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I’ve given up on trying to regularly write reviews of new albums, but I still want to share albums I enjoyed. Below are several new (and new-ish) albums – no ratings, no criticism – just music I enjoy listening to and hope you will to.

Album: Wendy Eisenberg
Artist: Wendy Eisenberg
Genre: Folk Rock, Country Pop
Release Date: April 3, 2026
Label: Joyful Noise
Favorite Tracks:

Take a Number
Meaning Business
Old Myth Dying
Vanity Paradox
The Walls

An avant-guarde approach to folk music combined with introspection and a sense of hopefulness shape this album by the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter.

Album: Nine Inch Noize
Artist: Nine Inch Nails, Boys Noize
Genre: Industrial Techno
Release Date: April 17, 2026
Label: The Null Corporation, Interscope
Favorite Tracks:

Heresy
Parasite
Came Back Haunted
As Alive As You Need Me to Be

Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and Boys Noize (Alexander Ridha) collaborate on this compilation of live and remixed tracks from the Nine Inch Nails catalog. While I initially thought it was a mashup of boy bands with industrial techno, it’s still pretty cool if not legendary.

Album: Gongbu
Artist: Balming Tiger
Genre: Alternative K-Pop
Release Date: May 19, 2026
Label: Awal Recordings
Favorite Tracks:

Janjan
Home
It’s the Night

Balming Tiger is classified as K-Pop which is kind of absurd, since K-Pop is a whole music industry not a genre. And as an experimental music collective, Balming Tiger doesn’t even fit a genre.

Album: Ultra
Artist: Six Sex
Genre: Perreo, Electroclash
Release Date: June 6, 2026
Label: Dale Play
Favorite Tracks:

LOVE ME HATE ME
CALIENTE
BEAUTY privilege
no more porn

Argentine Francisca Cuello electronic dance project Six Sex is kind of like if someone crossed reggaeton with Charli XCX.

Album: Olivia Rodrigo
Artist: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
Genre: Indie Rock, Dream Pop
Release Date: June 12, 2026
Label: Geffen
Favorite Tracks:

drop dead
stupid song
maggots for brains
the cure
what’s wrong with me
expectations

Olivia Rodrigo was born in 2003 but is keeping the sounds of the 80s & 90s alive with her mix of synthpop, power pop, pop punk, and thoughtfully-worded ballads. She even features a guest appearance by Robert Smith of the Cure!

Album: Floyd Mercantile
Artist: Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls
Genre: Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Release Date: June 12, 2026
Label: Righteous Babe Records
Favorite Tracks:

Some People
Dreamers Awake
Butterfly Kisses

Floyd Mercantile is the name of a store in rural Virginia where singer songwriters Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls, and guitarist Ross Bellenoit recorded this album. It includes original works by Mulvey (whom I’ve been following for a long time) and Nicholls (who is new to me but has a lovely voice) and classic pop songs from the Great American Songbook, all in a folk/jazz style.

Album: Public Luxury
Artist: Downtown Boys
Genre: Punk Rock
Release Date: June 26. 2026
Label: Sup Pop
Favorite Tracks:

No Me Jodas
The City Begins
Yellow Sun
You’re A Ghost
Public Works

The socialist punk rock band from Providence, RI return with their first album since 2017’s Cost of Living.

#AlbumRecommendation #AlternativeMusic #BalmingTiger #BoysNoize #CountryPop #DowntownBoys #DreamPop #Electroclash #FolkMusic #FolkRock #indieRock #Industrial #JennaNicholls #KPop #Music #NineInchNails #OliviaRodrigo #Perreo #PeterMulvey #PunkRock #SingerSongwriter #SixSex #Techno #WendyEisenberg

#albumrecommendation #alternativemusic #balmingtiger #boysnoize #countrypop #downtownboys

Ricardo Wang @[email protected] · 2026-06-24 · 14:51 UTC

#MusicWomenWednesday #Annebriggs #summersin #folkrock #psychfolk

Anne Briggs "Summer's In"

https://youtu.be/NHUmDpe8oHE?is=71wMyYuSoe59cFZm

#musicwomenwednesday #annebriggs #summersin #folkrock #psychfolk

Robin Bannks @[email protected] · 2026-06-14 · 13:35 UTC

Workingman’s Dead

#TheGratefulDead #Workingmansdead #70srock #countryrock #folkrock #jerrygarcia #bobweir #roberthunter #rootsrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Think this through with me ... The Dead release their 4th album on June 14, 1970. It come at a time when some decisions needed to be made -- the band was dealing with some heavy debt and the 70's music landscape was changing by the minute. They traded their trippy, sonic stuff for some…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/06/14/workingmans-dead/

