the only two i listen to are
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and
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and the rest i like but don't listen to and would include only to look cool are:
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mogwai - mr beast
pearl jam - pearl jam
ed harcourt - the beautiful lie
röyksopp - röyksopp's night out
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Quote from: Hedwig on July 08, 2006, 12:55:16 PM
and the rest i like but don't listen to and would include only to look cool are:
the placebo album does not make you look cool
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Adam Green - Jacket Full of Danger
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Keane - Under the Iron Sea
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Gus Black - Autumn Days
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Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
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Placebo - Meds
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Tool - 10,000 Days
What's interesting is that every one of these is what I'd consider somewhat of a lesser album from each artist. 2006 has not been a banner year for me discovering new talent.
Also, it's been seven whole months without a new Ryan Adams album, and I'm starting to freak out a little.
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eh, i'm not up for pictures now.
1. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I am Dreaming
2. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
3. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
4. Oh No! Oh My! - Oh No! Oh My!
5. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - House Arrest
6. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
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i'm sure i'm forgetting some
also have to give credit to pubrick for turning me on to that presets album
man, I'm just not impressed with the gnarls barkley album. I love both ceelo, especially when goodie mobb teamed up with outkast for Dungeon Family, and Danger Mouse, but the new album just sounds so flat for me. I don't understand how it can be considered innovative soul when there is nothing that separates it from a mountain of soul music decades ago, aside from maybe recording techniques, and I don't understand how by any standard, it can be considered interesting. it's not bad music, but it's bland music. I think more than anything it shows how desperately the world needs the return of funk and soul. we still await the glorious return, but gnarls just ain't good enough.
seu jorge, make a third album.
My top 10 would look like this... I'm sure I'll revamp it, so I'll add pictures later.
10 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
9 - Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
8 - Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
7 - Sufjan Stevens - Avalanche
6 - Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
5 - The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, the Lord Has Left Us
4 - Mars Volta - Amputechture
3 - Murder By Death - In Bocca al Lupo
2 - Thom Yorke - The Eraser
1 - Tool - 10,000 Days
Hm... I like the albums, but I know this is going to get skewed later on.
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That Thom Yorke album bores the shit out of me.
Anyway, there are a few albums out this year where I like one song or two songs or maybe even three. Those are:
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (Do You Belive in Rapture)
Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming (title track)
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche (Springfield)
Mogwai - Mr. Beast (Acid Food)
Drive-By Truckers - (Daylight)
There are a couple that I like but doubt I'll listen to much after the next couple of months. Those are:
The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes
Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
Mates of State - Bring it Back
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
And a couple that I like a lot and figure I'll be listening to for a good while. Those are:
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
M. Ward - Post-War
So I guess I'm not a huge fan of the stuff that's come out so far. But who knows! Jason Molina (Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. guy) has fucking six albums planned for release here soon, the Mountain Goats have a new one out in a month or whatever, Akron/Family's got one coming up, and maybe Ryan Adams will lose him mind and release eight albums in the month of October and I'll like two of'em.
Quote from: pete on July 09, 2006, 01:12:47 PM
man, I'm just not impressed with the gnarls barkley album. I love both ceelo, especially when goodie mobb teamed up with outkast for Dungeon Family, and Danger Mouse, but the new album just sounds so flat for me. I don't understand how it can be considered innovative soul when there is nothing that separates it from a mountain of soul music decades ago, aside from maybe recording techniques, and I don't understand how by any standard, it can be considered interesting. it's not bad music, but it's bland music. I think more than anything it shows how desperately the world needs the return of funk and soul. we still await the glorious return, but gnarls just ain't good enough.
seu jorge, make a third album.
Gnarls doesn't break any new ground but it is fun to listen to, in that Gorillaz sort of way. It's in their power to turn out an amazing second album. As far as it just being a harmless fun party album, it serves its purpose, but they're by no means the second coming. But compared to the sorry state of blander yet more popular music that passes for funk or soul these days (Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Ashanti, Usher, etc... PRINCE can't even turn out a decent album anymore), Gnarls does stand out.
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Nice! I don't know if its one of the best of the year but its damn fine...damn fine
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I've been digging on this lately, with a few more listens, it might permeate into the coveted top 10.
