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Originally posted by MilotheMayor:
Thank god I heard Hissing Fauna in January. Six months later, I am now an of Montreal listening fiend.

I had heard The Sunlandic Twins but put it aside, then I listened to Hissing Fauna.. and wound up putting it aside... only to come back later and listen to Hissing Fauna and get addicted to of Montreal's entire discog.

I must say, "Oslo In the Summertime" is my favorite of Montreal song though.

This year I've found out about a ton of good stuff I've missed. The Blow, Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, Elf Power, Faust, Happy Mondays, Je Suis France, Joni Mitchell, Manitoba (I'm seeing Caribou in October!!!), Pulp, Thurston Moore's Root, Tree Wave, and the Zombies.

What a list, huh?

The Feelies, esp. Crazy Rhythms
Public Image Ltd
Talk Talk, esp Laughing Stock
The Tall Dwarfs, esp. Fork Songs

The new release from the New Pornographers prompted me to get A.C. Newman's solo album, which I love.

After getting Icky Thump, I finally got around to getting the White Stripes' catalog, which is also quite good, if a little straightforward.

The Warmth of the Sun compilation has really gotten me into the Beach Boys again.

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Originally posted by L. R. William Spencer:
The new release from the New Pornographers prompted me to get A.C. Newman's solo album, which I love.

Excellent move; "The Slow Wonder" is a power pop classic.

I inintially thought it was a mediocre album, but I've come around to it over the past year or so. I think it's far superior to Mass Romantic and Electric Version.

Nic Jones

He's a folkie from the late 60's early 70's. I discovered him at a great blog called Time Has Told Me. They had a download of the album In Search of Nic Jones, which is a collection of live songs he performed between 1969 and 1972. Great stuff.

I've been listening to The Hold Steady lately. If I had heard it last year, it would've made my top 20, maybe top 10.

discovered Townes Van Zandt last night. Remarkable songwriter!

Cast King Saw mill man

80 years old songwriter that recorded his first album in 2005, kind of a drunken Johnny Cash
really good!

I am all about some "Lola vs. Powerman and the Money-Go-Round" by The Kinks.

Two words: Josh Ritter.

Yes, at 53 I am an old geezer (but you would be surprised at my collection and maybe shocked that I have played "Murdy Bum" by the Artic Monkeys until my spouse is weary of it), but I have to be honest and say that Macca has made thus far the most memorable album for me. Just when I thought Chaos and Creation would probably be his swan song, he records Memory Almost Full! "Only Mama Knows" reveals he can still rock with the best of them, "Mr. Belamy" evokes memories of Sgt. Peppers, and "The End of the End" is McCartney at his poetic best. He can still visit the places of the soul that birthed Eleanor Rigby. Of course there are three throw aways: House of Wax, You Tell Me, and Gratitude. However, what is left after the culling is with the purchase and hearing.

This isn't exactly new to me for 2007, but I think I'm finally starting to enjoy Joanna Newsom's Ys. I listened to it the other day and I can finally see why everyone seemed to like it so much.

lately it's all been about rap..

king geedorah (favorite of the bunch), viktor vaughn, company flow, el-p, raekwon, wu-tang, odb, gza, ghostface..

Yes and Yes.

Ys was my #1 last year, and I've been into a rap binge as well.

Maybe my favorite "new to me" rap album lately is Common's Like Water for Chocolate. I thought Finding Forever was good, but the older one blows it out of the water.

spoon...!
i m into their new album (Ga) n Gimme Fiction ...n i m tryin to find the rest.

its gonna be definitely my spoonyear.

I had a eureka moment with Captain Beefheart this year. After a while of owning a couple of his albums, I downloaded 'Electricity' and thought, "hang on, this is brilliant". Went out and bought Safe As Milk and had a similar reaction so now the Captain is becoming a solid presence in my collection.

Hey, sk, I'm glad you like Gimme Fiction and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Spoon has been one of my favorite bands for many years. You'll get differences of opinion on here about what their best album is (I say "Kill the Moonlight") But I don't think there will be anyone that would tell you anything in their back catalog isn't amazing. ... well, Telephono/Soft Effects is maybe a little bit lacking, but everything from Series of Sneaks on is classic.

Róisín Murphy's Ruby Blue.

Herbert's production is utterly FANTASTIC and her voice... so very soulful.

I'm bummed I didn't get on this back in '05.

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Originally posted by Shadrach:
Hey, sk, I'm glad you like Gimme Fiction and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Spoon has been one of my favorite bands for many years. You'll get differences of opinion on here about what their best album is (I say "Kill the Moonlight") But I don't think there will be anyone that would tell you anything in their back catalog isn't amazing. ... well, Telephono/Soft Effects is maybe a little bit lacking, but everything from Series of Sneaks on is classic.

they are a really great band no matter what anyone says...now i m into "Kill the Moonlight" & "Girls Can Tell"...
4 spoon albums in one week so far are , well, too much...but i like it...i m hearin them nonstop all day & night...even while i m workin...its a shame that people around the world (except maybe US if a #10 position in album charts is some kind of sucess) dont know them...