Beyond Big Thief and Vagabon, I’ve just realised the bulk of my list is reissues/box sets (Prince! R.E.M.! The Roots! Those Beatle blokes!). What new releases have I forgotten that I should be excited about?
Richard Dawson
FKA Twigs
Two I’m really looking forward to.
Anna Meredith
Wilco, although expectations are tempered
Charli xcx if it hasn’t already all been released as singles
Girl Band
Alasdair Roberts
Bonnie Prince Billy
There’s a few I’m interested in hearing:
Big Thief
The New Pornographers
DIIV
The Menzingers
Wilco
Cigarettes After Sex
Tegan and Sara
Moon Duo
Squarehead
Ustalost - TBA
Sunn O))) - Pyroclasts
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- TBA?
Alcest- Spiritual Instinct
M83- DSVII
Foals- Everything Not Saved Will be Lost pt 2
Lightning Bolt- Sonic Citadel
And of course the two promised My Bloody Valentine LPs
The Canadians…
Devon Welsh
Men I Trust
Blue Hawaii
Grimes?
Omni
Swans
Diiv
Sun O)))
Angel Olsen
Fka Twigs
Lightning bolt
M83
Vince Staples(?)
Kim Gordon
Carla Dal Forno
Girl Ray
Alex Cameron
Black Marble
DIIV
Pinegrove
(Sandy) Alex G
Sturgill Simpson
Twin Peaks
Think Alex Cameron, Alex G and Twin Peaks are all tmw actually!
New Pornographers
Mark Lanegan
Beef Feast
Maximum Keith
Literal Sex Fire
Night Horse
Drugs, Yeah?
Car Bomb
Cult of Luna
Yeaaah Alex G
Moon Duo and Joe Armon-Jones
Sui Zhen
Devendra Banhart
are they due back again already? oooh.
would feel weird if they released an album in winter though (but i guess it’s Australian summer)