Top 5 albums of 2003 so far

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okay, the year's a third over. What's your top five album list so far?

― chris herrington, Friday, 9 May 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Mine:

1. The Best of the Classic Years -- King Sunny Ade
2. Decoration Day -- Drive-by Truckers
3. Electric Version -- The New Pornographers
4. Soft Spot -- Clem Snide
5. Summer Sun -- Yo La Tengo

― chris herrington, Friday, 9 May 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

this year sucks.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

1. Cex - Being Ridden
2. Black Eyes - s/t
3. Gold Chains - Young Miss America
4. Sole - Selling Live Water
5. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'

So far, I'd say this is a great year for ideas and a terrible year for execution. There's still a whole lot of stuff I haven't heard, though. Anyone know if the new Adult. is any good?

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Bonnie Prince Billy - Master and Everyone
Manitoba - Up in Flames
The Dears - No Cities Left
Damien Jurado - Where Shall You Take Me?
The Microphones - Mt Eerie

you're right, it's not been great.

― Sean@tangmonkey (Sean M), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

1. Luomo, The Present Lover
2. New Pornographers, Electric Version
3. Audio Bullys, Ego War
4. The Postal Service, Give Up
5. Drive-By Truckers, Decoration Day

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

1. “Music For The Mature B Boy” DJ Format
2. “200 km/h In The Wrong Lane” t.a.T.u.
3. "Dying In Stereo" Northern State
4. “I Am The Messiah” MC Honky
5. “Fabriclive:09” Jacques LuCont

It's been a great year for singles... albums I'm not too keen on.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

1. A.R.E. Weapons, ARE Weapons
2. The Rapture, Echoes
3. Blood Brothers, Burn, Piano Island, Burn
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell
5. DJ Language Vs. Negroclash

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh fuck, yeah, the Postal Service record. Scratch the Jurado off my list.

― Sean@tangmonkey (Sean M), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I think that (this year sucks) every year (this year included) until about early fall, and then things usually start coming together, though this is another one of those years in which almost every album by somebody I like is subpar compared to past performance (Whie Stripes, Lucinda Williams, Malkmus, even Yo La Tengo), and I've yet to find a hip-hop ALBUM I can totally endorse.

voted for Dying in Stereo in pazz and jop last year. Hey Matos -- you like Decoration Day better than Southern Rock Opera? I think I might

― chris herrington, Friday, 9 May 2003 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

absolutely, yes. deeper, prettier, doesn't rock as hard but cuts closer to the bone

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

My Top Five Albums of 2003 What I Love and Can Remember the Titles To:

Blur - Think Tank (take that hataz!)
Ani DiFranco - Evolve (and that!)
Tomahawk - Mit Gas (that too!)
Cex - Being Ridden (y'all prob'ly approve of that one)
The Detroit Experiment (and I have no clue how y'all would feel 'bout that one)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Dom, what singles do you like?

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

in no particular order yet:

1. Jan Jelinek avec The Exposures - La Nouvelle Pauverte
2. Miss Kittin - Radio Caroline
3. Monade - Socialisme ou Barbarie
4. The Mover - Frontal Frustration
5. Soft Pink Truth - Do You Party?

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 9 May 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

no order

1. Thickfreakness - the Black Keys
2. Log Bomb - Bob Log III
3. Hot New Spirits - Tangiers
4. Electric Version - New Pornographers
5. Orginal London Cast Recording - The King Ad-Rock and I

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I don't know... I don't start to obsessively list until at least August.

Ummmmm...random stab...

1. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
2. Kristin Hersh - The Grotto
3. Jan Jelinek Avec The Exposures - La Nouvelle Pauvreté
4. Matt Elliott - The Mess We Made
5. Xiu Xiu - A Promise

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

What a relief it was to have discovered ILM a couple months ago. Who else makes Best Records of the Year So Far lists every two weeks? Mine, until May 23:

Madonna, American Life
Cat Power, You Are Free
Edwyn Collins, Doctor Syntax
t.A.T.u., 200 Km/H in the Wrong Lane
those Al Green reissues on Hi that aren't new but so what

― Mikael Wood, Friday, 9 May 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not putting Hail to the Thief on my best of lists*, harumph!

