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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    chimpat wrote:
    restlesssoul wrote:
    im surprised to see Yuck only mentioned once.

    im really digging that album and the vibe.

    I agree, really like the Yuck album.


    have you got into Japandroids? its the same sort of style, vibe.

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  • themessengerthemessenger Dallas Posts: 1,320
    kasedoug wrote:
    The Best

    1. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

    I am by no means a huge FF fan but this album is amazing and my favorite of the year by far too.
  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,488
    City and Colour - Little Hell
    Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
    My Morning Jacket - Circuital
    Dredg - Chuckles & Mr. Squeezy
    Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
    Cave In - White Silence
    Mariachi el Bronx - Mariachi el Bronx, Vol. II
    Screaming Trees - Last Words
    The Bear Coat - Adding Mass
    Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
    Tres Mts - Tres Mts
  • KevinmanKevinman Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 1,909
    I'd like to add to what I already listed:

    Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
    The Features - Wilderness
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    10.03.04  Grand Rapids
    10.05.05  Chicago
    05.16.06  Chicago | 05.17.06  Chicago | 06.29.06  Milwaukee
    08.02.07  Chicago | 08.05.07  Chicago
    08.23.09  Chicago | 08.24.09  Chicago
    05.07.10  Noblesville | 05.09.10  Cleveland
    09.03.11  Alpine Valley | 09.04.11  Alpine Valley
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    08.18.18  Chicago
    09.18.22  St. Louis
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    pj harvey's new one is a magical listen. sounds great!
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,845
    Foo FIghters- Wasting Light
  • pureocpureoc Posts: 2,383
    Suziemay wrote:
    Easily Foo Fighters Wasting Light! Can't get enough of it.

    One of the best albums i've heard in awhile!! Great great album from front to back. Sadly not a lot of those albums out there anymore.
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Duh. How could I forget Social Distortion!?!
    good lord. As did i.

    me too. :oops:
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  • Neil BruceNeil Bruce Posts: 132
    pjl44 wrote:
    Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
    Cave In - White Silence

    Good call!

    Also I really like EV's Uke songs
  • Hub.Hub. Posts: 1,990
    Not really original but Foo Fighters - Wasting Light, by far.
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  • ilockyerilockyer Posts: 2,271
    These are the top 3 that spring to mind right now:

    Drive-By Truckers - Go Go Boots
    Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Here We Rest
    Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
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  • GTHobbesGTHobbes Posts: 128
    Screaming Trees -- Last Words
    EV -- Uke Songs
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    ilockyer wrote:
    These are the top 3 that spring to mind right now:

    Drive-By Truckers - Go Go Boots
    Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Here We Rest
    Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
    I saw Tedeschi Trucks Band perform on Conan and liked it. How's the album?
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    Newch91 wrote:
    ilockyer wrote:
    These are the top 3 that spring to mind right now:

    Drive-By Truckers - Go Go Boots
    Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Here We Rest
    Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
    I saw Tedeschi Trucks Band perform on Conan and liked it. How's the album?

    Really good. Pick it up. 8-)
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  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,550
    Screaming Trees 'Last Words' has just shot to the top of my list! I know it's old and has been around online for a while but it's still a great sounding album.
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    edited August 2011
    In no particular order:

    Foo Fighters- Wasting Light
    Gomez- Whatever's On Your Mind
    City and Colour- Little Hell
    Ron Hawkins- Straitjacket Love
    Buffalo Tom- Skins
    Screaming Trees- Last Words
    Eddie Vedder- Ukulele Songs
    Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues
    Drive-By Truckers- Go Go Boots
    Sam Roberts Band- Collider
    R.E.M.- Collapse Into Now

    Upcoming albums that will likely make my list once I hear them:

    Tom Waits- Bad As Me
    Arkells- Michigan Left
    Cuff the Duke- Morning Comes
    Heartless Bastards (hopefully this one is out before the end of the year)
    Feist- Metals
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    restlesssoul wrote:
    im surprised to see Yuck only mentioned once.

    im really digging that album and the vibe.

    Definitely one of the best. The opening track and "Operation" are incredible songs.

    Honestly not too impressed with any of the bigger bands new albums this year (incubus's blows, MMJ is mediocre, arctic monkeys is meh, and EV's solo album is verrry cheesy) A lot of great albums by much newer bands. My fav is probably Foster The People- Torches. Incredible summer driving album. also..

    The Horrors-Skying
    Yuck
    The Antlers-Burst Apart
    Com Truise-Galactic Melt
    Friendly Fires-Pala
    Washed Out-Within and Without
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  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Eddie Vedder- Uke Songs
    Foo Fighters- Wasting Light
    Cold War Kids- Mine is Yours
    Tres Mts
    Star Anna/Laughing Dogs- All in This Together
    Red Hot Chili Peppers- I'm With You
    Blue October- Any Man in America
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

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  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    1. My Morning Jack- Circuital
    2. Eddie Vedder- Uke Songs
    3. Foo Fighters- Wasting Light
    4. Strokes- Angles
    5. Foster the People- Torches
    6. Cold War Kids- Mine is Yours
    7. White Lies- Ritual


    **UPDATED**
    1. My Morning Jack- Circuital
    2. Eddie Vedder- Uke Songs
    3. Foster the People- Torches
    4. Foo Fighters- Wasting Light
    5. Sublime With Rome- Yours Truly
    6. Strokes- Angles
    7. Red Hot Chili Peppers- I'm With You
    8. Cold War Kids- Mine is Yours
    9. White Lies- Ritual
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    ziggy marley's new one is his best ever
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    Explosions In The Sky
    My Morning Jacket
    PJ Harvey
    Liam Finn
    Paul Simon
    Radiohead
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • lgglgg Posts: 12
    I'm into

    Radiohead-King of Limbs
    REM- Collapse into Now
    A few albums that came before 2011 such as Florence and the Machine
    and back to 2011
    Sam Roberts-Collider
    and for something different
    Danger Mouse- Rome (with Jack White and Norah Jones...very cool record in the Morricone tradition)
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  • MikeoMikeo Posts: 199
    Foo Fighters - Wasting LIght
    My Morning Jacket - Circuital
    Eddie Vedder - ukelele Songs
    Mona - Mona ( highly recomend this if you can find it...just let it take over your life for a week.)
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Mikeo wrote:
    Mona - Mona ( highly recomend this if you can find it...just let it take over your life for a week.)
    Nice suggestion....checked out the album sampler on their website and sounds really good to me...this one is going on my list of 'to gets'
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  • LightYears33LightYears33 Posts: 42
    LightYears33 wrote:
    Eddie Vedder- Uke Songs
    My Morning Jacket- Circuital
    Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues
    Cut Copy- Zonoscope
    The Vaccines- What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?
    The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart- Belong

    I'll add
    Portugal the Man- In the Mountain In the Cloud
    Beirut- The Rip Tide
    Bon Iver- Bon Iver
    Dawes- Nothing Is Wrong
    Fitz and the Tantrums- Pickin' Up The Pieces

    Damn, it's hard to narrow it down just to these. So far, this has been a very good year of music for me.
  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    i'll add kaputt by destroyer. surprisingly i don't think it's been mentioned yet.
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Bon Iver, without a doubt :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • solace23solace23 Posts: 704
    City and colour little hell and foo fighters wasting light are stand outs for me
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    ill also add portugal the mans new album. Forgot that one
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
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