Pop punk will never die, but you will. The Moore Family Band‘s debut album “Missy” is only 22 minutes long but has more hooks than a fancy React application (sorry, no more front-end jokes in this space). That would be easy to explain with Jeff Rosenstock’s presence in a couple of tracks, but the Californian trio consistently delivers the goods elsewhere in the record.
We’re back and we’re bringing you a ton of music. Unusually, August was kinda eventful, with plenty of great single and album releases. So we had to exaggerate a bit and make a 33 song playlist (and we had to leave quite a few tracks out to make it reasonable). Our focus this week is The Hold Steady’s new album “Thrashing Thru the Passion”, probably their best since 2008’s “Stay Positive”. There’s no way we’re tagging every single artist this time around, so just scroll down for the track list.
If you’re immediately sold on a record just by knowing Matthew E. White has put a finger on it, we don’t need to convince you further. If, on top of that, you’re a fan of Jonathan Rado-produced albums (like the most recent Father John Misty, Weyes Blood, Whitney, or Alex Cameron), you’re in for a treat. Fortunately for everyone else, Jackie Cohen’s debut LP is much more than its indie dream team of producers. We’ve been anxiously waiting for it to drop since we first heard (and featured) “FMK” back in March, and now it’s all ours.
Becky Warren – Half-Hearted Angel Vera Sola – The Cage Cass McCombs – Sleeping Volcanoes The Skiffle Players – Local Boy William Tyler – Fail Safe Hiss Golden Messenger – Back to the River Again Foxwarren – Everything Apart Nicholas Krgovich – October Julia Holter – Colligere Andrew Bird – Bloodless Bill Ryder-Jones – Happy Song Goshen Electric Co. – Ring the Bell Nap Eyes – I’ve Always Known You Care Hollow Hand – Milestone The Teskey Brothers – Pain And Misery Doug Paisley – Waiting Doug Paisley – Shadows Ed Harcourt – Empress of the Lake Sun Kil Moon – David Cassidy Christian Kjellvander – The Thing Is