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I know it's already Feb (where did January go?) , but just thought I'd see what people are looking forward to this year - 2023? What bands/acts have new records out etc.These are on my list so far. Some of them bought or pre-ordered already:

Already Out
Belle & Sebastian - Late Developers
Andy Bell - Strange Loops & Outer Psych
Feb
Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Future Is Your Past
Maps - Counter Melodies
March
Steve Mason - Borthers & Sisters
Flyying Colours - You Never Know
Cherry Stars Collide – Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995 - Various (Cherry Red Comp)
April
Rose City Band - Garden Party

Also new long players from Magic Castles, Elephant Stone, Asteroid #4 and Afflecks Palace according to their FB feeds - no release dates yet.
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Kosmischer Laufer, Zeit zum laufen, part 5 (final part)
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Oh yes, forgot about the Light in the Attic re-release of Nancy & Lee Again, due out in March.

https://lightintheattic.net/releases/93 ... -lee-again
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https://stellakola.bandcamp.com/album/stella-kola

An absolute stunner hits this week from Stella Kola, the duo of Beverly Ketch (Jow Jow, Weeping Bong Band) and Robert Thomas (Sunburned Hand of the Man, Dalthom). Now, given the pairs respective roots, along with the fact that half of the Northeast’s experimental set is on board, the first few strains that filter out of the speakers come as a surprise. The album is steeped, not in noise and dissonance, but in the fragrant, captivating folk of Linda Perhacs, Judee Sill, Karen Dalton, and Bridget St John. The latter is perhaps the most apt, as the record evokes Song for the Gentle Man, bolstering Ketch’s songs with an array of instrumentation from friends, including Wednesday Knudsen’s Flute, P.G. Six on harps, various keys, and guitar, Gary War on synth, Jen Gellineau on viola and violin, and Willie Lane and L. Gray on guitar among others.

The family affair feeds into the album’s charms. Like many of the ‘60s folk records that form its foundations, the feeling of community and camaraderie inform the album’s warmth. The players aren’t merely studio hires, but an accomplished set of friends who’ve added their own air to the album’s roster of entrancing folk. The record instantly becomes the kind of grail that collectors seek out, an indelible album that weaves its bittersweet spell from the first notes. The songs edge into the Fairport/Pentagle territory with allusions to Beggar’s, Kings, Dark Damsels, and Tarot, but Ketch and Thomas lace the songs with more than just the heavy fog of English ‘60s. The best records from that era also carried with them an inherent sadness and Stella Kola’s songs wash over the listener with a beautiful woe. It’s early in the year, but it’s hard to see an album, especially a debut, capturing the heart as hard as this one. This is an essential record.


https://www.ravensingstheblues.com/stella-kola/
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Plenty i'll be happy to give a go but can't think of anything i'm really looking forward to :roll:
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herman wrote: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:38 am Kosmischer Laufer, Zeit zum laufen, part 5 (final part)
wow, thank you for this
and what an interesting history…
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Gaz Coombes : Turn The Car Around (LOVE this album)
Belle & Sebastian : Late Developers
The Waeve : The Waeve
Yo La Tengo : This Stupid World (Feb. 10)
David Bowie : Divine Symmetry (Feb. 24)
Bill Callahan : Ytilaer (Feb.24 - vinyl release)
Gruff Rhys : The Almond & The Seahorse (Feb. 24)
The Veils : And Out Of The Void Came Love (March 3)
Fever Ray : Radical Romantics (March 10)
New Pornographers : Continue as a Guest (March 31)
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Brief listen to the new Yo La Tengo and rather liking it. Seems more alive and vibrant particularly compared to the last one which i found a bit listless
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The new YLT is great. Definitely a big improvement over the last full-length (Riot), which I also found quite boring.
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angel-sighs wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 6:55 pm Brief listen to the new Yo La Tengo and rather liking it. Seems more alive and vibrant particularly compared to the last one which i found a bit listless
TheWarmth wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:40 pm The new YLT is great. Definitely a big improvement over the last full-length (Riot), which I also found quite boring.
Yep, thumbs up from me too and i say that as someone who has avoided them for the past 10-15 years both live and on record.
I can't explain why but when they announced a Dublin date for April i took the plunge. Even after my gut said no. But after listening to the new album i'm glad i did grab a ticket. I could be wrong but to me it sounds more like their mid-90s peak than any bits i've heard of their 21st Century output do.
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Chatham Rise, on their FB page, said they were just in the process of mixing their new album. Can't wait for that! The last one - Meadow sweet - was ace!
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Clock DVA ... Noesis
Les Rallizes Denudes .... various reissues
Ulrika Spacek .... Compact Trauma
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After hearing the first couple of tracks it’s James Holdens - Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities both are fantastic

[youtube] https://youtu.be/yzq8JA2TCRs[/youtube]


