1. Band of Horses
2. Ghostface
3. TV on the Radio
4. Joanna Newsom
5. Grizzly Bear
6. Hot Chip
7. Yo la Tengo
8. Hold Steady
9. M. Ward
10. Decemberists
11. Cat Power
12. Thermals
13. Destroyer
14. Clipse
15. Tom Waits

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Originally posted by nathanielkt:
Well, at least we know the difference between a meteor and a meteorite.

...and the difference between the sprout and the bean

Okay, so I'm brand new (though I've reffered to the site for over a year), and I know this won't count. But I just want to turn it in for fun.

Hazmat Modine - Bahamut (unlisted on Metacritic)
Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
OOIOO - Taiga
Destroyer - Destoyer's Rubies
5 - Adem - Love and Other Planets
Califone - Roots & Crowns
The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
Arctic Monkeys - WPSIA, TWIN
10 - Beck - The Information
Hot Chip - The Warning
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Yo La Tengo - IANAOYAIWBYA
15 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
A Hawk And A Hacksaw - The Way The Wind Blows
The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
Akron/Family - Meek Warrior
20 - Tool - 10000 Days

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Originally posted by Troy:
Has no one heard of Todd Snider on this board?

What a shame.

Hey, man. I've heard and loved Todd Snider. I haven't been keeping up with him though. The last album I heard of him was "Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live" (2003 I think) which makes me laugh everytime. Great guy, great music.

My list won't count since I just joined the forums, but what the heck.

1. Guillemots, Through the Windowpane
2. Lindsey Buckingham, Under the Skin
3. Sparks, Hello Young Lovers
4. Midlake, The Trials of Van Occupanther
5. Mates of State, Bring It Back
6. Beirut, Gulag Orkestar
7. Asobi Seksu, Citrus
8. Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
9. The Decemberists, The Crane Wife
10. The Strokes, First Impressions of Earth

1. Joanna Newsom - Ys
2. The Decemberists - Crane Wife
3. Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
4. Cat Power - The Greatest
5. Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
6. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
7. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You ...
8. Xiu Xiu - Air Force
9. El Perro del Mar
10. The Format - Dog Problems
11. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
12. My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse
13. Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther
14. Hot Chip - The Warning
15. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar

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Originally posted by UniqueInfinity:

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Hey, man. I've heard and loved Todd Snider. I haven't been keeping up with him though. The last album I heard of him was "Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live" (2003 I think) which makes me laugh everytime. Great guy, great music.

Good to meet another fan. You should catch up with his latest releases - East Nashville Skyline (2004) and The Devil You Know (2006). These are his best works.

In fact, Rolling Stone ranked The Devil You Know #33 and Blender ranked it #14 on their top 50s. Not bad for a guy who gets absolutely no publicity.

Here is my top 10
1) Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
2) Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am
3) Guster - Ganging up on the Sun
4) Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
5) The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
6) Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller
7) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
8) Zero 7 - The Garden
9) Beck - The Information
10) Band Of Horses - Everything All the Time

1. Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
2. The Knife - Silent Shout
3. Herbert - Scales
4. Joan As Police Woman - Real Life
5. The Divine Comedy - Victory For The Cosmic Muse
6. Lo-Fi-Fnk - Boylife
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
8. Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
9. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
10. Tiga - Sexor
11. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
12. Niobe - White Hats
13. Psapp - The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
14 Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
15. Basement Jaxx - Crazy Itchy Radio
16. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
17. Jane Birkin - Fictions
18. The Hidden Cameras - Awoo
19 She Wants REvenge - She Wants REvenge
20. Lou Rhodes - Beloved One

1.T.V ON THE RADIO
2.BAND OF HORSES
3.SUNSET RUBDOWN
4.THOM YORKE
5.ASOBI SEKSU
6.DEFTONES
7.JUNIOR BOYS
8.THE DECEMBERISTS
9.SWAN LAKE
10.THE KNIFE

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Originally posted by ELITISTAXIS:
1.T.V ON THE RADIO
2.BAND OF HORSES
3.SUNSET RUBDOWN
4.THOM YORKE
5.ASOBI SEKSU
6.DEFTONES
7.JUNIOR BOYS
8.THE DECEMBERISTS
9.SWAN LAKE
10.THE KNIFE

TURN THE CAPS LOCK KEY OFF.

There's no need to shout. We can hear just fine in lowercase.

Glad to see the forum regulars coming out in defense of the Hold Steady. I don't think the lyrics on the recent album are as good as on Separation Sunday, but I disagree with the notion that they're juvenile just because they're about youthful subjects.

Craig Finn's a good storyteller and he writes about things that anyone who's ever been young can identify with. Do you have to under 25 to remember what it was like? It was a time in our lives that I bet almost everyone looks back on with mixed emotions (lots of good memories as well as difficult times), and this is the kind of subject matter that any introspective person (aka people who like good lyrics) is interested in re-examining from time to time.

I feel bad for RL.* Having to sort through all these pages to figure out which lists count, which don't, then having to deal with all the, "Why didn't you count me?" and "Did you count so-and-so?"

Blech.

*Lightning doesn't strike twice.

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Originally posted by LD:
It was a time in our lives that I bet almost everyone looks back on with mixed emotions (lots of good memories as well as difficult times), and this is the kind of subject matter that any introspective person (aka people who like good lyrics) is interested in re-examining from time to time.

Perfect. I'll say I did something really—really—stupid when I was 23 that I'll never forget, but I also had some of the greatest times of my life. That's The Hold Steady: the good, the bad, and the deadly.

Regardless of whether TVOTR or Hold Steady wins this year, there's still not an album on the list that's nearly as good as Sufjan's "Illinoise". imo.

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Originally posted by hudson:
imo.

Good call on the afterthought.

I think IMO and IMHO are superfluous on a music forum. I could add them to the end of every single one of my posts, but I think that would get annoying. All music opinion is subjective, and I assume everyone knows that.

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I think IMO and IMHO are superfluous on a music forum. I could add them to the end of every single one of my posts, but I think that would get annoying. All music opinion is subjective, and I assume everyone knows that.

Yup. And those kind of comments belong in the appropriate forums. I seem to recall a fairly extensive list of threads in "Best and Worst of 2006" where a comment like that might be considered something other than poo-pooing.

Rubies was just too good....

1. Destroyer - Rubies
2. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
3. Hot Chip - The Warning
4. Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
5. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
6. Beirut - The Gulag Orkestar
7. Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
8. The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
9. Joanna Newsom - Ys
10. M. Ward - Post War
11. The Stills - Without Feathers
12. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
13. The Rapture - Pieces Of The People We Love
14. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
15. Sound Team - Movie Monster
16. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
17. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
18. The Lovely Feathers - Hind Hind Legs
19. Annuals - Be He Me
20. Cold War Kids - Robbers And Cowards

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Originally posted by ezkcdude:

quote:

Originally posted by Mapet6:

19. The Strokes: "First Impressions of Earth"-I don't care what anyone says, this album expands the Strokes' catalogue, not embarrasses it.

I'm going to take your word for it, and probably go ahead and get this one, because I think we have similar tastes. Thank!

You won't be disappointed. Thanks for reading!