The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far
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2007 was a great, great year for album releases – while DiS ran a top 50 of the year, topped by LCD Soundsystem’s Sound Of Silver (find the full 50 here) – we could have stretched to a clean 100 and still have albums of an amazing quality to spare. Bravo, musicians, bravo.
Yet midway into 2008 – as good as – we’re scratching our skulls in bewilderment: is this year already producing a bounty more sumptuous than the last? Next week DiS will refresh reader memories by highlighting some of the year’s best albums, and songs, so far. And there’s plenty to pick from, which is why this week’s DiScussion is our way of asking you to tell us your favourites of the year.
Perhaps you’ve been spun round, right round, by the luscious dance textures of Cut Copy’s In Ghost Colours and M83’s_ Saturdays = Youth? Or maybe you’ve tuned into 2562’s dubstep-techno hybrid LP _Aerial, or Flying Lotus’ Dilla-goes-Burial offering Los Angeles (said artist pictured)? Have Crystal Castles ensnared your attention with their glitchy self-titled, or are your dance-party boxes fully ticked by El Guincho’s tropical melodies on Alegranza?
Perhaps indie of a more inventive variety has stolen your breath? Foals made great on their promise with Antidotes, and Youthmovies’ Good Nature is a technicolour progressive cacophony of realised ambitions. Panic At The Disco’s returning Pretty. Odd. was just that for hardcore fans of their earlier, less-retro work, and LA’s No Age produced a swirling, dizzying muddle of brain-tingling tracks on Nouns. Then there’s board favourites Johnny Foreigner, whose ADHD-soaked debut Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light is a riotous blast of a listen.
Portishead’s comeback LP Third is, perhaps, their best ever. Domino-signed outfit Wild Beasts have made the most uniquely appealing record of the year, for sure, in Limbo, Panto. And then there’s Torche’s Meanderthal for the pop-loving metalhead in you, Cadence Weapon’s phenomenal Afterparty Babies for the hip-hop fan demanding more, and Why?’s sublimely category-defying Alopecia… perhaps this scribe’s album of the year already. Perhaps.
And so many more, already, which is why we need you to remind us of 2008’s best releases so far. G’wan then…
DiScuss: What are your top… say, five… albums of the year so far? What albums do you think _we_ will pick as being among the year’s most-essential to date, and what future releases are you excited about? What’s forthcoming? Let’s see… Beck, Deerhunter, Wolf Parade, Tricky, Roots Manuva, Conor Oberst, Stereolab. Things are looking pretty sweet.
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No Age - Nouns
Boris - Smile
Minus - The Great Northern Whale Kill
Probably...
1/ Johnny Foreigner
2/ Bon Iver
3/ Cut Copy
4/ Foals
5/ IWACS
For Me...
1. Youthmovies - Good Nature
2. El Guincho - Alegranza
3. Why? - Alopecia
4. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
5. No Age - Nouns
Mystery Jets
21 is by far my fave album of 08
Lykke Li's too!
I'd Go For
Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto
Mystery Jets - Twenty One
El Guincho - Alegrenza
Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow and Blue
The Dodos - Visiter
Wolf Parade - At Mt. Zoomer
No Age - Nouns
Hercules and Love Affair - S/T
Vampire Weekend - S/T
High Places - Demos
loads of good new albums!
oh, the wolf parade album not out yet?
i haven't heard it, then....
I don't understand this DiS thing with Panic at the Disco
I don't understand it at all
Mine:
Vampire Weekend
Why
Bon Iver
Boris
The Dodos
Awesome Color
A Place To Bury Strangers
Deerhunter
Portishead
Xiu Xiu
Times New Viking
Some of these might not actually be this year.
my favs
Charlottefield - What Are Friends For
Los Campesinos - Hold on now Youngster
True Swamp Neglect - Cloud Cloud Cloud
Mystery Jets - 21
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - We Are All in the Gutter
god...
i just tried to do this and it really depressed me. there's been some okay albums but none that i would want in any top 5 list. save bon iver natch.
i thought this year was supposed to be better than 2007?
My top5 so far is
Songdog
The Sleeping years
Gregor Samsa
Last Harbour
Envelopes ( or Fighting with wire )
Off the top of the head
1 Los Campesinos!
2 Johnny Foreigner
3 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
4 Elbow
5 The Wave Pictures
so far
1. Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
2. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
3. No Age - Nouns
4. The Mae-Shi - HLLLYH
5. 2562 - Aerial
I'm excited about...
