Best of 2008 so far (blues, dance, house, indie, metal)

British_pharaoh · 07-16-2008, 02:04 PM

The Subways - All Or Nothing

Zombeels · 07-18-2008, 12:24 AM

The M's - Real Close Ones
Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
Electric President - Sleep Well
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Ratatat - LP3
Venus - The Red Room
Telepathic Butterflies - Breakfast In Suburbia
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Why? - Alopecia
Vampire Weekend - ST
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks
Beck - Modern Guilt
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams
Tapes N' Tapes - Walk It Off

15Steps · 07-18-2008, 03:05 AM

The Raconteurs - Consolers of the lonely 7/10
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 8.5/10
Fleet foxes - Fleet foxes 9.5/10
Sigur ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust 7.5/10
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs 8.5/10
Flogging Molly - Float 9.0/10

Son of JayJamJah · 07-18-2008, 09:00 PM

Beck's Modern Guilt has really grown on me and along with Van Morrison's "Keep it Simple" are my favorite releases this year so far.

Muzak · 07-18-2008, 09:11 PM

so far:

Opeth- Watershed
Crystal Castles- S/T
Protest the Hero- Fortress
Sigur ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Children of Bodom- Blooddrunk
Less Than Jake- GNV FLA

lucifer_sam · 07-18-2008, 09:37 PM

****, I completely forgot the new Hold Steady album was coming out. Metacritic's giving it good reviews. I'm gonna hit it up tonight see what I think about it...

Jonz · 07-19-2008, 06:44 AM

Fav to least:

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster…
The Kooks - Konk
Islands - Arm's Way
Feeder - Silent Cry
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
The National - The Virginia (EP)
Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt
The Long Blondes - Couples
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
Nada Surf - Lucky
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
She and Him - Volume One
The Twilight Sad - Here, It Never Snowed, Afterwards It Did (EP)
R.E.M - Accelerate
Youth Group - The Night Is Ours (ranked last because I've only had one listen, and nothing jumped out. Sounded kinda **** compared to CTD, but it may take time).

Vexed · 07-19-2008, 04:30 PM

This is very loosely ordered. I'm crap at ordering lists past my favourite 1 or 2.

DeVotchKa - A Mad & Faithful Telling
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
The Roots - Rising Down
iTAL tEK - Cyclical
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Jamie Lidell - Jim
Beck - Modern Guilt
Boris - Smile
Meshuggah - obZen
Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Immortal Technique - The 3rd World
Venetian Snares - Detrimentalist
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Opeth - Watershed
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Arsis - We Are the Nightmare

an EP
Ólafur Arnalds - Variations of Static

And a Mixtape
Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing

The worst
Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8

jackhammer · 07-19-2008, 05:16 PM

^^^
A nice varied list there. Good call on Benga. That is slowly growing on me.

Muzak · 07-19-2008, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vexed

Arsis - We Are the Nightmare

damn forgot about that one. Amazing album. Failing Winds of Hopeless Greed is easily my favorite song off there.

07-16-2008, 02:04 PM	#21 (permalink)
British_pharaoh Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 454	The Subways - All Or Nothing __________________ "I hate Purity, I hate Goodness, I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone corrupt to the bones" Fat Ed's Guide To Metal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfdqV_sqal0

07-18-2008, 12:24 AM	#22 (permalink)
Zombeels Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 339	The M's - Real Close Ones Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) Electric President - Sleep Well MGMT - Oracular Spectacular Ratatat - LP3 Venus - The Red Room Telepathic Butterflies - Breakfast In Suburbia Deerhunter - Microcastle Why? - Alopecia Vampire Weekend - ST Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks Beck - Modern Guilt The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams Tapes N' Tapes - Walk It Off __________________ What It Is

07-18-2008, 03:05 AM	#23 (permalink)
15Steps The Passenger Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bucketheadland Posts: 583	The Raconteurs - Consolers of the lonely 7/10 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 8.5/10 Fleet foxes - Fleet foxes 9.5/10 Sigur ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust 7.5/10 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs 8.5/10 Flogging Molly - Float 9.0/10 __________________

07-18-2008, 09:37 PM	#26 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	****, I completely forgot the new Hold Steady album was coming out. Metacritic's giving it good reviews. I'm gonna hit it up tonight see what I think about it... __________________ first.am

07-19-2008, 06:44 AM	#27 (permalink)
Jonz Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 93	Fav to least: Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster… The Kooks - Konk Islands - Arm's Way Feeder - Silent Cry Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours The National - The Virginia (EP) Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt The Long Blondes - Couples Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams Nada Surf - Lucky MGMT - Oracular Spectacular She and Him - Volume One The Twilight Sad - Here, It Never Snowed, Afterwards It Did (EP) R.E.M - Accelerate Youth Group - The Night Is Ours (ranked last because I've only had one listen, and nothing jumped out. Sounded kinda **** compared to CTD, but it may take time). __________________ Last edited by Jonz; 07-19-2008 at 06:53 AM.

07-18-2008, 09:00 PM	#24 (permalink)
Son of JayJamJah Occams Razor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: End of the Earth Posts: 2,472	Beck's Modern Guilt has really grown on me and along with Van Morrison's "Keep it Simple" are my favorite releases this year so far.

07-18-2008, 09:11 PM	#25 (permalink)
Muzak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,050	so far: Opeth- Watershed Crystal Castles- S/T Protest the Hero- Fortress Sigur ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust Children of Bodom- Blooddrunk Less Than Jake- GNV FLA

07-19-2008, 04:30 PM	#28 (permalink)
Vexed Groupie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 15	This is very loosely ordered. I'm crap at ordering lists past my favourite 1 or 2. DeVotchKa - A Mad & Faithful Telling Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust The Roots - Rising Down iTAL tEK - Cyclical Flying Lotus - Los Angeles Protest the Hero - Fortress Jamie Lidell - Jim Beck - Modern Guilt Boris - Smile Meshuggah - obZen Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple Sia - Some People Have Real Problems Girl Talk - Feed the Animals Immortal Technique - The 3rd World Venetian Snares - Detrimentalist Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale Opeth - Watershed The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath Arsis - We Are the Nightmare an EP Ólafur Arnalds - Variations of Static And a Mixtape Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing The worst Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8 __________________

07-19-2008, 05:16 PM	#29 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	^^^ A nice varied list there. Good call on Benga. That is slowly growing on me. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”