Albums in 2006

[sonickteam2]

the album of the year, we've ALL Been waiting for!!!!!
 
 yes, Paul Oakenfold and Fatboy Slim, together at last on ONE album!!!
   :roll:  
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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

My point was to say that you shouldn't rely too heavily on any one source. But you knew that, silly.
 
 

Originally posted by zoso483:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I think his point is if you're going to read up/listen for new indie music, to go to different sources than Pitchfork or WOXY.
 
 Do you get all of your news from CNN and USA Today?

To compare pitchfork to USA today is silly.  Sure, it is mainstream for the indie world, but have you forgotten about billboard or the top 40?  The majority of music pitchfork talks about doesn't get a sniff of major radio play.  We can discuss the music industry another time, but please, let's keep things in perspective. [/b]

[sonickteam2]

saying a year wasnt good for music and someone disputing it is just silly.  
 
   obviously calla meant the year wasnt good for music "in his opinion".  meaning not too much he heard impressed him.  and naturally some people either heard different cds or like different music than he/she.   jeez.
 
   i wont remember 2005 as the year any of my all time faves came out either (yet).

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

What I've heard off the new Rhett Miller album is really, really, really bad.

[kosmo vinyl]

While looking for something else I stumbled upon this tidbit which will make Bags jump for joy....
 
 New Tommy Keene Studio Album Due Apr. 4 on Eleven Thirty Records
 January 12, 2006, 10:27 am
 
 First New Studio Album by Tommy Keene in Four Years
 
 Street Date 4.04.06 on 1130 Records
 
 "While we all know there's a fine line between 'rock legend' and 'cult figure,' there is no doubt that Keene is one of America's greatest, unheralded songwriters."
 
 --Rolling Stone
 
 From his start in the DC alternative scene in the early '80s through acclaimed releases for Geffen and then Matador in the '90s, Tommy Keene returns to the public eye with Crashing the Ether, his first studio album since 2002. Keene's fans, many of them fellow musicians and critics, have long recognized that Tommy has written some of the best pop/rock tunes of his generation. This sense of craftsmanship and distinctive guitar sound brought him sideman slots with the likes of Velvet Crush and Paul Westerberg. In January 2006, he'll be playing guitar and keyboards with Guided by Voiced mainman Robert Pollard as he tours for his first post-GBV release, From A Compound Eye. (Look for a Keene/Pollard collaboration as "The Keene Brothers" out later this year.)
 
 For Crashing the Ether, Keene's tenth solo release in over two decades, Tommy tried a different studio approach, recording much of the album himself at his L.A. home, with drums by John Richardson and scattered contributions from regular Keene band members and friends. The resulting tracks are arguably Tommy's best to date. "It was really liberating. I'd always thought that the more people I brought into a solo record the more 'personality' it would have. This time, I tried the Prince routine, and it was such a freeing experience. Every night, I could go and practice in my home studio and overdub any instrument until I got it right."
 
 The result is 10 original tracks, with guest appearances by Jesse Valenzuela (Gin Blossoms) and R. Walt Vincent (Pete Yorn). Sonically, the album is dazzling, with big drums �" they were recorded live in the huge open foyer of Tommy's house - and open, ringing guitars, while lyrically, the album could be Tommy's great leap forward, with subject matter ranging from a nostalgic, black & white snapshot of New York, Warren Beatty and mixed signals via "Texas Tower #4."
 
 With Crashing the Ether and the new Pollard projects, 2006 heralds the return of one of the finest singer-songwriters/guitarists going. Here's hoping it brings Tommy Keene the larger audience he has long deserved.
 
 Catch Tommy and his band on tour in spring 2006.

[Bags]

Very cool, Kosmo.  I wonder when Tommy's own tour starts.  I just got a ticket to see Robert Pollard in NYC on April 20, and I hope to HELL Tommy is there (I am so saddened at missing the DC show later this month, but I have a work meeting I have to attend).

[brennser]

Go-Betweens to Release Live DVD/CD
 
 David Nadelle reports:
 Australian comeback kids the Go-Betweens are celebrating yet another banner year in their second life as a band. Their latest studio album, Oceans Apart, figured prominently among many "best of" lists for 2005, and the rejuvenated outfit are to release a live DVD/CD entitled That Striped Sunlight Sound on February 7 through their American label Yep Roc. (It comes out January 27 on Tuition in Europe).
 
 The live concert portion of the set is a recording of a sold-out October 2005 show at the Tivoli Theatre in the band's hometown of Brisbane that includes run-throughs of Go-Betweens standards like "Streets of Your Town", "Spring Rain", and "Karen".
 
 For super-fans, though, the real selling point has to be the "Sunday Acoustic Session" bonus feature. A sit-down-and-hash-out clambake with group leaders Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, it's an acoustic ramble through the essential tracks of their oeuvre, featuring song origin and composition insights from both songwriters. So basically it's "VH1 Storytellers" for cool people.
 
 Tracklist:
 
 Disc One (DVD):
 
 "Live at the Tivoli Theatre":
 01 Black Mule
 02 Clouds
 03 Boundary Rider
 04 Born to a Family
 05 Streets of Your Town
 06 Here Comes the City
 07 Draining the Pool for You
 08 Finding You
 09 Spring Rain
 10 Was There Anything I Could Do
 11 Surfing Magazines
 12 The Devil's Eye
 13 Too Much of One Thing
 14 People Say
 15 The Clock
 16 Karen
 
 "Sunday Acoustic Session":
 17 Lee Remick
 18 Cattle and Cane
 19 Part Company
 20 Bachelor Kisses
 21 Head Full of Steam
 22 Bye Bye Price
 23 Dive for Your Memory
 24 German Farm House
 25 Too Much of One Thing
 26 Here Comes the City
 27 Finding You
 
 Disc Two (CD):
 
 "Live at the Tivoli Theatre":
 01 Black Mule
 02 Clouds
 03 Boundary Rider
 04 Born to a Family
 05 Streets of Your Town
 06 Here Comes the City
 07 Draining the Pool for You
 08 Finding You
 09 Spring Rain
 10 Was There Anything I Could Do
 11 Surfing Magazines
 12 The Devil's Eye
 13 Too Much of One Thing
 14 People Say
 15 The Clock
 16 Karen

[vansmack]

This might be in one of the 15 other threads on new albums....
 
 Club Morrissey
 Updated 01:54 PST Wed, Jan 18 2006
 
 Morrissey has unveiled a lengthy U.K. tour in support of his upcoming album, Ringleader Of The Tormentors.
 
  The singer, who hasn't toured since fall 2004, will play 29 shows across the U.K., beginning April 18 in Salford and running for nearly six more weeks.
 
  The itinerary includes three dates at three different venues in Morrissey's hometown of Manchester May 5-8. He'll visit the London Palladium three Sundays in a row, including the last date of the tour May 28.
 
  Ringleader Of The Tormentors is Morrissey's second album through Sanctuary Records on his own Attack imprint. It's set for release April 3 in the U.K. and a day later in the U.S.