1. Deerhunter - Microcastle
2. Burial - DJ Kicks
3. Rolo Tomassi
4. Dusk & Blackdown - Margin Music
5. Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
loads more mind...
hmm
atlas sound
fuck buttons
black mountain
earth
boris
alexander tucker
the war on drugs
Portishead - Third wins for me
Excellent album. Nick Cave's one is also pretty good. Liked the breeders as well.
Don't think it has been a particularly good year for albums. Most of the debuts that I was looking forward to have been a bit meh.
there's been some great
stuff, but so far nothing has come close to a few of last years...boxer, hissing fauna...
(for me at least)
obviously.
but then i have bought very
little recently due to being poor, so i've probably missed out on a fair bit
moi?
Cut Copy - Errors - Crystal Castles - M83 - Hot Chip
I'm not sure when my musical taste became so blinkered, but 5 albums I love right there. Cut Copy would make it into my top 5 albums of my life I think. Yes.
Panic At The Disco, Wild Beasts and Elbow
are the 3 that stand out in my opinion.
Destroyer-Trouble in Dreams
It seems to have been totally overlooked, but it's probably the album i've listened to most this year.
um
hammock
frightened rabbit (cant believe no-one's mentioned them yet, expecially as they got a 9 on here)
lc!
johnny foreigner
portishead's one is mega too.
oh and TNV
That was this year wasn't it?
top 5 (so far?)
top albums this year by...
Torche, Atlas Sound, Dub Trio, Melvins, The Death of Her Money.
most overated? No Age, Foals, Health, MGMT
Portishead
Bon Iver
Sleeping Years
Five so far
Shearwater, Nick Cave and the Hold Steady albums for me so far. Rogue Wave and Dodos records also worth a look.
Was Vampire Weekend this year too?
Mine...
Youthmovies
M83
Forward,russia!
Fuck Buttons
Laura Marling
The year started crap, got better
In order cos I don't fudge around
1. The Envy Corps - Dwell
2. Fleet Foxes - s/t
3. The Corrections - Repeat After Me
4. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
5. Young Knives - Superabundance
6. Feeder - Silent Cry
7. Sennen - Where The Light Gets In
8. Vampire Weekend - s/t
9. Duels - The Barbarians Move In
10. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
11. Nada Surf - Lucky
12. This Will Destroy You - s/t
13. James - Hey Ma
14. Lowgold - Promise Lands
15. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
16. Moby - Last Night
17. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
18. Mudy On The Sakuban - VOI
19. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
20. Guillemots - Red
21. Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story - Inlandish
22. Marah - Angels Of Destruction
23. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
24. The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
25. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
easy
The Bedlam in Goliath
Nouns
In Ghost Colours
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
and probably
At Mount Zoomer
I forgot
Mystery Jets! Great album.
Top 5 so far:
The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Foals, MGMT, Crystal Castles, Sun Kil Moon, Bon Iver, Frightened Rabbit and Atlas Sound have all been pretty good, and the leaks of the Wolf Parade, Deerhunter and Venetian Snares albums sound good as well. Still wouldn't mind if someone could explain what's so exciting about the Cut Copy and No Age albums though - they're alright, but they're no masterpieces by any measure...
For me it's No Age and Frightened Rabbit
but I'm always way behind on things, I'll probably have a better answer to this thread in 2011!
so far
these new puritans - beat pyramid
los camp - hold on now, youngster
why? - alopecia
bon iver - for emma, forever ago
frightened rabbit - the midnight organ fight
no age - nouns
...
Bon Iver, Johnny Foreigner, Tegan & Sara's The Con (only came out over here this year, but technically it was made last year), Elbow and Mystery Jets for me.
And Oppenheimer and Delays also cracking.
Me
Frightened Rabbit
Elbow
Bon Iver
School of Language
Joan As Police Woman
Beach House
Laura Marling
Vampire Weekend
moi c'est
Atlas Sound
Fuck Buttons
Ponytails
Indian Jewelry
The magnetic Fields
Deerhunter
No Age
in no order...
Born Ruffians
No age
Pete and the Pirates
Why?
