I'll get the ball rolling:
1. Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth2. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan3. New Order - Waiting For the Sirens' Call
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Monday, 31 October 2005 00:56 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 31 October 2005 00:59 (twenty years ago)
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Monday, 31 October 2005 01:04 (twenty years ago)
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 31 October 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)
― jason., Monday, 31 October 2005 01:45 (twenty years ago)
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:03 (twenty years ago)
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:08 (twenty years ago)
― van igloo (van smack), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)
― daavid (daavid), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)
― Most Correct, Monday, 31 October 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)
How is this a 2005 album?
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:16 (twenty years ago)
― splates (splates), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:19 (twenty years ago)
― Johnny Suedee, Monday, 31 October 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)
― brokenfuses (brokenfuses), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:35 (twenty years ago)
xp
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:37 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)
1 George Clinton Presents the P.Funk All-Stars, How Late Do You Have 2BB4UR Absent?2 Natalia y la Forquetina, Casa3 Cuizinier, Pour la Filles: Street Mixtape Volume 01
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)
That's a strongo trademark, isn't it?
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)
KOL's album simply blew me away!
― degga, Monday, 31 October 2005 02:46 (twenty years ago)
― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:53 (twenty years ago)
― baht habit, Monday, 31 October 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:13 (twenty years ago)
― JC-L (JC-L), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:30 (twenty years ago)
― l, Monday, 31 October 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)
runner-ups: Robyn, A Frames
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:33 (twenty years ago)
― Stooge McGruff, Monday, 31 October 2005 03:36 (twenty years ago)
― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:46 (twenty years ago)
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:48 (twenty years ago)
Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production Of EggsBlack Mountain – S/TOkkervil River – Black Sheep Boy
― BeeOK (boo radley), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:10 (twenty years ago)
Still waiting for #3...
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:17 (twenty years ago)
― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)
― john p. irrelevant (electricsound), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)
― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)
and i guess i really only love the first one..
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)
(in no particular order)
― rajeev (rajeev), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:31 (twenty years ago)
― reihkan, Monday, 31 October 2005 04:41 (twenty years ago)
― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)
― honest alamo, Monday, 31 October 2005 04:45 (twenty years ago)
runner-up: Sizzla - Soul Deepmost-anticipated: Girls Aloud - Chemistry
― Paul (scifisoul), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:48 (twenty years ago)
Reissues:
1. Michaelangelo - s/t ("The Guinn Album")2. Clap - Have You Reached Yet?3. Milk 'n' Cookies - s/t
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)
haha ,I agree
― Thom R., Monday, 31 October 2005 05:00 (twenty years ago)
― Simon H. (Simon H.), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:17 (twenty years ago)
Sigur Rós: Takk.Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.Shout Out Louds: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff.
It's a pretty weird Top 3, but that's how things work I guess.
― Voodoo Child, Monday, 31 October 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)
1. Coldplay X Y (best Coldplay album ever)2. Gorillaz Demon Days (Talking Heads talent involved-need say more?)3. Beck Guero (another evolution of creative genius by ole Beck)
― Couch Potato Killer, Monday, 31 October 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)
hah jess i think we actually agree on something again.
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)
― Stan da Man, Monday, 31 October 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:24 (twenty years ago)
― Roz (Roz), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:59 (twenty years ago)
― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Monday, 31 October 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago)
― cristian ceia, Monday, 31 October 2005 06:04 (twenty years ago)
M83 -- Before the Dawn Heals UsSigur Ros -- Takk Rhythm and Sound -- See Mi Yah
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 31 October 2005 06:19 (twenty years ago)
And honourable mention (haven't had it long enough to judge yet, but really like on first listen) for AZ's "AWOL"
― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 31 October 2005 06:24 (twenty years ago)
very few good albums i heard this year.
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Monday, 31 October 2005 06:32 (twenty years ago)
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic MountainSigur Ros - TakkLCD Soundsystem - s/t
I hear from people that I'd love Black Mountain and the new Constantines album too, so I suspect that at least one of the two will be on the list once I get around to listening to them.
― Schade (Schade), Monday, 31 October 2005 06:35 (twenty years ago)
― jagged little filly (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 31 October 2005 06:46 (twenty years ago)
― El Popo, Monday, 31 October 2005 08:03 (twenty years ago)
I don't know, three? I'm really leaning toward Congotronics as a number one. That could be because I just finally bought it a few weeks ago and the glow hasn't worn off. But for sure nothing else has made me that happy in a long while. The Amadou and Mariam album could go top three too. And maybe...Run the Road? Mas Flow 2? M.I.A.? I don't know.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:06 (twenty years ago)
― snowballing (snowballing), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:09 (twenty years ago)
― jergins (jergins), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:14 (twenty years ago)
― login name (fandango), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:15 (twenty years ago)
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)
1. Jeans Team - Musik von Oben2. Coloma - Dovetail3. Foetus - Love4. Joggers - With a Cape and a Cane5. Cagedbaby - Will See You Now6. Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Love is the Answer7. Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow8. Kosma - New Aspects
― Patrick South (Patrick South), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:27 (twenty years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:35 (twenty years ago)
-- Jacob (jwrigh...), October 31st, 2005.
