What have you bought so far this year. I'm talking the entire cd . I just picked up The Kills "Blood Pressures" and The Vaccines " What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?"
Any favorites or disappointments so far?
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2011 Releases
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2011 Releases
by tileboy » Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:22 am
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by Frau_Blucher » Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:07 pm
There's two obvious favorites for me so far...wait for it...wait...
[b]British Sea Power[/b] and [b]The Joy Formidable[/b]: I have to say that neither album fully satisfed at first. The former with Valhalla Dancehall is just a jumble of odd song placements, and I originally gave it a 5/10 on my running year-to-date list. But BSP have put out a remarkable amount of material ina slew of recent releases - the 13-track album, its 5-track bonus disc, an 8-track EP, and a 9-track alt versions and demos disc. At the end of the day, I love tons of tracks from it. At the end of the year, I'll likely give the album an 8.5 - it's not a 9, a truly great album - but I'd go back to it for the few truly favorite tracks before pretty much anything else.
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TJF disappointed for different reasons - not quite enough good new material IMHO. I guess it's not fair to judge their first full album, The Big Roar, on having heard so much of their material for so long as an early adopter. In fairness, if I had heard all of this album for the first time, I'd have been wow'd. As it is, the new songs aren't as good as their originals on the EP, and the few old ones carries over to the new album still carry that album. Again though, if I take it in a vacuum, I give it an 8.5 - likely a 9 otherwise but with the slight dilution I mention.
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Outside of these two, Romania's (!) [b]The Amsterdams[/b] with Electromagnetic might have one of the most intriguing albums thus far. Still not enough listens to give it a rating, but whenever it comes on in my mix of this year's albums, I find myself tapping along to it pretty happily. Definitely leaning toward the straight guitar pop side of new wave - I'd have guessed Swedish. Their previous single but the album's mostly like this:
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I've already talked a lot about [b]Yuck's[/b] s/t album. It's totally a tip to or even a rip-off of Dinosaur Jr. I really don't care. That matters when it's done poorly, but I think they do it really well. It's not a hugely strong album - maybe an 8/10? There's some dead spots, the vocal mixing is shit, and too often an air of sameyness, but it's still great guitar-driven pop-rock.
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I've skirted around some [b]Faith Assembly[/b] tracks in the past, but the album Dreams From Arcadia really channels a goth-inflected new wave as well as they've ever done. I don't have a full verdict on the album yet but it could be Duran Duran or the Human League in parts.
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Okay, [b]Fleet Foxes'[/b] Helplessness Blues...I really disliked the direction this new album took at first. It didn't grab me at all. But that first album was the same way. The year of the s/t release, I didn't even go see them at SXSW. Then a couple months laters, during a walk in the woods, the album bowled me over. A similar epiphany took place during a drive with this one. Jury's still a bit out. And I know it's not really next wave.
