woww yall Hoops are back together we're so blessed. Indefinite hiatus a while back and I guess that was so Kevin Krauter could do his solo thing for a bit. But they're back making beautiful tunes. Was on the Fat Possum site looking for a cool t-shirt they used to sell and saw them promoting a tweet with this track below this new track is called They Say
Rough Trade's top 100 albums for 2019 http://www.brooklynvegan.com/rough-trades-top-100-albums-of-2019/ https://www.roughtrade.com/us/albums-of-the-year-2019-top-100 appears to be a metal list here for Joe_Pesci http://www.brooklynvegan.com/decibels-top-40-albums-of-2019/
My favorite time of the year music-wise is the end, because all of the review sites do their "best of" lists So thanks
My boss is going to Post Animal/Twin Peaks this evening and I'm going to get wild with Nots. I could have a much shittier boss Excited for tonight. First time seeing Nots as a 3-piece group
Big couple days for emo. Dogleg released one of my favorite songs in a long time and signed to Triple Crown and Glass Beach signed to Run for Cover and announced they're re-issuing their first album in 2020.
and black midi becomes the first list snatch of the year, had seen them in my recommendations on youtube a bit but don't think I checked them out at all, this thing's just the right kind of weird
if you liked the first Priests album, you should check out The World from Oakland. Solid post punk stuff that you can dance to. They have a couple albums called First World Record and Reddish another Oakland band, Body Double, was the first opener. They're led by some bad ass engineer named Candace Lazarou who runs a coding group for women. They were incredible. I will 100% be trying to see them again whenever possible. Their pedal effects and synth really got me
I'd always avoided Sturgill Simpson for whatever reason, well actually I'm sure it's due to my strong dislike of country, but I'm two tracks deep on this album and ready to chalk it up as a snatch, apparently this grimy futuristic red-dirt/synth mixture's something I needed
He literally got me into Americana or country whatever you want to call it. Literally love all his shit and it’s the certainly the most “country” music I’ve ever liked. I’ve actually found quite a few groups I like that are “twangy” but it’s more the vocalist accent than the music IMO.
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music is an all-time great album for me. I didn't like A Sailor's Guide to Life and the jammy direction he went with his live shows so I've been hesitant to listen to the new one Will try to do so soon though
I like the new Sturgill. It's p cool. Stapleton has an incredible voice, but I don't care for much of his music. Childers doesn't do it for me.
I had barely listened to Childers before going to see him because he was getting so much hype That was a terrible concert. Not a fan
New Sturgill rules. It’s weird as hell. I watched the Netflix anime special to hear the music first then listened to the album on its own after, fwiw.
Lower Dens made me feel this year like Wild Nothing made me feel in 2018. Bands I love releasing albums that do nothing for me is always a bummer. There's not a track on The Competition that makes me want to go back and listen to it. Thankfully they had a solid body of work I can still enjoy
I’m a few songs on Fran’s album away from clearing my backlog of albums finally. Time to hit that best of list Cornelius Suttree posted. Kate Davis is really good, highly recommend.
Oh Sees released some new material. I dunno if Osees is what they're now going by. I kinda doubt it because this doesn't seem like anything Dwyer will put forth on a full album https://www.castlefacerecords.com/products/osees-the-12-synth Infinite Columns Regards to the Monolith Spoiler
Uncut's top 75 albums of 2019 http://www.brooklynvegan.com/uncut-magazines-top-75-albums-of-2019/ MOJO's top 75 albums of 2019 http://www.brooklynvegan.com/mojos-top-75-albums-of-2019/
it’s alright. Modern guilt is probably the last one I really enjoyed. Morning phase is a Sea Change companion and I much prefer the latter
was thinking earlier, this has gotta be my favorite musical decade. The decade that spanned 2000-2009 saw me listen to some pretty lame music early on, because I was in 8th/9th grade at the front end of the decade and then focused too much on "fitting in" in HS and early on in college. So this decade was kind of a clean slate, not tainted by exposure to Phish or Zeppelin or Derek Trucks Band. I'm ready to move onto a new one but will recall this decade very fondly down the road we should do some best of 2010s lists
of the lame music I listened to early on last decade or to the best music from this one we're about to wrap up?
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Perpetual Groove Umphrey's McGee Phish North Mississippi Allstars Zeppelin Pearl Jam Drive-By Truckers Derek Trucks Band Incubus (SCIENCE was great though) Robert Randolph Bone Thugs n Harmony that is not an exhaustive list I think the only bands we listened to back then that I still actually like now = RATM, RHCP, Radiohead, and The Mars Volta and I don't ever really listen to them
My early to mid 2000's playlists were dominated by 311, Goldfinger, Sublime, Incubus, and O.A.R's live album. It's also wild to think back to around 2000 when I didn't think I was much of a music fan simply because I felt like I had to pretend to enjoy what was popular, which was basically the only music I knew. Goldfinger was the band that genuinely made me fall in love with music again, and then The Mars Volta in around '04-05 completely changed my tastes.
Loved incubus as well, science through a crow left of the murder. A shame what they devolved into, horrible live band. Volta was fantastic as well for a bit too, unfortunately missed them live in their prime. PJ was and still is high on my list I’ve seen them live a lot and will continue to with a group of friends. They’re fantastic live and worth paying to see, in my mind. They are no longer in my rotation just because I’ve listened to them so much but i can’t deny any of the above is/was great music. I agree the 2000s were a rough decade musically for me. I’d really need to dig to find something that’s lasted for me. I don’t think anything has other than some really occasional Radiohead.