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Gastr del Sol (David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke) will join us for an AMA this Monday! (Photo: James Crump, Graphic: u/sara520)

For our first AMA of June, we're excited to announce that Gastr del Sol (David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke) will join us for an AMA this Monday, June 3rd @ 8pm ET/5pm PT!

We Have Dozens of Titles, an archival release of previously uncollected studio recordings and beautifully captured unreleased live performances from their genre-melting 1993-1998 run, is out now via Drag City, and was recently named Best New Reissue by Pitchfork. Despite being broken up for over 25 years, we're stoked to have David and Jim swing by the subreddit for an AMA!

So, come on back this Monday as Gastr del Sol join us for an AMA!

New Music Friday is the weekly thread dedicated to cataloging all the Album/EP releases that came out this week, including non-subreddit relevant releases. This is also a great place to discuss these albums, or bring to attention other albums released this week.

❓ "this seems intriguing after a cursory look"

⭐ "im interested in this for one reason or another"

❤️ "ive been waiting for weeks, months/i'm absolutely in love with this"

The Marías - Submarine

Label: Atlantic

Genre: Bedroom Pop, Indie Pop, Alt-Pop

King Hannah - Big Swimmer

Label: City Slang

Genre: Indie Rock, Slowcore

❓ Bat For Lashes - The Dream of Delphi

Label: Mercury KX

Genre: Art Pop, Ambient, Progressive Electronic

⭐ Thou - Umbilical

Label: Sacred Bones

Genre: Sludge Metal, Doom Metal

IDAHO - Lapse

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Rock, Slowcore

❓ Bad Nerves - Still Nervous

Label: n/a

Genre: Garage Punk, Power Pop

Gaffa Tape Sandy - Hold My Hand, God Damn It

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Pop, Garage Rock

BOBBI - Harsh (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Alt-Pop

** +/- {Plus/Minus} - Further Afield**

Label: Ernest Jenning

Genre: Indie Rock, Indietronica

Martha Rose - Close to Close

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Pop

❓ Gnod - Spot Land

Label: Rocket

Genre: Drone, Psychedelic Rock

❓ Habibi - Dreamachine

Label: Kill Rock Stars

Genre: Indie Pop, Garage Rock

Another Micheal - Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down

Label: Run for Cover

Genre: Indie Pop, Bedroom Pop

Tim Atlas - Enchanté

Label: Nettwerk

Genre: Indie Pop, Alternative R&B

Cheekface - Sort Of (b-sides) (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Rock, Geek Rock

Maya Hawke - Chaos Angel

Label: Mom+Pop

Genre: Indie Pop, Singer-songwriter, Indie Folk

❓Indigo Ranch - Hard Gloss

Label: Happy Families

Genre: Noise Pop, Post-Punk

Swamp Dogg - Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St

Label: Oh Boy

Genre: Bluegrass, Country Soul

❓ Black Mare - Outsiders (compilation)

Label: Dark Operative

Genre: Gothic Rock, Ethereal Wave

❓ Sofia Wolfson - Imposing on a Hometown

Label: n/a

Genre: Alternative Folk, Singer-songwriter

❓ Bad Omens - CONCRETE JUNGLE [THE OST]

Label: Sumerian

Genre: Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal

The Reds, Pinks, and Purples - This is Adult Art School

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Pop, Jangle Pop

❓ Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

Label: Verve

Genre: Chamber Folk, Chamber Jazz

Gimmy - Things Look Different Now

Label: Third Eye Stimuli

Genre: Garage Rock, New Wave

Kirin J Callinan - Can't Fck The Fcker (EP)

Label: Worse

Genre: Art Rock, Dance-Punk

Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys - A Human Home

Label: Unique

Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Alternative Rock

Winnetka Bowling League - Sha La La

Label: MDDN

Genre: Indie Pop, Alt-Pop

Graywave - Dancing in the Dust (EP)