I think it's pretty weak as a party album. gorillaz is a little more interesting. but with the list of the names you've mentioned--they're all a bit more entertaining than the new gnarls barkley album--I heard the show is something though, with cee lo working his charm and a chamber ensemble backing him up. I would not mind seeing them live. but back to the guys you've mentioned--alicia keys is a way better musician with catchier songs (and her "you don't have to call" is firmly in the vein of gnarls barkley in that they're both kinda blatant about sounding 70s. usher can dance. and beyonce--holy shit have you heard her new single with jay-Z? Crazy Right Now was such a great song and Deja Vu is an even hotter jam. I know it's probably the only song on the album that'll sound like that, but that jam kinda kicks like incredible ass.)
Quote from: hackspaced on July 10, 2006, 09:48:29 AM
Gnarls doesn't break any new ground but it is fun to listen to, in that Gorillaz sort of way. It's in their power to turn out an amazing second album. As far as it just being a harmless fun party album, it serves its purpose, but they're by no means the second coming. But compared to the sorry state of blander yet more popular music that passes for funk or soul these days (Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Ashanti, Usher, etc... PRINCE can't even turn out a decent album anymore), Gnarls does stand out.
Quote from: pete on July 10, 2006, 09:40:06 PM
I think it's pretty weak as a party album. gorillaz is a little more interesting. but with the list of the names you've mentioned--they're all a bit more entertaining than the new gnarls barkley album--I heard the show is something though, with cee lo working his charm and a chamber ensemble backing him up. I would not mind seeing them live. but back to the guys you've mentioned--alicia keys is a way better musician with catchier songs (and her "you don't have to call" is firmly in the vein of gnarls barkley in that they're both kinda blatant about sounding 70s. usher can dance. and beyonce--holy shit have you heard her new single with jay-Z? Crazy Right Now was such a great song and Deja Vu is an even hotter jam. I know it's probably the only song on the album that'll sound like that, but that jam kinda kicks like incredible ass.)
for the record, i agree with pete on everything he said, especially alicia keys. gnarls b was cool the first couple times i heard it, but in the end it made no lasting impression other than "this would be a good time to play solo cee-lo. or dungeon family. or goodie mob.
or pussycat dolls."
Quote from: polkablues on July 08, 2006, 03:06:25 PM
beth orton - comfort of strangers
Quote from: meatwad on July 09, 2006, 10:20:19 AM
beth orton - comfort of strangers
what do you guys like about this?? with the exception of three, maybe four decent tracks, i'd say the overall suck of this album cements it firmly as this year's Extraordinary Machine.
Quote from: Hedwig on July 11, 2006, 01:05:26 PM
what do you guys like about this?? with the exception of three, maybe four decent tracks, i'd say the overall suck of this album cements it firmly as this year's Extraordinary Machine.
what is the overall suck of this album? beth gets better every time she puts out a record. for me, it's all about the voice, that beautiful voice! and it's better then ever on this album. "a place inside" was the track that won me over. it reminds me of a spiritualized track the way it builds to the climax. and i'm sick of everybody sucking jim o'rourke's dick. i don't think he made much of a difference on this album, and as soon as he left sonic youth, they made one of the best albums of their career.
i would rather listen to this then the underwhelming thom yorke solo album :shock:
"Comfort of Strangers" doesn't have as many individual songs that stand out as Beth's previous stuff does, but it's a great album to put on in an empty room and let it wash over you. Like meatwad says, it's all about the voice.
she sounds bored, especially compared to the passionate way she sang on her previous albums. that was beth's specialty, singing passionately without overdoing it. her voice is beautiful but you wouldn't know it listening to a track like Rectify. like i said, there's about three good songs on there (Heart of Soul is pretty good, especially when she says "put a little love in your heaaaaart") but it's really nothing special. and i don't know how you can say it's better than Central Reservation or Trailer Park. the overall suck doesn't stop at her bored vocals, though. the tracks sound like shit too. seriously dude, Rectify is torture.
another good singer whose potential was stifled this year by crap production and boring studio performances was KT Tunstall. her album only had one great song, and i'd rather listen to that one song than any of the ones on Comfort of Snoozing.
Granted, it's not half the album Central Reservation is, but this year, I've been so underwhelmed by all the new music I've been hearing, even a half-hearted effort from a really great artist is good enough to be on my Best Of list.
I've been really liking:
RHCP - Stadium Arcadium (check Pitchfork for a terrible article on how bad it is)
Muse - Blackholes and Revelations (terrible title, but nice departure from previous albums)
The Mars Volta - Amputechture
Tool - 10,000 Days
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
Still have to listen to Thom Yorke, Camera Obscura, Mogwai, TV on the Radio, and Eagles of Death Metal.
