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    1. This week's album and EP releases

      ...Sunday isn't that far from Thursday... ...I'm sorry! Here's a list of a lot of things that came out in this past week, mostly up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely...

      ...Sunday isn't that far from Thursday...

      ...I'm sorry!


      Here's a list of a lot of things that came out in this past week, mostly up through 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 :)


      AJR - Neotheater (Electropop, Trap [EDM]) || Song.link - Spotify

      Alan Parsons - The Secret (AOR) || Song.link - Spotify

      Aldous Harding - Designer (Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk) || Song.link - Spotify

      Amon Tobin - Fear in a Handful of Dust (Electroacoustic, Progressive Electronic) || Song.link - Spotify

      Aries - Juramento Mantarraya (Art Pop, Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Awaken I Am - The Beauty In Tragedy (Post-Hardcore) || Song.link - Spotify

      Bailen - Thrilled To Be Here (Indie Rock, Americana) || Song.link - Spotify

      Bear's Den - So That You Might Hear Me (Indie Folk, Indie Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Billie Marten - Feeding Seahorses by Hand (Singer/Songwriter) || Song.link - Spotify

      blackbear - ANONYMOUS (Alternative R&B) || Song.link - Spotify

      Black Zone Magick Chant - Voyage Sacrifice (Ambient, Drone) || Song.link - Spotify

      Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balance (Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival) || Song.link - Spotify

      Chelou - Out Of Sight (Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Claude Fontaine - Claude Fontaine (Psychedelic Pop, Bossa nova, Pop Reggae) || Song.link - Spotify

      Co Cash - F.A.C.T.S. (Trap Rap) || Song.link - Spotify

      Craig Finn (of the Holy Steady) - I Need A New War (Singer/Songwriter) || Song.link - Spotify

      The Cranberries - In the End (Pop Rock, Alternative Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      The Damned Things - High Crimes (Hard Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Danko Jones - A Rock Supreme (Hard Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Delsbo Beach Club - A burger in Åkersberga (Indie Pop, Indie Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      DJ Nate - Take Off Mode (Footwork) || Song.link - Spotify

      Dub Trio - The Shape of Dub to Come (Math Rock, Dub) || Song.link - Spotify

      Dylan Scott - Nothing to Do Town (Dylan Scott) || Song.link - Spotify

      El Momo a.k.a Mario Maher - Sueños reales (Hip Hop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Ezra Collective - You Can't Steal My Joy (Jazz Fusion) || Song.link - Spotify

      Farruko - Gangalee (Reggaeton) || Song.link - Spotify

      Foxygen - Seeing Other People (Glam Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      George Benson - Walking to New Orleans (Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues) || Song.link - Spotify

      The Get Ahead - Deepest Light (Americana) || Song.link - Spotify

      Guided by Voices - Warp and Woof (Indie Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Hannah Cohen - Welcome Home (Art Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Hardline - Life (Hard Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Hembree - House On Fire (Alternative Rock, Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Hillsong United - People (CCM) || Song.link for "LIVE/VISUAL" - for "LIVE" - Spotify

      IamSu! - Its Always Pure Love (West Coast Hip Hop) || Song.link - Spotify

      In the Valley Below - The Pink Chateau (Indie Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Jackie Mendoza - LuvHz (Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Jacob Latimore - Connection2 (Pop Rap) || Song.link - Spotify

      James TW - Chapters (Singer/Songwriter) || Song.link - Spotify

      JJ Cale - Stay Around (Blues Rock, Country Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Sacred Dreams (Art Pop, Psychedelic Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks (Indie Folk, Folk Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Justin Garner - Imprint (Contemporary R&B) || Song.link - Spotify

      Justin Moore - Late Nights and Longnecks (Contemporary Country) || Song.link - Spotify

      Kelly Finnigan - The Tales People Tell (Soul) || Song.link - Spotify

      Kevin Abstract - ARIZONA BABY (Alternative R&B, Pop Rap) || Song.link - Spotify

      Kevin Morby - Oh My God (Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Kiefer Sutherland - Reckless & Me (Country Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies (Boogie Rock, Psychedelic Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Lamb - The Secret Of Letting Go (Art Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Local Natives - Violet Street (Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Lord Dying - Mysterium Tremendum (Sludge Metal) || Song.link - Spotify

      Maddie & Tae - One Heart To Another EP (Contemporary Country) || Song.link - Spotify

      Marina - LOVE+FEAR (Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Marissa Nadler And Stephen Brodsky - Droneflower (Singer/Songwriter, Ethereal Wave) || Song.link - Spotify

      Matt Martians - The Last Party (Alternative R&B) || Song.link - Spotify

      The Mountain Goats - In League With Dragons (Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter) || Song.link - Spotify

      NBA Big B - 5th God (Trap Rap) || Song.link - Spotify

      New Years Day - Unbreakable (Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Nick Murphy (AKA Chet Faker) - Run Fast Sleep Naked (Indietronica) || Song.link - Spotify

      Nils Lofgren - Blue With Lou (Heartland Rock, Singer/Songwriter) || Song.link - Spotify

      Olivia O'Brien - Was It Even Real? (Contemporary R&B) || Song.link - Spotify

      OLSSON - Tropical Cologne (Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      OMB Peezy - Preacher To the Streets (West Coast Hip Hop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Otoboke Beaver - Itekoma Hits! (Hardcore Punk) || Song.link - Spotify

      P!nk - Hurts 2B Human (Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Party Favor - Layers (Trap [EDM]) || Song.link - Spotify

      Peakes - Absent In Person EP (Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres (Indie Pop, Folk Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      The Pilgrim - Walking Into The Forest (Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Pure Bathing Culture - Night Pass (Dream Pop, Chillwave) || Song.link - Spotify

      Radical Face - Therapy EP (Indie Pop, Folk Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Rob Thomas - Chip Tooth Smile (Pop Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Rodrigo y Gabriela - Mettavolution (Acoustic Rock, Flamenco nuevo) || Song.link - Spotify

