One record I'm really looking forward to is Brian Fallon's solo record in March. He's a relatively unknown artist who I think deserves more attention. His band The Gaslight Anthem is pretty big in the punk/folk scene, their song "45" was in one of the NHL games from a few years ago, NHL13 or 14 maybe? He's in a few smaller bands as well and I love just about everything he's ever put out.
If anyone else is into punk rock I believe a few bigger bands like Against Me! and hopefully Dropkick Murphys (depending on the status of their piper) are putting out new records this year as well, so that should be fun. Also interested to hear the new Falcon record. If you haven't heard of them check them out, it's Brendan Kelly and Neil Hennessy (The Lawrence Arms), Dan Adriano (Alkaline Trio), and Dave Hause.
Hopefully this post makes sense to someone, but it's probably just total gibberish to most. Such is the life of a punk fan these days though!
In non-punk news I enjoyed Megadeth and David Bowie's new records. I'm interested to hear Kanye West's album too. Not a huge fan of his but he does put out a solid tune here or there, and he's hyped it up like no other. Also I hope Drake puts out something not terrible on his new record so I don't ever have to hear Hotline Bling ever again. I usually don't hate Drake's stuff but man that song is horriawful. Other than that I'm not too sure what else is coming out this year. I haven't had much time to look it up.
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