[Future Faves?] Anticipated 2014 Album Releases
Posted on January 28, 2014 at 9:50 am | 2 Comments
Time for my twice-annual list of upcoming albums I’m looking forward to this calendar year. Obviously not all guaranteed gets, but all are long-players (and a couple short-players) that I’m curious about, to varying degrees. Ideally they’ll each get at least a little eartime, but hey, nothing’s ideal.
Since we’re a few weeks into 2014, a bunch are already out, and the flow of new music release announcements that started as a trickle is now a steady stream. There are at least a few new titles and dates that reach my radar every day, so I’ll try and keep this list updated when I can. To listen to many of these songs, check out my playlist from last Thursday’s New Music Night. The links provided below are inconsistent, and in some cases absent – some go to pre-order, some to band pages, some to places to listen. I’ll clean them up as time goes on, but if I keep fine-tuning this list, I’ll never get around to posting it.
First, some personal standouts so far this year…
- The new Mogwai (out last week) and Gem Club (out today!) albums will find themselves on my next year-end faves list, for sure. So, so great.
- Been waiting for that Dylan In The Movies full-length for years. Its sudden availability is a very welcome surprise.
- Can’t wait to get lost inside the new Tara Jane ONeil LP. Hurry it up, postal carrier.
- Speaking of special deliveries, as I was working on this post a few days ago the new +/- {PLUS/MINUS} album, “Jumping The Tracks”, showed up at my door. It’s not out until February 4th, but I’m the beneficiary of pre-ordering from the illustrious Teen-Beat Records. Already, I’m a little obsessed… it’s the best album I’ve heard in ages, from the first note to the last. They somehow exceeded my already lofty expectations, and everything else is going to be fighting for turntable time, because I can’t see this one going back in its sleeve anytime soon.
So, anything I might love that I missed on the list below? Anything you care passionately about that I should share? Leave a comment or drop a note on the Facebook thread…
Almanac Anticipated 2014 Album Releases…
January
- Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – “Wig Out at Jagbags” [1/7 on Matador]
- Grass Is Green – “Vacationy Vinny” [1/14 on Exploding In Sound]
- Mark Lanegan – “Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989-2011” [1/14 on Light in the Attic]
- Painted Palms – “Forever” [1/14 on Polyvinyl]
- Dylan In The Movies – “Sweet Rebel Thee” [1/15 via Bandcamp]
- Bill Callahan – “Have Fun With God” [1/21 on Drag City]
- Mogwai – “Rave Tapes” [1/21 on Sub Pop]
- The Hidden Cameras – “AGE” [1/21 on Evil Evil UK]
- Hospitality – “Trouble” [1/21 on Merge]
- Damien Jurado – “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son” [1/21 on Secretly Canadian]
- Reverend Horton Heat – “Rev” [1/21 on Victory Records]
- The Split Squad (comprised of Eddie Munoz of the Plimsouls, Keith Streng of the Fleshtones, Clem Burke of Blondie, Michael Giblin from Parallax Project, and Josh Kantor from the Baseball Project/Fenway Park keyboardist) – “Now Hear This” [1/21]
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – “Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything” [1/21 on Constellation]
- Warpaint – “Warpaint” [1/21 on Rough Trade]
- Reubens Accomplice – “Sons Of Men” [1/24 on Arctic Rodeo]
- Mt. Royal – “Mt. Royal” EP [1/27 on Bella Union]
- Tara Jane Oneil – “Where Shine New Lights” [1/27 on Kranky]
- Snowbird – “Moon” [1/27 on Bella Union]
- Dum Dum Girls – “Too True” [1/28 on Sub Pop]
- Gem Club – “In Roses” [1/28 on Hardly Art]
- Minutes – “Roland” [1/28 on Comedy Minus One]
- The New Mendicants (Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub & Joe Pernice) – “Into The Lime” [1/28 on Ashmont Records] / Stream
- Quilt – “Held in Splendor” [1/28 on Mexican Summer]
- Sleepy Sun – “Maui Tears” [1/28 on Dine Alone]
- Doug Tuttle (of MMOSS) – “Doug Tuttle” [1/28 on Trouble In Mind] / Stream
February
- Needy Visions – “Deuce” [2/1 on Bufu]
- Orange Juice – 4 album reissues [2/3 on Domino]
- Making Marks -“A Thousand Half-Truths” [2/3 on Fika]
- Augustines – “Augustines” [out 2/4] / Stream
- +/- {PLUS/MINUS} – “Jumping The Tracks” [2/4 on Teen-Beat]
- Sun Kil Moon – “Benji” [2/4 on Caldo Verde]
- Xiu Xiu – “Angel Guts: Red Classroom” [2/4 on Polyvinyl] / Stream
- Neil Finn – “Dizzy Heights” [2/4 on Leser/Kobalt]
- Marissa Nadler – “July” [2/10 on Sacred Bones] / Stream
- Nina Persson (of the Cardigans) – “Animal Heart” [2/10 on Lojinx]
- Band of Horses – “Acoustic at the Ryman” [2/10 on Brown/Kobalt]
- Deleted Scenes – “Lithium Burn” [2/11 on Park the Van/Nevado]
- Doug Keith – “Pony” [2/11 on The Village Label]
- Fanfarlo – “Let’s Go Extinct” [2/11 on Blue Horizon]
- Speedy Ortiz – “Real Hair” EP [2/11 on Carpark Records]
- Cibo Matto – “Hotel Valentine” [2/14 on Chimera Music]
- Guided By Voices – “Motivational Jumpsuit” [2/18 on GBV, Inc.]