      ScHoolboy Q - CrasH Talk (Pop Rap) || Song.link - Spotify

      Sid Le Rock - Scenic Route (Electronic, House) || Song.link - Spotify

      Sneakk - SAY LESS (Contemporary R&B) || Song.link - Spotify

      SOAK - Grim Town (Singer/Songwriter) || Song.link - Spotify

      Spotlights - Love & Decay (Post-Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal) || Song.link - Spotify

      The Story Changes - To Hell With This Delicate Equation (Alternative Rock, Emo-Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Sublime With Rome - Blessings (Ska Punk) || YouTube for "Light On" - for "Wicked Heart" - Spotify

      SUNN O))) - Life Metal (Drone Metal) || Song.link - Spotify

      Teen Daze - Bioluminescence (Chillwave) || Song.link - Spotify

      Tesla - Shock (Hard Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Tiny Fighter - Tell Me EP (Indie Rock, Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Trade Wind - Certain Freedoms (Alternative Rock) || Song.link - Spotify

      Various Artists - For the Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones) (Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Various Artists - UglyDolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      Walker Lukens - Adult (Pop Rock, Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      The Well - Death And Consolation (Stoner Rock, Doom Metal) || Song.link - Spotify

      Winnetka Bowling League - Cloudy With A Chance Of Sun EP (Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify

      YFL Kelvin - Neva Lookin Back (Trap Rap) || Song.link - Spotify

      Your Heart Breaks - Drone Butch Blues (Indie Folk, Indie Pop) || Song.link - Spotify


      Spotify Master playlist, all albums (minus the two 'various artist' sets above)


      Notes:
      If you spot any mistakes please let us know.

      Thank you to @Cleb, @cfabbro, and @Amarok for the help!

      Hillsong United - People || has two versions? live and live/visual. linked both since they have different results.
      Sublime With Rome - Blessings || album not due til May 31. linked 2 youtube singles, and spotify has 4 tracks.

      18 votes
    2. 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...

      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)

      Thanks to @Cleb for the help again and @cfabbro for grabbing the song.link urls!


      1THE9 - XIX (K-Pop) | Song.link

      After the Burial - Evergreen (Metalcore, Djent) | Song.link

      Allegaeon - Apoptosis (Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal) | Song.link

      Angélique Kidjo - Celia (Fon Music) | Song.link

      Anna Tivel - The Question (Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter) | Song.link

      Ann My Dice - Thorn EP (Metal) | Song.link

      Bananarama - In Stereo (Dance-Pop, Electropop) | Song.link

      Beauty Queen - Out Of Touch EP (Indie Pop) | Song.link

      Bells Atlas - The Mystic (Neo Soul) | Song.link

      Bernard Fowler (of Rolling Stones) - Inside Out (Rock) | Song.link

      Beyoncé - Homecoming: The Live Album (Contemporary R&B, Pop) | Song.link

      Cage The Elephant - Social Cues (Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Pop) | Song.link

      Cayucas - Real Life (Indie Pop, Sunshine Pop) | Song.link

      Countless Goodbyes - Cycles (Metal) | Song.link

      The Cringe - Everywhere You’ve Never Been (Rock) | Song.link

      Daniel Norgren - Wooh Dang (Contemporary Folk) | Song.link

      Diane Coffee - Internet Arms (Art Pop) | Song.link

      Dinah Jane - 1 (Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop) | Song.link

      Drugdealer - Raw Honey (Psychedelic Rock) | Song.link

      Erick Sermon - Vernia (East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap) | Song.link

      Faith Eliott - Impossible Bodies (Indie Folk, Chamber Folk) | Song.link

      Fat White Family - Serfs Up! (Neo Psychedelia) | Song.link

      Field Medic - Fade Into the Dawn (Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter) | Song.link

      Flaural - Postponement (Psychedelic Rock) | Bandcamp

      Foolio - Never Wanted Fame (Trap Rap, Pop Rap) | Song.link

      Fredo Bang - Big Ape (Trap Rap) | Song.link

      Grand Magus - Wolf God (Heavy Metal) | Song.link

      Gus Dapperton - Where Polly People Go to Read (Hypnagogic Pop, Indie Pop) | Song.link

      Heart Attack Man - Fake Blood (Pop Punk, Power Pop) | Song.link

      Heather Woods Broderick - Invitation (Singer/Songwriter, Art Pop) | Song.link

      Heavy As Texas - Heavy As Texas (Heavy Metal) | Song.link

      Hit-Boy & SOB X RBE - Family Not A Group (West Coast Hip Hop) | Song.link

      The Hot Sardines - Welcome Home, Bon Voyage (Jazz) | Song.link

      Izzy Bizu - Glita EP (Pop Soul) | Official site

      Jade Bird - Jade Bird (Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Country Pop) | Song.link

      Jahkoy - 404 (Contemporary R&B) | Song.link

      JOHNNYSWIM - Moonlight (Folk Pop) | Song.link

      Jonatha Brooke - Imposter EP (Singer/Songwriter) | Song.link

      Jung Seung Hwan - Dear My Universe (K-Pop) | Song.link

      Kelsey Lu - Blood (Art Pop) | Song.link

      Kinbrae - Landforms (Ambient, Progressive Electronic) | Song.link

      Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B) | Song.link

      Loyle Carner - Not Waving, But Drowning (UK Hip Hop, Jazz Rap) | Song.link

      Maren Celest - I Saw The Sun (Lofi Indie) | Official site

      Mark Peters - New Routes Out Of Innerland (Progressive Electronic) | Song.link

      Menoh Beats - MENOH! (Instrumental Hip Hop) | Song.link - Soundcloud

      Mitch Woods - A Tip Of The Hat To Fats (Blues) | Song.link

      NCT 127 - Awaken (K-Pop, Dance-Pop) | Song.link

      The O’Jays - The Last Word (Pop Soul) | Song.link

      Pamplemousse - High Strung (Garage Rock) | Song.link

      Peggy Gou - Moment EP (Nu-Disco) | Song.link

      Pi'erre Bourne - The Life of Pi'erre 4 (Trap Rap, Cloud Rap) | Song.link

      Pivot Gang - You Can't Sit With Us (Trap Rap, Pop Rap) | Song.link

      Pressa - Prestige (Trap Rap) | Song.link

      Raffi - Motivational Songs (Children’s Music) | Song.link

      Russ Tolman - Goodbye El Dorado (Roots Rock) | Song.link

      Sabbath Assembly - A Letter Of Red (Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock) | Official site - Bandcamp

