Artists and how many years its been...

since their last album.

This is not the 2018-2019 anticipation entry that is coming, although it's related and certainly many artists on these lists will be in there.

This, if it works as it should, can be a number of lists of artists who have gone a long time without an EP or full-length album that could record and release one still per they are either

a) Active
b) Doing or did a recent reunion. Or in some cases, they release some singles (I Mother Earth for example).

I only scanned lists through 2007 at this point, but will try and go further back, at least to the beginning of the decade (the year 2000). And if I manage to bump+edit this, than add new names every year (or post a copied+pasted entry every year? and add artists who've gone 4 or 5 years from that point since their last new studio recordings ...i.e. 2015 or 2016 going into 2020, etc).

And obviously remove the artists who put out new albums in the coming weeks/months, etc.

16 Years/2003
I Mother Earth (Quicksilver Meat Dream)

15 years/2004
Crotchduster (Big Fat Box of Shit)
The Dissociatives (The Dissociatives)
Tears for Fears (Everybody Loves a Happy Ending)

14 years/2005
System of a Down (Mezmerize/Hypnotize)

13 years/2006
Disillusion (Gloria)

11 years/2008
Burst (Lazarus Bird)
Kacica (Mosaic)
King's X (XV)
Mutyumu (Il y a)
Opus Dai (Touch the Sun)
Sculptured (Embodiment)

10 years/2009
Shadow Gallery (Digital Ghosts)
Soundscape (Grave New World)

8 years/2011
*Shels (Plains of the Purple Buffalo)
Arch / Matheos (Sympathetic Resonance)
Bruce Peninsula (Open Flames)
dredg (Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy)
Gotye (Making Mirrors)
Immortal Technique (The Martyr)
Neverending White Lights (Act III: Love Will Ruin (Part 1))
NewVillager (NewVillager)
Erick Serna (The Grip)
Stateless (Matilda)

7 years/2012
The Gathering (Disclosure)
House of Fools (Vs. the Beast)
Jazzkamikaze (The Return of Jazzkamikaze)
Judgement Day (Polar Shift)
Lehto and Wright (November)
The Mars Volta (Noctourniquet)
Menomena (Moms)
Oedipus (Vicious Little Smile)
Pepe Deluxe (Queen of the Wave)

6 years/2013
The Appleseed Cast (Illumination Ritual)
Debashish Bhattacharya (Beyond the Ragasphere)
Daft Punk (Random Access Memories)
East of the Wall (Redaction Artifacts)
For the Imperium (Hail the Monsters)
Karnivool (Asymmetry)
Northern Abbey (The Sounds of Glowing)
The Red Paintings (The Revolution is Never Coming)
Renaissace (Grandine il Vento)
Shelter Red (The Split Sabre)
Sigur Ros - (Kveikur)

5 years/2014
Brice Plays Drums (ProgTagonist)
Fjokra (Thoughtsteps)
Genders (Get Lost)
Imogen Heap (Sparks)
Marketa Irglova (Muna)
Nomia (Iron and Rust)
sElf (Super Fake Nice)
Sound and Shape (Bad Actors)
Sucre (Loner)
The Tea Party (The Ocean at the End)
Transatlantic (Kaleidoscope)

4 years/2015
The Chap (The Show Must Go)
Dikta (Easy Street)
Mother Falcon (Good Luck Have Fun)
Timbre (Sun and Moon)
Other Lives (Rituals)

Others 
i.e. they either released an album within a couple of years, but don't seem to be present on Social Media or talk about new music, etc.
I.e. they feel like an artist/band whose been inactive for awhile.

Amanda Palmer with a/her band
Alphabetical Order Orchestra
Josh Benash
Canon
The House Harkonnen
Malajube (hiatus)
Memoryhouse
Meniscus
Negroni's Trio
People for Audio
Ramona Falls
Sigmund Droid
Skeleton Staff
3/Joey Eppard

Meaningful Songs: Cloud Cult - Where it Starts

Love this track. From its dynamics and layers, to the lyrics.

