What new releases have you really got into this year?

[Twangasaurus]

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place or not being adventurous enough but damn this year has been a bit disappointing so far. Apart from the new Tobacco I can't really think of anything I've really enjoyed. I'm up for just about anything at this point so if youse got any thang good please toss it my way.

[gusman2x]

The debut by The Amazing Snakeheads has got me feeling all 16 again. Been years since i got such a buzz from a new band.

[backwardsvoyager]

2014 so far:

Xiu Xiu - Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Liars - Mess
Ben Frost - A U R O R A
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

I can't really think of anything else right now, I've been pretty apathetic about looking for new music this year.

[bob the r0bot]

Two Knights - Shut Up (FFO: crying / real emotional shit / cap n jazz)
http://twoknights.bandcamp.com/album/shut-up

Cibo Matto - Hotel Valentine (FFO: Hip Hop / sampling / fun)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zX_AT0Xco

tUnE - yArDs - Nikki Nack (FFO: African rhythms / catchy / fun)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-KulvW2TUQ

[Seconding Mess]

Shit to look forward to:
New album from Autolux
New album from Bear in Heaven
New album from The Cherry Wave
New album from Clipping
New album from Shabazz Palaces

I think It's gonna be a good year, but it's also gonna be a late bloomer.

[Eivind August]

Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else

Uhm... Man, I started listing thinking I would come up with lots of stuff. Seems like some of the records I thought of were from last year. There are probably some that I forgot, though.

Boris is coming out with a new album fairly soon, though.

[goroth]

Tengger Cavalry - Ancient Call

Otherwise I'm still listening to stuff from last year and thinking it's new.

Edit: just like Elvind haha.

[D.o.S.]

Welcome back Twangy!


Anyway, so far I've been digging 2014 releases from Ogre, Blood Farmers, Thou, Cibo Matto, and Mogwai. I hear the new Swans is good, too, but I haven't listened to it yet.

As for new Boris, I think I'm going to have to resign myself to the fact that I haven't really dug anything they've put out in ~6 years.

[Eivind August]

The first song they leaked is pretty cool, though



The second, not so much.

[D.o.S.]

It sounds like generic Warped Tour Core, to me. And it's getting a pass because Boris has this incredible cache of goodwill that they're spending like water.

I do love the album cover, though.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Some cool things:

The Weaks - The World Is A Terrible Place And I Hate Myself And Want To Die
Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
Mogwai - Rave Tapes

The new The Hold Steady album is good but nothing special compared to their other material, similarly Drive By Truckers

I'm looking forward to Cymbals Eat Guitars

And the single best thing I've heard released this year is the latest St Vincent album.

[Eivind August]

Some cool things:
I'm looking forward to Cymbals Eat Guitars

I keep forgetting about this! If it holds the same level as the first two, it will probably end up as one of this years best.

To update you guys on the Norwegian music scene, both Highasakite and I Was A King have released cool albums this year.

[neonblack]

I'm looking forward to Cymbals Eat Guitars

And the single best thing I've heard released this year is the latest St Vincent album.

All that.

+ Young Widows - Easy Pain
Ought - More Than Any Other Day

[retinal orbita]

TEITANBLOOD - DEATH
The Rita - Ballet Feet Positions
Swallowing Bile - S/T & Rustic CS
Climax Denail/The Rita - Preparing for Pointe
Breaking The Will - Active Nihilism
Sun Splitter - Live on WFMU CS
Nyodene D - Mouths That Reap The Harvest 12"
Heresiarch - Waelwulf (!!!!)
Sunken Cheek/Plague Mother CS
Nadja - Queller

Looking forward to the new Diocletian, Dead Congregation, some other stuff.....

[kbit]

Ben Frost - A U R O R A

Listen to this shit real loud.

[jfrey]

Thantifaxath, Emptiness, Agalloch, Twilight, Kampfar, Woods of Desolation.