The 2009 Albums Thread

[Relaxer]

the new one from A Place to Bury Strangers leaked in the last day or two and it is tremendous. I absolutely love it.

some of the hipsters are going bananas over The Antlers new one, which got blown pretty well on Pitchfork yesterday, but I find it pretty boring.

top 3 for the year are still holding at Fever Ray, Mastodon and Mos Def

[azaghal1981]

Master Musicians of Bukkake - Totem One



This is a must-have for anyone into the bands mentioned in the following review. Plus, they have the greatest band name since Aids Wolf:
"First things first: yes, that is the name of this band and no, it is not a soundtrack to some new pornographic film. Instead, this is the second album from
Seattle-based collective, which features members/collaborators of Sun City Girls, Earth, Sunn O))), Secret Chiefs 3 and Grails. This album definitely comes across as a clusterfuck of the styles of the mentioned acts, mixing psych-rock, drone and tribal world music, this sounds like the peyote-fueled ragas of a scuzzy desert cult searching for water and the Fountain of Youth. Seriously, if you are a fan of psychedelic rock, drone or anything with a tribal
atmosphere, this very well may be your album of the year."


Vivian Girls' new one just leaked.


Good looks on the APTBS.

[walkonby]

very interesting!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2009/08/no_more_radiohead_albums.html

[kosmo vinyl]

New Brendan Benson is top notch and the new Shazam should be arriving soon also....

[HoyaSaxa03]

The Bottle Rockets - Lean Forward

anyone heard it yet?  looks like it's getting good reviews

[Ardamus]

If youre into that whole RJD2/DJ Shadow sound, you should give Paul White's "The Strange Dreams Of Paul White" a shot.


http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=188751

[vansmack]

new radiohead: http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=495

band is in the studio working on new material.

very interesting!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2009/08/no_more_radiohead_albums.html

I'm going to catch hell for this, as I always do when I discuss Radiohead, but unlike most artists who go through a self-indulgent sophomore album that is always focused on inner-turmoil, Radiohead saved their self-indulgenices for the second half of their career. It never ends with them.

[walkonby]

new radiohead: http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=495

band is in the studio working on new material.

very interesting!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2009/08/no_more_radiohead_albums.html

I'm going to catch hell for this, as I always do when I discuss Radiohead, but unlike most artists who go through a self-indulgent sophomore album that is always focused on inner-turmoil, Radiohead saved their self-indulgenices for the second half of their career. It never ends with them.

vansmack . . . they're the new beatles (ducks).  they are so wacky; you just can't predict what they'll do next!

[sweetcell]

Banco de Gaia's latest release, "MEMORIES DREAMS REFLECTIONS" is a double CD which encapsulates everything that Toby's sound has evolved from, and into, over the past two decades. Featuring new tracks, remakes and overhauls of widely favoured classics including remixes of Hawkwind, King Crimson, and not at all in the least, a stellar twenty two minute remake of the legendary Pink Floyd ensemble, "Echoes", illustrates in painstaking detail the history of the Banco de Gaia act.

release date Sept 18, track samples: http://triskelemanagement.com/promotion/mdr/

[HoyaSaxa03]

Darlings "Yeah I Know"

great slacker pop

http://www.mbvmusic.com/3-mp3s-from-darlings-yeah-i-know/13372

[sweetcell]

Them Crooked Vultures' debut album, Never Deserved the Future, will be released on October 23.

[gaaaaaaaaah]

Them Crooked Vultures' debut album, Never Deserved the Future, will be released on October 23.

Source?

Last I saw, that first preview video with that date/title was a fake.

[azaghal1981]

Recently signed as the newest Disciples of Southern Lord Records, Pelican are presently finishing up their newest album, entitled What We All Come To Need. The album, the band?s first full-length for their new label, is impressively described by guitarist Laurent Lebec as ?the most perfect synthesis of everything we?ve done to date, sonically.?

The new album also features such a long list of guest stars that perhaps the name of the album should have been Metal House Party 3 featuring Martin Lawrence and sunn 0))). The album features Greg Anderson of sunn 0))), Aaron Turner of Isis, Ben Verellen of Harkonen, and Helms Alee and Allen Epley from The Life & Times and Shiner.

Lebec elaborated further on the content of the album, saying, ?There is a current of inspiration that feels particular to each album?s music and titles. Though we lack a singer, the song names are often conceptual. This new album speaks to a rapidly decaying world, the fulfillment we find in each other, as well as the resolve to move beyond disillusionment.?

[sweetcell]

Them Crooked Vultures' debut album, Never Deserved the Future, will be released on October 23.

Source?

http://pitchfork.com/news/36161-photos-them-crooked-vultures-dave-grohljosh-hommejohn-paul-jones/

[gaaaaaaaaah]

Them Crooked Vultures' debut album, Never Deserved the Future, will be released on October 23.

Source?

http://pitchfork.com/news/36161-photos-them-crooked-vultures-dave-grohljosh-hommejohn-paul-jones/

Um...you might wanna read the update on that link to Jim's blog entry.  There's still no release date set.  The info in the fake video was picked up by numerous sources, which is where DeRogatis got that information from.