Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Top 20 Albums of the first half of 2018

Just after the halfway point of 2018, we are taking a moment to single out the 20 albums we've enjoyed the most among the numerous new releases of the past six months. The order of presentation is not totally random, but we'll avoid numbers in our Top 20 list as rankings change almost daily at this point in time. Let's just say that U.S. Girls, Beach House and Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever have delivered the albums with the best odds for challenging for 2018's Album of the Year title!


In a poem unlimited - U.S. GIRLS 


7 - BEACH HOUSE
  

 Hope downs - ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER
  

Tell me how you really feel - COURTNEY BARNETT
 


Wide awake! - PARQUET COURTS
 Freedom's goblin - TY SEGALL
All nerve - THE BREEDERS
Goat Girl - GOAT GIRL
I can feel you creep into my private life - TUNE-YARDS
Microshift - HOOKWORMS
Lush - SNAIL MAIL
Songs of praise - SHAME
Snares like a haircut - NO AGE
What a time to be alive - SUPERCHUNK
Jericho sirens - HOT SNAKES
Twin fantasy - CAR SEAT HEADREST
Tranquility base hotel + casino - ARCTIC MONKEYS
Dove - BELLY
Twerp verse - SPEEDY ORTIZ
Clean - SOCCER MOMMY



Tuesday, July 03, 2018

New Releases: June 2018

Check out the most interesting albums, singles and EPs released among the World Cup fever of June 2018:

Albums

Hope Downs
ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER - Hope Downs
SNAIL MAIL - Lush
LUMP - Lump
NEKO CASE - Hell-On
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Something Else
GANG GANG DANCE - Kazuashita
LET’S EAT GRANDMA - I’m All Ears
MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER - Bon Voyage
FATHER JOHN MISTY - God’s Favorite Customer
GRUFF RHYS - Babelsberg
JIM JAMES - Uniform Distortion
THE ESSEX GREEN - Hardly Electronic
JOHN PARISH - Bird Dog Dante
JULIAN COPE - Skellington 3
JOHNNY MARR - Call The Comet
GORILLAZ - The Now Now
LYKKE LI - So Sad, So Sexy
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - High As Hope
THE CHARLATANS - Different Days
STUART STAPLES - Arrhythmia
GET WELL SOON - The Horror
BLACK-EYED SNAKES - Seven Horses
MOURN - Sorpresa Familia
GIRLS NAMES - Stains on Silence
VIRGINIA WING - Ecstatic Arrow
DEATH GRIPS - Year of the Snitch
FLASHER - Constant Image
HERE LIES MAN - You Will Know Nothing
THE WAVE PICTURES - Brushes with Happiness
ECHO LADIES - Pink Noise
WARMDUSCHER - Whale City
KAPUTT - We Repeat To Forget
BOY AZOOGA - 1, 2, Kung Fu!
SINK YA TEETH - Sink Ya Teeth
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER - Age Of
PREFUSE 73 - Sacrifices
SOULWAX - Essential
KAMASI WASHINGTON - Heaven and Earth
HOWLIN RAIN - The Alligator Bride
MATTHEW SWEET - Tomorrow's Daughter
NATALIE PRASS - The Future and The Past
SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
BEST COAST - Best Kids

Singles & EPs

Consolation EP
PROTOMARTYR - Consolation EP
PARQUET COURTS - Total Football
SNAPPED ANKLES - Four To The Forest Floor EP
MAZZY STAR - Still EP
DEATH IN VEGAS - Honey
FUCKED UP - High Rise
NINE INCH NAILS - Bad Witch EP
THE CHARLATANS - Totally Eclipsing
INVSN - Forever Rejected EP
LIFE - Grown up
SORRY - Showgirl
YUNO - Moodie EP
TIM BURGESS - Inspired Again 
PETE YORN AND SCARLETT JOHANSSON - Apart EP
JOE GODDARD - So Much / Human Touch
JUNGLE - Happy Man / House in LA
NO JOY - Blue Room Sessions
DINOSAUR JR - Blue Room Sessions

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight