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Upwardly Mobile Participant |
I haven't posted a list before, so this is my first effort. Dare say i regularly haunt this thread in order to seek out any records i may not have been fortunate to come across beforehand though.
In no particular order, apart from marked exceptions which i class as my personal pick(s) of the bunch thus far.
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Know-It-All |
This is getting harder and harder...by the time the end of the year rolls around, this is going to be painstaking.
1. The White Stripes - Icky Thump 2. M.I.A. - Kala 3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 4. Justice - † 5. Panda Bear - Person Pitch 6. Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust 7. Marnie Stern - In Advance Of The Broken Arm 8. The Field From Here We Go Sublime 9. The Besnard Lakes - Are The Dark Horse 10. Battles - Mirrored 11. !!! - Myth Takes 12. A-Trak - Dirty South Dance 13. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position 14. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away 15. Menomena - Friend & Foe 16. The National - Boxer 17. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters 18. Deerhunter - Cryptograms 19. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? 20. Dungen - Tio Bitar |
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Guru |
Loved Ta Det Lungt, but just bought the new one and didn't love it on first listen. Hope it grows on me. Is it as good as Ta Det Lungt? |
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Jedi |
I liked it after a few listens but it just kinda petered out... not nearly as memorable as Ta Det Lungt. |
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Jedi |
Update
01. Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, Of Montreal 02. †, Justice 03. Kala, M.I.A. 04. Icky Thump, The White Stripes 05. The Magic Position, Patrick Wolf 06. Neon Bible, The Arcade Fire 07. Friend Opportunity, Deerhoof 08. Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective 09. The Reminder, Feist 10. Boxer, The National 11. Wincing the Night Away, The Shins 12. Scribble Mural Comic Journal, A Sunny Day In Glasgow (just added) 13. Tears of the Valedictorian, Frog Eyes 14. Chromophobia, Gui Boratto 15. Person Pitch, Panda Bear 16. From Here We Go Sublime, The Field 17. Spiderman of the Rings, Dan Deacon 18. Liars, Liars 19. Some Loud Thunder, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 20. 23, Blonde Redhead Mmm mmm good. A Sunny Day In Glasgow's album is pretty awesome. ---------------------------------------- "You're half the man Peter Pan could have been" |
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Upwardly Mobile Participant |
...other than alphabetical by artist name.  My year-end list starts something like this: 1. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam 2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch 3. Caribou - Andorra 4. Battles - Mirrored 5. Liars - Liars 6. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover 7. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime 8. Deerhunter - Cryptograms 9. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 10. Iron & Wine - Shepherd's Dog |
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Jedi |
Yeah, it's my favorite album to come out this year. "Violence, she solved everything" |
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Guru |
if you like The Field and Gui Boratto so high on your list, pick up Thomas Fehlmann - Honigpumpe. same label. I picked it up before The Field and it is amazing. With The Field, the loops bothered me a bit, in the beginning, but I've grown to like it.(tracks 8,9 are weak). The repitition is still there, and that is where Fehlmann's is stronger. It is more softer, but it keeps growing song by song. More organic too(the term being used a lot). Both will be on my list now....Fehlmann's ahead of The Field. "the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me" |
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Know-It-All |
1. Stars ~ In Our Bedroom After the War
2. M.I.A. ~ Kala 3. Arcade Fire ~ Neon Bible 4. Of Montreal ~ Hissing Fauna... 5. Rufus Wainwright ~ Release the Stars 6. Spoon ~ GaGaGaGaGa 7. Andrew Bird ~ Armchair Apocrypha 8. White Rabbits ~ Fort Nightly 9. Feist ~ The Reminder 10. St. Vincent ~ Marry Me 11. Great Lake Swimmers ~ Ongiara 12. Caribou ~ Andorra 13. Incura ~ Swords.Souls.Secrets 14. Apples In Stereo ~ New Magnetic Wonder 15. The National ~ Boxer 16. Blonde Redhead ~ 23 17. Apostle Of Hustle ~ National Anthem of Nowhere 18. Kris Demeanor ~ Go Away (With Me) 19. The Clientele ~ God Save the Clientele 20. Josh Rouse ~ Country Mouse City House |
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The National - Boxer, a grower like no other. Started out disappointed and ended up obsessed.
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger, not mentioned a lot here, too country to mainstream maybe. Great album. Great range of songs. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder, with the exception of 2 songs a great follow up, Underwater has been playing non-stop in my head for months. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha, just great, dude can whistle. Of Montreal - Hissing...., everyone has it because it's fantastic. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky, Nels Kline is a monster, it hurts to watch sometimes, saw them in May, just amazing. The Handsome Furs - Plague Park, short and sweet, love it's simplicity, wasn't overly impressed with live show. The rest I'm working out as I go, digging Frog Eyes, The White Rabbits, Okkervil River, Architecture in Helsinki, Bright Eyes and a few others. And Blair - Pluto, it's an EP, great voice, Mona Lisa is a great song. Great year for music so far. |
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Jedi |
For fun, I'll take my top 20 and give them my own personal Pitchfork-style
ratings: 01. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover (9.8) 02. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (9.4) 03. New Pornographers - Challengers (9.0) 04. The National – Boxer (8.8) 05. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha (8.7) 06. The Field – From Here We Go Sublime (8.6) 07. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (8.6) 08. Panda Bear – Person Pitch (8.5) 09. Menomena – Friend And Foe (8.5) 10. Dan Deacon – Spiderman Of The Rings (8.4) 11. Deerhunter – Cryptograms (8.4) 12. Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse (8.1) 13. Okkervil River - The Stage Names (8.1) 14. John Vanderslice - Emerald City (8.0) 15. Caribou - Andorra (8.0) 16. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky (7.9) 17. Apples In Stereo – New Magnetic Wonder (7.9) 18. Liars – Liars (7.9) 19. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (7.8) 20. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (7.7) Need more time: Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring – These Are Our Songs, We Wrote Them For You Low – Drums And Guns The Go! Team - Proof Of Youth Akron/Family - Love Is Simple Begushkin - Nightly Things Songs Of Green Pheasant - Gyllyng Street Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia The World On Higher Downs - Land Patterns This message has been edited. Last edited by: L. R. William Spencer, |
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Jedi |
1. of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2. Battles- Mirrored 3. Liars- Liars 4. Sunset Rubdown- Random Spirit Lover 5. Animal Collective- Strawberry Jam 6. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 7. Blonde Redhead- 23 8. The Field- From Here We Go To Sublime 9. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare 10. Justice- Cross 11. The Dirty Projectors- Rise Above 12. Matthew Dear- Asa Breed 13. Gui Boratto- Chromophobia 14. Frog Eyes- Tears of the Valedictorian 15. The Shins- Wincing the Night Away 16. Fiery Furnaces- Widow City 17. Grinderman- Grinderman 18. Trans Am- Sex Change 19. The Good, the Bad & the Queen- The Good, the Bad & the Queen 20. Oxbow- The Narcotic Story So, that's my list as of now... there've been some serious changes made. My largest change is Blonde Redhead not being #1 for the first time since the beginning of the year. I thought it wasn't going to lose it's spot... but of Montreal is just too beastly, along with the rest of that top 5 (the first 10 are ridiculously solid) |
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Jedi |
My 20...
1. The National - Boxer 2. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? 3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 4. New Pornographers - Challengers 5. Spoon - Ga x5 6. Blonde Redhead - 23 7. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog 8. Voxtrot - s/t 9. Jens Lekman - Night Falls over Kotedala 10. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha 11. White Stripes - Icky Thump 12. Menomena - Friend and Foe 13. The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear 14. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War 15. Okkervil River - The Stage Names 16. White Rabbits - Fort Nightly 17. Peter, Bjorn and John - Writer's Block 18. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away 19. Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse 20. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position Constantly in flux, of course... ------ Aren't there any girls out their who like good music? I need to and want to meet them. My favorite bands are Overkill River, The Nife, Songs:Ohio, and Nuetral Milk Hotel. Please let me know if your into indy music and like to go to show's and drink beer's and makeout. |
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Enthusiast |
so far...
