Mid-Year Bests

[HoyaSaxa03]

i am so woefully behind on albums this year
 
 favs so far:
 
 cut copy - "in ghost colours"
 drive-by truckers - "brighter than creation's dark"
 M83 - "saturdays=youth"
 the magnetic fields - "distortion"
 silver jews - "lookout mountain, lookout sea"
 vampire weekend - "s/t"
 wolf parade - "at mount zoomer"

[manimtired]

for the life of me i cant get into that cut copy

[mr. pretentious]

Originally posted by earlx:
  The reissue of Nick Lowe's "Jesus of Cool" rules but I don't know if reissues count.  
 

If it did, it would be the record of the year for me.  Can't stop listening to it.

[Cash is King]

Death Cab for Cutie
 Vampire Weekend
 MGMT
 My Morning Jacket
 Raconteurs

[bluec]

great lists so far
 
 1.  Foals - Antidotes
 2.  Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
 4.  Ladyhawk - Shots
 4.  Hot Chip - Made In the Dark
 5.  Santogold - Santogold
 6.  The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
 7.  5ive - Hesperus
 8.  All the Saints - Fire On Corridor X
 9.  Sun Kil Moon - April
 10. Black Keys - Attack and Release
 
 honorable mention:
 Why - Alopecia
 Nick Cave - Dig Lazaurus Dig!
 The Roots - Rising Down
 Quiet Village - Silent Movie
 The Whip - X Marks Destination

[El Jefe Design]

Firewater - The Golden Hour
 
 The first one I thought was truly tops so far.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

The Raconteurs

[nmsles]

The Whigs
 Death Cab
 Los Campesinos!
 Fleet Foxes
 My Morning Jacket

[Tom Servo]

Raveonettes
 Helio Sequence

[nmsles]

Originally posted by Tom Servo:
  Raveonettes
 Helio Sequence

definitely agree about the helio sequence

[babystew]

My list is pretty long right now...  and I've included Bon Iver even though it was originally released in 2007.
 
 *Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
 Chris Mills, Living in the Aftermath
 Dead Confederate, Dead Confederate EP
 Earlimart, Hymn and Her
 Frightened Rabbit, The Midnight Organ Fight
 Grand Archives, The Grand Archives
 The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
 The Jet Age, What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?
 Julie Ocean, Long Gone and Nearly There
 Lightspeed Champion, Falling Off the Lavender Bridge
 Mystery Jets, Twenty One
 Shearwater, Rook
 The Whigs, Mission Control

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Six months in, and no "great" albums so far. A host of "good" ones though.
 
 In no order,
 
 Liam Finn
 Drive By Truckers
 Nada Surf
 Thao Nguyen
 Devotchka
 REM
 Death Cab for Cutie
 Fleet Foxes
 Dr. Dog
 Joan as Policewoman
 Santogold

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Ill agree with that 100%
 
 

Originally posted by mr. pretentious:
   

Originally posted by earlx:
  The reissue of Nick Lowe's "Jesus of Cool" rules but I don't know if reissues count.  
 

If it did, it would be the record of the year for me.  Can't stop listening to it. [/b]

[sweetcell]

agreed on the helio sequence.
 
 and since i don't have any indie cred here anyways, and no one has said it yet, here goes: i'm adding the "chinese democracy" leak to my list.  it's what an accessible, modern-day hard rock album is supposed to sound like, IMO.  i'm as surprised as the next guy, but it's a damn solid album.  the guitar work and guitar tones are very impressive.

[azaghal1981]

I'll probably come up with another top 5 as soon as I post this because I didn't sift through everything I have and am just going based on memory but in no particular order:
 
 Matmos - Supreme Balloon
 Carla Bozulich's Evangelista - Hello Voyager
 Jack Rose - Dr. Ragtime and Pals
 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
 Magnetic Fields - Distortion