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| Mayday, Mayday
List is my (surprisingly substantial) to-gets for next time I venture to the record store in the next couple of weeks; mostly May releases, but a few olderuns in the mix I'll be keeping an eye for, as well. | | 1 |  | Basement
Promise Everything
One of the aforementioned olderuns, if only slightly. A buddy recommended this band since I liked Citizen and Turnover, and the few songs I have scoped out didn't disappoint. | | 2 |  | Beach House
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Being from Baltimore, basically an obligation, but definitely not one I begrudge. | | 3 |  | Exitmusic
The Recognitions | | 4 |  | Frightened Rabbit
Recorded Songs
Being woefully out of it, I didn't even realize this EP existed until seeing the initial news about Scott Hutchison earlier this week, so that was a pleasant surprise at the time; now, it's such an insignificant silver lining in such a goddamned tragedy. Tears will surely be shed upon listening. Hard R.I.P. | | 5 |  | God Is an Astronaut
Epitaph
Kinda fell off these guys around their self-titled (which, good god, that was a decade ago? Yeesh...) but the sample track I heard from this was surprisingly (to me) strong, and the permeating somber tone is one that'll unfortunately resonate right about now in the wake of #4. | | 6 |  | Hop Along
Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Saw them live just this past Saturday, pretty fantastic show with some great, unexpected between-song banter up on stage (for whatever reason, I didn't take them for a super humorous group, but here we are). Much less pleasant was the fact that this album, which I'd planned on buying at the show, was $15 for the CD, which to me seems pretty outrageous. Maybe that's sort of shitty of me, but I did still manage to snag Freshman Year, which I believed to be out-of-print, on vinyl for $20, so I don't feel too bad about "not supporting the band" or whatever. (Plus, I mean, I already went to the show, so...get off my back, jeez!) | | 7 |  | Iceage
Beyondless | | 8 |  | Jethro Tull
J-Tull Dot Com
By all accounts (meaning, chiefly, the quite well-done review on this site), a pretty bad record, but also one of the few my dad (a huge Tull fan) doesn't own, so keeping an eye out for a potential Father's Day gift that, at the very least, will be good for a laugh. | | 9 |  | Mastersystem
Dance Music
See #4. But, since it bears repeating, hard R.I.P. So surreal watching that play out in what was essentially real time. | | 10 |  | Janelle Monae
Dirty Computer | | 11 |  | nothing,nowhere.
ruiner
Not sure I like my chances of finding this on CD, since it seems pretty hard to come by online, but Reaper has grown on me quite a bit over the past couple weeks, so definitely keeping an eye out. | | 12 |  | Rhye
Blood | | 13 |  | Sevendust
All I See Is War
Definite nostalgia grab right here. Still, I'll defend Sevendust as having a much more consistent and well-crafted sound than many of their peers, which has certainly paid off in longevity. They're kinda like the Chevelle of their subgenre. | | 14 |  | Snail Mail
Lush
Don't think this actually comes out until June, but sometimes get a bit lucky with ahead-of-schedule releases at my shop. If not, a good excuse to go back again a couple more weeks down the road. | | 15 |  | Tortoise
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Not sure what inspired it, but I've definitely slept on Tortoise way too long. Hoping to find this and/or TNT and/or Standards, ideally used and relatively cheap. We shall see. | | 16 |  | Wye Oak
The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs
See #2. | |
thecheatisnotdead
05.11.18 | May also try to scope out some Parquet Courts and possibly the new Chvrches, although the majority of the latter's singles so far have been...not great. |
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