Brand New - Science Fiction (August 17, 2017) [ARCHIVED] Album • Page 1516

I've now heard 75 albums that came out this year. My goal is to reach 100 by the end of the year. I always get overwhelmed with how much music there is, I don't get how some people here can listen to 300+ new albums a year!

 

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i didnt know Superheaven and Daylight were the same band until yesterday lol... totally missed that name change.

 

Doesn't surprise me they definitely seem to be hitting up a lot of the same venues as the BN tour. Tonight in Dallas it's at the Bomb Factory.

I saw BN last summer 2 nights in a row and it was pretty sweet I mean totally unexpected that they were going to add a second date in Mtl so I had to jump on the opportunity. First night my gf went with me watched it way back. Second night I went on my own since she had to prepare for a work presentation and eventually made my way up to 3 or 4 rows from the barricade. Closest I've ever seen them from so it was the best of both worlds. Ended up seeing them a third time in the same year in Ithaca in the fall.

How did you manage to see FOB twice in the same day? lol

 

Lol, I wish I still sought out music with such fervor. I am so lazy. Like, this is incomprehensible to me

 

Alphabetical order by artist/band:

Acceptance
Alex Lahey
Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness
Brand New
Converge
The Flatliners
Full of Hell
Iron Chic
Julien Baker
Kendrick Lamar
Los Campesinos!
Manchester Orchestra
The Menzingers
MuteMath
Paramore
Phoebe Bridgers
Portugal The Man
Power Trip
Richard Edwards
Smidley
Tigers Jaw
Vic Mensa
Vince Staples
Waxahatchee
Wolf Alice

EDIT: I forgot '68, but I don't know what it would replace . . .

 

Sadly that Acceptance record seems so forgettable to me now. Came out so early on in the year and there's been soooooo much good stuff since. Speaking of stuff that came out earlier on in the year Mat from Citizen. His brother Chris has a band called The Flats. Mat used to be in it actually, he was the drummer on the first few releases (he does sing at the end of the 4th song on the EP)

Anyways I definitely still spin it regularly. One of my favorite EP's of the year. Reminds me of the Coasta one. Mostly because of the brother connection on that one too but that's another one that has aged well. Solid indie/alternative rock.

@KidLightning you should check it out after PTM.

 

Streaming makes it so easy for me. I just add stuff that I see recommended, seems interesting, or is from artists I like. I listen to music a lot of the day at work, so I just throw stuff on then and if it catches my ear I make a note of it to revisit when I can focus more attention.

 

I'll recommend some stuff later when I'm on my laptop and viewing the albums I've listened to!

 

Yeah, I have Apple Music, I should take better advantage of that

 

I would see BN on back-to-back nights. I hope for their last tour they do a mini residency in Chicago, I will go to every show.

I also just remembered that I saw Weezer on back-to-back nights because they were doing The Blue Album in full one night and Pinkerton in full the next. I also saw Gaslight twice at least in the same weekend, but I don't remember the exact timing. They played Lolla and I saw them at a Lolla after show that weekend too.

For FOB I had tickets to see them at an arena show and then they did a pre-show earlier that day, like literally in the middle of the afternoon. It was during finals while I was in law school, so I stopped studying for a few hours, went to the show, went back to study more, and then went to the arena show.

I know I listened to The Flats' EP back in January, and I enjoyed it, but I will have to revisit.

 

Thank you! Looking forward to it

 

Introduced my gf to Kendrick Lamar after we watched "The Defiant Ones" on HBO this weekend. She's hooked now. Thanks for posting these. A lot of records i still need to check out. I keep seeing Phoebe Bridgers floating around on here. RIYL?

 

no particular order i guess

Brand New
Paramore
The National
Kendrick Lamar
Converge
Rise Against
Circa Survive
Manchester Orchestra
Menzingers
Julien Baker
Mineral Girls
Captain, We're Sinking
Jason Isbell
Japandroids
The Maine
TWIABP
Future

 

My top recommendations from this year for you (and everyone else!) are (no particular order):

-Vagabon - Infinite Worlds (RIYL Julien Baker, moody indie rock)
-Algiers - The Underside of Power (RIYL experimental/indie/punk rock)
-Alex Lahey - I Love You Like A Brother (RIYL Menzingers, pop punk/pop rock)
-Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps (RIYL Julien Baker, indie-folk)
-Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me (RIYL Julien Baker, indie-folk)
-Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva is a Mighty Long Time (RIYL Southern rap, rap/soul infusion, Kendrick Lamar)
-Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (RIYL rap, dance/electronic music, Detroit techno, Gorillaz)

 

Wonderful, thanks so much for these!

 

No problem! That wasn't supposed to be number so I updated my original post, but seriously I stand by all of those as amazing albums

 

Finally spinning Woodstock after talking about it on here. Chorus FTW. Been hard to keep up with all the new releases this year even more so than last year.

 

If you like (relatively) heavy music, here are some of my favorites of the year (Artist – Album). I'm by no means an expert on these genres, this is just what I've liked.

All Pigs Must Die – Hostage Animal
Amenra – Mass VI
Blut Aus Nord – Deus Salutis Meae
The Body & Full of Hell – Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light
Celeste – Infidele(s)
Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
Code Orange – Forever
The Contortionist – Clairvoyant
Converge – The Dusk In Us
Ex Eye – Ex Eye
Full of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy
Gone Is Gone – Echolocation
Hundred Suns - The Prestaliis
Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry
King Woman – Created In the Image of Suffering
Ledge – Cold Hard Concrete
Less Art – Strangled Light
Morbid Evils – Deceases
Pallbearer – Heartless
Power Trip – Nightmare Logic
Spotlights – Seismic
Ulsect – Ulsect
Vattnet – Vattnet
Wear Your Wounds – WYW
'68 – Two Parts Viper

 

I'm catching up to you! I think I'm just shy of 70, having been at about 12-13 in September, but I haven't counted again since before my binge listening this past weekend. Some people in the 2017 Albums thread are past the 600 mark and it blows my mind.

 

And I thought I listened to a decent amount of stuff. The scary stuff is this is the stuff you liked which means there's even more than this. Dame dude. Impressive.

Edit: And after seeing @phillyfradet 600? That's insane. This does make me want to take the time and count just how much I've listened in 2017 to see how I stack up to that.

 

My top albums of the year (which have already changed since the last time I posted them, posted alphabetically):
Alex Lahey
Algiers
alt-J
Alvvays
Big K.R.I.T.
Brand New
Feist
The Front Bottoms
Gorillaz
Julien Baker
Kendrick Lamar
Kevin Devine
Lorde
Manchester Orchestra
Mount Eerie
Mutemath
The National
P.O.S
Phoebe Bridgers
Paramore
SZA
Vagabon
Vince Staples
TWIABP
The xx

 

I forgot to include Code Orange in my list. That album is incredible

 

@Mary V I see Paramore is playing a few shows in Australia in February!

 

@Kingjohn_654 I watched episode 4 and 5 of The Tick!!