- Krill – “Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts into Tears” EP [2/18 on Exploding In Sound]
- The Presidents of the U.S.A. – “Kudos To You” [2/18 via Burnside Distribution]
- Solids – “Blame Confusion” [2/18 on Fat Possum]
- Morrissey – “Your Arsenal” reissue [2/24 on Parlophone]
- Beck – “Morning Phase” [2/25 on Capitol]
- Eternal Lips – “Eternal Lips” EP [2/25 on New Mirage]
- M.G. Lederman (Victory At Sea / Thalia Zedek Band) – “I’m Ghosts” [2/25 on Midriff]
- Bob Mould – “Workbook” reissue [2/25 on Omnivore]
- The Notwist – “Close to the Glass” [2/25 on Sub Pop] / “Kong”
- Palehound – “Kitchen” 7-inch [2/25 on Exploding In Sound]
- St. Vincent – “St. Vincent” [2/25 on Loma Vista]
- The Thalia Zedek Band – “SIX” EP [2/25 on Thrill Jockey]
- Vertical Scratchers – “Daughter of Everything” [2/25 on Merge]
- We Were Promised Jetpacks – “E Rey – Live in Philadelphia” [2/25 on FatCat]
- Withered Hand – “New Gods” [2/25 on Slumberland]
- Yellow Ostrich – “Cosmos” [2/25 on Barsuk]
- Dreamtigers – “Wishing Well” [2/28 on Arctic Rodeo]
- Phantogram – “Voices” [2/28 on Barsuk]
- Let’s Wrestle – “Let’s Wrestle” [February on Fortuna POP! / UK]
March
- Mac Demarco – “Salad Days” [3/1 on Captured Tracks]
- Blood Red Shoes – “Blood Red Shoes” [3/3 on Jazz Life / UK] / “An Animal”
- Nothing – “Guilty Of Everything” [3/4 on Relapse]
- Ume – “Monuments” [3/4 on Dangerbird Records]
- Real Estate – “Atlas” [3/8 on Domino]
- Johnny Foreigner – “You Can Do Better” [3/10 on Alcopop!]
- Elbow – “The Take Off And Landing Of Everything” [3/11 on Concord Music Group] / Video
- Joan As Police Woman – “The Classic” [3/11 on PIAS]
- Pile – “Special Snowflakes” 7-inch [3/11 on Exploding in Sound]
- Dean Wareham – “Dean Wareham” [3/11 on Double Feature] / “Holding Pattern”
- Kevin Drew – “Darlings” [3/18 on Arts & Crafts] / “Good Sex”
- The War on Drugs – “Lost in the Dream” [3/18 on Secretly Canadian]
- Faces on Film – “Elite Lines” [3/25] / Stream “The Rule”
- Future Islands – “Singles” [3/25 on 4AD]
- Howler – “World of Joy” [3/25 on Rough Trade]
- Owls – “Two” [3/25 on Polyvinyl]
- Tokyo Police Club – “Forcefield” [3/25 on Mom & Pop]
- Neil Young – “A Letter Home” [March on Third Man Records]
April
- Aloud – “It’s Got To Be Now” [4/1]
- S. Carey – “Range of Light” [4/1 on Jagjaguwar]
- Cloud Nothings – “Here And Nowhere Else” [4/1 on Carpark/Mom + Pop] / Soundcloud / Live
- Inventions (Explosions In The Sky’s Mark T. Smith and Eluvium’s Matthew Cooper) – “Inventions” [4/1 on Temporary Residence] / “Entity”
- Jon Langford – “Here Be Monsters” [4/1 on In De Goot Recordings]
- Timber Timbre – “Hot Dreams” [3/31 on Arts & Crafts] / Title track
- Mean Creek – “Local Losers” [4/8 on Old Flame Records]
- School of Language (David of Field Music) – “Old Fears” [4/7 on Memphis Industries]
- The Afghan Whigs – “Do To The Beast” [4/15 on Sub Pop]
- The Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) – “The Both” self-titled debut LP [4/15 on SuperEgo]
- Shonen Knife – “Overdrive” [4/16 on Good Charamel Records]
- Damon Albarn (of Blur) – “Everyday Robots” [4/28 on Warner Music]
- Wye Oak – “Shriek” [4/29 on Merge] / Stream song
- Sleepyhead – “Wild Sometimes” [April on Carrot Top]
May
- Hallelujah The Hills [5/20]
On the way, with no exact date yet…
- Beach House
- Beliefs
- Sasha Bell
- Belle & Sebastian
- Amy Bezunartea
- Big Scary – “Not Art” [Spring on Barsuk]
- The Church
- Colin Clary – “Twee Blues” 10-inch [on WeePOP!]
