Best of 2021 thus far

[nyoilers]

I'm gonna give that new FarCry a listen to on this upcoming holiday weekend !

[whiplash1972]

14 minutes ago, nyoilers said:

I'm gonna give that new FarCry a listen to on this upcoming holiday weekend !

Ooh, that's a good one; I actually think it may be my favorite from them yet! 

I Am Your Man, Broken Dreams, Long Distance Love Affair, and Chasing Rainbows are faves. 

[CureTheSane]

10 hours ago, Geoff said:

Didn't like it at all to be totally honest. 

I think he is that kind of singer you wither grow to like, or find annoying.
Took me a long time to dig some of his stuff, probably started with a couple of Slash songs on that album where he was one of a few singers.
Then I tried a whole album of his and it hurt my ears for a while...

[Aordave89]

Couple more to add for me...

dEMOTIONAL - Scandinavian Aftermath 

A Day To Remember - Welcome Home

Jakob Samuel - CoExist

 

 

[Doggy]

W.E.T -  Retransmission 

Thunder - All The Right Noises

Snake Bite Whisky - Black Candy

FarCry -  Balance

 

[nyoilers]

On 5/26/2021 at 12:14 PM, whiplash1972 said:

Ooh, that's a good one; I actually think it may be my favorite from them yet! 

I Am Your Man, Broken Dreams, Long Distance Love Affair, and Chasing Rainbows are faves. 

Yes it is a great CD !!

[Gotthardline]

On 5/27/2021 at 4:28 PM, Aordave89 said:

Couple more to add for me...

dEMOTIONAL - Scandinavian Aftermath 

A Day To Remember - Welcome Home

Jakob Samuel - CoExist

 

Good shout on the demotional album

 

Been enjoying that one a lot

[Aordave89]

1 hour ago, Gotthardline said:

Good shout on the demotional album

 

Been enjoying that one a lot

Me too mate, perfect mix of heaviness, keys and melody. Gets better with each spin. 

[auslander]

Top 5 so far:

Chez Kane

Temple Balls

The L.A. Maybe

Heart Healer

Van Weezer!

Biggest Disappointment so far:

Creye

[tts42572]

Digging this thread up since we're through half the year now:

Top 5 for me as of now:

Midnite City

Temple Balls

Dangerous Curves

W.e.t

Maverick

[heavyharmonies]

Prediction: Unless there are some consensus out-of-the-park releases in the second half of the year above and beyond what we've seen thus far, 2021 is going to see the widest variety of albums in people's top 5-10 lists and the least amount of overlap ever. There are some crazy good albums out there this year across many genres.

[lettard]

Midnite City

Levara

LeBrock

3 completely different styles but my fav 3 of the year so far by a mile...then

Roxville

Chez Kane

Haven't had time to fully digest Dangerous Curves yet and the Spektra material sounds great

 

[Glen]

9 hours ago, lettard said:

Midnite City

Levara

LeBrock

3 completely different styles but my fav 3 of the year so far by a mile...then

Roxville

Chez Kane

Haven't had time to fully digest Dangerous Curves yet and the Spektra material sounds great

 

is dangerous curves out?? can't see on any streaming platforms? 

[Glen]

I had a think about this the other day and definitely there are about 10 really good to amazing releases so far this year which is unusual cos I usually get to that figure by the end of the year, however after those 10 there is a whole lot of average shit to wade through as usual imo.

Just in terms of whats coming up, these have me excited - not sure they will all be this year tho??

Vega

Robin Red

Houston

Winger

Dan Reed Network

Fans of The Dark

Crazy Lixx

Tremonti

Nestor 

And I'm guessing these will be 2022? Harem Scarem, Journey, Eclipse, Defiants, Degreed

 

 

[Tabe]

Kent Hilli's album has definitely moved up near the top for me, if not the very top.  

[tts42572]

6 hours ago, Glen said:

is dangerous curves out?? can't see on any streaming platforms? 

Not out on streaming until 8/17.  But it is available now digitally on their bandcamp site and you can listen to the songs.  I kind of like how they also make the lyrics available.

https://dangerouscurves.bandcamp.com/album/summertime-highs

[heavyharmonies]

29 minutes ago, tts42572 said:

Not out on streaming until 8/17.  But it is available now digitally on their bandcamp site and you can listen to the songs.  I kind of like how they also make the lyrics available.

https://dangerouscurves.bandcamp.com/album/summertime-highs

Sounds great to me, but US$35 after sales tax and shipping is just too much. Will have to stick with digital for this one.

[CureTheSane]

For me the standouts that come to mind are
The LA Maybe
Myles Kennedy
Trucker Diablo

[The Rocker]

W.E.T.
Robin McAuley
Temple Balls
Midnite City
Rian
7th Crystal is not bad
Hardline is not bad

Looking forward to
Crazy Lixx
Spektra
Nitrate
Eclipse?

[Glen]

Surprised no one has mentioned Ronnie Atkins?? Love that album 

[DorrianWolf]

Lebrock,Levara,W.E.T. are my top 3.

But Ronnie Atkins,FarCry,Creye and Midnite City are not far behind.

 

[Glen]

2 hours ago, DorrianWolf said:

Lebrock,Levara,W.E.T. are my top 3.

But Ronnie Atkins,FarCry,Creye and Midnite City are not far behind.

 

Nice picks 

[KarpetRydOFunk]

15 hours ago, Glen said:

Surprised no one has mentioned Ronnie Atkins?? Love that album 

I put it on my list back in May. 

[Glen]

3 minutes ago, KarpetRydOFunk said:

I put it on my list back in May. 

I meant in the last few posts 🙂

I dig that u dig it tho

[Doug]

Gonna go with:

The Pretty Reckless -  Death By Rock and Roll

Mammoth WVH - S/T

Smith/Kotzen - S/T

Dirty Honey - S/T

The End Machine - Phase 2

The Treatment - Waiting for Good Luck

But the year's not over yet...