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[b]Morning Teleportation's[/b] Expanding Anyway is a really good straight-thru listen. It's built as an album. It's hard to appreciate if sampling some singles in front of a computer for example. But put on the Pod and go for a walk or a drive, and it really shines. It really doesn't even sound like "my kind of music", but maybe because it's so different than the standard boring white boy indie, I'm drawn to it...at least for now. I'd call it Indie Prog Pop.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TKTbbf4z1PQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I mentioned previously that I really liked an early single from [b]Craft Spells[/b]. Their album Idle Labor is fair but really suffers from poor vocal mixing in my opinion - a near fatal tendency by their shit label. Still, they bring forward some incredibly nice melodies. Very new wave. Cover is an obvious homage to PCL.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dz5TyxirhFQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Not surprisingly, [b]Cut Copy's[/b] Zonoscope is dancetastic channeling of that type of new wave. Again, could easily be the Human League in spots. I say turn off the guilty pleasure radar and enjoy it.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/P4-L5kLBd9U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]Bell X1[/b] have come back strong back strong and nailed that next wave sound again with Bloodless Coup. Their sound feels very mature (4 or 5 albums?), they leave some space in their songs, and it's varied stuff.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FXevL7hvpgU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]The Decemberists'[/b] The Kings Is Dead feels like one of their most mainstream albums. It's another one that's really listenable as an album straight-thru. Not sure tons of it catches the ear as singles. I think this band really deserve everything that Arcade Fire are receiving, because in my mind, they do that sort of thing (whatever that is) better, more-intelligently, and perhaps a bit too Americana-ishly this time for some.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Hh50rpjU1iY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]Devotchka[/b] are another really pleasant and mature-sounding album listen. 100 Lovers is bit electronic in parts and maybe a bit folksy or even gypsish in others. They do bust out the accordion in spots. They're hard to classify. Different. i might be drawn mostly because of that and could end up disliking them. Like it for now though.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LZD0HA91NlQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]Raveonettes'[/b] singles have really grabbed me, but the album Raven in the Grave hasn't so much. I think part of it that there's been so much to listen to after a slow start to the year. I'll have to revisit it. I'm likely being impatient.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/49PKoAU07qY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Oh, and Mogwai's Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will is a given. A rare album-oriented sorta-electronicky album. Some call them post-rock, but It think they're more accessible than that.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8Jv64uhCIrU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Lastly, I don't know why I've tended to ignore new albums by [b]The Cars, Wire, the Human League, Duran Duran, The Smithereens[/b], and even [b]Moby[/b] (ahem). Maybe I'm in a going forward and not backward kinda mood. If I'm completely honest, they're all really fun listens, Even Duran Duran. Both they and the Human League nail their classic sounds the best, but maybe the time for that exact sound has come and passed and it'll never be a passion again, just a fun curiosity. Even Moby's song's have snuck up on me and I thought "Hey, this is pretty good. Who is this...ah shit, it's fucking Moby. Dammit." Wire is surprisingly likely on the bottom of this short list - I think they missed the mark a bit with too little melody and good song structure. The best of the bunch is easily The Smithereens - a real surprise. I'll have better assessments of all these by the end of summer I think.
[b]British Sea Power[/b] and [b]The Joy Formidable[/b]: I have to say that neither album fully satisfed at first. The former with Valhalla Dancehall is just a jumble of odd song placements, and I originally gave it a 5/10 on my running year-to-date list. But BSP have put out a remarkable amount of material ina slew of recent releases - the 13-track album, its 5-track bonus disc, an 8-track EP, and a 9-track alt versions and demos disc. At the end of the day, I love tons of tracks from it. At the end of the year, I'll likely give the album an 8.5 - it's not a 9, a truly great album - but I'd go back to it for the few truly favorite tracks before pretty much anything else.
<iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N3_FIWGkr-Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
TJF disappointed for different reasons - not quite enough good new material IMHO. I guess it's not fair to judge their first full album, The Big Roar, on having heard so much of their material for so long as an early adopter. In fairness, if I had heard all of this album for the first time, I'd have been wow'd. As it is, the new songs aren't as good as their originals on the EP, and the few old ones carries over to the new album still carry that album. Again though, if I take it in a vacuum, I give it an 8.5 - likely a 9 otherwise but with the slight dilution I mention.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a2BUEzdjfpY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Outside of these two, Romania's (!) [b]The Amsterdams[/b] with Electromagnetic might have one of the most intriguing albums thus far. Still not enough listens to give it a rating, but whenever it comes on in my mix of this year's albums, I find myself tapping along to it pretty happily. Definitely leaning toward the straight guitar pop side of new wave - I'd have guessed Swedish. Their previous single but the album's mostly like this:
<iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3HwF6kL3oqY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I've already talked a lot about [b]Yuck's[/b] s/t album. It's totally a tip to or even a rip-off of Dinosaur Jr. I really don't care. That matters when it's done poorly, but I think they do it really well. It's not a hugely strong album - maybe an 8/10? There's some dead spots, the vocal mixing is shit, and too often an air of sameyness, but it's still great guitar-driven pop-rock.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Kz7vyrFhFE8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I've skirted around some [b]Faith Assembly[/b] tracks in the past, but the album Dreams From Arcadia really channels a goth-inflected new wave as well as they've ever done. I don't have a full verdict on the album yet but it could be Duran Duran or the Human League in parts.
<iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cbm7gEIgmRg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Okay, [b]Fleet Foxes'[/b] Helplessness Blues...I really disliked the direction this new album took at first. It didn't grab me at all. But that first album was the same way. The year of the s/t release, I didn't even go see them at SXSW. Then a couple months laters, during a walk in the woods, the album bowled me over. A similar epiphany took place during a drive with this one. Jury's still a bit out. And I know it's not really next wave.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KyP0DACgdgc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]Morning Teleportation's[/b] Expanding Anyway is a really good straight-thru listen. It's built as an album. It's hard to appreciate if sampling some singles in front of a computer for example. But put on the Pod and go for a walk or a drive, and it really shines. It really doesn't even sound like "my kind of music", but maybe because it's so different than the standard boring white boy indie, I'm drawn to it...at least for now. I'd call it Indie Prog Pop.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TKTbbf4z1PQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I mentioned previously that I really liked an early single from [b]Craft Spells[/b]. Their album Idle Labor is fair but really suffers from poor vocal mixing in my opinion - a near fatal tendency by their shit label. Still, they bring forward some incredibly nice melodies. Very new wave. Cover is an obvious homage to PCL.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dz5TyxirhFQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Not surprisingly, [b]Cut Copy's[/b] Zonoscope is dancetastic channeling of that type of new wave. Again, could easily be the Human League in spots. I say turn off the guilty pleasure radar and enjoy it.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/P4-L5kLBd9U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]Bell X1[/b] have come back strong back strong and nailed that next wave sound again with Bloodless Coup. Their sound feels very mature (4 or 5 albums?), they leave some space in their songs, and it's varied stuff.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FXevL7hvpgU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]The Decemberists'[/b] The Kings Is Dead feels like one of their most mainstream albums. It's another one that's really listenable as an album straight-thru. Not sure tons of it catches the ear as singles. I think this band really deserve everything that Arcade Fire are receiving, because in my mind, they do that sort of thing (whatever that is) better, more-intelligently, and perhaps a bit too Americana-ishly this time for some.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Hh50rpjU1iY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]Devotchka[/b] are another really pleasant and mature-sounding album listen. 100 Lovers is bit electronic in parts and maybe a bit folksy or even gypsish in others. They do bust out the accordion in spots. They're hard to classify. Different. i might be drawn mostly because of that and could end up disliking them. Like it for now though.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LZD0HA91NlQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[b]Raveonettes'[/b] singles have really grabbed me, but the album Raven in the Grave hasn't so much. I think part of it that there's been so much to listen to after a slow start to the year. I'll have to revisit it. I'm likely being impatient.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/49PKoAU07qY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Oh, and Mogwai's Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will is a given. A rare album-oriented sorta-electronicky album. Some call them post-rock, but It think they're more accessible than that.
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8Jv64uhCIrU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Lastly, I don't know why I've tended to ignore new albums by [b]The Cars, Wire, the Human League, Duran Duran, The Smithereens[/b], and even [b]Moby[/b] (ahem). Maybe I'm in a going forward and not backward kinda mood. If I'm completely honest, they're all really fun listens, Even Duran Duran. Both they and the Human League nail their classic sounds the best, but maybe the time for that exact sound has come and passed and it'll never be a passion again, just a fun curiosity. Even Moby's song's have snuck up on me and I thought "Hey, this is pretty good. Who is this...ah shit, it's fucking Moby. Dammit." Wire is surprisingly likely on the bottom of this short list - I think they missed the mark a bit with too little melody and good song structure. The best of the bunch is easily The Smithereens - a real surprise. I'll have better assessments of all these by the end of summer I think.
