Beuna, could you please stop spamming this thread with repeated posts? That would be appreciated. If you'd care to discuss the points of the CD's on people's lists, by all means, do so, but running through people's lists and posting what you thought was good, with absolutely zero reasoning, is not only more dickish than I have ever been, but annoying as hell.
if you would, will you explain why you cut most of those albums off of my list, at the least, without resorting to a pathetic answer like "I didn't like it" or " I didn't hear it"? I''m honestly curious.
Gotta love these threads that bring out the music snob in some.... snob at me all you want I'm more mainstream than crazy indie any way.. i don't like it because its 'fed' to me through the radio...i like it cause I like it.
I could only think of 7 right now (in no particular order) im at work and not really putting my nose to the grindstone..
1/Coheed & cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
2/Armor for Sleep - What to do when you are dead
3/Mae - Everglow
4/Bullet for my valentine [import] - The poison (although it's not released in the US yet)
5/311 - Don't Tread on me
6/Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
7/Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront
9.15.98, 8.29.00, 8.30.00, 7.02.03, 7.03.03, 7.11.03 Mansfield, MA | 9.28.04, 9.29.04 Boston, MA, 5.12.06 Albany, NY | 5.13.06 Hartford, CT | 5.24, 5.25.06 Boston, MA | 8.05.07 Chicago, IL (lolla) | 6.27.08 Hartford, CT | 6.28, 6.30.08 Mansfield, MA | 10.4.09 Austin, TX (ACL), 10.30 | 10.31.09, Philadelphia, PA 5.17.10 Boston, MA, 10.15 | 10.16.2013 Worcester, MA, 10.25.13 Hartford, CT, 10.16.14 Detroit, MI, 4.18.16 Hampton, VA, 5.1 | 5.2.16 NYC, 8.5 | 8.7.16 Boston, MA, 7.3.18 Kraków, PL | 8.8 - 8.10.18 Seattle, WA | 8.13.18 Missoula, MT | 8.18.18 Chicago, IL | 9.2 - 9.4.18 Boston, MA | 9.18.21 Asbury Park, NJ | 9.1.22 Québec City, CAN | 9.3.22 Ottawa, CAN
Oh no, what I meant could probably be have been conveyed more specifically as :
"In the sprit of getting the best representation of music that came out this year, I listened to SOAD, and TOD, and The Foo Fighters. However, I don't consider them good enough to consider breaching the top 25."
That any better? Trustme, I love tthe albums on my top 25. I don't do the wole "ranking high because they are popular" thing, otherwise you probably would have seen more indiehip bands like Clap Your Hands Say yeah! and Franz Ferdinand (ugh) on that list.
And child of the 80's, I'll try to be more pretentious, if you really want. But I do honestly think that most bands on the radio, in spite of having some songs/albums in the past, are pretty much shit nowadays. New releases by The Foos, Audioslave, Colplay SOAD etc etc all confirmed this (although that SOAD wasn't terrible, the first one, anyways)
My mistake, misunderstood you then.
You do come off sounding very pretentious a lot though. Seems you realize that though and don't really mind. Just pointing that out, thanks for the explaination.
Well, when you flat out say the radio sucks and you hate almost all of the CDs that cam out by mainstream bands this year, it is really hard to NOT sound pretentious.
Well, when you flat out say the radio sucks and you hate almost all of the CDs that cam out by mainstream bands this year, it is really hard to NOT sound pretentious.
Least you aren't a prick about it like Buena. Ah well, all was said and done on that topic. I'll stick to liking the few mainstream bands that play music good to my ears and have a passion about it(instead of a formula).
Pearl Jam Album Rankings
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1. Ten
2. Vs.
3. Pearl Jam
4. Binaural
5. No Code
6. Riot Act
7. Yield
8. Vitalogy
Pearl Jam Song Rankings
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1. Black
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Light Years
4. Given to Fly
5. Severed Hand
Wow...these list things are about the only things that get me to post anymore...
