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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: amnesiac on November 14, 2006, 05:01:00 pm
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As of right now, I'd go with Islands. Though that may change once I hear the Swan Lake album when it comes out...
Yours?
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I've got a couple:
The Sword
Priestess
Howling Bells
Arctic Monkeys
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band you first heard in 2006? or band whose first album was in 2006?
if it was band first heard in 2006 I would say Heartless Bastards
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Wolfmother
The Raconteurs
(Even though I think Wolfmother dropped in '05.)
Other than that, that's it. Hip-hop's in a drought, R&B's sucked for a while (Sade, where arrrrrrrrreee you?), and other than some songs here and there rock sucks as well. Sad ain't it?????
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She Wants Revenge
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i second islands.
i can't stop listening to that record.
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fav bands i first heard in 2006:
birdmonster (hands down!) - the fact that 2 of the guys are UCSB graduates doesnt hurt at all either :)
and scissors for lefty.
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Band of Horses
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islands
essex green
howling bells
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I'm including anyone who has come out with a debut this year, even people going solo from bands that were around before 2006.
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Band of Horses
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
Michael Leviton
Birdmonster
Gracer
Beirut
Islands
Eric Bachmann
My list of bands I've first heard this year would be far longer.
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Try Corrinne Bailey Rae. Though it won't make my top 10 of the year list, it was a good debut. Also the Van Hunt album was good.
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
, R&B's sucked for a while (Sade, where arrrrrrrrreee you?),
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Beirut
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Try Corrinne Bailey Rae. Though it won't make my top 10 of the year list, it was a good debut. Also the Van Hunt album was good.
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
, R&B's sucked for a while (Sade, where arrrrrrrrreee you?),
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I actually heard Corrinne was hot. Been meaning to check it out. Van Hunt's been around for a minute though . . . . .
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ISLANDS
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I'm enjoying The Black Angels, and The Mother Truckers.
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The Big Sleep...they played before midnight on New Year's Eve, so technically I first heard them in 2005, but I didn't listen to their EP until I got home, so it was 2006. :D
Candy Bars...I still listen to "Enough to Choke a Cold Air" frequently.
Voxtrot
Lily Allen*
Peter Bjorn and John*...not new, but new to me in 2006
* Thanks to WhyControl and the Bliss nights for those introductions.
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Originally posted by brennser:
essex green
i'm pretty sure i saw them 2 or 3 years ago opening for someone at the black cat. . maybe luna?
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by brennser:
essex green
i'm pretty sure i saw them 2 or 3 years ago opening for someone at the black cat. . maybe luna? [/b]
i saw them 7 years ago at galaxy hut. so take THAT. but whatever, it doesn't have to be a band that "broke" in 2006, right? in that case, for some reason i never really listened to the saints before this year, and i have no idea why. those first two albums are pretty much perfect.
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Originally posted by BookerT:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by brennser:
essex green
i'm pretty sure i saw them 2 or 3 years ago opening for someone at the black cat. . maybe luna? [/b]
i saw them 7 years ago at galaxy hut. so take THAT. [/b]
fair enough. . .the years are all running together for me, but i know it was not 7 years ago. . .after looking at their releases, it must have been 2003 when i saw them.
it just sort of reminded me of how fountains of wayne got nominated for best new artist based on their 3rd album.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by brennser:
essex green
i'm pretty sure i saw them 2 or 3 years ago opening for someone at the black cat. . maybe luna? [/b]
2 years ago!! oh you're so cool!!
I was invoking the new to me rule instituted by pollard
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I didn't mean to imply that Van Hunt was a new artist. Rather, he put out and R&B album in 2006 that didn't suck.
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Try Corrinne Bailey Rae. Though it won't make my top 10 of the year list, it was a good debut. Also the Van Hunt album was good.
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
, R&B's sucked for a while (Sade, where arrrrrrrrreee you?),
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I actually heard Corrinne was hot. Been meaning to check it out. Van Hunt's been around for a minute though . . . . . [/b]
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Pollard's rule is no good. Basically, you could say anyone you want. For example, I started liking My Morning Jacket in 2006.
