Let's keep this going in 2019. I will make a reply weekly with albums released that week.

Please do add any that I miss. Hopefully 2019 is as good or better than 2018. I'm expecting it to be a let down with only a handful of great albums.

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.

Metacritic list:
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date?view=detailed

Hiphop DX:
https://hiphopdx.com/release-dates?month=1

https://genius.com/Genius-january-2019-album-release-calendar-annotated

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

looks like ill be checking genius weekly

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.

famouslos and dribble2much putting out lots of bball themed trap sounding shit. i think folks just out here grabbing for money wherever it is.

definitely not my style. i cant stand his voice. he has one flow. this did not need to be more than one song if even that.

avg rating 2.1, actual rating <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.

Avg rating 3, Actual rating 3.

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.

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.

doubt ill listen to it again.

avg rating 3.4 / act rating 3.5

Mike Southside - Self Luv Mix
RYEOWOOK - Drunk On Love

theyve both EPs? the mike southside is maybe reggeaton and only 2 songs. i kind of liked baila pa me didnt care for como el.

ryeowook is i guess a korean boy band member. its well produced, nothing painful but yeah not my thing.

i give them both 3.5 ratings.

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.

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.

now i can move on to last week lol

soul assassins: dia del asesinato.... I think they said they'd have it in February.

now to get home and play this.

okay, planning to start listening to some 2019 albums today. i will probably check out Big K.R.I.T. - TDT, not sure what else.

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
1/7
APINK - PERCENT
iKON - New Kids Repackage
KNK - Lonely Night
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Bird Box (Abridged)

1/8
WJSN - WJ Stay?

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

Metacritic list:
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date?view=detailed
Jacob Banks - Village
Rob Baird - After All
The Delines - The Imperial
You Tell Me - You Tell Me

Hiphop DX:
https://hiphopdx.com/release-dates?month=1
zip

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.

hopefully i find something good soon.

i knows its a compilation of the three EPs from last year but if you didnt listen to them then check this out. im quickly becoming a big krit fan.

4/5

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.

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.

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

fav songs
Chainsmoking
Mexico
Prosecco
Nostalgia
Witness

4.5/5

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.

(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...

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.

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.

i have a negative view of him probably my mistaking him for someone else. i guess ill check this out.

I'm like why is everyone so hype about the slow guitar guy from the late aughts, then I realized I was thinking of James Blunt.

lol i think you got it right.

i wanted to say ed sheeran or whatever but i knew that wasnt right.

Overall the album is very good.

I listened to the Andre and Rosalia tracks first and they’re pretty good, but everything else leading into them is even better.

I spent like two hours just on mile high—>tell them—>into the red on repeat. Those songs are ridiculous.

I really haven’t gotten to the point where I’m able to process the last few tracks.

James is obviously in love on this record, and he's made some beautiful music to reflect that.

the production is great. overall it is good but definitely has some great songs.

4/5

fav songs
Tell Them
Into The Red
Where's the Catch?
Power On

i can see it growing on me.

Great album
Aesop still in peak condition.
Love this.

I listened to it and it all sounds the same to me now.

I dont think it’s him. I think I need to cleanse my palette before giving it a listen.

Using the composer behind Black Moth Super Rainbow is a nice twist too.

Adds some nuance to his tracks.

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.

lots of 5/10 songs w/ the highs being maybe 7 or 8/10

It was just playing in the background earlier.

Gonna give it another listen but there only a few songs I like and I like Future.

I'm sure if I was intoxicated I would feel differently, though.

i went through it a couple times. helped me gt lots of emails written and reports read this morning.

i don't think there's much i'd want to listen to in the car or give my full attention to though.

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

Metacritic list:
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date?view=detailed
Juliana Hatfield - Weird
Pedro The Lion - Phoenix
Steve Mason - About The Light

Hiphop DX:
https://hiphopdx.com/release-dates?month=1
Blockhead - Free Sweatpants

i really liked this. there wasnt a lot that was amazing but some really good songs with maybe a couple of snoozers.

favs on first listen
Ordinary Pleasure
Laws of the Universe
50-50

4.5/5

definitely will be coming back to it.

features an allstar underground lineup
open mike eagle, aesop rock, homeboy sandman, armand hammer, hemlock ernst, marq spekt, etc

>features an allstar underground lineup
>open mike eagle, aesop rock, homeboy sandman, armand hammer,
>hemlock ernst, marq spekt, etc

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.

NPR's got the early stream, checking it out now
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/685696394/first-listen-leyla-mccalla-the-capitalist-blues

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.

What albums will you be listening to?

https://genius.com/Genius-january-2019-album-release-calendar-annotated
to save time im going to leave the song count from genius. its how many songs currently have lyrics on their site out of the songs on the album.
1/19
B.Keyz - To Whom I May Concern - 13/20

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

Metacritic list:
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date?view=detailed
Keuning - Prismism
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human, Vol. II
Sneaks - Highway Hypnosis
Steve Hackett - At The Edge Of Light
The Dandy Warhols - Why You So Crazy
TOY - Happy In The Hollow
​Kid Koala - Music to Draw To: Io

Hiphop DX:
https://hiphopdx.com/release-dates?month=1
Big Dreez - Dreezy

>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*

>>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.

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.

Planning on listening to Juan Wauters tomorrow.

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.

Tasha Cobb Leonard - "This Is A Move": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrP63AbapVo

Kirk Franklin - "Love Theory": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aD8OK07iIY

Not all of you will be interested but I'm mentioning these for those who do or may enjoy this type of music.

shit outta the west

she's put together a nice lil catalog, for real.

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.

anything that has came out since last friday.

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
1/27
Pollàri - LIl Jesus - 4/9
Mooktoven - Mooktoven Season 4 - 4/19

1/28
Luh Soldier - Soldier Mentality - 1/14

1/29
Dickpunks - Special Bus - 0/2
LilCockPump - Cocked & Loaded - 5/5

1/30
CLC - No. 1 - 0/5
EXO - EXO PLANET #4 - The EℓyXiOn
Han Seung Yeon - Blue Sky
NEONPUNCH - Watch Out - 0/5
GOT7 - I Won't Let You Go - 1/7

1/31
Lil Boom - Hentai Haven - 5/16

came out last year but still one of my favs