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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: HoyaSaxa03 on November 20, 2006, 11:39:00 pm
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these are mostly album cuts, i'm sure there are a lot of great singles that i'm missing
Artic Monkeys - "I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
Belle & Sebastian - "For the Price of a Cup of Tea"
Ben Kweller - "I Gotta Move"
Camera Obscura - "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"
Camera Obscura - "Let's Get Out of This Country"
Drive-By Truckers - "Easy on Yourself"
The Essex Green - "Don't Know Why (You Stay)"
Islands - "Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby"
Morrissey - "You Have Killed Me"
Neko Case - "The Needle Has Landed"
Phoenix - "Rally"
The Raconteurs - "Steady As She Goes"
TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
Voxtrot - "Soft & Warm"
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Voxtrot- Trouble
Essex Green - Penny and Jack
Islands - Rough Gem
Neko Case - Star Witness
Belle and Sebastian - Dress Up in You
Sonic Youth - Do you believe in Rapture?
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Born Secular
Joanna Newsom - Monkey and Bear
Mountain Goats - Woke Up New
Oxford Collapse - Please Visit Your National Parks
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Originally posted by Graace:
Essex Green - Penny and Jack
Islands - Rough Gem
upon further reflection, i'd probably go with these two instead of the ones i listed ... "rough gem" is awesome ...
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Heartless Bastards - Searching for the Ghost
Heartless Bastards - Finding Solutions
Essex Green - Rue De Lis
The Thermals - Test Pattern
+/- - Steal the Blueprints
The Takeovers - Be It Not for the Serpentine Rain Dodger
Pernice Brothers - Automation
Shearwater - White Waves
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Off the top of my head....
Human Television - Tonight's the Night
The Elected - The Bank and Trust
Beirut - Postcard from Italy
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
The Black Keys - Have Mercy on Me
Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles
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absolute favorite, must have listened to hundreds of times
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's 'Quiet as a Mouse'
second favorite
Islands 'Where Theres A Will Theres a Whalebone'....genius of a song
others
Belle and Sebastian 'Funny Little Frog'
Destroyer 'Painter in Your Pocket'
The Burning Leaves 'Murder List'
deadboy and the Elephantmen 'Stop, I'm already Dead'
+/- 'Steal the Blueprints' with 'Summer dress' a close second
Cathal Coughlan and the Grand Necropolitan Quartet 'Rat Poison Rendevous'
The Automatic 'Raoul'
The Howling Bells 'Setting Sun'
Jarvis Cocker 'Cunts are still running the world'
Blow Up Hollywood 'WMD'
The Secret Machines 'I Hate Pretending'
The Blue Aeroplanes 'Love Come Round' (Swagger got the deluxe reissue treatment in 2006)
Alejandro Escovedo 'Sacramento and Polk' (Old song that was on his 2006 CD)
Gomez 'How We Operate'...probably a minute too long but still a great song and great inro/build-up
Camera Obscura 'Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken'
Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs 'Alone Again Or'.....yes Vulnerable Bede I know its an old song....
The Dears 'Death or life we want you'
The Essex Green 'Uniform' and 'Rabbit' are this weeks favorites, I think its interesting we all have a different favorite for these guys - shows how strong the album is
Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys 'Little Boy Don't Lose Your Balls'
Chris Whitley and Bastard Club 'Are Friends Electric?'
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Originally posted by brennser:
The Essex Green 'Uniform' and 'Rabbit' are this weeks favorites, I think its interesting we all have a different favorite for these guys - shows how strong the album is
Honestly, I think that is the strongest album put out this year. For awhile I thought it was going to be TVOTR. but this is the one I keep coming back to time and time again.
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"Gravity's Gone" DBT.
"Uh Wuh Oh" Bobby Bare Jr.
"Enough to Get Away" Joseph Arthur
"Lloyd I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" Camera Obscura
"Hold On, Hold On" Neko Case
"London, London" Cibelle
"Amor Porteno" Gotan Project
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller
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Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
"Hold On, Hold On" Neko Case
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller
what steny said...
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Some great choices already listed here. more to come from me but for now
The Loud Family (http://www.loudfamily.com/) - "Pop Song 99" This comeback maybe a contender for my top five this year.
