New Music! (Currently Listening To...)

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/5/16 at 11:20pm

I'm starved for new music. 

What's out at the moment that's great?

Post 'em here, please!

 

 

 

 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/5/16 at 11:41pm

 

 

 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/6/16 at 8:11pm

Well. This thread went down like a lead balloon.

If you'll indulge me, one last gasp before I let it sink like a stone.

 

 

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 4/6/16 at 9:56pm

Ok, I'll bite Jay :) Will post more later, love to share and find new music.
 

Santigold's new album 99 Cents is brill.  Here's "Can't Get Enough of Myself" and the less flashy but completely hypnotic, electro-pop heavy "Rendezvous Girl"


Can't Get Enough of Myself:

https://youtu.be/WM71W6eI34w


Rendezvous Girl:

https://youtu.be/SR7ntKOpmbs
 

-Sorry it's not wanting to post video for me your fancy way lol.  
 

Updated On: 4/6/16 at 09:56 PM

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/6/16 at 10:57pm

Thanks, Mildred. I'd been meaning to check her out since I saw her on Jimm Fallon a little while back, but totally forgot until your post. Good stuff.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 4:48pm

I've been meaning to add more. 

Ladyhawke has a new album coming out in June.  Love "Love Song" 
 



 

 

Updated On: 4/25/16 at 04:48 PM

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 4:57pm

And super excited for Dee Dee from the Dum Dum Girls' new solo album as Kristin Kontrol.  Obsessed with X-Communicate and Show Me.

 

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 5:00pm

And they're not for everyone, but I am obsessed with TEEN's new album. Especially "Free Time". They take a few (or many) listens to warm to but I adore them.  Can you tell I'm really into 80's sounding music, lately?

[@z5]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 10:30pm

Lemonade...

 

And the American Psycho cast recording.

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 1:06pm

Currently listening to:

 

Legefdemain - Duncan Sheik

American Psycho cast recording

The Beauty in All - Oddisee

This is What Truth Feels Like - Gwen Stefani

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens

Lone Survivor - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Nebraska - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Bright Star - npr is streamimg it. Waiting for it to be released

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 2:22pm

This isn't necessarily that new, but I've been listening to Ryn Weaver's album "The Fool" pretty much nonstop since it was released last June. It's got an eclectic mix of poppy and folksy sounding songs.

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

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 5:46pm

Really looking forward to "case/lang/veirs - atomic number" release.

 

Just put Ryn Weaver's album in my online library!

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 6:08pm

I love that TEEN song! I'll give the rest a listen when I have more "free time", heh. With Prince topping the charts again, I suppose the 80s are back in style - see Tegan And Sara's U-Turn (full version) - 

 

Gwen Stefani's album has been a bit of a disappointment, I love Make Me Like You, but the rest isn't doing much for me.

Rolling Stone posted Portishead's cover of ABBA's SOS today, but it didn't take long before it was removed "at the band's request".

Updated On: 4/27/16 at 06:08 PM

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 4/26/16 at 7:59pm

I'm obsessed with U-Turn. Love Boyfriend, too. I didn't care much for Tegan and Sara when they were doing their granola, flannel sound but love their electro-pop stuff.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 4/27/16 at 5:36am

The brilliant PJ Harvey just had her first number 1 album in the UK.  If you were a fan of the Mercury Prize winning Let England Shake, I think you'll really enjoy the new album - in many ways, it feels like a sister album to Let England Shake.  

 

 

 

Roisin Murphy's BAAACK and she's getting dance'y again (but Jay already knows that)

 

 

I think Azealia Banks' new mixtape is, largely, a disappointment when compared to her brilliant Broke With Expensive Taste album, but this new... single?... is almost as good as some of that album's dancier tracks.  

 

The gorgeous smoky voice of Bat For Lashes is back...

 

Underworld's back and it's pretty damn miraculous to have sustained such a long career in electronic/dance music.  Love this new song that has a touch of Gary Numan, Blur and maybe a touch of Stone Roses, too.  

 

James Blake has been teasing new songs which (may or may not) be from his (supposed) forthcoming album...

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/27/16 at 2:49pm

Alessia Cara - Know It All 

Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh 

Josef Salvat - Night Swim (Sooooooo goooooood)

Hey Marseilles - Hey Marseilles 

Anything by Sia (Her Spotify sessions is awesome)

Ra Ra Riot - Need  Your Light 

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 6/3/16 at 8:10pm

I was just listening to Tegan and Sara's new album in the car given that it was released today, and it made me think of this thread. Upon a first listen, it's absolutely infectious. So much so that I plan on buying tickets to see them for their stop in my town next time I go by the box office. Has anyone else given it a spin?

Updated On: 6/3/16 at 08:10 PM

[HorseTears]

Posted: 6/30/16 at 4:58am

The wonderful Dev Hynes' Blood Orange is back:

 

And Portishead released their cover of ABBA's 'SOS' and retroactively dedicated it to the memory of Jo Cox (god DAMN are we overdue for a new Portishead album): 

 

Updated On: 6/30/16 at 04:58 AM

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 6/30/16 at 8:22pm

Yep, CupidBoy, I've been listening to Tegan And Sara a lot. Can't wait to catch them live.

I'm enjoying the new Garbage record, which is exactly what I'd want and expect from them at this point. 

Also Laura Mvula. Love it...

 

 

...and has everybody else already discovered the brilliance of Christina And The Queens? I'm probably way late to the party, but I've just discovered her after seeing her performance on Graham Norton's show.

 

 

 

Updated On: 6/30/16 at 08:22 PM

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 6/30/16 at 8:33pm

^ Sorry, my previous post seems to have gone awry - just bumping in hopes of fixing because Christina And The Queens deserves to be seen!

[HorseTears]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 9:13pm

That Laura Mvula song was lovely, Jay and that Christina & The Queens routine was so much fun.  

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 10:52pm

Blood Orange's Freetown Sound is one of my favorite albums of the year so far. Thanks for posting that fabulous video. 

[HorseTears]

Posted: 7/3/16 at 5:24am

luvcaroline said: "Blood Orange's Freetown Sound is one of my favorite albums of the year so far. Thanks for posting that fabulous video. "

 

Mine, too, Caroline.  There's a really nice feature interview with him at Pitchfork in which he talks about connecting to the queer scene of the 80s and 90s.  It definitely seems like a sincere connection and not some attempt to ape a scene he was too young to be a part of.  

 

I'm probably going to lose what little indie cred I have left with this one, but I'm surprised to say that I'm really digging the new Rihanna song, 'Sledgehammer' from the new Star Trek film.  It's written by Sia (which is pretty obvious), but I really like the pairing of songwriter and artist here.  In terms of composition/song structure, it's much more interesting than the usual middling mid-tempo song-by-committee we seem to get for soundtracks these days.  In fact, it sounds rather Bond'ish.  Sia might be a good candidate for the next Bond song.  

 

Updated On: 7/3/16 at 05:24 AM

[Jane2]

Posted: 7/3/16 at 8:36pm

I'm not listening to any new music per se, but I have been listening to the following:  Arcade Fire (We Exist and Rebellion in particular). The We Exist video is one of the best I have ever seen.

Also listening to Sia, Jeff Beal,  and Clint Mansell.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/6/16 at 12:45am

James Vincent McMorrow is beyond amazing. His first album is more acoustic, and his second is more James Blake-layered vocals. It's brilliant and gorgeous. 

And if you don't know Maria Mena please check her out. Her songs are interesting and different and love her vocals.