      Sad Planets (Patrick Carney and John Petkovic) - Akron, Ohio (Alt Rock) | Song.link

      Sarah Mary Chadwick - The Queen Who Stole The Sky (Art Pop) | Song.link

      Seaway - Fresh Produce (Pop Punk) | Song.link

      Shotgun Sawyer - Bury The Hatchet (Blues) | Song.link

      Shy Glizzy - COVERED N’ BLOOD (Trap Rap) | Song.link

      Smokepurpp - Lost Planet (Trap Rap) | Song.link

      Starbomb - The Tryforce (Comedy Rap, Nerdcore) | Song.link

      Stealing Sheep - Big Wows (Psychedelic Pop) | Song.link

      Super Junior-D&E - Danger (K-Pop) | Song.link

      The Tallest Man on Earth - I Love You. It's a Fever Dream (Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk) | Song.link

      Tech N9ne - N9NA (Hardcore Hip Hop) | Song.link

      TR/ST - The Destroyer - 1 (Synthpop) | Song.link

      Tripsitter - The Other Side Of Sadness (Soft Rock) | Song.link

      The Vamps - Missing You EP (Electropop) | Song.link

      Various Artists - MOOMINVALLEY (Official Soundtrack) - (TV Soundtrack) | Song.link

      Wand - Laughing Matter (Psychedelic Rock) | Song.link

      Wargirl - Wargirl (Indie Pop) | Song.link

      Your Heart Breaks - Drone Butch Blues (Indie Pop) | Song.link

      Notes from cfabbro:
      I will check again tomorrow and update below links as required.

      Flaural - Postponement | no song.link yet, bandcamp linked
      Izzy Bizu - Glita EP | not released yet? no song.link yet, official site linked
      Maren Celest - I Saw The Sun | book+album art project? no song.link, official site linked
      Menoh Beats - MENOH! | not released yet? song.link is single, soundcloud is single, no official site?
      Sabbath Assembly - A Letter Of Red | not released yet? no song.link yet, official site and bandcamp linked

      7 votes
    3. 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...

      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)

      Thanks for the help this week, @Cleb!


      88GLAM - 88GLAM2.5 (Trap Rap)

      Aaron Lewis - State I’m In (Contemporary Country)

      ALL TVVINS - Just To Exist (Alternative Dance, Indie Rock)

      All Your Sisters - Trust Ruins (Industrial Rock, Post-Punk)

      Anderson .Paak - Ventura (Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B)

      Andy Black - The Ghost of Ohio (Pop Rock)

      Astrid - Fall, Stand, Dance (Indie Pop, Pop Rock)

      Band of Skulls - Love Is All You Love (Garage Rock Revival, Alternative Rock)

      Bars Of Gold - Shelters (New Wave, Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore)

      Beat Music - Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! (Jazz-Rock, Electronic)

      Bibio - Ribbons (Folktronica, Hypnagogic Pop)

      Big Business - The Beast You Are (Hard Rock, Heavy Metal)

      Big Search - Slow Fascination (Indie Pop)

      Black Flower - Future Flora (Afro-Jazz, Jazz-Funk)

      Broken Social Scene - Let's Try the After - Vol. 2 (Indie Pop, Indie Rock)

      Bruce Hornsby - Absolute Zero (Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter)

      BTS - Map of the Soul: Persona (K-Pop)

      The Budos Band - V (Jazz-Funk, Heavy Psych, Afrobeat)

      Caskey - Black Sheep 4 (Trap Rap)

      The Chemical Brothers - No Geography (Big Beat, Acid House)

      The Cradle - The Glare of Success (Indie Folk)

      Cris Jacobs - Color Where You Are (Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic Blues)

      Damien Jurado - In the Shape of a Storm (Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter)

      Eli "Paperboy" Reed - 99 Cent Dreams (Soul, Rhythm & Blues)

      Emily Reo - Only You Can See It (Indie Pop)

      Emma Bunton - My Happy Place (Pop Soul)

      Eric Reed - Everybody Gets The Blues (Jazz)

      Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel (Post Punk Revival)

      Glen Hansard - The Wild Willing (Singer/Songwriter, Electronic)

      Gone Cosmic - Sideways In Time (Psychedelic Rock)

      ​iann dior - nothings ever good enough (Emo Rap)

      Intellexual (Nico Segal & Nate Fox of The Social Experiment) - Intellexual (Indie Pop)

      Inter Arma - Sulphur English (Post Metal)

      Jesse Rutherford - GARAGEB& (Alternative R&B, Electropop)

      Jess Ribeiro - Love Hate (Singer/Songwriter)

      John Paul White - The Hurting Kind (Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock)

      Junodream - Terrible Things That Could Happen EP (Indie Rock)

      Khalid - Free Spirit (Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul)

      KSI & Randolph - New Age (UK Hip Hop)

      The Leisure Society - Arrivals & Departures (Chamber pop, Indie pop)

      Lloyd - Black Haze (Pop Rock)

      Lowly - Hifalutin (Indie Pop)

      LSD - Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present… LSD (Psychedelic Pop, Electronic)

      Marshmello & SOB X RBE - Roll the Dice - EP (Pop Rap)

      Melby - VCR (Psychedelic Pop, Indie Pop)

      Melissa Etheridge - The Medicine Show (Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter)

      M Huncho - Utopia (Trap Rap)