Middle Distance Runner - "That's A Lie"
The Hard Tomorrows - "Patterns"
Alice Smith - "Fake Is The New Real"
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though i agree with many of the songs so far, i actually prefer:
camera obscura: if true looks could kill
secret machines: alone, jealous, and stoned (one of the best opening songs ive ever seen)
neko case: maybe sparrow
there are others i like but i cant think of them right now. a lot of poppier songs like the cardigans: i need some fine wine and you you need to be nicer.
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I prefer "Come Back Margaret" (Camera Obscura)
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Islands - "Rough Gem"
Band of Horses - "The Funeral"
Okkervil River - "President's Dead"
Cursive - "Big Bang"
TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
Destroyer - "European Oils"
Jenny Lewis - "The Big Guns"
Beirut - "Postcards From Italy"
Thom Yorke - "Harrowdown Hill"
Shearwater - "Red Sea, Black Sea"
Tilly & The Wall - "Bad Education"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Way Out"
The Strokes - "Electricityscape"
Arctic Monkeys - "The View From The Afternoon"
The Hold Steady - "Party Pit"
Decemberists - "The Crane Wife 3"
Eric Bachmann - "Man O' War"
Cat Power - "The Greatest"
Danielson - "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?"
Annuals - "Brother"
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thom yorke - analyze
band of horses - wicked gil
clearlake - no kind of life
tv on the radio - i was a lover
the walkmen - emma get me a lemon
ghostface - 9 mili bros
belle & sebatian - another sunny day
sonic youth - incinerate
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Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller
this song is just so addictive
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Cat Power: Living Proof
Les Claypool: One Better
Bob Dylan: Thunder on the Mountain
TVOTR: Wolf Like Me
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Originally posted by PigIron:
Cat Power: Living Proof
Les Claypool: One Better
Bob Dylan: Thunder on the Mountain
TVOTR: Wolf Like Me
Tom Waits: Lie to Me
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looks like "wolf like me" is the consensus winner at this point...
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Personally, I'd go with Province. But that's just me.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
looks like "wolf like me" is the consensus winner at this point...
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Originally posted by brennser:
The Howling Bells 'Setting Sun'
I love this song and this whole album, definitely one of the best of the year.
And I've been suitably inspired by this thread to go out and buy the Essex Green album. I like it. It sounds... kinda like the Howling Bells.
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...due to this thread I headed out to Tower at lunch.
Essex Green-Cannibal Sea: $9.59
Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos: Dust of Retreat $5.99.
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Good choices.
For The Essex Green, I prefer "Rabbit" and "Sin City" personally, but really every song on Cannibal Sea is wonderful.
My List:
The Essex Green: "Rabbit", "Sin City"
The Dears: "There Goes My Outfit" (acoustic version, not the album version!)
The Raconteurs: "Steady As She Goes", "Blue Veins"
TV on the Radio: "Wolf Like Me", "Province"
Tapes 'n Tapes: "Just Drums"
Band of Horses: "The Funeral"
The Decemberists: "The Crane Wife 3/1 & 2"
The Editors: "Munich"
The Gossip: "Your Mangled Heart"
The Handcuffs: "Car Crash"
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins: "Run Devil Run"->"The Big Guns", "Rabbit Fur Coat", "Born Secular" (sorry, I just can't pick one!)
KT Tunstall: "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
Middle Distance Runner: "Out of Here"
Muse: "Supermassive Black Hole"
Neko Case: "A Widow's Toast"
Peter Bjorn and John: "Young Folks" (featuring Victoria Bergsman)
Voxtrot: "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives"
We Are Scientists: "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt"
Zero 7: "The Pageant of the Bizarre"
and last but certainly not least:
Grinderman: "No Pussy Blues"
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Do You Belive In Rapture? - Sonic Youth
Sundress, This Is War, I Gotta Move, Run, Thirteen, Never Let You Fall... - Ben Kweller
Honey In Your Ears - Blackblack
everything on The Oohlas' album
Rise - Army of Me
everything on the new Phoenix
everything on Rabbit Fur Coat
Goodbye Baby, Restless, Through A Hole - Whispertown2000
Would You Come With Me - The Elected
Summer In The City - Regina Spektor
Tricycle - Psapp
Cheated Hearts - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Well Thought Out Twinkles - Silversun Pickups
Wait For Me - Sean Lennon
Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, & Wives - Voxtrot
etc etc
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jim noir - "eanie meany"
hot chip - "the warning"
ladytron - "sugar" (jagz kooner remix)
tvotr - "wolf like me"
lupe fiasco - "kick push"
evangelicals - "the water is warm"
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I agree with most of the stuff already listed, but here are some songs I didn't see listed that I've enjoyed:
Grizzly Bear - "On a Neck, On a Spit"
Howe Gelb - "Howlin' A Gale"
Man Man - "Black Mission Googles"
El Perro Del Mar - "Party" and "Shake It Off"
The God Damn Doo Wop Band - "Talk too Much"
Fiery Furnaces - "Waiting to Know You"
Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake - "What's a Comin'"
Maps of Norway - "Sister Stations"
Sunset Rubdown - "Stadium and Shrines II"
Neko Case - "Teenage Feeling"
Benoit Pioulard - "Ash Into the Sky" and "Palimend"
Hold Steady - "Stuck Between Stations"
Baby Gramps - "Cape Cod Girls"
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller
this song is just so addictive [/b]
are we talking about favorite or worst song of 2006?
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MMMBop 2006 Remix- Hanson/DJ Jazzy Jeff
Any song by Rockstar Supernova
Theme song to Dancing With the Stars
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Band of Horses: Wicked Gil
Band of Horses: Our Swords
The Guillemots: Trains to Brazil
The Format: Oceans
Margot & The Nuclear...: Skeleton Key
The Secret Machines: All At Once (It's Not Important)
TVOTR: I Was a Lover
Jenny Lewis: Rise Up With Fists!!!
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The Raconteurs - Intimate Secretary
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fancy
Tool - The Pot
The Roots - Long Time (featuring Peedi Peedi)
Chili Peppers - "Desecreation Smile", "We Believe", "Readymade", "Hey", "Especially In Michigan"
Ghostface - "Jellyfish"
Papoose - "Robbery Song"
P. Diddy - "P. Diddy Rock" (Timbaland SLAYS this beat)
Lupe Fiasco - "Kick Push"
Jay-Z - "The Prelude"
Audioslave - "Revelations"
Saigon - "Shot In The Booty" (Funny lil' anti-STD song; Download this)
Busta Rhymes & T.I. - "Cannon"
Dixie Chicks - "Lubbock Or Leave It" (This lil' chick I used to "cavort" with turned me to it. I'm a lil' ashamed to admit I fuck with it. Dare I say it almost halfway rocks.)
Rick Ross - "Hustlin'" (Dude can't spit to save his life, but right song, right beat, right time - you know how that goes. Doesn't take a great artist to make a great song.)
That's all I can think of. And I had to look through my iPod to do it. Music sucks lately . . . *sigh*
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller
this song is just so addictive [/b]
i have been listening to it non-stop since the album came out, so i was pretty disappointed when he didn't play it live
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So I'm guessing everyone is just sick of Gnarls Barkley...
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Originally posted by amnesiac:
So I'm guessing everyone is just sick of Gnarls Barkley...
It's on my list, I just don't release my best of 2006 until the Friday after thanksgiving. Tradition, you know?
Ah, screw it.
Here's my 120 Minutes of the Best of 2006 (in order of Playlist flow, not preference):
1. Lloyd I'm Ready to be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
2. Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt - We Are Scientists
3. Playhouses - TV on the Radio
4. Emily Kane - Art Brut
5. Penny and Jack - Essex Green
6. SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
7. The Funeral - Band of Horses
8. Think I'm in Love - Beck
9. Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge
10. Rough Gem - Islands
11. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
12. The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists
13. Crazy - Gnarles Barkley
14. I bet you Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
15. You Are What You Love - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
16. All of the Above - Big City Rock
17. Holiday for the City - Cedars
18. Oh Yeah - The Subways
19. Woke up New - Mountain Goats
20. Tiny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian
21. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
22. 9 Crimes - Damien Rice
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It sounds as if he totally swiped it out of the Steve Miller Band songbook, but nothing wrong with that.
