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| speedy_m |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 07:30:48
So we're 75% through the tumultuous time historian will look upon and call "2007". During that time, thousands of albums were released. Here are a few of my favourites, in no order.
The National - Boxer
"Apartment Story"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnI28bdZylM
Feist - The Reminder
"1234"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Z-DIAthbM
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
"Imitosis"
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=16001163
Robert Pollard - Coast to Coast Carpet of Love
full album stream
http://mergerecords.com/jukeboxes/dynamic_jukebox.php?juke_id=48
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
"The Underdog"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LenPKPqvdJA
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
"The Perfect Me"
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2011558013
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 10/19/2007 : 10:04:14
Mine still hasn't arrived. HMV are having trouble getting hold of it.
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| speedy_m |
Posted - 10/19/2007 : 09:58:37
I've finally gotten around to really listneing to Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover in preparation for the show. It's really growing on me.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 10/19/2007 : 09:55:57
Well Band of Horses, 'Cease to Begin' has not dissapointed. Defintiely one of the best of the year so far.
I'd also like to add Apples in Stereo, 'New Magnetic Wonder'. I finally got hold of it after seeing them in Barcelona in May, and it's brilliant. Twenty four tracks, but really good quality throughout. Excellent pop music.
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| cassandra is |
Posted - 10/04/2007 : 00:45:39
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
So the whole Besnard Lakes album is a good one huh? Maybe I should give it a try.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
indeed, it's worth a try IMO
Oh and I forgot to mention this great one:
Low - Drums And Guns
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 10/02/2007 : 10:20:00
So the whole Besnard Lakes album is a good one huh? Maybe I should give it a try.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| cassandra is |
Posted - 10/02/2007 : 09:20:37
Black Francis - Bluefinger
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Blonde Redhead - 23
Jesu - Conqueror
John Zorn - Six Litanies For Heliogabalus
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
Tomahawk - Anonymous
Shannon Wright - Let In The Light
Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me
The Besnard Lakes - Are The Dark Horse
Rien - Il Ne Peut Y Avoir De Prédiction Sans Avenir
Arnaud Michniak - Poing Perdu
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| Jose Jones |
Posted - 10/01/2007 : 17:37:44
of montreal - hissing fauna
-----not as good as sunlandic twins, but what is?
the shins - wincing the night away
-----awesome. as usual.
spoon - ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga
-----i love this album! holy shit, there's so much going on in each song. these guys are just too good.
bluefinger
---obviously
new pornos is pretty good.
modest mouse's new one is pretty damn good.
FANCEY!!!!!! if you guys aren't familiar with this, then get familiar. this guy, todd fancey, is in the new pornos. awesome.
fiery furnaces - widow city
--------solid.
iron and wine - shepherds dog
--------swirling.
new earlimart is enjoyable. very much.
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| shineoftheever |
Posted - 09/30/2007 : 17:41:10
also the best of 93-03 live discs are pretty rockin'!
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 09/30/2007 : 07:35:02
I completely forgot about The Else, I haven't listened to it a lot but I'm impressed with it so far. Plus it comes with a bonus disc with some great songs on it too.
"The arc of triumph" |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 09/30/2007 : 06:57:36
well i haven't heard Challengers yet so we're even.
 "How do you like that, Sir Harold?
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/30/2007 : 04:25:28
Stop showing off because you have heard Random SPirit Lover already.
I thought Some Loud Thunder was out last year. If it was this year, then I agree.
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| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 20:11:54
i love these kinda topics:
andrew bird - armchair apocrypha
apples in stereo - new magnetic wonder
arcade fire - neon bible
arctic monkeys - favourite worst nightmare
bluefinger
the bravery - the sun and the moon
cyhsy - some loud thunder
elliott smith - new moon
elvis perkins - ash wednesday
kevin drew - spirit if...
mason proper - there is a moth in your chest
modest mouse - we were dead...
of montreal - hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?
sea wolf - leaves in the river
the shins - wincing the night away
spoon - ga ga ga ga ga
stars - in our bedroom after the war
sunset rubdown - random spirit lover
I could kill you sure, but I could only make you cry with these words...
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 11:25:22
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Twilight Sad - 14 Autumns and 15 Winters
Caribou - Andorra
Fridge - The Sun |
| VoVat |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 09:09:44
I haven't heard very many new albums this year, and most of the ones that I have weren't as good as I might have hoped. Let me see:
Erin McKeown - Sing You Sinners
Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
Rasputina - Oh Perilous World
New Pornographers - Challengers
TMBG - The Else
Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Bluefinger
Testify, the new Simpsons soundtrack album
And that's all so far. Carolyn Mark has a new album out, but I haven't been able to find it in my area.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| The Holiday Son |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 04:36:51
Neon Bible is by far the album of the year. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 03:16:26
I didn't mention The New Pornographers because it was too obvious. I just wanted to mention one that people may not know about, but yeah I do love it. Anyway, Neon Bible is still a huge highlight for me. I still prefer it to Funeral.
