got ya, thanks for the clarification.

01. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (9.7)
02. *The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (9.2)
03. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (9.0)
04. *Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer (8.9)
05. *Deerhunter - Microcastle (8.7)
06. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (8.7)
07. Girls In Hawaii - Plan Your Escape (8.6)
08. Islands - Arm's Way (8.5)
09. Okay - Huggable Dust (8.4)
10. Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us... (8.4)
11. Mount Eerie - Black Wooden Ceiling Opening (8.3)
12. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (8.0)
13. Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams (8.0)
14. Spiritualized - Songs In A&E (7.9)
15. Wolf Tickets - Milk Moon (7.8)
16. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (7.7)
17. The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave (7.7)
18. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim (7.6)
19. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing (7.5)
20. Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride (7.3)

2008 is shaping up to be far deeper than 2007...

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1. Deerhunter - Microcastle*
2. Fleet Foxes - s/t
3. Dan Friel - Ghost Town
4. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
5. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
6. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer*
7. Vampire Weekend - s/t
8. Dodos – Visiter
9. Hold Steady – Stay Positive*
9. Stephen Malkmus + Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
10. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
11. Crystal Castles - s/t
12. Breeders – Mountain Battles
13. Islands – Arm’s Way
14. Mahjongg - Kontpab
15. Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride


Oh yes, I'm taking the early Deerhunter rating plunge

No its not. Besides Laura Marling I haven't heard an album this year I'm ecstatic listening to start to finish. Not Fleet Foxes, not Merz, not even Bon Iver...

That fact alone makes this year disapointing to me. At least Outkast/Okkervil/Of Montreal are on the horizon the save the day.

I ony have a top 7 for now, but it's a pretty great one.

01. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
02. Deerhunter - Microcastle
03. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
04. White Denim - Workout Holiday
05. No Age - Nouns
06. Beach House - Devotion
07. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

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1. Deerhunter - Microcastle*
2. Fleet Foxes - s/t
3. Dan Friel - Ghost Town
4. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
5. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
6. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer*
7. Vampire Weekend - s/t
8. Dodos – Visiter
9. Hold Steady – Stay Positive*
9. Stephen Malkmus + Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
10. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
11. Crystal Castles - s/t
12. Breeders – Mountain Battles
13. Islands – Arm’s Way
14. Mahjongg - Kontpab
15. Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride


Oh yes, I'm taking the early Deerhunter rating plunge

Wow. Solid list. It's getting pretty easy to make one these days. I kinda like 2008 all of a sudden.

Agreed! And I haven't even heard the new BSS one yet. May as well wait till it actually comes out, eh?

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Agreed! And I haven't even heard the new BSS one yet. May as well wait till it actually comes out, eh?

It's out. Since the leak was an unmastered version, Brendan Canning put the mastered version up for download. It's at the Arts & Crafts website.

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Originally posted by thefanste:
Agreed! And I haven't even heard the new BSS one yet. May as well wait till it actually comes out, eh?

It's out. Since the leak was an unmastered version, Brendan Canning put the mastered version up for download. It's at the Arts & Crafts website.

Swift.

Oh he's already done that has he, interesting move. I'll wait till it comes out it record stores in australia (cheaper), although this makes me wonder, is this gonna become the standard procedure? I mean if the albums finished and mastered, makes sense to me to make it available on the web, rather than letting unmastered leaks circulate. I don't actually know, but I'm guessing more people buy music online than from record stores these days anyway.

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Originally posted by thefanste:
Oh he's already done that has he, interesting move. I'll wait till it comes out it record stores in australia (cheaper), although this makes me wonder, is this gonna become the standard procedure? I mean if the albums finished and mastered, makes sense to me to make it available on the web, rather than letting unmastered leaks circulate. I don't actually know, but I'm guessing more people buy music online than from record stores these days anyway.

It'll be less than $11.84 or whatever they're charging? I want to move to Australia!

Haha, I dunno when I go add to cart it says $22 American. I get my stuff from a store where new indie records are usually $20 Aus. + I like having the hard copy.
Yeah Australia is pretty good. My favourite artists could tour more often though

All new albums in UK music shops cost in the region of (what would be equivalent to) 20-25 dollars. If you go to HMV, you can expect to pay $30 or more. So I don't.

And then they wonder why people illegally download.

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All new albums in UK music shops cost in the region of (what would be equivalent to) 20-25 dollars. If you go to HMV, you can expect to pay $30 or more. So I don't.

Ouch. I'll pray for you.

01. Pomegranates
02. No Age
03. Stephen Malkmus
05. Helvetia
05. Fleet Foxes
06. Clinic
07. Crystal Castles
08. The Dodo's
09. Bon Iver
10. Santogold
11. The Raveonettes
12. Foals

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7 – Jon Foreman – Fall & Winter Eps

very surprised/pleased to see this. i just gave the winter ep a second listen and i'm listening to the fall one right now. winter is a terrific ep.

New list:

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2. Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust - Sigur Ros
3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
4. Sun Giant EP - Fleet Foxes
5. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
6. Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
7. Hold On Now, Youngster - Los Campesinos!
8. In Ghost Colours - Cut Copy
9. April - Sun Kil Moon
10. Visiter - Dodos

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
7 – Jon Foreman – Fall & Winter Eps

very surprised/pleased to see this. i just gave the winter ep a second listen and i'm listening to the fall one right now. winter is a terrific ep.

Yeah, I didn't realize until after I'd heard it that the EPs were done by the lead singer of a semi-popular Christian band, and I'm glad, because I otherwise probably wouldn't bothered with it. There's one or two songs here where the lyrics bother me, but I just try not to focus on it. In other news, the Spring EP has leaked, and it's not as good as these two, though it's not bad either. I'm hoping the forthcoming Summer EP is a return to the form of these first two. There are some top-notch sad-bastard songs on Fall and Winter.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:

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Originally posted by kalibtweli:

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
7 – Jon Foreman – Fall & Winter Eps

very surprised/pleased to see this. i just gave the winter ep a second listen and i'm listening to the fall one right now. winter is a terrific ep.

Yeah, I didn't realize until after I'd heard it that the EPs were done by the lead singer of a semi-popular Christian band, and I'm glad, because I otherwise probably wouldn't bothered with it. There's one or two songs here where the lyrics bother me, but I just try not to focus on it. In other news, the Spring EP has leaked, and it's not as good as these two, though it's not bad either. I'm hoping the forthcoming Summer EP is a return to the form of these first two. There are some top-notch sad-bastard songs on Fall and Winter.

Wait, is this the dude from Switchfoot? Because Switchfoot has some really great music that sounds very little like mainstream "christian rock".

Yeah, it is. I've never heard anything by Switchfoot, so all I have to go by is my general experience with popular Christian music which is universally bad. Doesn't surprise me that they're different than most after listening to these EPs. Also, these EPs are being released on an indie label, which is usually a good sign.