Name your favorite albums of the past year (June '04 - June '05)
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In no particular order, my favourite albums of the last 12 months:

The Killers 'Hot Fuss'
The White Stripes 'Get Behind Me Satan'
The Libertines 'The Libertines'
Hard-Fi 'Stars of CCTV'
Ordinary Boys 'Over the Counter Culture'
Listed Crime -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @09:32AM (#173481)
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  • Re:Best by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday August 02 2005, @01:50PM
    • Re:Best by mikeyboy (Score:1) Wednesday August 03 2005, @06:13AM
      First Of The Gang To Decide....... (Score:0)
      I love this poll, even though I know it's slightly pretentious. I do like to see what people are in to! More reissues than new albums for me I'm afraid - rare is the new album that astonishes me. Anyway, here goes

      NEW ALBUMS

      1. Junior Boys, Last Exit - sublime
      2. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Abbatoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus
      3. Madvillain, Madvillainy (not sure if this was out just before this time frame, but I only got it five months ago)
      4. Richmond Fontaine, The Fitzgerald.

      And, err, that's it.

      REISSUES

      1. The Fall, The Complete Peel Sessions - if the Smiths box is anything like this, it'll be BRILLIANT!
      2. The Clash, London Calling 25th Anniversary
      3. REM, Automatic For The People
      4. Ian Dury And The Blockheads, New Boots And Panties
      5. Super Furry Animals, Songbook Volume 1
      7. Public Enemy, Power To The People And The Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits
      8. The Fall, Hex Enduction Hour
      9. Wu Tang Clan, Legend Of The Wu Tang
      10. X Ray Spex, Germ Free Adolescents
      11. Luke Haines, Luke Haines Is Dead
      12. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.

      LOOKING FORWARD TO -

      Goldfrapp, Supernature; Super Furry Animals, Love Kraft; collaboration between MF Doom and Dangermouse (can't remember what it's called); Morrissey's new album - hopefully!! And others that I doubtless forget.
      Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @09:35AM (#173482)
      Best/Most played (Score:2, Funny)
      I would have to go for:

      Take Fountain - The Wedding Present
      Ambulance Ltd
      The Magic Numbers
      Kasabian
      Once More With Feeling - Placebo
      Sphinx * -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @09:46AM (#173485)
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        OK, this is sad, but... (Score:0)
        I don't think I've even bought 5 albums.

        Um. Hot Fuss, Daft Punk "Only Human"; um. hmm. "Hidden Cameras" not sure of title;

        OK, i'm old.
        Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:06AM (#173492)
          Um... (Score:1)
          1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
          2. Brian Wilson: Smile
          3. Jobriath: Lonely Planet Boy
          4. The Fall: The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)

          These are the only albums I purchased this year that were actually new releases...and Smile and Jobriath are not really new. Guess modern music is a little weak, sorry. Can I list non-new releases that I came into this year? Sure!