#thegratefuldead #workingmansdead #70srock #countryrock #folkrock #jerrygarcia

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2026-06-13 · 06:00 UTC

Self-Titled Saturday | Brama (2024, France)

For our next STS 2.0 spotlight, we’re going to take a look at number 0y[1] on The List, submitted by riff. Here’s a quick rundown:

Point of origin(s): This group began in 2019 as a psychedelic power trio with Simon Guy (lead vocals, guitar), Paolo Gauthier (drums, vocals), and Baptiste Lherbeil (hurdy-gurdy, vocals). Yes, hurdy-gurdy. The album we look at here is Brama’s debut LP, following their 2022 EP La Glane. Their lyrics are in the Occitan language – continuing their partnership seen on the EP with Dominique Decomps, a professor/translator of Occitan, Decomps wrote or co-wrote the lyrics for nearly all the songs, with the final track using a traditional text.
Tasting notes: Translated from their Bandcamp: “Brama’s music draws as much from the violin music of the Massif Central, as from the Pakistani Qawali, the guitar from Mali, the German krautrock and the ritualistic rock riff full of fuzz. Always sunny and hypnotic, Brama invites you into a ceremony at the crossroads of a tarantella and a psychedelic rock’n’roll mass. The hurdy-gurdy as a liturgical organ, the guitar/bass as an exorcised subject and the shamanic voice, mistress of worship.” The Quietus review of this album compared them to Mdou Moctar “in the way they revitalise hoary rock tropes through a combination of local flair, blistering musicianship and infectious enthusiasm”,[2] and I’d have to agree.
Standout track: “S’enraija”, but, also, all of them rock.
Where are they now?: Brama is now a quartet, with Amandine Pauvert at the hurdy-gurdy helm and Antony Miranda on bass.
Websites: Bandcamp, Discogs (has links to their socials)

Happy listening!

We use 0 followed by a letter to denote albums on The List that weren’t in Discogs at the time of adding (or at least I couldn’t find them). I’ve since found this one on Discogs, but the entry is currently separate from the already established page for the group. ↩︎
https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/quietus-international/french-music-reviews-jac-berrocal-aluk-todolo-brama/ ↩︎

#Brama #folkRock #hurdygurdy #indieRock #Occitan #psychedelicRock

#brama #folkrock #hurdygurdy #indierock #occitan #psychedelicrock

Robin Bannks @[email protected] · 2026-06-08 · 17:35 UTC

Another Passenger

#carlysimon #anotherpassenger #seventiessmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #softrock #folkrock #rockmusic #tedtempleman #doobiebrothers #littlefeat #lowellgeorge #jeffskunkbaxter #billypayne Carly Simon's sixth album arrives on June 6, 1976. Richard Perry hand handled Carly's earlier albums and, in need of a breath of rootsy, swampy tinge, she chose to work with soon-to-become legendary Ted Templeman. He helped Carly blend her signature folk rock…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/06/08/another-passenger/

#carlysimon #anotherpassenger #seventiessmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

Robin Bannks @[email protected] · 2026-04-28 · 15:51 UTC

Argus

April 28, 1972. Andy Powell and Ted Turner's twin lead guitars. Life was never the same again. That "prog folk-rock" sound and the blending of medieval lyrics combined with those twin lead guitars still make a head swim. #wishboneash #argus #70srock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #andypowell #folkrock #hardrock #progreock #tedturner

https://robinbannks.com/2026/04/28/argus-3/

#wishboneash #argus #70srock #rock #rockmusic #music

Denny Kozlov @[email protected] · 2026-01-25 · 23:21 UTC

On my mental soundtrack today.
#CSN #FolkRock #1960sMusic
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying #USPol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS3l_TwPNRY

#csn #folkrock #1960smusic #mentalsoundtrack #nowplaying #uspol

Ben! (Boo!) @[email protected] · 2025-11-20 · 18:23 UTC

"Hyping" myself up to go back to class in 20 minutes with a literal "sadcore"/slowcore band in Red House Painters. I am motivated differently than other people, I need emotional gutpunches apparently.

