I have only got three albums from this year that I like:
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
(Los Campesinos!'s is okay.)
Recommend me some more please!
- Reviews: * Pendulum - In Silico
- Reviews: * Tindersticks at London Royal Festival Hall, Sat 03 May
- Reviews: * Adam Green, Noah & The Whale at Manchester Club Academy (Cellar), Fri 11 Apr
- Reviews: * Effi Briest at London Camden Barfly, Tue 22 Apr
- Reviews: * Cut Copy at London King's Cross Scala, Wed 23 Apr
- Reviews: * Frightened Rabbit at London Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, Thu 01 May
- Features: * Explosions In The Sky's guide to ATP
- Features: * Flight Of The Conchords: comedy Kiwis on their musical dabblings
- Reviews: * Late Of The Pier, The Displacements, A Place To Bury Strangers, Collapsing Cities at London Camden Barfly, Wed 07 May
- Reviews: * Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
- Features: * Crawling, talking: The Wave Pictures in conversation
- Features: * Track-by-Track: Johnny Foreigner's Waited Up 'Til It Was Light
- Features: * Singles Round-up (12/05/08)
- Reviews: * The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
- Reviews: * The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
- * Iron and Wine, Bon Iver @ Sheffield Leadmill, 14/05
- * Liars, Battles, Fuck Buttons, Dirty Projectors @ London Astoria, 14/05
- * Jay Reatard, Soiled Mattress and the Springs, Times New Viking @ London Barden's Boudoir, 14/05
- * Man Man, Bloodgroup @ Manchester Phoenix, 14/05
- * Black Lips @ London 100 Club, 15/05
- * The National @ Dublin Olympia, 15/05
- * Jens Lekman @ Glasgow Oran Mor, 15/05
- * the pAper chAse, Black Mountain, Vessels @ Leeds Cockpit, 15/05
- * The Raconteurs @ Liverpool Academy (Liverpool University), 15/05
- * Frightened Rabbit @ Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, 15/05
- * Caribou, Born Ruffians, Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ London King's Cross Scala, 15/05
- * The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty Summer @ Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, 15/05
- * Glass Candy, Mike Simonetti @ Manchester Star & Garter, 15/05
- * Nasty Fest IX @ Leeds The Faversham, 17/05
- * Example, Bloodgroup, Christopher D. Ashley @ Brighton Pressure Point, 17/05
youthmovies
youthmovies youthmovies youthmovies youthmovies youthmovies youthmovies
youthmovies youthmovies youthmovies
.
Broken Records (EP)
The Mae Shi
Cadence Weapon
Mystery Jets
hurrah!
add to that:
forward russia - life processes
rolo tomassi at some point this year im sure
hopefully a new tera melos one too :)
saw youthmovies live sunday
got the album today. its great
quaristice...
by autechre and afterparty babies by cadence weapon. and third by portishead, when it comes out.
I was also going to say Autechre
so I second that. One of my favourites this year so far.
.....
downloaded crystal castles self titled, its amazing cant wait for everyone to hear it.album of 2008 so far.cant post a link in case i get in trouble
fuck buttons - street horrrsing
youthmovies - good nature
be your own pet - get awkward
chris t-t - capital
fighting with wire - man vs monster (JAGGGggg)
charlottefield - what are friends for
eels - meet the eels
i'm rubbish at this game. need £££££
sorry guntrip
I forgot I already have it :)
Damn amnesia!
It's very good btw.
Eels: Useless Trinkets
Well
I've not yet heard the new Chris T-T, but judging by the quality of everything he has previously released this seems like a 100% safe bet.
Rocket From The Crypt - R.I.P.
Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
Dodos - Visiter
try these
MGMT - Oracular Spectaular
Guillemots - Red
Vampire Weekend
I have to say though that none of the above are as good as The Seldom Seen Kid...
Born Ruffians
Portishead
why?
when the Man Man album comes out, get it. it is BRILLIANT.
It's a bit poppy
not really...
but a lot of the songs could be singles. i think it's fantastic.
No, it is
Also, why is no one else saying the Born Ruffians album? :( It's by far my favourite album of the year so far. Also, the Mae Shi album really isn't very good.
you're right about born ruffians
it is a great, great album.
but the man man one is better.
agree
the man man is better, best album I've heard this year. True Fact.
I just listened to it again
I don't like it :(
born ruffian
supporting caribou in may too me thinks
These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
thankyou
I thought I was the only one.
2008 albums? I hope you've got a lot of free time.
LOLOLOL
Yes to Fuck Buttons and The Mae Shi, definitely. Also the new Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!) and "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull" by Earth.
The Hercules And Love Affair album sounded good on first listen, although I've not spent much time with it yet.
i was gopnna do that joke
dang
Distortion - The Magnetic Fields
Already seems to be pretty underrated.
Um
Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
The Tallest Man On Earth- Shallow Grave
...Who Calls So Loud - s/t ep
Gregor Samsa - Rest
Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers
Mount Eerie - Black Wooden Ceiling Opening
July Skies - The Weather Clock
you like
algernon c-wally? pretty much the biggest kinsella thieves everrrr
..still good though
july skies have got a new album out? awesome!
They make my heart go BOOM BOOM!
