Recommend a great Rock/Pop album.

[Scott Dolan]

So I've been in somewhat of a new music funk recently. What I mean by that is I'm having a hard time finding a new album to get into.

Who's heard a great new Rock/Pop album recently? It can be an older album I suppose, but I've been in a Rock/Pop mood lately, so I would like something from those genres.

Recent faves have been The River from Izzy Stradlin, Circuital from My Morning Jacket, Modern Vampires Of The City from Vampire Weekend, and How Was Tomorrow from The Cash Brothers.

Any suggestions would be truly appreciated.

[CJ Shearn]

John Mayer: Continuum

[Scott Dolan]

Have it...

Very good album.

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Scott, from 2014 I've been enjoying The War on Drugs album Lost in the Dream, but then again I'm an alt country whore.

[Scott Dolan]

I'm a huge Alt. Country fan! I've of that group, just haven't actually heard their music. Thanks for the rec, I'm definitely going to check it out.

[JSngry]

[Joe]

Check out Parquet Courts / Parkay Quartz. May sound a bit too much like Pavement on Thorazine to some, but LIGHT UP GOLD (recent, though not 2014) is, IMO, a great scum rock philosophical tract.

On a more gentle, shoegazey trip, I highly recommend Crushed Stars' FAREWELL YOUNG LOVERS.

[colinmce]

Spoon - Girls Can Tell

The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows

Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret

The National - Alligator

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway

[Eric]

Spoon - Girls Can Tell

The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows

Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret

The National - Alligator

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway

Anything by Spoon ... Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is a good entry point as is their latest, They Want My Soul.

[StarThrower]

Mike Keneally w/ Andy Partridge-Wing Beat Fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sug4hC3Ysb0

[mikelz777]

Walk Off The Earth - R.E.V.O.

This would definitely be on the pop side of things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHvl6z56zGc

Edited December 8, 2014 by mikelz777

[StarThrower]

Michael Franti & Spearhead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFMQm02Ffzc

[mikelz777]

Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8

[Jim R]

The Blue Shadows were a Vancouver, Canada-based band that were only together from 1992-1996. I think this album is one of the best "albums you've never heard of" type of discoveries I've ever made. There are some good live performances up on Youtube, also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsIDyIV9p28

The majority of their material had a country-rock flavor to it, but with an edge. Very good songwriting, nice tight harmonies between Bill Cowsill and Jeff Hatcher, and Hatcher's distinctive and polished rhythm and solo guitar playing. An excerpt from an article about Bill Cowsill, after he passed away in 2006 (his brother Barry had passed away in 2005, a victim of Katrina)...

"In the early ’90s, Cowsill joined forces with singer-songwriter Jeffrey Hatcher to form the Blue Shadows. Cowsill called it the best creative partnership of his life. Their vocal blend drew justified comparisons to the Everlys. The pair, along with drummer J.B. Johnson and bassist Barry Muir (who replaced Elmar Spanier), fused hardcore honky-tonk, British Invasion pop, R&B and soul. Acclaim came easy; commercial fortune proved elusive."

[BFrank]

Dolan, did you get the latest Drive-By Truckers? It's probably their best yet.

Also check out Sturgill Simpson. He's got a Waylon voice and is a good songwriter with contemporary sensibilities, made obvious by the title of his latest: "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music"

In Rock/Pop, my favorite new bands of 2014 are Temples and Syd Arthur: Brit bands with heavy 60s influences.

[Scott Dolan]

CRAP! I forgot all about the latest DBT! Thanks for reminding me. I'm a huge Cooley fan, so this one should appeal to me more than most.

[Eric]

Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8

I am not a hardcore Dylan fan by any stretch, but really enjoy this.

[felser]

[jlhoots]

J.P. Harris & The Tough Choices: Home Is Where The Hurt Is

[Scott Dolan]

Michael Franti & Spearhead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFMQm02Ffzc

Haven't gotten a chance to check out all the recs just yet, but THIS was fucking awesome!

[Scott Dolan]

Jim, that's exactly how I feel about How Was Tomorrow from the Cash Brothers. They were also a Canadian Alt. Country act that wasn't together for very long. Based on those two tunes you posted from The Blue Shadows (which were excellent), I'd be willing to bet you'd really dig that album as well. Not the best tune on the album, but there isn't much to choose from on Youtube. Still pretty good, though:

Here's another really good one:

Edited December 8, 2014 by Scott Dolan

[.:.impossible]

You might also like The Barr Brothers. Two albums under this name, formerly 2/3 of The Slip, which was a rock trio.

I'd also recommend anything coming out of Spacebomb.

http://spacebombrecords.com/releases

I really loved/love Caveman's last album. Keeps growing with me.

[Hot Ptah]

Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8

That is Volume 8 of Dylan's Bootleg Series, and Volume 11 was released this November. So Volume 8 has been around for a while. I agree that it is quite good.

[Scott Dolan]

You might also like The Barr Brothers. Two albums under this name, formerly 2/3 of The Slip, which was a rock trio.

That was outstanding! It really reminded me of Shut-In Tourist from Band Of Horses.

Haven't heard the Caveman stuff yet.

Edited December 8, 2014 by Scott Dolan

[BFrank]

CRAP! I forgot all about the latest DBT! Thanks for reminding me. I'm a huge Cooley fan, so this one should appeal to me more than most.

I think you'll like it. There's a deluxe edition with live stuff, too.