Top 5:
1. Ryan Adams- Cold Roses
2. Sufjan Stevens- Illinois
3. Sleater Kinney- The Woods
4. Son Volt- Okemah and the Melody of Riot
5. Sigur Ros- Takk...
The rest in no order:
Ryan Adams- Jacksonville City Nights
Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
Josh Rouse- Nashville
Iron and Wine & Calexico- In the Reins
Iron and Wine- Woman King
Erin McKeown- We Will Become Like Birds
Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
Doves- Some Cities
Coldplay- X&Y
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Howl
Beck- Guero
Amos Lee- Amos Lee
New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
Nickel Creek- Why Should The Fire Die
Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
Matt Pond PA- Several Arrows Later
Bright Eyes- Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Death Cab for Cutie- Plans
Foo Fighters- In Your Honor
That's It for now...haven't heard the new My Morning Jacket yet, but I'm assuming I'll dig it.
Please don't smoke in smoke free buildings. You aren't cool, you're just an asshole
Gotta love these threads that bring out the music snob in some.... snob at me all you want I'm more mainstream than crazy indie any way.. i don't like it because its 'fed' to me through the radio...i like it cause I like it.
I could only think of 7 right now (in no particular order) im at work and not really putting my nose to the grindstone..
1/Coheed & cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
2/Armor for Sleep - What to do when you are dead
3/Mae - Everglow
love your top three, first person to share same picks in that genre
"I Will Scream my Lungs out 'til it fills this Room "
" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"
"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"
i love a lot of the albums mentioned above, incl. the white stripes, death cab, etc.
one album that i haven't seen mentioned is mike doughty's "haughty melodic." fantastic fucking album from the former frontman of the soul coughing. check it out if you get the chance.
did you hear The New Pornographers album this year?
Just wondering, you seem open to discussion so i thought I would take you up on the offer.
No, I haven't. It is one of the few relatively high profile releases that I didn't get a chance to listen to. I heard one single, "Streets Of Fire," and while inoffensive, I don't think it all that great. I will probably get it one of these days, but right now, it isn't very high on my priorities list. What did you think of it?
No, I haven't. It is one of the few relatively high profile releases that I didn't get a chance to listen to. I heard one single, "Streets Of Fire," and while inoffensive, I don't think it all that great. I will probably get it one of these days, but right now, it isn't very high on my priorities list. What did you think of it?
I loved it, that's why I asked. I didn't know "Streets of Fire" was a single, not a bad song, but definitely at least 5 or 6 others I would have considered better single quality songs, interesting. The only single I knew of was "Use It", I caught the video online somewhere a little while back.
The album just plays like Broken Social Scene-lite. The Canadian thing is obvious, but just in that there are so many people involved with both of the bands, switching songwriters and lead singers in and out throughout the whole album. Really similar, but The New Pornographers have a much more pop feel to them, which definitely isn't a bad thing. They are my top two albums of the year actually.
While it doesn't exactly follow the sound of BSS, the collective nature of the band definately creates a link. NP is a west coast thing, If I remember properly.
I am nnot sure if it was the single from the album, but it was the one I heard.
While it doesn't exactly follow the sound of BSS, the collective nature of the band definately creates a link. NP is a west coast thing, If I remember properly.
I am nnot sure if it was the single from the album, but it was the one I heard.
I have heard NP are big in Toronto(forgive my complete ignoracne about Canada's geography, but I believe Toronto is on the East coast?). Doesn't mean they are from there, just heard they are big there, for whatever that is worth.
I wouldn't think it was a single, doesnt have many "single qualities" really, but I'm not sure. And I agree, the actual musical links between BSS and NP are slim, but the way that so many musicians come together to create a singular piece of work that actualy sounds like a singular piece of work is just amazing.
This is was surprisingly good year for new albums, even without new Pearl Jam or Radiohead. I can't think of 25, but I'll offer these five as my favorites:
Queens of the Stone Age ~ Lullabies to Paralyze
Gorillaz ~ Demon Days
NIN ~ With Teeth
Sleater-Kinney ~ The Woods
Foo Fighters ~ In Your Honor
"Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
audioslave - out of exile
sigur ros - takk
kashmir - no balance palace
calexico| iron & wine - in the reins
my morning jacket - Z
madrugada - the deep end
rammstein - rosenrot
franz ferdinand - you could have it so much better
bloc party - silent alarm
I like driving backwards in the fog, 'cause it doesn't remind of anything...
