No love for Clark's 'Turning Dragon'?
― sonnypike, Friday, 11 July 2008 12:54 (sixteen years ago) link
He's far more operatic than Yorke; more like Anthony Hegarty.
saw 'em live in March, dude sounded like a karaoke Freddy Mercury. really really really bad.
― stephen, Friday, 11 July 2008 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
upon further listening turns out the Pas/Cal album is not so good.
― keythkeyth, Saturday, 12 July 2008 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
hi dere i can be list dork too : )
1 bruno pronsato - why can't we be more like us? 2 animal collective - water curses 3 zeigeist - the jade motel 4 v/a mixed by marcus nasty - deja vu fm february 28 5 booka shade - the sun and the neon light 6 mara trax - it got me funk 7 disfear - live the storm 8 flying lotus - los angeles 9 lil' mama - vyp: voice of the young people 10 v/a - step up 2 the streets
― aaron d.g., Sunday, 13 July 2008 07:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I have the Polar Bear.
― Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:29 (sixteen years ago) link
But is it good?
― Raw Patrick, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Only on my first (distracted) listen, so difficult to say. There's certainly no obvious shark-jumping. It's long (14 tracks, 70ish minutes), and there are more electronics and more deployment of varied instrumentation, but still essentially bass, drums, double brass. The sleeve states "all electronics were played live". If you've heard Dim Lit then the move from that to Held On The Tips Of Fingers seems to be mirrored here too; still jazz, but a little bit further on again. One track's got quite a droning, eastern vibe to it. I'm enjoying it.
― Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Should I buy it tonight? It's yr call. Yes or no answer.
― Raw Patrick, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Buy it. Although I had to get it straight from their label. London shops probably better than Amazon / Exeter shops, though.
― Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:30 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, I'll get it if I see it.
― Raw Patrick, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:35 (sixteen years ago) link
In no particular order
1. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah part one (4th world war) 2. Gnarls Barkley - The odd Couple 3. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 4. Al Green--Lay It Down 5. Vampire Weekend 6. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 7. Fleet Foxes – s/t 8. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular 9. Portishead – Third 10. Sigur Ros--Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
― canfan, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i haven't heard that many records this year.
1. Rebirth Brass Band, 25th Anniversary 2. Brian Blade & the Fellowship, Season of Changes 3. Mint Condition, E-Life 4. Blind Boys of Alabama, Down in New Orleans 5. Badu 6. Nik Barscht's Ronin, Holin
― Jordan, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Off the top of my head:
Hold Steady Orchestra Baobab Vampire Weekend Atmosphere Al Green The Roots Jay Reatard Drive-By Truckers
― Hubie Brown, Friday, 25 July 2008 04:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Update:
1. Portishead - Portishead 2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horssing 3. Lindstrom - Where You Go, I Go Too 4. Torche - Meanderthal 5. Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner 6. Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town 7. James Blackshaw - Litany Of Echoes 8. Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual 9. The Roots - Rising Down 10. The Breeders - Mountain Battles
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 25 July 2008 05:06 (sixteen years ago) link
update
1. vampire weekend- s/t 2. the-dream- love/hate 3. los campesions!- hold on now youngster 4. hercules and love affair- s/t 5. cut copy- in ghost colours 6. hot chip- made in the dark 7. lil wayne- tha carter III 8. deerhunter- microcastle 9. lil boosie- da beginning 10. no age- nouns --- 11. abe vigoda- skeleton 12. the hold steady- stay positive 13. studio- yearbook 2 14. lindstrom- where you go i go too 15. rich boy- bigger than the mayor
im listing these last 5 because they'd be entrenched in my top 10 in any of the past few years. as i stated up thread (i think), this has been an extraordinary year for albums esp. indie
― J0rdan S., Friday, 25 July 2008 05:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Shearwater The Notwist Polar Bear The Do Elbow Portishead Seu Jorge Vampire Weekend Why? Four Tet
― Scik Mouthy, Friday, 25 July 2008 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Rings - Black Habbit Black Pus - Black Pus 4: All Aboard the Magic Pus Fuck Button - Street Horrrsing Spiritualized - Songs in A&E Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel Dan Friel - Ghost Town Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust Deerhunter - Microcastle Autechre - Quaristice Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds
― Creeztophair, Friday, 25 July 2008 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me The Goslings - Occasion Bauhaus - Go Away White Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner Ufomammut - Idolum Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull Seu Jorge - America Brasil o Disco Sons And Daughters - This Gift Torche - Meanderthal Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 July 2008 09:39 (sixteen years ago) link
While we're reviving the singles thread:
1 Erykah Badu2 Portishead3 Kelley Polar4 Hercules & Love Affair5 Calle 136 Solange7 Nappy Roots8 The-Dream9 Jazmine Sullivan10 Ne-Yo
― Santa Esmeralda (The Reverend), Friday, 31 October 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
1. los campesinos2. the-dream3. deerhunter4. vampire weekend5. t-pain6. young jeezy7. cut copy8. hercules & love affair9. lil boosie10. hot chip
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Friday, 31 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
in a rough order...everything outside of the top 2 is still v fluid. and there's still ciara and beyonce to come! and i haven't included any mixes! aaagh.
erykah badu - new amerykah part one (4th world war)mariah carey - e=mc2the-dream - love/hateyoung jeezy - the recessionwiley - grime wavejazmine sullivan - fearlesslil' wayne - tha carter iiiluomo - convivialdanity kane - welcome to the dollhouse
the bug - london zoone-yo - year of the gentlemangang gang dance - saint dymphnaanja schneider - beyond the valleysolange - sol-angel and the hadley st dreamslaura marling - alas i cannot swimkanye west - 808s and heartbreakmlle caro & franck garcia - pain disappearsashlee simpson - bittersweet worldkuniyuki takahashi - all these things
ear dis - welcome to floorboogieroots manuva - slime and reasontinchy stryder - cloud 9portishead - thirdakiko kiyama - 7 years
― lex pretend, Friday, 31 October 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Lay it Down- Al GreenOracular Spectacular- MGMTFlying Lotus- Los AngelesThat Lucky Old Sun- Brian WilsonThe Weather Clock- July SkiesGebel Barkal- OmSou- Marcelo CameloThe Way of All Flesh- GojiraOther Channels- The Advisory CircleAttack & Release- Black Keys
― Vision, Friday, 31 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
deerhunter - microcastlesigur ros - meo veopoefinvnqneqnne'oeknk'gfvneqpogne'onthe walkmen - you & meof montreal - skeletal lampingeat skull - sick to deathvampire weekend - st (i know, i'm a gay retard)no age - nounsSM + the jicks - real emo trashthe hold steady - stay positivemarnie stern - this is it...
overall not as strong as 07 was for me
― Kevin Keller, Friday, 31 October 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
jeezy, nyg'z, erykah, the-dream, ABN, webbie, peven everett, AZ, raheem devaughn, statik selektah,
is everyone counting the gucci mane as last year
anyway im holding a spot open for scarface's new record. i havent listened to that prodigy record yet either. and whats up with a dro record this year.
― joe 40oz (deej), Friday, 31 October 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
i see killer mike didnt get much traction
― joe 40oz (deej), Friday, 31 October 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
If people are counting The-Dream, you can probably count Gucci Mane
― Santa Esmeralda (The Reverend), Friday, 31 October 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
gucci mane should've been in my list, i think i deleted a line accidentally
― lex pretend, Friday, 31 October 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Portishead – Third2. TV On The Radio – Dear Science3. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing4. Lindstrøm – Where You Go I Go To5. Torche - Meanderthal6. Made Out Of Babies – The Ruiner7. The Roots – Rising Down8. Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna9. Harvey Milk – Life… The Best Game In Town10. Vivian Girls – Vivian Girls
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 31 October 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
agh, lindstrom was deleted from my list too!!
― lex pretend, Friday, 31 October 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
This is what I've got at the moment (apologies for the formatting, I pasted this from RYM):
1 Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes (2008) 2 Vampire WeekendVampire Weekend (2008) 3 Thao With The Get Down Stay DownWe Brave Bee Stings and All (2008) 4 Stephen MalkmusReal Emotional Trash (2008) 5 SantogoldSantogold (2008) 6 OpethWatershed (2008) 7 Pete & the PiratesLittle Death (2008) 8 Jenny ScheinmanCrossing the Field (2008) 9 DestroyerTrouble in Dreams (2008) 10 Jenny ScheinmanJenny Scheinman (2008)
If I could include Kevin Ayers Unfairground, which I didn't hear until this year, then that would probably be around #3.
― o. nate, Friday, 31 October 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
devotchka, july skies, mogil, auburn lull, ruby suns, gareth s brown, moto boy, cocoanut groove, library tapes, lodger, regina, motifs, randomnumber, moscow olympics, rockettothesky, soda fountain rag, sound of arrows ep, stereolab, still corners ep, vapnet
― keythkeyth, Saturday, 1 November 2008 03:21 (fifteen years ago) link
As with my singles, this is extremely, extremely provisional:
1. Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman (Def Jam) 2. Poplife Sucks (N.E.W.S.) 3. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part 1: 4th World War (Motown) 4. Spoon, Daytrotter Session (http://www.daytrotter.com/article/1322/spoon) 5. Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It (Columbia) 6. Hercules and Love Affair (DFA/Mute) 7. Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador) 8. Portishead, Third (Mercury) 9. Lil’ Wayne, Tha Carter III (Cash Money) 10. Flying Lotus, Los Angeles (Warp)
― Matos W.K., Sunday, 2 November 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Second ten: Etran Finatawa, Benga, Dave Aju, Tape, the Hold Steady, Bob Dylan, Gang Gang Dance, caUSE co-MOTION!, Girl Talk, the Muslims.
― Matos W.K., Sunday, 2 November 2008 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
1. The-Dream - Love/Hate2. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster/We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed3. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt 1: 4th World War4. Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07/Singles 085. Jerusalem and the Starbaskets - The Howling6. Kelley Pollar - I Need You to Hold on While the Sky is Falling 7. Kleerup - s/t8. Mariah Carey - E=MC29. Mahjongg - Kontpab10. Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
― Tape Store, Sunday, 2 November 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I should point out that my top five artists were all slated to release two albums this year.
― Tape Store, Sunday, 2 November 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Extremely tentative Top 25 snapshot of this random point in time, including a number of releases (asterisked) that might conceivably make more sense on a reissues ballot, if there is one, and if I made the more-or-less aribitrary decision to put them there:
1 - 10:Jamey Johnson – That Lonesome Song (Mercury)Rose Tattoo – Blood Brothers (Wacken)Ross Johnson – Make It Stop! The Most Of Ross Johnson (Goner)*The Knux – Remind Me In 3 Days… (Interscope)Rick Springfield – Venus In Overdrive (New Door/Universal Music Enterprises)The Tonic Rays – The Tonic Rays (thetonicrays.com ’07)Woodbox Gang – Drunk As Dragons (Alternative Tentacles)Carter’s Chord – Carter’s Chord (Show Dog Nashville)Teacher’s Pet – Teacher’s Pet (Smog Veil)*Prisonshake – Dirty Moons (Scat)
11 - 20Morel – The Death Of The Paperboy (Outsider Music)The Lizards – är-chē-ol’-ō-gy (Hypserspace)Banastre Tarleton Band – Huzzah! Greatest Hits (Green Horse)*(Various) – 1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground (Subliminal Frequencies)*Steinski – What Does It All Mean?: 1983-2006 Retrospective (Illegal Art)*New Bloods – The Secret Life (K EP)Girlschool – Legacy (Steamhammer/SPV/Wacken)Trace Adkins – X (EMI)Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Primary Colours (Goner)Toby Keith – That Don’t Make Me A Bad Guy (Show Dog Nashville)
21 - 25Black Diamond Heavies – A Touch Of Someone Else’s Class (Alive)Sonny Rollins – Road Shows Vol. 1 (Doxy)*Final Solutions – Songs By Solutions (Goner EP ’07)Ashlee Simpson – Bittersweet World (Geffen)Fotheringay – 2 (Fledgling)*
― xhuxk, Sunday, 2 November 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
― Tape Store, Sunday, November 2, 2008 4:09 PM (1 hour ago)
jerusalem and the starbaskets put out a full-length? i can't find it anywhere. i really like their song "i cannot radiato without you"
― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 2 November 2008 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
pretty close to the tracks list...
1. The Drones - Havilah2. Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner3. Shearwater - Rook4. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid5. Parts and Labor - Receivers6. Wolf Parade - At Mt Zoomer7. Drive-by Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark8. Hilotrons - Happymatic9. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark10. Jaguar Love - Take Me to the Sea
― Simon H., Sunday, 2 November 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Portishead, The Cure, Badu, Santogold, Mountain Goats
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i ordered mine from their myspace a month or so ago, so they might still have some, and they also seem to have copies here:
http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3379
there's also another LP coming out on great pop supplement early next year
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Sunday, 2 November 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
add au revoir borealis to my list, it is absolutely beautiful.
― keythkeyth, Monday, 3 November 2008 02:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll talk to jeremy this week...i only have the lp, not a cd.
― Tape Store, Monday, 3 November 2008 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the usual disclaimers apply.
1. Hercules and Love Affair - s/t2. Erykah Badu - the long-ass title of that record3. Ital Tek - Cyclical4. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles5. Luomo - Convivial6. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple7. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today8. TV On the Radio - Dear Science9. Autechre - Quaristice10. The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm
― Mozarella sticks. Think about it. (kenan), Monday, 3 November 2008 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
not that it matters, as i don't/won't vote in the vv poll, but here goes my top 25, not necessarily in order. remember it is only november 2.
erykah badu, nuamerykah vol. 1: fourth world wardub colossus, a town called addisgipsy.cz, reprezentlila downs, shake awaygilfema, gilfema +2lil mama, voice of the young peoplea.r. rahman, jodhaa-akbar soundtrackplastilina mosh, all u need is moshxx teens, welcome to goon islandesperanza spalding, esperanzavarious artists but mainly stew, passing strange soundtrackeddie floyd, eddie loves you soakoya afrobeat, p.d.p.cuong vu, vu-tett.i., paper trailgeorge clinton and the gangsters of love, s/tsolange, sol-angel and the hadley st. dreamstv on the radio, dear sciencegoldfrapp, seventh treekasai all-stars, in the 7th moon...fuck the facts, disgorge mexicoof montreal, skeletal lampinggym class heroes, the quilt
― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 3 November 2008 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a lot I haven't heard that I want to hear (not necessarily on the lists above), but these are my favorites so far (a list which has hardly changed since the spring):
Boris - Smile [Japanese version]Nejo & Dalmata - Broke and Famous [realy late 2007]Soneros All Stars, Featuring Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso - La Timba So YoHenry Fiol - De Cachete
Also, Cesar Pedroso has a solo album out which I'm pretty sure will be one of my favorites once I hear the rest (two tracks I haven't heard yet).
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I just got Dungen 4, which will probably bump something off my list above.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Right now I'm feeling like:
The-Dream - Love/HateLuomo - ConvivialGang Gang Dance - Saint DymphnaAir France - No Way Down EPV/A: Wighnomy Brothers - MetawuffmischfelgeYoung Jeezy - The RecessionLindstrom - Where You Go I Go TooShy Child - Noise Won't StopV/A: Fred Deakin - Presents Nu-BalearicaEl Guincho - Allegranza
The albums I haven't heard that I suspect are most likely to smash this list are Taylor Swift and Ne-Yo. School of Seven Bells is just on the outside and might end up overtaking stuff in the lower stretches, too.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
good list. i forgot guincho
― deej, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
100% agree on dream and jeezy. whats that nu-balearica comp about?
― deej, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a bit of a 'NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL NU-BALEARIC' cash-in - lots of stuff like Reverso 68, Aeroplane, A Mountain of One, Prins Thomas, Todd Terje etc. etc.
Predictable and objectively rather samey at times (subjectively this stuff is catnip for me so I don't really notice), but there's an astonishingly high number of amazing tracks. In some ways it's more of a chance to collectively big-up a whole bunch of stuff I loved last year than a life-changing statement in and of itself.
The best track I hadn't heard before is Wallis Bird's "Counting To Sleep (Reverso 68 Remix)" (and the best track I HAD heard is probably Reverso 68's "Piece Together Part 2" - god I love them).
Re El Guincho - I'm kind of hoping it falls outside of my top ten by the end of the year. I love it but I'd be even happier if it was, say, only the thirteenth best album I had in 2008.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link