      MISSIO - The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man (Electropop)

      MONKEY3 - Sphere (Stoner Rock, Space Rock)

      Mystery Skulls - Back to Life (Electropop)

      Native Harrow - Happier Now (Indie Folk, Folk Pop)

      Norah Jones - Begin Again (Jazz Pop)

      NUMENOREAN - Adore (Atmospheric black metal)

      Odonis Odonis - Reaction EP (Electro-Industrial, Industrial Rock)

      Pixel Grip - Heavy Handed (Synthpop)

      Reese McHenry - No Dados (Garage Rock)

      RiFF RAFF - PiNK PYTHōN (Trap Rap)

      Rory Fresco - True Story (Pop Rap)

      Sara Evans - The Barker Family Band (Country Pop)

      Sebastián Yatra - FANTASÍA (Reggaeton)

      Shovels & Rope - By Blood (Alt. Country)

      Sophie Auster - Next Time (Singer/Songwriter)

      Tellavision - Add Land (Electronic, Pop)

      Theories - Vessel (Grindcore)

      Thomas Henley - Epoque EP (Electronic)

      Through The Noise - Dualism (Nu Metal, Post Hardcore)

      Tom Speight - Collide (Singer Songwriter)

      Walking On Cars - Colours (Pop Rock)

      Yours Truly - Afterglow EP (Progressive Pop)

      Zvi - Deer Pink (Drone Metal, Experimental Rock)

      16 votes
    4. 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...

      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)


      &More - Ethel Bobcat (Hip Hop)

      Ady Suleiman - Thoughts & Moments Vol. 1 Mixtape (Neo Soul)

      Ages and Ages - Me You They We (Indie Pop, Indie Folk)

      Alma - Have You Seen Her? (Dance-Pop, Electropop)

      BAND-MAID - BAND-MAIKO (Hard Rock)

      Big Eyes - Streets Of The Lost (Power Pop, Garage Rock)

      BLACKPINK - Kill This Love (K-Pop)

      Bogdan Raczynski - Rave 'Till You Cry (Drum and Bass, IDM)

      Brass Box - The Cathedral (Shoegaze)

      Brooks & Dunn - Reboot (Country)

      Bryce Dessner (of The National) - El Chan (Modern Classical)

      bülow - Crystalline (Electropop, Alternative R&B)

      Callum Easter - Here or Nowhere (Alternative R&B, Indie Pop)

      Cassia - Replica (Indie Pop)

      CHEN (EXO) - April, and a flower (K Pop)

      Cherry Pickles - Cherry Pickles Will Harden Your Nipples (Pop Punk, Surf Rock)

      Christian Löffler - Graal (Ambient, Techno)

      Circa Waves - What's It Like Over There? (Indie Rock)

      Cities of Mars - The Horologist (Post-Metal, Doom Metal)

      COCAINE PISS - Passionate and Tragic (Crust Punk, Noise)

      Conjurer - Sigils (Doom Metal, Stoner Metal)

      Crown of Autumn - Byzantine Horizons (Black Metal, Doom Metal)

      Datura4 - Blessed is the Boogie (Blues Rock, Hard Rock)

      DJ DB405 - Trillden United (Christian Hip Hop, Trap)

      Don Felder - American Rock 'N' Roll (AOR)

      The Drums - Brutalism (Indie Pop, Synthpop)

      Eluveitie - Ategnatos (Celtic Metal, Melodic Death Metal)

      Evan Greer - She/Her/They/Them (Folk Punk, Riot Grrrl)

      Flying Fish Cove - At Moonset (Indie Rock)

      Foie Gras - Holy Hell (Drone)

      Girli - Odd One Out (Electropop, Dance-Punk)

      Good Morning - The Option (Indie Pop)

      GRiZ - Ride Waves (Glitch Hop, EDM)

      Gurr - She Says EP (Jangle Pop, Indie Rock)

      Hannah Grace - The Bed You Made EP (Singer-Songwriter)

      Idlewild - Interview Muisc (Indie Rock, Alternative Rock)

      I Know Leopard - Love Is A Landmine (Indie Pop, Dream Pop)

      The Infamous Stringdusters — Rise Sun (Bluegrass)

      IZ*ONE - HEART*IZ (K Pop)

      Jackie Venson - JOY (Contemporary R&B, Indie Pop, Neo-Soul)

      Jai Wolf - The Cure to Loneliness (Synthpop, Synthwave)

      Jasmine Thompson - Colour EP (Teen Pop)

      JAWS - The Ceiling (Indie Pop)

      Jelly Boy - Everybody is a Universe (Indie Rock)

      Jimbo Mathus - Incinerator (Country, Americana)

      John Vanderslice - The Cedars (Electronic, Indie Pop, Indie Rock)

      Jonathan Larson - The Jonathan Larson Project (Film Score, Show Tunes)

      Kendrick Scott Oracle — A Wall Becomes A Bridge (Jazz)

      Khalid - Free Spirit (Alternative R&B)

      Kiefer — Bridges (Electronic, Jazz)

      Kings Kaleidoscope - Zeal (Indie Rock)

      Lady Lamb - Even in the Tremor (Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock)

      Larry “Ratso” Sloman — Stubborn Heart (Indie Folk)

      Lee Fields & The Expressions - It Rains Love (Soul)

      Lena - Only Love, L (Pop)

      Lissie - When I'm Alone: The Piano Retrospective (Pop Country)

      Luke Sital-Singh - A Golden State (Singer/Songwriter)

      Mana — Seven Steps Behind (Electronic)

      MARINA - LOVE (Electropop, Dance-Pop)

      Matt Maeson - Bank On The Funeral (Singer/Songwriter)

      Matt Simons - After The LandsIide (Pop)

      Mike Mains & The Branches — When We Were In Love (Indie Rock)

      Molly Tuttle — When You’re Ready (Progressive Bluegrass)

      Night School — Disappear Here (Indie Pop, Dream Pop)

