New Thought Forms is great, they have made a big step up from their debut which is good.

http://invada.bandcamp.com/track/landing

Two new releases I have been listening to a lot include Blank Realm Go Easy and Filthy Huns S/T. Blank Realm are some weirdo psych garage band from Australia. They released some pretty cool stuff in the past on NNF. There seems to be a lot of awesome aussie music around at the moment. Filthy Huns is also pretty rad, all the characteristics of a classic NNF release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZgQHAMohrU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBPOyxbdC-w

http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000036...op.jpg?6c55c25

Hendrix People, Hell, and Angels:


A lot of the posthumous albums for Hendrix aren't necessarily better then previously released versions. My favorite was the MCA Box Set with four discs of live material and unreleased studio cuts. Everything that has been released in the past 13 years are just differing versions of the tracks from this box set. I did pick up Valleys On Neptune, which initially I didn't particularly like because I don't like Noel on the bass, I prefer Billy Cox. Later that album grew on me, and it was decently mastered (though Eddie Kramer is a shit engineer, most of his "official" Hendrix mixes are shit). That being said, this album is all Billy Cox and Mitch, which is my favorite Hendrix group. I think that Mitch and Jimi had great chemistry, and Billy sealed it. I listened to some samples and streams of these tracks, I dig it, so I will probably pick it up. Of course my love of Hendrix makes me move in slow motion to get new purchases, I really like the versions of all these same songs which I already have..



I'm still waiting for Shannon Wright In Film Sound to come out next week, and I will also think about getting the Atoms for Peace but I don't dig full on electronic Thom Yorke. I didn't like the Eraser at all, the live versions though from the tour with this Atoms For Peace band are pretty good, I have some bootlegs I am really into so if the mix is ok I might get it..

you all need to hear the new Drones album, I See Seaweed.

I don't know how well known they are outside of Australia, but this new album is a masterpiece, and I think all sonic youth fans would love it

new Nick Cave
Baptists-Bushcraft
Le1f-Fly Zone
Ill Bill-The Grimy Awards
Follkazoid-II
Bowie-The Next Day
Pete Swanson-Punk Authority
Youth Lagoon-Wondrous Bughouse

The Flaming Lips, with Nick Cave, Yo La Tengo, and Low battling it out for #2.

Who's number 13? Iron & Wine?

Looking forward to Black Sabbath's 13 in June, w/ 3/4 original lineup, all preliminary reports suggest a return-to-form raw 70's style album.

the new black sabbath will not be good. drunk old men with shaky hands looking for a pay day. Doom/stoner/slow metal has been done by a million other bands at this point some of whom have done it a lot better. Sabbath's influence looms large but I have no desire to hear new material.

Well, I think it´s stupid to say about anything it can´t be good before hearing a single note of it.

in this case im fairly certain. then again, i thought bowie was long down for the count and his new record is fantastic.

more good ones; inter arma "sky burial", purling hiss "water on mars", chelsea light moving, i think the new foxygen album is my favorite of this year at this point

oh and i really like kavinsky "outrun", maybe just because of the connections to Drive

Gnod Chaudelande



A collection of 2 records they put out last year. This album is awesome, really heavy psychedelic maybe a little similar to White Hills, they must be great to see live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOLyapz9Ycg

Agreed.

who has done it better than the original Black Sabbath lineup did?

This.

There have been times where I've though 'hmm, I wanna hear something like Sabbath'. I listen to bands like Orange Goblin etc and at the end of it I think 'nah, I'll just put some Sabbath on'. Nobody does Sabbath better than Sabbath.

Ok, all right. I can see the two of us getting along pretty well.

Foxygen is great and their new album is so FUCKING infectious I think Im starting to pass it to my sexual partners. Is it me or does it sound like the perfect 21st century reinterpretation of The Kinks, late 60s Stones, and ... Shit, I don't know... something similar to but far better than Belle & Sebastian....?

Yeah, Im blown away by it. I forget about it when I try to think about my favorite records of the year.

Sleep. I love Black Sabbath, but i cant in good conscience support this reunion.

Sleep are obviously great. A different animal from the original Sabbath though, though the influence is apparent.

If Sleep made a record as good as Master of Reality (or any of the first 5, really), then I must've missed it.

The reunion can fuck off, though. Not interested at all.

Agreed. I know I'll get shit for this but I go back to Holy Mountain more than any other Sabbath record. These days when it's Sabbath I listen to specific songs more than the full records.