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Cat Power is better than the lukewarm reviews.

i think so too. i don't know why it's the case. each time i feel like listening to it, i think to myself "the reviews say it's so so" and i hesitate but then i go "but I liiiiiiiiiike it" and then pop it in my stereo and enjoy it. actually, i don't know many of the originals so it's probably not as fun as someone who does but "Breathless" came on (i hadn't checked the names of the songs) and recognized a couple of the words and got that feeling we all know "oh my goodness...i know this! what it is?!? argh!!! wait.....lemme think.......where did i hear that chorus? NICK CAVE! YES!!!! WOOO HOOOOOO" .... and then i realized i was alone and there was no one to congratulate me

My favourite albums so far this year:

1. British Sea Control - Do You like Rock music?
2. Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
3. Times New Viking - Rip it Off
4. Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
5. Sons and Daughters - This Gift
6. Magnetic Fields - Distortion
7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
8. Hot Chip - Made in Dark

I thought 2007 was such a good year for music, only the British Sea Power album would make it to my 2007-list. I'm still waiting for a couple of Norwegian albums, patriotic as I am :-))

Well 4 discs in2008:

1. Cat Power - Jukebox
2. Black Mountain - In The Future
3. MGMT - Or. Spectacular
4. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

I need something new/weird/electronic/different/dark to fill me up: something great though like 9/10, 10/10. I'm leaning towards something comparable to The Knife, Venetian Snares or Burial (less dubstep)

Any Suggestions?????? 2007/2008

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Originally posted by jayman:
I need something new/weird/electronic/different/dark to fill me up: something great though like 9/10, 10/10. I'm leaning towards something comparable to The Knife, Venetian Snares or Burial (less dubstep)

Any Suggestions?????? 2007/2008

DJ Hidden The Later After is pretty dark drum and bass, if you're interested, I don't think there was much released in the vein of The Knife last year.

Here's my first list of the year, I still need to listen to some of these more.

1. Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus! (This one won't make my list due to the fact that it was on last years)
2. Andrew Bird - Soldier On EP
3. Atmosphere - Strictly Leakage
4. Morcheeba - Dive Deep
5. Cat Power - Jukebox
6. Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightening
7. Lil Wayne - The Leak EP
8. Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
9. Ghislain Poirier - No Ground Under, I'm not actually sure if this was last year or this year.
10. The Magnetic Fields Distortion



Decent but not amazing

Beach House - Devotion
Black Mountain - In the Future
Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
Los campensinos! Hold on Now, Youngster

Need more listens

Autechre - Quaristice
Die! Die! Die! - Promises, Promises, Promises
The Field - Sound of Light
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings and All
DJ-Kicks - Booka Shade
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark

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Originally posted by jayman:
I need something new/weird/electronic/different/dark to fill me up: something great though like 9/10, 10/10.

Like previously mentioned, the new Autechre is great. I would def. advise anyone (even if they're just starting to get into electronic or IDM) to grab it.

1. Die! Die! Die!- Promises, Promises
2. Black Mountain- In the Future
3. Autechre- Quaristice
4. Boris- Smile
5. Prurient- And Still, Wanting
6. Hercules & Love Affair- s/t
7. Box- Studio 1
8. Reup Gang- We Got It For Cheap vol. 3
9. Hello, Blue Roses- The Portrait Is Finished
10. Charlottefield- What Friends Are For

The funny thing is that I feel like I haven't been listening to '08 albums much, yet... but I can still make a top 10 out of albums that I've given several listens. There are a several others that I've got in rotation right now, as well.

Update:

Very Strong Staying Power:

01. Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, Atlas Sound
02. Sound of Light, The Field

"Pretty Good Chance" Staying Power:

03. Lust Lust Lust, The Raveonettes
04. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
05. Made in the Dark, Hot Chip

50/50 Staying Power:

06. Hercules and Love Affair, Hercules and Love Affair
07. Quaristice, Autechre

"We'll See, Maybe Yes, Most Likely No" Staying Power:

08. Women As Lovers, Xiu Xiu
09. The Evening Descends, Evangelicals
10. Distortions, The Magnetic Fields


I Still Need To Listen To:

Studio 1, Box (I sampled this because of your list JGlass, it sounds pretty crazycoolcrack'n'crunk.)
Smile, Boris
Liferz, Blood on the Walls
Kontpab, Mahjongg
I can't remember/find the fucking title for this album!, Low Lows

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I just haven't stopped listening to Autechre, Hercules, and Black Mountain. I was drunk last night and meant to put on some porno, but put on Black Mountain on accident... and decided that they were essentially the same thing.

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Originally posted by K00L M1K3:
The Field - Sound of Light

I'm glad this is getting recognition; i placed it at number three in my 2007 year end list. The absence of the record on any compilation besides mine was confusing to say the least - the North American release date explains this somewhat.

Sound of Light was released in Europe late last year.

....? Sound of Light is an ITunes only EP as far as I've seen. Are you sure you're not referring to From Here We Go To Sublime? And if you're referring to From Here We Go To Sublime then I'm pretty positive it was on plenty of lists.

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Originally posted by JGlass:
....? Sound of Light is an ITunes only EP as far as I've seen. Are you sure you're not referring to From Here We Go To Sublime?

Definitely Not. I came across Sound of Light to my suprise when i clicked From Here We Go Sublime's 'arrow link' on my iTunes library that, in turn, connected me to the store.

I purchased the EP on the first day of this year according to the ID3 tag - although i could swear i acquired it earlier - leaving me enough time to absorb the material and place The Field's second offering in a lofty position.

[EDIT: UK iTunes release date is listed as being 04 December 2007]

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I don't use ITunes and I live in America which is why I had no clue... I'm surprised I didn't see any mentions of it prior to.... actually, I don't think I've seen any mentions of it besides from where I got it from.

The two 2008 records that i like and deserve to be mentionned are

2. Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride (awesome title, awesome CD cover)
1. The Field - sound of light EP (awesome songs )

I want to listen to: British sea power, Autechre.

im just going to list albums that i think will actually make my top 20.

1. vampire weekend-vampire weekend
2. the magnetic fields-distortion

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Originally posted by jayman:
I need something new/weird/electronic/different/dark to fill me up: something great though like 9/10, 10/10. I'm leaning towards something comparable to The Knife, Venetian Snares or Burial (less dubstep)

Any Suggestions?????? 2007/2008

The track "Easy" by Hercules & Love Affair reminds me of The Knife a lot. Really moody and thick.

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Originally posted by ajar:

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Originally posted by The Fall of Troy:
Think about it. Garth brought rock 'n roll energy to country (and Aerosmith, KISS, and Billy Joel covers).

Lyle has always been in his own little genre, throwing in big band, gospel, and alternative influences.

Neither are mainstream country. They are better than country because they more than country.

I dont know much about Garth Brooks but to me its very mainstream

To chasten the new arena in Kansas City, MO - the Sprint Center - Garth Brooks performed NINE shows (in the span of like 2 weeks) in November of 2007 that all sold out within a day to a cumulative of something like 150,000 people. Mainstream is a bit of an understatement.

1.Quinn Walker- Laughter's an asshole/Lion Land
2.Sam Amidon- All is Well
3.Destroyer- Trouble in Dreams
4.The low Lows- Shining violence
5.The Battle of Land and Sea-s/t
6.Stephen Malkmus- Real Emotional Trash
7.Black Mountain- In the Future
8.Toumani Diabate- The mande Variations
9.Harpeth Trace- On Disappearing
10.Twi the Humble Feather- Music for Spaceships and Forests

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Originally posted by The Doctor:
1.Quinn Walker- Laughter's an asshole/Lion Land
2.Sam Amidon- All is Well
5.The Battle of Land and Sea-s/t
9.Harpeth Trace- On Disappearing
10.Twi the Humble Feather- Music for Spaceships and Forests

the length and the scatter-brain nature of quinn walker's recent release makes it hard to for me to listen to multiple times. however, there was some interesting material, and he is definitely talented and original. do you have any song recommendations from the new release, so that re approaching the albums is a little less foreboding?

also, what kind of music are the 2nd, 5th, and 9th choices? i haven't heard of them before.

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Originally posted by krugulitis:

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Originally posted by The Doctor:
1.Quinn Walker- Laughter's an asshole/Lion Land
2.Sam Amidon- All is Well
5.The Battle of Land and Sea-s/t
9.Harpeth Trace- On Disappearing
10.Twi the Humble Feather- Music for Spaceships and Forests

the length and the scatter-brain nature of quinn walker's recent release makes it hard to for me to listen to multiple times. however, there was some interesting material, and he is definitely talented and original. do you have any song recommendations from the new release, so that re approaching the albums is a little less foreboding?

also, what kind of music are the 2nd, 5th, and 9th choices? i haven't heard of them before.

I would describe Samamidon as orchestral Appalachian folk.