#sadcore #slowcore #indierock #alternative #alternativerock #folkrock #americana

#americana #folkrock #alternativerock #alternative #indierock #slowcore

Angry Metal Guy @[email protected] · 2025-10-06 · 11:01 UTC

Stuck in the Filter: July 2025’s Angry Misses

By Kenstrosity

If you thought June was hot, you aren’t ready for what July has in store. The thin metallic walls of these flimsy ducts warp and soften as the sweltering environs continue to challenge the definition of “habitable.” But I must force my minions to continue their work, as this duty is sacred. Our ravenous appetites cannot be slaked without the supplementary sustenance the Filter brings!

Thankfully, we rescued just enough scraps to put together a meager spread. Enjoy in moderation!

Kenstrosity’s Blackened Buds

Echoes of Gloom // The Mind’s Eternal Storm [July 12th, 2025 – Self-Release]

Queensland isn’t my first thought when considering locales for atmospheric black metal. A genre so often built upon frigid tones and icy melodies feels incongruous to the heat and beastliness of the Australian landscape. Yet, one-man atmoblack act Echoes of Gloom persists. Masterminded by one Dan Elkin, Echoes of Gloom evokes a warm, muggy, and morose spirit with debut record The Mind’s Eternal Storm. But unlike many of the atmospheric persuasion, Echoes of Gloom also injects a classic heavy metal attack and a vaguely punky/folky twist into their formula to keep interest high (“Immortality Manifest,” “Throes of Bereavement I”). Furthermore, Echoes of Gloom weaponizes their energetic take on depressing atmoblack such that even as my head bounces to the riffy groove of surprisingly propulsive numbers like “The Wandering Moon” and “Great Malignant Towers of Delirium,” a palpable pall looms ever present, sapping all color from life as I witness this work. This in turn translates well to the long form, as demonstrated by the epic two-part “Throes of Bereavement” suite and ripping ten-minute closer “Wanderer of the Mind’s Eternal Storm,” boasting dynamics uncommon in the atmospheric field. In sum, if you’re the kind of metal fan that struggles with the airier side of the spectrum, The Mind’s Eternal Storm might be a good place to start.

Witchyre // Witchy Forest Dance Contest [July 14th, 2025 – Self-Release]

Germany’s Witchyre answer a question nobody asked but everyone should: what would happen if black metal and dance music joined forces? With debut LP Witchy Forest Dance Contest, we get to experience this mad alchemy firsthand, and it is an absolute joy! The staunchly anti-fascist Witchyre take the raw sound everyone knows and pumps it full of groove, bounce, and uninhibited fun for a raucous 46 minutes. Evoking equal parts Darude and Darkthrone, bangers like “Let There be Light…,” “Witchy Forest Dance Party,” and “Lost in a Dream” burst with infectious energy that feels demonic and exuberant at the same time. The raw production of the metallic elements shouldn’t work with the glossy sheen of electronic doots, but Witchyre’s often pop-punky song structure that develops as these divergent aesthetics collide adeptly bridges the gap (“Spirits Twirling,” “The Vampire Witch,” “Dragon’s Breath”). My main gripe is that even at a reasonable 46 minutes, each song feels a bit bloated, and some dance elements feel recycled in multiple places (“The Spirits Robbed My Mind”). But don’t let that scare you away. Witchyre is a delightful little deviation from convention fit for fans of Curta’n Wall and Old Nick, and everyone should give it a whirl just for fun!

Owlswald’s Hidden Hoots

Sheev // Ate’s Alchemist [July 11th, 2025 – Ripple Music]

While stoner can be hit-or-miss, Ripple Music often delivers the goods. And with Berlin’s Sheev, they can add another notch to their sativa-flavored belt. Since 2017, the four-piece has been brewing their unique, progressive-infused stoner rock sound. On their second full-length, Ate’s Alchemist, Sheev doubles down on their sonic elixir, with a throwback prog-rock vibe that evokes the likes of Yes and Jethro Tull, but with heavy doses of grunge, jam and modern rock. Vocalist Nitzan Sheps’ provides a stripped-down and authentic performance, sounding like a cross between Muse’s Matt Bellamy and Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley. The rhythm section is particularly great here. Drummer Philipp Vogt’s kit work is exceptionally musical, with intricate cymbal patterns on tracks like “Elephant Trunk,” “Cul De Sac,” and “King Mustard II” that fuel deep-pocket grooves. He also provides Tool-like syncopated rhythms on tracks like “Tüdelüt” and “Henry” that lock with bassist Joshan Chaudhary. Chaudhary’s bass playing is rare in its prominence and clarity in the mix. He maintains a tight pocket while also venturing out regularly with nimbler, adventurous flurries that highlight his technical skill. Yeah, a couple of the longer songs get a little lost, but the album is packed with killer musicianship and vocal hooks that stick with you, so it barely matters. Overall, Sheev has delivered a solid record that I’ll be spinning a lot—and you should too.

Dephosphorus // Planetoktonos [July 18th, 2025 – Selfmadegod Records/7 Degrees Records/Nerve Altar]

Space…the final grind-tier. On their fifth album, Planetoktonos (“Planetkiller”), Greek astro-grind quartet Dephosphorus rejects normal grind classifications and instead annihilates worlds with a brutal, interstellar collision of grind, blackened death, and hardcore. Taking inspiration from the harsh sci-fi of James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse, Planetoktonos is a relentless twenty-eight-minute assault—a sonic asteroid belt of thick, menacing distortion and time-warped drumming that channels Dephosphorus’ raw, furious energy. “The Triumph of Science and Reason” and “After the Holocaust” attack with the ruthless speed of Nasum while others, such as “The Kinetics of a Superintelligence Explosion,” “Hunting for Dyson Spheres,” and “Calculating Infinity,” punctuate sludgy aggression with razor-sharp, shredding passages reminiscent of early Mastodon that offer contrasting technical and rhythmic hostility. Vocalist Panos Agoros’ despairing howls are a particular highlight, full of a gravelly, blackened urgency that sounds the alarm for an interplanetary attack. Gang vocals on tracks like “Living in a Metastable Universe” and “The Kinetics of a Superintelligence Explosion” add extra weight to his frantic performance, proving Dephosphorus can incinerate worlds and still have a blast doing it. Raw, intense, and violent, Planetokonos is a must-listen for fans seeking Remission-era energy.

Tyme’s Tattered Treats

Mortual // Altars of Brutality [July 4th, 2025 – Nuclear Winter Records]

From the fetid rainforests of Costa Rica, San Jose’s Mortual dropped their sneaky good death metal debut, Altar of Brutality, on Independence Day this year. Free of frills and fuckery, Justin Corpse and Master Killer—both have guitar, bass, and vocal credits here—go for the jugular, providing swarms of riffs entrenched in filthy, Floridian swamp waters and powdered with Jersey grit. Solo work comes fast, squealy, and furious as if graduated from the Azagthothian school of shred (“Dominion of Eternal Blasphemy,” “Skeletal Vortex”), as hints of early Deicide lurk within the chugging chunks of “Altar of Brutality” and whiffs of early Monstrosity float amongst the speedier nooks and crannies of “Divine Monstrosity.”1 Incantationally cavernous, the vocals fit the OSDM mold to a tee, sitting spaciously fat and happy within Dan Lowndes’ great mix and master, which consequently draws out a bestial bass sound that permeates the entirety of Altar of Brutality with low-end menace. Chalo’s (Chemicide) drum performance warrants particular note, as, from the opening tom roll of “Mortuary Rites,” he proceeds to bash skulls throughout Altar of Brutality’s swift thirty-five-minute runtime with a brutal blitz of double-kicking and blast-beating kit abuse. Embodying a DIY work ethic that imbues these tracks with youthful energy and a wealth of death metal character, Mortual aren’t looking to reinvent the wheel as much as they’d like to crush you under its meaty treads, over and over again.

Stomach // Low Demon [July 18th, 2025 – Self-Release]

Droney, doomy, sweaty, and sludgy as fuck, Stomach’s blast furnace second album, Low Demon, is the antithesis of summer-fun metal. Hailing from Geneva, Illinois, Stomach is drummer/vocalist John Hoffman (Weekend Nachos) and guitarist Adam Tomlinson (Sick/Tired, Sea of Shit), who capably carry out their cacophonous work in such a way as to defy the fact that they’re only a duo.2 At volume, and believe me, you’ll want to crank this fucker to eleven, Low Demon will have you retching up all that light beer you drank by the pool and crying for yer mom, as “Dredged” oozes, rib-rattling from the speakers, a continuous, four-and-a-half-minute chord-layered exercise in exponentially applied tonal pressure. With five tracks spanning just over forty-three minutes, there’s not a lot on Low Demon that’s in a hurry, and aside from sections of up-tempo doom riffs (“Get Through Winter”) and some downright grindery (“Oscillate”) offering respite from the otherwise crushing wall of sound, listening to Stomach is akin to being waterboarded with molasses. Heavy influences from Earth, Sunn O))), Crossed Out, and Grief—whose Come to Grief stands as a sludge staple—form the basis for much of Stomach’s sound, and while Primitive Man and Hell draw apt comparisons as well, I’m guessing you know what you’re getting into by now. Maniacally cinematic and far from light-hearted, Stomach’s Low Demon was everything I didn’t think I needed during this hot and humid-as-an-armpit-in-hell summer.

Killjoy’s Flutes of Fancy

Braia // Vertentes de lá e cá [July 10th, 2025 – Self-Release]

Bruno Maia is one of the most inventive and hardworking musicians that I know of. Best known for the whimsical Celtic folk metal of Tuatha de Danann, he also has his own folk rock side project, Braia. Vertentes de lá e cá explores the rich history and culture of the Minas Gerais state in his native country, Brazil.3 Bursting with more sweetness than a ripe mango, Vertentes de lá e cá sports a huge diversity of musical styles and instruments. A combination of flute, viola, and acoustic guitar forms the backbone of most of the songs, like the Irish jigs in “Vertentes” or the flitting melodies of “Princesa do Sul.” My ears also detect accordion (“O Cururu do Ingaí”), saxophone (“Serra das Letras”), harmonica (“Hipólita”), banjo (“Carrancas”), and spacey synth effects (“Pagode Mouro”). That last one might sound out of place, but it makes more sense after learning of the local tales of extraterrestrial encounters. Maia sings in only two of the twelve tracks (“Emboabas” and “Rei do Campo Grande”), but all 41 minutes should be engaging enough for listeners who are typically unmoved by instrumental music. Though thematically focused on one specific location, Vertentes de lá e cá deserves to be heard by the entire world.

Storchi // By Far Away [July 25th, 2025 – Self-Release]

I would guess that the “experimental” tag causes some degree of trepidation within most listeners. However, occasionally an artist executes a fresh new vision so confidently that I can’t help but wonder if it’s secretly been around for a long time. Storchi, an instrumental prog group from Kabri, Israel, utilizes a flute in creative ways. Its bright, jazzy demeanor almost functions as a substitute for a vocalist in terms of expressiveness and personality. The Middle Eastern flair combined with modest electronic elements reminds me of Hugo Kant’s flute-heavy multicultural trip-hop. The chunky palm-muted guitar and bass borrow the best aspects of djent alongside eccentrically dynamic drum tempos. There is premeditation amidst the chaos, though. The triplet tracks “Far,” “Further,” and “Furthest” scattered throughout By Far Away each offer a unique rendition of the same core flute tune. “Lagoona” and “Smoky” make good use of melodic reprisals at the very end to neatly close the loop on what might have otherwise felt like more disjointed songs. Despite frequent and abrupt stylistic shifts, Storchi manages to make the 31-minute runtime of By Far Away feel more enjoyable than jolting. Flute fanatics should take note.

ClarkKent’s Addictive Addition

Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway // Addicted to the Violence [July 19th, 2025 – Scarred for Life]

Since System of a Down disbanded, guitarist Daron Malakian has gone on to release 3 full-length albums under the moniker Scars on Broadway between 2008 and 2025. This spinoff project has proven Malakian to be the oddball of the group, and this goofiness hasn’t mellowed since SOAD’s debut released 27 years ago. The energetic set of tunes on Addicted to the Violence mixes nu-metal, groove rock, and pop with plenty of synths to create some fun and catchy beats. Sure, you have to delve through some baffling lyrics,4 such as when Malakian sings that there’s “a tiger that’s riding on your back / And it’s singing out ‘Rawr! Rawr!'” (“Killing Spree”). Malakian also turns to the familiar theme of drug addiction that he and Serj have explored from “Sugar” to “Heroine” to “Chemicals.”5 This time around, it’s “Satan Hussein,” where he mixes Quaaludes and Vicodin with Jesus Christ. To offset the repetition within songs, Malakian has the sense to mix things up. There’s the nu-metal cuts of “Satan Hussein” and “Destroy the Power,” featuring energetic vocalizations and grooves, but there’s also a lot of pop (“You Destroy You”). The riffs may not be as wild or creative as times past, but Addicted to the Violence makes use of a variety of instruments that keep things fresh, from an organ (“Done Me Wrong”) to a mandolin (“You Destroy You”) to some sweet synth solos. There’s even a brief saxophone appearance to conclude the album. Yes, I know exactly what you’re thinking: “This sounds awesome!”

#2025 #7DegreesRecords #AddictedToTheViolence #AliceInChains #AltarsOfBrutality #AmericanMetal #AteSAlchemist #AtmosphericBlackMetal #AustralianMetal #BlackMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #Braia #BrazilianMetal #ByFarAway #Chemicide #CostaRicanMetal #CrossedOut #CurtaNWall #Dance #Darkthrone #DaronMalakianAndScarsOnBroadway #Darude #DeathMetal #Deathgrind #Deicide #Dephosphorus #Doom #DoomMetal #Drone #Earth #EchoesOfGloom #EDM #ExperimentalMetal #FolkMetal #FolkRock #GermanMetal #Gindcore #GreekMetal #Grief #GrooveMetal #Hardcore #Hell #HugoKant #InstrumentalMetal #IsraeliMetal #JethroTull #Jul25 #LowDemon #Mastodon #MelodicBlackMetal #Monstrosity #Mortual #Muse #Nasum #NerveAltar #NuMetal #NuclearWinterRecords #OldNick #Planetoktonos #PopMetal #PrimitiveMan #ProgressiveMetal #RawBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #RippleMusic #ScarredForLife #SeaOfShit #SelfRelease #SelfmadegodRecords #Sheev #SickTired #Sludge #SludgeMetal #Stomach #StonerDoom #StonerMetal #Storchi #StuckInTheFilter #StuckInTheFilter2025 #SunnO_ #SystemOfADown #TheMindSEternalStorm #Tool #TuathaDeDanann #VertentesDeLáECá #WeekendNachos #WitchyForestDanceContest #Witchyre #Yes

#7degreesrecords #addictedtotheviolence #aliceinchains #altarsofbrutality #americanmetal #atesalchemist

Eternal Terror Live @[email protected] · 2025-09-14 · 15:48 UTC

PICTURE ANN ADHERES TO THE LAW OF WHISPERS AND LOW VOICES
https://eternal-terror.com/?p=72733

RELEASE YEAR: 2025BAND URL: https://orcd.co/picture-ann-whispers

The villainous purveyors of all things weirdly dark and strangely melancholy are at it again; their “The Law of Whispers and Low Voices” single was released on September 12 by the consistently brilliant Gymnocal Industries and is available in all the relevant digital music stores out there. In addition to the title track, […]

#ambient #atmospheric #atmosphericBlackMetal #bandcamp #cinematicAmbient #darkAmbient #darkAmbientDrone #darkDroneAmbient #darkRomanticism #drone #droneAmbient #Electronic #floodgateMoodsProductions #folk #folkRock #guitarAmbient #instrumental #loFiPostRock #meditation #minimalism #noise #pictureAnn #postRock #PostMetal #postRockInstrumental #postmodernism #progressiveRock #PsychedelicRock #psychoacoustic #sagntid #Shoegaze #signalfeide #soundscape #spaceMusic #vornoff

#ambient #atmospheric #atmosphericblackmetal #bandcamp #cinematicambient #darkambient

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-08-09 · 16:01 UTC

Self-Titled Summer | Fotheringay (1970, UK)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 280 on The List, submitted by baz. Here’s a quick rundown:

Point of origin(s): Fotheringay was a British folk rock quintet formed by Sandy Denny after she left Fairport Convention (following the release of their 1969 Liege & Leaf, which we looked at nearly a year ago in a SpaceAce Sunday), named after Denny’s song of the same name from the Fairport Convention album What We Did on Our Holidays. The other members were Denny’s partner and Australian guitarist Trevor Lucas plus drummer Gerry Conway (both formerly of folk psych prog rock band Eclection), and American guitarist Jerry Donahue and Scottish bassist Pat Donaldson (both formerly of prog psych group Poet and The One Man Band). This was their debut album.
Tasting notes: Folk rock with some jazzy bits, Sandy Denny’s remarkable voice, wistful longing
Standout track: Their cover of Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Way I Feel” – I want that song to last forever. The opener “Nothing More”, the first piano track Denny would write, is also fantastic (as it is on their live album, Essen 1970, released in 2011).
Where are they now?/RIP: This is the only album released while the original lineup was together. They disbanded in January 1971 during recording sessions for a second album. While some of this material would later be released in 2008 under the title 2, some was used for Denny’s debut solo album (the 1971 The North Star Grassman and the Ravens) and on a Fairport Convention album (the 1972 Rosie), as Conway, Donahue, and Lucas had all joined that band after Fotheringay broke up (Donahue and Lucas from 1972-5, Conway just briefly at the time as a session musician, but then again later from 1998-2022). Denny would go on to have a successful but short solo career (with her former bandmates appearing on some of her albums), and would also briefly rejoin Fairport Convention in 1974-5. She tragically died in 1978 at the age of 31. Lucas then returned to Australia and mainly worked as a producer and film score composer until his death in 1989. In addition to his long stint in Fairport Convention, Conway was also in Pentangle from 1987 until his death just last year (he was married to Pentangle’s singer, Jacqui McShee). Donahue has a rather lengthy CV, working as both a musician (including guitar trio The Hellecasters plus being in The Yardbirds around 2004-5) and producer, at least up until a stroke in 2016 that affected his ability to play guitar. Donaldson was also in a few other bands and worked as a session musician (including for John Cale and Stevie Nicks)[1] at least into the 2010s. Quite a group, this one.
Websites: Wikipedia

Happy listening!

Though a non-Fotheringay/Fairport Convention-related tidbit, a fun find for me in writing this up is Donaldson’s work on Mae McKenna’s Everything That Touches Me (1976). I know this album as McKenna is the mother of Jamie Woon, whose debut LP we’ll see in a future spotlight because I had added it to The List. ↩︎

#1970s #BritishFolk #FairportConvention #folkRock #Fotheringay #GerryConway #JerryDonahue #music #musicDiscovery #PatDonaldson #SandyDenny #selftitled #TrevorLucas

#1970s #britishfolk #fairportconvention #folkrock #fotheringay #gerryconway

Jake in the desert @[email protected] · 2025-08-05 · 17:42 UTC

New Lemonheads single for 'The Key of Victory' out today that has a super psych video and a real folky Beck/Dylan kind of feel. From 'Love Chant', their new LP that's out October 24.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd39FbJblCw

#EvanDando #TheLemonheads #LoveChant #2025Albums #2025Records #psych #PsychRock #folk #FolkRock @wendigo @tangleofwires

#evandando #thelemonheads #lovechant #2025albums #2025records #psych

Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2025-07-23 · 21:34 UTC

Musical Interlude: Listening to a little Fishtank while I relax...lawdy, I wish I hadn't missed their one DC show....But oh well, their music is still fun.

"Ceklin," performed by Fishtank Ensemble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDpiOJFrsxg

#MusicalInterlude #FishtankEnsemble #BalkanRock #FolkRock #StrangeRock

#musicalinterlude #fishtankensemble #balkanrock #folkrock #strangerock

Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2025-07-18 · 23:45 UTC

Musical Interlude: It's still summer, still hot and steamy...ugh. Here's a song about summer wear...

"Summer Dress," performed by Red House Painters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogxLQkk-VMw

#MusicalInterlude #RedHousePainters #SlowCore #SadCore #FolkRock #AltRock

#musicalinterlude #redhousepainters #slowcore #sadcore #folkrock #altrock

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 06:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

I knew I wouldn’t want to write this post so, after noticing that the next submission from J was a s/t, I started the whole Self-Titled Summer series to psych myself up. That didn’t work though, as I wrote the last STS post a couple weeks ago and have been stalled on this since. I even did a full listen-through of Carly Rae Jepsen’s entire discography to see if that would help (J was a HUGE Carly fan). But it didn’t.

So, if you don’t mind, rather than giving this album – Buffalo Springfield’s debut – the regular STS treatment, I’m just going to leave it at a few random thoughts I had when I gave it my first listen, just over a month ago, and imagine what J would have to say about it.

