I almost forgot today was Friday. Apologies for the late post.
I kind of need a break from new music to be honest. Still trying to wrap up 2018. I have like 10 albums i want to listen to still. I will get into 2019 next week.
Nothing found below. If there are any that you know of please list them. Maybe some come out before next Friday.
1/1 DC Young Fly - Trap Soul Gino Marley - 4th Floor NEDARB - Amity SHAUN - Annyeong
1/2 Justin Stone - Homecoming M.C. The Max - CIRCULAR Mike Southside - Self Luv Mix RYEOWOOK - Drunk On Love
1/4 Balsam Range - Aeonic John Garcia - John Garcia and the Band of Gold Legion of the Damned - Slaves of the Shadow Realm Lost Kings - Paper Crowns LUNA of f(x) - Even So M.O.N.T (Korea) - Going Up Pi'erre Bourne - The Life of Pi'erre 4 Zac Flewids & Kresnt - The Burgundy Cycle
5. "DC Young Fly - Trap Soul = snooze" In response to Reply # 2
generic beats, bad hooks and meh verses. i kind of dug the pretty lady song but everything is very skippable. not familiar with him at all. no idea if this is par for the course for him.
im too generous with my track ratings, hopefully i can hone that in some.
avg rating based on track ratings was a 2.7/5. rating i would give the overall ablum is 2/5.
7. "NEDARB - Amity = Mixed Bag" In response to Reply # 2
actually started liking this through the first 5 songs. kind of had a post malone vibe. then it turned into generic rap and i couldnt get with it. i will come back to the first 5 songs but after that it became throw away.
8. "Justin Stone - Homecoming = decent" In response to Reply # 2
its nothing special. not familiar with him. didnt even think it would be a rapper. his rapping reminds me of drake. strictly on the flow. its pretty bland. i could see some people liking it. theres nothing horrible on it but not really anything special either.
avg rating 2.9 / actual rating 3
i tried to listen to shaun but uh yeah not for me so just skipped through the ep. not sure how many more albums i will be listening to if i dont recognize the artist.
9. "M.C. The Max - CIRCULAR = 90s pop in korean" In response to Reply # 2
i googled them before i checked it out. it said rock. i guess soft rock. sounded like the lion king soundtrack/christian music from the 90s. a lot of acoustic guitar and piano. the production is actually very well done and kept me listening lol its pretty generic sounding but Go was actually pretty enjoyable and Eh-O! was very catchy.
11. "John Garcia - John Garcia and the Band of Gold = pretty good" In response to Reply # 2 Thu Jan-17-19 12:20 PM by mista k5
not familiar with john garcia. didnt know what to expect based on the name. i guess he was in some rock groups i have never heard of. im not big into rock but i liked this. it got a bit repetitive but overall i enjoyed it. when i listen to an album thats a genre outside of my norm its hard to give an accurate rating. i basically give all the songs the same rating, 4/5
i like that i can actually understand him and hes not over emphasizing/dramatizing the singing. the music is my type of rock, maybe a bit dated but again i like that i can actually make out more of the music and its not just loud. i wouldnt say its soft but maybe some people that really like rock would.
im thinking its between 3.5/4 i need to see how it goes on repeat listens.
edit: i tried to listen to Balsam Range - Aeonic for a half second but couldnt do blue grass.
12. "the rest, some good" In response to Reply # 2
Legion of the Damned - Slaves of the Shadow Realm couldnt do it. not my thing at all. cut it off during the first song.
Lost Kings - Paper Crowns - 3/5 boring. didnt like anything. kind of sounds like something that would play at the mall. 4 songs.
LUNA of f(x) - Even So - 3.5/5 i kind of liked this, just 3 songs. she has a good voice. i think if i understood her i might like it more. i will come back to it. kind of sounds like r&b, maybe kind of pop.
M.O.N.T (Korea) - Going Up - 3/5 interesting. they just straight up mix everything. you have rapping on songs that dont sound like they would have rapping. some parts sound like straight pop. Sorry acoustic version was kind of nice. overall it was okay. dont think i will come back to it. it is 3 songs, one remix and i think 3 instrumentals.
Pi'erre Bourne - The Life of Pi'erre 4 couldnt find it on google play
Zac Flewids & Kresnt - The Burgundy Cycle - 4/5 this wasnt bad. never heard of them but its cool to hear some rap that isnt trap or mumble. doesnt really sound old school either. i will come back to it. its just 3 songs and they all are the same rating after one listen.
