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mvd

(65,173 posts)
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 09:34 AM Apr 2017

Have you bought any new music that you liked?

By new I mean roughly that one the music was released in 2017. I am always looking for new music as a big music fan.

Here are some albums I bought lately:

Michelle Branch - Hopeless Romantic (it's been way too long without her music! Here she does not disappoint at all. She works with people like Patrick Carney from the Black Keys and singer/songwriter Amy Kuney. The result is a really cool maturation of her sound. But don't worry, she hasn't lost her knack for great pop hooks. The Corrs' White Light was not released in 2017, but is another outstanding album from an artist that wasn't putting out music for too long!)

New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (one of my all time favorite bands made another gem! Makes me bob my head and want to move around as always. There's always something a little different with each NP album, and they again use more synth without Bejar there. Also detect more of a psychedelic flavor.)

Aimee Mann - Mental Illness (it's her most acoustic album, but also one of her most beautiful. The songwriting also talks about dark subjects without being too grim.)

Little Big Town - The Breaker (there aren't a lot of country artists nowadays that I buy every album from, but they are one of them. It's another great listen, and leans even more on 70s rock than before.)

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Have you bought any new music that you liked? (Original Post) mvd Apr 2017 OP
Check out Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band over the top covers randr Apr 2017 #1
I do like The Mavericks mvd Apr 2017 #4
No. lastlib Apr 2017 #2
I love the Decemberists and the Stray Birds greymattermom Apr 2017 #3
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Zambero Apr 2017 #5
Yes. littlemissmartypants Apr 2017 #6
The new self-titled Obituary album kicks ass. NewDealProgressive Apr 2017 #7
'Drug Sweat' finally consolidated some of their songs into a 6 track EP this year... Tikki Apr 2017 #8
I have a thing for Lana Del Rey True Dough Apr 2017 #9
... Kali Apr 2017 #10
Dropkick Murphys - 11 Short Stories Of Pain And Glory Initech Apr 2017 #11
Devin Di Dakta - Dreams (Coming True) Jamaal510 Apr 2017 #12
A band that I enjoy a great deal is Cold War Kids. Their new album LA Divine is great. Initech Apr 2017 #13
This shenmue Apr 2017 #14
Here are the Allmusic pages for the albums I mentioned mvd Apr 2017 #15
Adhesive Wombat has been my latest experience. retrowire Apr 2017 #16
The Record Company-Give It Back to You Dulcinea Apr 2017 #17
I was going to suggest Aimee Mann's new album, Mental Illness... chia Apr 2017 #18
I agree mvd Apr 2017 #19
Lianne La Havas progressoid Apr 2017 #20

randr

(12,412 posts)
1. Check out Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band over the top covers
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 09:47 AM
Apr 2017

I have a radio show on local community station where I preview new music to the station. We get about 20 CD's a week of every musical genre. I have 3 hours to preview as many as I can in some form of entertainment.
New Pornographers came in last week and I agree, they have moved it up a notch.
Aimee Mann, beautiful as expected.
I'll have to look up the Little Big Town, you may like the new Maveriks.
This week I am looking forward to Jeb Loy Nichols, Meltdown, Kentucky Headhunters, and Delphine along with another dozen or so.
Check me out if you care: Monday afternoon 1 to 4 MST: www.kvnf.org

lastlib

(23,237 posts)
2. No.
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 09:52 AM
Apr 2017

Haven't heard any good new music since about 1994. ninety percent of what's come out since is either hip-hop (which sucks) or country, which is only doing what rock-n-roll did thirty years before. So none of it is really worth it, IMHO.

(YMMV)

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
3. I love the Decemberists and the Stray Birds
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 09:55 AM
Apr 2017

Both are a little folk, Stray Birds are modern bluegrass, Decemberists are unique.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
5. Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 10:36 AM
Apr 2017

A husband and wife musical duo who are banjo virtuosos extraordinaire. They have kept their careers separate over the years, but listening to their recent collaboration I'm wondering why they waited so long.

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
8. 'Drug Sweat' finally consolidated some of their songs into a 6 track EP this year...
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 11:45 AM
Apr 2017

I bought it.




Tikki

True Dough

(17,305 posts)
9. I have a thing for Lana Del Rey
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 12:15 PM
Apr 2017

I don't love all of her tunes, but there are about a dozen that I can't get enough of. That includes one of her latest singles...

Initech

(100,076 posts)
11. Dropkick Murphys - 11 Short Stories Of Pain And Glory
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 02:45 PM
Apr 2017

A few other great albums:

Cold War Kids - LA Divine
Depeche Mode - Spirit
Opeth - Sorceress
Spoon - Hot Thoughts
Green Day - Revolution Radio
The Shins - Heartworms
Common Kings - Lost In Paradise
Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

Initech

(100,076 posts)
13. A band that I enjoy a great deal is Cold War Kids. Their new album LA Divine is great.
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 03:56 PM
Apr 2017

Here's the first track off that album "Love Is Mystical":

chia

(2,244 posts)
18. I was going to suggest Aimee Mann's new album, Mental Illness...
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 02:39 PM
Apr 2017

But you beat me to it. Among my favorite tracks are the two which were prereleased, Goose Snow Cone and Patient Zero, but I love two others especially: Poor Judge and Good For Me. Coming in close behind those are You Never Loved Me and Lies of Summer.

Trivia: Goose Snow Cone was inspired by a photo of her cat, Goose, wearing a veterinary cone. Aimee explains in a short video you can find on YouTube.

mvd

(65,173 posts)
19. I agree
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 06:15 PM
Apr 2017

And thanks for the interesting info! I think Goose Snow Cone is my favorite on the whole album. That chorus is just amazing. So many other great songs, too. Some offer even more on repeated listens.

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