Great thread...I actually thought of making one along these lines myself. I've actually discovered a lot more music from previous years than this year, so my list would be a lot longer. I'll try to narrow it down to 5:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg XTC - Skylarking I have actually had this album for a few years, but it wasn't until a couple months ago that it completely clicked and now it's been on rotation constantly. Albums that all of the sudden reveal their brilliance are my favorite kind, and now this is easily one of my favorite albums of all time. http://www.mutablesound.com/home/wp-...er-buttons.jpg Broadcast - Tender Buttons Broadcast are probably my favorite discovery of the year. They kick started a psychedelic craving like no other band has. After obsessing over their whole discography, I moved on to some great 60's psych that I never knew existed. http://www.plong.com/MusicCatalog/E/...lumination.jpg Entheogenic - Spontaneous Illumination I've also had an intense obsession with Goa (psychedelic) trance this year. While there have been some greats (Hallucinogen, Astral Projection, Doof), these guys stand apart. They slow down the tempo and beef of the psychedelics to produce some truly great music. This album is so relaxing. When I'm pumped I reach for your everyday Goa...when I need to meditate I pull this one out. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:x...goroth.jpg&t=1 Gorgoroth - Incipit Satan I live with a giant metalhead who plays in a metal band, so eventually the stuff rubbed off on me. I listened to metal in high school, but fell out of favor with it shortly after that. It wasn't until this last year that I have rediscovered it. I love music with atmosphere, so black metal is hands down my favorite. Gorgoroth is one of the better know black metal bands, but I feel it is for good reason. This album is just great. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Bethany Curve - You Brought Us Here My favorite shoegaze discovery of the year. So atmospheric, so many guitars, and so damn addictive. Everyone needs to listen to this album...it is just amazing. Ok, one more... http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_63hazZMFIY...cc0/s320/x.jpg My Little Airport - Zoo Is Sad, People Are Cruel I had a bit of a soft spot for twee pop this year, and My Little Airport takes top honors. Twee is great no matter what country it comes from, but for some reason when Asians do it, it just fits. Their accents when they sing in English are so endearing and the songs in Chinese are so catchy and well written that you will swear you can understand what they are singing about. |
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The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) A lot of talk was going on about this LP on MB awhile back and I decided to check it out. One of the best concept albums. http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...e_FRENTE_1.jpg McDonald and Giles - McDonald and Giles (1971) I heard these guys did some music together, but never listened to it till late this year. Great work these two did. http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...005-Black1.jpg Sunn O))) - Black One (2005) In the case of this album the cover says it all. Dark and brooding. A great listen maximum volume yields maximum results! :hphones: |
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http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image...500_AA240_.jpg The Cannanes-A Love Affair With Nature Cool Jangly Twee stuff. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KwLqyDtVKU...ameseDream.jpg The Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream My first Pumpkins album, blew my mind on first listen. http://www.soundstagedirect.com/medi...kins_adore.jpg The Smashing Pumpkins-Adore The lyrics on this are amazing. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Fischer-Z-Red Skies Over Paradise Underrated New Wave, Marliese is an immensely beautiful song. http://p4b.nu/wp-content/uploads/200..._b-300x300.jpg The Bug-London Zoo Really unique Reggae tinged Dance music, kinda Dubstep? I don't know, but it's certainly brilliant. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cs29GzmsaD...re_Of_Pain.jpg Christian Death-Only Theatre of Pain Great dark Goth Rock with intelligent lyrics. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DsWLMV1pUx...s320/cover.jpg Familjen-Det Snurrar I Min Skalle The catchiest Electropop There's more but I can't think off the top of my head. |
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The National - Boxer i'm almost embarrassed that i didn't know of the national until this year. Fake empire is probably my favourite of the album it's an amazing song! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...swellseaon.jpg Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - The Swell Season again i was really slow at learning of new music.. their voices go so incredibly well together! even though it's mostly soft and folkish i love how his voice can have such an edge to it when singing. and after seeing Once i just love it so much more! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ills_album.jpg The Kills - Midnight Boom i really like the simplicity of the music and i love Alison Mosshart! (: |
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As are those two Smashing Pumpkins albums. |
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OO fun fun, I wanna play! Discovered a ridiculous amount of great music this year. Thank you Internets!
