good stuff from 2008

[D.]

Originally Posted by antipop

Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia

really? listening to this actually made me realize how much i actually don't likr them. i mean, i've liked their singles and whatnot, but i went back and listened to their previous albums and i didn't enjoy them.

[Mo]

Originally Posted by D.

really? listening to this actually made me realize how much i actually don't likr them. i mean, i've liked their singles and whatnot, but i went back and listened to their previous albums and i didn't enjoy them.

I'm a huge DD fanboy, so... I dunno. They didn't put too much stuff on it I hadn't heard before [in concert or on boots], but again - I'm a fanboy, I don't really care.

[cocksure]

i think these are all relatively good, like a 7.5/10 or more

xiu xiu - women as lovers
Religous Knives - it's after dark
blank dogs - on two sides
robert martin - long goodbye
scott tuma - not for nobody
elektronavn - Cosmic Continuum
boris - smile
the tallest man on earth - shallow grave
Prurient - And Still, wanting
ecstatic sunshine - way
no age - nouns
thao - we brave beestings and all
sun kil moon - april

not counting compilations. there were some good compilations of old shit this year

[cardiac]

Any thoughts on the new Coldplay single "Violet Hill"?



Sounds rather dull and uninspired on first listen, maybe it'll grow on me.

Posted this here just for the sake of letting people know they have a new single out without the embarassement of making a thread about it. I'm quite sure there are a few fans of the band here.

[talk show host]

Looking through some of the lists in this thread makes me realise how pityfully little new music I've actually bothered to listen to so far, and it's almost May.

What's weird is nearly all the albums I have bothered to check out I've liked to some extent or another. I guess there's benefits to being selective/lazy.

[Alice]

No one likes the new Neva Dinova? I'd say it's my favourite of the year so far.

[MrE]

Originally Posted by cardiac

Any thoughts on the new Coldplay single "Violet Hill"?



Sounds rather dull and uninspired on first listen, maybe it'll grow on me.

Posted this here just for the sake of letting people know they have a new single out without the embarassement of making a thread about it. I'm quite sure there are a few fans of the band here.

dull and uninspired pretty much sums up any coldplay song

but here is the album
http://rapidshare.com/files/111268526/violeta.rar
from REINZIDENCIA

[Shapan]

so now that some time has passed to digest it, how does everyone like third?

i only just got around to listening to it, its the first portishead album ive listened to, and i dig it after a couple of listens. might check their older stuff now because of it.

[waltermcphilp]

their earlier stuff is more accessible i think. the new record kinda freaked me out. haven't listened to it since the leak.

[smashingjj]

that the tallest man on earth album is good


and i still don't like dylan

[Shapan]

the new okay album is really good

[Sonic Johnny]

these will def. make my top albums of the year:

Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
NIN - Ghosts
Disfear - Live The Storm
Torche - Meanderthal
Justin Broadrick + Jarboe - J2
Meshuggah - ObZen
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

These are all pretty decent:

NIN - The Slip
This Will Destroy You - s/t
Dub Trio - Another Sound Is Dying
Nick Cave - Dig! Lazarus Dig!
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life

these are pretty dissapointing:

Melvins - Nude In Boots
Opeth - Watershed
Portishead - Third

my money is on the new Nachtmystium and Mastodon records being good contenders for the top spot though.

[Nothing/everything]

am i a retard for liking the Titus andronicus album?

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by Shapan

the new okay album is really good

i really liked his last band but i don't really like this one. what the fuck is up with the band name 'okay' in the first place

[greymedallia]

Samamidon - All Is Well
Beach House - Devotions
Carl Craig - Sessions
Justus Kohncke - Safe and Sound
AZ - Undeniable
Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In
Pete Rock - NY's Finest

Added:
Nat Baldwin - Most Valuable Player
Ellen Allien - Sool
Matmos - Supreme Balloon

[28if]

Why? - Alopecia is without a doubt my favourite record of the year so far. Probably will remain so.
Narrow Stairs - Pretty good IMO. Surprised at how much I like it, definetly a step up from Plans.
April - Fucking amazing. Took a few listens to really get into it, but it's become one of my favourite Kozelek releases.
Sloan- Parallel Play, just got into this band a few weeks ago but I'm really digging this release. They're playing here in a few weeks too I'm pretty pumped they seem like they would be a lot of fun live.
Red Album - Couldn't really get into it. Got about halfway through and got bored. I'll give it another chance eventually but I wasn't really impressed at all with what I heard.