For real! How about "City of Gods" eh!
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 31 October 2005 08:56 (twenty years ago)
― jng9685, Monday, 31 October 2005 09:14 (twenty years ago)
1. Animal Collective - Feels2. Gang Gang Dance - God's Money3. De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig - Parels voor de Zwijnen
― rizzx (Rizz), Monday, 31 October 2005 09:22 (twenty years ago)
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 31 October 2005 09:50 (twenty years ago)
runners up: herman dune, final fantasy, sigur ros, okkervil river
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 31 October 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)
― Bn1 (Bn1), Monday, 31 October 2005 09:55 (twenty years ago)
i knew i forgot something
― splates (splates), Monday, 31 October 2005 10:06 (twenty years ago)
Van der Graaf Generator - PresentNot a 1st rate VdGG album, but in "Every Bloody Emperor" it had at least one track as good as anything they've ever written. And even when the songs feel slight, the band still rock like Jazz Vikings.
Antony & the Johnsons - I Am a Bird NowGorgeous voice, gorgeous songs.
Kanye West - Late RegistrationHooky as fuck. Makes me smile a lot.
Missy Elliot - The CookbookThis might be her strongest album yet, but Missy sounds like she can keep putting out Avant-Pop classics forever.
Boards of Canada - The Campfire HeadphaseObviously. Prob'ly denser than the first 2 BoC albums, the fact that their sound mutates so slowly but so clearly is part of the appeal, for me.
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better WithHalf a simplified, stompified retooling of the debut, half delicate Pulpesque ennui-pop. Both halves full of great choons.
Paul Wall & Chamillionaire - Controversy SellsSly, cheeky and funky as anything. They seem incapable of making a record that doesn't make me grin and strut.
The Evens - The EvensThe first Ian Mackaye-affiliated record I'd describe as Sweet. The low keyness works wonderfully. More please.
Sufjan Stevens - IllinoisLike Michigan only more so. The first 2 thirds are genius: epic miserabilst serial pop. Shame it kind of meanders away rather than builds to a climax, but "Come on Feel the Illinoise!" is prob'ly my most played song this year.
R. Kelly - TP3.ReloadedYes he's mental. Yes he's repetitive. Yes "Sex Weed" is hilarious. This is why this album rules.
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord QuasIt's great. It doesn't do much he hasn't done before. It doesn't need to. I wish Quas had been all over the DangerDoom album.
Gonzales - Solo PianoChilly does Satie. A small but perfectly formed pleasure.
The Magic Numbers - The Magic NumbersWoolly jumper pop for middle-aged couples. But really really good woolly jumper pop.
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to ParalyzeAnother of the year's imperfect albums: too many songs that go nowhere. But the killer stuff really kills, as per usual.
Amerie - TouchShe reminds me a lot of Aaliyah, but instead of self-contained mystery Amerie does huge left-right combo-throwing Soul where even the ballads sound more defiant than vulnerable. Practically perfect.
Daft Punk - Human After AllIt still sounds like Homework playing thru Discovery sounds to me. This time next year HAA will get a lot more respect, I think.
― Patchouli Clark (noodle vague), Monday, 31 October 2005 10:10 (twenty years ago)
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 31 October 2005 10:10 (twenty years ago)
Honourable mention to the Go! Team who've ruled 2005 for me, and I completely missed it in 2004.
― Buffalo Stan (Buffalo Stan), Monday, 31 October 2005 11:19 (twenty years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 31 October 2005 11:31 (twenty years ago)
but 65daysofstatic to make a late bid for glory?
Hip-hop has generally been better than last year for me. i'd say:1. Little Brother2. Blackalicious3. One Be Lo
― Lee F# (fsharp), Monday, 31 October 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)
― Buffalo Stan (Buffalo Stan), Monday, 31 October 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 31 October 2005 12:07 (twenty years ago)
Will check it out.
― Buffalo Stan (Buffalo Stan), Monday, 31 October 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)
― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 31 October 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 31 October 2005 12:42 (twenty years ago)
― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Monday, 31 October 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)
― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)
There is admittedly far too much that I have not heard...
― Tom May (Tom May), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)
― Josh Love (screamapillar), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)
― unconscious, honey (FE7), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)
― Roz (Roz), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)
― Roz (Roz), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)
― steve hise, Monday, 31 October 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)
-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), October 31st, 2005.
