Red Mosquito

Aside from Gigaton the only two albums of 2020 that I've really immersed myself in are a couple jazz/jazz-adjacent releases:

Avishai Cohen - Big Vicious (trumpet and electric guitar with some electronic elements)
Wolfgang Muthspiel - Angular Blues (guitar, bass, drums trio)

Really love both, worth checking out if you're so inclined.

Kevin Davis wrote:Aside from Gigaton the only two albums of 2020 that I've really immersed myself in are a couple jazz/jazz-adjacent releases:

Avashi Cohen - Big Vicious (trumpet and electric guitar with some electronic elements)
Wolfgang Muthspiel - Angular Blues (guitar, bass, drums trio)

Really love both, worth checking out if you're so inclined.

These both sound very much in my general wheelhouse, thanks KD.

my favs are:

The Strokes
Hamilton Leithauser
Fiona Apple
Tame Impala

chewm wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Current ranking of the 2020 albums I've heard so far:

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
Gigaton - Pearl Jam
Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee
After Hours - The Weekend
Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling
Heavy Light - U.S. Girls
The New Abnormal - The Strokes
Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
From Liberty Street - Mapache
Marigold - Stu Larsen
3.15.20 - Childish Gambino

I loved In a Poem Unlimited but sadly the new U.S. Girls doesn't reach those levels for me

Have you tried Frances Quinlan's solo album? I remember you liking Hop Along

Totally agree about US Girls. Have not tried Frances' solo album. Adding it to the list now.

durdencommatyler wrote:

chewm wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Current ranking of the 2020 albums I've heard so far:

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
Gigaton - Pearl Jam
Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee
After Hours - The Weekend
Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling
Heavy Light - U.S. Girls
The New Abnormal - The Strokes
Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
From Liberty Street - Mapache
Marigold - Stu Larsen
3.15.20 - Childish Gambino

I loved In a Poem Unlimited but sadly the new U.S. Girls doesn't reach those levels for me

Have you tried Frances Quinlan's solo album? I remember you liking Hop Along

Totally agree about US Girls. Have not tried Frances' solo album. Adding it to the list now.

Joe, have you heard Christine and the Queens’ new EP? You should listen to it if you haven’t. It’s really good.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

chewm wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Current ranking of the 2020 albums I've heard so far:

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
Gigaton - Pearl Jam
Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee
After Hours - The Weekend
Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling
Heavy Light - U.S. Girls
The New Abnormal - The Strokes
Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
From Liberty Street - Mapache
Marigold - Stu Larsen
3.15.20 - Childish Gambino

I loved In a Poem Unlimited but sadly the new U.S. Girls doesn't reach those levels for me

Have you tried Frances Quinlan's solo album? I remember you liking Hop Along

Totally agree about US Girls. Have not tried Frances' solo album. Adding it to the list now.

Joe, have you heard Christine and the Queens’ new EP? You should listen to it if you haven’t. It’s really good.

Have not. Will listen. Thank you.

Top 10ish so far. I've really fallen off on checking out new stuff since I've been home.

Gigaton
Bonny Light Horseman
Dave Simonett - Red Tail
Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling
Walter Martin - The World at Night
John Moreland - LP5
Secret Sisters - Saturn Return
Greg? Dulli - Random Desire
Hiss Golden Messenger - Forward, Children
Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chauvin

Most listened to songs:

Dance of the Clairvoyants
The Roving (Bonny Light Horeseman)
Late Bloomer (Secret Sisters)
By the Light of the Moon (Dave Simonett)
Grievance Merchants (Drive-By Truckers)

durdencommatyler wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

chewm wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Current ranking of the 2020 albums I've heard so far:

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
Gigaton - Pearl Jam
Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee
After Hours - The Weekend
Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling
Heavy Light - U.S. Girls
The New Abnormal - The Strokes
Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
From Liberty Street - Mapache
Marigold - Stu Larsen
3.15.20 - Childish Gambino

I loved In a Poem Unlimited but sadly the new U.S. Girls doesn't reach those levels for me

Have you tried Frances Quinlan's solo album? I remember you liking Hop Along

Totally agree about US Girls. Have not tried Frances' solo album. Adding it to the list now.

Joe, have you heard Christine and the Queens’ new EP? You should listen to it if you haven’t. It’s really good.

Have not. Will listen. Thank you.

Frances Quinlan's solo record is good but not as strong as her stuff with the band (at least on first listen). The Christine and the Queens EP is great. Very gripping and compelling.

Thanks for the recs, y'all.

Current ranking of the 2020 albums I've heard so far (updated):

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
Gigaton - Pearl Jam
Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee
After Hours - The Weekend
Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling
La vita nuova - Christine and the Queens
Heavy Light - U.S. Girls
The New Abnormal - The Strokes
Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
Likewise - Frances Quinlan
From Liberty Street - Mapache
Marigold - Stu Larsen
3.15.20 - Childish Gambino

Chris_H_2 wrote:sorry if this has been mentioned before, but this new album (Saint Cloud) by Waxahatchee is so good:

Glad to see this getting some love here, it's a strong contender for album of the year for me

Other thoughts: the new Soccer Mommy is good, the new Real Estate is bad, the new Grimes is okay, and everyone should listen to the new Jeff Parker album, Suite for Max Brown .

Listen to this one.
Trust me.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mickey wrote:Other thoughts: the new Soccer Mommy is good, the new Real Estate is bad, the new Grimes is okay, and everyone should listen to the new Jeff Parker album, Suite for Max Brown .

yeah me and 'snatch have been digging this one too, it's great

So great.

tragabigzanda wrote:Mickey, are you a Tortoise fan?

Trag's Tortoise Spotify Mix!!!!

I am a fan.

psychobain wrote:

spike wrote:

psychobain wrote:New Hamilton Leithauser's album out soon, he was the vox on The Walkmen.
Based on these 3 songs...ouch, good stuff

love this guy. album's good, will be hard to top i had a dream that you were mine.

i need to spin the new one yet, but i actually heard IHADTYWM a couple days ago, that album is fuckin great
guy is so underrated

LOVING this new record. Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to go back and check out his other stuff.

psychobain wrote:

Listen to this one.
Trust me.

Yeah, man! This is excellent.

Current ranking of the 2020 albums I've heard so far (updated):

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
Gigaton - Pearl Jam
Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee
Suite For Max Brown - Jeff Parker
After Hours - The Weekend
The Loves of Your Life - Hamilton Leithauser
Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling
La vita nuova - Christine and the Queens
For Their Love - Other Lives
The New Abnormal - The Strokes
Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
Likewise - Frances Quinlan
Heavy Light - U.S. Girls
color theory - Soccer Mommy
From Liberty Street - Mapache
Marigold - Stu Larsen
3.15.20 - Childish Gambino