Mid Year Bests

[grotty]

Someone's gotta start it.
 
 Records:
 
 *Bright Eyes     ~Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
 *Dead Meadow     ~Feathers
 *Bloc Party     ~Silent Alarm
 *National, The     ~Alligator           
 *White Stripes     ~Get Behind Me Satan
 *Shout Out Louds  ~Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
 *Stephen Malkmus   ~Face the Truth
 
 I'm still absorbing:
 Spoon
 Sleater Kinney
 Stars
 
 Shows:
 
 *Slobberbone @ a small roadhouse in Western OH MARCH
  Last tour @ w/ Two Cow Garage
 
 *Chemical Brothers @ Coachella MAY
 
 *The Faint @ Coachella MAY
 
 *John Dee Graham @ Club Cafe, Pittsburgh PA JUNE
 
 *The National @ Mercury Lounge, NYC JUNE (1st night)
 
 ________________________
 
 What should I buy & what did I miss?

[The_Creeper]

The Magic Numbers- S/T

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

The only albums I've purchased and enjoyed:
 
 Robbie Fulks
 Josh Rouse
 Tom Brosseau
 John Davis
 Andrew Bird

[kosmo vinyl]

Been a good year so far with some solid top to bottom albums and some with a tad to much filler...
 
 Top Shelf Drinks
 * The Sugarplastic - Will
 * De Novo Dahl - Cats & Kittens
 * Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love
 * LCD Soundsystem
 * Nic Armstrong & The Thieves
 
 Call Drinks
 * Kaiser Chiefs
 * Do Me Bad Things
 * Bloc Party
 
 Well Drinks
 * Maximo Park
 * Danko Jones
 * The Dead 60's
 
 Best shows
 
 The Sugarplastic @ The Derby Club in LA
 Gang of Four @ Irving Plaza
 The Slickee Boys
 Bloc Party @ Black Cat
 De Novo Dahl @ The Warehouse
 
 On the Horizon... The Oranage Peels, Pernice Brothers, Teenage Fanclub, E.Joseph and Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
 
 The Roger Manning album "Solid State Warrior" which is currently only available for download via Weedshare, is the long lost Jellyfish album.  Not sure how if I'm totally ready to endorse Weedshare, which is a DRMed music download service.  In theory it's more artist oriented then say iTunes but the per track costs are pretty high ($1.25 per for the Manning tracks" nd as always seems to be the case for every Roger Manning, Imperial Team Demo available there are a pile of unknowns flogging their wares.  Besides there is no Mac support yet...

[grotty]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  The only albums I've purchased and enjoyed:
 
 
 Josh Rouse
 
 

I thought this one might make it for me initially, but it's not holding up.
 
 I'll be getting Nic Armstrong after the KV stamp o' approval.

[kosmo vinyl]

Anyone heard the Oneida "The Wedding"? People were raving about it on eMusic, so far it's strikes me as something some of ya'll would enjoy.

[ggw]

What about this Clap Your Hands Say Yeah band?

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  What about this Clap Your Hands Say Yeah band?

Loving their cd. Some people may be turned off by the vocals though

[The_Creeper]

Originally posted by amnesiac:
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  What about this Clap Your Hands Say Yeah band?

Loving their cd. Some people may be turned off by the vocals though [/b]

Second best thing I've bought this year.

[grotty]

Originally posted by Creepy Crawler:
     

Originally posted by amnesiac:
     

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  What about this Clap Your Hands Say Yeah band?

Loving their cd. Some people may be turned off by the vocals though [/b]

Second best thing I've bought this year. [/b]

Hmmm...opening for The National @ The Bowery Ballroom in September
 
 Anyone else interested can hear tunes here:
  web page
 
 some serious David Byrne sounding vocals on Over & Over Again
 
 Barcelona should get this immediately

[Jaguär]

Just skimming my head here and know I'm missing a few gems but here goes.
 
 
 Albums/CDs:
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• <font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">Soundclub - Soundclub (Demo)</font></li>
• <font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">Mallory - The Third Face</font></li>
• <font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">Bind Mr. Jones - Spooky Vibes</font></li>
• <font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">Hammock - Kinotic</font></li>
• <font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">DestroyAllDreamers - A Coeur Léger Sommeil Sanglant</font></li>
• <font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">Air Formation - 57 Octaves Below (EP)</font></li>
• <font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">Televise - Outside Out (EP)</font></li>
• <font size="2" face="Arial, Veranda">Port-Royal - Flares</font></li>

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[slappy]

Really like the Kooks track Lamacq plays on 6 ,can't wait to hear more.
 
 Hard Fi
 Engineers
 Turin Brakes
 
 Most overrated: Bright Eyes
 Don't sleep on: The Frames - Burn the Maps
 
 Most likely to have a tune on the soundtrack of the next Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant flick... James Blunt

[wxdude]

Pretty good year so far.
 
 Josh Rouse - Nashville
 Over The Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer
 Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
 Gorillaz - Demon Days
 White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
 Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself
 Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
 LCD Soundsystem
 
 Favorite shows:
 
 The Dears, Shout Out Louds - North Star Cafe, Philadelphia
 
 Wilco, The Roots - Merriweather Post
 
 Ash - TLA, Philly
 
 Patty Griffin - 9:30 Club

[chancegardener]

Sleater-Kinney's "The Woods" is the best album yet this year.
 
 Wilco at the 930 (in Jan? Feb?) was the best concert so far.

[kosmo vinyl]

Forgot the I Am Kloot