I certainly didn't buy 30 new records this year... But here goes something off the top of my head
Stuff I liked:
Dylan - Modern Times
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Drive By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
Lucero - Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn Brothers
Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
The Drams - Jubilee Dive
The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit.
the twilight singers - powder burns, a stitch in time
pearl jam
isobel campbell and mark lanegan - ballad of broken seas
tool - 10,000 days
rhcp - stadium arcadium
thom yorke - the eraser
cat power - the greatest
the mars volta - amputechture
You know of The Black Angels? Thank god...I thought I was the only one! They are fantastic, I saw them with The Black Keys!
Here's some highlights of my year, no order:
The Black Keys-Magic Potion
Pearl Jam-Pearl Jam
G Love-Lemonade
Killers-Sam's Town
RHCP-Stadium Arcadium
Neil Young-Living With War
Rob Zombie-Educated Horses
Angles & Airwaves-We Don't Need To Wisper
The Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldiers
The Strokes-First Impressions of Earth
Tool-10,000 Days
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood-Out Louder
The Black Angels - Passover
There's been a lot of good music released this year, but my standard for anything that belongs on a "best of" list is whether I can imagine myself still listening to it five years from now. With that in mind, only a handful made the grade.
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun
Tom Waits - Orphans
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
Cat Power - The Greatest
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
The Black Angels - Passover
Well, I'm a sick music lover, so I'll give you my 50.
in alphabetical order.
Ali Falke Toure - "Savane"
Bobby Previte - "The Coalition of the Willing"
Bob Dylan - "Modern Times"
The Black Keys - "Magic Potion"
Band Of Horses - "Everything All The Time"
Brightblack Morning Light - "s/t"
Bruce Springsteen - "We Shall Overcome: the Peter Seeger Sessions"
Boris - "Pink"
Catfish Haven - "Tell Me"
Comets On Fire - "Avatar"
Califone - "Roots & Crowns"
The Coup - "Pick A Bigger Weapon"
The Drones - "Gala Mill"
Derek Trucks Band - "Songlines"
Drive-by Truckers - "Blessing and a Curse"
Darc Mind - "Symphonic Of A Greater Ill"
Earl Greyhound - "Soft Targets"
Entrance - "Prayer of Death"
The Grails - "The Black Tar Prophecies vol. 1,2,3"
The Hold Steady - "Boys and Girls in America"
Howlin' Rain - "s/t"
I'm From Barcelona - "Let Me Introduce My Friends"
Isis - "In The Absence of Truth"
Islands - "Return to the Sea"
John Zorn - "Moonchild/ Astronome"
Jamie Saft - "Trouble"
Kalas - "s/t"
Kayo Dot - "Kowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue"
Ladyhawk - "s/t"
Man Man - "Six Demon Bag"
Melvins - "(A) Senile Animal"
Mastodon - "Blood Mountain"
Major Stars - "Synopticon"
Nachtmystium - "Instinct: Decay"
Oakley Hall - "Gypsum Strings"
Peeping Tom - "s/t"
Pearl Jam - "s/t"
The Pink Mountaintops - "Axis of Evol"
Rose Hill Drive - "s/t"
Rodrigo y Gabriela - "s/t"
Scott Walker - "The Drift"
Six Organs of Admittance - "The Sun Awakens"
Sasquatch - "II"
Sunset Rubdown - "Shut Up I am Dreaming"
The Sword - "Age Of Winters"
Tom Waits - "Orphans"
TV on the Radio - "Return To Cookie Mountain"
Witch - "s/t"
Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton - "Black Vomit"
You Am I - "Convicts"
So much great music last year. Hope thi year is even better!
"If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done"
If you can't get high on purely music and the sounds that you hear, you're missing out on something.
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how could i have forgoten fiona apple?!?! that goes at number 2.
"i am the first man to shit my pants ya whew!"
its no crime to escape..theres still time to escape...theres still time so escape...
"yellow ledbetter is like the smoke after a 3 hour fuckfest" - 62strat
st.louis 04, chicago 06, and counting...
Yeah a big snoozer this year was Pearl Jams release.
Overall I was pleased with music this year. I found a lot of great music. Too bad you didn't.
Stuff I liked:
Dylan - Modern Times
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Drive By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
Lucero - Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn Brothers
Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
The Drams - Jubilee Dive
Stuff that disapointed:
Tool
Gin Blossoms
Soul Asylum
Flaming Lips
Damien Rice
Because that was released in 2005.
pearl jam
isobel campbell and mark lanegan - ballad of broken seas
tool - 10,000 days
rhcp - stadium arcadium
thom yorke - the eraser
cat power - the greatest
the mars volta - amputechture
Here's some highlights of my year, no order:
The Black Keys-Magic Potion
Pearl Jam-Pearl Jam
G Love-Lemonade
Killers-Sam's Town
RHCP-Stadium Arcadium
Neil Young-Living With War
Rob Zombie-Educated Horses
Angles & Airwaves-We Don't Need To Wisper
The Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldiers
The Strokes-First Impressions of Earth
Tool-10,000 Days
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood-Out Louder
The Black Angels - Passover
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
in alphabetical order.
Ali Falke Toure - "Savane"
Bobby Previte - "The Coalition of the Willing"
Bob Dylan - "Modern Times"
The Black Keys - "Magic Potion"
Band Of Horses - "Everything All The Time"
Brightblack Morning Light - "s/t"
Bruce Springsteen - "We Shall Overcome: the Peter Seeger Sessions"
Boris - "Pink"
Catfish Haven - "Tell Me"
Comets On Fire - "Avatar"
Califone - "Roots & Crowns"
The Coup - "Pick A Bigger Weapon"
The Drones - "Gala Mill"
Derek Trucks Band - "Songlines"
Drive-by Truckers - "Blessing and a Curse"
Darc Mind - "Symphonic Of A Greater Ill"
Earl Greyhound - "Soft Targets"
Entrance - "Prayer of Death"
The Grails - "The Black Tar Prophecies vol. 1,2,3"
The Hold Steady - "Boys and Girls in America"
Howlin' Rain - "s/t"
I'm From Barcelona - "Let Me Introduce My Friends"
Isis - "In The Absence of Truth"
Islands - "Return to the Sea"
John Zorn - "Moonchild/ Astronome"
Jamie Saft - "Trouble"
Kalas - "s/t"
Kayo Dot - "Kowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue"
Ladyhawk - "s/t"
Man Man - "Six Demon Bag"
Melvins - "(A) Senile Animal"
Mastodon - "Blood Mountain"
Major Stars - "Synopticon"
Nachtmystium - "Instinct: Decay"
Oakley Hall - "Gypsum Strings"
Peeping Tom - "s/t"
Pearl Jam - "s/t"
The Pink Mountaintops - "Axis of Evol"
Rose Hill Drive - "s/t"
Rodrigo y Gabriela - "s/t"
Scott Walker - "The Drift"
Six Organs of Admittance - "The Sun Awakens"
Sasquatch - "II"
Sunset Rubdown - "Shut Up I am Dreaming"
The Sword - "Age Of Winters"
Tom Waits - "Orphans"
TV on the Radio - "Return To Cookie Mountain"
Witch - "s/t"
Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton - "Black Vomit"
You Am I - "Convicts"
So much great music last year. Hope thi year is even better!
If you can't get high on purely music and the sounds that you hear, you're missing out on something.