Originally posted by brennser:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by brennser:
essex green
i'm pretty sure i saw them 2 or 3 years ago opening for someone at the black cat. . maybe luna? [/b]
2 years ago!! oh you're so cool!!
I was invoking the new to me rule instituted by pollard [/b]
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whatever you say VD, whatever you say.....keep up the trainspotting, it suits you
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
band you first heard in 2006? or band whose first album was in 2006?
if it was band first heard in 2006 I would say Heartless Bastards
agreed...I would add to my original post
Imogen Heap
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and
The Burning Leaves and
The Automatic
altho I've only heard a few songs from the latter two...
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Essex Green also opened for Delgados a couple of years ago at Black Cat
Well if my rule doesnt work I am not sure who I would choose but most of the bands in this thread dont count then
I am sticking with my rule though and adding Deadboy and the Elephantmen, I am pretty sure any band I have listened to this year at least existed in some form last year
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Beirut
Wolfmother
Those are the only two worth mentioning. Voxtrot was last year.
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Deadboy & The Elephantmen are good, as someone mentioned.
This is a bit of a cheat, but I'm going to go ahead and list Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, as well as Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins. I know Haines and Lewis have been around, but neither released albums until this year. (Well, Emily did, but without Soft Skeleton.)
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I'm really digging Soccer Team.
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The 2006 Van Hunt record is great and this was the first year I'd heard of him. I have his earlier release but haven't given it much time yet.
Middle Distance Runner
Alice Smith
As Fast As
The Sails
The Hard Tomorrows
Voxtrot
The Apparitions
The World Record
The Keene Brothers :)
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
band you first heard in 2006? or band whose first album was in 2006?
I was thinking the latter...
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Islands for me as well.
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I heard The Ambition at the Detroit Cobras show and they were really good. They only have a small single out but I love it.
Wolfmother so far is tops of my list along with Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins.
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Wolfmother.
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Nobody.
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el perro del mar
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Ghostland Observatory
Langhorn Slim
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Originally posted by Buck Satan:
Nobody.
of course this raises another issue and Venereal Bede will probably slap my wrists for taking the thread even more off topic but did people think 2006 was a good year for music? Me, maybe I'm getting old but I listened to more music this year than I've ever listened to and I thought alot of it was a bit 'eh'......
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Originally posted by brennser:
Originally posted by Buck Satan:
Nobody.
of course this raises another issue and Venereal Bede will probably slap my wrists for taking the thread even more off topic but did people think 2006 was a good year for music? Me, maybe I'm getting old but I listened to more music this year than I've ever listened to and I thought alot of it was a bit 'eh'...... [/b]
good question- is ok!
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Originally posted by brennser:
of course this raises another issue and Venereal Bede will probably slap my wrists for taking the thread even more off topic but did people think 2006 was a good year for music? Me, maybe I'm getting old but I listened to more music this year than I've ever listened to and I thought alot of it was a bit 'eh'......
I had chalked it up to me getting older, but I found almost nothing exciting about music this year
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Really into two bands on the label "The Social Registry"
VietNam
Psychic Ills
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Revival - both local and excellent.
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For me there is some really great new music coming out but there is a lot of over-hyped and or derivative stuff that is just truly forgettable beyond a couple of listens.
I'm excited by the fact that bands/artists like Voxtrot, The Music Lovers, Skye, etc are just setting about to write great songs. Nothing fancy, edgy, arty, or "groundbreaking".
Artists like Van Hunt and Alice Smith are hearkening back to the soul and r&b of the past, which interests me more than contemporary stuff I've heard.
Birdmonster, The Cold War Kids are prime examples of being over hyped and just not very good.
The Lashes, The Pink Spiders, Big City Rock are prime examples of being putting out derivative releases that sound great due to production but fall flat once you realize just how lame the songwriting is.... This is the sort of thing LaLa is great for as you can dump as soon as you receive it.
