Happy ... er ... new year, it's the 2023 album recommendations thread!

[braindancer]

Appeared on Bandcamp last October, on cassette in November and vinyl at the end of January this year. Such is the way with release dates these days due to manufacturing times. So no need for sincere apologies from braindancer - he's just cooler than the streaming/download crew.

Not really - as I've only been streaming it

 

[Spandex]

Not really - as I've only been streaming it

Shhhh...

 

[hitmouse]

Maybe they're just keeping his spirit alive. Can't see him approving of the 'private seance' nonsense.

I don't think he would've wished them well though so they need to sharpen their game there.

Yeah, I feel like Mark E Smith's family should really have responded properly by recording a rambling five-minute track slagging House of All off and accusing them of walking into Rochdale wearing sandals.

 

[Flavour]

really not into the new ebtg.

the new dean blunt EP 'give me a moment' is nice but the tracks are sadly all about 1 min long

 

[May Kasahara]

New compilation from Frequency Domain. DISCLAIMER: this is my husband's label and I appear on this comp in some format, so I'm not posting with any claims of quality or otherwise but lots of other artists that folk might want to hear e.g. Luke Sanger, Jo Johnson, Plant43 etc.

 

[rutabowa]

Yung Lean has just put out a bowie-style torch song album under his Jonatan Leadndoer96 name, "Sugar World". It is really good

 

[rutabowa]

And as 2023 seems to be the year of soundcloud rappers releasing indie records Lil Yachty has just put out "Let's Start Here"... not quite so sure abou this one, though there are a few songs that repeated listening rewards (generally the less indie ones). but anyway good he is trying something different

 

[rutabowa]

both pretty positive and upbeat albums

 

[stavros]

A nice bit of electro ambiance here:

 

[Diamond]

Really like this fella

 

[Part 2]

New album from Lisa O'Neill out on Friday.

 

[stavros]

New Dream Wife album due in June.

 

[stavros]

Time to get seriously fucking excited, for in four weeks on Friday we get the debut EP from Das Koolies, which is Super Furry Animals without Gruff. Three versions of four tracks, I've not heard any yet, but I'm told by other afficionados that it's very good.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Kelela album out today, on Warp Records. R&B/Electronic. Sounds pretty good on first listen.
Kelela - Raven

 

[Part 2]

New from Ajay Saggar's, Bhajan Boy. Two new albums but both together here.

 

[stavros]

The new Yo La Tengo is out today, and just as good as expected.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Time to get seriously fucking excited, for in four weeks on Friday we get the debut EP from Das Koolies, which is Super Furry Animals without Gruff. Three versions of four tracks, I've not heard any yet, but I'm told by other afficionados that it's very good.

This one sounds great.

 

[braindancer]

The new Yo La Tengo is out today, and just as expected

Even better than expected - absolutely top notch YLT

 

[Part 2]

Jaaw line up is heavy. First track from their May release here.

 

[May Kasahara]

New Dream Wife album due in June.

Looking forward to this one a lot, really like what I've heard so far.

 

[gawkrodger]

Another out in March. First track from the new album from Dawn Ray'd....Anarchist Black Metal from Liverpool.

Been listening to so much Dawn Ray'd recently.

The new song released earlier this week is phenominal!

'Fuck every copper, that ever took a wage!/Every blue bastard with his batton raised!/A beast that even his master hates/Only a coward fights for the State!'

Can't wait for the LP

 

[contadino]

New from Maps popped up this morning - Counter Melodies. Not sure how to best describe it.... Poppy, electronic, a little bit Ulrich Schnauss, a little bit Depeche Mode on a happy afternoon.

 

[stavros]

Lovely bit of very slightly droney ambient from Hollie Kenniff:

 

[hitmouse]

Another song from the new Xiu Xiu, not my favourite mode of theirs but definitely unmistakably Xiu Xiu:

I suppose it's maybe a bit Angel Guts-y, in terms of their catalogue?

 

[hitmouse]

New Napalm Death ep out:

Napalm Death - Resentment is Always Seismic - a final throw of Throes

Listen to Resentment is Always Seismic - a final throw of Throes by Napalm Death.

napalmdeath.lnk.to

One of the tracks is quite groovy, apparently it's a cover of Slab! who I don't think I'd ever encountered before.
eta: here's the Napalm version:

And here's the original, which is great, it's like if Heaven 17 took a hard industrial turn:

 

[Part 2]

New Pigsx7 in full out today

 

[Part 2]

I've not heard Colossal Squid before but a sleeve like this is hard to resist and I'm hooked.

Solo project of producer/virtuoso drummer Adam Betts (Goldie, Squarepusher, Melt Yourself Down, Jarvis Cocker).

 

[braindancer]

I've not heard Colossal Squid before but a sleeve like this is hard to resist and I'm hooked.

Solo project of producer/virtuoso drummer Adam Betts (Goldie, Squarepusher, Melt Yourself Down, Jarvis Cocker).

Tasty cover as you say - will defo have a listen!

 

[Part 2]

Also on Wrongspeed with another smart sleeve. Sheffield Punks Big Break.

 

[stavros]

Reasonably good industrial ambient from Arovane: