November Picks

November was another good month for new music, and now the year is coming to a close. Stay tuned for best-of-2017 list, coming soon. For now, here are my picks for best new records from November:

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/fluid3sally/playlist/0BaypeeDmtOmqfKZHOSXaI

YouTube Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWm4729w0mtdfmNNkF_hlqwYA50L9wqb7












Hot Pink Hangover - Wasted In Space (EP)
two short recordings this year, which, taken together, make one of the spunkier releases of the year.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZKBxmBDtzc


Rews - Pyro
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE2DDWEBWT8


Elephant Gun Riot - Sirens Call (EP)
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee_Gua7XfMM


Milk Teeth - Go Away (EP)
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sollle3EAZ4


Sleigh Bells - Kid Kruschev
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnuMMkDGjmE


Fragile Animals - Light That Fades
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IOg3p6muI


Buffy Sainte-Marie - Medicine Songs
teaser video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smoVW2InKlY


Jessica Wolff - Grounded
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ViGV_G378


Lauren Strange - Salt (EP)
article with link to listen: https://themusicsite.com/music-news/press-releases/alternative-rock-artist-lauren-strange-releases-new-ep


Pip the Pansy - Royal Blue Daydream (EP)
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLSnyUUjB-c


Quicksand - Interiors
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIJatX2uug


ToothGrinder - Phantom Amour
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCiwm1_3uMg


Electric Wizard - Wizard Bloody Wizard
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX1530GNc6U


Aretha Franklin - A Brand New Me (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
some old songs on here, but any new Aretha is automatically big news in the spunk world
trailer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXLaYnJL9MY


Daphne Willis - Freaks Like Me
Nashville-based singer/songwriter
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNjoADniSvc

Gingerlys - Gingerlys
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx1nggCuVZ0




Singles

• Tonight Alive
• Thunderpussy
• The New Respects
• Screaming Females
• Giant Kitty
• Being
• TeraBrite
• Don Broco
• Nocean
• The Suffers
• Skillet w/ Lacey Sturm
• Gin Wigmore
• Wild Child
• Pearl Charles
• Eat Your Heart Out
• PussyRiot

Honorable mention

• Bjork - I am a Bjork fan in general, but this record didn't work for me. It has some good sounds, and some may enjoy it. The lack of a coherent song structure left me behind.
• King Gizzard - I like these guys and have highlighted two of their records already this year. this is a third (I read somewhere that they are targeting 5 by the end of the year). this one is good too, if you like their jam-band style

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

• Butthole Surfers
• Morrissey
• Exit Eden
• Cannibal Corpse
• Anti-flag
• Evanescence
• Pnau
• Comorelli
• Notaker
• Bitter and Sweet
• Aly and AJ
• Barenaked Ladies
• The Motels
• Greta Van Fleet
• Bruiser Queen
• Jeff Scott Soto
• Paloma Faith
• The Dark Element
• Mavis Staples
• Fieldy
• Tove Lo
• GBH
• Bob Seger
• Godflesh
• Shed Seven
• Casper Skulls
• Pink Cream 69
• Sharon Jones
• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

another month down. see you next month for best-of-the year lists.