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For me, there were more GOOD albums this year than in recent years. Though there was nothing that I consider "great".
I wasn't highly impressed by any of the debut albums this year. All of my favorite albums were by established artists, though some of them I had not taken a liking to until their recent efforts.
Originally posted by brennser:
Originally posted by Buck Satan:
Nobody.
of course this raises another issue and Venereal Bede will probably slap my wrists for taking the thread even more off topic but did people think 2006 was a good year for music? Me, maybe I'm getting old but I listened to more music this year than I've ever listened to and I thought alot of it was a bit 'eh'...... [/b]
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
[QB] For me there is some really great new music coming out but there is a lot of over-hyped and or derivative stuff that is just truly forgettable beyond a couple of listens.
Birdmonster, The Cold War Kids are prime examples of being over hyped and just not very good.
Wow! So Pitchfork doesn't like them and already jumping on the bandwagon. Ill assume that you listened to their album or better yet saw them live. Maybe if you lived in SF and were smackie and you said that, I might believe it, because in SF there is a lot of press about them (although far from being overhyped). They might be blogger darlings, but when I think of overhyped - id clearly be thinking of someone like arctic monkeys who were all about the hype (or maybe the kooks), but sorry birdmonster clearly hasnt gotten to that stature, yet?!
Birdmonster puts on an awesome live show, that clearly has a lot of heart put into it. Pete is an amazing frontman, putting so much energy into EVERY show. I have seen them a handful of times, and each time it has as much energy. Justin on bass and David on guitar - show the amazing chemistry the boys have while playing on stage. It only adds to the greatness of their album! Oh and clearly they have a sense of humour - Pete did dress up as Bruce Springsteen for halloween!
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Big City Rock are prime examples of being putting out derivative releases that sound great due to production but fall flat once you realize just how lame the songwriting is.
I've heard of social climbing, and I've heard of bad timing, but I haven't heard it all before.
Somebody clearly doesn't know how to party.
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Wow, Bruce Springsteen for Halloween. That's downright funny!
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Wow, Bruce Springsteen for Halloween. That's downright funny!
well pitchfork does say - hes a rip off of bruce springsteen (and no, those werent the exact words they used, obviously) - and thats clearly one of his influences. forgot who the other guys dressed up as, all influences for the band.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
[QB] For me there is some really great new music coming out but there is a lot of over-hyped and or derivative stuff that is just truly forgettable beyond a couple of listens.
Birdmonster, The Cold War Kids are prime examples of being over hyped and just not very good.
Birdmonster puts on an awesome live show, that clearly has a lot of heart put into it. Pete is an amazing frontman, putting so much energy into EVERY show. I have seen them a handful of times, and each time it has as much energy. Justin on bass and David on guitar - show the amazing chemistry the boys have while playing on stage. It only adds to the greatness of their album! Oh and clearly they have a sense of humour - Pete did dress up as Bruce Springsteen for halloween! [/b]
i have this general rule -- plenty of exceptions, to be sure -- that if a band's best feature is that they have lots of heart and lots of energy, it means they are covering up for something else. mainly that they have shitty songs. i've not seen birdmonster, but i've heard the album, and they have some pretty shitty songs.
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
For me, there were more GOOD albums this year than in recent years. Though there was nothing that I consider "great".
have you heard Camera Obscura's "Let's Get Out of This Country"?
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I own it, and it's definitely on the GOOD list.
The Belle and Sebastian album on the other hand was a real stinker save for a song or two.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
For me, there were more GOOD albums this year than in recent years. Though there was nothing that I consider "great".
have you heard Camera Obscura's "Let's Get Out of This Country"? [/b]
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For me, there were more GOOD albums this year than in recent years.
like?
