Mid Year Bests

[vansmack]

I'm going to have to work on the best of 2005 (so far), but I'm pretty sure the Shout Out Louds will be at the top of that list, followed closely by The Mountain Goats.
 
 As for compilations, my sister brought me back  Indie Anthems from the UK, and it's quite fun to listen to, depsite the fact that none of it is 2005:
 
 Disc: 1
 1. Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
 2. Pulp - Common People
 3. Suede - Animal Nitrate
 4. Radiohead - Street Spirit
 5. Manic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera
 6. Ash - Girl From Mars
 7. Reef - Place Your Hands
 8. Dodgy - Staying Out For The Summer
 9. Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
 10. Cardigans - Love Fool
  11. Cast - Fine Time
 12. Gene - Olympian
 13. Longpigs - on and on
 14. Wannadies - You And Me Song
 15. Echobelly - Great Things
 16. Catatonia - Road Rage
 17. Mansun - Wide Open Space
 18. Placebo - Pure Morning
 19. Shed Seven - Getting Better
 20. Supergrass - Going Out
 
 Disc: 2
 1. Stone Roses - Love Spreads
 2. Charlatans - The Only One I Know
 3. Primal Scream - Rocks
 4. The Farm - Altogether Now
 5. Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels To Be Lonely
 6. Soup Dragons - I'm Free
 7. Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Things
 8. Kula Shaker - Tatva
 9. Sleeper - Inbetweener
 10. Paul Weller - Changing Man
  11. Ocean Colour Scene - Riverboat Song
 12. Carter USM - Only Living Boy In New Cross
 13. Pop Will Eat Itself - Def-Con One
 14. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Happy
 15. The Wonder Stuff - Circlesquare
 16. Levellers - One Way
 17. Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
 18. House Of Love - Shine On
 19. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
 20. James - Sit Down

[definitivedoodle]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by definitivedoodle:
 QUASIMOTO-"THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF LORD�?�

yeah, i've heard really good things about this ... i've spent most of my hip-hop buying this year on filling in gaps in my collection, not really getting much new stuff [/b]

this is a must for your collection.

[Relaxer]

I went out on a limb and bought the Quasimoto disc and... really dislike it. It seems like more and more hiphop discs carry a ratio of three actual songs to every one skit. The Quasimoto disc seems more like three skits to every one song. Music that tries to be funny usually isn't.

[Lamb007]

Albums:
 The Kills - No Wow
 Louis XIV - Best Little Secrets are Kept
 White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
 Ben Lee - Awake is the New Sleep
 Josh Rouse - Nashville
 Eels - Blinking Lights
 
 Shows:
 Crooked Fingers @ Black Cat
 Rilo Kiley @ Cat's Cradle
 Pixies/Bellrays @ Merriweather

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Question for the people who like the Mountain Goats:
 
 How can you stand the guys voice? Like the Decemberists and Clem Snide, they play decent music, but the vocals are just awful (more so for MG than the other two, imo). Do you really like this guys singing voice, or do you just tolerate it because you like his lyrics and music?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
 Do you really like this guys singing voice, or do you just tolerate it because you like his lyrics and music?

its part of the charm of the music, most of the songs just wouldnt be the same with somebody who has a classic voice singing them

[dotdot]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Question for the people who like the Mountain Goats:
 
 How can you stand the guys voice? Like the Decemberists and Clem Snide, they play decent music, but the vocals are just awful (more so for MG than the other two, imo). Do you really like this guys singing voice, or do you just tolerate it because you like his lyrics and music?

I don't care for the Mountain Goats, but how can you stand the boring, stagnant, Josh Rouse?  I don't want your input, but it's asking the same question.  It's just a matter of who-likes-what.

[HoyaSaxa03]

as someone who likes both josh rouse and the mountain goats, i'll just say that certain voices work for certain music ... i love neutral milk hotel, and that's another one that could be considered grating by many

[vansmack]

The Bob Dylan argument all over again.....

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  The Bob Dylan argument all over again.....

of The Same Argument Rhett Started Earlier all over again.....

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
   

Originally posted by Creepy Crawler:
     

Originally posted by amnesiac:
       

Originally posted by ggw�?�:
  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 [/b]

This clap your hands say yeah band is so good that I had to go to the Insound website and buy it. Bought Stephen Malkmus' last album and the two Essex Green albums as well.

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
   

Originally posted by Creepy Crawler:
     

Originally posted by amnesiac:
       

Originally posted by ggw�?�:
  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
 [/b]

Apparently, already sold out   :eek:  
 
 However, they're opening for Magnolia Electric Co. in Philly

[amnesiac]

Top 30, according to  Metacritic:
 
 1 Illinois by  Sufjan Stevens  - 91
 2 I Am A Bird Now by  Antony And The Johnsons  - 88
 3 Arular by  M.I.A.  - 87
 4 Multiply by  Jamie Lidell  - 87
 5 The Woods by  Sleater-Kinney  - 87
 6 Black Sheep Boy by  Okkervil River  - 87
 7 Beauty And The Beat by  Edan  - 86
 8 1988 by  Blueprint  - 86
 9 Oceans Apart by  The Go-Betweens  - 86
 10 The Magic Numbers by  The Magic Numbers  - 86
 11 The Mysterious Production Of Eggs by  Andrew Bird  - 85
 12 Mezmerize by  System Of A Down  - 85
 13 Gimme Fiction by  Spoon  - 85
 14 LCD Soundsystem by  LCD Soundsystem  - 85
 15 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by  Bright Eyes  - 85
 16 Chavez Ravine by  Ry Cooder  - 84
 17 Blinking Lights And Other Revelations by  Eels  - 84
 18 This Right Here Is Buck 65 by  Buck 65  - 84
 19 Separation Sunday by  The Hold Steady  - 83
 20 School Of The Flower by  Six Organs Of Admittance  - 83
 21 Engineers by  Engineers  - 83
 22 Minimum-Maximum [Live] by  Kraftwerk  - 83
 23 Picaresque by  The Decemberists  - 83
 24 The Sunset Tree by  The Mountain Goats  - 82
 25 Set Yourself On Fire by  Stars  - 82
 26 Be by  Common  - 82
 27 Lost And Safe by  The Books  - 81
 28 Humming By The Flowered Vine by  Laura Cantrell  - 81
 29 The Great Destroyer by  Low  - 81
 30 Silent Alarm by  Bloc Party  - 81

[eltee]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  I'm going to have to work on the best of 2005 (so far), but I'm pretty sure the Shout Out Louds will be at the top of that list, followed closely by The Mountain Goats.
 
 As for compilations, my sister brought me back  Indie Anthems from the UK, and it's quite fun to listen to

Wow. Quite the pickings..similar to a Kosmomix.

[ggw]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  I'm going to have to work on the best of 2005 (so far), but I'm pretty sure the Shout Out Louds will be at the top of that list,

They were on both Leno and Letterman last night.