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by wherewereuin82 » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:22 am
Still can't get into that Yuck album. Maybe I'll throw the iPod on and walk through the woods. I hate walking through the woods in the summer though. I'd hate to like it only when I'm in the woods.
My favourites so far:
FOUND - factorycraft
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Colourmusic - My ___ Is Pink
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Cut Copy - Zonoscope
Cymbals - Unlearn
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Tom Williams & The Boat - Too Slow
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We Are Enfant Terrible - Explicit Pictures
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X-Wife - Infectious Affectional
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Waiting for:
Zombie Computer - Indian Summer
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Waiting for more from:
Fiction Faction
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My favourites so far:
FOUND - factorycraft
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Colourmusic - My ___ Is Pink
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Cut Copy - Zonoscope
Cymbals - Unlearn
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Tom Williams & The Boat - Too Slow
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We Are Enfant Terrible - Explicit Pictures
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by coop41 » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:20 am
The Best So Far:
Cage The Elephant
Yuck
Frank Turner
The Wombats
Telekinisis
Really Good:
BSP
Meat Puppets (pleasantly surprised)
The Joy Formidable -(my trouble is I saw them live 3 times before listening)
Manchester Orchestra
Noah & The Whale
Cut Copy
David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker)
Also Rans:
REM
Art Brut
Cloud Nothings
Friendly Fires
Dead Milkmen
Cat People
The Smithereens
Awolnation
Wire
Blancmange
Grant Hart
Hunx & His Punx
Let's Wrestle (Disappointing)
Urge Overkill (Disappointing)
Tapes & Tapes
Cage The Elephant
Yuck
Frank Turner
The Wombats
Telekinisis
Really Good:
BSP
Meat Puppets (pleasantly surprised)
The Joy Formidable -(my trouble is I saw them live 3 times before listening)
Manchester Orchestra
Noah & The Whale
Cut Copy
David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker)
Also Rans:
REM
Art Brut
Cloud Nothings
Friendly Fires
Dead Milkmen
Cat People
The Smithereens
Awolnation
Wire
Blancmange
Grant Hart
Hunx & His Punx
Let's Wrestle (Disappointing)
Urge Overkill (Disappointing)
Tapes & Tapes
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by SwampThing » Sun Jun 05, 2011 3:47 pm
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Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure - EP (I like everything these guys put out)
BSP - Valhalla Dancehall (took about 6 listens before I dug it)
Craft Spells - Idle Labor (Same feeling I got from Twin Shadow 2010)
Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion (I've always liked this band, but this release took me a while to appreciate)
Destroyer - Kaputt (I dunno, some great melodies and production here)
Feelies - Here Before (A surprise but not a surprise)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Classic, great production, can't believe these guys are so young)
My Morning Jacket - Circuital ( Hooked first listen, back on track since i didn't like their last one)
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (I like to listen to this while working)
Papercuts - Fading Parade (nice release, sub pop has a nice stable of artists these days)
Yuck - Yuck (a few great tracks here, and some I don't really care for)
EDIT: Just realized we are half way through the year and I'm hard pressed to come up with 10 releases I really like. Either I'm being to selective or 2011 has been weak thus far.
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Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure - EP (I like everything these guys put out)
BSP - Valhalla Dancehall (took about 6 listens before I dug it)
Craft Spells - Idle Labor (Same feeling I got from Twin Shadow 2010)
Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion (I've always liked this band, but this release took me a while to appreciate)
Destroyer - Kaputt (I dunno, some great melodies and production here)
Feelies - Here Before (A surprise but not a surprise)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Classic, great production, can't believe these guys are so young)
My Morning Jacket - Circuital ( Hooked first listen, back on track since i didn't like their last one)
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (I like to listen to this while working)
Papercuts - Fading Parade (nice release, sub pop has a nice stable of artists these days)
Yuck - Yuck (a few great tracks here, and some I don't really care for)
EDIT: Just realized we are half way through the year and I'm hard pressed to come up with 10 releases I really like. Either I'm being to selective or 2011 has been weak thus far.