      Partner — Saturday The 14th EP (Power Pop)

      Periphery - Periphery IV: HAIL STAN (Progressive Metal)

      The Prescriptions — Hollywood Gold (Alternative Country, Folk Rock)

      Priests — The Seduction Of Kansas (Post-Punk, Noise Rock)

      PUP - Morbid Stuff (Pop Punk, Power Pop)

      Ramriddlz - RamReaper (Alternative R&B)

      Reba McEntire — Stronger Than The Truth (Contemporary Country)

      Rescue Rangers — Divisive (Stoner Rock)

      Rod Melancon — Pinkville (Country, Blues)

      Rose Elinor Dougall — A New Illusion (Indie Pop, Dream Pop)

      Rozi Plain — What A Boost (Indie Folk)

      Sara Bareilles - Amidst the Chaos (Singer/Songwriter, Pop)

      Savoir Adore — Full Bloom (Indie Pop)

      Sego - Sego Sucks (Indie Pop)

      Shana Cleveland — Night Of The Worm Moon (Folk)

      Sharkmuffin — Gamma Gardening EP (Garage Punk, Riot Grrrl)

      Social Club Misfits - MOOD. (Christian Hip Hop)

      Spoony Bard — Old Friends (Hip-Hop, Electronic, Jazz)

      Tayla Parx — We Need To Talk (Contemporary R&B)

      Ten Tonnes - Ten Tonnes (Singer/Songwriter)

      Tory Lanez - International Fargo (Pop Rap)

      Tyler Ramsey — For The Morning (Contemporary Folk)

      Uncle Meg — Butterfly EP (Emo Rap)

      Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (Art Pop, Baroque Pop)

      Yarrow - A Mild Circus EP (Post-Punk)

      Yung Garzi - Nothing To Something (Pop Rap)

      Yung Van - Blackwater (Emo Rap)

      Zaytoven - Make America Trap Again (Trap)

      12 votes
    5. 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...

      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)

      12 votes
    6. 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...

      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)


      American Football - American Football (Midwest Emo)

      Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet (Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter)

      Anteros - When We Land (Indie Pop)

      Aoratos - Gods Without Name (Black Metal)

      Apparat - LP5 (Techno)

      Aubrey Logan - Where The Sunshine Is Expensive (Vocal Jazz)

      Avey Tare - Cows on Hourglass Pond (Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Folk)

      Bad Suns - Mystic Truth (Alternative Rock, Indie Pop)

      Ballout - T.I. (Drill)

      Battle Beast - No More Hollywood Endings (Heavy Metal, Power Metal)

      Bill MacKay - Fountain Fire (Folk Rock)

      Blue Angels - Sue EP (Ambient Folk)

      Bonnie Tyler - Between The Earth And The Stars (Pop Rock)

      Brian Carpenter’s Beat Circus - These Wicked Things (Avant Prog, Dark Cabaret)

      Brim Liski - Duels (Shoegaze, Electronica)

      Cellar Darling - The Spell (Folk Metal)

      Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall (Jazz Fusion)

      Crows - Silver Tongues (Post Punk)

      Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew (Singer-Songwriter, Pop)

      Delta Heavy - Only in Dreams (Drumstep)

      Dominanz - Let The Death Enter (Death Metal)

      Donna Grantis (of 3rdEyeGirl) - Diamonds & Dynamite (Hard Rock)

      Dos Monos - Dos City (Experimental Hip Hop)

      Emily Wells - This World Is Too ____ For You (Chamber Pop)

      Everglow - Arrival of Everglow (K-Pop, Dance-Pop)

      Ex Hex - It's Real (Power Pop, Alternative Rock)

      Extortionist - Sever the Cord (Deathcore)

      Famous Dex - Wave Creator (Trap Rap, Pop Rap)

      Flora Cash - Press (Indie Folk)

      Flume - Hi This Is Flume (Wonky)

      Fred Everything - Long Way Home (Deep House)

      From Sorrow to Serenity - Reclaim (Deathcore, Groove Metal, Metalcore)

      Heize - She's Fine (K-Pop, Contemporary R&B)

      Ian Daniel Kehoe - Secret Republic (Pop)

      Ibibio Sound Machine - Doko Mien (Afro-Funk)

      Jayda G - Significant Changes (Deep House)

      Jenny Lewis - On the Line (Pop Rock, Indie Pop)

      Jeon Se Woon - Plus Minus Zero (K-Pop)

      Johnny Booth - Firsthand Accounts (Metalcore)

      Kevin Garrett - Hoax (Singer-Songwriter)

      La Casa Azul - La Gran Esfera (Bubblegum, Indie Pop)

      La Dispute - Panorama (Emo)

      Lafawndah - Ancestor Boy (Alternative R&B, Art Pop)

      Lambchop - This (is what I wanted to tell you) (Sophisti-Pop, Art Pop)

      Leiva - Nuclear (Pop)

      Lil Xan - Heartbreak Soldiers pt. 2 (Trap Rap, Emo Rap)

      Lil Yee - Live 4 It, Die 4 It EP (West Coast Hip Hop)

      Lucy Rose - No Words Left (Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk)

      Luther Dickinson And Sisters Of The Strawberry Moon - Solstice (Southern Rock, Blues)

      Mary Lattimore And Mac McCaughan (of Superchunk) - New Rain Duets (Electroacoustic)

      Matt Anderson - Halfway Home By Morning (Blues)

      Maverick Sabre - When I Wake Up (Neo-Soul)

      Mayfield - Careless Love (Post-Hardcore)

      Meridian - Margin of Error (Heavy Metal)

      Momoland - Show Me (K-Pop, Dance-Pop)

      NAV - Bad Habits (Alternative R&B, Trap Rap, Pop Rap)

      Niggght - Violent Delicacy EP (Doom Metal, Blues)

      Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe (Indie Pop, Indie Rock)

      No Win - Downey (Indie Rock, Power Pop)