*...until it's officially been released, that is... :D

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Postal Service, Give Up
Prefuse 73, One Word Extinguisher
Cat Power, You Are Free
Manitoba, Up in Flames
Yo La Tengo, Summer Sun

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree with those who are underwhelmed so far this year. By this time last year, I had no trouble coming up with five albums. This year it's harder. And the albums I *thought* would rock me really haven't. Very much looking forward to getting the Drive-By Truckers (the two songs I downloaded from their site were great).

Ted Leo / Pharmacists "Hearts of Oak"
(I'm not really counting "Ass Cobra" or "Apocalypse Dudes" by Turbonegro because they're reissues but I've listened to them more than most new stuff)
Stratford 4 "Love & Distortion" if only for the song "Telephone" which I adore like crazy. (See, I'm picking an *album* based on ONE song -- I never do that! Proof of my state of underwhelmingness.)

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Other albums worth mentioning: Xiu Xiu, Calla, Jacques Lu Cont, Lightning Bolt

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Soft Pink Truth - 'Do You Party'
Audio Bullys 'Ego War'
White Stripes 'Elephant'
Goldfrapp 'Black Cherry'
Black Box Recorder 'Passionoia'

i would put the JLC mix but thats the thing, its a MIX, NOT an ALBUM!

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh for the love of Jiminy Cricket, how did I forget Elephant!?! It's in the CD player out in the car RIGHT NOW!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Still need to hear some things (and this thread is giving me some ideas) but FWIW:

1. Donna Summer, "This Needs To Be Your Style"
2. John Zorn/Various Artists, "Voices in the Wilderness"
3. Matthew Shipp, "Equilibrium"
4. Stephen Malkmus, "Pig Lib"
5. Cat Power, "You Are Free"

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Angels of Light - Everything is Good Here
Alejandra & Aeron - Bousha Blue Blazes
Varttina - Iki
Bob Drake - 13 Songs & A Thing
Deerhoof - Apple O'

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't care which SEE-WHAT-I-LIKE-EVEN-THOUGH-EVERYBODY ELSE-DOESNT band it's hip to like this week, but t.a.t.u. is ridiculously annoying/shitty.

― David Allen, Friday, 9 May 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Alejandra & Aeron - Bousha Blue Blazes

That's really quite good, isn't it...

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Jan Jelinek Avec The Exposures - La Nouvelle Pauvreté
Smog - Supper
Hecker - Sun Pandämonium
Manitoba - Up In Flames
Venetian Snares - Winter in the Belly of a Snake

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Bah.

01 Coloma - Finery
02 Daniel Bell - The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
03 Jan Erik Kaiser - Bis Neun
04 The Soft Pink Truth - Do You Party?
05 The Modernist - Kangmei

(Just below: Anders Ilar, Black Box Recorder, Goldfrapp, Adult., Spacek, Throwing Muses, Wire, Nina Nastasia.)

― Andy K (Andy K), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Jan Erik Kaiser - Bis Neun

What's this, Andy?

Obviously Luomo needs to be on it, but I've just listened to the album once and try not to overplay it. It's a bit special.

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Microphones, "Mount Eerie"
Jicks, "Pig Lib"
Lightning Bolt, "Wonderful Rainbow"

...

After that there's a lot of very goods: K. Blau, J. Hanson, New Porn, and so on, but I can't designate the last two.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

1) Swag "no such thing"
2) Radiohead "hail to the thief"
3) white stripes "elephant"
4)scsi-9 "digital russian"
5)backroom beats 2

― bensilver, Friday, 9 May 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Of the few albums I've heard, the two I won't be pissed off if they show up in my top 10: Tatu and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Anybody: please explain why Tatu is so great

― oops (Oops), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

What's this, Andy?

It's a mix of the first nine Areal singles. It's been mentioned in a couple dance threads -- can't remember which ones... Actually, now I remember one: Tracer started a thread about the label late last year that was recently revived. The quality control has been excellent thus far. I think they're on their 12th or 13th release.

One of the amazing aspects of the kraut/micro-house scene is that, even if you disregared the big players, the scene would still be immense.

― Andy K (Andy K), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Tatu is the rare technopop that actually grabs me on an emotional level. I hate the exploitativeness of their shtick, but for teary-eyed refusal-to-give-up-their-love, they're aces. Plus the album is short and repeats its best songs!

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Hunches - Yes. No. Shut It.
The Aislers Set - How I Learned To Write Backwards
The Hidden Cameras - The Smell Of Our Own
Crydamoure - Waves II
The All Girl Summer Fun Band - 2

There's a few floating voters as well, plus which I haven't heard Fallacy's album yet. There was a tune off it on in the HMV in Croydon today, though, sort of his version of Dilemma, except sans the female viewpoint, and without the whole 'never wanna break up a happy home' angle, Fallacy's view basically seeming to be "Yeah, so you're with someone else, but that's not a problem because I'll MONSTAH batter them no trouble." Not that I'm arguing or anything.

The bits of The Electric Version that I've heard have been quality as well.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Not in order (except for the first one) and I'm listing ten because I can't decide on five. There are probably ten more I could add if I spent enough time thinking about it.

Shiina Ringo - Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana
All Girl Summer Fun Band - 2
Blood Brothers - Burn Piano Island, Burn
Animal Collective - Campfire Songs
Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
Hidden Cameras - The Smell of Our Own
Lightning Bolt - Beautiful Rainbow
Whitehouse - Bird Seed
Ellen Allien - Berlinette
M83 - Dead Cities Red Seas and Lost Ghosts

I have to imagine that those who said that this has been a weak year for albums either want it to be a weak year or are just not paying attention. There are so many things I have absolutely loved this year, and (as it has been said here before) it has been an absolutely stellar year in the world of indie rock.

(as I was typing WBS got in The Hidden Cameras and the AGSFB. I'm not copying, I swear!)

― Miranda (Miranda), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

1. wayne wonder - no holding back
2. audio bullys - ego war
3. swishahouse - final chapter 2k3
4. jay-z - s. carter collection mixtape
5. the best of lloyd banks

― d k (d k), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

wtf is this bizarre lamacq fan-fallacy love in!

― Chip Morningstar (bob), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

this has been a great year period so far:

1. the rapture - echoes
2. ted leo & the pharmacists - hearts of oak
3. soundmurderer - wired for sound
4. white stripes - elephant
5. tobias thomas - smallville

and the best records of the year (that i know of) haven't even been released yet.

but yeah, i could probably list 50 singles already.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Off the top of my head (and probably forgetting lots of others):

1. A.R.E. Weapons
2. Deadly Snakes
3. Electric Six
4. *Broklyn Beats*
5. Some tie between Voivod, Ted Leo, Drive-By Truckers, the three garage-rap compilations Simon Reynolds taped for me, the five-song pre-release Bubba Sparxxx sampler EP, Grooveski, and lots of others I mentioned on some thread last week. (On first listen, the new NOFX album *The War on Errorism* might be up there, too. We'll see.)

Three singles that will almost definitely make my top ten that nobody else cares (or maybe knows) about are "Bombs Below" by Living Things, "City Beat" by Bat Eats Plastic, and "Step Daddy" by Hitman Sammy Sam. "Pick Up the Phone" by the Notwist too, maybe. And maybe one or two Black Lips things I forget the names of. I haven't heard that Jay-Z/Panjabi MC song yet, for some shameful reason. "In Da Club" may or may not be good enough to squeeze in at the bottom.

― chuck, Friday, 9 May 2003 21:02 (twenty-two years ago)

2 MONSTAH 4 U, obviously.

Just realised I utterly forgot BBR, Cat Power, TATU and Northern State - if I listened to Bonnie Prince Billy and Manitoba more, they'd probably figure too. And I'm not sure if Maher On Water was this year or last either.

What's really odd - the album I've listened to most this year is probably Ooberman...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

And Aereogramme.