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by edwardnky » Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:01 pm
Second half will be way better for me. This list will change greatly by year end..probably by months end.
1 Cut Copy - Zonoscope
2 Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
3 The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
3 Metronomy - The English Riviera
4 Holy Ghost! - s/t
5 Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years
6 Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
7 Tom Trago - Iris
8 Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
9 The Cymbals - Unlearn
10 Wild Beasts - Smother
11 Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
12 Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin On
1 Cut Copy - Zonoscope
2 Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
3 The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
3 Metronomy - The English Riviera
4 Holy Ghost! - s/t
5 Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years
6 Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
7 Tom Trago - Iris
8 Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
9 The Cymbals - Unlearn
10 Wild Beasts - Smother
11 Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
12 Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin On
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by Frau_Blucher » Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:20 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
<br>oh I forgot a real good one, Frankie & The Heartstrings
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I like this. Papercuts and Telekinesis too. Haven't heard the whole albums, but now motivated to. Forgot to comment on the Cars album and mention Gang of Four. I was ready to be cynical about the Cars. It's just really good though - taps into what's best about them. Nothing great, just fun. GOF does the same - they came on in my mix and I thought "Wow, those guitar and bass lines sound just like GOF"...for good reason. But the outcome is different than the Cars. GOF were so serious about what they had to say. It was elemental to their music. Even if the music is nearly as good, they're just not as relevant in that way anymore, so I lose interest.
<br>oh I forgot a real good one, Frankie & The Heartstrings
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I like this. Papercuts and Telekinesis too. Haven't heard the whole albums, but now motivated to. Forgot to comment on the Cars album and mention Gang of Four. I was ready to be cynical about the Cars. It's just really good though - taps into what's best about them. Nothing great, just fun. GOF does the same - they came on in my mix and I thought "Wow, those guitar and bass lines sound just like GOF"...for good reason. But the outcome is different than the Cars. GOF were so serious about what they had to say. It was elemental to their music. Even if the music is nearly as good, they're just not as relevant in that way anymore, so I lose interest.
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by cubby » Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:57 am
So far:
Cut/Copy-Zonoscope
My Morning Jacket-Circuital (Finally, a return to form after the "experiment" that was Evil Urges)
Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues (They're 2 for 2 IMHO)
Holy Ghost-S/T
The Kills-Blood Pressures
TV On The Radio-Nine Types Of Light
Yuck-S/T (I know they are Dinosaur Jr's little brother, but not bad)
Mogwai-Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
BSP-Valhalla Dancehall (Took me a while to get into it)
Stuff that I havent gotten around to listening to yet:
Fucked Up-David Comes To Life
Antlers-Burst Apart
The Joy Formidable-The Big Roar
The Vaccines-What Did You Expect From the Vaccines
The Weeknd-House of Balloons (a friend raves about these guys, not familar except one song is based around the Banshees Happy House)
Cut/Copy-Zonoscope
My Morning Jacket-Circuital (Finally, a return to form after the "experiment" that was Evil Urges)
Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues (They're 2 for 2 IMHO)
Holy Ghost-S/T
The Kills-Blood Pressures
TV On The Radio-Nine Types Of Light
Yuck-S/T (I know they are Dinosaur Jr's little brother, but not bad)
Mogwai-Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
BSP-Valhalla Dancehall (Took me a while to get into it)
Stuff that I havent gotten around to listening to yet:
Fucked Up-David Comes To Life
Antlers-Burst Apart
The Joy Formidable-The Big Roar
The Vaccines-What Did You Expect From the Vaccines
The Weeknd-House of Balloons (a friend raves about these guys, not familar except one song is based around the Banshees Happy House)
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by Frau_Blucher » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:14 am
Cubby and Swampy, you have extraordinarily fine taste. [8D]
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by SwampThing » Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:38 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by Frau_Blucher[/i]
<br>Cubby and Swampy, you have extraordinarily fine taste. [8D]
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Looks like I need to give the Zonoscope another go. I'm finding it takes more patience with some of these releases than in the past.