Originally posted by eilo97:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
"I Gotta Move" Ben Kweller
this song is just so addictive [/b]
i have been listening to it non-stop since the album came out, so i was pretty disappointed when he didn't play it live [/b]
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Madonna--Hung Up
End of discussion.
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Robin Sparkles- Let's Go to the Mall (http://www.myspace.com/robinsparkles)
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Little Man Tate (http://littlemantate.co.uk/) - "Man I Hate Your Band" Art Brut's little brother has gone and formed his own band. p.s. it's on emusic :)
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although me and my friends put on a good countdown at the end of the year, i'll do my preliminary top 10 (in no order yet)
Wolfmother - Joker and the Thief
Lady Sovereign - Love Me or Hate Me
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Midlake - Roscoe
Silversun Pickups - Kissing Families
Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
Starsailor - In The Crossfire
Dresden Dolls - Backstabber
Secret Machines - Lightning Blue Eyes
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I'm an idiot for not listing this song earlier, plus I haven't seen anyone else list it either:
Wolfmother - "White Unicorn"
That's a nice lil' rocker right there . . .
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1) Belle and Sebastian -- Sukie in the Graveyard
2) Yo La Tengo -- Black Flowers
3) Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Hibernation
4) Primal Scream -- Suicide Sally and Johnny Guitar (XFM Live version)
5) AFX -- Pitcard (technically a reissue, but came out on "Chosen Lords")
6) The Shins -- Phantom Limb
7) Elliott Smith -- Let's Turn the Record Over
8) Sonic Youth -- Incinerate
9) Phoenix -- Long Distance Call
10) Built to Spill -- Traces
11) Charlatans UK -- Muddy Ground
12) Drive-By Truckers -- A Blessing and A Curse
13) Pet Shop Boys -- Minimal
14) Eagles of Death Metal -- I Gotta Feeling (Just Nineteen)
15) Quintron and Miss Pussycat -- Dream Captains
16) Morrissey -- You Have Killed Me
17) Peaches -- Two Guys
18) +44 -- When Your Heart Stops Beating (guilty pleasure, about as infectious as VD)
19) Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Gold Lion
20) Probably something from the Arab Strap record (that was this year too, right?)
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Mary J.Bilge
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Little Man Tate (http://littlemantate.co.uk/) - "Man I Hate Your Band" Art Brut's little brother has gone and formed his own band. p.s. it's on emusic :)
nice, I actually think I like Saved by a chat show even better!
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I'm going to add Albert Hammond, Jr.'s "Yours To Keep" in its entirety, because...holy fuck. holy fuck.
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I'm adding "Split Needles" by the Shins. WOW. I can't wait for their record.
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I'm adding Soft & Warm by Voxtrot after listening to it all weekend.
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seems I didn't buy many new albums this year:
Tool - Wings for Marie (1 and 2)
Muse - Map of the Problematique
Deftones - Kimdracula, Cherry Waves
Gnarles Barkley - Transformer
Queensryche - Hostage (can't say I really dug the new album but this is a good track)
Rammstein - ZERSTÃ?REN, Benzin
In Flames - Vacuum, Leeches
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Off the top of my head....
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
The Black Keys - Have Mercy on Me
Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles
That's a nice list - all will be on mine. Makes me want to check out the couple others it's so consistent.
Fav song right now:
Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
near perfect
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The Format - "The Compromise" vid on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayAjYdt4-Yg)
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Midlake's "Roscoe" is hands-down my favorite song of this year.
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Originally posted by vassego:
Midlake's "Roscoe" is hands-down my favorite song of this year.
yeah, its a good 'un
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Originally posted by bearman:
3) Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Hibernation
i'm very happy to hear this - thanks for the tip
can be downloaded here ONLY:
http://www.7organic.com/ (http://www.7organic.com/)
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Originally posted by vassego:
Midlake's "Roscoe" is hands-down my favorite song of this year.
i havent done my whole list yet, but it looks like Roscoe has my song of the year vote as well!
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Halfbeat by Halfby. Same style as whatever Go Team is, but sillier
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Pretty much anything by Incubus, I'd say.