God, this year has been good.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

1. Turin Brakes - Ether Song
2. New Pornographers - Electric Version
3. Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
4. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
5. Grandaddy - Sumday

― zilverberg.tk (zilverberg.tk), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Matos: as a top ten, something roughly in the ballpark of:

Singles
1. “Big N Bashy” Fallacy
2. “It’s Over” Phi Life Cypher
3. “All The Things She Said” t.a.T.u.
4. “Ignition Remix” R. Kelly
5. “We Know Something You Don’t Know” DJ Format ft Chali 2na and Akil
6. “React” Erick Sermon
7. “At The Party” Northern State
8. “Mundian To Bach Ke” Punjabi MC
9. “If Everybody In The World (Loved Everybody In The World)” Stylophonic
10. “A.D.I.D.A.S” Killer Mike ft Big Boi

(I believe "At The Party" and "React" were US releases last year, but they were released over here, well, this year)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

1. the rapture - echoes
2. manitoba - up in flames
3. junior senior - d-d-don't stop the beat
4. yyys - fever to tell
5. sean paul - dutty rock

next five: s. carter collection, lightning bolt, freeway, four tet, libertines.

...gotta get that Smallville.

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

diplomats - diplomatic immunity
john wall - hylic
hajsch - 1992
todd edwards - fullon 2 unmixed
sonny and linda sharrock - paradise
bonecrusher - 'never scared' on repeat play for an hour

there's a bunch of new mego and erstwhile stuff i haven't heard yet

― Chip Morningstar (bob), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

actually swap sharrocks for r kelly, that's a reissue

― Chip Morningstar (bob), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Anybody: please explain why Tatu is so great

Siouxsie singing Bruce Springsteen songs with a big cheap Eurpop backing!

Top5:
1-"Beauty Party", The Majesticons
2-"200 Km/H In The Wrong Lane", t.A.T.u.
3-"The Raven", Lou Reed
4-"Supper", Smog
5-"Nocturama", Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

(#5 ain't much cop, but you asked for five and five you shall receive)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

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and for cmj only country albums

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

hah! i exhausted the colleen record in reviewing it. 250 words, yanc3y?! i didn't know we were meant to write so much. note: absence of strokes which i'm giving 10 in my neumu review (actually i think it's been edited down to a 9). no alasdair roberts either.

― athos magnani (Cozen), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

there's no set word count/limit. i just wanna go over the top.

why no strokes? is there a theme to that top ten?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

THE THEME IS NO STROKES!

― athos magnani (Cozen), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

As of now

1. TV On The Radio - Young Liars
2. The Rapture - Echoes
3. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
4. Black Box Recorder - Passionia
5. Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place

― James Morris (HorrayJames), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Update:
Junior Senior -- D-d-don't Stop
Beyonce -- Dangerously In Love
John Fahey -- Red Cross
Black Eyed Peas -- Elephunk
Ying Yang Twins -- Me and My Brother
Exploding Hearts -- Guitar Romantic
R. Kelly -- Chocolate Factory
Britney Spears -- In The Zone
David Banner -- Mississippi
Three Six Mafia -- Da Unbreakablez

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 04:44 (twenty-one years ago)

seriously Sterling? that Britney record? convince me quickly?

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)

(hang on a few days dude, for real)

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 04:54 (twenty-one years ago)

as of right now:

1. AMPLIFY 2002: balance box set
2. Animal Collective - Here Comes the Indian
3. The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
4. Kaffe Matthews/Andrea Neumann/Sachiko M - In Case of Fire...
5. Kevin Drumm - Land of Lurches

and King Geedorah is current fighting furiously with Drumm for that #5 spot.

― ed howard, Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Jay-Z
Belle and Sebastian
White Stripes
Nappy Roots
Dizzee Rascal

― Shmuel (shmuel), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe...

1. “Blackmarket Boy” Fallacy
2. “It Takes A Nation Of Tossers” Pitman
3. “Dear Catastrophe Waitress” Belle and Sebastian
4. “Music For The Mature B Boy” DJ Format
5. “Five Dollar Bill” Corb Lund Band

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Sterling, are you a long-time Fahey fan? I ask, not as a test, but because I like some of what I heard from Red Cross, but then I felt kind of funny getting that one when I don't have anything else by him and there are so many others that are supposedly more important to get, which left me not wanting to buy any of his CDs at all (since the one I really want is Red Cross).

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway, I think I will buy it the next time I have the money (which could be a couple months, since I am trying to control my CD buying habit) and am in the mood for solo guitar stuff (which has been the case a lot in the recent year).