          1. The Walker Brothers: After the Lights Go Out: Best of 1965-1967
          2. Songs the Cramps Taught Us (3 disk box)
          3. The Wolfe Tones: Rifles of the IRA
          4. Leonard Cohen: Death of a Ladies Man
          5. The Pretty Things: S.F. Sorrow
          6. Love and Rockets: s/t
          7. The Champs: The Champs Greatest Hits
          VulgarEpiphany -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:06AM (#173493)
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          • Re:Um... by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday August 02 2005, @02:15PM
            • Re:Um... by VulgarEpiphany (Score:1) Wednesday August 03 2005, @07:04AM
            This year (Score:1)
            Doves "Some Cities"
            The Tears "Here come the Tears"
            Decemberists "Picturesque"
            Gorillaz "Demon Days"
            Ben Folds "Songs for Silverman"
            Lon * <loneal@ureach.com> -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:11AM (#173495)
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            • Re:This year by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:06AM
              • Re:This year by Lon (Score:1) Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:19AM
              My Faves This Past Year (Score:0)
              1. Arcade Fire- Funeral
              2. Bloc Party- Banquet
              3. Le Tigre- This Island
              4. Koffin Kats- Inhumane (the best psychobilly band right now, period!)
              5. 12 Step Rebels- Go Go Graveyard Rockin'
              Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:23AM (#173496)
                top 5 (Score:0)
                1. Gang Gang Dance - God's Money
                2. Go Kart Mozart - Tearing up the Album Charts
                3. Dizze Rascal - Showtime
                4. The Fall - Interim
                5. Boredoms - Seadrum/House of Sun
                Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:26AM (#173497)
                • Re:top 5 by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday August 02 2005, @01:49PM
                  • in a word, yes by dallow_bg (Score:1) Wednesday August 03 2005, @01:03AM
                  • Re:top 5 by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday August 02 2005, @02:19PM
                    • Re:top 5 by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday August 04 2005, @09:36AM
                    • Re:top 5 by Daniela (Score:1) Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:39PM
                      • Re:top 5 by Sharron Needles (Score:1) Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:00PM
                        Some Cities (Score:1)
                        Doves- Some Cities. Best album by the band band in the world at the moment.

                        Also good albums by New Order, Killers, Interpol, Kaiser Chiefs, Ordinary Boys, Coldplay, British Sea Power and Moby.
                        Worlds Ugliest Boy -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:26AM (#173498)
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                        • Re:Some Cities by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday August 02 2005, @02:23PM
                          Regina Spektor (Score:1)
                          It's hard for me to remember what came out after June of last year....so maybe I'll come back with a full list.....

                          For now, by far my favorite album since "Your Are The Quarry" is Regina Spektor's "Soviet Kitsch."
                          It's a fun album, it's a playful album, and Regina's got a beautiful voice and cool lyrics.

                          I've also been playing Cobra Verde's "Copycat Killers" a lot, but I'm not sure it should count as it is an all-covers album.

                          But yeah, I'll have to think about the rest more.....

                          LoafingOaf * -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:27AM (#173500)
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                          Fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling.
                          so far (Score:1)
                          sufjan stevens - "illinois"
                          art brut - "bang bang rock and roll"
                          bloc party - "silent alarm"
                          doves - "some cities"
                          feist - "let it die" (reissue?)
                          state of emergency -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:29AM (#173501)
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                          "others conquered love, but i ran..."
                            best of 2005, so far (Score:1)
                            In no particular order...
                            1) Art Brut - Bang, Bang, etc.
                            2) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Self Titled
                            3) Cass McCombs - Prefection - (seriously a KILLER album)
                            4) New Waves: 45 Original 45's from the Post Punk Era
                            5) Gang of Four - Entertainment!(reissue)
                            6) World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing - (these is a disc of music from western Africa in the early 1970s. some of stuff on it is sick, funky.)
                            7) Mahjongg - Raydoncong 2005
                            8) Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
                            9) Monade - A Few Steps More
                            10) Beck - Guero
                            11) M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us

                            to name a few...
                            MichaelTCS -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:30AM (#173502)
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                            All the Dark Horses (Score:0, Troll)
                            You Are The Quarry, Morrissey – Platinum Edition (released December 7, 2004)

                            Weightlifting, Trashcan Sinatras – Deluxe Version (released August 31, 2004)

                            ------} This album is mature, earnest, accessible, textured, nuanced, lush, carefully crafted, and very pretty. Expansive melodies, beautiful harmonies, and masterful guitar work. You won't be disappointed.

                            Hot Fuss, The Killers (released June 15, 2004)

                            The Libertines, The Libertines (released August 31, 2004)

                            No Cities Left, The Dears (released October 12, 2004)

                            Live at Earls Court, Morrissey (released March 29, 2005)

                            Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, Tears For Fears (released September 14, 2004)

                            Singles 1984-2004, A-Ha (released December 21, 2004)

                            ------} Not the 1 hit wonders the American music industry would have you believe. With classics like ‘The Sun Always Shines on TV,’ ‘Hunting High & Low,’ ‘Stay On These Roads,’ ‘The Living Daylights’ and 14 other great songs, spanning 7 albums, you can't go wrong.