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Without bothering to give it much thought...
The Daysleepers - "Stars On Fire"
Hammock - "Black Metallic" (yes, a Catherine Wheel cover)
Fleeting Joys - "Go And Come Back"
Hearts Of Black Science - "Driverlights"
Tearwave - "Lotus Flower" (though it hasn't officially be released yet)
Raymond Scott Woolson - "Selina's Bonfire"
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I'm going to add "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups.
I didn't get this album until a few days ago. Big mistake - I've been missing out!
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Agree. I've gotta check the release date of the EP with Kissing Families, because I think it's '05. If so, Lazy Eye will be my Silversun Pickups choice.
Originally posted by vansmack:
I'm going to add "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups.
I didn't get this album until a few days ago. Big mistake - I've been missing out!
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Originally posted by le sonick:
Originally posted by vassego:
Midlake's "Roscoe" is hands-down my favorite song of this year.
i havent done my whole list yet, but it looks like Roscoe has my song of the year vote as well! [/b]
this album really isn't doing it for me ... 'roscoe' and 'head home' are nice, but the guy's voice is REALLY annoying
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Originally posted by vansmack:
I'm going to add "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups.
I didn't get this album until a few days ago. Big mistake - I've been missing out!
I just got it today ... and WOW, these guys are really good ... i haven't heard such a solid fusion of a "modern rock" sound with "indie rock" in a long time ... i could see them making it big, they have an interesting but accessible sound and can really write hooks and songs
all the smashing pumpkins comparisons i've seen are right on point ... maybe the sound isn't exactly the same, but they're doing the same thing the pumpkins did in the early 90s: take ideas and sonics from indie rock and make them accessible with arena type songs
ok, enough gushing
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From albums I just downloaded or revisited I'd add to my list
Destroyer - Looter's Follies
Joseph Arthur - enough to get away
The Evens - Cut from the Cloth
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by vansmack:
I'm going to add "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups.
I didn't get this album until a few days ago. Big mistake - I've been missing out!
I just got it today ... and WOW, these guys are really good ... i haven't heard such a solid fusion of a "modern rock" sound with "indie rock" in a long time ... i could see them making it big, they have an interesting but accessible sound and can really write hooks and songs
all the smashing pumpkins comparisons i've seen are right on point ... maybe the sound isn't exactly the same, but they're doing the same thing the pumpkins did in the early 90s: take ideas and sonics from indie rock and make them accessible with arena type songs
ok, enough gushing [/b]
haha. you guys are great. yeah, the Pickups are great, and i hope they dont go the way of the last few bands i was totally wicked into the last couple years (bloc party, wolfmother, bravery) and turn into megastars and i wont be able to see them in small venues and such. (though i did see all 3 in tiny places...once).
i was totally pissed when i missed their first appearance in August as i was in chicago, then was out of town for the 2nd one. argh. i WONT go see them at DAR...hopefully a coachella appearance looms.
:)
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oh, yeah, why i was in this thread in the first place....late addition to my favourites of the year...
Magic Numbers - "Take A Chance" i think i listen to it 5 times a day now....its a crying shame...
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by vansmack:
I'm going to add "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups.
I didn't get this album until a few days ago. Big mistake - I've been missing out!
I just got it today ... and WOW, these guys are really good ... i haven't heard such a solid fusion of a "modern rock" sound with "indie rock" in a long time ... i could see them making it big, they have an interesting but accessible sound and can really write hooks and songs
all the smashing pumpkins comparisons i've seen are right on point ... maybe the sound isn't exactly the same, but they're doing the same thing the pumpkins did in the early 90s: take ideas and sonics from indie rock and make them accessible with arena type songs
ok, enough gushing [/b]
and have you noticed that even their names are eerily similar? :)
i bet $100 that if you played Carnavas for someone who didnt know the Pickups, you could sell it as that comeback album Corgan has been talking about.
they would believe you and they would love it.
its cool that finally the kids of the 90s have bands recreating the sounds of the bands they grew up on (i am a bit young to remember Joy Division, the Clash and Sabbath)
there really wasnt a better album in the 90s than Siamese Dream was there?
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by vansmack:
I'm going to add "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups.
