I listened to the Incubus and Maritime albums a hell of a lot earlier this year (2007), much more so than I did in 06. Lately I've been listening to Phoenix - "It's Never Been Like That". This album has so much more staying Power than the Stroke's masturbatory "First Impressions of Earth", not that they are at all related... right. I saw Phoenix on the TV show London Live and they sounded fairly good 'live', and were pretty cool guys during the interview, even though they speak French .... Crazy Frenchmen.
Actually, a few days ago I heard a different version of "Long Distance Call" while I was eating lunch at TGI Fridays. It was like a half assed accoustic version or something that was much slower. I'll need to find that... hypemachine time.
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Originally posted by Cbankerman: Phoenix - It's never been like that
This album hasn't been mentioned yet on here. Definitely still amazing
No joke, I made my above post without even looking at the end of this thread to see your post. What are the odds... Maybe Phoenix are broadcasting subliminal signals into our brains. You been to TGI Friday's lately?
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There are a lot of 2006 albums that I would listen to now, but just haven't gotten 'round to it. I have been listening to P4k's top singles all year long. It's just phenomenal if you think of it as an album box set or something. If one label put out all of the music on this list in one year, that label would be guaranteed a spot in music history forever. It's a great list of very diverse songs that takes a while to become one cohesive thing that you can wrap your brain around. But if you do, it's worth it.
Haven't listened to it in a few months, but I can't help mentioning Yes, Virginia by The Dresden Dolls. It's a fantastic album, IMHO.
And just thought of another that I thought was uber-fun from last year: Impeach My Bush by Peaches. Hahahaha... I remember getting drunk and walking around the city last autumn with a couple friends one night while "rocking" out to "Rock the Shocker" on my iPod. Good times.
I definitely still listen to Joanna Newsom and Destroyer's albums quite a bit. Those are both really amazing albums, and I definitely regret not getting into Destroyer's until later on in the year. I think I was expecting something like the New Pornographers when I first listened to Destroyer, and when that wasn't at all what it was, I kind of dismissed it until coming to it again later on in the year.
Another one I definitely overlooked completely last year was Shut Up I Am Dreaming; it wasn't until I heard Random Spirit Lover that I realized that I should have listened to it last year. It's not as good as RSL, but it's definitely a solid album, and I'm sure it would have made my top 10.
Originally posted by CoCoCo: I definitely still listen to Joanna Newsom and Destroyer's albums quite a bit
Couldn't agree more. This is great music, mostly for "adults", but just super.
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Another one I definitely overlooked completely last year was Shut Up I Am Dreaming; it wasn't until I heard Random Spirit Lover that I realized that I should have listened to it last year. It's not as good as RSL
I think this is debatable if your talking strictly in artistic terms. The overall sound quality is better on RSL, so in that regard I agree, and that fact alone makes it a close call.
It's kind of funny that you say that Joanna Newsom and Destroyer are mostly for adults, mainly because I don't really consider myself an adult... even though I guess I am, technically speaking. As well, I think of a lot of adults (well, at least older adults) as having given up on finding new and interesting music; hence the term 'adult contemporary'.
In terms of RSL vs. SUIAD, I have still listened to RSL quite a bit more at this point, so it's possible that my opinion might change on this. The fact that the production is better on RSL makes a big difference though, especially for music as dense as Sunset Rubdown's.
Youngsters want to keep their set of fresh tires but also want the wisdom of an oak. Oldies want their fresh tires back, but also want to keep their well earned life lore. Whose getting what they want? I think, both are, to a certain extent.
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