Monthly Roundup: June 2018

Highlights of the highlights: 

After the disappointing(at least to me) "Pure Comedy" Father John Misty returns with an excellent album. By paring down the song lengths and overwrought lyrical musings he succeeds greatly with another light hearted jab at social commentary.

Sami Baha...All I can say is thank god someone is doing new things with Trap.

Howlin Rain released their best album yet bu focusing on loose jams and a loose concept. 

Shannon Shaw of Shannon and The Clams fame released a great solo album full of rich doo wop melodies and old timey sounds.

One of the weirdest and most intriguing albums was released by the experimental group Tangents. Full of weird interesting sounds they craft a world unto themselves with this one and solidify themselves as an excellent figure within the experimental rock music scene. 

Arp released an awesome album of inspired tropical and laid back new age anthems. This one is good for a hot summer night with a cold drink in hand. 

Death Grips put out one of their weirdest and most interesting releases with Year Of The Snitch. The amount of creativity within this record is ridiculous. This is their best since Government Plates. 

Who needs another band that sounds like old school weirdo punk and Parquet Courts? When it's as good as Dumb's new album then the answer is: we all do. 

One of the nastiest and weirdest mashing of genres comes in the form of metalcore band Vein's album "errorzone". This album is off the wall ridiculous. A good comparison would be something like The Blood Brothers Burn, Piano Island, Burn but with a lot more electronic influence. This one is nuts!

And last but not least, we have the excellent return of The Rock*A*Teens. After 18 years of silence they come roaring back with what may be their best album yet. 

So buckle up and fire up that spotify playlist below and proceed to rock the hell out in this awful summer heat!

June1st:

Beach Skulls-Las Dunas(Pnk Slm)

Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Surf Rock

Brian Jonestown Massacre-Something Else(A)

Genre: Neo Psychedelia, Psychedelic Rock

Neko Case-Hell On(Anti-/Lady Pilot)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Alt-Country, Chamber Folk, Indie Rock

Sam Evian-You, Forever(Saddle Creek)

Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Father John Misty-God's Favorite Customer(Sub Pop)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Pop, Piano Rock, Chamber Folk, Indie Folk, Indie Pop

LUMP-Self Titled(Dead Oceans)

Genre: Indie Folk, Folktronica, Singer/Songwriter

Ruen Brothers-All My Shades Of Blue(Ramseur)

Genre: Roots Rock, Alternative Rock

Sami Baha-Free For All(Planet Mu)

Genre: Trap, UK Bass, Instrumental Hip Hop, Trap Rap

Vital Idles-Left Hand(Upset! The Rhythm)

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop

Warmduscher-Whale City(Leaf)

Genre: Garage Punk, Indie Rock, Neo Psychedelia

June 8th:

The Body & Uniform-Mental Wounds Not Healing(Sacred Bones)

Genre: Power Electronics, Drone Metal, Industrial Metal

Dott-Heartswell(Graveface)

Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Howlin' Rain-The Aligator Bride(Silver Current)

Genre: Blues Rock

Matt Maltese-Bad Contestant(Atlantic Records UK)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Lounge, Indie Pop

Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge-The Midnight Hour(Get On Down)

Genre: Neo Soul, Jazz

Pllush-Stranger To The Pain(Father/Daughter)

Genre: Dream Pop

Shannon Shaw-Shannon In Nashville(Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch)

Genre: Country Soul, Pop Soul, Brill Building

Snail Mail-Lush(Matador)

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter

Colin Stetson-Hereditary(Milan)

Genre: Film Score, Dark Ambient, Post-Minimalism, Drone

Hilary Woods-Colt(Sacred Bones)

Genre: Ambient Pop, Dream Pop, Singer/Songwriter

June 18th:

Marisa Anderson-Cloud Corner(Thrill Jockey)

Genre: American Primitivism, Contemporary Folk, Americana

Blawan-Wet Will Always Dry(Ternesc)

Genre: Industrial Techno, Minimal Techno

Melody's Echo Chamber-Bon Voyage(Fat Possum)

Genre: Neo Psychedelia, Progressive Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Dream Pop, Psychedelic Rock

Palberta-Reach Goin Down(Wharf Cat)

Genre: Art Punk

John Parish-Bird Dog Dante(Thrill Jockey)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Rock

Petal-Magic Gone(Run For Cover)

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Midwest Emo

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever-Hope Downs(Sub Pop)

Genre: Jangle Pop, Indie Rock, Post-Punk

Tangents-New Bodies(Temporary Residence)

Genre: Jazz Fusion, Post-Rock, Dub

X-Altera-Self Titled(Ghostly International)

Genre: Drum And Bass

June 22nd:

ARP-Zebra(Mexican Summer)

Genre: Berlin School, Ambient

Dawes-Passwords(Hub)

Genre: Folk Rock, Americana, Pop Rock, Indie Rock

Death Grips-Year Of The Snitch(Third Worlds)

Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop, Noise Rock, Synth Punk, Glitch Hop, Experimental Rock, Electro-Industrial

Dumb-Seeing Green(Mint)

Genre: Punk Rock, Garage Rock, Indie Rock

The Orb-No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds(Cooking Vinyl)

Genre: Ambient Dub, Ambient House

Vein-errorzone(Closed Casket Activities)

Genre: Metalcore, Mathcore, Nu Metal

Kamasi Washington-Heaven And Earth(Young Turks)

Genre: Spiritual Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion

June 28th:

The Blank Tapes-Candy(People In A Position To Know)

Genre: Indie Pop, Power Pop

John Coltrane-Both Directions At Once(Impulse!/Verve/UME)

Genre: Modal Jazz, Post Bop, Hard Bop

The Essex Green-Hardly Electronic(Merge)

Genre: Indie Pop, Neo Psychedelia, Power Pop

The Innocence Mission-Sun On The Square(Badman)

Genre: Folk Pop, Chamber Folk

The Milk Carton Kids-All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn't Do(Anti-)

Genre: Indie Folk, Contemporary Folk

Kody Nielson-Birthday Suite(Flying Nun)

Genre: Space Age Bachelor Pad, Indie Pop

Rock*A*Teens-Sixth House(Merge)

Genre: Indie Rock

Hana Vu-How Many Times Have You Driven By(Luminelle)

Genre: Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Alternative R&B, LO-FI