Live Ledge #243: New Releases

Tonight's look at new music focuses heavier than usual on harder-edge rock and roll. We have the return of the Melvins, along with other rockin' bands such as The Backseat Angels, Hellfreaks, CFM, A Giant Dog, and so many more.
There's also some more pop-related tracks, though. Colleen Green, Twin Peaks, and a reissue of first release by Boston's The Connection. And, of course, there's also the surprisingly good comeback record by The Monkees. I don't think ANYBODY thought this was going to listenable. They've had a couple of other comeback records that nobody wanted to hear a second time. Yet, the combination of great songwriters (Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard, Andy Partridge, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller), along with simple production by Adam Schlesinger, has culminated in a record that actually sounds like those released in the original run of the band.
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1. Car Seat Headrest Just What I Needed/Not Just What I Needed Teens Of Denial 2016 3:52 S 0
2. The Monkees, Birth of an Accidental Hipster
3. The Monkees, I Was There (And I'm Told I Had a Good Time)
4. Bruce Foxton, Round & Round
5. The Scientists, Shake Together Tonight
6. The Connection, Baby Doll
7. Tom Baker & the Snakes, Doll Eyes
8. The Right Here, Judge Me When I'm Sober
9. Mrs Magician, Tear Drops
10. The Coathangers, Dumb Baby
11. The Hellfreaks, Why Do You Talk
12. Leggy, Even Lana
13. Colleen Green, Cold Shoulder
14. Twin Peaks, Butterfly
15. Twin Peaks, Walk To The One You Love
16. Male Gaze, Got It Bad
17. Diarhea Planet, Bob Dylan's Grandma
18. Dumpster Babies, Formaldehyde
19. CFM, Brain of Clay
20. CFM, Glass Eye
21. Useless Eaters, Industrial Park
22. A Giant Dog, Sleep When Dead
23. Giant Peach, Your Blood
24. Summer Cannibals, Go Home
25. SWMRS, Harry Dean
26. The So So Glos, Kings County II: Ballad Of A So So Glo
27. The Traditional Fools, Do You Wanna Touch Me??
28. Indonesian Junk, Shelly, Shelly (Don't Break My Heart)
29. The Backseat Angels, My Baby Wants To Brainwash My Mind
30. The Backseat Angels, Teenage Rock'n'Roller
31. Failure Machine, Lonely
32. The Jesus Candles, Honey
33. The Coasts, I Was A Man
34. Watts, The B Side
35. Tiger Army, Firefall
36. U.K. Subs, Oligarchy
37. Melvins, Choco Plumbing