1/9 Cyko - I'm Just Different 2 ONEUS - Light Us VERIVERY - VERI-US
1/10 g.o.d - Then&Now Strick - See You When I Land
1/11 Asiahn - Love Train 2 Big K.R.I.T. - TDT Born of Osiris - The Simulation Comethazine - Bawskee 2 Connected (wifisfuneral & Robb Bank$) - CONN3CT3D gnash - we Jack & Jack - A Good Friend Is Nice Jinjer - Micro Lil Narnia - The Melancholy Of MO030 - MOZONE Randy Houser - Magnolia Soilwork - Verkligheten Taking Back Sunday - Twenty Watsky - Complaint
i think i exhausted myself on new music. its one thing to listen to most new rap albums but to try to listen to all albums??? meh
so im going to pass on further korean albums unless they are vouched for. it all basically sounds like a mix of 90s music. mostly pop with rap verses. im especially passing if the description for the group says formed by ____ entertainment.
APINK - PERCENT started to listen to but sounded like straight pop so i skipped it.
iKON - New Kids Repackage - 2.5/5 23 songs 23 yeah why?? at least it did have a variety of styles but yeah this broke the camels back. the goodbye road song was actually okay but yeah wont be coming back to this.
KNK - Lonely Night skipped - korean
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Bird Box (Abridged) not going to check out scores in general
WJSN - WJ Stay? i dont think i found it
Cyko - I'm Just Different 2 didnt find it
ONEUS - Light Us - 2.5/5 i thought this wasnt going to be korean as it didnt have the standard group of people pic but yeah it was. cant think of anything original to say about it.
VERIVERY - VERI-US skipped - korean
g.o.d - Then&Now didnt find it
Strick - See You When I Land - 2.5/5 kind of funny, a lot of the themes were about asian culture. or americanized asian culture lol. overall it was a generic trap album. didnt really care for it.
Asiahn - Love Train 2 - 3/5 really, her name is asiahn??? lol what a coincidence. it was a generic r&b album to me. it was okay. nothing special.
30. "gnash - we = listen to this!" In response to Reply # 4
it might not be for everyone but i was not expecting this. never heard of him. the description i got was hes a dj/producer and rapper. wasnt very interested but i was pleasantly surprised. its acoustic and doesnt have a lot of rapping. theres actually a theme and mostly original approach to an album in 2019.
this might not be the most appealing description to some but i would describe it as mac miller, logic singing, maybe a little rejjie snow. overall really enjoyable.
4/5 but might go up. early favorite album of 2019.
a couple more albums
comethazine - bawskee 2 - 2.5/5 hes kind of funny and i would listen to more music from him but his content is very eh. a hiphop song named hippopotamus though? gotta give points for that lol. the song is actually kind of good.
connected - conn3ct3d - 2.5/5 not a fan of the rapping. funny to hear an album by shaggy's son. the production is decent to good.
38. "I was surprised how much I liked it too" In response to Reply # 30
I can’t really place it. It’s....basic. But it’s earnest and he does it on some phrasing that I think take some of the tracks over the top. I don’t really have a frame of reference for this kind of music.
I’m sure I’ll get tired of dear insecurity but be, wait, and maybe pajamas are keepers.
37. "Jacob Banks - Village = is great" In response to Reply # 4
too bad it was actually released in 2018. not sure why it was on the metacritic list, i cant even find it on their site anymore.
anyways this is such a great soul album. im not sure why it seems to have lukewarm reviews. i really enjoyed it. i think its top 20 for 2018. now im going to have to revisit my 2018 playlists lol
some others Lil Narnia - The Melancholy Of - 2/5 i want to give it 0/5 though this album got so annoying to me. the first song was okay but then it was just the same thing over and over again. garbage
MO030 - MOZONE - 2/5 a trap album in dutch i think. sounded so generic. not a fan at all.
Watsky - Complaint - 4/5 this was pretty good. for some reason hamilton comes to mind. nothing great on it but overall its good.
43. "Maggie Rogers - Heard it in a Past Life" In response to Reply # 4
(the lady from the Pharrell classroom a couple years back) - not bad overall. No real "oh shit" moments, but serves as a kind of reigned-in variation on Kimbra. Good coffee shop soundtrack...
45. "i liked the songs released ahead of the album" In response to Reply # 43
nothing new on this stood out.
one thing that's becoming a bigger issue with streaming and "the album" and is obvious this week is how some of these releases feel a lot like collections and compilations.
14. "James Blake - Assume Form" In response to Reply # 0
Loving this one so far. Unexpectedly really dig the song with Travis Scott. Love the song with Moses Sumney, "Tell Them" The song with Andre 3k is a bop, and Andre delivers a super interesting verse about his anxiety.
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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."
Cracked IG open for a second this morning... Saw @_gorgeousash story flashing a new song that appeared to be on a new album of Future's... Got in the car to drive to work... Opened the Tidal app... Confirmed that dude dropped a new one... Was in the mood to listen to it... Turned the volume up... Pressed play...
