Believe it or not, we are to the last release date of September. Hard to believe another month has flown by and we have yet another week with a ton of releases, but just shy of the two previous weeks of 50 releases or more. This is getting insane. There is really only one I am dying to hear (I know, a little dramatic) and it is marked in Blue. A couple more that I will try (also marked in Blue). Let me know what albums you are crazy about and which ones that came out that I missed so everyone knows. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Tremonti – Marching in Time – (Napalm Records): Mark Tremonti is back with another monster album. I love his stuff with Creed, with Alter Bridge, but I really dig is metal band Tremonti. The man can play some serious guitar and I love the fact he takes the mic for this band. Always some great stuff. Hold on to your hat with this one as it will blow you away!!
Angels & Airwaves – Lifeforms – (My Products LLC / Rise Records): This is one I am wanting to try out as I really loved their first two albums from a while back. Former Blink-182 member, Tom DeLonge’s band is a little all over the place with their style, but it is unique and at times interesting so want to see what new they brought with them this time around.
Third Eye Blind – Our Bande Apart – (MRI): Honestly, didn’t know the band was still going, but apparently they are. I really loved their first two albums as well and I am curious to see if they can capture some of that magic again. Stephen Jenkins runs the show as it is just him and drummer Brad Hardgreaves still in the band. I am not sure what to expect, but it will get a spin.
And that is it for me, so here are all the rest and hopefully you find something great!!
Badflower – This is How the World Ends – (Big Machine Records / John Varvatos Records)
Ben Platt – Dear Evan Hansen (Movie Soundtrack) – (Universal / Interscope Records)
Natalie Imbruglia – Firebird – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
X Ambassadors – The Beautiful Liar – (KidinaKorner / Insterscope Records)
Ringo Starr – Change the World E.P. – (Universal Music / Roccabella / UMG)
Steely Dan – Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live – (Universal Music)
Donald Fagen – The Nightfly: Live – (Universal Music)
Cold War Kids – New Age Norms 3 – (CWKTWO Corp / AWAL Recordings)
Vangelis – Juno to Jupiter (Deluxe) – (Decca)
Sheena Easton – Definitive Singles (1980-1987) – (Cherry Pop)
Jesse Malin – Sad and Beautiful World – (Wicked Cool Records)
The Connells – Steadman’s Wake – (Black Park Records / Missing Piece Records)
Brian Culbertson – Trilogy Pt 1: Red – (BCM Entertainment)
Larry Fleet – Stack of Records – (Big Loud Records)
Des Rocks – A Real Good Person in a Real Bad Place – (300 Entertainment)
Billy Strings – Renewal – (Billy Strings / Rounder Records / Concord)
Joanne Shaw Taylor – The Blues Album – (Keeping the Blues Alive Records)
Anthony Hamilton – Love is the New Black – (My Music Box / BMG)
Nao – And Then Life Was Beautiful – (Little Tokyo Recordings / Sony)
Joey Fatts – Joey the Album – (Cutthroat Records)
Wrabel – These Words Are All For You – (Big Gay Records / Nettwerk Music)
Nominee – Lowlife – (Smartpunk Records)
Vin Jay – The Human Experience – (Vin Jay)
The Shivas – Feels So Good // Feel So Bad – (Tender Loving Empire)
Ben Bohmer – Begin Again – (Anjunadeep)
The Vegabonds – Sinners and Saints – (Blue Elan Records)
Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name – (Capitol Nashville)
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo de Augustine – A Beginner’s Mind – (Asthmatic Kitty Records)
SOJA – Beauty in the Silence – (ATO Records)
One Step Closer – This Place You Know – (Run For Cover Records)
Taylor McCall – Black Powder Soul – (Black Powder Soul Records / Thirty Tigers)
Poppy – Flux – (Sumerian Records)
We Butter the Bread with Butter – Das Album – (ARM Record / Soulfood Music)
Unto Others – Strength – (Roadrunner Records)
The OddEven – Dance of the Dead – (Pavement Entertainment)
Signs of the Swarm – Absolvere – (Unique Leader Records)
Orbit Culture – Shaman – (Seek & Strike)
Paradox – Heresy II (End of a Legend) – (AFM Records / Soulfood Music)
Rivers of Nihil – The Work – (Metal Blade Records)
William Shatner – Bill – (Republic Records / UMG)
The Grouch & Eligh – What Would Love Do – (The Grouch & Eligh Music)
Chris Tomlin – Emmanuel: Christmas Songs of Worship – (Sparrow Records / Rivermusic Holding / Capitol)
Shortly – Dancer – (Triple Crown Records / Round Hill Records)
Nothing much doing today. The Unto Others album is fairly interesting but I’d try before buying.