[youtube] https://youtu.be/Y1FG8GurAZA[/youtube]
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sunray wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:27 am
Yep, thumbs up from me too and i say that as someone who has avoided them for the past 10-15 years both live and on record.
I can't explain why but when they announced a Dublin date for April i took the plunge. Even after my gut said no. But after listening to the new album i'm glad i did grab a ticket. I could be wrong but to me it sounds more like their mid-90s peak than any bits i've heard of their 21st Century output do.
Yeah theres something a bit more 'up front' and fresh about this one. Just in the production and stuff.
I have always enjoyed their album output to lesser or greater degrees. Probably in the minority here though but i have never found them to be a particularly good live band. Or at least not really a consistent one.
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angel-sighs wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 11:30 am
sunray wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:27 am
Yep, thumbs up from me too and i say that as someone who has avoided them for the past 10-15 years both live and on record.
I can't explain why but when they announced a Dublin date for April i took the plunge. Even after my gut said no. But after listening to the new album i'm glad i did grab a ticket. I could be wrong but to me it sounds more like their mid-90s peak than any bits i've heard of their 21st Century output do.
Yeah theres something a bit more 'up front' and fresh about this one. Just in the production and stuff.
I have always enjoyed their album output to lesser or greater degrees. Probably in the minority here though but i have never found them to be a particularly good live band. Or at least not really a consistent one.
Your last sentence nails it.
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sunray wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:40 pm
Your last sentence nails it.
Yup, i have had wildy different experiences seeing them at different times, but also even within the same show. Some songs come across awesomely (more often the noisy ones) but frankly they can also sound a bit limp and sloppy.
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Solo effort from Alison Goldfrapp: The Love Invention
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I'm waiting for Boygenius on order from Rough Trade
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Ammuniti0n Train wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:06 pm Les Rallizes Denudes .... various reissues
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just announced this morning- a collaboration between Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) and Rick Tomlinson (Voice of the Seven Woods). As someone you loves both artists, I am all over this!

https://voixrecords.bandcamp.com/album/waves/
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also Andy Bell is releasing a collaboration with ambient duo Masal. I wasn't sure what to expect but damn this is pretty nice. getting Durutti Column vibes

https://andybell.bandcamp.com/album/tidal-love-numbers

Much of Andy's extracurricular stuff is sounding more vital than the Ride stuff to me at times, particularly the last album
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New Slowdive in September


This is the first song Kisses. Have to say its a 'meh' from me. It's nice enough but it sounds just like at least 3 songs from the last record. And how different is it really from all their modern imitators?
https://youtu.be/G9RpHfPyEx8
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angel-sighs wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:52 pm New Slowdive in September


This is the first song Kisses. Have to say its a 'meh' from me. It's nice enough but it sounds just like at least 3 songs from the last record. And how different is it really from all their modern imitators?
https://youtu.be/G9RpHfPyEx8
Have to agree. Pleasant enough but too lightweight really. Also, Halstead should just shut his gob and leave all the vocals to Rachel.

In saying all that i'm delighted that they are finally playing their own gig in Dublin. Only been waiting 33 years :D
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I am sure they will still be great live.
Maybe this song is bit of a red herring, as something pretty standard 'Slowdivey'. Theres an article in the new Mojo where they talk about the new record and it sounds like a different kettle of fish.
That last song on the previous record (Falling Ashes?), i didnt actually like the song that much in itself, but as a pointer to a more interesting and droney direction i thought it was promising. Or more fast songs like Star Roving please..
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Wellwater Conspiracy's debut album 'Declaration of Conformity' is getting the remaster/reissue treatment from John McBain. A couple of bonus tracks featuring Josh Homme too.
I think Runcible and a few others here are fans.
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sunray wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:03 pm Wellwater Conspiracy's debut album 'Declaration of Conformity' is getting the remaster/reissue treatment from John McBain. A couple of bonus tracks featuring Josh Homme too.
I think Runcible and a few others here are fans.
Might be worth a look. I do have a soft spot for that album!
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more from the Les Rallizes Denudes archives coming, a live show from 1993, proper multitrack recording. it must be the clearest live recording of them ever. it actually sounds less extreme in terms of guitar noise but you can actually hear the thump of the rhythm section now

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/citta-93
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angel-sighs wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:25 pm more from the Les Rallizes Denudes archives coming, a live show from 1993, proper multitrack recording. it must be the clearest live recording of them ever. it actually sounds less extreme in terms of guitar noise but you can actually hear the thump of the rhythm section now

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/citta-93
Looks and sounds very tempting, but 37€ postcosts...?
I fucking beg you pardon??
The sonic youth 'live at Brooklyn' on the other hand is great!!
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herman wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:06 pm
angel-sighs wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:25 pm more from the Les Rallizes Denudes archives coming, a live show from 1993, proper multitrack recording. it must be the clearest live recording of them ever. it actually sounds less extreme in terms of guitar noise but you can actually hear the thump of the rhythm section now

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/citta-93
Looks and sounds very tempting, but 37€ postcosts...?
I fucking beg you pardon??
The sonic youth 'live at Brooklyn' on the other hand is great!!
I think that's because it's from bandcamp. I have preordered from Juno where the postage will just be standard. mind you, the actual vinyl itself is still super expensive so I have gone for the 2CD version
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