- Cosmicide (Brandon Curtis of Secret Machines)
- The Cribs
- Death Cab For Cutie
- The Decemberists
- DIIV
- Eldridge Rodriguez
- Gregory & the Hawk / Meredith Godreau
- The Figgs
- Ghost Box Orchestra
- Harris Hawk
- Interpol
- Jenny Lewis
- Johnny Marr
- Kasabian
- Let’s Whisper – “As Close As We Are” 10-inch [on WeePOP!] (‘nac note: yeah,i’m in this band)
- The Mary Onettes – “Portico” mini-LP [later this year on Labrador]
- Modest Mouse
- Thurston Moore – “Sexy Secrets” [June]
- Morrissey
- Peter Murphy – “Lion”
- The New Pornographers [Spring? on Matador]
- Jennifer O’Connor
- The Okay Win – “Nothing’s Not Moving” [Spring]
- One Happy Island – “Your Flaws Aren’t Picturesque” 10-inch [on WeePOP!]
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart [April?]
- Pernice Brothers
- Sharon Van Etten – “Are We There?” [May]
- Shearwater
- Shellac – “Dude, Incredible” [Touch and Go]
- Spoon
- Survival Knife
- Swervedriver
- Titus Andronicus
- Trashcan Sinatras
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Unwound – “Rat Conspiracy” reissue [on Numero Group]
- Jack White – 2nd solo LP [on Third Man]
And here’s hoping…
- Built To Spill
- The Cure
- Ross Flournoy / Apex Manor
- Mammoth Penguins (ex-Standard Fare!)
- Nada Surf
- Skeletal Shakes (also ex-Standard Fare!)
- Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
- … aaaaand The Long Winters. (insert pithy quip about annual mention here)
Alright, lay those recommendations on me. Or let me know what you’ve already picked up from the list above, and how it’s hitting. I’ll just be over here listening to Plus/Minus.
[Last Night’s Playlist] New Music Night XIV at River Gods
Posted on January 24, 2014 at 9:28 am | No Comments
The very first New Music Night of 2014 happens to be the 14th installment. By now, we’ve got this thing pretty much down. Or at least we’d like to think so. You’d have to ask all the people who came out last night to listen to Jay Clicky Clicky and I play 4 straight hours of new music to be totally sure. Heads were bobbin’, song identities were inquired about, no one gave us the stink-eye up in the River Gods DJ booth, so I’m guessing they’d agree.
Here’s what I played during my two split-shifts of our song-spinning shenanigans. Keep an eye on Jay’s place for his playlists, but give him some extra time to post ’em. As of midnight, as he started his last set, he officially turned old-years-old. The slowdown begins! (I kid, I kid. Happy Birthday, my friend).
