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Top 2009 releases...

UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
edited August 2009 in Other Music
Did far too much driving today but managed to revisit some of the best releases of this year so far:

Dinosaur Jr
Eels
Dead Weather
Derek Trucks Band
Jason Isbell & 400 Unit
Wilco

along with Decemberists & Sonic Youth plus the forthcoming PJ, Muse, Black Crowes, Monsters of Folk, Seven Worlds Collide, T'Arctic Monkeys, AIC, it's going to be a great great year for new music, what's everyone else's favs?
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Eels album is just fantastic... thanks for the older albums you supplied me with via the old MSN a while back ;)

    as for others... Dead Weather obviously.. :oops: everything the man touches turns to gold.


    scottish band i discovered via Spotify called Broken Records are just genuinely amazing... they are reminiscent of Arcade Fire and yet they are quite distinctive... give them a free go on Spotify if you can be arsed Dave... i reckon you'll dig them brother.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    Sounds interesting... you fancy a CD lucky dip at Manchester? I'll burn some stuff at the weekend and see what you think... ;)
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    UKDave wrote:
    Sounds interesting... you fancy a CD lucky dip at Manchester? I'll burn some stuff at the weekend and see what you think... ;)

    aye... i just can't burn anything... i listen to stuff on Spotify and i have to admit its saved me a holy fortune. Pay the £10 a month subscription and i get no more ads... it's a double-edged sword though cos i cant listen to newer stuff in the car.

    what you reckon of Gaslight Anthem? any good?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    dunkman wrote:
    UKDave wrote:
    Sounds interesting... you fancy a CD lucky dip at Manchester? I'll burn some stuff at the weekend and see what you think... ;)

    aye... i just can't burn anything... i listen to stuff on Spotify and i have to admit its saved me a holy fortune. Pay the £10 a month subscription and i get no more ads... it's a double-edged sword though cos i cant listen to newer stuff in the car.

    what you reckon of Gaslight Anthem? any good?

    Fan bleeding fantastic... latest album is spot on...

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    I'd have included in the above list but I think it was released last year... first album and EP also very good, yeah a big fan!!
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • Brain_of_WJKBrain_of_WJK Posts: 59
    Did I hear right that Elton John is on the new AIC album. Is it covers or new music?
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    Brain_of_WJK wrote:
    Did I hear right that Elton John is on the new AIC album. Is it covers or new music?

    :? ... er.... not a fecking clue... sounds doubtful at best... any of those at the listening party care to comment?
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • Brain_of_WJKBrain_of_WJK Posts: 59
    Someone told me its a tribute to Layne Staley. The song with Elton. The rest is new.


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  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    Brain_of_WJK wrote:
    Someone told me its a tribute to Layne Staley. The song with Elton. The rest is new.


    http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/enter ... 57032.html

    Wow... there's a match up I wouldn't have expected in a million years... :lol:

    Anyway... not just a AIC thread... other top releases of 2009 peeps?
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Octahedron is running away with my album of the year.

    Before The Frost......Until The Freeze and Backspacer are gonna make it a Triangle death match....

    Honorable Mention goes to

    Umphrey's McGee-Mantis
    Mastodon-Crack the Skye
    PJ-Ten redux/Drop In The Park
    Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet-Cryptomnesia
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    I forgot to mention:

    Dylan, Ben Harper, Felice Brothers & Madness in there too... more great albums... :oops:
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,072
    looking forward to:

    PJ
    AIC
    Jet
    Nonpoint (hopefully this year)
    John Densmore and Ray Manzerik (blues album rumored)
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,953
    Dinosuar Jr.
    Lightning Dust
    Jay Reatard
    Animal Collective
    Papercuts
    Pink Mountaintops
    Jarvis Cocker


    Question about Dead Weather:

    New White Stripes have increasingly bored me since Elephant, I didn't even give racontuers a chance as I couldn't stand their single....Is this album worth checking out?
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    Dan Auerbach's solo is superb. It gets my vote for my fav thus far.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    By far The Dead Weather.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Patterson Hood~"Murdering Oscar"
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  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    restlesssoul wrote:
    Dan Auerbach's solo is superb. It gets my vote for my fav thus far.

    Not heard that yet, definitely on the list to acquire though!!
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    tybird wrote:
    Patterson Hood~"Murdering Oscar"

    Another one to check out being a big DBT fan :D
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • DeckDeck Posts: 76
    Ben Harper & Relentless 7
    The Eels
    Green Day
    Jenny Owens Young
    The Felice Brothers

    I love the Stripes & the Raconteurs, but I havent been able to really get into Dead Weather yet.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Well I'll comment on my top 4 thus far.....