I didn't get this album until a few days ago. Big mistake - I've been missing out!
I just got it today ... and WOW, these guys are really good ... i haven't heard such a solid fusion of a "modern rock" sound with "indie rock" in a long time ... i could see them making it big, they have an interesting but accessible sound and can really write hooks and songs
all the smashing pumpkins comparisons i've seen are right on point ... maybe the sound isn't exactly the same, but they're doing the same thing the pumpkins did in the early 90s: take ideas and sonics from indie rock and make them accessible with arena type songs
ok, enough gushing [/b]
Y'know, normally I go very easily for this kind of music, but thus far, it hasn't done anything for me at all. I've listened to it while biking, playing online poker, while working, and it just isn't sinking in. Maybe it'll be one of those that just doesn't happen, doesn't happen, doesn't happen, and then all of a sudden, there it is, like acid.
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Originally posted by le sonick:
i was totally pissed when i missed their first appearance in August as i was in chicago, then was out of town for the 2nd one. argh. i WONT go see them at DAR...hopefully a coachella appearance looms.
luckily for you, the Pickups won't be playing DAR (insert yet another rant from me about DAR sounding just fine if you have decent seats). the show with OK Go and Snow Patrol is at Bender Arena (AU University). reviews/comments about sound there is mixed, and it's general admission. still skipping?
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by le sonick:
i was totally pissed when i missed their first appearance in August as i was in chicago, then was out of town for the 2nd one. argh. i WONT go see them at DAR...hopefully a coachella appearance looms.
luckily for you, the Pickups won't be playing DAR (insert yet another rant from me about DAR sounding just fine if you have decent seats). the show with OK Go and Snow Patrol is at Bender Arena (AU University). reviews/comments about sound there is mixed, and it's general admission. still skipping? [/b]
actually, the reason i am skipping is because i think Snow Patrol and OKGO are shitty shit shitty.
and i am not paying that kinda cash to see the Pickups play 6 songs.
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Silversun Pickups recently played a show in Philly with Dead Meadow and Wolfmother. Too bad we didn't get that triple-bill.
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Y'know, normally I go very easily for this kind of music, but thus far, it hasn't done anything for me at all. I've listened to it while biking, playing online poker, while working, and it just isn't sinking in. Maybe it'll be one of those that just doesn't happen, doesn't happen, doesn't happen, and then all of a sudden, there it is, like acid.
hey, it happens ... what i was really trying to say is that i was really impressed by it on an objective level, that they did a great job with the sound and could go really far ... in addition to that, i really personally liked the album as well, but probably not more than others good ones i've heard this year
it's kind of sad that i can get so excited about something on an objective level, if that makes any sense
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
it's kind of sad that i can get so excited about something on an objective level, if that makes any sense
I think that makes a lot of sense. I love the Sword and Priestess on an objective level because someone is making current, fun metal that piles on the riffs. Too many of the current metal bands sound like a screamy, speed metal version of Rush.
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If you want to stick with it, I would recommend their EP - Pikul, released last year.
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Y'know, normally I go very easily for this kind of music, but thus far, it hasn't done anything for me at all. I've listened to it while biking, playing online poker, while working, and it just isn't sinking in. Maybe it'll be one of those that just doesn't happen, doesn't happen, doesn't happen, and then all of a sudden, there it is, like acid.
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this is what ended up on my end of year CD
1. Margot & The Nuclear So & Soâ??s â??Quiet As A Mouseâ??, from the album â??The Dust of Retreatâ??
2. Belle & Sebastian, â??Funny Little Frogâ??, from the album â??The Life Pursuitâ??
3. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs â??Alone Again orâ??, from the album â??Under the Covers Vol. 1â??
4. Camera Obscura â??Lloyd, Iâ??m Ready To Be Heartbrokenâ??, from the album â??Letâ??s Get Out Of This Countryâ??
5. Lloyd Cole â??Woman in a Barâ??, from the album â??Anti Depressantâ??
6. Ben Kweller â??I Gotta Moveâ??, from the album â??Ben Kwellerâ??
7. The Automatic â??Raoulâ??, from the album â??Not Accepted Anywhereâ??
8. deadboy & the Elephantmen â??Stop, Iâ??m Already Deadâ??, from the album â??We Are Night Skyâ??