      Obsidian Sea - Strangers (Progressive Rock)

      Orville Peck - Pony (Singer/Songwriter, Alt-Country)

      Parting Gift - Ensom (Alternative Rock)

      PnB Rock - TrapStar Turnt PopStar (Trap Rap)

      Problem Daughter - Grow Up Trash (Pop Punk)

      Queen Key - Eat My Pussy Again (Trap Rap)

      RPWL - Tales From Outer Space (Progressive Rock)

      Rachael Sage - PseudoMyopia (Singer Songwriter)

      Red Sun Rising - Peel EP (Post Grunge)

      Rich the Kid - The World Is Yours 2 (Trap Rap, Southern Hip Hop)

      Ritual Howls - Rendered Armor (Gothic Country, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk)

      Robin Trower - Coming Closer To Day (Blues Rock)

      Ruth B - Maybe I'll Find You Again (Singer/Songwriter)

      Sermon - Birth of the Marvellous (Alternative Metal, Progressive Rock)

      Shawn James - The Dark & The Light (Contemporary Rock)

      Shlohmo - The End (Electronic)

      Sleep In. - The Stars On Your Ceiling (Emo)

      Sleeper - The Modern Age (Britpop)

      Slow Caves - Falling (Indie Rock)

      Spiral Stairs (Pavement’s Scott Kannberg) - We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized (Alternative Rock)

      Stillhound - Stillhound (House, Indie Rock)

      Strand of Oaks - Eraserland (Indie Folk, Indie Rock)

      Suzi Wu - Error 404 EP (Indie Pop)

      Taali - I Am Here (Art Pop)

      Tamaryn - Dreaming The Dark (Synth Pop, Dream Pop)

      Terry Allen And The Panhandle Mystery Band - Pedal Steal + Four Corners (Singer Songwriter)

      The Flaying - Angry, Undead (Death Metal)

      These New Puritans - Inside The Rose (Art Pop, Darkwave)

      They Hate Change - Clearwater EP (Experimental Hip Hop)

      Trevor Daniel - Restless (Pop Rap, Emo Rap)

      Truth Corroded - Bloodlands (Thrash Metal, Death Metal)

      Tyson Meade - Robbing The Nuclear Family (Indie Rock)

      VAV - Thrilla Killa (K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Electropop)

      Vendredi sur mer - Premiers émois (Electropop, French Pop)

      Wallows - Nothing Happens (Indie Rock, Indie Pop)

      We Show Up On Radar - Zanzibar Whip Coral (Indie Pop)

      Wild Belle - Everybody One of a Kind (Pop Reggae, Indie Pop)

      Yawners - Just Calm Down (Indie Rock)

      Yerin Baek - Our Love Is Great (K-Pop)

      13 votes
    7. This Week's Releases 01/03 - Solange, Pond, 2-Chainz and more.

      Releases of the week 23/02/2019 - 01/03/2019 Featured Release Solange - When I Get Home (Neo-Soul, Alternative R&B) Solange has unveiled her new album, When I Get Home. Spanning 19 tracks, it...

      Releases of the week 23/02/2019 - 01/03/2019


      Featured Release

      Solange - When I Get Home (Neo-Soul, Alternative R&B)

      Solange has unveiled her new album, When I Get Home. Spanning 19 tracks, it marks Solange’s fourth album to date and serves as the follow-up to her 2016 opus, A Seat at the Table.
      When I Get Home was written, performed, and executive produced by Solange herself, but she was hardly in the studio. Among the album’s many contributors were Earl Sweatshirt, Panda Bear, Tyler the Creator, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, Sampha, Pharrell Williams, Gucci Mane, Playboi Carti, Raphael Saadiq, Metro Boomin, The-Dream, Cassie, Abra, and The Internet’s Steve Lacy.
      “Y’all! I’m filled w so much joy right now!!! Wow! I can’t thank y’all enough for this moment and for all the feelings i feel in my body!” Solange wrote in a tweet. “I’m bringing home w me everywhere I go yalll and I ain’t running from shit no more. Your love lifts me up so high. Thank you!”

      Source: Consequence of Sound

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      Pond - Tasmania (Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop)

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      2 Chainz - Rap or Go to the League (Trap Rap, Southern Hip Hop)

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      Sun Kil Moon - I Also Want To Die In New Orleans (Contemporary Folk, Spoken Word)

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      T-Pain - 1UP (Alternative R&B, Trap Rap)

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      Feel free to discuss or feature any and all other releases in the comments below

      Discussion Points

      Have you listened to any of these releases?
      What are your thoughts?
      What are you looking forward to listen to?
      What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?

      // All feedback on this format welcome.

      7 votes
    8. Let's generate a list of fantastic jazz albums

      Hi, I am interested in creating a list of essential jazz albums for people who may be beginning to listen to the genre. My basic idea is that each person can contribute one album to the list. This...

      Hi, I am interested in creating a list of essential jazz albums for people who may be beginning to listen to the genre. My basic idea is that each person can contribute one album to the list. This has two caveats: one, you can only contribute once, and two, the album that you contribute cannot already be listed in the previous comments. If we can make this work, I will compile the results after one month based on the ranking of the albums by votes. Let's see what a bunch of ~s can do. Also, if you have suggestions for how this may be better organized, do let me know.

      26 votes
    9. This Week's Releases 18/01 - James Blake, Sharon Von Etten, Future and more.

      Releases of the week 12/01/2019 - 18/01/2019 Featured Release James Blake - Assume Form (Alternative R&B, Art Pop) "After dropping two new songs yesterday — the subtle trapper “Mile High” and the...

