I haven't got the Primal Scream leak CN, but I've read about that sort of thing happenning, where a leak is just a section of the track looped over and over, not the actual full songs. So, if it sounds like it's not the real thing, probably isn't.

I'll do a whopping top 4:

1. Vampire Weekend - s/t
2. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Am I the only one who really likes my #4? I suppose that I am just a sucker for all things Jack White.

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Originally posted by Built to Sleep:
I'll do a whopping top 4:

1. Vampire Weekend - s/t
2. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Am I the only one who really likes my #4? I suppose that I am just a sucker for all things Jack White.

I love Consolers for the Lonely. I think it's gotten a bum rap. "Many Shades of Black" and "Five On The Five" are two of the best songs this year. Top 10 album for me.

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Originally posted by CleverName84:
Oh, and i want to hear the Sitek version of the Foals album, because that man certainly knows how to twist knobs to great effect.

I was surprised to hear that they veto'd his mix. I'd also love to hear Dave's mix of the album to compare.

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Originally posted by CleverName84:
So, if anyone's keeping tabs, i realized the Primal Scream leak is a complete turd... It took me way too long to figure it out, but they just do the intro and then put the chorus on a loop for 3 minutes. I believe this is a bum leak (that sounds kind of funny so I'm leaving it), so i pray this is the case.

Does anyone else have the leak of Primal Scream's new one? Assuming this isn't the finished product (i doubt it is), i feel like this might be a damn fine album that will factor into many a list come crunch time.

I only listened to the first track which didn't sound looped, but all I was thinking throughout it was "god this is awful" anyways.

Well, i read that the one i got was looped in a comment on the blog (so archaic, i know, but i like reading people's opinions), but i can safely say that this will fare better with critics than the last one.

I pray for another XTRMNTR though at some point. Gillespie is the best when he's pissed off.

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Originally posted by Built to Sleep:
I'll do a whopping top 4:

1. Vampire Weekend - s/t
2. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Am I the only one who really likes my #4? I suppose that I am just a sucker for all things Jack White.


I love Consolers for the Lonely. I think it's gotten a bum rap. "Many Shades of Black" and "Five On The Five" are two of the best songs this year. Top 10 album for me.

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I think the criticisms of it being to "Busy" at times are justified, but a do like most of the first ten songs.

1. French Kicks - Swimming
2. Why? - Alopecia
3. Possessed by Paul James - Cold and Blind
4. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Flight
5. The Envy Corps - Dwell
6. A Weather - Cove
7. Vampire Weekend - s/t
8. The Whigs - Mission Control
9. Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
10. Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
11. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
12. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Perishing
13. She & Him - Volume One
14. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow And Blue
15. Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams
16. Walter Meego - Voyager

This is certainly subject to much change:

1. Hercules & Love Affair- s/t
2. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Shearwater- Rook
4. Fleet Foxes- s/t
5. Portishead- Third
6. Lil Wayne- Carter III
7. The Dodos- Visitor
8. Evangelicals- The Evening Descends
9. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours
10.Crystal Castles- s/t

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Originally posted by The Fall of Troy:

quote:

Originally posted by Built to Sleep:
I'll do a whopping top 4:

1. Vampire Weekend - s/t
2. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Am I the only one who really likes my #4? I suppose that I am just a sucker for all things Jack White.

I love Consolers for the Lonely. I think it's gotten a bum rap. "Many Shades of Black" and "Five On The Five" are two of the best songs this year. Top 10 album for me.

I love Consolers.. as well. The improvement from their first album to this one should be commended.

i found Consolers of the lonely pretty boring....it sounds like Velvet Revolver going country

The one part of 2008 that I love more than any past year is that there is no consensus number one (well besides there being no Radiohead release this year )

2 months ago I was pretty pessimistic about the amount of good releases for 2008, but now I'm pretty pleased. And a lot of great releases to come still, too.

The list:
01. Sam Roberts - Love at the End of the World
02. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
03. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
04. Beck – Modern Guilt
05. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
06. Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue
07. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
08. The Dodos - Visiter
09. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
10. The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Graves

11. Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim
12. Man Man - Rabbit Habits
13. Sun Kil Moon - April
14. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
15. The Black Keys - Attack and Release
16. Sun Kil Moon - April
17. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
18. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow and Blue
19. The Accidental - There Were Wolves
20. Mountain Goats - Hectic Pride

21. Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
22. Why - Alopecia
23. The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
24. Dosh - Wolves and Wishes
25. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
26. Animal Collective - Water Curses EP

Albums I should probably listen to:
Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams (some Vancouverite I am...)
Metaform - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Beach House – Devotion

Great albums that I don’t know where to fit into the list yet:
Noah and the Whale - Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight

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1. Portishead- Third
2. Opeth- Watershed
3. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
4. Steinski and Double Dee- What does it all Mean
5. Dennis Wilson- Pacific Ocean Blue
6. Willi Nelson and Wynton Marsalis- Two Men with the Blues

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Originally posted by anbc:
2 months ago I was pretty pessimistic about the amount of good releases for 2008, but now I'm pretty pleased. And a lot of great releases to come still, too.

The Accidental - There Were Wolves

Noah and the Whale - Peaceful, the World Lays
Me Down

Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows

Really stellar list there, I've heard all the albums listed save these three what can you tell me about them?