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Maybe next week will give you something.
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Tremonti I need to check out at some point. I’m sure Pete is all over that one lol
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The Tremonti one is great. Just finished it.
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My bank account is grateful that I am off the hook again this week. Metallica still keeping me going!
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Mine too!! I don’t have anything bought until the 8th as far as new releases go. And that week I have two on pre-order.
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Yeah I’m another with nothing in the list this week, though there are lots of names I know or recognize. I’ve got the thrift shoppes to sustain me lol. Maybe next week!
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Yeah, I would say you are set.
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Yeah there’s enough here to keep me going, but I always like to get excited about new releases too. Thank you for your service, compiling these huge posts for us to shoot down lol!
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Paradox is the one on my must-have list. Several of the other metal albums are ones I want to at least check out. I also couldn’t help but notice Captain Kirk on the list. I’ve never had any of his stuff but what I’ve heard of it before has been interesting.
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Don’t know them. Glad you found something. And yes, Shatner…interesting is pretty nice way to put it.
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As a fan of the tv shoe “Yellowstone,” I may give Taylor McCall a listen. And did anyone else check out William Shatner’s “Clouds of Guilt”? Lol. I actually made it through the whole thing. He sounds like he’s ready for spoken word night down at my local hip coffee house. There’s something really corny and cool all at the same time with the song. Vintage Shatner I guess.
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I hear good things about that show. I need to check it out. And Shatner…well…he’s Shatner…that is all I can say.
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The releases from Angels & Airwaves and Third Eye Blind pique my curiosity. I have a huge backlog of new purchases to hear. I discovered a band from the 80s called FM. I managed to get my hands on a Desmond Child CD. I thought he only wrote songs for other bands. I also have the Metallica and a Whitesnake remaster to play. It’s a nice problem to have!
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A&A – Pretty good. 3EB – not so much. But only one listen each so far. FM – is the Canadian band or the British band? There are two. I used to have an old Desmond CD …it had its moments. Can’t wait for the Restless Heart Box Set from Whitesnake, that should be great. I’m lukewarm on Metallica so haven’t heard the big box set yet for them. So much stuff out and can’t keep up with it all…though I do try a little.
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Some good ones but I was pleasantly surprised by Natalie Imbruglia and she didn’t even sing about lying naked on the floor.
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That is a little too bad. I like it when she sings about that! LOL!
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I’m not sure that you actually watch all the reviews you include in these posts, John, but the one by the X Ambassadors is pretty crazy and intense! And I love Cold War Kids, so will check out their album.
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I meant videos, not reviews lol.
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I don’t. It takes long enough to put the post together so can’t watch them . But, noted on that one. I will have to check that one out.
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I got two FM albums – Indiscreet and Tough it out. I believe they’re the UK act. Both albums are pretty good! I agree about there being so much stuff out there, but that’s the fun part for me. Lately, I find myself looking at acts I had no idea existed back in the day. Bands like Legs Diamond, Silent Rage, Strangeways. I got the Slide it in reissue from Whitesnake on Tuesday. My friend doesn’t like that particular rabbit hole, so he bought me some Shinedown CDs to drown them out!
I remember X Ambassadors being intense live. It was a fun show.
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I do the same on occasion. Rabbit holes are fun. The Slide it In Box Set is fantastic. Enjoy that one. And I am a big fan of Shinedown. I even like Brent Smith’s side project Smith & Myers.
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The thing I don’t get about ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ based on the trailers, why couldn’t he just tell Connor’s parents the truth that he wasn’t friends with Connor? It would’ve saved him a whole lot of trouble and confusion.
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Then there wouldn’t have been a movie! But I really know nothing about this show/movie.
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That’s so true. I don’t know much about the movie either and I don’t really care to see it, so it’s fine.
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I am curious about the 3rd eye blind – like you, i quite like their early stuff and kind of lost track of them. I’m optimistic and will join you in giving it a spin/stream to see!
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I hope you like it more than I did. I wasn’t thrilled with it, but to be fair one listen isn’t enough to judge honestly.
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Tremonti for me. And maybe for the whole week or fortnight. Lol.
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Liking the Tremonti one!!
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It’s more aggressive than the others and I’m trying to jam along to it, but after a few listens their isn’t a song that really captures me as a song just yet although each song has some excellent guitar riffs than makes me want to learn it.
To compare the new song from Volbeat, “Shotgun Blues” is instantly memorable and I’ve learned it all. Lol.
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Hopefully it will connect with you. I’ve only listened to it once, but I liked that first round.
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