October Picks

October was another busy moth with lots of new music. Here are my top selections.

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/fluid3sally/playlist/7cqKCyNl98fR5o2RiyVdef

YouTube Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWm4729w0mtfmgXG-t98TuepQtVRBvCUz


























Cold Kingdom - Cold Kingdom (EP)
a candidate for AOTY. a strong hard-rock record from Minneapolis
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV_RbZceiCY


Skarlett Riot - Regenerate
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPKyzZjxNk8


Estrons - Cold Wash (EP)
only 2 songs, but they kick so much ass it feels like a major record this month
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDG14a_o8_A


Anavae - Are You Dreaming?
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaWC3oPnvN4


Bully - Losing
on Subpop and from Nashville.. I really like her voice
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cia7HOYxj8w

Yonaka - Heavy (EP)
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w7PWbsrf_k


Melkbelly - Nothing Valley
noisy and math-y
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqkUz8iikCE


St. Vincent - Masseducation
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9TlaYxoOO8


Beck - Colors
Beck has lost me in recent years with some real sleepers. I haven't been a huge fan since Odelay, but he got his swagger back on  this one.
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fljhX_aR3rE


King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Sketches Of Brunswick East
second record this year from this band, that has been slowly growing on me
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekXb74bUbRM


Pale Honey - Devotion
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZEckgXg14


Jetty Bones - Old Women (EP)
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyUNmfT6aE


Vuur - In This Moment We Are Free
latest group featuring Anneke van Giersbergen (you might remember her from such bands as The Gathering)
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap1ITPCD1zY


The Worriers - Survival Pop
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mElOfyHoU-c


Dream Nails - Dare to Care (EP)
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNVnSfzAUHM


Girli - Hot Mess (EP)
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-2Mrws6zGc


Bad Mary - Glitter Bomb
video (Police cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9I5LMSjL_o


Hey Charlie - Young & Lonesome
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HuxglCzJwM


Makthaverskan - III
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFD8M291FLQ


Neaux - Chain Up The Sun
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EES-f8fjRxU



Funk In The Trunk
a lot of cool funk this month. remember, you can't spell spunk without funk (well, you could, but why would you?)


Rock Candy Funk Party - The Groove Cubed


Bootsy Collins - World Wide Funk
This cat played with P-Funk, and even James Brown at one point.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVL7WUPvjnc


Funkadelic - Reworked by Detrioters
ok, not really new. these are some classics redone


Ohio Players - just a single, but still..



Heavy

• Butcher Babies
• Sons of Apollo

Oops! I missed it.
a few that I missed in their respective months. better late than never.

• My Own Ghost - Life on Standby (April)
• Waax - Wild & Weak (June)

Singles

• Sleater-Kinney
• Marmozets - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBxM0ili0kM
• MisterWives - audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTpzQl_vspQ
• Magic Wands
• Screaming Females - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9GlmrLa1AE
• Tonight Alive - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xf0jQSP83I
• Sleigh Bells
• Love Past Blue
• Giant Kitty
• Diamante

Close but nope
these didn't do it for me either, but may be of interest to some readers
(damn, there were a lot of these this month!)

• Weezer
• Courtney barnett
• Rachel Platten
• Unsane
• Fringe Element
• Nocturnal Rites
• Hollywood Undead
• Echosmith
• Bonerama
• Perish
• We Came As Romans
• Veil of Maya
• Angelspit
• Alyeska
• New Politics
• Alex the Astronaut
• And So I Watch You from Afar
• Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats
• Stars
• Coldrain
• Kermit Ruffins
• H2O
• My Ticket Home
• Poppy
• Kim Logan
• Demar
• Trivium
• Thousand Below
• Dai Burger
• Cults
• Iron Monkey
• Tough Age
• 10 Years
• Baxter Dury
• Yumi Zouma
• Red
• Foz
• Pink
• Terra Lightfoot
• Jetty Bones
• GWAR!
• Wu Tang
• Alex Lay
• The Used
• Alex Lahey
• Layne
• Perish
• Wyldest
• Liam Gallagher
• Steps
• Awaken I Am
• June Divided
• Red

that was a busy month. stay tuned for more. until the end of November, stay strong, rock on, write on.

September Picks

Last year, I declared September the rock-n-roll month of the year. There is a good chance that will prove to be true of 2017 as well. There are just so damn many good new records, it was a chore to keep it under 3 hours for the playlist.

It was also a good month for the hard stuff. There are some nice heavier rock albums this month.. if the playlist gets too rough, skip ahead, it will mello out later.  There are several by dude-bro groups (not that we should hold that against them ;)  and some riot grrrl, some hip hop, some old-timers grooves, some psychedelica, all over the spectrum.

I hope you enjoy it all as much as I enjoyed finding it.

Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/fluid3sally/playlist/36vHjsfP486FxOfdJd4vt0

YouTube Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWm4729w0mtc2FFVt6Om4cw4xy9d5HnwE










Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
It took a few listens to find the subtleties of this bands's sound, but well worth it.. very cool band. In the running for AOTY.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a_AigNZYZc


Roses Unread - Vultures EP (August release)
Extra points for hard-rock/metal without excess screaming. this will be a contender for best metal of the year.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieMfdvr6UWM


Happy Hollows - Concordia
softer synth rock, a good listen
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUKryACyxlk


One Eyed Doll - Something Wicked
going to see this band soon
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXtNhnnTzwE


Death From Above 1979 - Outrage! Is Now
really diggin' the instrumental work on this one
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XlwKK4jUkw


Nothing More - The Stories We Tell Ourselves
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6c8X_s1h9Y


Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage
Rage reformed with Public Enemy, what's not to like?
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3waP7syjk


Stray From The Path - Only Death Is Real
a bit abrasive on the vocals for my taste, but I feel like this should be heard
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-SiZSlmhI


Metz - Strange Peace
noisy in a good subpop way
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku0rJjuXiTQ


Epica - The Solace System
I put this at the peak of the heavy wave. If you like symphonic metal, there are not many better than Epica. This will be near the top of the best heavy records list.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2b3V0VJdW0


Ruby the Hatchet - Planetary Space Child (August release)
good for a late night groove session
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg-70O5xbRk


J. Roddy Walston & The Business - Destroyers of the Soft Life
good songs, good energy, check 'em out
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6VhNqKaKj0


Lee Ranaldo - Electric Trim
Good to see the Sonic Youth crowd staying active. I much prefer his 2012 solo to this one.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2XRnzj-YmE


Larkin Poe - Peach
showing the southern roots on this one (Atlanta) .. ha, not that we should hold that against them ;). They had one in the top 20 last year, and are in the running again.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEWiJR9qeoc


Sleeping With Sirens - Gossip
Is it just me, or do they get younger with each new release? These kids have spunk.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FYnizimf0s


Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton - Choir of the Mind
softer than Metric, with similar song writing quality
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpzWahhF72o


Keep Shelly In Athens - Dark Light
more info: http://blog.kexp.org/2017/09/26/song-of-the-day-keep-shelly-in-athens-seattle/


Miss Eaves - Feminasty (August release)
the name of this one says enough
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1o9igy0a0


Roadcase Royale - First Things First
rock the F on
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzLPsXKrr20


Tired Lion - Dumb Days
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijh2FEE_2GI

Ellen and the Degenerates - Herb Alert


Bonsai Kitten - Mindcraft


Bus Vipers - Federal Highway (EP)


Julie & The Wrong Guys - Julie & The Wrong Guys


OOPS, I missed it
I missed these gems in their respective months, better late than never:

• Pom Poms - Turn You Out (May)
• The Franklys - Are You Listening? (May)
• Dead Posey - Freak Show (June)
• Bad Skin - Pussy Power (May)

singles

• Bones (UK) video (you'll want to see this) ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmygm_3gHpE
• The New Respects
• Basic B*tches
• Sumo Cyco
• Yeah Yeah Yeah (Yeah, they're back)
• L7 (yes, THE L7)
• Lizzo
• Tegan and Sara
• The Dirty Youth
• Now, Now
• Maty Noyes
• Poppy
• City of the Weak
• St Vincent
• Cheap Perfume
• Glass Mansions
• Charlotte Gainsbourg

covers:
ok weird, dozens of artists have released their own version of "Look What You Made Me Do"

• Halflives
• The Animal In Me
• Linney
• Haley Klinkhammer
• TeraBrite
• Halocene

...and many more...

which is your favorite? mine is Halflives (TeraBrite second)

MotorHead - Under Cover
Punk and Metal share a common ancestor in Motorhead. Not exactly a new release, this contains covers recorded while Lemmy roamed the earth.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J06yQb4lbPk

Halocene - We've Got It Covered, Vol 3
This band does a lot of covers. Even the name implies covers. I recognize 2 Paramore songs here, and some pop stuff. not really sure how much is really new here. and it has some kiddie pop, so.. just be warned. despite this, I do like this band, they've got spunk.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEMsM4jX4E8



Heavy:

• Mastodon - Cold Dark Place (EP)
• Arch Enemy - Will To Power - could be a great band.. except for.. you guessed it, growling screamo. a damn shame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF1rmSV1dM&vl=en

Undecided:
There were some this month that didn't resonate with me on first listen, but I'm still on the fence about  highlighting them as good new records.. so I'll let you decide:

• Foo Fighters
• Primus
• Propagandhi
• Chelsea Wolfe
• The Killers
• Feeder (is this really new?)
• Black Stone Cherry
• Beaches
• Julia Darling
• Ledisi
• Alvvays
• Wyclef Jean
• Princess Nokia
• Jessica Lea Mayfield

Close but nope
these didn't do it for me either, but may be of interest to some readers

• Hot Water Music
• Mogwai
• Tori Amos
• Ben Folds
• Gregg Allman
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Ted Leo
• Deerhoof
• Motorpsycho
• Pardoner
• For All We Know
• L.A. Witch
• Anastacia
• Secrets
• Circa Survive
• Mimicat
• The Bronx
• Mutemath
• Living Colour
• Julie & The Wrong Guys
• Demi Lovato

busy month, time for a break. as always, keep listening new.