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I really am pathologically rockist if I am afraiding of buying the wrong album.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

afraiding? oh geez.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Monday, 24 November 2003 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)

wow my top 5 is still the same (YYYs, E6, Outkast, Ted Leo, DBTruckers). I'm kinda bummed.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 24 November 2003 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Disappointed that the Modest Mouse record keeps getting pushed back, but oh well.

Top 5 so far (subject to change at any moment): Blood Brothers, Radiohead, Gathering, SFA, Non-Prophets.

― Simon H., Monday, 24 November 2003 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever To Tell
Blur, Think Tank
Martin L. Gore, Counterfeit 2
British Sea Power, The Decline Of British Sea Power
The Star Spangles, Bazooka!!!

yeah, um...that's probably right.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

jaxx
mayer
dizz
ratpure
bubba
leo
free
smurderer+sk-1
a colletive reissue
strokes

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:52 (twenty-one years ago)

That Soundmurderer record is freaking great.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:56 (twenty-one years ago)

update: El Gran Silencio, T.I., Over the Rhine, Super Furry Animals, Shelby Lynne, Bubba Sparxxx, Cibelle, David Banner, Ted Leo, Lyrics Born

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 24 November 2003 05:02 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, the soundmurderer comp fucking kills the mix (which is heresey i guess, but fuck it...i put the strokes and not some cars reissue or whatever.)

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 November 2003 05:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Well the mix and the comp are made of mostly the same bits. Did you listen to the Peel soundclash with the Bug?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 24 November 2003 05:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i got it up and running for about 3 minutes before it crashed me.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 November 2003 06:18 (twenty-one years ago)

That sucks. Hopefully Rephlex or someone will release it as EP (or someone will convert the whole thing into a nice stealable mp3, either or). It's quite good.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 24 November 2003 06:24 (twenty-one years ago)

This is an easy one:

1) Aereogramme - Sleep & Release
2) Envy - A Dead Sinking Story
3) Hood - Compilations 1995-2002
4) Arab Strap - Monday At The Hug & Pint
5) Deftones - Deftones

― Stupid (Stupid), Monday, 24 November 2003 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)

update: just to say my last update does not count. it was wrong and bad.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 24 November 2003 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Cass McCombs- "A"
2. Campfire Songs- "Campfire Songs"
3. The Occasion- "Seven Songs"
4. Gang Gang Dance- "Return of the Shittest"
5. Animal Collective- "Here Comes the Indian"

― Magic City (ano ano), Monday, 24 November 2003 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, I know I put in my list opthread, but what's up with that Black Lips record being pretty much ignored? it's NOT a purist garage record (in the way that the best stuff on the first few Back From The Graves are NOT purist garage!) - I hate to compare it to a list of older bands because Black Lips! is so singular and self-contained but it reminds me - maybe only in that this record feels sense of opening up a whole pile of new scuzz-rock possibilities - of early replacements, pussy galore, "the rats' revenge pts 1 & 2", maybe even a little bit of early butthole surfers & sonic youth but funnier and more imperfect. it's the best debut album of the last few years.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 24 November 2003 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

...except it's not a debut album.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 November 2003 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

is so!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 24 November 2003 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

*checks* Fucking fuck, can the Black Keys and Black Lips just form a supergroup and get it over with?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 November 2003 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

the black LIPS (not keys damn it)
DAMN IT!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 24 November 2003 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i am truly saddened by the lack of interest in the black lips on ilm

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Redwalls - Universal Blues
Ryan Adams - Rock n Roll
Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs
Jonny Lang - Wander This World
Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
Jet - Get Born
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
The Strokes - Room on Fire

― Skye, Friday, 5 December 2003 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
USAISAMONSTER - Tasheyana Compost
Meerk Puffy - Nung
Halo Perfecto - Hospitals In Other Countries
Bardo Pond - On The Ellipse

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 5 December 2003 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Is yous peoples ready: Here goes:

1) Outkast: SPX/TLB
2) Sole: Selling Live Water
3) Bubba Sparxxx: Deliverance
4) Sean Paul: Dutty-yeah!
5) Dizzee Rascal: Boy in Da Corna

and:

6) Erlend Øye: Unrest
7) Erykah Badu: Worldwide Underground
8) Yo La Tengo: Summer Sun
9) Radiohead: HTTT
10) White Stripes: 3l3phant

Honorable mention and just outsside the top 10:
Aesop Rock
Ludacris
Hess Is More
Gold Chains
Voks

And I am STILL to really dig into:
Herbert's big band record
Matmos
Missy Elliott
The Rapture
Cat Power
Kid 606
Kevin Blechdom
Jacob Kirkegaard
Kelis
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Dub Tractor
David Banner

Ah, the enjoyment ahead!