http://www.music-lyrics-chord.com/co...Whigs_1965.jpg The Afghan Whigs - 1965 - 1998 Obscenely underrated. My album of the year. Mediocre grunge band pull out a drug damaged soul- rock masterpiece from out of nowhere. Like a forgotten and unlikely Stones album in which Jagger sounds bruised and vulnerable. http://media.prefixmag.com/site_medi...-smart_q85.jpg Ariel Pink's Huanted Graffiti - Doldrums - 2004 Lo-fi loner rock. Ariel is the most idiosyncratic songwriter in indie today. Probably not for everyone as this really is lo-fi, but his oddball twist on 70's AOR is funny, fun and refreshing. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Can - Tago Mago - 1971 I avoided these for ages, always assuming they might sound like 70's Pink Floyd who I can't stand. But I was well wrong. This stuff is immense. 'Aumgn' is the most terrifying racket I've ever heard. Greatest white rhythm section of all time? http://spectrumculture.com/assets/rap8.jpg A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory - 1991 Yeah I know. I know. I'm not even fashionably late. But forgive me, for years the only ATCQ track I knew was 'Can I Kick It' which I'm still not a fan of, and I always associated them with the mainly toothless Hip Hop alternative underground. But this is full of immaculate, stoned jazz-funk beats, and Q Tip at his dizzying, abstract best. Midnight Marauders is great too. http://thevannoys.dyndns.org/Glen/CD...ell%20Blue.jpg Joni Mitchell - Blue - 1971 Another artist I overlooked for years due to ignorance. I downloaded one of her albums in the Napster days. It wasn't what I expected and I deleted it off my IPod. Fortunatly my mind has opened over the years and out of curiosity I tried again. And it blew me the f**k away. Every track is so beautifully crafted. The greatest female songwriter of all time? http://www.myguitarsolo.com/500Album...%20Py%20Py.jpg The Meters - Look Ka Py Py - 1969 Vintage New Orleans funk. Licks you up in all the right places. My fave funk LP. http://www.1000recordings.com/images...neu!-613-l.jpg Neu! - Neu!75 - 1975 More Kruatrock. Sometime It gives me the feeling of flying through space from the comfort of my bed. 'Leb' Woh' has been known to make me cry. http://beabetterproducer.com/wp-cont...Bs-150x150.jpg the JB's - Food For Thought - 1972 Funkiest funking funk from funks foremost funkers. I love James Brown but I like this above his LPs. Most 80's hip hop wouldn't have happened without it. http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/8675887.jpg ABC - Lexicon of Love - 1982 80's pop thrills with brains. I've seen it described as 'Dylan goes disco' which is about right. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...atoKetchup.jpg Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup - 1996 Hypnotic non-Kraut Krautrock, with delicious chanteuse vocals. Had Mars Audiac for years and couldn't stand it except 'Ping Pong'. Listened to this a couple of months back and everything just kinda clicked. Don't you just love it when that happens? I'd rate all of these amongst my favourites of all time. It was only this year that I really started downloading stuff and lovely new destinations have been added to my musical map. The only downside is that I sometimes feel overwhelmed with all this music and maybe not devouring a single album like I should. More to come . . . . |
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I forgot one! I didn't think about it because I was concentrating on artists/bands, but this comp deserves a mention.
V/A - Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities, Vol. 1: 1968 - 1974 (2005) A few months back, a friend invited me to a rare soul/deep funk dance night and I had the best time. The very next day, I asked for recommendations on another forum I visit daily, and this was one of many that I received. It's the one that made the best impression on me, the one I can really get down to! Really amazing stuff. http://static.rateyourmusic.com/albu...es/s312850.jpg |
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