It was in-effect, the 1st song most early fans heard since it's the opening track off Who Killed Puck? Cloud Cult's proper full-length debut album from 1999.

I found god....
I found god...
I found god...
I found god in Steve Miller, I really like your peaches let me shake your tree,

Mew - King Christian

So there's this cool new Podcast per http://MewX.info with a 4-person group discussing in-depth 1 Mew song for over an hour on each episode.

Anyway, the episode they shared this week is about this early Mew track "King Christian."

Long story as short as possible: When I 1st checked out Mew in 2006, really when I was won over, it was And the Glass Handed Kites and especially Frengers (Frenjers). I then of course checked out their back catalog learning they had a similar history to Fair to Midland or even Kevin Gilbert in that they wrote and recorded and then re-recorded many songs that ended up on Frengers.

But their 1st 2 albums, A Triumph of Man (1997) and Half the World is Watching (2000)
I think i downloaded along with a boatload of demos, unreleased tracks, etc per their fansite "The Evil Office"

I eventually picked up the Remastered-with-Bonus-Tracks-versions of both of those CDs which may now be kind of hard to come by (I don't regularly check Ebay and Amazon Marketplace for that stuff, but I just recall seeing somewhere they were either really spendy to import, etc, which I likely did back around 2008, 2009).

Anyway, so I listened to both of these versions of "King Christian" just a bit ago.

The 1st/longer one, holy shit that song is catchy! I don't recall being grabbed by it back in the mid 2000's. It says 1998 there on the video though, which makes me wonder if it was a demo or extra on A Triumph of Man, but just looking at the track list(s) for that album, it's not on there.

So this must have been unreleased and then showed up on Half the World.

Now the 2nd video is a shorter track and video. It's similar with a similar chorus, but it doesn't have that 50/early 60's Power-Pop element like the 1st/long version.

And Mew I guess played the 2nd  version live a few months ago, which I've never seen that or any of those early tunes live sadly.

The other odd thing, my wife actually likes the 1st/longer/power-poppy version, lol.

I think of some of the following tracks:

King's X - American Cheese, Mississippi Moon
Genesis - Misunderstanding
Kevin Gilbert - Finally Over You
Kimbra - Cameo Lover

Now I highly question she'll care for many if any other Mew tracks, but 1 is more than she did before.

For me, I probably need to revisit those remastered versions of Triumph of Man and Half the World is Watching, although I recall like Fair to Midland, many of the versions of those songs I found inferior. However, I just checked out the Half the World version of 156 and some of that is pretty sweet. Also "Am I Wry? No" has a cool synth part about 3:20 in that is not on the Frengers version.

2 New Vinyl Videos from 2018 Pickups

Been awhile since I made any of these. I forgot at least 1 record, so I will be making another video or 2 soon if time allows.

Or more per inspiration. I just may have to plan, I dunno. Sea Of Tranquility is doing a Top 10 Songs lists of videos, which I could easily do, if I write them out probably.




Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Up Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven 22 - You Are Creating (Limb 1 and Limb 2) I was thinking of F♯ A♯ ∞ not "Yanqui U.X.O."






Black Belt Eagle Scout - Mother of My Children Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz Josh King - Into the Blue Bend Sinister - Foolish Games Kai Danzberg - Pop Up Radio Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy Murder By Death - Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them Kindo - Happy However After Bent Knee - Say So Kimbra - Primal Heart Fjokra - Evening Lights [1B] System of a Down - Mezmerize Chick Corea - Before Forever

T.H.R.U.S.H. - Tears of Audrey (Kevin Gilbert)

I've never heard this cover before and it is from 3 musicians I guess who were based in Minneapolis about 10 years ago.

Phil Solem is from The Rembrandts who I do know are from Minnesota, and are probably best known for their hit "I'll Be There For You" which was the theme song for the tv show FRIENDS.

