New in 2017

Buckingham/McVie could be interesting. thanks for the heads up. I saw a press release yesterday about a jv between Ray Davies and the Jayhawks called "Americana" scheduled for April. Love Steven Wilson and still looking forward to the new Feelies in a couple of weeks.

Aimee Mann- Mental Health is scheduled for March 31st. Many of her solo efforts are excellent and the first single sounds like a return to form for her. Real Estate has a new one coming out as well. 

Saw a press release today that Dean Wareham's Luna has a new album of cover songs and an EP of instrumentals coming out in September. First release since 2004. Luna is great if you aren't familiar with them. Kind of a Velvet Underground hip dreampop New York vibe.

https://youtu.be/cv2nK0X8pCM

Here is the first single from the Dream Syndicates’ first album since 1988 called "How Did I find myself Here". Clocking in at 11 minutes, it probably won’t get radio airplay. However, if you like the paisley underground vibe, the new material will be a pleasant reminder of the past.
I also saw today that Steve Winwood has a 4 LP/2 CD package of live recordings from his personal archives coming out in Sept. It includes works from Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith, Traffic, and Winwood’s solo career. Depending on the recording quality, this should be a good one.

Here is another new release worth noting from Strand of Oaks called "Hard Love". I think that they are from Seattle and remind me of My Morning Jacket, electric Neil Young with a bit of Screaming Trees grunge thrown in. They opened for MMJ this Spring and will open for the Drive-By-Truckers this Fall. This is "Rest Of It". Good one to turn up a bit.
 https://youtu.be/9Fdp1D-1p34

here is an interesting new release scheduled for 8/25: Filthy Friends- "Invitation" This is an alternative super group with members of REM, and Sleater-Kinney. You can definitely hear Peter Buck's guitar influence.

 https://youtu.be/ee26M542XUg

Just picked up Black Swan Lane's "Under My Fallen Sky" Definitely one of my favorites of the year. BSL is an indie band based in Atlanta. Originally the band had members of The Chameleons UK and the Sun and Moon so they have that Manchester shoegaze vibe like Morrissey or Australia's The Church. BSL's music is beautiful in its simplicity with layers and layers of sound. I have a pair of magnepan 3.7i and rarely have they sounded so impressive with such a wall of sound. BSL's music can be found on their website, iTunes, or cdbaby. They are consistently one of cdbaby's top sellers.

here is a cut from Black Swan Lane's new album called ":Stop to Smile"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3NY2AfJWqA