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tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain
liars- drumsnotdead
joanna newsom - Ys
subtle - for hero: for fool
xiu xiu- the air force
adam green - jacket full of danger
sonic youth- rather ripped
pink mountaintops - axis of evol
cut chemist - the audience's listening
fiery furnaces- bitter tea
i feel like a person recieving an award because "i am forgetting a long list of people". and i still have to listen so much stuff. to me , this has been a pretty excelent music year.
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2006 - 10 Months In
I'm gonna assume that Of Montreal will push the release date of their disc up a little but, considering its due in January and its already out. With that being said:
1. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
2. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
3. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
4. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - #3
5. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
6. Ramona Cordova - The Boy Who Floated Freely
7. Oh No! Oh My! - Oh No! Oh My!
8. Destroyer - Rubies
9. The Decemberists - The Crane's Wife
10. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - House Arrest
I'm waiting for the euphoria of the new Of Montreal CD to die down, but as of now that's the best disc of the year.
BEST SONGS (limited to one per band)
Of Montreal - Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Islands - Rough Gem
Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and Shrines II
Swan Lake - Are You Swimming in Her Pools?
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Jens Lekman - I Don't Know If Shes Worth 900
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Rent a Wreck
Destroyer - Rubies
Ben Kweller - Magic
Voxtrot - Soft & Warm
The Decemberists - Sons and Daughters
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Ramona Cordova - One Day Someday
Danielson - Did I Step On Your Trumpet?
TV on the Radio - I Was a Lover
Oh No! Oh My! - I Have No Sister
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Higher and Higher
The Strokes - You Only Live Once
Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland - Promiscuous Girl
Beirut - After The Curtain
Belle and Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue
Midlake - Young Bride
that's a heck of a mix tape.
Here's a mash-up of albums from me, so far:
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(biting nails)
Where we make lists!
Top 10 Albums of 2006
1. M. Ward - Post-War
2. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
3. The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
4. Tom Waits - Orphans
5. The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes
6. Joanna Newsom - Ys
7. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
8. The Black Keys - Magic Potion
9. Summer Hymns - Backwards Masks
10. Okkervil River - Overboard and Down
11. Two Gallants - What the Toll Tells
12. The Black Keys - Chulahoma
13. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
15. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
16. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
17. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
Albums That I Don't Like Much but That Have a Song or Two That I Like a Lot
Mogwai – Mr. Beast ("Acid Food")
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House ("The Knife")
Cat Power - The Greatest ("Empty Shell")
Danielson - Ships ("Did I Step on Your Trumpet?")
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam ("Come Back," "Parachutes")
Man Man - Six Demon Bag ("Van Helsing Boombox")
The Futureheads - News & Tributes ("Skip to the End")
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped ("Do You Believe in Rapture?")
The Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse ("Daylight")
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain ("Wolf Like Me")
Califone - Roots & Crowns ("3 Legged Animals," "Sunday Noises")
Head Automatica - ("Lying Through Your Teeth," "Laughing at You")
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood ("Star Witness," "Hold On")
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go ("Love Comes to Me," "Lay and Love")
Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That ("Second to None," "Long Distance Call")
Blood Brothers - Young Machetes ("Spit Shine YOur Black Clouds," "Lazer Life")
Akron/Family - Meek Warrior ("Gone Beyond," "Meek Warrior," "Love and Space")
Swan Lake - Beast Moans ("Are You Swimming in Her Pools?" "The Freedom," "All Fires")
Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet ("Bicycle Bicycle You Are My Bibcycle," "October, First Account Track")
Feel free to make other kinds of lists. Worst CDs of the year. Best covers of the year. Worst covers of the year. Just make sure that if you do Worst covers that this makes your list:
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Because what the fuck is that shit.
1.TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
2.Thom Yorke - The Eraser
3.The Black Keys - Magic Potion
4.Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - " "
5.Broken Social Scene - " "
6.Joanna Newsom - Ys
7.Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
8.The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done
9.Wolfmother - " "
10.The Mystery Jets - Making Dens
Others:
Hot Chip - The Warning
Tapes N Tapes - The Loon
Beck - The Information
The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Two Gallants - What The Toll Tells
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
The Roots - Game Theory
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
Bob Dylan - Modern Times was good but not as good as everyone said it was.
BEST COVER:
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WORST:
Have to concur with the And You Will Know Us... cover. Quite like the band but haven't heard this record.
here ya go:
http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=9023.msg232955#msg232955
combined them. with encouragement to pursue ILAM's example.
Quote from: I Love a Magician on December 06, 2006, 04:19:31 AM
Albums That I Don't Like Much but That Have a Song or Two That I Like a Lot
Man Man - Six Demon Bag ("Van Helsing Boombox")
Really? This would definitely be in my top five if not my number one.
