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| VoVat |
Posted - 12/04/2005 : 11:32:15
We already had a similar thread earlier in the year, but now that the year's almost over, I'm sure we can address the issue more accurately.
I'd say my Top Ten (in approximate order) would be:
1. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
2. Frank Black - Honeycomb
3. Laura Cantrell - Humming by the Flowered Vine
4. The Decemberists - Picaresque
5. Carolyn Mark - Just Married: An Album of Duets
6. Rasputina - A Radical Recital
7. Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
8. They Might Be Giants - Here Come the ABCs
9. Hypnotic Clambake - Mayonnaise
10. Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
The only other three new ones that I've heard this year (as far as I can remember) were the ones by the Posies, Johnny Hickman, and Erin McKeown.
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| vilainde |
Posted - 03/01/2006 : 03:12:04
Didding up this thread. I was just looking for a place to say how much I love Antony and the Johnsons. I missed it when it was released and bought the album last week, and it's been on constant rotation since then. It's probably because I love Bryan Ferry and he reminds me a lot of him. My fave track has to be You Are My Sister, the duet with Boy George. Fucking amazing. It's weird how nearly no one mentioned it in this thread. Maybe it's because it's been played a lot since the mercury prize, I don't know, I don't listen to the radio.
Denis
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| therewererumours |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 12:55:16
LOL, very true, one or two of the songs reminds me of Adam and the Ants.
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| tacolicker |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 09:59:04
quote:
Originally posted by therewererumours
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Originally posted by tacolicker
my favs generally appearing closer to the top
Feels - Animal Collective
I'm still hooked on Sung Tongs. I have to give Feels some more spins, it's less avant garde but just as infectious.
yes, but that's why I like it more. I can play it when other people are around and they don't run out of the room screaming |
| therewererumours |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 09:52:57
quote:
Originally posted by tacolicker
my favs generally appearing closer to the top
Feels - Animal Collective
I'm still hooked on Sung Tongs. I have to give Feels some more spins, it's less avant garde but just as infectious.
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| tacolicker |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 09:28:39
my favs generally appearing closer to the top
Transistor Radio - M. Ward
Kensington Blues - Jack Rose
LCD Soundsystem (s/t)
Feels - Animal Collective
How Howl Gaff Gaff - The Shout Out Louds
OK Cowboy - Vitalic
Broken Social Scene (s/t)
Tanglewood Numbers - Silver Jews
Runners Four - Deerhoof
Arular - M.I.A.
Oceans Apart - The Go-Betweens
Coles Corner - Richard Hawley
Separation Sunday - The Hold Steady
The Best Party Ever - The Boy Least Likely To
Multiply - Jamie Lidell
Honorable mentions
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
Cripple Crow - Devendra Banhart
Everything Ecstatic - Four Tet
Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade
No Wow - The Kills
Iron and Wine (two EPS)
Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
EP - Fiery Furnaces
Biggest disappointment:
Picaresque - The Decemberists |
| therewererumours |
Posted - 01/13/2006 : 21:39:01
John Doe - Forever Hasn't Happened Yet.
Twin Brother alone is golden.
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| benji |
Posted - 01/13/2006 : 21:04:37
von is ok. i think it is their weakest album. they've revamped two of the songs off von - von and hafssol which are now totally different and the highlights of their live shows.
don't think they've been playing them recently tho.
the one video of theirs which isn't on the same thme is vidrar, which i also think is their best....it's really very beautiful. weird but beautiful.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/12/2006 : 06:11:56
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Originally posted by benji
i saw the video for that when i was back in NZ. was disappointed (again) in the video. just like all their other ones. sure, i can understand that they have a bit of the theme going, but they need to vary them just slightly, whereas seemed exactly the same as svefn-g-englar almost to me...
sorry for seeming so bitter, just was really really looking forward to the album, and kinda heartbroken to have found it so disappointing.
they're playing near me (nearest city - 1200km away) in april, but in some dumbass festival.
if they were playing by their own i'd go, but not for some festival....
Join the Cult of Fat!
I am just happy to have found them. What is Von like? It seems to have the weakest reviews out them all, but it's the only one I don't have so I will definitely get it eventually.