I have heard NP are big in Toronto(forgive my complete ignoracne about Canada's geography, but I believe Toronto is on the East coast?). Doesn't mean they are from there, just heard they are big there, for whatever that is worth.
I am pretty sure the New Pornographers are from Vancouver. Toronto isn't exactly East Coast (it is probably closest to Detroit), but it is in the East
Frances The Mute- The Mars Volta
The Woods- Sleater-Kinney
Lullabies to Paralyze- Queens of the Stone Age
I'm Wide Awake and it's Morning- Bright Eyes
Worlds Apart- Trail of the Dead
Menos El Olso- Minus the Bear
Okemah and the Melody of Riot- Son Volt
Z-My Morning Jacket
Takk- Sigur Ros
I still have not heard the Sujan Stevens or the Wolf Parade album's yet and i hear they are fantastic. I'm sure i missed some other good ones but i think the above were my fav in no particular order
Charlotte 00 Charlotte 03 Asheville 04 Atlanta 12 Greenville 16, Columbia 16 Seattle 18 Nashville 22
don't you wish though that he would sing....maybe just a song or 2? I can understand it is their 'uniqueness' I guess, but the music kicks too much ass to not have someone howling over them on occasion.
I have tried this one. I don't know how one can get through Grass without the desire to jam something sharp in your ear to make the noise stop. I'll give them credit though, original as one can get this day in age.
I am pretty sure the New Pornographers are from Vancouver. Toronto isn't exactly East Coast (it is probably closest to Detroit), but it is in the East
as far as i am aware, they are from vancouver.
i never got into them when 'mass romantic' came out. i bought it after all the year end lists came out. my musical tastes have changed slightly since then so i'll have to see if i can find some samples or mp3 or something...
my random cd buying stopped this year, so i didn't discover too many super-indie gems although there are tons out there i want to listen to.
in no particular order...
sleater-kinney - the woods
my morning jacket - z
spoon - gimme fiction
sigur ros - takk
queens of the stone age - lullabies to paralyze
wilco - kicking television
system of a down - mezmerize / hypnotize
black mountain - s/t
black rebel motorcycle club - howl
doves - some cities
bright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morning
bloc party - silent alarm
prefuse 73 - surrounded by silence
eisley - room noises
explosions in the sky - how strange, innocence (reissue)
...and you will know us by the trail of dead - worlds apart
nine inch nails - with teeth
kanye west - late registration
don't you wish though that he would sing....maybe just a song or 2? I can understand it is their 'uniqueness' I guess, but the music kicks too much ass to not have someone howling over them on occasion.
I personally don't mind Craig Finn's manic preaching over the racously fun music they make. I know a lot of people do, and a lot find him an insufferable douche (which I can see). It is definately their uniqueness, and he definately speaks to a lot of people. I personally just love the flow of the album, the tightness of the band, and of course, the delivery. The keyboard player was kind of a dick when we saw them, though
I have tried this one. I don't know how one can get through Grass without the desire to jam something sharp in your ear to make the noise stop. I'll give them credit though, original as one can get this day in age.
Definately experimental, and if they didn't make at lest a few people make comments like that, then they aren't doing their job right. The pysch-induced "Bees" is a great track just to shit and absorb, and the "Banshee Beat" - "Daffy Duck" - "Loch Raven" trio is probably some of my favourite music all year. And about "Grass," well it has its own poppy charm - the screaming was never that big of a put-off for me.
Well, maybe a little.