I guess if that song is your only pick, I could see how the rest of the album wouldn't jive with you.
Have you seen them live?
As we approach the end, a wrap up from me:
1. Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
2. The Radio Dept. - Pet Greeve
3. Sébastien Tellier - Universe
4. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
5. Daedelus - Denies the Days Demise
6. Cut Copy - Fabric Live 29
7. Michael Andrews - Hand on String
8. Ratatat - Classics
9. LCD Soundsystem - 45:33: Nike+ Original Run
10. BT - This Binary Universe
Others:
Tycho - Past is Prologue
The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
KiloWatts - Routes
Jean Michel Bernard - The Science of Sleep
Clint Mansell - The Fountain
Squarepusher - Hello Everything
Mylo - Mylo's Rough Guide To Rave
(Some of the albums I have chosen are mixes/compilations, but I treat them as albums all the same)
Best cover art:
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by one of my favorite designers/artists Geoff McFetridge
Runner ups:
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suggestions other than the greatness of Stanley Donwood's the eraser cover
Worst cover art:
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there's too many, but this competes with the one magician suggested I say
1. Joanna Newsom - Ys
2. The Guillemots - Through The Window Pane
3. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
4. The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
5. M. Ward - Post-War
6. The Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye
7. Various - A Prairie Home Companion OST
8. Nick Cave - The Proposition OST
9. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
10. Cat Power - The Greatest
Man, I've bought even less new music than I did last year! I've been catching up on lots of old stuff.
Regardless, even if I'd bought everything, I doubt I'd like anything as much as Joanna Newsom's new record.
I also liked Eraser. And I have the Man Man album, but I haven't really listened to it much yet. I need to go give it some attention.
Quote from: mogwai on December 12, 2006, 10:52:41 AM
mogwai - zidane - a 21st century portrait soundtrack
Aside from one or two tracks, I found this album very poor. I hope it works better in the context of the film.
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1. Belle & Sebastian- The Life Pursuit
favorite tracks: Another Sunny Day, White Collar Boy, Funny Little Frog
2. The Strokes- First Impressions Of Earth
favorite tracks: Heart In A Cage, Ask Me Anything, Electricityscape
3. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins- Rabbit Fur Coat
favorite tracks: Rise Up With Fists!!!, The Charging Sky, You Are What You Love
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4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Show Your Bones
favorite tracks: Mysteries, Warrior, Turn Into
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favorite tracks: Consolation Prizes, Long Distance Call, One Time Too Many
6. Cat Power- The Greatest
favorite tracks: The Greatest, Could We, Willie
7. Beck- The Information
favorite tracks: Elevator Music, Think I'm In Love, Strange Apparition
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8. Pete Yorn- Nightcrawler
favorite tracks: Vampyre, For Us, Bandstand In The Sky
9. Band Of Horses- Everything All The Time
favorite tracks: Wicked Gil, The Funeral, Weed Party
10. The Hold Steady- Boys And Girls In America
favorite tracks: Stuck Between Stations, Chips Ahoy, Hot Soft Light
11. Jarvis Cocker- Jarvis
favorite tracks: Black Magic, Heavy Weather, I Will Kill Again
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12. My Morning Jacket- Okonokos
favorite tracks: Gideon, One Big Holiday, Run Thru
13. The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
favorite tracks: The Crane Wife 3, Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then), O Valencia
14. Pete Yorn- Westerns EP
favorite tracks: The Man, Never My Love, Don't Mean Nothing
15. The Gothic Archies- The Tragic Treasury
favorite tracks: Scream And Run Away, Crows, Walking My Gargoyle
Quote from: Astrostic on December 06, 2006, 09:37:37 PM
3. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Quote from: modage on December 19, 2006, 11:05:27 PM
8. Pete Yorn- Nightcrawler
9. Band Of Horses- Everything All The Time
13. The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
14. Pete Yorn- Westerns EP
Quote from: mogwai on December 12, 2006, 10:52:41 AM
ed harcourt - the beautiful lie
Also:
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Pilot Speed - Into the West
Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
Damien Rice - 9
Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
David Poe - Live & Solo at the Artists Den
Big disappointment - No new Ryan Adams album (and no, the Willie Nelson thing doesn't count).
Quote from: polkablues on December 20, 2006, 12:51:48 AM
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
YES!
QuoteNellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
I found this album to be tragically disappointing, compared to her first.