                            Remixes 81-04 - Depeche Mode – Box Set (released October 26, 2004)

                            Pornography, The Cure - Deluxe Edition - Remastered (released April 26, 2005)
                            Belligerent Ghoul -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:33AM (#173503)
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                            Crash into my arms - I want you - You don't agree - But you don't refuse - I know you
                            Me faves... (Score:1)
                            well, I not spend much these days on music. I was given some stuff and heard some charming things on T4.

                            1. Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes.
                            2. Want Two - Rufus Wainwright
                            3. An earlier Rufus Wainwright CD (can't be bothered going to car to see what it is). ... that's it.
                            and2rew -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:44AM (#173508)
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                              Are we all going to post on here? (Score:1)
                              It's going to be a tight squeeze.

                              Anyway, if you're on Coronation street you might here the following from the Barlow household:

                              ( not necessarily in this order)

                              British Sea Power- Open Season
                              The Arcade Fire_ Funeral
                              Sons and Daughters- The Repulsion Box
                              Orange Juice- The Glasgow School
                              Belle and Sebastian- Push Barman to Open All Wounds

                              Honourable mention to Moz live at Earls Court (sneak him in)
                              KenBarlow -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:47AM (#173509)
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                              In the Future When All is Swelled
                                I don't see what the hot fuss is about (Score:0)
                                The Killers, I mean they really are an unoriginal pile of dog's business. And the way Flowers has now adopted Morrissey's mannerisms kinda makes me want to smash his face in.
                                Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:47AM (#173510)
                                Another year (Score:1)
                                Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
                                The Concretes
                                The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Crash
                                Brian Wilson - Presents Smile
                                Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
                                Jennifer Gentle - Valende
                                Luna - Rendevous
                                booboomja -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:50AM (#173512)
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                                Not a great year but... (Score:1)
                                Arcade Fire - Funeral

                                Nick Cave - Abbatoir blues (double album)

                                Doves - Some cities

                                Low - The Great Destroyer

                                Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock

                                Blond redhead - Misery is a butterfly

                                St Etienne - Tales from
                                carnal artist -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @10:58AM (#173514)
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                                • Nearly forgot by carnal artist (Score:1) Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:03AM
                                  Hate to... (Score:0)
                                  ...sound as though I'm copying directly off our man, but "Shots" by Damien Dempsey is simply magnificent.
                                  Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:06AM (#173517)
                                    Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Score:0)
                                    I only saw them listed twice so far...how can this be? I know they've been hyped a lot but they seem like the real deal to me...their album is AMAZING! And I agree with an earlier post about the Killers...good band with a few good songs but the album doesn't hold up as a whole and I don't think we'll be hearing about them in three years time.
                                    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:08AM (#173519)
                                      the favorites (Score:0)
                                      most of this year has been shit. pure shit. but here are the bests.

                                      Jet By Day - the Vulture
                                      Rump Posse - Steamy Scandals and Love Handles
                                      Sleater-Kinney - the Woods
                                      Boris - Akuma No Uta
                                      Fantomas - Suspended Animation

                                      fuck Killers, fuck Bloc Party, fuck Kasabian, fuck Bravery, fuck all that shit. the "indie" hits this year have been anything but.
                                      Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:22AM (#173523)
                                      Brett & Bernard Return! (Score:1)
                                      The Tears - Here Come The Tears
                                      Gorillaz - Demon Days
                                      LCD Soundsystem - S/T
                                      Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
                                      Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
                                      mozorder -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:31AM (#173527)
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                                      Fave albums (Score:1)
                                      Interpol-Antics
                                      British Sea Power-Open Season
                                      The Go! Team-Thunder,Lightning,Strike
                                      Bright Eyes-I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
                                      Secret Machines-Now Here Is Nowhere