Anyway, awesome cover.

I don't think T.H.R.U.S.H. are still around, and I'm not even sure if they ever recorded an album or anything.

Mutemath - Voice in the Silence [EP] (2018-2019)

11/24.18
Podcast with Darren King from back in June 2018

from Facebook yesterday

Hey everybody!

So I've decided to put out a new Mutemath EP that is dedicated to you, the tried and true. If you're reading this and are still around after everything that went down this past year, you have no idea what that means to me. Your dedication and support is downright humbling, borderline insane, (lol) and I love you all! So I wanted to cap off this year especially, by framing it in some music for us.

2018 will undoubtedly be an unforgettable year for me. When the new year rang in, I took it upon myself to re-imagine and perform a song from our last album just to see if I could. I dove into it as an experiment and wasn't sure where it might lead, but the song itself became a mantra for me and as the year went on I began to feel inclined to channel this experiment into something tangible. Specifically, I wanted to gather certain songs I'd written for Mutemath that hadn't been released but marked some special moments for me throughout the past 15 years. And I look forward to sharing more about the stories that surround these songs at a later time. But to get going, it just felt right that these particular stories be told in the context of a unique Mutemath project.

When I reflect on everything surrounding the release and touring of our last album, Play Dead, I realized I was in such a state of damage control, I never really got a chance to step back, clear my head and figure out how I needed to say goodbye to what was suddenly over. So this past year, I spent a lot of time soul searching, and I can say I've meaningfully accepted the loss of an era but wanted to make peace with it in my own way. I needed to move forward on my own terms and not feel it's just a reaction to circumstance or what people think I should do. So here it begins with this EP. And for those who like the deep cuts, there is an extended version just on vinyl coming that will have an additional 4 songs I'd love for you to experience solely in the "play a record while sippin on a cozy drink in a comfy chair" scenario. For me, it was great to uncover the time arc that spans through these songs, and I'm thrilled to share it with you as our own sort of musical photo album.

And lastly I want to point out that not only is this project intended to highlight the musical path we've gotten to share so far, but also serve as an invitation to join me for what's next. I have gradually been banking ideas for my new solo project 1PM which I'm stoked about and will continue to work on through next year. However my main focus and passion has become helping to support and empower the new tier of artists as a producer slash auxiliary collaborator guy.

For Mutemath, I've decided I will be the only one driving the creative process going forward and would like to afford it the flexibility of morphing with any collective of musicians that feel right for the moment. Although at this moment, I felt it needed to be just me. So all of this to say, lots of music to come in many forms. I'm excited about this new chapter and so grateful for all of you who are still here.

Mutemath has meant a lot to me, I'm proud of the work that came of it, and I don't feel the need to bury it and walk away. Just repack it, find a new compartment in the suitcase, and let it come with me in a revised form for the next part of my trip. I look forward to still seeing all of you and continuing the narrative we share through this music.

Much love everyone and have a great holiday season! 
Paul


11/19/18



Holy crap these are AMAZING!

Paul Meany is like sElf or Kimbra..an incredible 1-man band!

The title track is from many years ago, I guess written around the Armistice period, which I definitely can say it sounds good enough, it probably could have been on that record.

Voice In The Silence EP Out: 12/5/18 Vinyl Pre-Orders Begin On: 11/27/18

Ours - New Age Heroine II (2018-2019)

11/22/18

Here are the Preorders from their official site/store. Interesting that the CD copies are limited (I preordered 1, maybe I should have ordered more than 1 for that reason).

And that crossed-out pricing, which may be limited?

I also still wonder if with the Remixed version of Ballet the Boxer I and Spectacular Sight III coming, if some kind of boxed set may eventually come out. But you know, all in good times.

Pretty excited to get my CD copy in January, and the Vinyl in 2019 (understandably, those will take longer, but ANY Ours Vinyl is something to look forward to).