Updated list with few new entries:

1. Portishead : 3rd
2. Elbow : The seldom seen kid
3. Frightened Rabbit : The midnight organ fight
4. Fuck Buttons: Street horrrsing
5. Monika : Avatar
6. No Age : Nouns
7. Seabear: the ghost that carried us away
8. Bon iver : For Emma, forever ago
9. Fleet foxes: s/t
10. Los compesinos : Hold on now youngster
11. Broken Social Scene : Something for all of us
12. Vampire weekend : s/t
13. Beck : Modern guilt
14. The Dodos : Visiter
15. Spiritualized : Songs in A & E
16. British sea power: Do u like rock music?
17. Wolf parade : At mount zoomer
18. Girls in Hawai : plan your escape
19. Deerhunter : Crystal castles
20. Shearwater: Rook
21. Low lows : Shining violent
22. Death cab for cuties: Narrow stairs
23. Atlas sound : Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot feel
24. The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks
25. The Constantines: Kensigton heights
26. Bonnie Prince Billy : Lie down in the light
27. Metaform : Standing in the shoulders of giants
28. Tapes n tapes : Walk it off.
29. Gutter twins : Saturnalia
30. Notwist : The Devil, You + Me
31. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds : Dig! Lazarus ! Dig!
32. M83: SATURDAYS=YOUTH
33. Steven malkmus : Real emotional trash
34. Beach house : Devotion
35. Cut copy: In ghost colours
36. The Raveonettes: Lush, lush, lush
37. Times new Viking: Rip it off
38. Magnetic fields: Distortion
39. Sigur Ros: með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
40. Catpower: Jukebox vol.2

I like this year much more than the last because only a half (or a 2/3 as someone said) of it gave me more interesting things than the whole 2007. As many people here I'm open to your recommendations. As for now:
1. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (9.8/10)
2. Deerhunter - Microcastle (9.5)
2. Fleet Foxes - s/t (9.5)
3. Vampire Weekend - s/t (9.4)
4. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind... (9.3)
5. No Age - Nouns (9.2)
7. Times New Viking - Rip It Off (9.1)
8. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (9.1)
9. Portishead - Third (9.1)
10. Crystal Castles - s/t (8.9)
11. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP (8.9)
12. Ruby Suns - Sea Lion (8.8)
13. The Dodos - Visiter (8.8)
14. Beach House - Devotion (8.7)
15. Coldplay - Viva la Vida... (8.7)
16. High Places - 03/07 - 09/07 (8.6)
17. M83 - Saturdays = Youth (8.5)
18. Air France - No Way Down EP (8.5)
19. Hercules and Love Affair - s/t (8.5)
20. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (8.5)
21. Belong - Colorless Record EP (8.5)
22. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer (8.2)
23. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (8.0)
24. Sun Kil Moon - April (7.7)
25. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing (7.2)

One more update from me, who's list is slowly growing. I'm feeling excited about new music for the first time in awhile.

The Top

1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2. Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
3. Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
4. High Places - 03/07 - 09/07
5. Murder by Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
6. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
7. Fleet Foxes - s/t
8. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
9. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

Other albums I expect could make waves

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (Love this band. I'm hearing good things. Should get it today!)
Portishead - Third (listened through a couple of times and I like it. Sounds like it'll end up in a decent spot.)

Albums I'm interested in but have slept on

Atlas Sound - Let the Blind... (I've heard a couple of tracks and liked them. I need to hear the rest)
Sun Kil Moon - April (I really like "Unlit Hallway")
Man Man - Rabbit Habbits (can't believe I still haven't listened to this)

The rest of the year is looking pretty thin on releases. At least that'll give me some time to listen to the things I missed.

Sorry for the double post, but I'm confused by this:

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Originally posted by cody:

36. The Raveonettes: Lush, lush, lush

I've seen this album referred to as this a couple of times. The album is called Lust Lust Lust. We are people calling it Lush Lush Lush?

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Originally posted by Mike Angelo:
]Really stellar list there, I've heard all the albums listed save these three what can you tell me about them?

Thanks.
I suck at descriptions for bands, but I’ll give it my best shot, and I’ll try to find some good descriptions from sites too.

The Accidental – There Were Wolves
myspace.com/theaccidental
The band consists of 3 guys and a girl. (Former Tunng singer Sam Genders is in the band.) They play slow-moving folk songs. The harmonies are REALLY good, Hannah Caughlin’s voice is amazing.
“Mostly acoustic instruments hum and pierce with precise sincerity.” – EW
“In this strange, hushed music, with words that don’t rhyme and often take their imagery from mundane things like orange juice and suede shoes, the Accidental has crafted a truly beautiful set of songs.” – PopMatters

Noah and the Whale – Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
myspace.com/noahandthewhale
This album will probably end up in the top 10 at the end of the year for me.
The sound just really appeals to me. It’s happy music. Indie-pop-folk-rock.
The album is full of handclaps, acoustic guitars, xylophones, ukuleles, some horns and strings too…it’s great! (Oh, and some whistling, too!)
“5 Years Time” might be happiest song in the history of songs. Check it out on their myspace.

Elliott Brood – Mountain Meadows
myspace.com/elliottbrood
A Canadian folk-rocker. Not much I can say, comparable to The Avett Brothers or Langhorne Slim to a degree. If you like either of those two, you’d probably enjoy him.