That's about all I've heard from 2008 so far I think.

[TheMilstead]

Fuck Buttons
M83
NIN
Microphones rerelease

Probably more than that.

[Shapan]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

i really liked his last band but i don't really like this one. what the fuck is up with the band name 'okay' in the first place

im dling both of the dilute albums now

im gonna interview marty some time next week

[commando]

Originally Posted by Tyler

No one likes the new Neva Dinova? I'd say it's my favourite of the year so far.

Of course I like it. Jake Bellows is one of my fav. song writers. I haven't really had time to absorb it, though.

I really like the new Black Francis EP Seven Fingers and the new Dandy Warhols.

[celluloid_love]

witch hats - cellulite soul
valet - naked acid
eddy current suppression ring - primary colours
times new viking - rip it off
terrible twos - terrible twos
tallest man on earth - shallow grave
robert forster - the evangelist
nothing people - anonymous
my disco - paradise
graham lambkin and jason lescalett - the breadwinner
fag cop - i'm fucking dead 7"
earth - bees made honey
cheveu - cheveu
brian wilson shock treatment - hammer of the metal gods
the barbaras - summertime road 7"

probably some shit i'm forgetting

[Shapan]

i just finished the wedding present's album, its good. theres a lot of stuff that reminds me of early pumpkins in there. and their singer isnt a nasal fuck either.

ratatat's new album might be their best.

[greymedallia]

Originally Posted by commando

I really like the new Black Francis EP Seven Fingers

I forgot about this --- great little record. So much better than Bluefinger.

[dishpan]

Originally Posted by Rockin' Cherub

wow, guitar trio is my life by rhys chatham. this sure is better than a crimson grail but the decision to make this longer than three hours and repetitive as hell is completely beyond me. one track would have been enough. seriously man. that guy is nuts.

that bon iver album is weird, it sounds so much like phosphorescent and still i don't really like it. needs a few more spins.

for some reason i really enjoy "not for nobody" by scott tuma. apparently some ex-alt country guy but the music is mostly instrumental, acoustic, ambient and quite pretty i must say.

the tallest man on earth - shallow grave is a very solid folk / singer-songwriter album celluloid_love recommended to me. amazing swedish singer and catchy, too

i don't know what to think of neon neon. some catchy parts but overall sort of crappy. needs further listening.

the new portishead album is really not as great as i first thought and yes, it does sound dated. i sort of grew to hate the fuck buttons album too. don't ask me why. but the new prurient is superb!

i like rockin cherubs post because instead of just making a list of new albums, it also has a description of what they sound like. that way it doesnt matter if i agree or disagree, i just have some kind of guide for what to try.

so far this year i like the mars volta, sun kil moon, my morning jacket, weezer,

i think i hate vampire weekend.

d

[celluloid_love]

i forgot sun kil moon even though it's like the 2nd best thing ive heard this year

[dishpan]

oh i like the new OURS record a lot too

[daydreamer999]

Originally Posted by celluloid_love

witch hats - cellulite soul
valet - naked acid
eddy current suppression ring - primary colours
times new viking - rip it off
terrible twos - terrible twos
tallest man on earth - shallow grave
robert forster - the evangelist
nothing people - anonymous
my disco - paradise
graham lambkin and jason lescalett - the breadwinner
fag cop - i'm fucking dead 7"
earth - bees made honey
cheveu - cheveu
brian wilson shock treatment - hammer of the metal gods
the barbaras - summertime road 7"

probably some shit i'm forgetting

cool