Also for the preorders, a Digital Download will come your way soon after you preorder per Facebook

Due to the change of times, we will only be manufacturing a limited amount of CDs. If you would like one, NOW IS THE TIME!

*CD PRE-ORDER (CDS WILL BE DELIVERED BY JANUARY 5TH, 2019)

*VINYL PRE-ORDER (ALL VINYL PRE-ORDERS WILL RECEIVE A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD WITHIN 24 HOURS. VINYL WILL BE DELIVERED IN 2019)


CD Preorder

Due to the change of times, we will only be manufacturing a limited amount of CDs.

(CDs will be delivered by January 5th, 2019)

VINYL Preorder

180 Gram Vinyl | All vinyl pre-orders will receive a digital download link within 24 hours.

(Vinyl will be delivered in 2019)

11/21/18

iTunes 

It's only available there as far as I know. Download and Streaming.

I didn't see it on Spotify and I would assume most of the other Streaming sites right now.

Hoping BANDCAMP and some physical versions, or information at least about the physical copies will be coming soon.

Great fucking record! Really loving many of these songs even more like You Are the Light and the title track especially.


11/18/18
Yeah, so heard this once 1.5 times on the laptop and most of it also in the car, and I am starting to warm up to it.

I still need to hear it with headphones, which hopefully tomorrow at work will happen.

1. Kill Me 4:47
enjoy it, nice album opener like most Ours albums.
2. You Are the Light 4:07
enjoy it more each time, nice flow
3. Pain Aside 4:39
very energetic and catchy. The most on this album, and it is a bit of an outlier in that sense here. Similar to say "Sing" from Ballet the Boxer.  This track was also on the original Spectacular Sight track list.

4. My Love 5:08
Gorgeous ballad. A love song, maybe one of if not the best love songs Jimmy Gnecco has written. The standout ballad on an album that has a handful.

5. New Age Heroine 6:32
I like this, but am only maybe luke warm as it kind of has the same tempo throughout. It may need more time though.

6. Fallen Flower 4:08
Probably the track I'm struggling with the most. One of a bunch of slower, ballads on New Age Heroine. I'm going to keep going back to it to see if it grows.

7. Fly 6:03
Oh my gawd this track is stellar! Very dreamy and yet this awesome atmosphere and mood. Some wonderful vocal lines and drum work.

8. Miles Away 4:42
Like Fallen Flower, I'm struggling a little with this one. It was on the original track list for Spectacular Sight I recall, so I'm not sure why Jimmy released it on this one instead, but maybe that'll come out at some point. But this is another slower track that I may just need the headphones to finally have it click with me.

9. Made to Love 4:49
This is another slower, ballad type song, but I think the Falsetto vocal section in the middle and Static's guitar solo make this one really work among other things.

10. Ring the Bell 5:19
I enjoy this, but can't say I am into it yet at least, like many other tracks on this album. And as far as Ours albums closers, in some ways has a lot to compete with, with them having more or less a perfect track record (Get Up, Fall into My Hands, Red Colored Stars, and even As I Wander...)

Overall early impressions is I enjoy a ton of the music on this record already, and would have a hard time for it not to be the leader-in-the-clubhouse for 2018-2019 (22, Muse and some others though pending).

I am getting a similar feel to Ballet the Boxer I with it. A lot of highlights, and in terms of tone and go-to tracks, etc it is on-par, or maybe slightly better in some ways.

But this is only hearing it about 2 times. We'll see, and of course with Spectacular Sight looming, it'll have that to compare with or be paired-with in some ways.

Not sure if more commentary will happen in here, although for the 2018-2019 preview and I would think any singles/videos I'll have to post more.

And of course I'll be bumping this entry this coming week once the official links for its release are available. Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, etc.

11/17/18
This finally showed up in my Inbox this late afternoon.

jimmygneccoofficial

Everyone who pre-ordered Spectacular Sight, Black Card Holders, and those who purchased the Distorted Lullabies Stream...check your email tonight for a gift from us. We hope you like it. New Age Heroine officially goes on sale next next week. With Love, For Love.
Ours.

