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Originally posted by Mr.Music Half-Life:
First Impressions of Earth, Room On Fire, and Is This It(all by the Strokes. Believe me this the only band for a while that I've liked every song on every CD. They actaully know how to play music

m. leland beat me to making fun of you everywhere .

My humor is greater than what you mortals call "making fun." I give your enthusiasm two checks, though.

leland has morphed into Neptune, too???

I think the top three albums to check out from this year so far are:

1. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
2. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
3. Murder by Death - In Bocca al Lupo

Although I have to say that Sonic Youth's Rather Ripped is creeping up on Murder by Death.

Islands
Cat Power
Howe Gelb

I'm actually not too happy with this year's stuff, but that's pretty much the best i've heard.

1. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
2. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
3. Murder by Death - In Bocca al Lupo


Yeah another Liars fan!!

My favorite three so far:

1. Liars: Drum's Not Dead
2. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain
3. Love is All: Nine Times that Same Song

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leland has morphed into Neptune, too???

Where'd he go? I for one liked him....in a trouble making kind of way.

Wholeness and Separation by Halou
Thumbelina's One Night Stand by Melissa McClelland
We Are the Pipettes by The Pipettes

The Thermals - The Body The Blood The Machine
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Beck - The Information

and im agreeing with the others on their reccomendations for

Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Asobi Seksu - Citrus
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Cat Power - The Greatest
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Built to Spill - You In Revers
Grandaddy - Just Like the Fambly Cat
The Strokes - First Impressions of the Earth
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Bruce Springsteen - The Seeger Sessions

you should also consider Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire

I recomend my personal best of British 2006:

1) Making Dens by Mystery Jets
2) A Life in the Day of B19: Tales of the Tower Block by Soweto Kinch
3) Inside In/Inside Out by The Kooks

Pretty sure none of them actually released their albums in the US, but they're all definately worth a look. The first two are really innovatve and the kooks are like a throwback to 50s/60s guitar rock n' roll/pop

Edit: thinking about it kooks have been released in the US, just didn't make any waves.

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Representing my corner of the Earth:

The Cape May - Glass Mountain Roads
Great Aunt Ida - How They Fly

And not so much:
Frida Hyvonen - Until Death Comes

S

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Originally posted by Mick_DH:

3) Inside In/Inside Out by The Kooks

Pretty sure none of them actually released their albums in the US, but they're all definately worth a look. The first two are really innovatve and the kooks are like a throwback to 50s/60s guitar rock n' roll/pop

Edit: thinking about it kooks have been released in the US, just didn't make any waves.

The Kooks record is quite good, maybe my fave Britpop record of the year, over The Rakes, The Arctic Monkeys, Ordinary Boys, and Hard-Fi.

I'm still waiting to pick up a few other British records from this year: The Rifles, Duels, and Idle Hands, for starters.

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Originally posted by philosopherEric:
The Rakes, The Arctic Monkeys, Ordinary Boys, and Hard-Fi.

I'm still waiting to pick up a few other British records from this year: The Rifles, Duels, and Idle Hands, for starters.

IMHO all of these 7 are pretty bad. If you want to get some British music please don't just dive into the throw-away indie darlings. I always find these bands' records may sound good at first but the tracks are so samey that the album becomes a terrible bore after a months. There's alot of good over here and most of it isn't these mock-Oasis bands or Post Punk revivalists.

3 albums for you.
3 albums n not the obvious choices
3 albums like the good old wine.especially the first one.if u dont like it that year , dont worry.u ll like it the next or after 5-10 whatever

1)Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of Broken Seas
2)Thom Yorke – The Eraser
3)Grandaddy – Just Like The Fambly