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Steve Gunn - Other You (August 27)

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The first Flying Horseman album Wild Eyes, originally released in 2010-ish will be repressed on vinyl for the very first time, as a 2 album golden pressing!! Go get it at:
https://flyinghorseman.bandcamp.com/album/wild-eyes

I sure did :D

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Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia Of The Air (September 17)

Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time (November 12)

Amyl And The Sniffers - Comfort To Me (September 10)

The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore

Pilgrimage of the Soul by MONO

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Pilgrimage of the Soul is the 11th studio album in the 22-year career of Japanese experimental rock legends, MONO. Recorded and mixed – cautiously, anxiously, yet optimistically – during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, Pilgrimage of the Soul is aptly named as it not only represents the peaks and valleys where MONO are now as they enter their third decade, but also charts their long, steady journey to this time and place.

Continuing the subtle but profound creative progression in the MONO canon that began with Nowhere Now Here (2019), Pilgrimage of the Soul is the most dynamic MONO album to date (and that’s saying a lot). But where MONO’s foundation was built on the well-established interplay of whisper quiet and devastatingly loud, Pilgrimage of the Soul crafts its magic with mesmerizing new electronic instrumentation and textures, and – perhaps most notably – faster tempos that are clearly influenced by disco and techno. It all galvanizes as the most unexpected MONO album to date – replete with surprises and as awash in splendor as anything this band has ever done.

MONO began in Japan at the end of the 20th Century as a young band equally inspired by the pioneers of moody experimental rock (My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai) and iconic Classical composers (Beethoven, Morricone) who came before them. They have evolved into one of the most inspiring and influential experimental rock bands in their own right. It is only fitting that their evolution has come at the glacial, methodical pace that their patient music demands. MONO is a band who puts serious value in nuance, and offers significant rewards for the wait.

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releases September 17, 2021

Bandcamp link for digital pre-order (& 1 track streaming)
Label link for physical pre-order

Hmmm, not sure yet how tempted I am to hear the new Mono, if they are moving into techno disco land. There is already a 69daysofstatic!

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime In New York (1980-1985) (September 17)

Grouper - Shade (October 22)

In the "best/most anticipated singles of 2021" subcategory, Wilco covers Sleater-Kinney, Sleater-Kinney covers Wilco:

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/wilco-...de-a-playlist/

Public Service Broadcasting will release their 4th album Bright Magic in September, it's a concept album about Berlin, featuring amongst others Blixa Bargeld on guest vocals. Read the full story about the album on the band's label site PIAS

Wanted
Acid Rooster – Irrlichter
Alexalone - ALEXALONEWORLD
Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort To Me
Anoice - The Hidden Forest
BADBADNOTGOOD - Talk Memory
Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
The Body and Big ‡ Brave - Leaving None But Small Birds
Body/Dilloway/Head - Body/Dilloway/Head
Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
Deerhoof - Actually, You Can
Duran Duran - Future Past
Dust Mountain - Hymns for Wilderness
Maria Faust
Full of Hell - Garden Of Burning Apparition
Grouper - Shade
Steve Gunn - Other You
Haunted Plasma
Hawkwind - Somnia
Howlin Rain - The Dharma Wheel
Aimee Mann - Queens of the Summer Hotel
Mono - Pilgrimage of the Soul
Angel Olsen - Aisles
Emma Ruth Rundle
Seafood Walls – XVI
Shy, Low - Snake Behind The Sun
Sulfate - Godzone
Sum Of R - Lahbryce
Tropical Fuck Storm - Deep States
VA - I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico
Brandee Younger - Somewhere Different
The War on Drugs - I Don’t Live Here Anymore
Wolves in the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana

Devin Hoff - Voices From The Empty Moor (Songs Of Anne Briggs) (September 24)

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Voices From the Empty Moor seeks to honor the mystery and beauty of Anne Briggs’ music while maintaining its own unique perspective, foregrounding powerful emotion and, hopefully, magical transformation.

Bassist, composer and arranger devin hoff has been intensively studying the music of Anne Briggs for over a decade. Briggs was a leading light of the 1960’s English folk scene, a gifted songwriter and improvisor, as well as an amateur musicologist who revived traditional English, Scottish, and Irish Traveler songs with an unpretentious approach that perhaps presaged the rebellion of punk as much as it honored tradition.

The arrangements here include collaborations with musician friends that share a fascination with mining specific folk forms for universal and timeless truths; singers Julia Holter, Shannon Lay, Sharon Van Etten and Emmett Kelly; oud player Alejandro Farha; saxophonist Howard Wiley and drummer Jim White.

https://devinhoff.bandcamp.com/album...-anne-briggs-2

ETA: download out now - this album is fuckin' awesome!

William Basinski - Music for Abandoned Airports: Tegel (download-only, out now)

Noveller - Aphantasia (download out now, physical September 15)

The Replacements - INSANE 40th anniversary (!) deluxe edition of Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash!

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Devin Hoff - Voices From The Empty Moor (Songs Of Anne Briggs) (September 24)

https://devinhoff.bandcamp.com/album...-anne-briggs-2

ETA: download out now - this album is fuckin' awesome!

Thanks!

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Thanks!

You're welcome. :) Now, why would you want to do this:

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Duran Duran - Future Past

to yourself? Don't be a masochist, Moshe. ;):D

Circuit des Yeux - -io (October 22)

thread recovered, once again!

this album will be released in November and it has a beautiful cover:

https://martadelgrandi.bandcamp.com/...l-we-fossilize

I'm curious how the full album will sound, really liking the opening track Taller Than His Shadow

The new Joy Orbison mix is quite good.

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Duran Duran - Future Past

to yourself? Don't be a masochist, Moshe. ;):D

I just tried to listen to three of their new songs, but couldn't sit through it longer than 30 seconds

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I just tried to listen to three of their new songs, but couldn't sit through it longer than 30 seconds

New songs, old songs, Duran Duran has been and always will be a band beyond redemption.

R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi [25th Anniversary Reissue] (October 29)

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Originally Posted by _tunic_

I just tried to listen to three of their new songs, but couldn't sit through it longer than 30 seconds

They get better towards the end :)

Maybe the wrong thread, and what does it fucking matter now anyway, but I am currently addicted to Hum - Inlet.

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
50th anniversary reissue
to be released on 15 October

MOD CON - Modern Condition (October 22)

Thalia Zedek Band - Perfect Vision (out now)

Mentioned it in the whatchalistenin' thread, but why not here: Footings - Annihilation (out now).

Mike Noga - Open Fire (October 8)

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Open Fire was recorded in August 2019 at Sacred Heart Studios in Duluth, Minnesota with Alan Sparhawk (Low) in the producer's seat. Open Fire is an apocalyptic, synth-heavy, rock and roll record and follows on from Noga’s critically acclaimed concept album, King. The title track 'Open Fire' is released today.

Mike Noga passed away on 26 August 2020. His death was accidental and attributed to a rare condition that caused a cerebral haemorrhage, a condition exacerbated by bouts of heavy drinking. Mike had a lifelong struggle with anxiety and depression which became particularly difficult in the last three years of his life. His family are incredibly proud of this album, for its ambition, beauty and nuance. His passing has left his family and friends with a massive void that might be partly filled with his incredible body of music. A gift to us all.

Open Fire was written in Noga's hometown of Hobart. Writing to a friend during the recording process Mike reflected “Sonically and thematically there’s a healthy dose of impending doom about the state of the world running through the songs…I constantly have the Velvet Underground in mind when I'm writing for this album. Pop... but with a weird, dark twist.”

Lead single 'Open Fire' is the centrepiece of the album, a big Springsteen-esque rocker. A little bit about revenge, a lot about the impending end of the world.

"I've spent the last two years writing this album and it's an absolute dream come true to get to work with one of my songwriting heroes, Alan Sparhawk. Alan's unique style and penchant for twisting music and words into beautiful and uncomfortable forms is the perfect fit for this batch of songs. It also doesn't hurt that he's one of my favourite vocalists, guitar players and lyricists in the world and has offered to lend his incredible voice to the album".

Noga and Low toured Europe, Australia and New Zealand together in 2016 and became friends, with Sparhawk offering to produce Noga's next album in his hometown of Duluth, Minnesota.

Reflecting on the experience Alan Sparhawk said, ”Mike reached out. When people say they are reaching out most of the time they’re really holding in and wanting something but, for Mike reaching out was a giving and vulnerable gesture. I had seen him play before but our first meeting was on a tour where that common shared timeline carves deep and eternal friendships grow quickly. Mike’s eye for style and the relentless heart he put into every song inspired us, while his generous friendship and vulnerability made us stronger people. Plans were made. Mike had all these songs figured out; how he wanted them to sound and what needed to be done to achieve that so, once he’d arrived in Duluth work went fast. He put in long hours, pushed through doubt, worked out glitches and found the transcendence he so desperately hungered for, all the while sharing and inviting us into the journey. I feel we were witness to magic and for a moment Mike found a way to unravel the message he had held so tightly clutched in his hand. A true talent, gentleman and champion.”

Mike Noga on Open Fire - “It was a long and at times difficult process this one. I’m actually just proud of myself for being able to write another album’s worth of material, even if it did take years! I’m super proud of this album. I think it’s the best I’ve ever done. My global warming, apocalyptic, mid-life crisis album. Wooo! I was surprised on listening back at how much I mention “when I was young” or reference being young. I didn’t realise it when writing it. It’s always interesting to me when the album reveals itself and even I realise what the over-arching theme is. The subconscious is a powerful thing. I totally love Alan’s production. His stamp is all over this album and it feels like the next logical step for me after King.”

“There was nothing quite like watching Mike unleash his talent and creativity, whether he was brandishing a pair of drumsticks or a guitar or a mic stand, he did it all with total abandon and it was always a total pleasure to get lost in the music with him. As a songwriter, Mike was every bit as bold and uncompromising and 'Open Fire' is the sound of an artist with no limits to his ambition or scope. It's a big widescreen album, full of darkness and full of light, and it's a beautiful thing to get lost in.” – Paul Dempsey, Something for Kate

https://mikenoga.bandcamp.com/album/open-fire

https://www.parttimerecords.com/shop...noga-open-fire