I have only listened to a little bit of it per it showed up while in the middle of doing laundry and getting ready to go out to dinner; i.e I don't yet know how much I love it since I haven't heard it yet.

But I have a feeling (in my fanboy bias) that I am going to love it, pretty much like every other Ours album.

Gotta head to bed now, but I likely will take it in tomorrow and post an EDIT in here about it.

1. Kill Me 4:47
2. You Are the Light 4:07
3. Pain Aside 4:39
4. My Love 5:08
5. New Age Heroine 6:32
6. Fallen Flower 4:08
7. Fly 6:03
8. Miles Away 4:42
9. Made to Love 4:49
10. Ring the Bell 5:19







Some more information from Jimmy there:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqTmi89HnNj/

I am wondering a couple of things

1) What this album will be like compared to Spectacular Sight III ? which is coming it sounds like in a matter of months
2) Will hard copies be available? which I suspect they will, and along with the Remixing/Remastering of Ballet the Boxer I, might all of these be sold in a Boxed Set or Package, possibly vinyl?
3) Concept?
4)When does it officially go on sale? Black Friday? or Next Saturday the 24th? or maybe even Wednesday the 21st? Given it is Thanksgiving week, a lot of normal stuff is done on different dates like on Wednesday instead of Friday.

I will definitely post links when it does go officially on sale.

Meaningful Songs: Toy Matinee - Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)

Toy Matinee - Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding, Live)

One of Kevin Gilbert's shining moments recorded live, on the Live at the Roxy May 1, 1991.

Today would have been Kevin's 52nd birthday.

There just a magical vibe about this cover that while I enjoy Dream Theater's, Kevin and the live Toy Matinee made it in some ways their own.

Happy Birthday Kevin..I have a lot of his other tracks rolling through my head and play list tonight.

The Mars Volta Game

Link

fun game and cool to hear a lot of their songs in 8-bit.

Maybe this will expedite the next album from The Mars Volta.

Pre-2018 Albums I enjoyed for the 1st time in 2018

Dirt Poor Robins - The Raven Locks Act 3


Dirt Poor Robins - The Raven Locks Act 2


Dirt Poor Robins - The Raven Locks Act 1



Dirt Poor Robins - The Cage


Dirt Poor Robins - The Last Days of Leviathan


The Spent Poets - The Spent Poets


Barock Project - Detachment


King Bathmat - Overcoming the Monster


Dada - Puzzle


Mals Totem - Mals Totem


Ninet - Paper Parachutes

their may be some titles missing, and the whole Christian calendar says there's 5 or 6 weeks left, so maybe something else will come my way, but there are among if not the main list of albums and artists I discovered to enjoy in the Christian Calendar year 2018.

Meaningful Songs: Shadow Gallery - Say Goodbye to the Morning

Shadow Gallery - Say Goodbye to the Morning

one of my favorites from my favorite Shadow Gallery album, the Self-titled Album/EP/Demo, etc.

The way it flows/floats at times and the immortal Mike Baker's vocals never sounded better.


fdghfghfghdfgh


also this was inspired by this recent video chat/tribute on the 10th anniversary of Mike Baker's death in 2008, back on October 29th.

I should sometime write out a long winded story/explanation about my story with Shadow Gallery and my take on their albums.

Fjokra - Sugarface [1B] (2018)

11/14/18


10/20/18


Streaming Here

Sugarface + Sugarface Remix

Dig it. Love the horns of course, love Anne Bea + Fjokra are great together.

Maybe more later....

Meaningful Songs: Prince - Computer Blue

Prince - Computer Blue

Ever since picking up the anniversary/deluxe edition of Purple Rain of  like a year and a half ago, and revisiting, remembering, learning about how amazing this track is.

I can say it is my favorite track now from Purple Rain, and it may be my favorite Prince song (from what I know.have heard which admittedly, isn't nearly as much as I should).

