September 2016 music roundup

It's time for the long-awaited September music digest...

I mean, I know no one really reads these, but still. It's high time I got September's up so that I can get back on track for October.

September was a great month. Lots of new music, since as a full-time writer I basically have 8+ hours a day to just listen to music. I tend to split that time evenly between stuff I already know and stuff I don't. So yeah, that racks up pretty quickly. (I should probably put a link to my Last.fm profile on this blog somewhere, since I try to scrobble whatever I can there.)

Favorites from September

Releases from 2016: Relient K's Air For Free, Crown the Empire's Retrograde, Sabaton's The Last Stand, Bastille's The Wide World, Lindsey Stirling's Brave Enough, A Day To Remember's Bad Vibrations, Scandal's Yellow, Tarja's The Brightest Voice and The Shadow Self, Silent Siren's S, Carly Rae Jepsen's E•MO•TION: Side B. (Pretty much the only 2016 release that didn't make it on the list was Bon Iver's newest. I liked it, but the different between this one and his two others is so stark that the new one is going to take some work to digest.)

Older releases: The Hype Theory's Captives and Glory Days, BAND-MAID's New Beginning, Too Close To Touch's Nerve Endings, and Taking Back Sunday's self-titled. Also, literally everything by Silent Siren, Scandal, and Screaming Orphans.

Recommendations: Okay, I'm going to take this by category, and all of these recommendations apply to each band's entire discography in these cases, since they're all fantastic. (But if you're just looking to sample, go with each band's newest release, I think.) Poppy stuff? Go for Relient K, Carly Rae Jepsen, Lindsey Stirling, and Bastille. Emo/screamo/post-hardcore? Crown the Empire, A Day To Remember, Too Close to Touch, and Taking Back Sunday. Metal? Sabaton, BAND-MAID, and Tarja. J-pop? Scandal and Silent Siren. Irish pop-rock? Screaming Orphans. (They nearly rival my love for my all-time favorite band, The Corrs.)

The Bottom Line

Listen to Screaming Orphans, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Silent Siren. Right now.

Full September list
399. The Hype Theory – Captives [2013] ++
400. Tigress – Human EP [2015] ++
401. The Hype Theory – Glory Days [2011] ++
402. The Hype Theory – The Hunted EP [2014] ++
403. Reachback – Wake Up EP [2011] ++
404. Reachback – Adventureland [2014] ++
405. Reachback – Hello Paradise EP [2016] ++
406. Relient K – Air For Free [2016] ++
407. BAND-MAID – New Beginning [2015] ++
408. Silent Siren – Start → [2014] ++
409. Silent Siren – 31Wonderland [2014] ++
410. Silent Siren – Silent Siren [2015] ++
411. Crown the Empire – Retrograde [2016] ++
412. Sabaton – Heroes [2014] ++
413. Sabaton – The Last Stand [2016] ++
414. Socks in the Frying Pan – Socks in the Frying Pan [2012] ++
415. Bastille – Wild World: The Complete Edition [2016] ++
416. Lindsey Stirling – Brave Enough [2016] ++
417. Scandal - Standard [2013] ++
418. Screaming Orphans - Dance With Me EP [2015] ++
419. Screaming Orphans - Ballads Rule OK [2015] ++
420. Screaming Orphans – Toy Theatre [2013] ++
421. Too Close to Touch – Nerve Endings [2015] ++
422. Tiger's Jaw – Charmer {2014] +
423. Teen Hearts – Heart Beat EP [2008] ++
424. A Day to Remember – Bad Vibrations [2016] +
425. Svartsot - Mulmets Viser [2010] +
426. Dead Letter Circus – This Is The Warning [2010] +
427. Almôra – 1945 [2006] +
428. Teen Hearts – Best Kept Secret [2010] ++
429. Teen Hearts – Maybe Someday EP [2011] ++
430. Teen Hearts – Heart Shaped World EP [2014] ++
431. Screaming Orphans – Sliabh Liag [2013] ++
432. Tove Lo – Queen of the Clouds [Blueprint Edition] [2015] ++
433. Scandal – Yellow [2016] ++
434. Scandal – Hello World [2014] ++
435. Tarja – My Winter Storm [Deluxe Edition] [2008] +
436. Screaming Orphans – Lonely Boy [2011] ++
437. Scandal – Queens are Trumps [2012] ++
438. Tarja – What Lies Beneath [2010] ++
439. Screaming Orphans – The Jacket's Green [2011] ++
440. Rediscover – Call Me When You Get This [2006] ++
441. Rediscover – Out of Touch [2005] ++
442. Rediscover – The Ocean Is Calling Us EP [2004] *
443. Dan Gibson's Solitudes – Echoes in the Glen: Celtic Aires and Ballads [2013] ++
444. Scandal – Encore Show [2013] ++
445. Tarja – Colours in the Dark [2013] ++
446. Tarja – Left in the Dark EP [2014] +
447. Screaming Orphans – Belle's Isle [2009] ++
448. Scandal – Scandal Show [2012] ++
449. Tarja – The Brightest Void EP [2016] ++
450. Tarja – The Shadow Self [2016] ++
451. Lady Gaga – The Fame [2008] +
452. Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster EP [2009] +
453. Lady Gaga – Born This Way [2011] +
454. Lady Gaga – Artpop [2013] +
455. Dan Gibson's Solitudes – Gentle Harp [2014] ++
456. Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett – Cheek to Cheek [2014] ++
457. Silent Siren – S [2016] ++
458. Bon Iver – 22 A Million [2016] +
459. Taking Back Sunday – Taking Back Sunday [2011] ++
460. Carly Rae Jepsen – E•MO•TION: Side B [2016] ++