Some Kind of Cadwallader
is fucking brilliant
Atlas Sound
Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Thankyou...
and Naked Acid by Valet is amazing
No problem
;)
yarr
Why? - Alopecia
Foals - Antidotes (SOMEBODY HAD TO SAY IT)
Youthmovies - Good Nature
Meshuggah - obZen (if you like that sort of thing)
This Will Destroy You - S/T
also really feeling the atlas sound record too
Why? - Alopecia
Holton's Opulent Oog - The Problem Of Knowledge
The Mae Shi - Hllyh
Also, the new PATD album is surprisingly enjoyable too.
try
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Oracular Spectacular - MGMT
Devotion - Beach House
The Great Northern Whalekill - Minus
Weirdo Rippers - No Age
Saturnalia - The Gutter Twins
Didn't Weirdo Rippers come out last year....
(Apologies for the pednatry).
pedantry*
haha
+10 irony points.
no age is last year
isn't it?
The new Envelopes one
.
FUCK BUTTONS
...
The battle of land and see
the Sleeping Years
Last Harbour
Songdog
Envelopes
The Mars Volta,
dude.
so it is good then?
My friend (who introduced me to TMV) says it isn't really. Argh!
I like it as much
as any of their albums.
Nah, its not their best
...but still worth a listen!
drive by truckers
Brighter than creation's dark is already the record of 2008, how come no-one ever mentions them on this site?!
Because they're fools.
FOOLS!
The Kills
Personally I think the first genuine masterpiece of the year is...
the unsung classic Dwell by The Envy Corps. More people should really hear it. Other mentions go to The Ruby Suns, Young Knives, Guillemots, Marah and Grand Archives.
fuck buttons for sure..
defo album of 2008 so far.. also:
atlas sound - let the blind..
times new viking - rip it off
foals - antidotes
these new puritans - beat pyramid
x
whoops
hmm dont know why i left a kiss.. oh fuck. enjoy the albums!
I agree re Dwell
- I ordered this last year, only for the release to get pulled. Sylvia is a really brilliant song.
The Monkeywrench
Gabriels horn, great messy garage rock from Mudhoneys Mark Arm
vampire weekend
definitely. Its a grower
M79 is a good song
I just can't appreciate or understand the musical merit of any of their other material.
Silver Mount Zion FTW
'1000000 died to make this sound' is the best track of the year.
Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers!
and Times New Viking - Rip It Off.
awesomexcore.
.
Foals
Vampire Weekend
These New Puritans
all the cool ones, y'know.
PLUS
Jacob's Stories
Mystery Jets
and
Pete and the Pirates.
xiu xiu
the mae shi
why?
also
malcolm middleton
Let's Wrestle
.
Well now
If you like songs that tell stories and have intelligent lyrics go for Mountain Goats - 'Heretic Pride'
If you like beautiful female singers do soulful cover verisons go for Cat Power 'Jukebox'
If you are a fan of early Jesus and Mary Chain (and enjoy camping it up a bit) get Magnetic Fields 'Distortion'.
If you LOVE music and feel it throbbing in your soul get Silver Mt Zion's '13 blues for Thirteen Moons'.
There, done.
oh and if you like well-put-together-brit-rock-mathish-stuff
get Youthmovies.
Does anyone have a link
for the youthmovies album, wanna check them out, been hearing alot of good stuff!
here you go
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Nature-Youthmovies/dp/B00142RWZE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206485858&sr=8-1
Albums I have enjoyed so far this year:
*Frightened Rabbit "The Midnight Organ Fight"
*Laura Marling "Alas, I Cannot Swim"
*Youthmovies "Good Nature"
*Los Campesinos! "Hold On Now, Youngster..."
*Son & Daughters "This Gift"
*Fleet Foxes "Sun Giant"
TORCHE - MEANDERTHAL
Headlights -Some Racing, Some Stopping
so far
british sea power, do you like rock music
and things that have been mentioned...
im going to get silver mt zion and so should you
..
Vampire weekend
youthmovies defo
audio...
Atlas Sound - Let The Blind...
Bilge Pump - Rupert The Sky
Charlottefield - What Are Friends For?
Dead Meadow - Growth
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
These are personal favourites so far 2008.
Do you buy records in alphabetical order?
:')
that youthmovies record will just have to wait
[can't think of any band starting with Z]
Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
Destroyer - trouble in dreams
Times New Viking - Rip It off
Atlas Sound - Let the blind
Dodos - Visiter
americans are kicking some brit ass so far, sorry about that!
You've been kicking our arses musically
for about 20 years.
But
aren't destroyer from Canada?
Yeah
But I sorta annexed Canada for the purposes of making my argument. :)
Ipanema
's self titled anthology. Released in memory of frontman Wiz who sadly passed away in December 06. It contains their singles, tracks off their 2005 mini album and demos - all of which are fantastic. It's just £10 from www.bosstuneage.com and all proceeds go to the Forward 4 Wiz Trust, set up to provide guidance and some financial assistance to up and coming musicians.
It's my fave album of the year. Have I sold it to you?
Jaguar Love
Demo. Ex Blood Brothers.
Is that out yet?!!!!
!!!!!!!
Samamidon - All is Well
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
REM - Accelerate
Hercules and Love Affair
Vampire Weekend
Black Mountain - In the Future
She and Him - Volume 1
Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior
what i like so far..
new british sea power
mystery jets
why?
boris
xiu xiu
I reckon The Recovery self-named album
deserves a listen - four tracks are on LastFM. I think its outstandingly good for a little known band (they got third billing at Nott Bodega!).
so far..
2008 has provided me with very little which i've desperately wanted to seek out
the Earth album is pretty good (and the Evangelicals record has its moments), but neither have grabbed me in the same way that my favourite 2007 albums did
i declare 2008 a musical wash-out
Born Ruffians?
never heard of it
probably shit innit
No, it's probably amazing
Listen to it.
it's probably indie
therefore probably shit
QED
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