So Far This Year 2005 (LP Version)...

Started by modage, June 30, 2005, 01:32:42 PM

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modage

with Ghostboy's approval, I humbly present this thread to see what everyone's been listening to at the halfway mark.  here's mine...

 




1. spoon- gimme fiction

favorite tracks: the two sides of monsieur valentine & i summon you

2. fiona apple- extraordinary machine
favorite tracks: not about love & oh sailor

3. ryan adams- cold roses
favorite tracks: magnolia mountain & mockingbird

4. & 5. bright eyes- digital ash & i'm wide awake
favorite tracks: easy/lucky/free & theme to pinata & at the bottom of everything & train under water

6. coldplay- x&y
favorite tracks: a message & the hardest part

7. beck- guero
favorite tracks: girl & rental car

8. bloc party- silent alarm
favorite tracks: helicopter & this modern love

9. ben folds- songs for silverman
favorite tracks:give judy my notice & late

10. the decemberists- picaresque
favorite tracks: the sporting life & the bagmans gambit

11. the white stripes- get behind me satan
favorite tracks: the denial twist & take, take, take

12. billy corgan- thefutureembrace
favorite tracks: mina loy (m.o.h.) & thecameraeye

13. aimee mann- the forgotten arm
favorite tracks: i cant get my head around it & little bombs

bonus re-issues:
14. fountains of wayne- out of state plates
15. belle & sebastian- push barman to open old wounds
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

meatwad






1. Black Mountain- self titled
i love all the tracks on this album. can't pick a favorite. i blast this in my car

2. The Pink Mountaintops- self titled
same guys in black mountain, favorite tracks are "atmosphere" and "can you do that dance?"

3. 13 & God- self titled
somebody on here mentioned this album, i think it may have been pubrick.  
checked it out and have been hooked ever since. i love "perfect speed", "if" and "afterclap"

4. Adam Green- Gemstones
big fan of everything green has done for a while. this may not be his best, but it is still catchy as hell, and i do listen to it alot

5. Smog- A River Ain't Too Much To Love
got this album about two weeks ago, and have been listening to it non stop. listen to this at work all the time. i think it gets an actual release this week.

6. Mountain Goats- The Sunset Tree
"love, love, love" and "dance music" are my favorite tracks

7. Prefuse 73- Surrounded By Silence
i love everything prefuse does. "la correccion exchange" and "minutes away without you" are my favorite tracks. and maybe "pagina dos"[/img]

8. The Duke Spirit- Cuts Across The Land
kind of sound like jesus & mary chain fronted by pj harvey. "lion rip" and "darling you're mean" are my favorites

9. Feist- Let It Die
i don't know. i like it. i listen to it while i'm doing shit around my house.

10. 400 Blows- Angel's Trumpets and Devil's Trombones
this shit is heavy, and it slays. really good live too

there are some others, like the new decemberists, where i only really listen to like two songs, and i don't really like the rest.

cron



but it's too early to say. devendra's new album is coming in september..
context, context, context.

cecilia

So far this year I've been really digging new Josh Rouse, Of Montreal, Brendan Benson, Beck, Pernice Brothers, Teenage Fanclub, Mercury Rev, M83, Gorillaz.....

The new Spoon, Aimee Mann, Jim Boggia, Ivy, Doves, Feist, are not totally blowing me away but I'm still very happy to have them around and will continue giving them more time....

Still need to pick up new Sufjan Stevens and Daniel Lanois and I see some on your lists that I should probably check out, ie Mountain Goats, Bloc Party.

Very excited for forthcoming records from New Pornographers, Eric Matthews, Super Furry Animals, and actually the new Kanye mainly due to the collaboration with Jon Brion piqueing my interest.
I just met a wonderful new man. He's fictional but you can't have everything.

Ghostboy

I haven't bought much this year, but about all that's worthy of being mentioned here would be:

1. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
2. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
3. Martha Wainwright - BMFA
4. NIN - With Teeth

That last one is sort of indicative of how few records I've purchased - it's not even that great, but (in my opinion), it's still better than the Spoon, Billy Corgan and Beck albums (well, maybe it's on par with Guero) that I've also procured. I figure I'll pick up Sujifan Stevens this week - I really love him, so I know he'll place. And I'll joing the others in waiting for Devandra Barnhardt, Sigur Ros, etc. Oh, and Bjork's Drawing Restraint 9soundtrack comes out next week, I think...

Actually, the best thing I've bought this year is pretty old - Townes Van Zandt's Rear View Mirror. BRILLIANT.

life_boy


Low - The Great Destroyer[/u]

This is my favorite artistic musical statement of the year so far.  
My appreciation of it grows deeper every time I hear it.

72teeth

Doctor, Always Do the Right Thing.

Yowza Yowza Yowza

hedwig


72teeth

Doctor, Always Do the Right Thing.

Yowza Yowza Yowza

ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ

"As a matter of fact I only work with the feeling of something magical, something seemingly significant. And to keep it magical I don't want to know the story involved, I just want the hypnotic effect of it somehow seeming significant without knowing why." - Len Lye

Pubrick

Quote from: The W 1.  Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

2. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
this has got to stop, what is wrong with u ppl???

those two are the most disappointing albums of the year. they are BAD!

i was as sad as u were, but please don't live in denial.. u'll only encourage them to follow the wrong path.
under the paving stones.

polkablues

I can say with absolute certainty that I'm the only who cares, but with the exception of the song "Plane", Jason Mraz's new album is very disappointing.









I like saying "Mraz".  Mraz.  Mmmmmm-raz.  Mrazzzzzz.
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ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ

Pubrick, I'm very inclined to disagree with you.

First off, nothing else has come out this year that I've heard that was better than those two albums, secondly, I really liked a majority of those albums.
"As a matter of fact I only work with the feeling of something magical, something seemingly significant. And to keep it magical I don't want to know the story involved, I just want the hypnotic effect of it somehow seeming significant without knowing why." - Len Lye

Pubrick

Quote from: The WI really liked a majority of those albums.
the rest of ur list is actually alrite (by this years standards). but fi and nin, i feel like gagging just thinking about it.

and u may not know i am the biggest fan of both.
under the paving stones.

ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ

I can sort of see what you're saying, they both have some high standards set for them...

But I can't get sick of "Not About Love" and I really like "Used To Love Him", "Red Red Red" and "Extraordinary Machine."  The album was a little lacking compared to her others... but really, Not About Love is an amazing song.  I guess the album declines from there sort of.

With Teeth also didn't really live up to NIN's standards.  I really like Hand That Feeds, All The Love In The World, and Right Where It Belongs and particularly enjoyed Only (which was cool to see it got a video).

I guess I looked at the fact that I really liked those albums and was really getting antsy for their new stuff, and since they were good albums by the year's standards but not by their respective artists' standards, I went with what was good in 2005 to me.

One change that was made to my list was dropping Belle and Sebastian (though I liked it) and replacing it with Common - Be.
"As a matter of fact I only work with the feeling of something magical, something seemingly significant. And to keep it magical I don't want to know the story involved, I just want the hypnotic effect of it somehow seeming significant without knowing why." - Len Lye