New Music Friday: October 18th, 2024

New day, new tunes, new playlist.

Happy new music Friday! Hope y’all are doing great out there and enjoying the chilly weather as much as I have been. I’ll get right to the new music after a quick little plug:

Don’t forget that for the month of October, you can join in the Substack chat feature and take part in my Album of the Month discussion thread:

Here’s some stray thoughts as I organize my listening day:

• Really wild day for punk:

  • New one from The Dopamines, their first since 2017. This is my pick before even hearing it because they are the best modern pop punk band by far in my opinion so I’m beyond stoked to hear it.

  • New Pinhead Gunpowder, which was unexpected to me as I hadn’t heard about it before realizing it existed. Nice surprise!

  • New EP from The Copyrights, another one of the great modern pop punk bands.

  • Toys That Kill have a new one out, featuring tracks off EP’s and compilations plus 2 previously unreleased tracks.

• Comfy released two of my favourite indie records in recent memory with 2018’s Thanks for the Ride and 2021’s immaculate Volume For. To say I’m excited for another record from them is an understatement.

• CANDY released their new EP a few days ago, but it’s easily one of the best of the year if you’re into very heavy hardcore music with blistering textural quirks (electronic flourishes, drumwork, etc.)

• Karate are an all-timer band an I was just saying on Substack notes that it has been really cool to see them get the Numero Records bump with their re-releases. I have high hopes for this new record from them.

• I loved Escuela Grind’s Memory Theater in 2022, but the band had a lot of gnarly allegations leveled at them. They’ve tried to pivot away from them, but it will definitely taint my opinion of them moving forward. I’ll check the record out, but this is a situation where I would otherwise be really excited to hear a new one from them but now I’m a lot less interested.

What are you excited to listen to? What am I missing from my list? Let me know!

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Legend:

• ⛏️ pick of the week.

• 🔝 albums I’m placing at the top of my stack today.

• 🌱 albums I’m intrigued by and want to take a closer listen to soon.

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1. 🔝 Ice Grass Underpass by Nap Eyes off The Neon Gate (Paper Bag Records)

2. ⛏️ Wasted by Comfy off Goated & Foreboded (800530 Records DK)

3. ⛏️ For Heaven's Sake, Pt. 2 by The Dopamines off 80/20 (Rad Girlfriend Records)

4. 🔝 Difficult but Not Impossible by Pinhead Gunpowder off Unt (Pinhead Gunpowder)

5. ⛏️ In The Feelings We Chase by CANDY off Flipping (Triple B Records)

6. 🔝 Vital Fall by Corker off Hallways of Grey (Feel It Records)

7. 🔝 Defendants by Karate off Make It Fit (Numero Group)

8. 🔝 Well's Running Dry by Tim Heidecker off Slipping Away (Bloodshot Records)

9. 🔝 She's Back by PyPy off Sacred Times (Goner)

10. 🌱 Final Frontier by Homeboy Sandman off Turns Out I Can Sell A Few of These After All (Dirty Looks)

11. 🌱 Billion Star Night Light by Silverbacks off Easy Being A Winner (Central Tones Records)

12. 🌱 Plastered Sainthood by Immortal Bird off Sin Querencia (20 Buck Spin)

13. 🔝 In There Somewhere by The Copyrights off New Ghosts (Fat Wreck Chords)

14. 🌱 Bisexual Hedge Fund Manager by The Dumpies off Gay Boredom (Dirt Cult Records)

15. 🔝 Always Watching You by Escuela Grind off Dreams on Algorithms (MNRK Music)

16. 🌱 Luna by Spiral XP off I Wish I Was a Rat (Danger Collective Records)

17. 🌱 Drop Me Out by High Vis off Guided Tour (Dais Records)

18. 🌱 you're like me by Shower Curtain off words from a wishing well (Fire Talk)

19. 🔝 Run From Love by Toys That Kill off Ex-Posse Vol.1 (Recess Records)

20. 🌱 The Wayside by Why Bother? off Hey, At Least You're Not Me (Feel It Records)

21. Corporate Funded Killing Technology by S.H.I.T. off For A Better World (Iron Lung Records)

22. Martyr Song by The Armed off Everlasting Gaze (Sargent House)

23. Coke Runs (feat. Ransom) by Benny The Butcher & 38 Spesh off STABBED & SHOT 2 (T.C.F. Music Group / Black Soprano Family, LLC)

24. Tis The Season by Kurious off Majician (Metalface Records)

25. Bellyache by The Eurosuite off Totally Fine (Human Worth)

26. Hungry Animal by Black Pus off Terrestrial Seethings (Thrill Jockey)

27. God Of Everything Else by Porridge Radio off Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)

28. How to Walk by W. H. Lung off Every Inch Of Earth Pulsates (Melodic)

29. Blanket Etiquette by Paper Jays off Paper Jays (ESP Disk')

30. Wildflowers by Jim Nothing off Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn (Meritorio Records)

31. Superbloom by Humdrum off Every Heaven (Slumberland Records LLC)

32. Bibbendum by Bondo off Harmonica (Day End Records)

33. The Urgency by The Low Field off The Low Field (TLF)

34. Tire Worth Kicking by Gentleman Speaker off Hell and Somewhere Else (Gentleman Speaker)

35. Sweat Out Yr Good Clothes by Jealous Yellow off Czech Vampires (Erste Theke Tonträger)

36. Spring by Nothing Natural off Cold Star (Cherub Dream Records)

37. Moose Head by Boyscott off Spellbound (Topshelf Records)

38. Pure Intention by Cosmopaark off Backyard (Howlin' Banana)

39. Stretch Marks by Seafoam Walls off Standing Too Close to the Elephant in the Room (DION DIA RECORDS)

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That’s it, that’s all. Be excellent to one other.

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