Label: Church Road

Genre: Shoegaze, Dream Pop

Peter Bibby - Drama King

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Folk

Illinoise: A New Musical - Original Cast (Words and Music by Sufjan Stevens)

Label: Nonesuch

Genre: Show Tunes, Folk Pop, Americana

Velvet - Romance: Special Features (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock

Broken Head - The Morning Ends

Label: Sunday Drive

Genre: Shoegaze, Dream Pop

❓ Heavydive - Foreign Patterns

Label: n/a

Genre: Post-Punk

DK the Drummer - Temporal

Label: n/a

Genre: Art Rock

Luka Kuplowsky - How Can I Possibly Sleep When There Is Music

Label: Next Door

Genre: Jazz Improv, Singer-songwriter

Nightshifts - Nightshifts EP

Label: Birthday Cake

Genre: Bedroom Pop, Indie Electronic

Buffalo Tom - Jump Rope

Label: n/a

Genre: Alternative Rock, Power Pop

Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Nathan Salsburg & Tyler Trotter - Hear The Children Sing The Evidence

Label: No Quarter

Genre: Contemporary Folk

Deerhoof - The Free Triple Live Album

Label: Joyful Noise

Genre: Noise Pop, Math Pop

The Moon City Masters - The Moon City Masters (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Rock, Funk, Soul

Half Waif - Ephemeral Being (EP)

Label: ANTI-

Genre: Art Pop, Ambient Pop

❓ Anastasia Coope - Darning Woman

Label: Jagjaguwar

Genre: Freak Folk, Avant-Folk

Roy Bianco & Die Abbrunzati Boys - Kult

Label: n/a

Genre: Schlager

Richard Hawley - In This City They Call You Love

Label: BMG

Genre: Chamber Pop, Singer-songwriter

Drew McDowall - A Thread, Silvered and Trembling

Label: DAIS

Genre: Ambient, New Age, Electroacoustic

❓ Ash Redhorse & The Midnight Suns - Escaping Eden

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Rock, Folk Rock

Unessential Oils - Unessential Oils

Label: Secret City

Genre: Singer-Songwriter

❓ Atomic Lobster - Claws

Label: n/a

Genre: Alternative Rock, Downtempo Pop

❓ Cutters - Psychic Injury

Label: Legless

Genre: Hardcore Punk

Various Artists - Ambient Curation compilation vol. 2 (feat. Gia Margaret, Sam Prekop, Ben Seretan)

Label: Ambient Curation

Genre: Ambient

Kameron Marlowe - Keepin' The Lights On

Label: n/a

Genre: Contemporary Country

Chris Housman - Blueneck

Label: n/a

Genre: Contemporary Country

Marcus & Martinus - Unforgettable

Label: Universal AB

Genre: Dance-Pop, Future Rave

Tanerélle - Electric Honey

Label: n/a

Genre: Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul

Lorelei Marcell - Dear Conformity (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Pop

Lena - Loyal to myself

Label: Polydor

Genre: Pop, Alt-Pop, Electropop

Angelina Mango - poké melodrama

Label: LaTarma

Genre: Dance-Pop, Latin Pop

Ben Platt - Honeymind

Label: Interscope

Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Pop,

Shaboozey - Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going

Label: n/a

Genre: Country Pop

Becky Hill - Believe Me Now?

Label: Polydor

Genre: Dance-Pop, Progressive House

ELIO - something in the air

Label: n/a

Genre: Alt-Pop, Singer-songwriter

Leigh-Anne - No Hard Feelings (EP)

Label: Warner UK

Genre: Pop, Contemporary R&B

K-Trap (UK) - SMILE?