Fuck Buttons
Benga- diary of an afro warrior
Oh and
MGMT
foals
lightspeed champion
falling off the lavender bridge is my favourite of 08, along with bon iver, the music and the rascals
...
6. Minilogue - Animals
7. Youthmovies - Goodnature
8. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babys
9. Jasper Leyland - Wake (Carbon Series Vol.5)
10. Move D & Benjamin Burnn - Songs From The Beehive
I couldn't resist doing more hehe
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Destroyer - TiD
Dodos - Visiter
Evangelicals - Evening Descends
No Age - Nouns
Times New Viking - Rip it Off
Pumice - Quo
War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues
Portishead - 3rd
..off the top of m'head.
In alphabetical order
for the ones I've bought and liked:
Adem- Takes
Antarctica Takes It!- The Penguin League
Benni Hemm Hemm- Murta St. Calunga
Chris T-T- Capital
Cloud Cult- Feel Good Ghosts
dEUS- Vantage Point
Elbow- The Seldom Seen Kid
Get Well Soon- Rest Your Weary Head And Get Well Soon
Hjaltalin- Sleepdrunk Seasons
The Notwist- The Devil, You + Me
Syd Matters- Ghost Days
Why?- Alopecia
and then I have the following albums waiting to arrive in the post sometime shortly:
Eef Barzelay- Lose Big
Electric President- Sleep Well
Erik Enocksson- With Its Dark Tail Curled 'Round The Garage
Jong Pang- Bright White Light
Sigur Ros- Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Yasushi Yoshida- Little Grace
and then I am looking forward to albums from Gareth S Brown, Final Fantasy, Bodies Of Water, Choir Of Young Believers, Fujiya And Miyagi, Sol Seppy, Death Of The Neighbourhood, Orphans & Vandals at some point this year.
so I am quite liking 2008
the magnetic fields
is the only 2008 album i've bought that i've left off. still not keen on it at all.
10. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive
It is excellent. Isn't it great when you are listening to an obscure album by obscure artists, and you happen to read about them on DiS, at the same time? :D
Man Man
'Rabbit Habits'
my two joint
favourites, (too many options for 3rd choice)
Wild Beasts
Youthmovies
MGMT
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Mystery Jets
Black Keys
Portishead
and if we're cheating, In Rainbows (hard copy released 31st Dec I believe - what?! it counts....)
haha yeah I love that
I read about it on RA and you sputing about it on the minimal thread and have been spinning it ever since. It keeps growng on me too.
Why?, Mystery Jets and Bon Iver
should all be in the top 10 of your end of year list i think.
Maybe obvious choices, sure but they are fantastic records.
ones i'll be listening to next year
no particular order:
alas i cannot swim - laura marling
falling off lavender bridge - lightspeed champ
alopecia - why?
red yellow and blue - born ruffians
get awkward - be your own pet
vampire weekend
why?
is actually top for me by quite along way.... definitely best so far...
.
I can't even remember which albums came out this year:
Mystery Jets
Elbow
The Sleeping Years
Hot Chip
Lupe Fiasco
Portishead
Coldplay
And a few others that I can't remember, I'm sure.
You're all idiots
Its obviously The Chap's new record...
I almost liked that for a bit
but then it annoyed the hell out of me to a point where I got angry at it and deleatd it hehe.
Orphan Boy 'Shop Local' anybody?
otherwise...
Elbow
Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes
Mystery Jets
Born Ruffians
Bon Iver
Youthmovies
Frightened Rabbit
You forgot to mention Elbow!
1. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light
2. Foals - Antidotes
3. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
3. These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
4. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
5. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...
But fuck, also Lightspeed Champion, Portishead, The Kills, Last Shadow Puppets and No Age... It's too hard!
In no particular order
because I'm way too indecisive for that
No Age - Nouns(I didn't really get it at first but three listens later and I was hooked)
Youthmovies - Goodnature
Idiot Pilot - Wolves
Boris - Smile
The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath
2007 great?
I thought 2007 was the worst year for new records in a long time. Try listening to Sound Of Silver again - there are only three good songs on it. Battles is tech-metal nonsense of the highest order.
This thread seems to have degenerated into people listing all the albums they've downloaded illegally because Pitchfork told them to.