    Mastodon- Crack the Skye
    Neko Case- Middle Cyclone
    Grizzly Bear- Vekatimest
    Roman Candle- Oh Tall Tree in the Ear

    I just got the phoenix album and it seem pretty damn good. I need some time to digest it.

    Biggest disapointment for me thus far has been Neil Young's Fork in the Road.... ugh
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Pearl Jam - Backspacer - OBVIOUSLY :roll:
    Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West - Incredible album. Check out songs 'Struck Down' and 'Abraham Lincoln' :D
    Monsters of Folk - Self Titled - lets face it, it's Yim, it's gonna be awesome. ;)
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  • Happy JackHappy Jack Posts: 207
    Mastodon
    Ben Harper R7
    Dave Matthews Band
    Neil Young Archives
    WIlco
    Against Me!
    Dead Weather
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    Wilco
    Dead Weather
    Monsters of Folk (is going to be great!)
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Bob Dylan
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    mookeywrench wrote:

    Question about Dead Weather:

    New White Stripes have increasingly bored me since Elephant, I didn't even give racontuers a chance as I couldn't stand their single....Is this album worth checking out?

    IMO save your money. I feel the same way about the White Stripes and the Dead Weather bored me to tears. I know people think Jack White is the greatest thing since sliced bread but he's gotten a little boring and redundant to me.

    To add to albums that haven't been mentioned...
    Communion Soundtrack Of Our Lives
    Broken Soulsavers
    New Susan Marshall - not sure of the title
    My Jerusalem - Without Feathers EP - love this EP
    Don't think anyone said Silversun Pickups - Swoon. Really good record!
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  • evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
    Of course Ten-Redux Collectors edition.

    I can't wait for Backspacer - seriously, it's driving me insane.

    The Dave Matthews Band - GrooGrux King is pretty good.

    311- Evolver, is hit or miss, but it's got a couple of good tracks on it.

    Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind is a really good album from start to finish.

    Jonsi&Alex - Riceboy Sleeps, the singer from Sigur Ros and his boyfriend doing an ambient album. Really atmospheric and well done.

    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Official Score - I know this one is out of left field but I love film scores (not to be confused with soundtracks) and this one is really dramatic as well as melodic. If anyone recalls I also really liked the first Transformers movie score, so this one is pretty much a given since it's a building variation of the first one.

    Also, like Backspacer, another album that I'm really excited for is Idlewild's new one, Post-Electric Blues, due out in October. I'm willing to bet that it will be on my finalized Best Of 2009 once the year is up.


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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:

    Question about Dead Weather:

    New White Stripes have increasingly bored me since Elephant, I didn't even give racontuers a chance as I couldn't stand their single....Is this album worth checking out?

    IMO save your money. I feel the same way about the White Stripes and the Dead Weather bored me to tears. I know people think Jack White is the greatest thing since sliced bread but he's gotten a little boring and redundant to me.

    To add to albums that haven't been mentioned...
    Communion Soundtrack Of Our Lives
    Broken Soulsavers
    New Susan Marshall - not sure of the title
    My Jerusalem - Without Feathers EP - love this EP
    Don't think anyone said Silversun Pickups - Swoon. Really good record!
    THEM CROOKED VULTURES

    I dig the newer WS stuff, though Icky Thump was a step back from Get Behind Me Satan and I dislike DW very much. The Racs aren't too bad, just not as good as they should be.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    DewieCox wrote:
    I dig the newer WS stuff, though Icky Thump was a step back from Get Behind Me Satan and I dislike DW very much. The Racs aren't too bad, just not as good as they should be.

    I loved the title track from Icky Thump, track 1 I think, and then the album was a huge let down from then on. I haven't listened to Icky Thump in a long time but the first and only time I listened to the Dead Weather I thought the two albums sounded very, very similar.
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    DewieCox wrote:
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    I dig the newer WS stuff, though Icky Thump was a step back from Get Behind Me Satan and I dislike DW very much. The Racs aren't too bad, just not as good as they should be.

    Get Behind Me Satan is an amazing album. The Denial Twist is one of my favs.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    Dan Auerbach
    Wilco
    Dead Weather
    Mastodon
    Iron & Wine
    Ben Harper & R7

    can't wait for Backspacer.
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  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    Zoso wrote:
    Wilco
    Dead Weather
    Monsters of Folk (is going to be great!)
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Bob Dylan

    Nice taste!! :)
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
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