I really like their videos, but then I have only ever seen the ones from Takk and Untitled 1. Definitely a theme going, as you say.
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 07:12:49
i've officially compiled my best of list for my blog, so here it is:
1. Sufjan Stevens Illinoise
2. The New Pornographers Twin Cinema
3. The Bad Plus Suspicious Activity?
4. Stephen Malkmus Face the Truth
5. Calexico/Iron and Wine In The Reigns
6. Frank Black Honeycomb
7. Scott Amendola Band Believe
8. Menomena Under an Hour
9. The King of France The King of France
10. Sleater-Kinney The Woods
11. Low The Great Destroyer
12. Ween Shinola, Vol. 1
13. Devendra Banhart Cripple Crow
14. Minus The Bear Menos El Oso
15. El Ten Eleven El Ten Eleven
16. Clor - Clor
17. Paul McCartney Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
18. Liz Janes and Create(!) Liz Janes and Create(!)
19. 50 Ft. Wave Free Music
20. Happy Apple The Peace Between Our Companies
21. Bright Eyes Im Wide Awake Its Morning
22. Deerhoof The Runners Four
23. Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene
24. Ray Davies Thanksgiving Day
25. Iron and Wine Woman King
26. My Morning Jacket Z
27. Kanye West Late Registration
28. Petra Haden - Sings The Who Sell Out
29. Prefuse 73 - Reads the Books
30. Animal Collective Feels
-Brian
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 06:35:16
I'm told there's a marching band thing going on live, not that I'd know, couldn't see a bloody thing. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 06:08:37
I saw them last year, definitely worth seeing. I agree with Isaac though, I preferred the previous two albums.
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| benji |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 05:46:40
i saw the video for that when i was back in NZ. was disappointed (again) in the video. just like all their other ones. sure, i can understand that they have a bit of the theme going, but they need to vary them just slightly, whereas seemed exactly the same as svefn-g-englar almost to me...
sorry for seeming so bitter, just was really really looking forward to the album, and kinda heartbroken to have found it so disappointing.
they're playing near me (nearest city - 1200km away) in april, but in some dumbass festival.
if they were playing by their own i'd go, but not for some festival....
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 05:37:35
Fair enough.
I think Hoppipola may be the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. Can't wait to see them in March.
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| benji |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 05:34:01
well it just doesn't live up to the same heights as their previous albums.
sure, i really like the studio versions of the tracks they've been playing live for years...ie milano is brilliant, however, the other ones just don't do anything for me.
maybe i just need to give it more time, but with the other records, i didn't need too, they were just brilliant from listen 1.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 05:22:33
How can you be dissapointed by anything they have ever done? Pah, call yourself a fan?
Seriously though, it's my favourite of theirs overall.
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| benji |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 01:55:07
i didn't buy many albums in 2005. i was very selective, but my favs are:
1. Die! Die! Die! - Die! Die! Die!
2. Die! Die! Die! - Die! Die! Die! EP
3. 50 Foot Wave - Golden Ocean
4. Micah P. Hinson - ...And The Gospel of Progress (actually this might have been released in late 2004....)
5. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
and was terribly disappointed by Sigur Ros - Takk
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| Carl |
Posted - 01/11/2006 : 00:26:11
RJD.
The man. The legend.
 pas de dutchie! |
| Domestiques |
Posted - 01/10/2006 : 21:49:06
yeah but he has rocked a long long time.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/09/2006 : 05:07:59
What an asshole. I have now ordered the album from Amazon.
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| Thomas |
Posted - 01/09/2006 : 05:03:33
Ronnie James Dio(s) didn't like that is sounded to close to his name so he sued and won. Hence the name change. What a prick.
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
quote:
Originally posted by Jose Jones
actually, over here it was called dios - "dios". they had to change their name, so they changed it to dios (malos) and now their second album is also self titled.
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown.
They have a second album!?!?!? Excellent. Thanks Jose!
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/09/2006 : 04:44:02
quote:
Originally posted by Jose Jones
actually, over here it was called dios - "dios". they had to change their name, so they changed it to dios (malos) and now their second album is also self titled.
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown.