Thanks for the comments, more are welcome, positive or negative
01. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
02. Wolf Parade - Apologies To Queen Mary
03. Los Hermanos - 4
04. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
05. The Decemberists - Picaresque
06. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
07. Brendan Benson - Alternative To Love
08. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
09. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
10. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
TOP 20
11. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralize
12. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
13. Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
14. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
15. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
16. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
17. Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift
18. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
19. Low - The Great Distroyer
12. Doves - Some Cities
its still missing The Clientele new album and My Morning Jacket!
So that is how I learned the lesson that everyone is alone. And your eyes must do some raining if you are ever going to grow. But when crying don't help and you can't compose yourself. It is best to compose a poem, an honest longing or simple song of hope.
That is why I'm singing
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Exodus - Shovelheadedkillmachine
Nine Inch Nails - [With_Teeth]
Fear Factory - Transgression
Dream Theater - Octavarium
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if you would, will you explain why you cut most of those albums off of my list, at the least, without resorting to a pathetic answer like "I didn't like it" or " I didn't hear it"? I''m honestly curious.
I could only think of 7 right now (in no particular order) im at work and not really putting my nose to the grindstone..
1/Coheed & cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
2/Armor for Sleep - What to do when you are dead
3/Mae - Everglow
4/Bullet for my valentine [import] - The poison (although it's not released in the US yet)
5/311 - Don't Tread on me
6/Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
7/Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront
My mistake, misunderstood you then.
You do come off sounding very pretentious a lot though. Seems you realize that though and don't really mind. Just pointing that out, thanks for the explaination.
Least you aren't a prick about it like Buena. Ah well, all was said and done on that topic. I'll stick to liking the few mainstream bands that play music good to my ears and have a passion about it(instead of a formula).
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1. Ten
2. Vs.
3. Pearl Jam
4. Binaural
5. No Code
6. Riot Act
7. Yield
8. Vitalogy
Pearl Jam Song Rankings
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1. Black
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Light Years
4. Given to Fly
5. Severed Hand
Top 5:
1. Ryan Adams- Cold Roses
2. Sufjan Stevens- Illinois
3. Sleater Kinney- The Woods
4. Son Volt- Okemah and the Melody of Riot
5. Sigur Ros- Takk...
The rest in no order:
Ryan Adams- Jacksonville City Nights
Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
Josh Rouse- Nashville
Iron and Wine & Calexico- In the Reins
Iron and Wine- Woman King
Erin McKeown- We Will Become Like Birds
Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
Doves- Some Cities
Coldplay- X&Y
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Howl
Beck- Guero
Amos Lee- Amos Lee
New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
Nickel Creek- Why Should The Fire Die
Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
Matt Pond PA- Several Arrows Later
Bright Eyes- Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Death Cab for Cutie- Plans
Foo Fighters- In Your Honor
That's It for now...haven't heard the new My Morning Jacket yet, but I'm assuming I'll dig it.
" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"
"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"
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did you hear The New Pornographers album this year?
Just wondering, you seem open to discussion so i thought I would take you up on the offer.
one album that i haven't seen mentioned is mike doughty's "haughty melodic." fantastic fucking album from the former frontman of the soul coughing. check it out if you get the chance.
No, I haven't. It is one of the few relatively high profile releases that I didn't get a chance to listen to. I heard one single, "Streets Of Fire," and while inoffensive, I don't think it all that great. I will probably get it one of these days, but right now, it isn't very high on my priorities list. What did you think of it?
The album just plays like Broken Social Scene-lite. The Canadian thing is obvious, but just in that there are so many people involved with both of the bands, switching songwriters and lead singers in and out throughout the whole album. Really similar, but The New Pornographers have a much more pop feel to them, which definitely isn't a bad thing. They are my top two albums of the year actually.
I am nnot sure if it was the single from the album, but it was the one I heard.
I wouldn't think it was a single, doesnt have many "single qualities" really, but I'm not sure. And I agree, the actual musical links between BSS and NP are slim, but the way that so many musicians come together to create a singular piece of work that actualy sounds like a singular piece of work is just amazing.