Mine so far, all bought and paid for:
errors
magnetic fields - distortion
times new viking - rip it off
vampire weekend
the accidental
british sea power
king creosote - vulcans
mogwai young team remaster
yes
+johnny foreigner and nick cave would be my 5.
Broken Records best EP
and 'taking the farm' by War on drugs my favourite song so far...
it's been a pretty shit year so far
A year where that Los Campesinos album features in so many top 5s is a bad year for music!
Of albums released this year, I've paid most attention to:
Why?
Sigur Ros
The Gutter Twins
Boris
Grand Archives
Say Hi!
this thread's given me a few names to check out though, which might swing my opinion.
My choices..
In order...
Errors
Forward Russia
Youthmovies
School of Language
Death Cab for Cutie
IWACS
Mystery Jets
Hot Chip
Sigur Ros (does this count even though its not out yet?)
Vampire Weekend
Wins!!!
Johnny Foreigner
Mystery Jets
Los Campesinos!
These:
Secret Chiefs 3 : Xaphan
Have A Nice Life : Deathconsciousness
Earth : The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
Boris : Smile (Japanese version)
Autechre : Quaristice
Gregor Samsa : Rest
The Mars Volta : The Bedlam in Goliath
Nadja : Desire in Uneasiness
Some of my favourites so far
The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
Hold On Now, Youngster../ - Los Campesinos!
The Midnight Organ Fight - Frightened Rabbit
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Distortion - The Magnetic Fields
For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
Third - Portishead
Sea Lion - The Ruby Suns
wins
at being bland!! and rubish live!!!
My top 5?
1) Charlottefield - What Are Friends For
2) Down I Go - Tyrant
3) Youthmovies - Good Nature
4) Last Shadow Puppets - Age Of The Understatement
5) Forward Russia - Life Processes
....
deerhunter
crystal castles
theese new puritans
adam green
times new viking
...
1. Why?
2. Bon Iver
3. Wildbirds and Peacedrums
4. Health//Disco
5. Atlas Sound
so far
Breeders - Mountain Battles
Ladytron - Velocifero
Explorers Club - Freedom Wind
Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement
Portishead - Third
I'm shocked that
neither Bon Iver, nor Frightened Rabbit are mention above.....
Mine are
* Bon Iver
* Frightened Rabbit
* Elbow
* No Age
* Vampire Weekend
* Fleet Foxes
* M83
* My Morning Jacket
* The Wave Pictures
similar yet superior to the above
no age - nouns
cut copy - in ghost colours
bon iver - for emma, forever ago
fleet foxes - fleet foxes
elbow - the seldom seem kid
these new puritans - beat pyramid
pete and the pirates - little death
foals - antidotes
mystery jets - twenty one
why? - alopecia
hot chip - made in the dark
oh and
the ting tings
[watches board go mad]
the dodos
frightened rabbit
sigur ros
vampire weekend
jonquil (was that last year?)
I'm actually
compiling a proper list throughout the year, normally I just scramble around in the first week of December for a list
So far for me it's...
1. FOALS - Antidotes
2. CUT COPY - In Ghost Colours
3. CRYSTAL CASTLES - Crystal Castles
4. ERRORS - It's Not Something...
5. WHY? - Alopecia
6. PORTISHEAD - Third
7. LOS CAMPESINOS! - Hold On Now Youngster
8. NEON NEON - Stainless Style
9. THESE NEW PURITANS - Beat Pyramid
10. FUCK BUTTONS - Street Horrrsing
Other noteworthy LP's have come from:
THE MAE SHI, SUBTLE, JOHNNY FOREIGNER, MGMT, MYSTERY JETS, THEDEATHSET, YOUTHMOVIES, SCARLETT JOHANSSON
Haven't got anywhere near listening to all the albums I want to though
If I was a rich man...
My two cents:
Frightened Rabbit
Cut Copy
Headlights
Vampire Weekend
Health (DISCO)
Why?
High Places
Subtle
Beach House - Devotion
the best!
Don't think it's a patch on 07 yet
But M83, Fuck Buttons, Frightened Rabbit have been great.
Off the top of mah headfordshire
Why?
