Tell Us About 2013 Releases

[TallGuyCM]

The first noteworthy album of 2013 is here:



And it's very good upon first listen. So bring it on, 2013, you post-Mayan apocalypse bastard.

[icedKeg]

agree wholeheartedly. listened twice and loved. good start.

[IceyHotshot]

^^ Great album

[xuclarockerx]

[icedKeg]

That tree on the cover of the YLT album is real, by the way. It's located in north Portland's Overlook Park. Beautiful.

Here's a short article about it too: http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-2..._portland.html

[bmack86]

I just listened to this sample. I'm in love....

Factory Floor "Fall Back" 12" (1/15/2013)

https://soundcloud.com/dfa-records/f...ll-back-sample

ps This was back in July. I asked Nik how the new album was coming along and when they would be coming back to NY (this was right after they cancelled ATP NJ/NY appearance)...

They are incredible, especially live. That said, they've been signed to DFA since last year. Can't wait to get my hands on an album though. I hope it has some of the stuff from the old singles since they were so hard to track down over here.

[Spooks]

They are incredible, especially live. That said, they've been signed to DFA since last year. Can't wait to get my hands on an album though. I hope it has some of the stuff from the old singles since they were so hard to track down over here.

So fuckin good! They need to come back asap...

Full version: https://soundcloud.com/factory-floor/fall-back-1

[Spooks]

New song by Suede?! New album coming out in March!

"After a year of sweating and bleeding over the record it's finally finished so we wanted to get some music out there as soon as we could. "Barriers" isn't the first single but we are proud of it enough just to chuck it out there and thought that it's pulsing, romantic swell somehow summed up the feel of the album quite nicely . The album is called Bloodsports. It's about lust, it's about the chase, it's about the endless carnal game of love. It was possibly the hardest we've ever made but certainly the most satisfying. Its 10 furious songs for me have reclaimed from ourselves what Suede was always about; drama, melody and noise."

Download here: http://suedebarriers.viinyl.com/

[ods..]

I love them too. I need to see them live.

[isnate]

Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return. Dude never dissapoints.

[bmack86]

That's all you have to tell us? We've got a thread to report new albums coming out. This one is for giving a (brief if you want it to be, but we'd much more appreciate detailed and thought out) review of something after you've listened to it.

[Spooks]

These songs should be interesting...

A whole album of original material has been composed for Dave Grohl's directorial debut, Sound City. The movie will be available on February 1st, 2013.

Track Listing:
01) Heaven And All - Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl, Peter Hayes
02) Time Slowing Down - Chris Goss, Tim Commerford, Dave Grohl, Brad Wilk
03) You Can't Fix This - Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee
04) The Man That Never Was - Rick Springfield, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear
05) Your Wife Is Calling - Lee Ving, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Alain Johannes, Pat Smear
06) From Can To Can't - Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen, Scott Reeder
07) Centipede - Joshua Homme, Chris Goss, Dave Grohl, , Alain Johannes
08) A Trick With No Sleeve - Alain Johannes, Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme
09) Cut Me Some Slack - Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear
10) Once Upon A Time... The End - Dave Grohl, Jessy Greene, Rami Jaffee, Jim Keltner
11) Mantra - Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme, Trent Reznor

[SmellyBath]

That's all you have to tell us? We've got a thread to report new albums coming out. This one is for giving a (brief if you want it to be, but we'd much more appreciate detailed and thought out) review of something after you've listened to it.

I've listened to the Toro Y Moi album a few times now and am very satisfied. I think he's done a great job of transcending the pigeonhole of 'chillwave'. His production is head and shoulders above any of his contemporaries and is definitely his strongest asset. Some of these tunes flirt with house in a way that no other band or musician in the genre does and it serves him well. The highlight for me is definitely Rose Quartz. A slow builder that uses well placed funky samples and a motorik beat that blossoms into a sexy jam. His employs his voice well throughout the album but no better for me then on this track. It also illustrates the house leaning tendencies Bundick is toying with. The only issue I have with it overall is that there are times throughout the album where he loses my attention and can sink into the background instead of demanding attention. I could easily see Pitchfork slapping an 8.3 and best new music tag on this and calling it a day.