                                      As well as listening to the usuals such as Franz. American Idiot by Green Day is also very good.
                                      Jesus forgives -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:38AM (#173529)
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                                        Hmm... (Score:1)
                                        Gorillaz-Demon Days

                                        Chemical Brothers-Push the Button

                                        Beastie Boys-To the Five Boroughs

                                        julyspawnedamonster <melinda@yalla.com> -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:41AM (#173530)
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                                          To name but a few... (Score:0)
                                          This year:
                                          Want Two - Rufus Wainwright
                                          Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team
                                          Shots - Damien Dempsey
                                          Tap the red cane whirlwind - Kelly Joe Phelps
                                          Dear Heather - Leonard Cohen

                                          Blinding stuff I acquired this year but has been out for a while:
                                          I Trawl the Megahertz - Paddy McAloon
                                          A Meeting at the River - Vishnu Mohan Bhatt and Ry Cooder
                                          Come on in - R. L. Burnside
                                          Nighthawks at the Diner - Tom Waits.

                                          Sorry: way off topic.
                                          Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @11:45AM (#173532)
                                            this past year... (Score:1)

                                            the killers - hot fuss (demo)
                                            interpol - antics
                                            morrissey - live in chile 2004

                                            palare * -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @12:00PM (#173537)
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                                            where the world's ugliest boy became what you see...
                                              Best of 2005 (Score:0)
                                              Picaresque -The Decemberists
                                              Silent Alarm -Bloc Party
                                              I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning -Bright Eyes
                                              Pornography (Reissue) -The Cure
                                              X&Y -Coldplay

                                              Hopefully I can add a new Moz album to the list by the end of this year.
                                              Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @12:07PM (#173539)
                                                Oasis, The Killers and Franz Ferdinand (Score:0)
                                                My picks for the last year or so have been:
                                                Oasis- Don't Believe The Truth (Great CD!)
                                                The Killers- Hot Fuss
                                                Franz Ferdinand
                                                Not all of these came out in '05 but that's when I got them. By the way, the new Coldplay sucks!
                                                thetexasbloke
                                                 
                                                Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @12:10PM (#173540)
                                                  Some recommended new albums ... (Score:0)
                                                  I'm not sure why some people say that there is not much quality music lately. Are you kidding? Everybody has their own opinion, so I guess some people could really feel that way. Anyway, in my humble opinion, the following groups have put out albums in the last year or so that are worth your money. (In alphabetical [kind of] order for your viewing pleasure).

                                                  acid house kings
                                                  ari up
                                                  aveo
                                                  caitlin cary and thad cockrell
                                                  clap your hands say yeah
                                                  clor
                                                  DraculaZombieUSA
                                                  Emiliana Torrini
                                                  final fantasy
                                                  four tet
                                                  freezepop
                                                  great lake swimmers
                                                  idlewild
                                                  john vanderslice
                                                  k-os
                                                  king django
                                                  letting up despite great faults
                                                  longwave
                                                  math and physics club
                                                  micah p. hinson
                                                  mike park
                                                  nouvelle vague
                                                  outhud
                                                  panico
                                                  pas/cal
                                                  pernice brothers
                                                  Royal Edinburgh Music
                                                  ry cooder
                                                  seespot
                                                  Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
                                                  stars
                                                  supergrass
                                                  The Boy Least Likely To
                                                  the dears
                                                  the diskettes
                                                  the evens
                                                  the go! team
                                                  the hold steady
                                                  the legends
                                                  the national
                                                  the oohlas
                                                  the orange peels
                                                  the organ
                                                  the pheonemes
                                                  the winter pageant
                                                  trespassers william
                                                  viva voce
                                                  wolf parade

                                                  and the list goes on and on...there are more albums and even record companies to suggest, but I will end the list there. Enjoy!