Atlas Sound
Je Suis Animal
Autechre
Flying Lotus
El Guincho
Fuck Buttons
Grouper
Crystal Castles
Xiu Xiu
No Age
Magnetic Fields
this year has been wank
the highlights:
johnny foreigner
british sea power
m83
hercules and love affair
foals
the mae shi
Heres my list
1. Crystal Castles
2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horsing
3. Times New Viking - Rip It Off
4. Why? - Alopecia
5. Foals - Antidotes
6. ¡Forward Russia! - Life Processes
7. Vampire Weekend
8. IWACS -I Want You To Know...
9. BSP - DYLRM
10. White Williams- Smoke
I also have high expectations for Deerhunter's Microcastle (which I have only heard excerpts of live), and later in the year for TTNG. Also I have not yet heard Alegranza (El Guincho) or the Atlas Sound album.
My top 5, in no order
Guillemots
The Mars Volta
The Raconteurs
Elbow
Coldplay
Devermax you are bang on with Bedlam in Goliath
and Dig Lazarus Dig.
cant say
I agree with Cut Copy though, I find their music a little limp wristed.
yeah
enough with the usual indie suspects please. Los Campinos my arse. Pitchfork shits me.
albums
deffo:
waited up til it was light
21
angles
brain thrust mastery
oh and
red by guillemots
and the elbow one
Yes to Why?
No to the rest. I'm figure out my own list later.
mine
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Vampire Weekend - S/T
Foals - Antidotes
Russian Circles - Station
oh
and Youthmovies of course. and how could i forget: Rosetta - Wake/Lift
So far;
The Mars Volta - The Goliath In Bedlam
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
NIN - Ghosts I-IV
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Opeth - Watershed
Her Name Is Calla - The Heritage
Portishead - Third
No Mountain Goats love then, boo.
For me:
The Acorn
Mountain Goats
No Age
El Guincho
Bon Iver
Dodos
Los Camp!
War on Drugs
Notwist
been a good year.
...
Tindersticks - Hungry Saw
Nick Cave - Dig Lazarus Dig
Fleet Foxes - S/T
Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto
3epkano - At Land
so ok
fleet foxes
portishead
subtle
crystal castles
bon iver
neon neon
modest mouse (was that this year?)
wolf parade
miles benjamin anthony robinson
mgmt
hot chip
mae shi
my morning jacket
not heard wild beasts, fuckbuttons, no age or why? yet so mebbe them
nick cave, elbow, breeders
are OK but mainly getting props for not being awful
I'll tell you what is awful tho
foals
vampire weekend
lup fiasco
lil wayne
coldplay
los camps
No-Man
Schoolyard Ghosts. A beautiful album. Didn't even get a review. Not a mention. Not a sausage.
And Slope by Steve Jansen.
And a lot of the stuff that's been raved about (Foals, Bon Iver) is average at best, if not downright pants.
well...
in no particular order
William
Johnny Foreigner
White Denim
Los Campesinos
The Kingsize Five
White Rabbits
These new Puritans
Have all been pretty fine
*Youthmovies - Good Nature
*maybeshewill - Not For The Want Of Trying
*Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Till It Was Light
Nothing else has overly impressed me, The Bedlam In Goliath was a fun listen though. Crystal Castles are complete turd.
Titus Andronicus
some of the best stuff I've heard in YEARS
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
my five
The Seldom Seen kid - Elbow
Hold On Now... - Los Campesinos!
Consolers of The Lonely - The Raconteurs
Waited Up... - Johnny Foreigner
Couples - The Long Blondes
You've all missed the best album of the year so far......
Spiritualized - Songs In A&E.
Not their best album, but probably the best album of the year to date.....
Wish I Could Impress Everyone With
a list of completely obscure artists, but...
Fleet Foxes
Notwist
Portishead
Why
Death Cab
Duels
'The Barbarians Move In' wins it for me...
SNIGGER AT THE ONE ABOVE
NOT THE SPZ
For me:
Johnny Foreigner
Los Campesinos
British Sea Power
Wild Beasts
Get well Soon- is my album of the year so far
Cadence Weapon is a blinder as well
Foals pretty good album, although i feel it is slightly repetitive and doesn't match up to the live performances!!
yet to get Subtle and Johnny Foreigner but i've heard good things!!
Portishead is a great return
Raconteurs
Gutter Twins
oh and fighting with wire
briliant!!
None of the ones listed in the article thats for sure.
