]

Yes, he's a knob, and yes, his last Angels and Airwaves album sucked, but Tom DeLonge actually had some decent songs in his solo album. Personal favourite (very Neighborhoods-esque):

[MalaCloudy Black]

Things I can't get enough of right now: this whole album

[Cole]

Things I can't get enough of right now: this whole album

Both of their albums are mint.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Have you heard of Paddy & The Rats, Jericode? They're awesome piratey folk that I discovered the other month.

About two months late, but I listened to them! They are quite wonderful!

I really like this one, albeit rockier than the other stuff.

[Tyrone]

Happy to see Charles get his life back on track. Great story of overcoming homelessness and mental illness, and hopefully he can rise to the occasion and become a big star.

[VerbalPuke]

Christ, just came across this song on youtube. It's been a long long time since I've heard this, and I missed it.

I should really start listening to more Billy Childish again, forgot how much I loved his many many different bands over the years.

[Benji]

[thatshortguy]

Not much grabbing me this year. Either that or I'm just lazier about finding new music. I am just 15 months from turning 33, after all...

(Btw, parenthesis show how many songs I liked to how many songs are on the album. I've quantified my fun!)

The Five:

They Might Be Giants - Glean (15/15, 100%)

The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (14/14, 100%)

Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho (11/11, 100%)

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (12/13, 92%)

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (11/12, 92%)

The Great:

Death Cab for Cutie - Kintsugi (10/11, 91%)

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love (9/10, 90%)

My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall (9/10, 90%)

The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ (10/13, 77%)

The Decent:

Halestorm - Into the Wild Life (11/15, 73%)

Punch Brothers - Phosphorescent Blues (7/11, 64%)

Surfjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (7/11, 64%)

Brian Wilson - No Pier Pressure (8/13, 62%)

Apocalyptica - Shadowmaker (7/12, 58%)

Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (8/15, 53%)

The Bad:

Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (5/12, 42%)

Plain White Ts - American Nights (3/11, 27%)

[livid]

It's not just you because outside of the notable rap releases, this year has felt pretty light on the new music front to me too.

[thatshortguy]

There are a few that I am still looking forward to, but it seems a shorter list than usual.

[livid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA-ee9M_jhE

[Hobo]

Always.

[Horus]

[Cymbols]

Twenty One Pilots' new album "Blurryface" is amazing, like, really really good imo. I mean, its kind of obvious that I would say that, I am kind of obsessed, but even if you haven't listened to them, it's definitely worth it imo.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Big fan of the new Hollywood Undead album. Haven't listened to anything they've done since Swan Songs, but this feels like a much stronger album. Gonna have to check out the stuff in between.

[mikevandam]

These geezers

Also becoming very fond of Mariachi El Bronx

[livid]

I didn't really get it at first (probably the Queens of Stone Age comparisons that I just don't see) but I'm finally getting into Royal Blood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSdtvfBQd6c

Though the video definitely seems like something Homme would come up with.

Edited June 15, 2015 by livid

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I've been listening to a lot of the Pixies recently. Light and shade, loud and quiet. Love 'em. LOVE Kim Deal the most though of course. One of my favourite bassists.

It's like anything from back in the day really. Everything else rock-wise in the US at that point was big hair, leather, studded gloves, guitar solos....Then The Pixies came along. Boom. Change.

[livid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHzR4Chy2Rg