This week's album and EP releases
Here's a list of a lot of things that came out in this past week, including many which are set to release on Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and I avoided including things where information was too lacking, so feel free to mention anything that isn't on here that you think is worth mentioning. Beyond that, if you have any thoughts of any of these albums, it would be great to hear them :)
(oh and don't bully me for the genre tags, a lot of these things have very limited resources available and I couldn't individually listen to everything and determine what fits best, so I'm pulling from third parties and an artist's past work a lot of the time)
03 Greedo & Mustard - Still Summer in the Projects (West Coast Hip Hop, Trap Rap)
1TEAM - HELLO! (K Pop)
A Brilliant Lie - Threads: Weaver (Alternative Rock, Pop Punk)
American Pleasure Club - Fucking Bliss (Post-Industrial, Ambient Pop, Drone)
Ben Platt - Sing To Me Instead (Pop)
Betty Carter- The Music Never Stops (Vocal Jazz)
Billie Eilish - When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Alternative R&B, Electropop)
Borleone - Hard to Kill (Trap Rap)
Brutus - Nest (Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock)
C Duncan - Health (Indie Pop, Indie Rock)
Carcer City - Silent War (Metalcore)
Chris Cohen - Chris Cohen (Singer-Songwriter, Indie Pop)
Clint Alphin - Straight to Marrow (Singer-Songwriter, Bluegrass)
Coughy - Ocean Hug (Indie Pop)
DJ Muggs & Mach-Hommy - Tuez-Les Tous (East Coast Hip Hop)
Devin Townsend - Empath (Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal)
Facs - Lifelike (Post-Punk Revival)
Fennesz - Agora (Ambient, Electroacoustic)
Fredo Bang - Big Ape (Trap)
Garcia Peoples - Natural Facts (Psychedelic Rock, Roots Rock)
George Strait - Honky Tonk Time Machine (Country)
I Prevail - TRAUMA (Metal Core)
ILL BILL - Cannibal Hulk (East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop)
Ian Simmonds - All That's Left (Downtempo, Jazz)
JBJ95 - Awake (K Pop)
Jake Miller - Based on a True Story. EP (Pop)
Jake Owen - Greetings from...Jake (Bro Country)
Jamie Lawson - The Years In Between (Singer Songwriter)
Jo Schornikow - Secret Weapon (Ambient Pop, Indie Pop)
K Á R Y Y N - The Quanta Series (Art Pop, Glitch Pop)
L.A. Guns - The Devil You Know (Hard Rock, Glam Metal)
LION BABE - Cosmic Wind (Contemporary R&B)
La Bouquet - Sad People Dancing (Contemporary R&B)
Laura Stevenson - The Big Freeze (Indie Folk, Folk Rock)
Lil Debbie - Bay Chronicles (Trap Rap)
Logic - Supermarket (Soundtrack) (Indie Pop, Pop Rap)
M. Lockwood - Communion In The Ashes (Alt-Country, Indie Folk, Power Pop)
MaHaWaM - Is an Island (Hip Hop, House, Indie Pop)
Magic Circle - Departed Souls (Traditional Doom Metal, Heavy Psych)
Marvin Gaye - You’re the Man (Soul)
Matthew Herbert Big Band - The State Between Us (Big Band, Electronic)
Mdou Moctar - Ilana: The Creator (Tishoumaren)
Mechanical God Creation - The New Chapter (Death Metal)
Mekons - Deserted (Art Punk)
Melii - phAses (Pop)
Monsta X - Shout Out (K Pop)
Moodie Black - MB I I I. V MICHOA (Industrial Hip Hop)
Moon Tooth - Crux (Progressive Metal)
Musket Hawk - Upside of Sick (Grindcore, Doom Metal)
NEIKED - Best Of Hard Drive (Dance Pop)
Nightmarathons - Missing Parts (Pop Punk)
O.A.R. - The Mighty (Pop Rock)
OWEL - Paris (Emo, Indie Rock)
Ohtis - Curve of Earth (Indie Folk)
Okey Dokey - Tell All Your Friend (Indie Pop)
Oshiego - The Book of Wonders (Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore)
PENTAGON (Korea) - Genie:us (K Pop)
Park Ji Hoon - O'CLOCK (K Pop)
pH-1 - HALO (K Pop)
Pink Sweat$ - Volume 2 EP (Singer Songwriter)
Quelle Chris - Guns (Abstract Hip Hop)
Randy Randall - Sound Field Volume One (Ambient, Drone)
Reaches - Wherever The Internet Goes, Sorrow Follows (Dance Pop, House)
Saweetie - ICY EP (Trap Rap)
Section H8 - Phase One (Hardcore Punk, Heavy Metal)
Show Me The Body - Dog Whistle (Hardcore Punk)
Simple Creatures - Strange Love (Pop Rock, Electropop)
Small Feet - With Psychic Powers (Indie Pop, Indie Folk)
Son Volt - Union (Americana, Alt-Country)
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Tell Ya (Pop Rap)
Stella Parton - Survivor (Country)
Steve Earle & The Dukes - GUY (Americana, Country Rock)
Stray Kids - Clé 1: MIROH (K Pop)