Ive really enjoyed the following:
Stephen Malkmus
Frightened Rabbit
The Accidental
British Sea Power
Half Man Half Bisuit
Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee
The Wedding Present
And these were good in places but not great overall:
Los Campesinos
Spiritualized
The Fall
Magnetic Fields
Silver Jews
And just plain plain dissapointing:
Nick Cave
no order because i hate orders
nouns - no age
alopecia - why?
the midnight organ fright - frightened rabbit
for emma, forever ago - bon iver
The Wave Pictures
I forgot them. Brilliant record!
So is there a new rule that I missed
If Pitchfork gives an album a good review then it's actually crap?
Fuck off
best albums
Fuck Buttons
Earth
Boris
Gregor Samsa
Lack
Charlottefield
Torche
Cursed
Melvins
not yet listened to: Atlas Sound, Deerhunter, Alexander Tucker, Portishead, etc.
my 10
Bon Iver
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Johnny Flynn
White Williams
The Wave Pictures
Islands
Things in Herds
Zombie Zombie
Neon Neon
The Mae Shi
No particular order, but I do love Things in Herds the most.
The Notwist
The Devil, You & Me
The Boggs - Forts
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
ermm
Bon Iver and Frightened Rabbit were pretty good.
Hammock too, but the lack of inclusion in regards to them is understandable
no age - nouns
& why? - Alopecia
anticipating Abe vigoda's to be lovely though
Why?
johnny foreigner
frightned rabbit
bon iver
los camps
reasonably predictable top 5, but there you go
There's been plenty of good stuff in 08 I agree
And most of the ones that
But the only album i've actually fell in love is Titus Andronicus - The airing of grievances. They only made a 1000 copies of it, and it's still on sale!'Tis a travestsy.
Rustie Has really entertained me with his output this year as well. Cafe de phresh is brilliant, and the pivot in the blood remix is one of the finest dubstep things ever.
bring on the next 6 months
Why? - Alopecia
Anathallo
The Weakerthans - Reuinion Tour
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Secondsmile - Years (probably!!)
Not really an album
but I loved the let's wrestle EP. The new Brian Jonestown Massacre record was great as well.
I'd probably have to say it's
the Best of the Beatles
..
british sea power
beach house
fleet foxes
guillemots
fleet foxes
nick cave and the bad seeds
m83
Things In Herds!!
Beautiful record, and truly under-rated band!
1. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
2. Why? - Alopecia
3. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
4. Islands - Arm's Way
Really looking forward to forthcoming outputs from Beck, The Faint, Slipknot and Mogwai, too.
5 in no particular order
Alopecia- Why?
Strange Breaks & Mr Thing- VA
Beat Pyramid- These New Puritans
Lay it Down- Al Green
Sessions- Carl Craig
so far...
these new puritans - beat pyramid
crystal castle - s/t
iwacs - i want you to know...
youthmovies - good nature
m83 - saturdays=youth
top 5
Foals - Antidotes
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
No Age - Nouns
The Redwalls - The Redwalls
go on then
Kelley Polar
Neon Neon
Spiritualized
Cut Copy
Mahjongg
And maybe Ladytron. BSP album has grown on me but it's still not as good as Decline of...
CHAPS?
hahah CHAPS
me
johnny foreigner
dananananaykroyd
foals
vampire weekend
Music for thinking adults of the year so far
Bottomless Pit-Hammer of the Gods on comedy minus one-This would have been Silkworm's 10th album but sadly their drummer was killed in a freakish motorway suicide.Seam's Chris Manfrin now drums where once Michael Dahlquist did.
The LP deals with this great loss and the delusion, anger and deep sadness that follow the death of a loved one.
Take the best of Joy Division, Shellac, Karate and Pavement and pass through the brains of 2 intellectual
songwriters and you get this masterpeice.
The Glorytellers-The Glorytellers-on Southern-X Karate star pulls
of a mexican folkish masterpiece with incredible guitar work and the softest voice.
Lazarus Clamp-Death To Techicians/...who does it you-Double Album-on Bearos-One of the only good bands in England play loud hard and pretty and use actual songs built around the concept of containing a meaning!
Thalia Zedek-Liars and Prayers on Thrill Jockey. Gravel voiced gloomy genius from Come-the blues slocore precursers to Nirvana's grunge revolution blasts out an instant classic.
Can I review these if noone else has noticed them?