      Releases of the week 12/01/2019 - 18/01/2019


      Featured Release

      James Blake - Assume Form (Alternative R&B, Art Pop)

      "After dropping two new songs yesterday — the subtle trapper “Mile High” and the haunting “Lullaby For My Insomniac” — James Blake reveals today the entirety of Assume Form, his fourth full-length to date and follow-up to 2016’s The Colour In Anything. It’s available to stream in full below via Apple Music and Spotify.
      The album spans 12 tracks, including last year’s excellent “Don’t Miss It”, and features guest spots from Travis Scott, Metro Boomin, Rosalía, André 3000, and Moses Sumney. Blake previously contributed to the most recent full-length efforts from Oneothrix Point Never and Travis Scott, as well as on singles from Kendrick Lamar, André 3000, and Moses Sumney.”

      Source: Consequence of Sound

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      Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow (Indie Pop, Synth)

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      Future - The WIZRD (Hip Hop, Trap)

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      Deerhunter - Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared (Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock)

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      Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace (Alternative R&B, Synth Funk)

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      Feel free to discuss or feature any and all other releases in the comments below

      Discussion Points

      Have you listened to any of these releases?
      What are your thoughts?
      What are you looking forward to listen to?
      What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?

      // All feedback on this format welcome below.

      4 votes
    10. Let's find the best overlooked music of 2018. Here's the 175 albums we've collected so far - a good start. Got anything to add to it?

      Every year we try to put together a 'best of' list that is devoid of the same 200 albums that make up all of the other music lists on the internet. We do this by intentionally excluding...

      Every year we try to put together a 'best of' list that is devoid of the same 200 albums that make up all of the other music lists on the internet. We do this by intentionally excluding popular/mainstream artists from our submission pool. Our cutoff is generally no more than three tracks with a million plays on spotify, though we do fudge it a bit especially for artists that only have regional success or put out something really great. The popularity limits are more of a guideline than a hard and fast rule.

      I used last year's results as a test post on tildes, if you want to see what the final results will look like. Once we finish voting on the albums we generate the playlists on spotify and use automated tools to replicate them to other streaming services. We have a google spreadsheet that helps us manage the process. There's a submission form that will drop recommendations right into the spreadsheet where we can work on them.

      We're not trying to find albums that are 'better' than the mainstream. We're just trying to include more of the great music that gets released every year, particularly the good stuff from new and overlooked artists that gets lost by the wayside while all the major music publications argue about the right order of the year's press darlings. Consider AlbumOfTheYear's List as the 'official' record of what's popular in the music press.

      We do this by asking people for their favorites - in listentothis, in letstalkmusic, and today here on Tildes. I'd like to invite everyone on Tildes to submit their picks for the best overlooked music they've heard this year.

      How do you know if an album you like is good enough? Everyone has their own way of listening, but generally, if you've had the record on repeat at all, that's the sign that it's worthy of attention. If you've got one you can't stop spinning and can't get out of your head, that's 'must listen' territory which goes at the top of the list. Make sure to leave a note in your comment when you submit, if you think it's that good. ;)

      You can submit albums right here using this form. Please put a ~ in front of your username when you submit, so we know it came from a tildes user rather than a reddit user.

      This spotify playlist contains the 175 albums from 2018 we've gathered so far. That's what's in our spreadsheet right now, at the start of the process. We haven't vetted/voted on these yet, just made sure they come in near the popularity cutoff. If any of the albums in this list really knock your socks off, let us know in the comments below. The first 1/3 of the list is mostly from random redditors, quality may be a bit dicey. The last 2/3 is the fruit of the l2t crew's cratedigging all year, submissions from our 30+ moderators. Every genre you can imagine (and some you can't) is in this list, they aren't sorted by style yet - this is one big bucket that goes all over the map.

      I will update this playlist as new albums come in, though not exactly in real time - expect a day or two delay. If you want to keep up with it, just follow that list on spotify.

      We're taking until the end of Feb. to finish the 2018 set, so roughly 6-8 weeks to listen to all of this stuff before we push the finished set out the door. If you want to help us listen, bookmark this thread here on Tildes, and leave a comment here when one of the albums grabs you. Feel free to submit new albums to that spreadsheet right up until the deadline at the end of Feb.

      Happy listening. :)

      11 votes
    11. This Week's Releases 14/12 - Charlotte Gainsburg, Kodak Black, Vic Mensa and more.

      Releases of the week 8/12/2018 - 14/12/2018 Featured Release Charlotte Gainsburg - Take 2 - EP (Art Pop, Synth Pop) "Charlotte Gainsbourg has announced a new EP called Take 2. The five-track...

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      Featured Release

      Charlotte Gainsburg - Take 2 - EP (Art Pop, Synth Pop)

      "Charlotte Gainsbourg has announced a new EP called Take 2. The five-track project, which features her cover of Kanye West’s “Runaway,” is out December 14 via Because Music. Today, she’s shared the EP’s first song “Such a Remarkable Day.” Check it out below with a video of Gainsbourg’s live performances.
      Take 2 is produced by Frank Ocean collaborator SebastiAn and mixed by Tom Elmhirst. See the artwork below. Last year, Gainsbourg released Rest, which featured on Pitchfork’s “50 Best Albums of 2017.”

      Source: Pitchfork

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      Kodak Black - Dying To Live (Hip Hop, Trap)

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      Vic Mensa - Hooligans EP (Conscious Hip Hop)

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      $ilkMoney - *I Hate My Life and I Really Wish People Would Stop Telling Me Not To * (Hip Hop, Trap)

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      Discussion Points

      Have you listened to any of these releases?
      What are your thoughts?
      What are you looking forward to listen to?
      What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?

      // All feedback on this format welcome below.

      4 votes
    12. This Week's Releases 30/11 - Earl Sweatshirt, The 1975, J.I.D., Jeff Tweedy

      Releases of the week 24/11/2018 - 30/11/2018 Featured Release Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (Hip Hop, Abstract) It’s always been Earl versus the world. Fame found him at the age of 16, making...

