Black Country, New Road - Live At Bush Hall: Exciting
William Bonney - All Ten: Sometimes twinkly guitars, always separate vocals, never enough songs
Brain Tourniquet - ...An Expression In Pain: Love all of it, but that first instrumental track is the real star
Chisel - Set You Free: Certainly Ted Leo
Closure - Closure: Screeching over metallic riffs. 1997 indeed.
deathcrash - Less: Sensationally sparse
Bob Dylan - Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997)_ The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17: I do not hold the same reverence for this album as other fans, but this set is making me a believer
Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis: Such a different appreciation after watching The Searcher
Elvis Presley - Sunrise: For the completionist
Feeble Little Horse - Hayday: Might be the current nostalgia, but certainly sounds like BSS was a major influence
Fucked Up - One Day: Really solid throughout
Funeral Oration - Communion: Twenty four blissful minutes of adequately played, poorly recorded punk from 1985.
GASHCAT - Reunion!: Still not sure if this is genuine or its level of sincerety
Guitar Fight from Fooly Cooly - Drought: Glad this was an EP because it would not hold up if longer
Home is Where - we share the same insects an i became birds tribute compilation: This is cool but not enough to temper my excitement for LP2
Ink Spots - The Greatest Hits [MCA]: A simpler time
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES: As gloriously weird as I was hoping for
Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd: Way too monotonous
LVL UP - Return to Love: Fine but not sure it fully resonated
Million Dollar Quartet - The Million Dollar Quartet 50th Annivesary Special Edition: Not the Wilburys but it sure is fun
Mock Orange - The Record Play: Rival Schools without the hooks
Model_Actriz - Dogsbody: Inorganic but with potential
MSPAINT - Post-American: Has more in common with Death Grips than Militarie Gun but would fit in a bill with both
New Found Glory - Make the Most of It: Not the first album I will reach for when the NFG mood strikes
No Trend - Too Many Humans...._: Angry. Noisy.
No Trend - A Dozen Dead Roses: Gave me PiL vibes
No Trend - When Death Won't Solve Your Problem: Abrasive in the right ways
No Trend - The Early Months: Live tracks sound eerily like the studio ones
No Trend - More: What a gloriously unexpected curve ball
No Trend - Tritonian Nash‐Vegas Polyester Complex: Weird but not too weird
Odetta - Odetta Sings Dylan: I needed this
Pallette Knife - New Game: New game, old tricks, acceptable results
Parannoul - After The Magic: Went for a walk on a spring day and forgot most of my problems
Prisonaires - Just Walkin' In The Rain: An Elvis favorite
Roosevelt - Demo: Perfect production for what it is, but I do not hear the Texas is the Reason influence
Alain Savouret - Sonate Baroque: The more music you listen to the more this begins to make sense
shame - Food for Worms: Indifference
slowthai - UGLY: Completely engaging
Smallmouth - Smallmouth: Canadian Wasteland nailed it. "If Slint stayed together and got weirder and more dissonant they would probably sound pretty close to Smallmouth."
Smallmouth - All Ports In Frequent Seas: An evolution into more post-rock territory
summerbruise - The View Never Changes: Feels like a summer album
Take It to Heart - The Brighter Side: Holy Background Music!
Take It To Heart - Hymns For The Hopeless: Not as AN focused but still good
Tall Dwarfs - Hello Cruel World: Quirky in meaningful ways
Ten Boy Summer - Demo: Itching where I needed it. 1993!
Their _ They're _ There - Their _ They're _ Three: Glad I finally checked it out
Truth Cult - Walk the Wheel: Filling a Give sized hole in my life
Van Pelt - Artisans & Merchants: Amazing comeback album
Various Artists - I Can't Live Without It: What a stacked comp
Watsky - INTENTION: Really hope he continues to make music
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom: This one is going to stick
Robert Wyatt - Shleep: I love this want cannot explain why
Xiu Xiu - Ignore Grief: More foreboding than feelings of grief
Zulu - A New Tomorrow: I want to like this more than I actually like this
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea: Certainly sounds familiar
100 gecs - 10,000 gecs: Both glad and disappointed they did not make their debut again
Adventures - Clear My Head With You: Glad I have more adventures to explore
Adventures - Supersonic Home: Really great indie rock