2005 List-a-thon (music)
10. Ladytron - The Witching Hour
09. Coldplay - X&Y
08. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
07. My Morning Jacket - Z
06. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (bootleg)
05. The Decemberists - Picaresque
04. The Servant - The Servant
03. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
02. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
01. Chromeo - She's In Control
Honorable mentions:
Editors - Editors
Danger Doom - The Mouse & The Mask
Beck - Guero
I'm wanting to wipe my iPod clean and give it a whole new face. Let me know what I might have missed.
09. Coldplay - X&Y
08. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
07. My Morning Jacket - Z
06. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (bootleg)
05. The Decemberists - Picaresque
04. The Servant - The Servant
03. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
02. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
01. Chromeo - She's In Control
Honorable mentions:
Editors - Editors
Danger Doom - The Mouse & The Mask
Beck - Guero
I'm wanting to wipe my iPod clean and give it a whole new face. Let me know what I might have missed.
Comments
Originally posted by groverat
10. Ladytron - The Witching Hour
09. Coldplay - X&Y
08. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
07. My Morning Jacket - Z
06. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (bootleg)
05. The Decemberists - Picaresque
04. The Servant - The Servant
03. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
02. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
01. Chromeo - She's In Control
Honorable mentions:
Editors - Editors
Danger Doom - The Mouse & The Mask
Beck - Guero
I'm wanting to wipe my iPod clean and give it a whole new face. Let me know what I might have missed.
Fantastic taste in music. You probably want to add some Rogue Wave (their album Descended Like Vultures), along with some Doves (Some Cities), easily some of the best of 2005.
I'm most impressed with your picks of Illinois, The Servant, and Z. Some fantastic albums that I thought no one else caught (emphasis on The Servant).
To make quick edits to your list, replace Twin Cinema with Descended Like Vultures and add Some Cities to the list, and you got it all right (with the exception of #1, which we could argue about for quite some time ). I'll compile my list soon and get back to the thread. Good luck with the iPod!
She's In Control will make you dance around your apartment. I think they must have done studies into the human mind to discover exactly what would force anyone to get up and dance.
Forget anti-depressants, doctors need to prescribe Chromeo.
Now I officially postpone my list until tomorrow. I won't add an album after half an hour of listening to it, but within 24 hours I could see this album surging up the list. What do you think about Rogue Wave?
I was really into them and The Shins a year or so back. Went to a show they had in Austin (I miss Austin ).
04. 311 - Don't Tread on Me
03. Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
02. System of a Down - Mesmerize
01. System of a Down - Hypnotize
Bruce Cockburn Speechless
Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer Music for Two
I've never heard of Institute or Avenged Sevenfold, what are they like?
dmz:
Two great artists I had no idea had a new record out, thanks.
All missing and a little different than you mentioned, but I'm with you!
Also, I'm listening to The New Pornographers right now! Zesty!
Damn. It's hard to be a curmudgeon these days.
Originally posted by dmz
Two Albums:
Bruce Cockburn Speechless
Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer Music for Two
How do we argue this much when we have this much in common?
Originally posted by midwinter
How do we argue this much when we have this much in common?
It's like marriage, midwinter, all fighting and no sex.
Originally posted by ShawnJ
....take a look at this exhaustive list of pitchfork media's top 50 albums of 2005. it's a bit humbling for casual indie scene listeners like myself.
I'm surprised. I have 6 of them.
Originally posted by groverat
BRussell:
I've never heard of Institute or Avenged Sevenfold, what are they like?
dmz:
Two great artists I had no idea had a new record out, thanks.
hehe, just BR...
Institute is Gavin Rossdale's new band. Whoops, the title is Distort Yourself. Heh. Wiki link! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_%28band%29
Avenged Sevenfold was a hardcore band until the lead singer burst some vessels in his vocal cords screaming and now he actually sings melodically. This is the first album since his surgery and it is rockin metal with good vocals and little to no screaming. You might have heard Bat Country on the radio.
Nickel Creek's Why Sould the Fire Die? I think those kids have some potential.
But -- on AudioSlave's Out of Exile I tried to listen to it -- I have a lot of respect for Cornell -- but it didn't seem to have any legs.
Originally posted by dmz
A couple more:
Nickel Creek's Why Sould the Fire Die? I think those kids have some potential.]
DIVORCE! DIVORCE! That album was terrible. Well, terrible compared to their first two.
Originally posted by midwinter
DIVORCE! DIVORCE! That album was terrible. Well, terrible compared to their first two.
You don't think the first two were, I dunno, too pop -- too -- "I'm 18"? I think they need about 15 more years on them.
(but they were all good, regardless)
Originally posted by dmz
You don't think the first two were, I dunno, too pop -- too -- "I'm 18"? I think they need about 15 more years on them.
I thought this last album was exceedingly sophomoric (lyrically) and far, far too much either navel-gazing or shaking their tiny fists in the air.
I agree with you, though. I think they ought to take a break for about ten years, embark on solo projects, and then come back together if they can drag Thiel (sp?) from, you know, Carnegie Hall or wherever he's playing. I really want them to continue to be like the New Grass Revival, which they promised to be in their first CD (with songs like "Robin & Marian" vs. "The House of Tom Bombadil" vs. everything else...and then their version of "House Carpenter" on CD2?? Compare that with Kelly Joe Phelps's version!! Two moments of utter perfection!), displaying their ecelecticism, which to my mind is their strength. I don't mind the religiosity (for instance, I love Ginny Owens's work); I mind when the sentimentalism (religious or otherwise) throttles their other strengths.
Just a question: how do you guys, you know, download music? I'm very committed to buying music, but it's nice to explore. I'd like to check out some of your lists. What's the best way? (And no, I don't really think the iTMS samples are enough to get a good idea).
Originally posted by midwinter
I thought this last album was exceedingly sophomoric (lyrically) and far, far too much either navel-gazing or shaking their tiny fists in the air.
I agree with you, though. I think they ought to take a break for about ten years, embark on solo projects, and then come back together if they can drag Thiel (sp?) from, you know, Carnegie Hall or wherever he's playing. I really want them to continue to be like the New Grass Revival, which they promised to be in their first CD (with songs like "Robin & Marian" vs. "The House of Tom Bombadil" vs. everything else...and then their version of "House Carpenter" on CD2?? Compare that with Kelly Joe Phelps's version!! Two moments of utter perfection!), displaying their ecelecticism, which to my mind is their strength. I don't mind the religiosity (for instance, I love Ginny Owens's work); I mind when the sentimentalism (religious or otherwise) throttles their other strengths.
Yes, (but is was good to see them reaching for adulthood) and, yes.
They need to put that religiosity through the wringer a couple of times.