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Dwight Yoakam just released a new album this week!! I love it!!

Brighter Days

I'm split between

Soen - Lotus

and

Unto Others - Never, Neverland

The Death Stranding OST

Cursive - Devourer (sic?)

Justice - Hyperdrama

Best of Module - by Module

Module has always been my soundtrack through hard times, and I was fortunate enough to get a signed copy of this album.

It’s a pretty well-constructed compilation and I think it’s worth a listen, no matter what you typically like.

But uh… I might be biased:

gybe - lysf

Who's Who Ulterior Motives baby!

Great thread idea, I'm going to listen to a batch of these as they sound excellent! :)

For me I'm utterly loving the new Kim Deal* album "Nobody Loves You More" - it came out today, and oh yes it's good!

It's unexpected with style, almost 60s with brass and strings at times, then there's other songs that sound modern... and beyond making my ears happy, it's great songwriting :)

*(Former Pixies bassist and the fronthuman for the Breeders)

Half-Alive Persona Spotify link

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Of all time, The Cure's Disintegration. Lately, it's been Kangding Ray's Zero. Exactly what you need from a great techno record

Right now I'm listening to Cold World - No Omega a lot again

Blind Guardian - The God Machine

Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I. A progressive extreme metal. If you want to give it a shot, listen And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope, to see if it is for you.

Honorific mention to Nirvana - All of us. This is not Kurt Kobain's Nirvana, but another band called that way back from 1967. Amazing soft psychedelic rock. The band's history is quite interesting as well, including a lawsuit against Kurt Kobain's Nirvana, and then also trying to cash out of KB's Nirvana popularity by launching a new album after several years of breaking up, in order to profit from confused customers. Then, last year they launched a new album, after 50+ years of their original break up (which I really enjoy as well).

Sprints - Letter to Self

I've been beating Dance Gavin Dance's Jackpot Juicer to death recently, every time I listen to it my favorite song on it changes. Swallowed by Eternity goes HARD.

i don't do albums. as a kid, we basically only had recorded-from-radio cassettes. when we got a CD player in like 1999, we mostly bought those "now that's what i call music" collections. i didn't really listen to music myself at all until like 18-19. i didn't see the point. as a result i basically can't sit through an entire album of the same genre.

is this weird?

Big Wave by Tatsuro Yamashita

I love the question! I rarely listen to songs or playlists, and almost never algorithm based streams. Instead I put on albums I like. Even in my 10m-15m drive to work, and do that until I'm tired on an album. So, love the question.

Aesop Rock's Integrated Tech Solutions. Being a long time fan I thought The Impossible Kid was fantastic. TIK was as creative and ponderous as anything he'd done, but often felt more accessible and personally inviting. While accessibility is not something you generally look for with Aesop, that feeling of being personal really made it pay off. Spirit World Field Guide was good and was interesting, but didn't work for me as much. Maybe it was a case of enjoying TIK so much, and comparison being the thief of joy? But ITS absolutely feels top notch again. Love it.

Also worth mentioning is Powerman 5000. A year or so ago (while on a kick to my youth) I found out they were still making music and had released an album (The Noble Rot) in 2020. Shortly after I discovered that, they released one in 2024 (Abandon Ship.) They're not great songs, but they're all great vibes. The songs feel like they 3/4s to being great to me. Like they kept the dial at a 7 or 8 instead of turning it up to 11. And even when they did turn it up, it was only at the very end. Maybe he's going for something different, or maybe I've changed, but the strength feels off. But damn the vibes are still there.

Not Safe For Working Class - by Trashbag Ponchos

Destiny Potato - Lun

Upbeat: Kraftwerk - tour de france

Downtempo - a.s.o. - a.s.o.

Young Ejecta - Ride Lonesome has been my favorite for this month.

Low – Long Division (and actually any Low album at the moment)

$uicideboy$ - G.R.E.Y.G.O.D.S.

Insane Clown Posse - The Mighty Death Pop

Devin Townsend’s PowerNerd. “I love petting the cat!” 🐱

It's not my favorite album, but I have been listening to Marcy Playground by Marcy Playground a lot recently. It was one of my first favorite albums and still is.

I've been playing Yeule's softscars over and over for a few weeks now. I've never really been into shoegaze, but they put a really interesting twist on it that I've fallen in love with. The lyrics are very dark and personal, and it's a very heavy album - both musically and emotionally. Their videos all have really beautiful aesthetics, and I really love the late 90s/early 00s feeling in the video for dazies.

The age of consent by Bronski Beat. You can get some preview here: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/the-age-of-consent-bronski-beat/iiserdbkur9hc

"Deathconsciousness" by Have a Nice Life. I described it to a friend as "nice music with which to smoke a joint and watch your life spiral into oblivion"

Hand of Juno just released their first album, Psychotic Banana, and I've been binging it for a solid two weeks. Good mix of heavy and melodic, and good variation between songs. Got its hooks in me.

I will say, some songs are different enough that they almost sound like different artists, so if you check them out it's worth trying a few tracks. "Polline" and "Destroy the Line" are my favorite heavy songs. "The One", "We've Built the Line", and "Not a Game" are my favorites on the melodic side.

My album game is super weak at the moment because I'm heavily into experimental.

if Let's Paint Tv had an album it would probably be that.

or OK Housecat

Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

(At this moment, it changes frequently)