We are already to the end of January which is hard to believe one month is already over. To end the month we have a long, long list of new music releases so I am hoping there is something in there for you. I am not really excited about much at all. I might give a couple things a listen just because so I will highlight those in Blue. Let me know what you are excited to hear, surprised to hear about it or maybe even what releases I may have missed. We want to know all the releases worth mentioning. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!
The Michael Schenker Group – Immortal – (Nuclear Blast): Michael is celebrating 50 years in the business and this releases brings us some very cool guests including Joe Lynn Turner, Ronnie Romero and keyboardist Derek Sherinian to just name a few. Some pretty cool guest so I will give it a try especially since I dig Joe’s and Ronnie’s vocals.
Accept – Too Mean To Die – (Nuclear Blast): Okay, I am not a huge fan of these guys, but I know some people that are and are probably excited about this release. The only thing I really know by them is “Balls to the Wall” so as you know that is a song from the 80’s so not up on the band. However, I will see what the fuss is about at least.
And here is all the rest…
Steven Wilson – The Future Bites – (Arts & Crafts Productions)
Lucero – When You Found Me – (Liberty & Lament / Thirty Tigers)
Soen – Imperial – (Silver Lining)
Tribulation – Where the Gloom Becomes Sound – (Metal Blade Records)
The Dead South – Served Live – (Six Shooter Records)
Black Pistol Fire – Look Alive – (Round Hill Music)
Langhorne Slim – Strawberry Mansion – (Dualtone Music)
SOJA – The Covers E.P. – (ATO Records)
Annisokay – Aurora – (Arising Empire)
Ani DiFranco – Revolutionary Love – (Righteous Babe Records)
Sam Skinner – Impression – (Sam Skinner / Flexible Distribution)
Martin Gore – The Third Chimpanzee E.P. – (Grabbing Hands Music)
Will Downing – The Song Garden – (Will Downing)
Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams – (Transgressive Records)
Emmet Cohen – Future Stride – (Mack Avenue)
Joel Vaughn – Louder Than The Lies – (Dream Records)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – I Told You So – (Colemine Records)
Pantokrator – Marching Out of Babylon – (Nordic Mission)
Goat Girl – On All Fours – (Rough Trade Us)
Richard Elliot – Authentic Life – (Shanachie Ent.)
Treaty Oak Revival – No Vacancy – (TOR Records)
Selwyn Birchwood – Living in a Burning House – (Alligator Records)
2 Loud 2 Old Music 
I dig Joe Lynn Turner’s vocals too. Have you got the Rainbow live album fro, Boston 1981. It’s JLT at the top of his game
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“from”, not “fro,”
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fro works too. I knew what you meant! 🙂
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I don’t, but would grab it if I saw it. He was my favorite part of Rainbow…don’t tell Ronnie.
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I like all the vocalists equally
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I don’t dislike any of them, I just got in to Rainbow with Turner.
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For me it was actually Romero. Unlike most people, I think Rainbow Lite made a great introduction to Rainbow
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Oh and the disc is 100% worth it. It’s my second favourite live album of all time
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That says a lot right there.
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Nothing here for me, but I appreciate you for keeping up with the new releases man!
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You are welcome. I am here to keep everyone informed!!
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And I thank you for that! I will say this though, I’ve been watching a lot of Sea of Tranquility videos recently where they were talking about album covers, and compared to the album covers now and back then, the ones now are more computer generated. Not as vintage!
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I’ll give the Schenker one a listen but I’m not big on revolving door vocalists on records. We shall see and Accept I will give a spin too as well since it was a pretty huge discussed topic when we had Martin Popoff on…
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That is kind of why I’m listening to Accept as well. You guys talked a lot about them. And since now I know their newer stuff all sounds the same, that I will have heard all of their recent albums by only listening to this new one.
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LOL. I listened to the MSG one John and it’s stellar. Mikey Schenker dug deep and I tell you its his best album I have heard since 1982!
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I tried listening to it, but wasn’t in to it, but will try again later. I am still digging Wig Wam from last week.
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Really liking MSG…try it again later as I like this one and The Dead Daisies..
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That’s a big list, Ani DiFranco and the Dead South for me, if I was buying!
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Well, you can pretend to buy. I’m sure the Tube of You has it to listen already for you.
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Absolutely. It’s that damn ‘given unlimited funds’ thing. I’d be all over it. And those damn Grammarly ads before every track on YT break my brain. I wouldn’t pay for their service now even if I actually needed it.
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There are some podcasts I watch on Youtube and I swear there is an ad like every 5 minutes. Sometimes, i ‘ve stopped watching because there were too many.
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I KNOW! I put an ad blocker on, and that seems to have stopped the mid-video ads, but the ones at the start of every video are still there. I’ve never found a fully-effective (free) ad-blocker.
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I never thought to get an ad-blocker. Time to look in to that.
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Oh yeah man, that’s step one. Lots of free ones out there to try. I’m on Safari (Mac) and Ghostery Lite has been working for all but the pre-video ads. I tried several others, some don’t work at all, some are known-enough that sites counter-block them and don’t work at all until you turn them off. It’s a bunch of install-uninstall, but hopefully you’ll find one that works for you!
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YouTube is impossible without an ad blocker. Just make sure to turn it off for all of your friend’s blogs!
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Of course, got let the friends ads run so they get their 2 cents.
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I run it full time. You mean some folks make money off ads on their blogs? Ours doesn’t.
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Yes, that is how I bought my beach house!!! Kidding. I earn enough to pay the site annual fees.
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We’ve never made a dime on KMA since 2006, never tried. I wouldn’t know how!
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It is not real heard if you want to do it.
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I hope that’s not what she said! haha I’d have to talk to James, though he likely wouldn’t care. We haven’t even ever made it a dot com, just left it on the free WP site. Does that affect anything?
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I typed heard…too early on Saturday. I better go spell check the two posts I wrote this morning. If you are on the free site, then you can’t put ads I don’t think.
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Ah that would explain it. I wouldn’t worry too much about the spelling, your message comes across!
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Oh yeah. I’ve made 18 cents since November!
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Hot damn! Don’t spend it all in one place!
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Could you actually buy anything at all with 18 cents?
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Sure, probably? Or better yet, save it! It’ll be 46 cents in 20 years!
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The corner store had 18 gummie bears with my name on it.
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All I can think of is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Hope the ones you got weren’t warm!
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Nothing but cool gummies for me!
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Whew!
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Will give MSG a spin. Accept is the only other band I recognize.
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Yeah, not a whole lot I recognize either.
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Black Pistol Fire’s album is great, I’ve been listening to it all day. Going to give Accept a shot next!
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I’ll have to try that one.
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Soen will get a spin 100 percent.
And maybe Accept and MSG.
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the Martin Gore one might be the most intriguing one from this week’s selections !
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Well I hope you like it.
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