                                                  shanonymous
                                                  Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @12:14PM (#173541)
                                                    2005ish (Score:1)
                                                    Picaresque (Decemberist)
                                                    Let us never speak of it again (Out Hud)
                                                    Lost and Safe (Books)
                                                    Coming on Strong (Hot Chip)
                                                    OK Cowboy (Vitalic)
                                                    In the Clear (Ivy)
                                                    Best Party Ever (Boy Least Likely To)
                                                    Thrills (Ellen Allien)
                                                    Cookbook (Missy Eliott)
                                                    etc etc etc!
                                                    ProtestSinger -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @12:24PM (#173543)
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                                                    .*.* I can smile about it now but at the time it was terrible *.*.
                                                    June '04 - June '05 (Score:1)
                                                    01. Lazarus - "Like Trees We Grow Up to Be Satellites"
                                                    02. Parker and Lily - "The Low Lows"
                                                    03. Flashpapr - "Flashpapr"
                                                    04. Carissa's Wierd - "I Before E"
                                                    05. The Remote Viewer - "Let your Heart Draw a Line"
                                                    06. Adrian Crowley - "A Northern Country"
                                                    07. Marissa Nadler - "The Saga of Mayflower May"
                                                    08. Hauschka - "Substantial"
                                                    09. Picastro - "Metal Cares"
                                                    10. Hood - "Outside Closer"
                                                    11. The Durutti Column - "Tempus Fugit"
                                                    12. Remora - "Enamored"

                                                    Honourable mention(s):

                                                    S - "Puking And Crying"
                                                    Aarktica - "Bleeding Light"
                                                    Malcolm Middleton - "Into the Woods"
                                                    Damien Jurado - "On my Way to Absence"
                                                    Maria Taylor - "11:11"
                                                    Smog - "A River is too Much to Love"
                                                    Savoy Grand - "People and What they Want"
                                                    The Books - "Lost and Safe"
                                                    L'altra - "Different Days"
                                                    The Organ - "Grab That Gun"
                                                    Small Town Boredom - "For Only The Chosen Will Love"
                                                    The London Apartments - "Romanticism Aside"
                                                    Great Lake Swimmers - "Bodies and Minds"

                                                    Codreanu <codreanu@sbcglobal.net> -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @12:37PM (#173545)
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                                                    Let's do nothing about it!
                                                      best 5 (Score:0)
                                                      my best 5:

                                                      bloc party
                                                      franz ferdinand
                                                      ordinary boys
                                                      dead 60s
                                                      libertines

                                                      no order
                                                      Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @12:57PM (#173550)
                                                        Xiu Xiu (Score:0)
                                                        La Foret is so sad, yet so happy :)
                                                        Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @01:05PM (#173555)
                                                        another year, another pitiful list (Score:1)
                                                        Modest Mouse
                                                        Of Montreal
                                                        suzanne * <{suzsch} {at} {sbcglobal.net}> -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @01:32PM (#173560)
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                                                        I scare dead people.
                                                          Shatner (Score:0)
                                                          Seriously - I know it sounds like I'm going for cult/tacky-chic, but William Shatner's "Has Been" was a marvellously produced, musically diverse and lyrically touching/hilarious LP. Only his dodgy cover of "Common People" let it down. Really, check it out - you may regret it, but at least a few of you will be converted to the genius of Shatner...
                                                          Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @01:57PM (#173576)
                                                            Not in order (Score:0)
                                                            The Diary - 'Separate' http://thediary-separate.com/ [thediary-separate.com], Moz - 'Live At Earl's Court', New Order - 'Waiting For the Siren's Call', Erasure - 'Nightbird', NIN - 'With Teeth'
                                                            Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @02:22PM (#173583)
                                                              Faves This Year (so far...) (Score:0)
                                                              The Concretes "The Concretes"
                                                              The Go! Team "Thunder Lightning Strike!"
                                                              Kings Of Convenience "Riot On An Empty Street"
                                                              M.I.A. "Arular"
                                                              Dungen "Ta Det Lugnt"
                                                              The Boy Least Likely To "The Best Party Ever"
                                                              The Dears "No Cities Left"
                                                              Sufjan Stevens "Illinois"
                                                              The Decemberists "Picaresque"
                                                              Petra Haden "Sings The Who Sell Out"
                                                              The Kinks "Village Green Preservation Society" (reissue)