I guess my shortlist would be
1 Portishead
2 Nich Cave & The Bad Seeds
3 Mystery Jets
4 M83
5 maybe Coldplay ?
Easy
Bon fuckin' Iver.
Probably the best album I've heard since NMH's "Aeroplane."
TOP 7
01. The Dodos - ''Visiter''
02. Fleet Foxes - ''Fleet Foxes''
03. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - ''Dig,Lazarus,Dig!!!''
04. diskJokke - ''Staying In''
05. Sera Cahoone - ''Only As The Day Is Long''
06. Vampire Weekend - ''Vampire Weekend''
07. Frightened Rabbit - ''Midnight Organ Fight''
Bon Iver et Fleet Foxes
For Emma, Forever Ago as an absolute standout so far!
Actually, I'm going to cheat, and add in a couple of others
We Are Scientists
iForward, Russia!
Can second half of 08 beat this?
Thanks for the suggestions all. I think these are all 2008 releases. In no particular order, my favs this YTD...
No Age - Nouns
Titus Andronicus -The Airing Of Grievances
Wye Oak - If Children
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ F..
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Stephen Malkmus & Jicks -Real Emotional...
War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues
off the top of my head
Charlottefield, Why?, Lemuria, Hot Club de Paris, Johnny Foreigner, Stapleton, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Algernon Cadwallader, Dananananaykroyd (EP, whatever), An Emergency, Frightened Rabbit, Sinaloa, No Age, Times New Viking, School of Language, Meneguar, Sun Kil Moon, Subtle, Deerhunter, the Hold Steady.
portishead
what an awesome band...her voice is so cool! I liked their old stuff too.
andrea
www.myspace.com/andrealane
yeah I can see that argument
but man they just fill me with positive energy. thanks though, all I can seem to find on these boards regarding TMV and Nick Cave recently is shit shit shit shit
I keep a list at Amazon each year these days...
Just to remind myself. Not in any particular order, though - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Albums-of-2008-part-1/lm/R3MWCGYF9TLFUQ/ref=cm_lm_pdp_title_full
In no order
Islands
Bon Iver
Frightened Rabbit
The Mae-Shi
M83
Foals
Youthmovies
No Age
I Was A Cub Scout
Black Angels
This Will Destroy You
Cut Copy
Atlas Sound
Johnny Foreigner
Pyramids
Sigur Ros
Destroyer
Twilight Sad (EP)
Man Man
Beach House
I pleased with this
I keep coming back to this album.
I was thinking along the lines of No Age for my favourite album so far this year but I could not get way from the Titus Andronicus album.
When I first heard The Hold Steady described, Springsteen meets punk, they never lived up to the sounds I imagined. However Titus Andronicus sound exactly like what I had imagined.
Do you know where the album can be purchased? Im still listening to a "preview" copy
nahh
nothing is great yet. let us wait a bit.
My top 5:
1. Bon Iver
2. Portishead
3. Vampire Weekend
4. Los Campesinos!
5. Dananananaykroyd
I forgot HEALTH//DISCO remix album
and Errors, both go in there midway I guess
Hrm...
A Silver Mt. Zion
The Gutter Twins
Nick Cave
Sun Kil Moon
Why?
The Notwist
Are a few I can think of off the top of my head, there's probably so many more. Also, very much looking forward to the new Mogwai.
In no order, these are the best....
The Dawn Chorus
Wolf Parade
Johnny Flynn
Black Angels
Derek Meins
Bon Iver
The Most Scerene Republic
Sia
Wild Beasts
Pete Molinari
Oh Laura
The Ruby Suns
Waving Flags by British Sea Power for single of the year.
It's been a cracking year so far for me.
Can't wait to hear The Hold Steady when it's released.
My year in lists (late!so what?)
1-JoFo "Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light "
2-No Age 'Nouns'
3-mystery Jets '21'
4-Los Campesinos "We are Beautiful,We are Doomed'
5-Blood Red Shoes 'Box Of Secrets'
Pivot get my top vote for all round brilliance this year!
This year has been pretty bleak i reckon.... too much hype - not enough substance... people seeming to go with the flow more than normal... main personal criteria = thinking, feeling, dancing. Preferably all at the same time!
Pivot - O Soundtrack My Heart
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Black Mountain - In The Future
The Bug - London Zoo
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