Sonic Youth Gossip - Best new/most anticipated albums of 2020

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Neil Campbell - in Fort Banal, through Port Dismal

https://theneilcampbell.bandcamp.com...gh-port-dismal

Really great - the best recording I've heard from him this year so far (and he's put out a lot of good stuff!).

Sam Prekop - Comma
- instrumental modular music like Old Punch Card only Aphexy.

Hum - Inlet
- that 90s space rock band is back! 1st song okay. I don't know about the rest because it all sounds the same.

100 gecs - 1000 gecs and The Tree of Clues
- huge disappointment. At least we got a studio version of Came to My Show.

Animal Collective - Bridge to Quiet
- AC have made a bit of a return to form in recent years. This one is in the vein of ODDSAC.

Magik Markers, Julianna Barwick, Matthewdavid's Mindflight, and Eiko Ishibashi are all good too

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Originally Posted by d.sound

100 gecs - 1000 gecs and The Tree of Clues
- huge disappointment. At least we got a studio version of Came to My Show.

Honestly I kinda disagree. I mean, I'll still always prefer the regular album, but a few of the remixes are pretty good (especially the Eurodance one of that track with the Myspace name [you know, I'm too lazy]). And yes, Came to My Show wrecks.

The good stuff had already been released.

This one is fantastic! It has this Murray Street vibe

https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-walks

The new Daniel Blumberg album is pretty great. Featuring Jim White from Dirty Three.

https://youtu.be/IwsLFy52MsU

Anna Von Hausswolff - All Thoughts Fly!

18th. of Sept. (on my b-day)...new Sarah Davachi and new Vatican Shadow are coming out.

Can not wait for new William Fowler Collins record which should be coming out as well this year.

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Originally Posted by Moshe

This one is fantastic! It has this Murray Street vibe

https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-walks

thanks. will check it out.

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Originally Posted by d.sound

Agree with your take on Inlet. I'll certainly give it another go one day.

Watched the premiere of "Microphones in 2020" on YouTube today. Really enjoyed it with the photographs. A 44-minute song is a lot to digest, but Phil has plenty of other accessible stuff out there. Definitely a cool concept.

Land of Talk's "Indistinct Conversations" came out last week. Can see myself coming back to this all the time. Love the playful strumming and minimal production. Liz's voice hits me deep.

Seconded on Land of Talk. It's understated but like all her work there's a lot beneath the surface

Microphones - “Microphones in 2020”
Very, very good.

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Originally Posted by Severian

Microphones - “Microphones in 2020”
Very, very good.

From Bandcamp Daily:

An In-Depth Guide to the Microphones

No mention of Michelle Williams, though. ;)

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

From Bandcamp Daily:

An In-Depth Guide to the Microphones

No mention of Michelle Williams, though. ;)

I’m glad that’s provided because a first-time listener would have a hard time with all the references and stuff in the new track.

But I guess it’s one of the best rated albums of the year on that album-rating social media thing I hate. Can’t remember if it’s AOTY or RYM. Both kinda drive me nuts with their little fandoms.

Very little just listening for the sake of enjoying music anymore. On the interweb, so much of it is performative. It irks me.

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Originally Posted by Moshe

Murray Street vibe

https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-walks

That gives a serious trigger to discover. Thanks !

Holy Molly Parker Posey...

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[...] New West Records is proud to present Pylon Box — A comprehensive look at the band that features their studio LPs Gyrate and Chomp, both of which have been remastered from their original tapes, the 11-song collection Extra which includes rarities and 5 previously unreleased studio & live recordings, as well as Razz Tape, Pylon's first-ever recording: a 13-song unreleased session that pre-dates the band's seminal "Cool" b/w "Dub" debut.

Pylon Box also includes a hardbound, 200 page full color book featuring pieces written by the members of R.E.M., Gang of Four, Steve Albini, Corin Tucker & Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth, Interpol, B-52's, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, Mission of Burma, Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening & K Records, Anthony DeCurtis, Chris Stamey of the dB's, Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate and many more. Includes an extensive essay chronicling the band's history with interviews with the surviving members of the band as well as members of R.E.M., B-52's, Gang of Four, Method Actors, and more. It also features never before seen images and artifacts from both the band's personal archives as well as items now housed at the Special Collections Library at the University of Georgia as well as the Georgia Museum of Art, UGA.

https://store.newwestrecords.com/collections/pylon

The new Throwing Muses is great. Kristin Hersh has such a presence