this past tuesday was packed full of music for listeners of this and even other genres. this day will probably go down in atleast my history book for amazing releases.

even the metascore rankings prove this day is something special.

lcd soundsystem ~ 90
panda bear ~ 87
low ~ 85
andrew bird ~ 82
ted leo ~ 78
modest mouse ~ 77
im from barcelona ~ 66

the mouse should be way higher too imho,and the im from barcelona should atleast have broken a 70.

anyways i wanted to start this thread to see what release you are digging so far. maybe there was other releases that i havent even heard yet.

the ones im digging are of course modest mouse, i'm from barcelona, andrew bird and low(even though the low cd isnt all that amazing to me yet its still good).

panda bear, lcd soundsystem, ted leo will all soon be uploaded to my ipod.

I gave the LCD soundsystem a few listens on a stream, and its good for what it is. Not exactly my personal taste as far as genre, but good nonetheless.

I've really been ejoying Armchair Apocrypha. It hasn't struck me as quickly as Mysterious Production of Eggs, but still very, very good.

I just downloaded Panda Bear today. This is going to be a grower, hopefully. Very repetitive, vocals drenched in reverb. I love the past two Animal Collective albums, so I'll give this more than its fair chance.

I'll get to Modest Mouse one day, but too much music right now and I've got to catch up!

My favorite of these is Panda Bear. I'd be suprised if there were a release I liked more than Person pitch the year. I also really love LCD Soundsystem, Andrew Bird, and Modest Mouse. Another cd I like just as much as those three is EL-P's I'll Sleep With Your Dead, also released Tuesday. It has a metascore of 84 with plenty of reviews too. Other notables albums released Tuesday would be Radical Face- Ghost The Ponys- Turn The Lights Out. Both of those records I'd consider good, but not great releases.

My favorite is definitely Low. I'm really enjoying Drums and Guns.

Modest Mouse's I wasn't that thrilled with. I think it's decent.

I have to check out Panda Bear.

LCD Soundsystem - not my thing.

Bwahaha, I'm From Barcelona rubbed some people the wrong way, it looks like.

Two of my very favorite bands that no one seems to ever mention on these forums also released solid records on Tuesday: Jesse Malin and The Ponys.

Now the question is, which date was better, 3/20/07 or 10/03/06, which featured new releases by The Hold Steady (Metascore: 85), The Decemberists (84), Beck (73), The Dears (79), The Killers (64), The Kooks (73), Subtle (85), The Pernice Brothers (78), Robyn Hitchcock (80), and Sean Lennon (68)?

Once, back in the early 70's, there was an old man sitting next to the railroad tracks off in the middle of nowhere. He knew two chords, and he would spend his days plucking chord tones over and over and over (and over and over) as the occasional forest animal would cross the tracks whenever a train wasn't passing through. Sometimes, a sedated woodpecker would stop by and beat out some repetitive rhythms, to the delight of the old man. Oddly, just a few feet away, someone had stashed the Mamas and the Papas at the bottom of a (veeery deep) well, where they would sing along to the pickin', stumming and clickin they could hear from above. Even more strangely, someone had left a tape recorder there next to the old man to get for all eternity the odd mix of noise and the sometimes lovely melodies. Alas, many years later, the tape was handed over to Panda Bear, who decided to release it on March 20,2007 as Person Pitch.

Sorry, I'll keep trying, but this is my impression of it a few listens in. Many people who have similar taste just love it, so maybe I'll come around. Just sayin...

Super Tuesday, no doubt. I'm really diggin' Modest Mouse, Ted Leo and Low and Andrew Bird's is pretty good too.

Have to give more listens to Panda Bear and LCD Soundsystem. Panda Bear kept me interested in the first listen thru, at least, but I wondered why all the hype. Maybe I need to listen again. And, I've only heard a few of the LCD songs. I'll play catch up today at work.

I also believe Thunderbirds are Now! released an album on 10/03/06, but alas I can't find them on metacritic.

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Now the question is, which date was better, 3/20/07 or 10/03/06, which featured new releases by The Hold Steady (Metascore: 85), The Decemberists (84), Beck (73), The Dears (79), The Killers (64), The Kooks (73), Subtle (85), The Pernice Brothers (78), Robyn Hitchcock (80), and Sean Lennon (68)?

Lindsey Buckingham and Beach House also had releases that day.

you propose a good argument. october 3rd defintly did have some good releases. i think if the killers had even a decent release it would top last tuesday.

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Once, back in the early 70's, there was an old man sitting next to the railroad tracks off in the middle of nowhere. He knew two chords, and he would spend his days plucking chord tones over and over and over (and over and over) as the occasional forest animal would cross the tracks whenever a train wasn't passing through. Sometimes, a sedated woodpecker would stop by and beat out some repetitive rhythms, to the delight of the old man. Oddly, just a few feet away, someone had stashed the Mamas and the Papas at the bottom of a (veeery deep) well, where they would sing along to the pickin', stumming and clickin they could hear from above. Even more strangely, someone had left a tape recorder there next to the old man to get for all eternity the odd mix of noise and the sometimes lovely melodies. Alas, many years later, the tape was handed over to Panda Bear, who decided to release it on March 20,2007 as Person Pitch.

that has to be the most original and amusing review of a cd that i have ever heard.

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Originally posted by bonzob:
Two of my very favorite bands that no one seems to ever mention on these forums also released solid records on Tuesday: Jesse Malin and The Ponys.

I haven't heard the Ponys record (I hadn't even heard of the band until a few weeks ago.) But the stuff I've come across on the Web has been great, and it's at the top of my list of things to get when my eMusic downloads refresh in a couple of days.

I have listened to the Jesse Malin record a few times. As far as I'm concerned, the Entertainment Weekly review is spot on: It's hard to dislike an album with this many solid tunes. That said, I think Malin is going to end up being a whipping boy among indie fans. Album three is when a lot of people start demanding reinvention. But instead of overhauling his sound, Malin made arguably his most commercial record, a big, brawny rock record that strays dangerously close to slickness in a couple of spots. I predict a Pitchfork score of 4.8 or thereabouts (if they deign to review it at all) and a lot of derision among the trend-conscious.

I like Person Pitch so far, but I feel like it will get better the more I listen to it. I am also digging Patrick Wolf's newest, The Magic Position. The title track off that is wonderful.

I just got the new LCD Soundsystem and so far (maybe 2 full listens through) the jury is still out on it for me. I don't see where are these 90's and whatnot are coming from, it seems soild but not amazing.