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why is that hold steady album ranking soo high on everyone's list?
i heard it when it leaked and it bored me to death. then i heard it again cos a friend of mine told me , you gotta listen to it glued to the lyrics, so i did that, but it bored me even more.
anyway, i think my top ten is the following:
jarvis- jarvis
subtle - for hero:for fool
tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain
joanna newsom - ys
apples in stereo - new magnetic wonder
sonic youth - rather ripped
cornelius - sensuous
cut chemist - the audience's listening
liars - drum's not dead
mogwai - mr beast
honorable mentions:
the black keys- magic potion
the divine comedy - victory for the comic muse
xiu xiu - the air force
the peeping tom album
pizzicato five we love you
and that orphans album by tom waits , although i haven't listened to it in its entirety, the parts i've heard sounds like the best collection of leftovers ever. my vote for song of the year goes to 'road to peace'
great great stuff all around. 'cept for the hold steady :)
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the album begins to trail off a bit for me towards the middle but Hot Soft Light is probably my most played song this year, so for that i have to give it credit. but you cant list Apples In Stereo cause thats an 07 release!
What a year. Lots of changes...
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Quote from: Walrus on December 20, 2006, 09:38:09 PM
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I think I'm getting more into this. I hope to like it as much as Roomsound and Quicksand Cradlesnakes here soon.
Quote from: Ghostboy on December 20, 2006, 01:00:23 AM
Quote from: polkabluesNellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
I found this album to be tragically disappointing, compared to her first.
Not as good as her first, for sure, but far from disappointing.
Here's a few more I forgot the first time around:
Keane - Under the Iron Sea
Placebo - Meds
Gus Black - Autumn Days
And the "One great song amidst a sea of mediocrity" award goes to... Augustana, for "Bullets".
Quote from: Walrus on December 20, 2006, 09:38:09 PM
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Finally! Someone acknowledges this awesome CD
Quote from: modage on December 20, 2006, 08:04:29 PM
. but you cant list Apples In Stereo cause thats an 07 release!
get the fuck out of here!! that thing leaked like, 3 months ago and it's being released in february 6. wawaweewa.
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The Roots - Games Theory
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Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
i'm a little overwhelmed and depressed after reading the "best of" lists floating around on the internet. i thought i stayed on top of everything that i wanted to this year, but after downloading some of the "best songs of the year" at various hipster blog spots i found that i missed a lot that i probably would have enjoyed. peter bjorn and john's "young folks" is on constant repeat right now. i just wish i got there earlier. here's my list, i guess:
1. joanna newsom - ys
2. destroyer - rubies
3. final fantasy - he poos clouds
4. sunset ruddown - shut up i am dreaming
5. suburban kids with biblical names - #3
6. belle and sebastian - the life pursuit
7. camera obscura - let's get out of this country
8. the decemberists - the crane wife
9. oh no! oh my! - oh no! oh my!
10. ramona cordova - the boy who floated freely
Quote from: I Love a Magician on December 20, 2006, 11:59:37 PM
Quote from: Walrus on December 20, 2006, 09:38:09 PM
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I think I'm getting more into this. I hope to like it as much as Roomsound and Quicksand Cradlesnakes here soon.
It still hasn't surpassed Roomsound or Heron King Blues to me, but that doesn't mean it's a bad album. It's still pretty solid.
Also, Cornelius' "Sensuous" weaves in and out of my list, up and down in an endless spiral.
1. Dan Sartain -- Join Dan Sartain[/size]
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a few others in no particular order:
Blood Brothers -- Young Machetes
The Hold Steady -- Boyz & Girlz 'n Amerika
Hot Snakes -- Thunder Down Under (live albums count right?)
Radio Birdman -- Zeno Beach
Black Heart Procession -- The Spell
The Aggrolites -- The Aggrolites
The Marked Men -- Fix My Brain
things I'll probably edit my list to include once I hear them:
Tom Waits -- Orphans
Dallas Crane -- Factory Girls
I just picked up Bonnie Prince Billy's The Letting Go, and I think it's really beautiful. Probably my second favorite new thing I've heard so far this year, after Ys.
I also got the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, finally, and I really like it a lot, although not enough to put it on a list.
I also bought Scott Walker's The Drift. I'm trying to get into it, but I'm having a lot of trouble so far. But I've seen it on a lot of other year end lists, so I'm going to keep listening...
Quote from: GoneSavage on December 27, 2006, 04:45:59 PM
The Aggrolites -- The Aggrolites
I saw them open for the Aquabats, but I caught them midset. They still put on quite a show.