OT: New Music (Released January 2020 or Later)

[Knight Shift]

Any good new songs or albums released this year?

Biggest surprise and solid release on June 23, 2020 by the band Hum (famous for the 1995 song Stars), which had not released an album since 1998.



Car Seat Headrest has also released a new album, which is not as strong as the last album:



Badly Drawn Boy- Banana Skin Shoes


Elvis Costello- No Flag - very solid song



BPMD- American Made

 

[RU4Real]

No.

 

[bac2therac]

it wasnt bad until he posted the last video, killed all his work and yes the Costello song was also pretty bad to the ears too

 

[Knight Shift]

it wasnt bad until he posted the last video, killed all his work and yes the Costello song was also pretty bad to the ears too

LOL, ok Mister Cranberries. Bobby Blitz is a legend and a Jersey guy through and through. @RU_DIO

 

[RU_DIO]

LOL, ok Mister Cranberries. Bobby Blitz is a legend and a Jersey. @RU_DIO

Yep,

Bobby Blitz is the first rock star who I met at Rock and Roll Heaven in Clark years ago.

 

[RutHut]

I don't mind Twenty One Pilots.

 

[RUevolution36]

 

[Knight Shift]

This song and video describe a lot of human kind. It's hilarious.

 

[198hamilton]

Elvis song wasn't great but good to know he still has a little edge and isn't singing Burt Bacharach songs

 

[Bleed_Scarlet]

I absolutely love this band... but it isn't going to be for everybody

You have to be into 80s AOR/hard rock to appreciate

 

[RUShea]

Just picked up this record a couple weeks ago. It's all covers but it's fantastic.

https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/20...erry-smoke-live-from-capricorn-sound-studios/

 

[RU-AGK]

This kid should be absurdly famous but we're living in an era that puts zero value on actual musical talent. From "Selling Things" released 4/10/2020.

3rd album and honestly I don't think he's written a bad song among them.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

 

[NewJerseyGuy]

 

[okieKnight908]

Gogo Penguin just put out a pretty solid album:




The score for the show Normal People is probably my favorite music so far this year:

 

[RUinBoston]

Any good new songs or albums released this year?

Biggest surprise and solid release on June 23, 2020 by the band Hum (famous for the 1995 song Stars), which had not released an album since 1998.

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Car Seat Headrest has also released a new album, which is not as strong as the last album:

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Badly Drawn Boy- Banana Skin Shoes

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Elvis Costello- No Flag - very solid song

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BPMD- American Made

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This is probably not for everyone, but I get a kick out of these guys.

 

[Knight Shift]

This is probably not for everyone, but I get a kick out of these guys.

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A cross between Tenacious D and They Might Be Giants? It's not bad and interesting.

 

[Knight Shift]

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Former Gov. Christie's favorite song?
Like the Bombpops.

 

[bac2therac]

 

[mdk01]

Old artists (to say the least) but great new song:

"Ghost Living In A Ghost Town"

Released at the height of the lockdown.

Rolling Stones

 

[famousbill19]

LOL, ok Mister Cranberries. Bobby Blitz is a legend and a Jersey guy through and through. @RU_DIO

LOL, I had never heard of BPMD before, and as I was listening to the song you linked I was thinking to myself "sounds like Overkill". (Or Udo Dirkscheinder.) Good song.

 

[bac2therac]

i will tell you what..todays alternative music is complete garbage, it all sounds the same, its all variations of music that already came out 5-7 years go..simply awful what happened to music in all genres actually

 

[Knight Shift]

i will tell you what..todays alternative music is complete garbage, it all sounds the same, its all variations of music that already came out 5-7 years go..simply awful what happened to music in all genres actually

Totally disagree. Listen to altrok radio, and you will hear lots of good stuff.

 

[bac2therac]

sorry its a bunch of one offs and retreads..nothing like the 90s the last great time for music....and what they consider alternative is more like pop music, its sad, there is absolutely no edginess

 

[Knight Shift]

Haters gonna hate. Lots of great stuff out there if you free your mind.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Really like this one that just came out. The album drops in October 2020.



If you're a Jackson Browne fan, you'll love this one. You might think JB wrote it...



Low Cut Connie has been doing a great job with their "at home" Tough Cookies episodes throughout the pandemic.

 

[RUJohnny99]

My favorite 2020 songs from established artists

 

[bac2therac]

 

[Knight Shift]

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2019.

 

[Knight Shift]

Going to post it again, because after about 20 listens, it will be in the top 5 if not top 2 for Rock Album of the Year. A masterpiece by Hum. They channeled Soundgarden on this.

 

[Knight Shift]

The Swedish Black Sabbath. Sleepwulf.

 

[T2Kplus10]

No.

+1
Nothing memorable or destine to become a classic. This has been the case for a long, long time.

 

[Rhuarc]

The new Green Day album has horrific modern production. There is no punch to any song. I can't even tell if the songs are good or not because I can't get past their crappy new sound. It reminds me of the crap that Weezer's Black Album sounded like.

 

[Jm0513]

No love for The Weeknd?
Just saw that Tommy Lee has a new album coming out in the fall. The songs I've heard are terrible IMO.

 

[Abro1975]

The new Neil Young solo album "Homegrown".

If you liked the "Harvest" and "After the Gold Rush", 2 of the best albums ever recorded IMO, you will probably like "Homegrown". Not as good as those 2 classics of course, but pretty good and in that genre/style of early Neil Young, as a lot of the songs were written in the early 70s, but never released. "White Line' and Separate Ways', my 2 favorite songs off this album.


For something more current, 'Loser Company', a rock trio from Southern California.
The lead singer, guitar/ song writer, is Will Saunders, son of poster Fire251.

https://www.losercompanymusic.com/music
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Nirvana influenced:

 

[GIB__RU]

No love for The Weeknd?
Just saw that Tommy Lee has a new album coming out in the fall. The songs I've heard are terrible IMO.

Your girl is in this

 

[RU848789]

Crimson Tide's Destroyer is probably my favorite song so far in 2020. Skip the first 50 seconds and listen to the next 30 and if you're not hooked by the throwback 80s alt feel, then stop.



Am a huge fan of Orville Peck, who was made for coronavirus, as the first masked, gay, alt/country crooner from Canada, lol. He used to be in a punk rock band...



Something a little more upbeat by Beach Bunny...



And to fill out the variety, here's a mid-2019 song that I discovered making our annual NY Eve party dance mix, so it's 2020 for me, lol. Tank and the Bangas...

 

[RU848789]

Totally disagree. Listen to altrok radio, and you will hear lots of good stuff.

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A good friend of mine runs Altrok - former Melody and FM106.3 DJ, Sean Carolan...

 

[Knight Shift]

A good friend of mine runs Altrok - former Melody and FM106.3 DJ, Sean Carolan...

When do you sleep? LOL.

Have you listened to the new Hum or Car Seat Headrest albums?

 

[bac2therac]

2019.

Speaks to how little there really is