Seems like the perfect SpaceAce pick to land on today, given J’s origins were also Canada/US.
I did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.
There are variances in the tracklists, depending on what version/medium you’re listening to. Only some include “For What It’s Worth” (recorded after the album was first released, then added for the reissue a few months later), either as the first track or somewhere on side B; “Leave” seems to be on different sides depending on the variant; and “Baby Don’t Scold Me” is missing completely from some variants and streaming services (swapped out for “For What It’s Worth”).
Aside from “For What It’s Worth”, the other stand out track for me is “Out of My Mind”, with Neil Young on main vocals.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed.

#1960s #BuffaloSpringfield #countryRock #folkRock #music #musicDiscovery #NeilYoung #psychedelicRock #selftitled #SpaceAceSunday

#1960s #buffalospringfield #countryrock #folkrock #music #musicdiscovery

Kazuky Akayashi ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ @[email protected] · 2025-07-05 · 16:45 UTC

FEUERSCHWANZ - Berzerkermode

#Musique #Feuerschwanz #Metal #FolkMetal #FolkRock

#musique #feuerschwanz #metal #folkmetal #folkrock

Jake in the desert @[email protected] · 2025-02-21 · 18:48 UTC

I mentioned Belgian multi-instrumentalist and singer Wim De Busser's project KING DICK last December in the post linked above this one, when he released single 'Romantic Love Shrine' (GREAT song) from his LP coming later this year.

And now King Dick just released a second single, 'Trolling My Feelings', and of course it's just as damn good. This one's on YouTube, not Bandcamp. Really looking forward to this LP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVDPYDTIxvA

A side note, I thought of the song because it amused me that it's exactly 4:20 long, as @nic noticed about The Cardigans' cover of Iron Man. Represent.

#KingDick #BelgianBands #BelgianArtists #Belgium #weird #FolkRock #indie #IndieMusic @skullvalanche @wendigo

#kingdick #belgianbands #belgianartists #belgium #weird #folkrock

Eternal Terror Live @[email protected] · 2025-01-17 · 08:01 UTC

THIN LIZZY – The Acoustic Sessions
https://eternal-terror.com/?p=64765

RELEASE YEAR: 2025BAND URL: https://www.thinlizzyofficial.com

Considering the evocative and heartfelt nature of the first three Thin Lizzy albums from the early seventies, the prospect of immersing oneself in acoustic renditions and re-workings of some of the very best compositions from those exciting days appeared highly intriguing and interesting to this scribe. So how does the […]

#acoustic #brianDowney #deccaRecords #ericBell #folkRock #hardRock #philLynott #philipLynott #psychdelicRock #shadesOfABlueOrphanage #theAcousticSessions #thinLizzy #vagabondsOfTheWesternWorld

#vagabondsofthewesternworld #thinlizzy #theacousticsessions #shadesofablueorphanage #psychdelicrock #philiplynott

Denny Kozlov @[email protected] · 2024-12-24 · 22:42 UTC

A favorite from my mental soundtrack of ambivalent Christmas songs.

#EmersonLakeandPalmer #GregLake #FolkRock #1970s #ChristmasMusic
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/ZBeKOHLe3Ns?si=RU6JT-ZEcpySPVgD

#emersonlakeandpalmer #greglake #folkrock #1970s #christmasmusic #mentalsoundtrack

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2024-09-22 · 16:00 UTC

The next album SpaceAce submitted to this project is the fourth studio album from Pentangle, number 486 in The List.

I would’ve liked to know what SpaceAce’s thoughts on this one were. To me, from a single listen, the music itself doesn’t stand out from the previous British folk/folk rock albums that he submitted to The List – it features traditional folk songs, Jacqui McShee’s beautiful vocals sound rather familiar, etc. What I would like to know is whether the fact that the final track (“Jack Orion”) takes up the entire second side of the album was thought to be strange or controversial at the time. According to Wikipedia, Cruel Sister was a commercial disaster. Was it because of “Jack Orion” in particular? Was there a backlash for straying into the prog lane, akin to Dylan going electric? Did they play the entire 18 minutes and 36 seconds of “Jack Orion” in live performances? At any rate, it couldn’t have hurt the band too much in the end, as they continued to put out albums (including a number of reissues/remasters of Cruel Sister) and still exist today.

In memory of our dearly missed friend, let’s raise a glass and take a listen together.

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/09/22/spaceace-sunday-pentangle-cruel-sister-1970-uk/

#1001OtherAlbums #1970s #BritishFolk #folkRock #Pentangle #SpaceAceSunday

#1001otheralbums #1970s #britishfolk #folkrock #pentangle #spaceacesunday