1. Elliott Smith - New Moon 2. Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust 3. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse 4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 5. Crippled Black Phoenix - A Love of Shared Disasters 6. Lightning Dust - s/t 7. Blonde Redhead - 23 8. Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian 9. Nina Nastasia and Jim white - You Follow Me 10. Pelican - City of Echoes although some of those are bound to be knocked down once Sept 25th rolls around |
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1. The National - Boxer
2. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha 3. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga GA 4. Okkervil River - The Stage Names 5. John Vanderslice - Emerald City 6. The Besnard Lakes - Are The Dark Horse 7. Panda Bear - Person Pitch 8. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver 9. Menomena - Friend And Foe 10. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum |
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Jedi |
My list is very different than it was 4 days ago.
1 Neon Bible / Arcade Fire / 9.8 2 Boxer / The National / 9.5 3 Mirrored / Battles / 9.3 4 Challengers / The New Pornographers / 9.1 5 Armchair Apocrypha / Andrew Bird / 8.9 6 The Magic Position / Patrick Wolf / 8.6 7 Fort Nightly / White Rabbits / 8.6 8 Wincing the Night Away / The Shins / 8.5 9 Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga / Spoon / 8.5 10 Hissing Fauna &c / Of Montreal / 8.4 11 The Else / They Might Be Giants / 8.3 12 Friend Opportunity / Deerhoof / 8.0 13 Icky Thump / White Stripes / 8.0 14 We Were Dead &c/ Modest Mouse / 8.0 15 The Stage Names / Okkervil River / 7.8 16 It's a bit Complicated / Art Brut / 7.7 17 Voxtrot / Voxtrot / 7.6 18 23 / Blonde Redhead / 7.5 19 Friend and Foe / Menomena / 7.5 20 Sound of Silver / LCD Soundsystem / 7.3 The biggest release I'm waiting for is Widow City, which is going to be on my top 20 if the two tracks I heard (Ex-Guru, Restorative Beer) are representative of the album. ☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺ Go Liminal State Bobcats! |
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Guru |
Revised list. There are some big changes here:
1. Breathe Owl Breathe - "Canadian Shield" 2. Okkervil River - "The Stage Names" 3. The Ike Reilly Assassination - "We Belong to the Staggering Evening" 4. The Avett Brothers - "Emotionalism" 5. Great Lake Swimmers - "Oniagra" 6. Spoon - "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" 7. Magnolia Electric Co. - "Sojourner" 8. Wilco - "Sky Blue Sky" 9. Wooden Wand - "James and the Quiet" 10. Jose Gonzales - "In Our Nature" 11. The New Pornographers - "Challengers" 12. Feist - "The Reminder" 13. Jens Lekman - "Night Falls Over Kortedala" 14. Lillyyss Adrian Orange - "s/t" 15. Andrew Bird - "Armchair Apocrypha" Near misses include Arcade Fire, The Apples in Stereo, and St. Vincent I am still waiting to here Iron and Wine, Jim White, and Rilo Kiley (though I hear it sucks). It ain't hallelujah, but it might as well have been. |
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Apprentice Guru |
I'd just like to add, there have been a number of excellent albums this year, but of those, Grinderman is the only one that is out to KICK YOUR ASS...in a year full of tasteful, thoughtful successes, it's nice to have something to throw on that is equally excellent, but just wants to rock out in the raunchiest, way. Icky Thump captures a lot of the same raw, jagged, priordial instrumental feel, but lacks the in your face lyrical nastiness of this minor classic. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I have to disagree with you Illiniq. While there is a lot to love that rocks hard on here: the first two songs, "Honey Bee..." I also think that there is a lot of good, more chilled music on here. This is a common misconception that some people have with the album. I knew of one member on here who wishes that it was all loud and furious and really can't stand the softer touches. I like all of it, just the same. It's all done very well and excuted by some fine musicians. Just go into Grinderman with an open mind (something I didn't do) and take it as a whole. If you do that, you should love it. ----- Never say you miss her, never say a word. And do everything she'd never do. |
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