They have a second album!?!?!? Excellent. Thanks Jose!
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| The King Of Karaoke |
Posted - 01/06/2006 : 11:54:57
I think I'm going to have to go with this gem. At first I had a hard time getting into it but now I'm listening to it everyday.
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| Jose Jones |
Posted - 01/06/2006 : 11:48:57
actually, over here it was called dios - "dios". they had to change their name, so they changed it to dios (malos) and now their second album is also self titled.
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/04/2006 : 06:09:11
quote:
Originally posted by Jose Jones
dios (malos) - "dios (malos)"
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown.
That was out last year over here. Seems odd that it would be this year over there.
I would like to add Takk by Sigor Ros. Stunning.
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| Jose Jones |
Posted - 01/02/2006 : 17:11:49
as i think of them...
the raveonettes - "pretty in black"
the new pornographers - "twin cinema"
the spinto band - "nice and nicely done"
the fiery furnaces - "EP"
sufjan stevens - "illinoise"
rogue wave - "descended like vultures"
spoon - "gimme fiction"
dios (malos) - "dios (malos)"
the decemberists - "picaresque"
broken social scene - "s/t"
calexico/ iron and wine - "in the reins"
frank black - "honeycomb"
m. ward - "transistor radio
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown. |
| Malax |
Posted - 01/02/2006 : 12:01:32
The Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever
I May've Joined The Cult Of Frank If I Knew What The Balls Was Going On.
*Adapted By Carolynanna* |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 01/01/2006 : 04:32:06
shout out louds - howl howl gaff gaff
kaiser chiefs - employment
spoon - gimme fiction
super furry animals - love kraft
frank black - honeycomb
bob mould = body of song
billy idol - devil's plyground
bloc party - silent alam
doves - some cities
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| Thomas |
Posted - 12/31/2005 : 20:56:14
Not much new music for me this year.
Autolux - Future Perfect
Comas - Conductor (yes this is 2004 release but I got it this year and it is such a great album)
Happy New Year!
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
| klikger |
Posted - 12/30/2005 : 12:37:17
err sorry... ;) iTunes playlist alphabetical order. |
| VoVat |
Posted - 12/30/2005 : 12:16:52
What kind of crazy alphabetical order is it where definite articles count?
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| LoafingOaf |
Posted - 12/30/2005 : 04:01:43
Hmm...I'm still catching up in the past few previous years.....
Besides Frank Black's album, hmm...I dug Regina Spektor's CD "Soviet Kitsch." Good lyrics, fun and adventurous album, well produced -- it sounds like she playing around on the piano right there in the room with you. I think she's got a good spirit.
Um...I liked Cobra Verde's covers album, "Copycat Killers," a lot.
Ah whatever, I can't think of what albums are stamped with "2005" right this moment. Those'll do.
Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling. |
| klikger |
Posted - 12/30/2005 : 02:41:22
1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (by a huge margin)
Other 2005 faves in alphabetical order:
Beck - Guero
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Castanets - First Light's Freeze
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t
Frank Black - Honeycomb
Ladytron - Witching Hour
M.I.A. - Arular
Page France - Hello, Dear Wind
Sigur Ros - Takk
Son Volt - Okemah and the Melody of Riot
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
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| Brackish Girl |
Posted - 12/29/2005 : 19:52:49
sleater kinney- the woods
malcolm middleton- into the woods
nada surf- the weight is a gift
sufjan stevens- illinoise
sun kil moon- tiny cities
arcade fire- funeral
mogwai- gov't commissions
rufus wainright- want two
ry cooder- chavez ravine
magnetophone- the man who ate the man
british sea power- open season
stars-set yourself on fire
frank black-honeycomb
they got the keys to the city but we got a lotta shakin in our hips! |
| VoVat |
Posted - 12/11/2005 : 10:44:38
I hate Gwen Stefani as well, but I'm still curious as to what she smells like. I'm guessing some kind of cheap crackwhore perfume.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| zub_the_goat |
Posted - 12/10/2005 : 15:58:48
in all honesty i dont mind stefani that much....but tragic kingdom was the first album i ever bought and fell in love with it, so im probably pretty biased |