                                                              Disappointments: "Live at Earl's Court" (crappy sound); Beck (dull); Trashcan Sinatras (M.O.R.); Le Tigre (over-produced)

                                                              I know I'm forgetting something...
                                                              *easymeat
                                                              Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @03:01PM (#173593)
                                                                Some stuff not hitherto given their due (Score:1)
                                                                Brendan Benson - Alternative to Love
                                                                Tom McRae - All Maps Welcome
                                                                Josh Rouse - Nashville
                                                                Son Volt - Okemah and the Melody of Riot
                                                                Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs
                                                                I Am Kloot - Gods and Monsters

                                                                Plus a couple best of
                                                                Gomez - Out West (Live)
                                                                Powderfinger - Best Of

                                                                And 3 to look out for in August:

                                                                Death Cab for Cutie
                                                                Jon Vanderslice
                                                                New Pornographers
                                                                Mmmmmm -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @03:23PM (#173597)
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                                                                  I haven't been keeping up with the music scene but (Score:1)
                                                                  the following are my favourites from the past twelve months or so:

                                                                  Momus - Otto Spooky
                                                                  Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
                                                                  The Cock - Tuppence
                                                                  Dorothy - Fat Lady With Beard

                                                                  Actually, that about it.

                                                                  I'm sure I'll think of others once I've posted this.

                                                                  The following are old, but new to me:

                                                                  Love - Forever Changes

                                                                  Er... actually, once again, that's it.

                                                                  boredhousewife -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @03:38PM (#173599)
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                                                                    The Best (Score:0)
                                                                    The Dears - No Cities Left
                                                                    Marjorie Fair - Self Help Serenade
                                                                    Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @03:44PM (#173600)
                                                                      best (Score:1)
                                                                      oh, i'm not that hip anymore, but here is what I listened to in late 2004/early 2005

                                                                      tom waits- real gone
                                                                      nick cave- lyre of orpheus/abbatoir blues
                                                                      social distortion- sex, love and rock n' roll
                                                                      british sea power- open season
                                                                      the killers- hot fuss
                                                                      steve earle- the revolution starts now
                                                                      new order- waiting for the sirens call
                                                                      human aftertaste- white man's voodoo
                                                                      u2- how to dismantle an atomic bomb
                                                                      the tears- here come the tears
                                                                      Chumbawamba-un
                                                                      the Cure- s/t
                                                                      PJ Harvey- uh huh her
                                                                      Rowdy Yeats -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @04:03PM (#173602)
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                                                                        Nobody mentioned Wilco? (Score:1)
                                                                        Dear Friends,

                                                                        Wilco's album, "A Ghost is Born"- merits a mention here. So does Tears For Fears "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending."

                                                                        Both are excellent.

                                                                        But the Wilco album is NOT easy to listen to- at first. But it is beautifully magnificent. Almost all 12 of the tracks are awesome!!!

                                                                        Does anyone else think so, too?

                                                                        The Tears for Fears album is wonderful, too- both bands terribly underrated.

