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| 2018: Back-Half Exciters
Pretty self-explanatory, feel free to chime in with your own and/or any I may have missed. | | 1 |  | Foxing
Nearer My God
Out already, I know, but I'm still waiting on the vinyl to arrive, so this is next at-bat for me. | | 2 |  | Thou
Magus
Working my way through the EP trilogy currently, pumped to have a full-length capper and curious whether it's gonna blend together all the other sounds or strike out in yet another new direction. Either way, should be quality. | | 3 |  | Alice in Chains
Rainier Fog
I'm as shocked as anyone that post-Layne Alice in Chains ended up anything but embarrassing, let alone downright great, and early singles seem like this'll keep the streak going. | | 4 |  | Nothing
Dance On The Blacktop | | 5 |  | Marissa Nadler
For My Crimes | | 6 |  | Thrice
Palms
I dug To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere quite a bit, and while "The Grey" isn't too interesting a lead-off single (opening riff notwithstanding), still quite optimistic for this one. | | 7 |  | Joyce Manor
Million Dollars To Kill Me | | 8 |  | Emma Ruth Rundle
On Dark Horses
May also check out her show at Baltimore Soundstage in late September. | | 9 |  | Toby Driver
They Are the Shield
Somehow completely missed the boat on his live performance demo-ing of these tracks--feel a little guilty on that, but glad Sputnik brought this to my attention. Spinning Madonnawhore again in preparation, feel like that albums gets a bad rap, it's pretty great for its chosen stylistic wheelhouse. | | 10 |  | Cursive
Vitriola
Glad they're back--and with cello! Read this: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/08/636022255/for-a-wracked-world-cursives-vitriola-returns-to-a-reckless-sound | | 11 |  | Blood Orange
Negro Swan
Need to plumb back through this discography soon, but Freetown Sound is a cover-to-cover jam. May catch him at the Lincoln Theater, schedule permitting. | | 12 |  | Minus the Bear
Fair Enough
Bittersweet, since it's the band's swan song (at least for now--I never fully trust bands "retiring"; see #6), but hope this represents them going out on a stronger note than Voids. Am definitely seeing the farewell tour at the Fillmore Silver Spring. | | 13 |  | Spiritualized
And Nothing Hurt
Speaking of swan songs...
(Allegedly?) | | 14 |  | Gaika
Basic Volume | | 15 |  | Coheed and Cambria
Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures
Back to the sci-fi! "The Dark Sentencer," artwork, and basically just everything about this looks ridiculous as fuck, and I mean that in the best possible way. Bummed I missed them with Taking Back Sunday earlier this Summer, hoping they come back around supporting this bad boy. | | 16 |  | Bosse-de-Nage
Further Still | | 17 |  | mewithoutYou
Pale Horses
Is it an LP? An EP?!? HOPEFULLY BOTH?!?!? Guess we're all finding out on a not-so-distant midnight, but hot damn, that first single...hyped as hell. | |
onionbubs
08.14.18 | yall gotta stop sleeping on my boys in alkaline trio | thecheatisnotdead
08.14.18 | "MY BOYS!" But eh, nothing against the band, just never really got into them. May still stream it someplace, though. | onionbubs
08.14.18 | also holy thats the first time seeing the aic album cover and damn
really good year for album covers | thecheatisnotdead
08.14.18 | Forealsies. I get the feeling 17's will be a stunner once it's formally revealed, too.
(15, meanwhile, looks like a still from a Halo cutscene, but ah well. It is what it is.) | CompostCompote
08.15.18 | My back half is excited, alright. | thecheatisnotdead
08.15.18 | Heck yeah, man--that's what I like to hear! |
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