Surprising Mogwai is on most everyone's list. They've been around a long time but I don't recall them being mentioned on NWO very often (if at all) over the years.
EDIT. Also, the 3 NWO Fleet Foxes fans have been accounted for [:D]
<br>Cubby and Swampy, you have extraordinarily fine taste. [8D]
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Looks like I need to give the Zonoscope another go. I'm finding it takes more patience with some of these releases than in the past.
Surprising Mogwai is on most everyone's list. They've been around a long time but I don't recall them being mentioned on NWO very often (if at all) over the years.
EDIT. Also, the 3 NWO Fleet Foxes fans have been accounted for [:D]
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by korova1 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:47 pm
Iceage have a fantastic album. Danish hardcore meets Wire sound, produced by one of the Sort Sol guys.
Washed Out is phenomenal, check out his mini album from last year too.
Sorry but I love the new Wire album, best thing they've done in years IMHO
Kurt Vile is doing some amazing things as a solo artist and with the band War on Drugs
Soft Moon's debut is a pretty decent affair
The Horrors have done it again, what a great band!
I have to admit the Cars album is impressive considering Ben Orr is gone and they haven't made a consistent album in such a long time
I am now officially over two of my favorite 80's bands - U2 and REM. Very sad for me to say but it has come. Time to move on. Depeche, Echo and the Cure are getting close to the edge!
the feelies album has a bunch of solid tracks, but not their best
Duran Duran album is still playing in my wifey's car - she thinks it is their best since Rio and I enjoy it quite a bit too.
Fleet Foxes excellent, Bon Iver excellent - both new folk masterpieces
Weekend full length is great and Girls, Waaves, and Aerial Pink are better and better sounding after a year has passed
Still listening to the Soft Pack album from last year quite slot! They have a new one coming out on Mexican Summer this year!
Washed Out is phenomenal, check out his mini album from last year too.
Sorry but I love the new Wire album, best thing they've done in years IMHO
Kurt Vile is doing some amazing things as a solo artist and with the band War on Drugs
Soft Moon's debut is a pretty decent affair
The Horrors have done it again, what a great band!
I have to admit the Cars album is impressive considering Ben Orr is gone and they haven't made a consistent album in such a long time
I am now officially over two of my favorite 80's bands - U2 and REM. Very sad for me to say but it has come. Time to move on. Depeche, Echo and the Cure are getting close to the edge!
the feelies album has a bunch of solid tracks, but not their best
Duran Duran album is still playing in my wifey's car - she thinks it is their best since Rio and I enjoy it quite a bit too.
Fleet Foxes excellent, Bon Iver excellent - both new folk masterpieces
Weekend full length is great and Girls, Waaves, and Aerial Pink are better and better sounding after a year has passed
Still listening to the Soft Pack album from last year quite slot! They have a new one coming out on Mexican Summer this year!
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by anemiccinema » Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:33 pm
Here is my Top Ten -- of course this will change before end of the year
1. Parralox - Metropolism
2. Mirrors - Broken by Silence (released US 2011)
3. Martial Canterel - You Today
4. Craft Spells - Idle Labor
5. Junior Boys - It's All True
6. Zynic - Fire Walk With Me
7. Vision Talk - Distances
8. Freezepop - Imaginary Friends
9. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
10. Austra - Feel it Break
1. Parralox - Metropolism
2. Mirrors - Broken by Silence (released US 2011)
3. Martial Canterel - You Today
4. Craft Spells - Idle Labor
5. Junior Boys - It's All True
6. Zynic - Fire Walk With Me
7. Vision Talk - Distances
8. Freezepop - Imaginary Friends
9. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
10. Austra - Feel it Break
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