9. The Raconteurs â??Steady As She Goesâ??, from the album â??Broken Boy Soldiersâ??
10. Gomez â??Girlshapedlovedrugâ??, from the album â??How We Operateâ??
11. Howling Bells â??Setting Sunâ??, from the album â??Howling Bellsâ??
12. Neko Case â??Hold On, Hold Onâ??, from the album â??Fox Confessor Brings the Floodâ??
13. The Weepies â??Take It From Meâ??, from the album â??Say I am Youâ??
14. Jon Dee Graham â??Amsterdamâ??, from the album â??Fullâ??
15. The Blue Aeroplanes â??Love Come Roundâ??, from the album â??Swagger (2006)â??
16. +/- â??Steal the Blueprintsâ??, from the album â??Letâ??s Build a Fireâ??
17. The Weather Machines â??Modern Text on Loveâ??, from the album â??The Sound of Pseudoscienceâ??
18. Little Man Tate â??Saved By a Chat Showâ??, from the single â??Man I Hate Your Bandâ??
19. Destroyer â??Painter In Your Pocketâ??, from the album â??Destroyerâ??s Rubiesâ??
20. Islands â??Donâ??t Call Me Whitney, Bobbyâ??, from the album â??Return to the Seaâ??
21. Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan â??Deus Ibi Estâ??, from the album â??Ballad of the Broken Seasâ??
22. The Essex Green â??Rabbitâ??, from the album â??Cannibal Seaâ??
23. The Burning Leaves â??Murder Listâ??, from the demo â??3 Songsâ??
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Originally posted by le sonick:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by le sonick:
i was totally pissed when i missed their first appearance in August as i was in chicago, then was out of town for the 2nd one. argh. i WONT go see them at DAR...hopefully a coachella appearance looms.
luckily for you, the Pickups won't be playing DAR (insert yet another rant from me about DAR sounding just fine if you have decent seats). the show with OK Go and Snow Patrol is at Bender Arena (AU University). reviews/comments about sound there is mixed, and it's general admission. still skipping? [/b]
actually, the reason i am skipping is because i think Snow Patrol and OKGO are shitty shit shitty.
and i am not paying that kinda cash to see the Pickups play 6 songs. [/b]
It's only $35 - I had thought it was a lot more expensive, but then it wasn't, so I bought a ticket yesterday. I'm mostly going for SSPU, because I just saw OK Go and Snow Patrol seem pretty boring live. So they better play more than six songs :p
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Originally posted by you be betty:
It's only $35
says the high school student! :)
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Wow, you have great taste!!@@!!
Originally posted by le sonick:
plus, i already saw the Goo Goo Dolls two weeks ago in Baltimore. :)
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Originally posted by Joe M.:
Wow, you have great taste!!@@!!
Originally posted by le sonick:
plus, i already saw the Goo Goo Dolls two weeks ago in Baltimore. :)
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it was a joke. it was a close call though, my fiancee loves them....fortunately for me she has class tuesday nights and i got out of the Goo show.
thanks for thinking i liked the goo goo dolls though. lol.
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Originally posted by le sonick:
there really wasnt a better album in the 90s than Siamese Dream was there?
No there wasn't.
But I maintain that if Melancholy.... had been a single disc instead of that inflated Billy Corgan double disc ego trip, the right 12 songs on one disc could have been the seminal album of the 90's.
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they deserved a bloated double album though ... too many ideas flying around on that record to shoehorn into one disc ... if it was 1 disc it would sound way too scatter-brained, at least they had a chance to spread out on 2 discs
i haven't listened to that album in 7 years or so, hmmmm....
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
i haven't listened to that album in 7 years or so, hmmmm....
it has not aged well. at all.
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Originally posted by le sonick:
i bet $100 that if you played Carnavas for someone who didnt know the Pickups, you could sell it as that comeback album Corgan has been talking about.
they would believe you and they would love it.
Except the dude from Silversun Pickups doesn't have Corgan's grating whiny yelp.
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
i haven't listened to that album in 7 years or so, hmmmm....