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 5 December 2003 11:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm surprised no-one's mentionned Ellen Alien's "Berlinette". I'd also include Richard X, the new Missy and maybe the Rapture.

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Friday, 5 December 2003 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm surprised no-one's mentionned Ellen Alien's "Berlinette".

It has been mentioned at least a couple of other times on this thread and on some other 2003 threads as well. Will probably be on my list as well, but I'm still deciding.

― Ryan WS (fffv), Friday, 5 December 2003 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Basement Jaxx
2. Dizzee
3. Radiohead
4. Richard X
5. The Strokes (yes, big fucking U-turn, okay?!)

It's like the hive mind have been operating on my brain.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 5 December 2003 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

okay revised list since May:

(hover mouse over images for artist and title info)

― Nik (Nik), Thursday, 25 December 2003 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

er, that was meant to be a little more compact in formatting.

― Nik (Nik), Thursday, 25 December 2003 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

1. DIZZEE RASCAL 'BOY IN DA CORNER'
2. RAZNI IZVOÐAÈI 'STREET BEATS'
3. OUTKAST 'SPEAKEBOXXX / THE LOVE BELOW'
4. JAY-Z 'THE BLACK ALBUM'
5. GARY ALLAN 'SEE IF I CARE'

― Richelleux, Thursday, 25 December 2003 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

RAZNI IZVOÐAÈI = VARIOUS ARTISTS in Croatian :)

― Richelleux, Thursday, 25 December 2003 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Not in order:
Broken Social Scene-You Forgot it in People
Califone-Quicksand/Cradlesnakes
Menomena-I am the Fun Blame Monster
The Microphones-Mt. Eeire
Why?-Oaklandazulasylum

TV on the Radio-Young Liars

― willmac, Thursday, 25 December 2003 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

5. melt banana - cell scape
4. envy - a dead sinking story
3. pelican - australasia
2. the exploding hearts - guitar romantics
1. khanate - things viral

― sean marvin (williamtell), Thursday, 25 December 2003 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Snow Patrol - Final Straw
2. Club 8 - Strangely Beautiful
3. Richard X - Presents His X-Factor
4. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
5. The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight

Full list here.

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Friday, 26 December 2003 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

in alphabetical order

1) Basement Jaxx – Kish Kash
2) Getachew Mekuria – Ethiopiques 14
3) Gigi/Abyssinia Infinite – Infinite Zion
4) Susheela Raman – Love Trap
5) Various Artists - Festival in the Desert

― H (Heruy), Friday, 26 December 2003 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

11 albums I really love from this year so far (comments to come when the year is actually over):

Head Phone Over Tone - Solar Sails

Dave Douglas - Freak In

John Butcher - Invisible Ear

T. N. Krishnan - Carnatic Violin

Bill Frisell - The Intercontinentals

Autechre - Draft 7.30

Kid Koala - Some of My Best Friends Are DJs

Kevin Drumm - Land of Lurches

Building Castles Out of Matchsticks - Blue Skies, Wet Tears, and Broken Hearts

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

Brett Larner/Joelle Leandre/Kazuhisa Uchihashi - No Day Rising

Stuff I still want to hear: Diamanda Galas, Sightings, Randomnumber, Outkast, Cee-Lo, K-Os, White Stripes, Sylvie Courvoisier, Jonny Greenwood, Limescape, Merzbow remix, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Rowe/Tilbury, Pluramon, Placebo, DJ Scud, all non-indie-rock albums on the Wire list

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 27 December 2003 12:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Brett Larner/Joelle Leandre/Kazuhisa Uchihashi - No Day Rising

What's this like? Or do I have to wait until 1 January 2004 for a description? I only recognize the last musician named.

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 27 December 2003 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

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