2018 albums

yeah the new gruff tune is great, lee hazlewood was the first person i thought of when listening to it.

i've seen preorders for the new kamasi washington at 45quid at most independent record stores online. still a lot but better than 60 notes.

this year is finally taking shape for me. love the new ryley walker album, haley heynderickx i'd never even heard of before and has been a stunning debut, young fathers is the best thing theyve ever done and new albums from some of my favourites like kamasi washington, gruff rhys, aidan moffat, josh t pearson, tim burgess, stephen malkmus and the jicks and janelle monae in the next month or two.

really excited for the debut album from snail mail too.

kamasi Washington is brilliant

Enjoying the new Manics a heap!

I really liked Journal for Plague Lovers but the 3 records that followed minus the occasional track did nothing for me. Pretty sure I heard a new song on XFM the other day, it was OK but I'm not sure I can be bothered with the Manics anymore.

Downloading the new Josh T. Pearson now. This had been my most anticipated record for the past 5 years... until I heard the 2 singles from it I'll give it a fair go but I'm pretty sure he's joined the Illuminati.

I listened to Josh T Pearson with really low expectations this morning and quite enjoyed it.

I will give it a fair crack.

I'm just upset he has a tash worse than Barny, bring back the beard!

I enjoyed Futurology a lot, but not so much Rewind The Film.  Didn't bother with Postcards From A Young Man, and like you, I enjoyed Journal For Plagued Lovers.

But yeah, enjoying the new a lot.

That Haley Heynderickx albums is really, really good. Worth It is such a fucking excellent song.

glad you're also loving the haley heynderickx lp tucker.

forgot to mention earlier but i've also been really impressed by the latest sons of kemet album.

Not listened to a huge amount of new stuff but so far the albums i've liked this year...

Orielles - Great mixture of youthful energetic jangly pop with a bit of 90's britpop influence

Hookworms - They've abandoned their punky Spacemen 3 sound and done a more electronic album with great pop melodies and a bit of a Krauty sound

Shame - Scuzzy, rocky lovelyness

Migos - Swaggy Trap

Goat Girl - The female equivalent of the Shame album. Great vibes and really great live.

Also enjoying Hayley hederixxxxxxx album

www.stereogum.com/1988829/on-virtue-julian-casablancas-scorches-the-strokes-legacy-and-leaps-into-the-voidz/franchises/sounding-board/

Have a read to that long long piece if you like or you're interested in:

-The Strokes/The Voidz/Julian Casablancas
-Rock'n'roll lifestyle/journalism
-New York
-Almost Famous

Obviously, using Virtue as its soundtrack.

Very much looking forward to the new Gaz Coombes record, didn't really like his fist two solo records, but all three singles released from this new one so far have been really lovely. I like the sound and production a lot.

Anyone heard Marlon Williams? I think he's from NZ. Sort of Chamber folk singer/songwriter thing. I love his voice, it's hard to pin down, falls somewhere between Anohni & Richard Hawley. A few tracks sound like something Steve Mason would put out. It's very poncey, JP Maddix circa 2002 would've loved him

The Coral have finally stepped out of their comfort zone... to enter into SFA Kaiser Chiefs territory (?)

They've had a remarkable run since Send Away The Tigers. This their 13th album, among their ten really good ones - the weak efforts being the first two and Know Your Enemy.

Yes, even Lifeblood is worth your time.

The new one, Resistance is Futile didn't grab me at first, unlike their 5 previous efforts, but after a second and third listen (and then consecutive listens over the past few days) it's really, really quite great. The Liverpool one is pretty terrible, as is the Facebook one, but all the others are very well done.

The Kali Uchis album is SO good.

And this is surely the best video ever

She is an absolute star. Love her.