And almost four hours later, I'm still vibing to it.
as can be seen i am in full 2019 mode for now. im going to try to listen to as many albums as i can even if ive never heard of them. some genres i will skip. i am trying to filter out ones previously posted or duplicates from the different sources. sorry if i miss any.
looks like this is if the first big week. i definitely want to listen to the new toro y moi. im interested in malibu ken.
If there are albums missing from the list below, please post them.
What albums will you be listening to?
https://genius.com/Genius-january-2019-album-release-calendar-annotated 1/11 (didnt show up when i posted last week) Aaron Pritchett - Out On The Town - EP Afterlife - Breaking Point At the Gates - With the Pantheons Blind EP Caleb & Kelsey - God Gave Me You: Country Love Songs Ciro y Los Persas - Ciro y los Persas en el Estadio de River (En Vivo) Crettino - Estamos Unidos - EP The Delines - The Imperial Ed Drewett - Ten HiDoraah & Dolly White - Slimestas Juan Mango - Ochocientos Envolventes al Sol Juanito Makandé - El Habitante de la Tarde Roja Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Tides: Music for Meditation and Yoga Ky 924 - Inevitable, Vol. 2 Maurice Moore - Destination Unknown Nora Zahera - Mi Corazoncito, Vol. II - EP RetcH - Richer Than the Opps Riff 3x - Trap Melodies The Silver Field - Rooms Tallies - Tallies Trapboy Freddy - Rockboy Freddy 2020 Flow Trez3 - Canasta Familiar wifisfuneral & Robb Bank$ - CONN3CT3D
1/12 Darko - On Drugs. Josh A - Fearless Na-Kel Smith - Twothousand Nakteen
1/14 C-Bo - Animal GFRIEND - Time For Us
1/15 ATEEZ - Treasure Ep.2: Zero To One Favorite (Korea) - Loca HUTA - HUTAZONE Raz Simone - Still Love TheRealPIT - BLaQ Vol. 2
1/16 ASTRO - All Light
1/17 Christina Perri - songs for carmella: lullabies & sing-a-longs
1/18 Aesop Rock & TOBACCO are Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken Alice Merton - MINT Arch Enemy - Covered In Blood (Compilation album) Brad Turner - Pacific Burger Man - Easy On The Mustard Cane Hill - Kill the Sun (EP) Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999 (Remixes) Chief Keef - The Leek, Vol. 7 Cody Johnson - Ain' Nothin' To It Coi Leray - EC2 Cub Sport - Cub Sport Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? dodie - Human - EP Flatland Cavalry - Homeland Insecurity Flotsam and Jetsam - The End of Chaos Frances Cone - Late Riser Future - Future Hendrxx Presents: The WIZRD G Flip - Drink Too Much Greensky Bluegrass - All For Money Guster - Look Alive Hikaru Utada - Face My Fears EP James Blake - Assume Form Joe Jackson - Fool Joyner Lucas - ADHD Lost Under Heaven (LUH) - Love Hates What You Become Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life Marc E. Bassy - Postmodern Depression Mike Posner - A Real Good Kid Night Beats - Myth of a Man Papa Roach - Who Do You Trust? Rich the Kid - The World is Yours 2 Ronnie Milsap - The Duets Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow Steve Gunn - The Unseen In Between Switchfoot - Native Tongue The Fever 333 - Strength in Numb333rs The Twilight Sad - It Won/T Be Like This All the Time Toro y Moi - Outer Peace Whitehorse - The Northern South Vol. 2 YNW Melly - We All Shine
62. "this was pretty good" In response to Reply # 36
it ran a bit long and got repetitive but its definitely worth a listen. the beats are really good. some of the instrumental tracks were my favorite overall.
So far I like this a lot more than her previous work. Way more fleshed out and less demo-y. I know the lo-fi thing was her whole thing previously, but this is a natural and much-needed progression.
She's got another album coming next month with Rihannon Giddens and the lady from Birds of Chicago (Allison Russel?) that I can't wait to hear
im still trying to catch up. i had to take a break since there are so many meh albums. i need to find a good way to filter which albums i listen to. nothing from this week is really jumping out at me.
If there are albums missing from the list below, please post them.