                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                        Ken Stavitzke
                                                                        sycophantic_slag -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @04:09PM (#173603)
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                                                                        "And I just can't explain/ So I won't even try to."
                                                                        Keane - "Hopes and Fears" (Score:1)
                                                                        This album is one of the best ever made. I rank it along with "The Queen is Dead", the The's "Mind Bomb", Happy Mondays "Pills, thrills and bellyaches"..to name a few. They say that "You never choose the music you listen to..it finds you". Well, the last time I was found was in '82 and that was the Smiths. And now Keane...
                                                                        Fence -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @05:08PM (#173606)
                                                                        (User #1034 Info)
                                                                        Heel in the back, size 13
                                                                        My list... (Score:0)
                                                                        The picks:

                                                                        Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak Of It Again (Has anyone else here been into this? It's amazing, the chorus on the song "It's For You" is a high point - pop perfection)

                                                                        M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (More of the same, although in this case that isn't a bad thing. I've always thought of M83 as very glammy)

                                                                        !!! - Louden Up Now

                                                                        Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus

                                                                        Ricardo Villalobos - Thé Au Harem D'Archimède

                                                                        Should have been better:

                                                                        The Libertines - The Libertines (Rather embarrassing in places "Don't Be Shy" and generally mediocre, although "Can't Stand Me Now" is undoubtedly the best single of last year, and "What Became of the Likely Lads" is also excellent)

                                                                        New Order - Waiting for the Sirens' Call (I think it's finally time for them to call it a day)
                                                                        Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @05:11PM (#173607)
                                                                          Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Score:0)
                                                                          Hands down.
                                                                          Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @05:18PM (#173610)
                                                                          Gotta have... (Score:1)
                                                                          Green Day - American Idiot
                                                                          Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
                                                                          The Futureheads - The Futureheads
                                                                          Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
                                                                          Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
                                                                          nine inch nails - With Teeth
                                                                          Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
                                                                          Dredg - Catch Without Arms
                                                                          Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
                                                                          Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Shake the Streets
                                                                          Interpol - Antics
                                                                          Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere
                                                                          Pinback - Summer in Abbadon
                                                                          The Honorary Title - Anything Else But the Truth
                                                                          M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
                                                                          SeaDocked -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @06:55PM (#173617)
                                                                          (User #7779 Info)
                                                                          Boxing Depression with a Southpaw fist...
                                                                            yuck (Score:1)
                                                                            crappy year for music.

                                                                            i guess Live At Earl's Court was this year. not big on live albums, but this one is pretty good.

                                                                            Interpol's Antics is a terrible album, but "Evil" is a fantastic single

                                                                            the deluxo reissue of The Cure's Faith is brilliant. why they put the fast version of Primary on the album when the slow version (on disc 2) is so much better just shows how much drugs Rob had in his head at the time.

                                                                            those R. Kelly retarded soap opera things are pretty goddamn hillarious. i love his song writing style, which mainly constists of listing everything he did that morning and adding "up in the club" and "where the ladies/playas at"

                                                                            he should go to prison for statutory rape, but he should be shot for what he's done to music.
                                                                            mr. superinvisible -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @07:30PM (#173619)
                                                                            (User #6367 Info)
                                                                              My faves (Score:1)
                                                                              The Arcade Fire ~ Funeral
                                                                              The Tears ~ Here Come The Tears
                                                                              Regina Spektor ~ Soviet Kitsch
                                                                              The Decemberists ~ Picaresque
                                                                              realitybites -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @07:45PM (#173620)
                                                                              (User #13041 Info)
                                                                              my picks (Score:1)
                                                                              1-Kings of Leon* (Aha Shake)
                                                                              2-Kings of Leon (Youth & Young Manhood)
                                                                              3-Bloc Party
                                                                              4-The Color
                                                                              5-Moz/Smith compilations

                                                                              *I've been around a long long time and these guys are the only ones to even come close to The Smiths.
                                                                              suburb -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @08:00PM (#173621)
                                                                              (User #14531 Info)
                                                                                galang galang! (Score:0)
                                                                                m.i.a.

                                                                                just a brilliant album.

                                                                                Anonymous -- Tuesday August 02 2005, @08:14PM (#173622)
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