May I recommend the new Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti album Before Today. I don't normally get excited about a lot of modern music but this is something different. Hauntingly nostalgic with elements of classic late 60's-80's pop but delivered in an eccentric, off-kilter manner. Fantastic song-writing - Ariel has rare ability to blend sometimes diverse musical passages into a cohesive whole and end-up with memorable pop songs rather than a disjointed, pretentious mess. Of course, the deliberately low-fi production and weirdness may be off-putting to some people but thats very much part of the charm for me.
I'm also currently blowing my biscuits to: Dio-era Sabbath, Jap proggers Happy Family; Chrome Hoof; and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
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