The Ledge #722: Second Quarter Report

With tonight's show the final episode of June, it's time to look back at the new music released over the past quarter year. These three months have been simply fantastic. There's been followups to records that were at the top or near the top of previous year end lists (The Sleeveens, Memo PST, The Bevis Frond, etc.) There's surprise albums by veteran bands (Eddy Current Suppression System, Natural Child). There's the returns of longtime fave bands (Social Distortion, Oddfellows, High On Stress, etc.)  And there's plenty of brand new bands, including a kickass Chicago group, Trash Kickers, that I just discovered a few days ago. What's especially great is that these 40 albums are just a fraction of the fine tunes that have been released in recent weeks.

What's your favorite album of the last quarter? 

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1. Micah Schnabel & Vanessa Jean Speckman - Enemy Of The State

2. The Sleeveens - I Was Born on Saturday Night

3. Memo PST - Dog Groomer Stylist

4. The Bevis Frond - Square House

5. Guided By Voices - Out With A Theory

6. Doug Gillard - Parallel Stride

7. Social Distortion - Partners In Crime

8. Weird Nightmare - Might See You There

9. Ultrabomb - Artificial Stars

10. Brad Marino - Murder and Violence

11. The Lemon Twigs - Bring You Down

12. White Fence - Your Eyes

13. Natural Child - Sometimes A Woman

14. Mrs. Magician - High Resolution

15. Jon Spencer - Knock 'Em Out

16. CTMF & Wild Billy Childish - Bridge Burner

17. High on Stress - Over/Thru

18. Trash Kickers - Perfect Strangers

19. The Glimmer Stars - I Don't Wanna Let You Go Tonight

20. Micah And The Mirrors - Yokohama Mama

21. Fret Rattles - Flavor of the Month

22. Oddfellows - Draw the Line

23. Drakulas - HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

24. Marc Valentine - High In The Underground

25. Taxi Girls - Auto-Hysterics

26. The Bug Club - Look Like Me

27. Soft Palms - Garbage In The Sand

28. The Melmacs - Run For Your Life

29. The Lizards - Vicious Circle

30. Irked - Who Asked?

31. Iguana Death Cult - Swinging At Ghosts

32. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Self Sabotage

33. GOONS! - Parchman Farm

34. Crocodiles - Time Is Wasting Me

35. Automatic Lovers - High Degree

36. Trash Culture - High, Drunk, Fucked, Stoned

37. Sick Shooters - Heartbreaker Soulshaker

38. Taste Testors - I'm Waiting For Something Lame

39. The Dwarves - We Are The Scene

40. The Sideshows - Rock and Roll Owes Me An Apology