New Music Night XIII
at River Gods in Cambridge, MA
on Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
* Boston-ish-area artist
Set One / Brad Almanac / 9pm – 10pm
* 01. Marissa Nadler – “Was It A Dream?” / Soundcloud
[ From her upcoming LP “July”, out 2/10 on Bella Union ]
02. Doug Keith – “You Can’t Stand To Be Alone” / Bandcamp
[ From his upcoming record “Pony”, out 2/11 on The Village Label ]
03. Let’s Wrestle – “Codeine and Marshmallows” / Soundcloud
[ From their self-titled third LP, out next month on Fortuna Pop ]
04. Kevin Drew – “Good Sex” / Soundcloud
[ From his next solo LP “Darlings”, out 3/18 on Arts & Crafts ]
05. The War On Drugs – “Red Eyes” / Soundcloud
[ From the “Lost in the Dream” LP, out 3/18 on Secretly Canadian ]
06. School of Language – “Between the Suburbs” / Download
[ From David of Field Music’s solo LP “Old Fears”, out 4/7 on Memphis Industries]
07. Hospitality – “Rockets and Jets” / Soundcloud
[ From their brand new LP “Trouble”, out last Tuesday on Merge ]
08. Eternal Lips – “Dream Hesitate” (with Sharon Van Etten) / Soundcloud
[ From a self-titled EP due out 2/25 on New Mirage ]
09. Dean Wareham (Luna / Galaxie 500) – “Holding Pattern” / Soundcloud
[ From his self-titled solo LP, due out 3/11 on Double Feature ]
10. Making Marks – “Bruises” / Soundcloud
[ From their debut full-length “A Thousand Half-Truths”, out 2/3 on Fika ]
11. Stanley Brinks & the Wave Pictures – “Orange Juice” / Soundcloud
[ From a new joint 7-inch, out earlier this week on Fika ]
12. Skeletal Shakes – “The 189” / Soundcloud
[ New music from former Standard Fare members ]
13. Quiz Kids – “I Want You To Know” / Bandcamp
[ From their “Dynamite!” LP, released 12/1/13 on February Records ]
14. Owls – “I’m Surprised” / Soundcloud
[ From the album “Two, out 3/25 on Polyvinyl ]
15. Real Estate – “Talking Backwards” / YouTube
[ From “Atlas”, their upcoming full-length, out 3/8 on Domino ]
16. +/- {PLUS/MINUS} – “The Space Between Us” / Soundcloud
[ From their next LP, “Jumping The Tracks”, due 2/4 on Teen-Beat ]
17. The Notwist – “Kong” / YouTube
[ From their upcoming “Close to the Glass” LP, arriving 2/25 on Sub Pop ]
Set Two / Brad Almanac / 11pm – midnight
18. Cosmicide – “Talos Corpse” / Soundcloud
[ New project from Brandon Curtis (Secret Machines) ]
19. Tancred – “The Ring” / YouTube
[ Jess from Now Now’s solo project, LP released last October ]
20. Tokyo Police Club – “Hot Tonight” / Soundcloud
[ From their upcoming “Forcefield” LP, out 3/25 on Mom & Pop ]
21. Dum Dum Girls – “Rimbaud Eyes” / Soundcloud
[ From the “Too True” full-length, out next Tuesday on Sub Pop ]
22. Guided By Voices – “Littlest League Possible” / Soundcloud
[ From the forthcoming “Motivational Jumpsuit” LP, out 2/18 on GBV, Inc. ]
* 23. Krill – “Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts Into Tears” / Bandcamp
[ Title track from their upcoming EP, due out 2/18 on Exploding In Sound ]
24. Solids – “Haze Away” / Soundcloud
[ From their “Blame Confusion” LP, arriving 2/18 on Fat Possum ]
* 25. Split Squad – “Now Hear This” / Soundcloud
[ Title track from their just-released debut full-length ]
* 26. Mike Gent – “Last Boat To Japan” / Bandcamp
[ From the recently-released 4th solo LP by the Figgs’ vocalist/guitarist ]
27. Fuzz – “Til the End of the Day” (Kinks cover) / Bandcamp
[ From a new split 7-inch with CCR Headmaster ]
28. Nothing – “Dig” / Bandcamp
[ From their “Guilty Of Everything” LP, coming 3/4 on Relapse ]
* 29. Grass Is Green – “Big Dog Tee Shirt Birthday Weekend” / Soundcloud
[ From their just-released “Vacationy Vinny” LP on Exploding In Sound ]
* 30. Speedy Ortiz – “Everything’s Bigger” / Soundcloud
[ Off their upcoming “Real Hair” EP, due on 2/11 via Carpark Records ]
31. Blood Red Shoes – “An Animal” / YouTube
[ From their self-titled next full-length, due 3/3 on Jazz Life / UK ]
32. Howler – “Don’t Wanna” / YouTube
[ Off of their “World of Joy” LP, scheduled for 3/25 on Rough Trade ]
33. Swervedriver – “Deep Wound” / Bandcamp
[ From a forthcoming full-length, due out sometime this year ]
34. Built To Spill – “Jokerman” (Bob Dylan cover) / Download
[ From a new Dylan tribute/covers compilation ]
35. Mogwai – “Hexon Bogon” / Soundcloud
[ From their (amazing) just-released new LP, “Rave Tapes”, on Sub Pop ]
36. Sleepy Sun – “Outside” / Soundcloud
[ From the upcoming full-length “Maui Tears”, out next week on Dine Alone ]
* 37. Gem Club – “Hypericum” / Soundcloud
[ From their sophomore LP, “In Roses”, out next week on Hardly Art Records ]
If all goes according to plan (and why wouldn’t it?), the next New Music Night will take place in March… two months closer to glorious, glorious springtime. Same night of the week, same two guys, same DJ booth, same great bar. The only thing new about it will be all the songs. Join us, why don’tcha?