Label: n/a

Genre: UK Drill, UK Hip Hop

Brotha Lynch Hung - Season Of Da Siccness 2: Kevlar

Label: Madesicc

Genre: Horrorcore, West Coast Hip Hop

Snoop Dogg & Tha Dogg Pound - W.A.W.G. (We All We Got)

Label: Death Row

Genre: West Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap

J Noa - Matense Por La Corona

Label: Sony Latin

Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop

Reks and DJ Views - The Magnificence (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap

Dave East - APT 6E

Label: n/a

Genre: East Coast Hip Hop, Trap, Gangsta Rap

CRIMEAPPLE & Big Ghost LTD - Bazuko

Label: RRC Music

Genre: East Coast Hip Hop

RXK Nephew - Till I'm Dead 2

Label: n/a

Genre: East Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap

Lucki - 2 Faced, Pt. 2 (EP)

Label: Empire

Genre: Trap, Chipmunk Soul

Homixide Gang - i5u5we5

Label: Opium

Genre: Southern Hip Hop, Rage, Gangsta Rap

Belly - 96 Miles From Bethlehem

Label: n/a

Genre: Trap, Hip Hop, Pop Rap

Big Hit, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - Black & Whites

Label: Empire

Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop

Oddisee - And Yet Still (EP)

Label: Outer Note

Genre: Conscious Hip Hop

⭐ Reliqa - Secrets of the Future

Label: Nuclear Blast

Genre: Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Djent

⭐ Four Stroke Baron - Data Diamond

Label: Prosthetic

Genre: Alternative Metal, Synthwave, Nu Metal

Nightrage - Remains Of A Dead World

Label: Despotz

Genre: Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Rhapsody of Fire - Challenge the Wind

Label: AFM

Genre: Power Metal, Symphonic Metal

Sig:Ar:Tyr - Citadel of Stars

Label: Hammerheart

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal

Aseitas - Eden Trough (EP)

Label: Total Dissonance Worship

Genre: Dissonant Progressive Death Metal

Beaten to Death - Sunrise over Rigor Mortis

Label: Mas-Kina

Genre: Grindcore, Avant-Garde Metal

❓ Lowlives - Freaking Out

Label: n/a

Genre: Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge

Witherfall - Sounds of the Forgotten

Label: DeathWake

Genre: Progressive Metal, US Power Metal

Wormwood - The Star

Label: Black Lodge

Genre: Folk Metal, Melodic Black Metal

❓ Sykofant - Sykofant

Label: n/a

Genre: Progressive Rock

SWAMPBEAST - Offering of Chaos, Lamenting in the Blood of Man

Label: Translation Loss

Genre: Death Doom Metal

Yo I just found this group, excited to finally do so! My thing is gathering oral history from my favorite artists. Off the top of my head, in the past six years I’ve conducted interviews with Vashti Bunyan, Cleaners from Venus, High Llamas, Doug Martsch, Swamp Dogg, La Luz, Martin Rev, Califone, Amps For Christ, Danielson, Bob Log III, Jim O’Rourke, Elf Power, The Microphones, April March, Donnie and Joe Emerson... heavy cats.!Sometimes i like to check in with other fans for questions they might have before doing an interview. In a couple days I’m speaking with Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs about Gastr Del Sol. I’ve talked with both of them, but not together. Rare opportunity. What would you ask?

Welcome back to the beautiful Pacific Northwest for our final day of rating! The sky is gray, the Mariners and Storm are winning, and fresh coffee is brewing. We're ready to rumble, baby.

We'll be counting down songs #14-1 in the regular rate today, and the top 5 of our wonderfully chaotic bonus rate! AND: The highly anticipated results of the TV-theme Bonus Bonus rate!

Number of participants: 54

Average score: 7.947

Average controversy score: 1.687

Highest controversy: (2.463)

Lowest controversy: (1.110)

YOUR CONTENDERS:

Elliott Smith - XO: Spoiler

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism: Spoiler

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods: Spoiler

Japandroids - Celebration Rock: Spoiler

WHAT'S BEEN ELIMINATED?

regular rate

• #15: Spoiler
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• #29 (tie): Spoiler
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bonus rate

• Bonus #6: Spoiler
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• Bonus #16: Spoiler

It is currently 8:30 am in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver (and California, I guess...) and the reveal will kick off at 9 am Pacific time, or 30 minutes after this post goes up.

Have fun everyone!

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