Do you think Kate Bush might be familiar with the track "Washing Machine Is Speaking"?
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)
― matt2 (matt2), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:00 (twenty years ago)
The remaining 7 are gonna be a lot weirder.
― disco violence (disco violence), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 31 October 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)
― Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)
Definirely Chelonis, maybe Gang Gang Dance and Royksopp (bizarrely!).
― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)
― petesmith (plsmith), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)
― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)
― 4klsk, Monday, 31 October 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)
My top 3 from 2005Blood On The Wall - AwesomerIsolee - We Are MonsterThe Phoenix Foundation - Pegasus
top 3 comps.Damian Lazarus - Suck my Deck!Kompakt Total 6Dominik Eulberg - Kreucht und Fleucht
― micarl (micarl), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)
(this could change)
― xhuxk, Monday, 31 October 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)
― asl, Monday, 31 October 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)
― darin (darin), Monday, 31 October 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)
― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)
The 'Tron have made a late push past Rachel Stevens to the number one spot on my chart. Best album of the decade so far, imho.
― John Hunter, Monday, 31 October 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)
[making late 05 pushes to the top - Beanie Sigel, Clipse mixtape 2, Deerhoof, Belles of Skin City]
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)
De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig - Parels voor de ZwijnenWir sind Helden - Von hier an blindNachlader - Bock auf Aforismen
― naranjito (Koens), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)
Young Jeezy, Body Language and AZ.
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)
― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)
Just downloaded M83 and Sigur Ros and am enjoying them so far.
Want to hear: Boards of Canada, Elliot Sharp, Tim Berne's Paraphrase, Eric Clapton, System of a Down, Young Jeezy, Deerhoof, Kompakt, Roots Manuva, Daft Punk, Venetian Snares, MIA, Art Brut, Lightning Bolt, T-Pain, everything on Tzadik and Worthy
― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)
Feel bad for leaving out LCD Soundsystem - I'll put it at #4 until further notice.
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Monday, 31 October 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)
And so you should!
― naranjito (Koens), Monday, 31 October 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)
― Jeff W (zebedee), Monday, 31 October 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)
― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)
Animal Collective - FeelsExcepter - ThroneSix Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)
― righteousmaelstrom (righteousmaelstrom), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)
― F.R.I.E.N.D. (nordicskilla), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)
top 4
miarachel stevens goldfrappbritish sea power (not as many votes for them as i'd imagined)
it's been a funny year.
― piscesboy, Monday, 31 October 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)
― Nigel (Nigel), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)
Can I vote for Mihaly Dresch Quartet? Egyenes Zene came out last year (on a Hungarian label) but it's only available on import and I didn't hear it until this year. Best "jazz" album I've heard in a while.
― o. nate (onate), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)
― mcd (mcd), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)
(fyi Triptych Myth is the Cooper-Moore piano trio with the drummer from Chicago Underground Duo/Trio/etc. Best jazz album I've heard in a while!)
― mcd (mcd), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)
― JoB (JoB), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)
― john p. irrelevant (electricsound), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:00 (twenty years ago)
― dan. (dan.), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)
― piekoz (piekoz), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)
Favorite album discovered this year: ABC, The Lexicon Of Love (I have no idea how I spent twenty-plus years without owning and constantly listening to this, but then again it took me until last year to catch up to Surf's Up)
Most anticipated: The Strokes, First Impressions of Earth
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 00:45 (twenty years ago)
― panoptican (panoptican), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)
2. Porcupine Tree - DeadwingNobody is talking about this album around here, and I can kind of understand why, because it's probably pretty uncool by the standards here, seeing as it's all proggy and whatnot. Though it seems like Ned Raggett should have at least heard it. Really beautiful album with a good amount of metal and art-pop.
3. Mars Volta - Frances The MuteThe first time I heard it I had a laundry list of complaints, and then when it was eating at my brain I listened to it again from beginning to end in one sitting outside of school. I can't see myself listening to this a lot in the future because it's so long and indulgent, but it really was an experience.
Other notables: Opeth, Clap Your Hands, M83, M.I.A.
― James Morris (HorrayJames), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)
― keyth (keyth), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 02:10 (twenty years ago)
It's (Brubeck's album is) called London Flat, London Sharp. I saw him play here not too long ago. He still plays like a motherfucker. I should try Mehldau too. Did Douglas or Frisell have anything out this year?
― Sundar (sundar), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 02:13 (twenty years ago)
going by north american releases obv.
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)
― dc, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)
3. LCD - LCD2. Out Hud - Let us Never Speak of it Again1. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 03:12 (twenty years ago)
― lukeeluke (soulex45), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 03:14 (twenty years ago)
w/ Gogol Bordello, Robyn, Jamie Lidell, and Gustav somewhere
― nameom (nameom), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)
Runners Up: Jesu, High On Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Modern Life Is War, Against Me!, Sigur Rós
Of course, anything can happen in the next two months.
