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Hey guys, it's the end of the year, what did you listen to
Minerva_SC
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Andrew Bird-Noble Beast
Lupe Fiasco-Enemy of the state
Company of thieves-Ordinary Riches
My top 3 for the year.
Lupe Fiasco-Enemy of the state
Company of thieves-Ordinary Riches
My top 3 for the year.
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Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Metric - Fantasies
Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love
Spinnerette - Self-Titled
Dethklok - Dethalbum II
Also the Lupe that was mentioned in the OP.
Röyksopp - Junior
Crystal Castles - self-titled
A few:
Far - Regina Spektor
The Hazards of Love - the Decemberists
Middle Cyclone - Neko Case
It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
My Way - Ian Brown
Bibio is perhaps the best jack of all trades. Initially an electronic artist whose schtick was using old tape loops (particularly acoustic guitar) and he's expanded that on this album into full blown guitar songs that sit alongside J-Dilla sounding beats as well as hybrids of the two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43EDrLxKAKg&feature=related
Maybe I'm getting old but I can't get with all this Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective hype. They're not awful, just incredibly overhyped. And something tells their concerts are attended by mostly white people.
Sholi-Sholi
San Francisco 4 piece with one of the better drummers I've heard in a while. It's a little hard to describe their sound without saying post punk meets prog- however there's no solos or lyrics about beasts of yore. The songs are tightly structured and the prog comparison is really just my way of saying they use vintage sounding keyboards and unconventional song structures. Like the music, the singer is equal parts choirboy and madman and transitions between the 2 smoothly enough that it never sounds jarring. Maybe it's because he stays in key.
I think they're the best new band this year, and their album is one of the most underrated and ignored (Thanks, pitchfork!)
http://lala.com/zcNl
Burial and Four Tet put out a 2 track EP that's pretty good. I'm not posting the cover because it's just a black sleeve.
Quite possibly the best album ever to feature a Venn diagram.
The Thermals - Now We Can See
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Dan Deacon - Bromst
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
DOOM - Born Like This
Dangermouse + Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul
Passion Pit - Manners
Built to Spill - There is No Enemy
Atlas Sound - Logos
Major Lazer - Major Lazer
The Antlers - Hospice
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
Top 5 Bolded. There are also at least 8 or 9 albums from this year that I haven't listened to all the way through yet either. This is a strange year, because I think there was a lot of really good music, but very little that was great.
Fuck yes. It also taught me that there is a country named Eritrea, and that we should send them guns or something.
Edit: saw them live twice this year too. Fucking amazing, even though they didn't play hope either time.
I hadn't heard of them before I saw them at Bonnaroo. Outside of Bruce, hands down the best show of the weekend. See them if they are anywhere near you.
That is one hell of a record, especially since I'm a cranky old bastard who dislikes most if not all new music. Yes, it's my lawn, and yes, you whippersnappers should get the fuck off of it.
Of course, because I'm old and unhip I had to rely on the Onion AV Club's best of 2009 list to find out about this band/record (and their previous record, and the existence of Mclusky, again, old and unhip am I), so I missed their tour by about a month. Fuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwliet2vqo
Nah, I'm old and unhip for finding out about new music only from year-end best of lists.
That I read and go "I have no fucking idea who 90% of these bands even are".
Then I listen to them, and realize I'm not missing much. :P
Oh man, I'd love to see them live. Not a bad song on either of their albums, and I've heard they do old McLusky stuff occasionally at concerts.
I'm no good at keeping up with music.
But that is a fantastic album.
Particuarly Johnny I hardly knew ya, On a boat ( featuring T-pain) and We want fun.
That sounds like the most wicked-awesome hilarious song ever!
Where should I perchance find out about fantastic new stuff (besides trolling the music threads here?) Pitchfork? Those guys come off as way too pretentious, or at least, as pretentious as the music they review (ZING!)
*edit* Ok just finished listening to Future of the Left's Travels with Myself and Another. First impression I got was that this is what I wanted Jet to sound like on their last album. Overall a strong album, but I don't much care for the vocalist's lacking range. Maybe anything more doesn't suit their music, but at the same time, it's almost like the way Muse comes off (but in a bad way). However, it's about the only thing I didn't like. The whole album was surprisingly ear-friendly!
converge - axe to fall
fall of troy - in the unlikely event
morrissey - years of refusal
hot leg - red light fever
Gets a meh. That is all. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix on now, off to a good start, good winter music imo
Also, Hospice and The Incident, which others have already mentioned.
Such an amazing album, i would be surprised if it didn't album of the year in revolver.
Its the music video for Oblivion, it is amazing.
Delicious lime for you Henroid.
On top of listening to the new Protomen album, I've been enjoying The Kin's new one "The UPside" as well as the new OneRepublic album (yeah sue me.). Also Future of the Left is pretty awesome haha.
and those probably won't show up because I hotlinked them, so this:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Elendae/2009_in_music
http://rateyourmusic.com/~Elendae
http://mxmissile-proof.blogspot.com/
The album is even cooler when you know what it's about.
Apparently Devin took some cues from Trent Reznor and realized how productive one becomes without drug addictions.
Mastadon - Crack the Skye
Lamb of God - Wrath
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Static-X - Cult of Static
Prong - Power of the Damn MiXXer
Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
Sorry to interrupt the metal
Devil Wears Prada
As I lay Dying
In Flames
Killswitch Engage
There were a few others as well - Deftones, Tool, Austrian Death Machine...just kinda depended on my mood
Wodensthrone - Loss
Ancestors - Of Sound Mind
According to playlists, those were the most played overall. No order I guess. I really liked a lot of records this year though.
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Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Wilco - A.M.
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Ok Go - Oh No
I went from power metal and classic rock in the beginning of the year to indie pop & rock in the closing months.