Kings Of Leon and The Shins are still two of my favourites of the year, and The Go! Team's new one, although very similar to the first, is also very good.
Silversun Pickups, The Ponys and The Kissaway Trail came out of nowhere to surprise me, and Cold War Kids is still my favourite of the year so far.
Interpol's is still a let down, but QOTSA's latest has grown on me.
The big one for me is going to be the next Band of Horses album, out in just over a week's time, as is Sunset Rubdown's new one. Very excited by both.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 00:29:00
Can't believe you didn't like Neon Bible. That's just crazy talk. I'd say as good as Funeral.
 "Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 16:19:28
forgot about spoon. not their greatest but still pretty good, kinda like gimme fiction, both solid albums with a few future inclusions on their greatest hits and/or boxed sets.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 16:17:17
haven't heard the new sfa.
i am loving bluefinger, let'stay friends (lsf), kaiser chiefs (yours truly, angry mob), go team 's second effort definitely equals their first. kings of leon's newest one is pretty good IMO. ted leo's last one is good but a bit of a let down. i really like the aliens astronomy for dogs (not sure if this counts as 2007)
i agree on the let downs - bloc party, futureheads, might even include interpol but i have only heard it once at a friends house and i was drinking, but i remember saying they've gone down hill.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| Jefrey |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 16:01:50
I like seedy_m's list:
Let's Be Friends - Les Savy Fav might make the list. It should easily make the top 25%. Check it out speedy.
There's also a new Super Furry Animals, which I don't love, but don't hate - it's got 4 or 5 really good tracks. It may not technically come out this year.
!!! - Myth Takes
New Pornographers - Challengers: not as perfect as their last 3, but still better than most. Like a Frank Black album - even their worst stuff is still better than most people's best!
Qu'ils aillent se faire foutre <-- yeah, what he said. |
| breakmybody |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 14:55:40
Sorry Mike, but I loved so much Neon Bible that I couldn't shut my mouth! In my opinion they really could make another masterpiece, that's why they are so good, they were able to change. And I'm glad that I could see them again in Lisbon, it was a wonderful concert.
I like a lot The National too.
Lisa Gerrard - Silver Tree
And last but not least, Interpol - Our Love To Admire
I don't know why, but I know I can't stay
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| speedy_m |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 13:40:54
I really haven't listened to a lot of music this year. Or at least, I haven't liked a lot of what I've heard. Some dissapointing albums released by bands I was really looking forward to, like Arcade Fire, Interpol, The Futureheads, The Walkmen, Maximo Park, Bloc Party... basically buzz bands whose second album I didn't really care for. I'd still call myself an AF fan, as Neon Bible was good, it was just a let down after the phenominal Funeral. The other bands though... I just got really tired of their sound. Besides, the fucking KINKS man. Who cares what was released in 2007.
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 12:07:03
I'm still having a difficult time with Era Vulgaris.
Nobody mentioned the New Pornographers?
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 12:02:57
In no order alpha order:
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Black Francis - Bluefinger
Kristin Hersh - Learn to Sing Like a Star
Other Men - Wake Up Swimming
Paul Mosley - Fear
Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Rob Crow - Living Well
They Might Be Giants - The Else
Tomahawk - Anonymous
Waiting for Ween's "Cucaracha" and Neil Young's "Chrome Dreams II"...
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 10:45:17
Time to post a Battles video link
"Atlas" - genius
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 10:29:42
Bluefinger.
I think The Good, The Bad & The Queen was very good too.
"The arc of triumph" |
| jediroller |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 10:29:22
Bluefinger (duh)
Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter
Paul Mosley - Fear
Paul Mosley - Then I Woke Up And It Was All A Dream
Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
Rob Crow - Living Well
Kristin Hersh - Learn to Sing Like a Star
Lightning Dust - Lightning Dust
Cephalic Carnage - Xenosapien
Melt-Banana - Bambi's Dilemma
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
Other Men - Wake Up Swimming
Battles - Mirrored
Oxbow - The Narcotic Story
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Down For Good - Here, No One Can Hear You
The Good, the Bad & the Queen - S/T
Dälek - Abandoned Language
Hacride - Amoeba
Thee, Stranded Horse - Churning Strides
Danny Cohen - Shades Of Dorian Gray
Baroness - Red Album
Yakuza - Transmutations
 Awesome! I fuckin' shot this!
"Les Blackolero, y sont forts en sacramant" - Czar | 06/26/2007 | 20:10:34
free music | Blackolero | Frank Black & Pixies Tributes |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 10:25:03
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar/Lon Gisland E.P (two for the price of one)
"Postcard From Italy" & "Elephant Gun"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5hg0maVNw&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjeh6P4sRfw
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 09:31:30
Thanks for sharing speedy, I always check out your faves although I have checked a few of them already.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| coastline |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 07:45:10
My favorite this year is The Good, The Bad & The Queen.
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