[swhite423]

Just listened to Long.Live.ASAP and its a fun listen. Rocky does pretty good on his debut with a variety of guests by his side from everyone to skrillex, to santigold. The highlight of the record has to be the jam packed track Train though, killer rap song with verses from ASAP, Kendrick, Drake, Joey Badass, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, and Big Krit.

[icedKeg]

Re: ASAP ROCKY

I usually can't stand this flashy, "gangster", pop/rap, "we're bad-ass-weed-smoking-ho-fucking-killah" bullshit 'hip hop' music, but this album has some slow jams and clever wordplay which I am digging. The run from Phoenix>Suddenly>Jodye really worked for me on first listen. There's some nice nods to Outkast and other old hip-hop acts that I like. This seems like it might be rewarding after multiple listens. I also enjoy the Santigold track and "1 Train." There are definitely a couple of skippable tracks, but for the most part I think I dig this.

This makes me happy because I've been trying to get into "new" hip hop for the last few years and I've hated pretty much everything. Not sure if my tastes have changed, i.e. I'm warming up to this, or new hip hop is actually just getting better.

[IceyHotshot]

That ASAP Rocky album sounds like something I would despise.

[Spooks]

This is pretty neat! Radiohead and etc...."3D Printed Record"



ps You can watch another video here: http://www.wired.com/design/2012/12/3-d-printed-record/

[bmack86]

My Bloody Valentine's status update:

On 21-12-12 we finished mastering the new album!

FUCK!!!

[Spooks]

My Bloody Valentine's status update:

On 21-12-12 we finished mastering the new album!

FUCK!!!

21 years later...

I guess that's what the Mayans were predicting

[Spooks]

My Bloody Valentine's status update:

On 21-12-12 we finished mastering the new album!

FUCK!!!

Which one is your favorite? I think mine is the second one...

I had the opportunity to pitch for the sleeve design on the new My Bloody Valentine sleeve, no brief, just a few images supplied by the band. 4 rounds of pitches and i was pipped to the post at the last minute, still waiting to for the release so I can see who won the job!. I was over the moon even to be in the running as MBV have always been one of my favourite bands! All typography is taken from the Loveless album as placeholder text as I wasn’t privvy to any song titles or sleevenotes! My only direction was that the sleeve should be ‘Abstract’ and ‘Hynagogic’

http://imeusdesign.4ormat.com/my-bloody-valentine-new

[bmack86]

Which one is your favorite? I think mine is the second one...



http://imeusdesign.4ormat.com/my-bloody-valentine-new

To be honest most of them look kind of crappy and I hope the dude doesn't get the final design. They seem too clearly influenced by Isn't Anything and Loveless without trying to add much to the ideas on those covers.

'Course, I think those two covers really capture the sounds of the albums in visual form, and I (and he) have no idea what the new one will sound like.

And wow. Who would have thought even a few months ago that we'd be able to be having a real conversation about the album art for the new My Bloody Valentine album. What a time to be alive.

[Spooks]

To be honest most of them look kind of crappy and I hope the dude doesn't get the final design. They seem too clearly influenced by Isn't Anything and Loveless without trying to add much to the ideas on those covers.

'Course, I think those two covers really capture the sounds of the albums in visual form, and I (and he) have no idea what the new one will sound like.

And wow. Who would have thought even a few months ago that we'd be able to be having a real conversation about the album art for the new My Bloody Valentine album. What a time to be alive.

Yea it's not great or exciting but hopefully the music inside will be great

I had the opportunity to pitch for the sleeve design on the new My Bloody Valentine sleeve, no brief, just a few images supplied by the band.

No surprises here for #1 I highlighted my top 10

the 50 most anticipated albums of 2013 by Stereogum

50 Kvelertak – Meir (March, Indie Recordings)

49 Major Lazer – Free The Universe (2/19, Mad Decent/Downtown)

48 Autre Ne Veut – Anixety (2/12, Software Recording Company)

47 Jamie Lidell – Jamie Lidell (2/18, Warp)

46 William Tyler – Impossible Truth (3/19, Merge)

45 VHÖL – VHÖL (4/16, Profound Lore)

44 Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic (1/22, Jagjaguwar)

43 HAIM – TBD (Spring)

42 AlunaGeorge – TBD (June, Island Def Jam)

41 Beach Fossils – Clash The Truth (2/19, Captured Tracks)

40 Wavves – TBD (3/26, Mom + Pop)

39 Rhye – Woman (3/5, Loma Vista)

38 Free Energy – Love Sign (1/15, Free Energy Records)

37 Hilly Eye – Reasons To Live (1/22, Don Giovanni)

36 Doldrums – Lesser Evil (2/25, Souterrain Transmissions)

35 The Mary Onettes – Hit The Waves (3/12, Labrador)

34 Sun Kil Moon & The Album Leaf – Perils From The Sea (5/14, Caldo Verde)

33 Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze (Spring, Matador)

32 Bleeding Rainbow – Yeah Right (1/29, Kanine)

31 Devendra Banhart – Mala (Spring, Nonesuch)

30 Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse (2/5, Canvasback)

29 Ducktails – The Flower Lane (1/29, Domino)

28 Deafheaven – Sunbather (Spring, Deathwish Inc)

27 Toro Y Moi – Anything In Return (1/22, Carpark)

26 Depeche Mode – TBD (March, Columbia)

25 Yo La Tengo – Fade (1/15, Matador)

24 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II (2/5, Jagjaguwar)

23 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (2/18, Anti-)

22 Low – The Invisible Way (3/19, Sub Pop)

21 Queens Of The Stone Age – TBD

20 Marnie Stern – The Chronicles Of Marnia (3/19, Kill Rock Stars)

19 FIDLAR – FIDLAR (1/22, Mom & Pop)

18 Tegan & Sara – Heartthrob (1/29, Sire)

17 Local Natives – Hummingbird (1/29, Frenchkiss)

16 James Blake – TBD

15 Deerhunter – TBD

14 M.I.A. – Matangi

13 Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste (2/12, Interscope)

12 Iceage – You’re Nothing (2/19, Matador)

11 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – TBD (Spring)

10 A$AP Rocky – LongLiveA$AP (1/15, RCA)

09 Atoms For Peace – Amok (2/18, XL)

08 Christopher Owens – Lysandre (1/15, Fat Possum)

07 Cloud Nothings – TBD

06 The Knife – Shaking The Habitual (4/9, Rabid/Brille/Mute)

05 Phoenix – TBD (Spring, Glassnote)

04 Vampire Weekend – TBD

03 Earl Sweatshirt – Doris (Tan Cressida/Columbia)

02 Arcade Fire – TBD

01 My Bloody Valentine – TBD

[IceyHotshot]

A Winged Victory for the Sullen posted that they'll be releasing new music in the spring

[loomer]

A Winged Victory for the Sullen posted that they'll be releasing new music in the spring

Nice. Their debut was one of my favorites of 2011. There's also a new Grouper release coming out in February.

[SoulDischarge]

Usually there's at least one really fantastic stand out song per Yo La Tengo album, but I didn't hear one on my first listen through Fade. Not a bad album but it seemed totally unexceptional within their catalog. Maybe something will pop out on repeat listens.

[Propellerpete]

http://www.facebook.com/EverythingEv...ref=ts&fref=ts

Everything Everything, new album Jan 14th, previewing tracks ^^...Interesting brit pop band. caught my radar last year with photoshop handsome...

[jacquib8803]

Beach Fossils is sick. Found them on RadioFlag.com along with a ton of other bands w/ fresh sounds like them.

[cutterbutter]

Beach Fossils is sick. Found them on RadioFlag.com along with a ton of other bands w/ fresh sounds like them.

Plug your site harder.

[paulb]

Great list. The Knife/My Bloody Valentine/Arcade Fire/The Prodigy/Azealia Banks will be the albums I cant wait for in 2013!

[Spooks]

One more...

METZ

Thanks to everyone who helped to make 2012 such a great year for METZ. We are currently in the studio making some new music that should see the light of day sometime in 2013. Make sure to keep your eye on www.metzztem.com for more and more tour dates. Happy holidays.