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      Featured Release

      Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (Hip Hop, Abstract)

      It’s always been Earl versus the world. Fame found him at the age of 16, making him an internet sensation, then a meme, then an enigma, and finally, an icon. For an introverted kid who knew he could rap but was reluctant to accept the exposure and invasions of privacy that came with being a bona fide pop culture phenomenon, it’s been an uncomfortable evolution. Voracious fans threatened to consume not just his music but his personal life too. That same entitlement caused the “FREE EARL” campaign to mutate from eager appreciation to scary obsession and stoked fans’ demand for music during the three years since his last album—even as he was mourning his father’s death earlier this year. Rather than bask in the attention, he recoiled from it, setting himself apart from peers who maintain relevance through carefully strategized ubiquity. As he receded from the spotlight, his mystique grew—as did fans’ desire to hear him to do what he does best.

      Source: Pitchfork

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      The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (Pop, Synthpop)

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      J.I.D. - DiCaprio 2 (Hip Hop, Trap)

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      Jeff Tweedy - Warm (Indie, Alt-Country)

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      Meek Mill - CHAMPIONSHIPS (Hip Hop, Trap)

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      Discussion Points

      Have you listened to any of these releases?
      What are your thoughts?
      What are you looking forward to listen to?
      What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?

      // All feedback on this format welcome below.

      6 votes
    13. This Week's Releases 23/11 - Oneohtrix Point Never, Dipset, Rita Ora

      Releases of the week 17/11/2018 - 23/11/2018 Featured Release Oneohtrix Point Never - Love In The Time Of Lexapro (EP) (Prog Electronic, Ambient) Oneohtrix Point Never has dropped off his new EP,...

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      Featured Release

      Oneohtrix Point Never - Love In The Time Of Lexapro (EP) (Prog Electronic, Ambient)

      Oneohtrix Point Never has dropped off his new EP, Love in the Time of Lexapro....
      The new effort follows producer Daniel Lopatin’s impressive 2018 album, Age Of, and The Station EP from July. It contains a pair of new songs and alternate, collaborative versions of two Age Of tracks.
      The two previously unreleased originals are titled, “Thank God I’m a Country Girl” and “Love in the Time of Lexapro”. The latter title track has been an audience favorite on Lopatin’s Age Of tour, but has never been properly recorded and released until now. Also included is a rework of Age Of’s “Last Known Image Of A Song” from veteran Japanese experimental musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Revenant), as well as an updated take on Age Of highlight “Babylon” featuring additional contributions from (Sandy) Alex G.”

      Source: Consequence of Sound

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      Dipset - Diplomatic Ties (Trap, Hip Hop)

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      Rita Ora - Let You Love Me (Pop, Electropop)

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      Boosie Badass - Boosie Blues Cafe (Hip Hop, Blues)

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      Art Brut - Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! (Indie, Rock)

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      Feel free to discuss or feature any and all other releases in the comments below

      Discussion Points

      Have you listened to any of these releases yet?
      What are your thoughts?
      What are you looking forward to listen to?
      What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?

      // All feedback on this format welcome below.

      4 votes
    14. This Week's Releases 16/11 - Anderson .Paak, The Smashing Pumpkins, Imagine Dragons

      Releases of the week 10/11/2018 - 16/11/2018 Featured Release Anderson .Paak - Oxnard (R&B, Hip Hop) Oxnard marks .Paak’s first release on Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment and last of “his beach...

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      Featured Release

      Anderson .Paak - Oxnard (R&B, Hip Hop)

      Oxnard marks .Paak’s first release on Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment and last of “his beach series.” “You know, we went to Venice, we went to Malibu,” .Paak noted, “so it’s only right that we take it to the next place, up the coast, up to the next beach.” As hinted previously, Dre was “heavily” involved in the making of the LP, serving as executive producer. “His music was everything to me,” Paak said of his mentor. “It molded me.”
      Another famous name that pops up on Oxnard is Madlib, a veteran rapper and producer who is also known for his collaborations with DOOM, J Dilla, and Freddie Gibbs.
      The new album features “sprawling psychedelic grooves and confident verses,” according to Rolling Stone, and per .Paak, a special ingredient missing from the current musical landscape. “I feel like ambition is missing from today’s music,” he explained. “This is the album I dreamed of making in high school, when I was listening to [Jay-Z]’s The Blueprint, The Game’s The Documentary, and [Kanye West’s] The College Dropout.”

      Source: Consequence of Sound

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      Notable Relases

      The Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. (Rock, Grunge)

      Imagine Dragons - Origins (Pop Rock)

      Mariah Carey - Caution (R&B, Pop)

      The Black Eyed Peas - Masters of the Sun, Vol. 1 (Hip Hop, Pop Rap)

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    15. Silent Planet - When the End Began (2018)

      Apple Music Google Play Spotify Progressive metalcore outfit Silent Planet has finally released their third studio outing after teasing with almost half a dozen singles released. Like their...

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      Progressive metalcore outfit Silent Planet has finally released their third studio outing after teasing with almost half a dozen singles released. Like their previous efforts, the album is drenched pathos.

      Garrett Russell's lyrics continue to impress and be the thing that truly sets Silent Planet apart from other heavy rock outfits on the scene right now. His employment of footnotes in his lyrics to help the listener know his purpose in word choice has become a hallmark of the band's output. But while Russell's lyrics have always been good, When the End Began marks a new level in his delivery. His guttural lows are booming and intense in songs like Northern Fires, while his understanding of timing and beat helps punctuate his words much better than he's ever done before, really shown off on Share the Body. Not to be content with that, he even attempts some clean vocals on the albums with a fair amount of success.

      This is all complimented by guitarist Mitch Stark's djenty riffs on the guitar. While Silent Planet has been known for their emotional aesthetic, Stark sneaks in a bit of catchy riffs in tracks like Firstborn. Planet has always straddled the line between ambient and heavy, and they continue to in When the End Began, as guitars will effortlessly switch from chunky riffs to fleeting noises.

      If there is a better heavy rock album coming out this year, I'd like to hear it, because I honestly want the feeling of being blown away that When the End Began gave me a second time.

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