1/21 Hwang Chi Yeul - The Four Seasons - 11/11 SEVENTEEN - You Made My Dawn - 6/6
1/23 Members Only - Members Only, Vol. 4 - 24/24
1/24 Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center - 10/10 IMFACT - Only U Julia Michaels - Inner Monologue, Pt. 1 - EP - 6/6 Keyon Christ - They Don't Want Us - 7/7 Weezer - Weezer (The Teal Album) - 10/10
1/25 Avantasia - Moonglow - 4/12 Backstreet Boys - DNA - 15/15 Balthazar - Fever - 2/11 Blood Red Shoes - Get Tragic - 3/11 Boogie - Everything's For Sale - 2/13 Bring Me The Horizon - amo - 2/13 Chase Atlantic - Don't Try This - 6/6 Choker - Mono No Moto - 1/7 Dawn Richard - new breed - 10/10 DBUK - Songs Nine Through Sixteen - 4/8 DJ Kay Slay - Hip Hop Frontline - 1/16 deadmau5 - Polar (Music from the Netflix Film) - 2/13 Dee White - Southern Gentleman - 5/10 Dreezy - Big Dreez - 3/10 Fedez - Paranoia Airlines - 2/15 FIDLAR - Almost Free - 3/13 King 810 - Suicide King - 2/10 Jack & Jack - A Good Friend Is Nice - 2/12 Jonatan Leandoer127 - Nectar - 6/9 JOSIN - In the Blank Space - 5/9 Júníus Meyvant - Across the Borders - 2/11 Lee Junho - TWO - 0/12 lil aaron - Dark Matter - EP - 6/6 Lil Boom - Hentai Haven - 5/16 Lula Wiles - What Will We Do - 0/12 Mäbu - Décimo (Directo en Estudio Uno) (Reedición) - 1/12 Mike Krol - Power Chords - 2/11 Mozes and the Firstborn - Dadcore - 4/10 Nils Frahm - Encores 2 - EP - 0/4 Pavo Pavo - Mystery Hour - 1/11 Puppy - The Goat - 2/12 RAT BOY - INTERNATIONALLY UNKNOWN - 3/12 Rival Sons - Feral Roots - 3/11 Royal Canoe – Waver - 0/10 Rudimental - Toast to Our Differences - 16/16 The Dandy Warhols - Why You So Crazy - 2/12 Sada Baby - Bartier Bounty - 13/20 Say Anything - Oliver Appropriate - 14/14 Steven Malcolm - The Second City - 9/15 Summer Walker - CLEAR - EP - 4/4 Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow Is Forced Into Light - 0/8 Swervedriver - Future Ruins - 1/10 Terror Jr - Unfortunately, Terror Jr - 15/15 Wrabel - One Nite Only (Live) - 3/11 Yaeger - Gul - EP - 5/5
49. "Fuck them for this" In response to Reply # 48
>Weezer - Weezer (The Teal Album) - 10/10
And I don't even hate Weezer in the 21st century like that, but I honestly didn't think "this generation's answer to the John Stamos era of the Beach Boys" was going to be how it went for them.
These aren't even inventive covers! It's basically just them doing karaoke of songs Rivers likes/someone asked them to cover.
*runs out of post blasting My Name Is Jonas*
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52. "... They covered No Scrubs...." In response to Reply # 49
>>Weezer - Weezer (The Teal Album) - 10/10 > >And I don't even hate Weezer in the 21st century like that, >but I honestly didn't think "this generation's answer to the >John Stamos era of the Beach Boys" was going to be how it went >for them. > >These aren't even inventive covers! It's basically just them >doing karaoke of songs Rivers likes/someone asked them to >cover. > >*runs out of post blasting My Name Is Jonas* >
This is the album you play when no one is around in your noise canceling headphones.
The name of this album should be unexpected because some of these songs are surprisingly decent. Don't hate on the Africa cover either.
No empathy for white misery (c) BDot
"root for everybody black haters say that's crazy, wow..."
53. "Boogie and Lula Wiles albums are real good" In response to Reply # 48
Wish boogie had less/different guests. I really like the instrumentals and his voice.
I’d go see a Lula Wiles show if I lived up north where they’re touring.
I listened to new breed a couple times and I definitely want to hear more from Dawn Richard, but the title track and we, diamonds were the only songs I saved. jealously was close. She’s talented.
i wasnt sure if it was boogie with a hoodie or whatever. it was a really good album, no real down points. ill need to see how it sounds on repeat listens.
57. "RE: Boogie and Mike Posner" In response to Reply # 48
Mike Posner is a hip-hop folk singer whose content sounds like a mix of Gavin Degraw and a little of John Mayer. He's basically a credible Logic.
Boogie's album sounds like a dystopian version of Fashawn's Boy Meets World. Boogie going through it and this trash Eminem verse doesn't help his depression. Eminem almost ruins the album.
Can someone explain this bar?:
All this talk in my ear, I got a idea Like the clerk when you tryna buy beer (ID ya)
beats are pretty good. voice is annoying, preachy and whiney. i liked song about you. dont know if i will come back to anything else on the album. starting off the album telling people they need to listen the album straight through without distraction was a dumb set up. didnt even pay off. maybe without the intro i would have different expectations.
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