― digestion (digestion), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 03:18 (twenty years ago)
― Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 03:21 (twenty years ago)
#1 and #2 are pretty solid, but #3 could easily change.
― John Fredland (jfredland), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 04:59 (twenty years ago)
Sleater Kinney.........The Woods
Yolatengo..............Prisoners of Love
I know Prisoners of Love is a compilation album, but it is as important a CD for 2005 as any new material out there
― Alan Treacy, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 08:11 (twenty years ago)
― Arnault (arc73hk), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)
Frisell plays on the new Jenny Scheinman, 12 Songs, which is quite good too, btw.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)
http://www.able2know.com/forums/a2k-post1608179.html#1608179
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)
http://dagmaraka.blogspot.com/2005/10/ethno-jazz.html
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)
They both did, Sundar, but I haven't heard any of it. Frisell had some live albums, and Dave Douglas had that, uh, that band that walked up a mountain. Apparently he has another 'electric' album still to come this year.
I didn't hear very much jazz this year, except for New Orleans/trad stuff. The Bad Plus album is good, better than their last, but I haven't even checked out the new Dave Holland Big Band.
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)
― Stingy (stingy), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)
xpost
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)
2005 made me forget that pop albums are supposed to be two good singles and a lot of filler.
Honorable mentions: MIA, Fiery Furnaces, Electric Six, SOD. On the fence: New Pornographers. Apparently people really like the Beck album so theoretically I could end up re-evaluating that but it seems unlikely.
Could make it once I hear the full album: Mountain Goats, Wolf Parade, Lightning Bolt, Of Montreal, Madonna, Kanye, Sufjan, Missy, Fiona, although I strongly doubt that last one.
― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)
Mohammad Iskandar: Hakini
If you like foot-stomping Lebanese Shabai/traditional music--and I can't think of any other regular who does--this is a very good pick. I knew nothing of Iskandar before this, but according to the Radio Lebanon site, he has recorded 15 albums, and is a pretty well-known singer in this vein.
Miguel “Anga” Diaz: Echu Mingua
Anga Diaz's virtuoso conga playing pulls the album together, despite the variety from track to track. There are a couple unconventional covers of jazz classics, a chamber piece by an Argentine composer, and short free form pieces (like the fantastic "Dracular Simon"). If you translated the Thirsty Ear Blue Series template (if there is one) into Afro-Cuban terms, it might sound something like this. (Destroy: second-to-last track which reunites Diaz with Irakere band-mates members and drifts into bad Cuban funk-fusion territory.)
Jon Hassell: Maarifa Sreet
Despite not liking how the rhythms of the programmed percussion on this (much of the time), I've been playing it regularly. This is largely Jon Hassell's show, but effects-and-all, not stripped down like Fascinoma. No surprises, but good brooding chill-out music.
I hope these don't sound too pseudo-reviewy. I think they do.)
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:35 (twenty years ago)
architecture in helsinki, "in case we die"kanye west, "late registration"manual, "azure vista"
― dave heaton (daveheaton), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)
― Asthmatic Cajun (Asthmatic Cajun), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)
I will! Thanx.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)
CLAP CLAP/FLUXBLOG DIVISIVENESS!
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)
Looking forward to buying/hearing more of: Kanye, Missy, Madonna, Common, Mountain Goats, S-K, and others...
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)
Now I'm very interested. Do any of you all know anything about this release: http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/dresch.quartet.html
Recommended?
― matt2 (matt2), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)
― sibsi (sibsi), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)
― Sundar (sundar), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)
I haven't heard anything about that release on sale at Forced Exposure.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)
― puzzl, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)
Quiet you. Actually, having listened to "Red Red Red" (which FB posted) a few times while walking to work in the morning now, I actually have some interest in hearing the album, as opposed to my previous none. (Something about that song plus steam coming off the NYC streets really sells it.) I generally dislike Ms. Apple, though, and the Brion tracks were pleasant enough but definitely not top-anything material.
Sean's talked me down from the Wolf Parade, Mountain Goats, and Sufjan somewhat, although I'll still give at least the first two a shot.
― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)
I tried it. It's a whole lot mellower than I expected from the descriptions (THE HUNGARIAN COLTRANE !!), but lovely nonetheless. Nice strings.
― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)
1. Larsen, Play2. Konono N.1, Congotronics3. Jose Gonzalez, Veneer
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)
(but I haven't listened to these in months)
I predict that I will be listed in the upcoming "Tokenism A Go-Go" thread as my Pazz & Jop Ballot may include M.I.A. as my only representative of dancehall on my albums list and Foxy Brown as my only representative of dancehall on my singles list. As you can see, in dancehall I go for the hardcore stuff.
― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)
― Nathalie, the Queen of Frock 'n' Fall (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)
― Nathalie, the Queen of Frock 'n' Fall (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)
This was released in 2004 (I had a track from this on my 2004 list) but wasn't released in the states until 2005.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)
System of a Down -- MezmerizeMy Moring Jacket -- ZBloc Party -- Silent Alarm
Subject to change, obviously, as I fill in the listening holes. I'd love to put Kanye up there, but the bullshit in the middle of the record weighs it down considerably.
― Chris O., Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)
Kate Bush - AerialThe Raveonettes - Pretty In BlackThe Quarter After - The Quarter After
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)
The Shortwave Set - The Debt CollectionCagedbaby - Will See You NowSugababes - Taller In More Ways
― BARMS, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)
Hey, T.O.K. might make my top 10 (and Sean Paul would maybe make a top 20). I'm definitely down with the sell-out pop-crossover dancehall. (And that Foxy Brown single is on my list for sure)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)
Acoustic Ladyland - Last Chance DiscoAntony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird NowRoots Manuva - Awfully Deep
but this could easily change between now and December.
2005 Tracking List: http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view?list_id=27682&show=25&start=0
Blog: http://www.inleagewithpaton.blogspot.com
― Daniel Paton (angriest dog), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)
http://www.inleaguewithpaton.blogspot.com/
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)
― Daniel Paton (angriest dog), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)
Silent Alarm - Bloc PartyThe Woods - Sleater-KinneyTwin Cinema - New Pornographers
(honerable mention: Deerhoof)
― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)
Followed by: Gorillaz, Hard Fi, Fischerspooner, Goldfrapp. But I haven't heard Kate Bush or Madonna yet.
― davidsim (davidsim), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 01:49 (twenty years ago)
― Jimmy James Inc, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)
― retrogurl, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)
not sure yet what will follow, doubt anything with usurp number one, though
― Matt McEver (mattmc387), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 07:42 (twenty years ago)
best reissues are the three Field Mice albums on LTM.
― Jacobs (LolVStein), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 09:30 (twenty years ago)
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS- LOVE KRAFTSAINT ETIENNE - TALE FROM TURNPIKE HOUSEM.I.A. - ARURAL
Also Art Brut, New Pornographers, Doves, Ladytron, Elbow, LCD Soundsystem.
― hub, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)
Come And Get ItTender ButtonsSupernature
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)
― retroboy, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)
M.I.A. - ArularBright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake (unapologetically)The Kills - No Wow
Others in running for third place: Amadou & Mariam, Sleater-Kinney, Cheb-i-Sabbah, Spoon, Ryan Adams (Jacksonville City Nights). Dizzee Rascal's Showtime would be on the list if it weren't 2004.
― Vornado, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)
― piscesboy, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 14:40 (twenty years ago)
― Major Dave To Ground Control (scarlet), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)
― white dolemite (White Dolemite), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)
But I can see the Howling Hex album getting knocked out of third by either the Blood On The Wall or Deerhoof albums, depending on how much they continue to grow on me.
― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)
― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)
― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)
Huh? Do I know you?
― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)
― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)
honorable mention : architecture in helsinki - in case we die akron family - self titled
― mersenne twister (mersenne_twister), Friday, 4 November 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)
love kraft - sfain case we die - architecture in helsinkiaerial - kate bush
― mai, Saturday, 5 November 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Saturday, 5 November 2005 06:28 (twenty years ago)
― caramel voltaire (FE7), Saturday, 5 November 2005 06:40 (twenty years ago)
― Rainier Wolfcastleee (Leee), Saturday, 5 November 2005 07:00 (twenty years ago)
― Rainier Wolfcastleee (Leee), Saturday, 5 November 2005 07:01 (twenty years ago)
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Saturday, 5 November 2005 07:48 (twenty years ago)
― Patrick South (Patrick South), Saturday, 5 November 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 5 November 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)
1. Mike Wexler - EP2. Deerhoof - Runners Four
Hard to even pick a third one - I can think of some records I liked well enough, but none of them enough to make #3 (but I don't write record reviews, so I don't have as much access to free new releases):
My Morning Jacket - ZThe Occasion - Cannery HoursSilver Jews - Tanglewood NumbersMIA (I keep flip-flopping on this one)The Evens
― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 5 November 2005 14:57 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 5 November 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)
― keyth (keyth), Saturday, 5 November 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)
Tom Ze's Estudando o Pagode, which I had to buy as an import, is my favorite of his late-period albums.
― moxie chaser, Sunday, 6 November 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)
1. Vitalic - OK Cowboy2. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Boy Now3. British Sea Power - Open Season (believe me, I'm as surprised as you are)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 6 November 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)
There are lots of things I haven't heard enough of, but I doubt anything like M.I.A. or the New Pornographers would supplant these choices.
― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 7 November 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)
honorable mention:sigur ros - takk
― bingo (Chris V), Monday, 7 November 2005 12:39 (twenty years ago)
Not bought many new albums this year.
― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 7 November 2005 12:51 (twenty years ago)
― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 7 November 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)
Those three are picked arbitrarily and loads of great records come to mind: Quasimoto, Lightning Bolt, Jack Rose... has no one mentioned Black Dice?
― Ogmor Roundtrouser (Ogmor Roundtrouser), Monday, 7 November 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)
Seconded. I'd like to hear that Jamie Saft record.
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 7 November 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)
― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 7 November 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)
― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)
1. hold steady2. miranda lambert3. fannypack
next several, in current order: m.i.a, deana carter, mannie fresh, bang sugar bang, hard skin, lady sovereign, ashlee simpson, rod lee,living things, hope partlow, big & rich, young jeezy, subterranean modern
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)
Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging GardensStill trying to recover from this albumRichard Davis - DetailsAlmost every song is great, the 1st song esp. Nice late night listening.Kate Bush - Aerial - A Sky of Honey
Matias Aguayo has lost his place to Kate Bush
― Jacobs (LolVStein), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)
maybe with vitalic nudging in 1st to over-compensate for my recent 'tron obsession
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)
Is there an actual album? And if so, WHERE IS IT?
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)
1) Kate Bush - Aerial2)(tied) Isolee - We Are Monster | Ellen Allien - Thrills3)(tied) Kevin Blechdom - Eat My Heart Out | AGF/Delay - Explode | TBA - Annulé
― Worst song, played on ugliest guitar (fandango), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)
― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 10 November 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Thursday, 10 November 2005 03:14 (twenty years ago)
I'm still holding out for The Darkness and Outkast.
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Thursday, 10 November 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)
― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Thursday, 10 November 2005 03:28 (twenty years ago)
... 'cause trying to pick the top 3 albums of the year isn't in any way like picking which fingers you're going to lop off with a butter knife. Oh, no.
― Josh Witkowski (braineater), Thursday, 10 November 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)
― Fetchboy (Felcher), Thursday, 10 November 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)
There's a sort of maxi-EP, called *Vertically Challenged.* Eight tracks (incl three remixes of other tracks) in 30-some minutes. Supposedly out in early November, though alls I have is an advance version. Very good chance of making my Pazz & Jop ballot regardless.
― xhuxk, Thursday, 10 November 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)
-- gypsy mothra (meetm...), November 8th, 2005.
Closer than you'd think...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BHN7SE
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000BHN7SE.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 10 November 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 10 November 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 10 November 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)
― guyser, Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)
Maximo Park - A Certain TriggerSigur Rós - Takk...Jeb Loy Nichols - Now ThenUnder Byen - Det er mig der holder træerne sammenJosh Rouse - NashvilleMerz - LoveheartEmiliana Torrini - Fisherman's WomanCommon - BeTom Vek - We Have SoundImogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Why stop at three?
― Matt Sephton (emsef), Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:42 (twenty years ago)
01. Jamie Lidell- Multiply [Warp]02. Isolee - We Are Monster [Playhouse]03. DJ Koze - Kosi Comes Around [Kompakt]
Jamie has a lock on #1. The other two could easily be another dozen records- Matias Aguayo, Alex Under, Murcof, Safety Scissors, etc.
― Jonathan Lee (JonG), Friday, 11 November 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)
― curmudgeon (Steve K), Friday, 11 November 2005 05:41 (twenty years ago)
No, not unless someone else wants to count them. I can't see the point since the year isn't over yet. I just felt we should start thinking about these things in advance, you know, get polished up.
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Friday, 11 November 2005 05:56 (twenty years ago)
m.i.a. - arularthe chap - hamrachel stevens - come and get itdaft punk - human after allanimal collective - feels
also andrew bird, clipse, jamie lidell, alex smoke, vitalic, jackson, sufjan and roisin murphy are pretty great too
― jmeister (jmeister), Friday, 11 November 2005 06:15 (twenty years ago)
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 11 November 2005 06:27 (twenty years ago)
― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 11 November 2005 06:54 (twenty years ago)
Mine would be:
New Order "WFTSC"Gonzales "Solo Piano"Ellen Alien "Thrills"
Hon. mention toJan Jelinek "Kosmischer Pitch"Richard Davis "Details"R. Kelly "TP3"DM "Playing the Angel"
― Baaderonixx ménage ses forces dans l'attente du Grand Soir (baaderonixx), Friday, 11 November 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 11 November 2005 16:35 (twenty years ago)
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 11 November 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 11 November 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 11 November 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)
then these guys had 5 votes:gorillazblack mountainbroadcasthold steadymountain goatss-k sufjan
then these guys had 4 votes:andrew birdkate bushhawleym83 malkmus mccartneyvitalic
and these guys got 3 each (ignore the 1s, I'm lazy)a frames 111ellen allien 111art brut 111beck 111BSS 111clap yr hands 111eno 111eluvium 111outhud 111robyn 111sfa 111smog 111p. wolf 111white stripes 111wolf parade 111
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)
prove to me you'll be listening to even HALF of the records on this list in ten years...
yours in eternal cynycism and angst, jack dee
― jack dee, Friday, 11 November 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)
-- deej..
I don't like Vitalic (or M.I.A.).
― Worst song, played on ugliest guitar (fandango), Friday, 11 November 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 11 November 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)
― Pvt. Dave Goes Over The Top (scarlet), Friday, 11 November 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)
Just wanted to point out that of Montreal also have 5 votes (and 4 of these votes have them in the top spot. : )
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)
― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)
― Mendoza Lineman (Carey), Friday, 11 November 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)
oops! and so did New Order and Okkervil River
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Friday, 11 November 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)
― Vornado, Friday, 11 November 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Friday, 11 November 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)
― curmudgeon (Steve K), Saturday, 12 November 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)
― dan floss (Dan Floss), Saturday, 12 November 2005 04:18 (twenty years ago)
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Saturday, 12 November 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)
Antony & the Johnsons - I am a bird nowKate Bush - AerialEels - Blinking lights...
― James Ball (James Ball), Sunday, 13 November 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)
― Dave Segal (Da ve Segal), Sunday, 13 November 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)
the third ... hmm. can't decide yet. give me till december.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)
Not sure about the ordering of the above.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)
― Kevin Erickson, Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:30 (twenty years ago)
Dirty Projectors - The Getty Address
which unfortunately knocks the mountain goats off that list
― Kevin Erickson, Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)
honourable mentions to the ruby sons, MIA, kanye - and best overall release has to be bachelorette's 'end of things' ep - its amazing
― chris andrews (fraew), Monday, 14 November 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)
― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Monday, 14 November 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 14 November 2005 00:55 (twenty years ago)
― Jimmy_tango, Monday, 14 November 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)
Ghostface will probably bump MIA in the end.
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Monday, 14 November 2005 06:20 (twenty years ago)
1. mysterious Skin Soundtrack2.Jose Gonzales3. Spoon4. Crystal Skulls5.Arco6.Tim Fite
― ari, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 07:28 (twenty years ago)
― Quinn (quinn), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 07:45 (twenty years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 09:43 (twenty years ago)
I. Antony and the Johnsons -I Am a Bird NowII. Kanye West – Late RegistrationIII. Sujan Stevens – IllinoiseIV. Blood on the wall – AwesomerV. Wolf Parade – Apologies to Queen maryVI. Spoon- Gimme FictionVII. M.I.A.- ArularVIII. Broken Social SceneIX. Seu Jorge – CruX. Prince Paul – Itstruemental
― Antonio DePietro, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 06:08 (twenty years ago)
― Antonio DePietro, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)
i have like 5 more top threes!
― peter x (bucksbreeze), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)
Creepin on ah come-up: Lee Ann Womack, Bobby Bare, Carl Craig (Fabric 25).
About the only certainty at this point is that Kanye'll be #1.
― Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)
― catryn, Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)
nice! this will definitely make my top ten, even if it's not quite as awesome as its predecessor
― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)
1. The Decemberists – Picaresque2. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock and Roll 3. Arcade Fire – Funeral 4. Sleater-Kinney – The Woods5. British Sea Power – Open Season6. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm 7. Sigur Ros - Takk 8. Brakes – Give Blood9. LCD Soundsystem – S/T 10. Editors – The Back Room11. Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger12. Numbers – We’re Animals 13. Hood – Outside Closer14. Sons And Daughters – The Repulsion Box15. The Rogers Sisters – Three Fingers
― Cracks (Crackity), Saturday, 19 November 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 26 November 2005 05:30 (twenty years ago)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 26 November 2005 05:32 (twenty years ago)
― dogonwheels (dogonwheels), Saturday, 26 November 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)
― Jena (JenaP), Saturday, 26 November 2005 07:43 (twenty years ago)
― Mil (Mil), Saturday, 26 November 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 26 November 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 26 November 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)
Bloc Party - Slient AlarmThe Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
are the clear leaders, with a big group (Roisin Murphy, Saint Etienne, Ladytron, British Sea Power) fighting it out for third. Although BSP has an advantage since they came out earlier in the year.
― mitya can't remember his frigging password, Sunday, 27 November 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)
― sab11, Sunday, 27 November 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)
― god's shadow, Saturday, 3 December 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)
― Paul (scifisoul), Saturday, 3 December 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Saturday, 3 December 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)
second album hasn't hit me nearly as hard as La Maison De Mon Reve - maybe just because their schtick is now more familiar.
top 3? bloody hell.
The Arcade Fire - Funeral (look, it's a 2005 release in the UK, ok?)Richard Hawley - Coles CornerShout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
this will change by the end of the year, probably. I think the patrick wolf album might be about to make a surprise gate-crashing appearance in the top 3...
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Saturday, 3 December 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)
― some best friend, Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:11 (twenty years ago)
― geeta (geeta), Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)
― some best friend, Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)
it didn't. ah well. Jim Noir, however - now *that's* a great record.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 4 December 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)
― cracktivity, Sunday, 4 December 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)
― charlotte, Sunday, 4 December 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 4 December 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)
― eek, Sunday, 4 December 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)
― Priason Jestley (Priason Jestley), Friday, 9 December 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)
― Mr Monket (apn99), Friday, 9 December 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)
― billy muir, Saturday, 10 December 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)
― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)
Anybody else? Anyone changing their lists? I still can't find that Dr. Zeus bhanghra cd. The Bloc Party I can find, maybe I should give it a listen!
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 December 2005 16:51 (nineteen years ago)
― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Friday, 16 December 2005 17:08 (nineteen years ago)
― outdoor_miner, Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:55 (nineteen years ago)
― Josh Timmermann (Josh Timmermann), Saturday, 17 December 2005 02:33 (nineteen years ago)
― Christopher Costello (CGC), Saturday, 17 December 2005 02:48 (nineteen years ago)
― TRG (TRG), Saturday, 17 December 2005 03:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Saturday, 17 December 2005 05:30 (nineteen years ago)
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Saturday, 17 December 2005 06:04 (nineteen years ago)
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Saturday, 17 December 2005 06:30 (nineteen years ago)
Ha!
― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Saturday, 17 December 2005 06:34 (nineteen years ago)
― james B., Saturday, 17 December 2005 16:06 (nineteen years ago)
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 17 December 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago)
― TRG (TRG), Saturday, 17 December 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago)
Right now it's:Dave Douglas - Mountain PassagesPat Metheny Group - The Way UpDave Brubeck Quartet - London Flat, London SharpOneida - The WeddingBill Frisell - Richter 858 with Four Tet putting up a fight.
I will write about all these soon.
― Sundar (sundar), Sunday, 18 December 2005 02:44 (nineteen years ago)
― Richard Owen (dickrich), Sunday, 18 December 2005 06:35 (nineteen years ago)
Obviously
― Ian in Brooklyn, Sunday, 18 December 2005 08:23 (nineteen years ago)
Honorable Mention:
Broadcast Tender ButtonsWooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice Buck DharmaFerenc Fraximal
Associates The Affectionate PunchSiouxsie & The Banshees The ScreamSlowdive Souvlaki
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Sunday, 18 December 2005 09:59 (nineteen years ago)
Did they reissue Maurizio's M-Series again this year?
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Sunday, 18 December 2005 10:02 (nineteen years ago)
1. Spoon, "Gimme Fiction"2. The Modey Lemon, "The Curious City"3. The Soundtrack of our Lives, "Origin, Vol. 1"
― John Fredland (jfredland), Sunday, 18 December 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago)
(Antony wants to be on this list so bad, I might let him...)
― Meehan Ah Um (Meehan Ah Um), Monday, 19 December 2005 03:06 (nineteen years ago)
― nerve pylon (flat_of_angles), Monday, 19 December 2005 04:23 (nineteen years ago)
― nerve pylon (flat_of_angles), Monday, 19 December 2005 04:26 (nineteen years ago)
― Jena (JenaP), Monday, 19 December 2005 04:27 (nineteen years ago)
Kanye West-Late RegistrationArt Brut-Bang Bang Rock and RollLanghorne Slim-When The Sun's Gone Down
― Tarpley, Tuesday, 20 December 2005 04:10 (nineteen years ago)
Runners-up:Paul Wall, The Mitchell Brothers and Rufus Wainwright.
― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:16 (nineteen years ago)
-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2005 6:17 PM.
and so it has changed...
Arcade FireRichard HawleySUFJAN
oh how was i so stupid as to file Illenoise in a forgotten pile for a full five months after receiving it, only to find out only last bloody week that it's TOTALLY PHENOMENAL...
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago)
― mimo obradov, Thursday, 29 December 2005 13:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Alice Keymer, Thursday, 13 April 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)
― my name is mty, Thursday, 13 April 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 13 April 2006 14:24 (nineteen years ago)
― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Thursday, 13 April 2006 14:44 (nineteen years ago)