Suzi Quatro - No Control (Hard Rock)
TAEYEON - Four Seasons (K Pop)
Tay Iwar - GEMINI (Singer Songwriter)
The Bobbleheads - Myths and Fables (Pop Rock, Indie Rock)
The Maine - You Are OK (Pop Rock, Alternative Rock)
The Strumbellas - Rattlesnake (Indie Rock, Folk Rock)
The Underground Youth - Lust & Fear (Psychedelic Rock, Gothic Rock)
The XCERTS - Wildheart Dreaming EP (Power Pop )
Tom Williams - What Did You Want To Be? (Indie Rock)
Triumvir Foul - Urine of Abomination (Death Metal)
Unkle - The Road: Part II (Art Pop, Trip Hop)
White Denim - Side Effects (Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock)
Whitechapel - The Valley (Deathcore, Groove Metal)
Wincent Weiss - Irgendwie anders (Pop)
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik III (Southern Hip Hop)
Yngwie Malmsteen - Blue Lightning (Neoclassical Metal)
woods + segal (Billy Woods & Kenny Segal)- Hiding Places (East Coast Hip Hop)
If anyone has a better idea for how to title these, please tell me. Not decided on date vs no date plus the current wording is a bit ugly.
I think the problem is that it's quite an overwhelming list if you have no idea where to start. Maybe it'd be easier to give each genre its own subsection. So instead of listing them alphabetically, listing them genretically, if that makes sense? If someone who is mostly interested in pop, they'd have an easier time finding things they are likely to like.
Oh, I meant the actual title of the thread.
As for the actual content, I like that it's a big dumb raw list. If everyone starts to hate that then I can do something, though. This is plenty subjective, but I was thinking about bolding the artists and records that appear to have the most hype / be of interest to the most people or commenting a list with those for a more stripped down overview. Would that be useful?
Yeah, that'd be nice. I don't have time to listen to all of them, even though I would like to. It's a very extensive list, which I like, good work on it, but it's too much for me personally.
Uh, what?
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marvin-gaye-lost-album-youre-the-man-release-791201/
Sweet! I love me some Marvin Gaye. edit: The album is on Spotify already... nice!
I've also been a fan of Unkle since the DJ Shadow days. Psyence Fiction is one of my all time favorite albums, and while they haven't yet topped it IMO, they still put out pretty consistently solid albums and The Road Part 1 was great... so I'm really looking forward to finally listening to The Road: Part II when I get time. I highly recommend people check them out.
p.s. Thanks for making this weekly list again, Whom. It's much appreciated.
I really suggest everyone checks out the new Quelle Chris. I think he's the most exciting emerging rapper in the game right now, but he's still flying somewhat under the radar. His 2017 release was my aoty, and his collab with Jean Grae last year was some super sharp contemporary political commentary. His stuff is pretty hazy and super backpacky, but I think he balances this amazing line between saying nothing and saying everything at the same time.
Otherwise, not too many names jump out at me here. I'll probably check out Logic's new record, only because I've been listening to everything he's put out, I guess out of morbid curiosity.
The 'lost' Marvin Gaye album could just be a marketing ploy, but it'll probably be worth looking into.
Edit: Okay. Don't listen to Logic's now record.
Edit2: Missed Billy Woods on this list (under a different name), probably my aoty so far.
I've never thought a Quelle Chris project was more than "okay" since I found him back with either Innocent Country or Lullabies for the Broken Brain (I think the latter?), but I keep going back to try more. I've never been on the same wavelength as him musically and it all comes out dull to me, but there's clearly a respectable creative mind behind it all and I feel like someday I'll stumble upon one that completely blows my mind.
Guess I'll be repeating that here.
Thanks again, Whom!
I haven't listened to either yet, but these are the ones that jump out to me from the list, they're both artists I like a lot:
Vltimas release is wonderful. If you like metal, it's a fine supergroup with people from Mayhem (guitar), Cryptopsy (drums) and Morbid Angel (vocal).
Check here.