Venerable and I were enjoying a pint or two at the local watering hole in our neighborhood a couple weeks ago and the bartender played the whole album through on his iPod until I become frustrated with the album and we played Xmas music on the jukebox instead. It only reiterated the claims I made earlier.
Perhaps tonight I will make a Melancholy... playlist that I think would have made for a brilliant album.
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Sonic Youth - Reena
Lemonheads - Steve's Boy
Soft Drugs - Defending The Paint
+/- - One Day You'll Be There
Twilight Singers - Bonnie Brae
David Bazan - Fewer Broken Pieces
Editors - Lights
Ben Kweller - Magic
Mates of State - Think Long
Channels - Win Instantly
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Tough to choose, but here it is.
Tops:
The Wedding Present â?? Interstate 5
Built to Spill â?? Goin Against Your Mind
Right behind:
Black Keys â?? Youâ??re the One
Silversun Pickups â?? Lazy Eye
Phoenix â?? Consolation Prizes, One Time Too Many
Secret Machines â?? All at Once, Lightning Blue Eyes
Honorable Mention:
El Ten Eleven â?? My Only Swerving
The Brother Kite â?? Out of Sight
Irving â?? Situation
Neko Case â?? Hold On Hold On
Jens Lekman â?? Black Cab
Band of Horses â?? Funeral
Muse â?? Supermassive Black Hole
Mellowdrone â?? Amazing
Apparitions â?? God Monkey Robot
Honorary song from a previous year that I first heard in 2006:
Grandaddy â?? Now Itâ??s On
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Originally posted by Tom Servo:
Jens Lekman â?? Black Cab
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Leaves_%28EP%29)
great song either way
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Tom Servo:
Jens Lekman â?? Black Cab
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Leaves_%28EP%29)
great song either way [/b]
Didn't even think to check the date on this one. I see now that not only was "Oh You're So Quiet Jens" a compilation, it was released in 2005. Late on both counts.
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Steady as She Goes - Raconteurs
Going Against Your Mind - Built to Spill
F*ck Forever - Babyshambles (2006 in the US)
Hawaii - The Strokes
Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio
The Greatest - Cat Power
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ok, so i have my official top 10 list finally and in a week, me and my canadian alliance will have a combined 300 or so song chart. I'll post it next week. but for now, my entries:
10. "Cruel" - Calexico
9. "Boy" - Our Lady Peace
8. "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" - Flaming Lips
7. "One Evening" - Feist
6. "Steady As She Goes" - Raconteurs
5. "Kick Push" - Lupe Fiasco
4. "Lightning Blue Eyes" - Secret Machines
3. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" - Scissor Sisters
2. "Joker & The Thief" - Wolfmother
1. "Roscoe" - Midlake
(keep in mind we are mostly limited to singles)
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by le sonick:
i bet $100 that if you played Carnavas for someone who didnt know the Pickups, you could sell it as that comeback album Corgan has been talking about.
they would believe you and they would love it.
Except the dude from Silversun Pickups doesn't have Corgan's grating whiny yelp. [/b]
true, but he has the same style. hes like a refined Corgan. so one could conclude that Corgan just finally got some singing lessons ;)
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Sonic Youth - Pink Steam
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my final 2006 mix CD
"Smash Your Head" -- Girl Talk
"Crazy" -- Gnarls Barkley
"Wolf Like Me" -- TV on the Radio
"Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" -- Camera Obscura
"I Gotta Move" -- Ben Kweller
"I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" -- Arctic Monkeys
"Steady, As She Goes" -- The Raconteurs
"Don't Know Why (You Stay)" -- The Essex Green
"Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby" -- Islands
"The Compromise" -- The Format
"Fast Asleep" -- Voxtrot
"Long Distance Call" -- Phoenix
"For the Price of a Cup of Tea" -- Belle & Sebastian
"O Valencia!" -- The Decemberists
"Chillout Tent" -- The Hold Steady
"You Have Killed Me" -- Morrissey
"Lazy Eye" -- Silversun Pickups
"The Funeral" -- Band of Horses
"Hold On, Hold On" -- Neko Case
"The Greatest" -- Cat Power
"Let's Get Out of This Country" -- Camera Obscura
"Gold Lion" -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs