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Originally posted by eggtweedyegg:

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Plants & Animals - Parc Avenue is a great great record (Montreal does it again)

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01. Sam Roberts >> Love at the End of the World

Sam Roberts is from Montreal too.

I know, but up there I was talking about dark horses. Sam Roberts' album is awesome (hence the number one spot) but I'm not predicting this album will make its way to the top of many lists (referring to sites like Pitchfork, Spin, Rolling Stone, Tiny Mix Tapes, etc.), so I'm not predicting that album to be a dark horse.

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (A)
2. Stay Positive - The Hold Steady (A)
3. Sun Giant EP - Fleet Foxes (A-)
4. Tha Carter III - Lil' Wayne (A-)
5. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair (A-)
6. In Ghost Colours - Cut Copy (B+)
7. Visiter - Dodos (B)
8. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (B)
9. No Way Down EP - Air France (B)
10. Hold On Now, Youngster... - Los Campesinos! (B)
11. The Modern Guilt - Beck (B-)
12. Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (B-)

Although, I think my number one spot is reserverd for TV On The Radio's next album.

Just picked up Plants and Animals "Parc Avenue" after reading some of the discussion on here. Loving it so far....

Things on my list (unordered or loosely ordered):

Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Son Lux - At War With Walls & Mazes
Ghostlimb - Bearing & Distance
Loma Prieta - Last City
Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
The Loved Ones - Build & Burn
Portraits of Past - Discography
Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure
Venetian Snares - Detrimentalist
...Who Calls So Loud - ...Who Calls So Loud
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

When you bust out a list like this, you need to explain yourself. I'm sorry, but it's just not helpful if you don't explain such a stubbornly individual list.

I thought the point was just to keep track of your year end list. Have you listened to any of the albums on the list? That's a good starting place. I recommend Deathconsciousness highly. Check that out.

Why should I?

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Originally posted by goathouse's enlarging prostate:
Why should I?

You act indignant, as if my idiosyncratic list has offended your sensibilities, though this reaction seems more a product of you having not listened to much, if anything, from my list. So how about you give it a shot, sport.

Deathconsciousness is pretty good so far. A bit formless, but it's got some decent drama. The first song is a real drag though and the forced lo-fi sound doesn't do it any favors.

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Originally posted by anbc:

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Originally posted by eggtweedyegg:

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Plants & Animals - Parc Avenue is a great great record (Montreal does it again)

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01. Sam Roberts >> Love at the End of the World

Sam Roberts is from Montreal too.

I know, but up there I was talking about dark horses. Sam Roberts' album is awesome (hence the number one spot) but I'm not predicting this album will make its way to the top of many lists (referring to sites like Pitchfork, Spin, Rolling Stone, Tiny Mix Tapes, etc.), so I'm not predicting that album to be a dark horse.

It possitively should be recognized as one of the best of the year though. It has jumped to the top of my list.

I will say it again. Anyone that has not checked out Sam Robert's Love at the end of the world do so right now. This album is classic.

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Originally posted by goathouse's enlarging prostate:
Deathconsciousness is pretty good so far. A bit formless, but it's got some decent drama. The first song is a real drag though and the forced lo-fi sound doesn't do it any favors.

Well the two guys in the band didn't have much choice in terms of lo-fi vs. hi-fi. They recorded this in a home studio over the course of 5 years and their genres of influence can definitely wax lo-fi (industrial, punk, dark ambient to name a few). Glad you took the effort to check it out. Some of the best tracks are at the end too.

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Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure

Isn't Shai Hulud from Dune? The Arrakeen people of that story were modeled after our middle-easterners so I could be confusing it with an Arab saying.

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Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure

Isn't Shai Hulud from Dune? The Arrakeen people of that story were modeled after our middle-easterners so I could be confusing it with an Arab saying.

Yes it is.

I haven't seen Dune in years. Is it worth becoming reaquainted with it? Is it on Blu-ray yet? I seem to remember enjoying it, but I was disappointed to see Sting appear. Why does he have to spoil everything?

Way to go off-topic. Off-forum, in fact!

The movie is interesting on a few levels, but the book is one the best single things ever created by a group or individual. Read the book first.

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The movie is interesting on a few levels, but the book is one the best single things ever created by a group or individual. Read the book first.

isn't it books, not book?

also, by fucking with lynch's intended cut they ruined the movie.

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Originally posted by goathouse's enlarging prostate:
When you bust out a list like this, you need to explain yourself. I'm sorry, but it's just not helpful if you don't explain such a stubbornly individual list.

you probably don't know some of the bands on his list because there are a lot of hardcore and/or screamo bands on there (genres i generally steer clear from except for a few exceptions - like converge).

never heard of have a nice life before - not bad, though. didn't blow me away, but it isn't a bad album.

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Originally posted by goathouse's enlarging prostate:
The movie is interesting on a few levels, but the book is one the best single things ever created by a group or individual. Read the book first.

isn't it books, not book?

Not if you want to retain the awesomeness of the premise and characters.

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Originally posted by Mr Borachon Esq:
I haven't seen Dune in years. Is it worth becoming reaquainted with it? Is it on Blu-ray yet? I seem to remember enjoying it, but I was disappointed to see Sting appear. Why does he have to spoil everything?

Way to go off-topic. Off-forum, in fact!

Skip the David Lynch movie with Sting in it. It's rubbish.

But, the Sci Fi Channel did an excellent miniseries a few years ago. It's available on DVD. They also did another miniseries that combined "Dune Messiah" and "Children of Dune", which was also very good.

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Originally posted by krugulitis:

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Originally posted by goathouse's enlarging prostate:
When you bust out a list like this, you need to explain yourself. I'm sorry, but it's just not helpful if you don't explain such a stubbornly individual list.

you probably don't know some of the bands on his list because there are a lot of hardcore and/or screamo bands on there (genres i generally steer clear from except for a few exceptions - like converge).

never heard of have a nice life before - not bad, though. didn't blow me away, but it isn't a bad album.

Though there is a hardcore skew to my list based on just natural bias and familiarity, 8/13 of those albums are not hardcore and/or have no hardcore influence. Also, my definite top three of HANL, Girl Talk, and Son Lux are all non-hardcore and non-punk in fact if we want to climb one branch further up the genre tree.

Also, I don't know if this is to HANL's credit or detriment, but that album has a more profound impact during winter. When the weather is cold and the night comes earlier, the oppressiveness of this album is just ridiculous. Keep in mind I'm not some gothed out weirdo who desperately seeks "dark" music or anything like that. The album, as multifarious as it is, just functions that one way very very well.