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
I own it, and it's definitely on the GOOD list.
i'm impressed by your discriminatory taste ... if that isn't a great album then i don't know what is
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
For me, there were more GOOD albums this year than in recent years. Though there was nothing that I consider "great".
have you heard Camera Obscura's "Let's Get Out of This Country"? [/b]
I'm down with WLSLM on this one - good but not great
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Originally posted by brennser:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
For me, there were more GOOD albums this year than in recent years. Though there was nothing that I consider "great".
have you heard Camera Obscura's "Let's Get Out of This Country"? [/b]
I'm down with WLSLM on this one - good but not great [/b]
i'll go with very good, but not great. the best songs are a lot better than the, uh, not best songs. so i find myself skipping over half the album most of the time. i listened to it a bunch when it came out, haven't found myself going for it too much lately. it's still one of the better albums this year, which does say more about this year.
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bahhh to all of you old bastards, this year wasn't any worse or better than any recent year (except for 2003, which owned this century!)
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I thought Neko's was the closest to "great". But moreso in an artistic, I have to be in the right mood way rather than an I can't stop listening to it way.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
I own it, and it's definitely on the GOOD list.
i'm impressed by your discriminatory taste ... if that isn't a great album then i don't know what is [/b]
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
I thought Neko's was the closest to "great". But moreso in an artistic, I have to be in the right mood way rather than an I can't stop listening to it way.
i don't think an album has to be addicting or "good for any mood" to be great ... camera obscura's (and neko's, i guess) is a big-time downer (outside a couple of upbeat tracks), definitely takes the right frame of mind to dig into it
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Essex Green also opened for Delgados a couple of years ago at Black Cat
Thank you!!!! This has been driving me crazy for months and months now. I absolutely knew that I had seen them open for someone at the Black Cat several years ago but couldn't for the life of me remember who. I kept thinking that it may have been either Ash or The Chameleons yet knew neither was correct.
My very, very short list would be:
The Daysleepers
Fleeting Joys
Hearts Of Black Science
My extended list is way too long to put together now. I think it's been a fantastic year for music! Granted, most of the music I like is probably never, ever even given a fair listen by the Pitchdorks let alone an informed critique. Most of the stuff that makes it on to the Mainstream Indie charts has very much disappointed me.
My extended list would definitely include:
Twangirl's The Black Angels
and Sir HC's Psychic Ills
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I agree. I guess time will tell if either goes down as "great" for me, but right now I'd say they probably won't.
I agree that 2003 was a standout year (I think we've already had this discussion.) The best of the 2000's so far for me.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
I thought Neko's was the closest to "great". But moreso in an artistic, I have to be in the right mood way rather than an I can't stop listening to it way.
i don't think an album has to be addicting or "good for any mood" to be great ... camera obscura's (and neko's, i guess) is a big-time downer (outside a couple of upbeat tracks), definitely takes the right frame of mind to dig into it [/b]
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
I agree that 2003 was a standout year (I think we've already had this discussion.) The best of the 2000's so far for me.
i think we've had every discussion possible on here about 4-5 times a piece
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I've heard the Birdmonster after paying a whopping dollar for it and it was DULL beyond belief.... I could care less what pitchfork thinks as I didn't even know they were dissing it.. I find that type of indie rock tedious and uninteresting...
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Kelley Polar
Alice Smith
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Well, in the new-to-me category, I have to go with Essex Green. I think The Cannibal Sea is my favorite album of the year. I'll give a nod to Camera Obscura as well and agree with the common sentiment that their album is "very good, but not great."
In the genuinely-new-first-LP-released-in-2006 category, I'm not sure at all. I've certainly liked Wolfmother, The Raconteurs, Voxtrot, KT Tunstall, Islands, Middle Distance Runner; Peter, Bjorn and John; Band of Horses, and The Black Angels. I'm just not sure any of them stand out more than the rest. I'd probably go with Wolfmother if pressed. I've probably listened to The Raconteurs more though, but I'm hesitant to call them "genuinely new."
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Wolfmother
Raconteurs
Death From Above 1979 (2005 release, but I didn't get it until 2006)