Queens of the Stone Age ~ Lullabies to Paralyze
Gorillaz ~ Demon Days
NIN ~ With Teeth
Sleater-Kinney ~ The Woods
Foo Fighters ~ In Your Honor
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
sigur ros - takk
kashmir - no balance palace
calexico| iron & wine - in the reins
my morning jacket - Z
madrugada - the deep end
rammstein - rosenrot
franz ferdinand - you could have it so much better
bloc party - silent alarm
Zita Swoon - A band in a box
I am pretty sure the New Pornographers are from Vancouver. Toronto isn't exactly East Coast (it is probably closest to Detroit), but it is in the East
i think this is the only CD i bought that was released in '05...
so it must be the best...
The Woods- Sleater-Kinney
Lullabies to Paralyze- Queens of the Stone Age
I'm Wide Awake and it's Morning- Bright Eyes
Worlds Apart- Trail of the Dead
Menos El Olso- Minus the Bear
Okemah and the Melody of Riot- Son Volt
Z-My Morning Jacket
Takk- Sigur Ros
I still have not heard the Sujan Stevens or the Wolf Parade album's yet and i hear they are fantastic. I'm sure i missed some other good ones but i think the above were my fav in no particular order
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
I agree with this. Listening to it now matter of fact.
don't you wish though that he would sing....maybe just a song or 2? I can understand it is their 'uniqueness' I guess, but the music kicks too much ass to not have someone howling over them on occasion.
these guys floored me when I saw them open for Opeth.
I have tried this one. I don't know how one can get through Grass without the desire to jam something sharp in your ear to make the noise stop. I'll give them credit though, original as one can get this day in age.
as far as i am aware, they are from vancouver.
i never got into them when 'mass romantic' came out. i bought it after all the year end lists came out. my musical tastes have changed slightly since then so i'll have to see if i can find some samples or mp3 or something...
in no particular order...
sleater-kinney - the woods
my morning jacket - z
spoon - gimme fiction
sigur ros - takk
queens of the stone age - lullabies to paralyze
wilco - kicking television
system of a down - mezmerize / hypnotize
black mountain - s/t
black rebel motorcycle club - howl
doves - some cities
bright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morning
bloc party - silent alarm
prefuse 73 - surrounded by silence
eisley - room noises
explosions in the sky - how strange, innocence (reissue)
...and you will know us by the trail of dead - worlds apart
nine inch nails - with teeth
kanye west - late registration
I don't think it is as great as We Shall All Be Healed or Tallahasse, but it was still a really good album
I personally don't mind Craig Finn's manic preaching over the racously fun music they make. I know a lot of people do, and a lot find him an insufferable douche (which I can see). It is definately their uniqueness, and he definately speaks to a lot of people. I personally just love the flow of the album, the tightness of the band, and of course, the delivery. The keyboard player was kind of a dick when we saw them, though
They opened for Opeth? Fuck what a great show that must have been. I already had tickets to the Hold Steady that night. Man, that would have fabulous
Definately experimental, and if they didn't make at lest a few people make comments like that, then they aren't doing their job right. The pysch-induced "Bees" is a great track just to shit and absorb, and the "Banshee Beat" - "Daffy Duck" - "Loch Raven" trio is probably some of my favourite music all year. And about "Grass," well it has its own poppy charm - the screaming was never that big of a put-off for me.
Well, maybe a little.
Thanks for the comments, more are welcome, positive or negative
TOP 10
01. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
02. Wolf Parade - Apologies To Queen Mary
03. Los Hermanos - 4
04. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
05. The Decemberists - Picaresque
06. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
07. Brendan Benson - Alternative To Love
08. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
09. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
10. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
TOP 20
11. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralize
12. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
13. Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
14. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
15. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
16. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
17. Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift
18. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
19. Low - The Great Distroyer
12. Doves - Some Cities
TOP 30
21. Weezer - Make Believe
22. Idlewild - Warning / Promisses
its still missing The Clientele new album and My Morning Jacket!
That is why I'm singing
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Exodus - Shovelheadedkillmachine
Nine Inch Nails - [With_Teeth]
Fear Factory - Transgression
Dream Theater - Octavarium
...cant think of any others at the moment
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