Why? I love the hook and the groove. The guitar solo almost sounds like a Satriani thing or something. It's Prince in some ways at his most technical or virtuosoic.

Or simply, it was 1 example of Prince doing prog, and yet it's on an album of pop hits oddly.

This tonight also was inspired by the 100th Episode of Black-ish homage to Prince.

But I still think this tune needs more love.

The Monkees MIKE and MICKY Show 2019 Dates (incl MN!)

My wife whose the Monkees and Nesmith-lifer is rather excited to see this tour again, especially given they are coming to of all places, MYSTIC LAKE CASINO on Thursday March 14th, 2019.

From what she has told me, Mike has never been willing to play Casinos, but maybe he's making an exception this time for Minnesota?

I suppose per this tour we traveled to Chicago for back in June, Minnesota was a spot they wanted to make it back to given it wasn't on that tour last Spring/Summer?

And perhaps the theaters they play were full booked? I dunno.

Should be fun, and also noteworthy for me, 2 days before the Fates Warning show in Medina. I guess I'm going to be doing some Western Suburbs driving in Mid-March, lol.

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3/1/19--Medford, MA-- Chevalier Theatre
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3/2/19-- Atlantic City, NJ-- Ocean Resort Casino
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3/3/19--Lancaster, PA-- American Music Theatre
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3/5/19-- Red Bank, NJ-- Count Basie Theatre
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3/6/19--Glenside, PA-- The Keswick Theatre
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3/8/19--Huntington, NY--The Paramount
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3/9/19--New York, NY--The Beacon Theatre
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3/10/19--Albany, NY--Palace Theatre
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3/12/19--Royal Oak, MI-- Royal Oak Music Theatre
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3/14/19--Prior Lake. MN--Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
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3/15/19--New Buffalo, MI--Four Winds Casino
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3/16/19--St Charles, MO--The Family Arena
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Ours Albums coming 2018 and 2019 (incl 1 this week 11/11-117 2018)

While the information on the upcoming Ours album and albums and his Solo album(s) have gone back and forth, it sounds like they are finally coming out.

Part 2: New Age Heroine is the album it sounds like there will be released this coming week.

Part 3: Spectacular Sight will be coming "Early in 2019." 

along with a 3rd album likely in 2019 which I wonder was the solo album Jimmy was going to release back in late August/September.

He had to MIX all of these songs himself per the sad/unfortunate death of Jason Corsaro in 2017, who was working or planned to work and Mix Spectacular Sight.

I will of course be posting more details about all of these albums soon including New Age Heroine coming up this very week! 

Also per the comments/q-and-a there, Jimmy does intend to record and release another solo album which may include the long desired by fans recording of LIVING IN A VIDEO.

Also Ballet the Boxer 1 is getting remixed I guess which while I don't mind a lot of the mix on it, I know many fans weren't thrilled with some of the mix on many songs from it; so that Remix/Remastering is another thing to anticipate soon.

5 fucking Ours/Jimmy Gnecco releases to plan for. And a Tour which Jimmy is doing, but it's not coming to Minnesota unfortunately. But I wouldn't be surprised if a full OURS tour of the States happens to support these albums in 2019 and/or 2020.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp9uUscHS4E/

jimmygneccoofficial

Part 2 New Age Heroine coming next week!
Also, Part 3 Spectacular Sight coming in early 2019, and a remix and master of Ballet the Boxer!!!

jimmygneccoofficial

@ny_drummerMy recording partner who was set to mix the record with me passed away, and so I had to mix everything myself. All 22 songs, and I decided to complete them all and put out two records!

jimmygneccoofficial

@lynds.gold I decided to call the solo album and (an?) Ours album, but I have tons of new songs to record for a solo record.

jimmygneccoofficial

@powernoizeDecided to make them all Ours records. Will be 3 in total, and then another solo record down the line.



edit: https://www.spectacularsight.net/

Pretty Pain remix there to download.