OT: Top 10 (favorite) albums of the decade
by Kitspool on Jul 13, 2009 12:20 PM PDT
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PrintSince it's the All-Star Break, with four straight days of no Giants games, it's time for the off-topic equivalent of rosterbation. Namely, what do you think are the 10 (or 5, or 3) best albums of the decade? Or, to put it another way, which albums from 2000-2009 are your favorites?
My list is top-heavy on the first half of the Oughts, partially because it's hard to attach "classic" status to albums that are only a couple years old, and partially because I'm an Old Fart who is no longer up on the current hip bands. (You kids get off my lawn, and take your TV On the Radios and Dirty Projectors with you. Just kidding...I like the former and just haven't heard the latter.) This is in no particular order, although Boards of Canada, Radiohead and the New Pornographers are probably my Top 3:
Beulah, The Coast is Never Clear (2001)
Radiohead, Kid A (2000)
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Boards of Canada, Geoggadi (2002)
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema (2005)
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois (2005)
Arcade Fire, Neon Bible (2007)
Jurassic 5, Power in Numbers (2002)
The Delgados, Hate (2002)
Low, Things We Lost in the Fire (2001)
Have at it, Giants fans and music lovers.
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I’d put “American Idiot” in any list of top albums of the last decade.
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Just have to get it in here toward the top of the thread that Led Zeppelin has not released any new albums in the last 10 years so there is no list to be had.
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Are we including 2000 in this? If so:
10. Patrick Wolf – Wind in the Wires (2005)
One of the best albums in terms of atmosphere that I’ve ever heard.
9. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (2009)
Definitely my favorite album of this year and my band of the summer.
8. Scott Walker – The Drift (2006)
ARTY UNLISTENABLE PRETENTIOUS CRAP.
7. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
Maybe a bit too long and maybe a bit too pretentious but that’s okay, sometimes.
6. (tie) The National – Alligator and The National – Boxer (2005 and 2007)
I can never decide which one is better so I’ve just decided not to try.
5. Sun Kil Moon – Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)
Mark Kozelek’s best job pairing up his great songwriting while at the same time, avoiding his tendency towards excess in terms of length (Duk Koo Kim is long but it doesn’t drag, so I don’t mind it.)
4. Tom Waits – Alice (2002)
His best album, I’ve come to think.
3. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
Was probably too hyped up back when it came out, but it really did deserve all the accolades.
2. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
Better than OK Computer, imo.
1. Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica (2000)
Yeah, it’s become cool to act like this one sucks now and The Lonesome Crowded West is sooooo much better but I refuse to bow to the times because this one has much better pacing, no shitty songs and a much more interesting flow.
I started a list of honorable mentions but it got really long so I stopped.
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by jponry on Jul 13, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I had No More Shall We Part (the closest to making the list), Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus and Dig, Lazarus Dig!!! all in the list of Honorable Mentions :(
My 80s and 90s lists would be full of Cave, for what it’s worth.
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Uh, yeah, easily. Hail to the Thief is solid but it’s too long and has too many meh songs.
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I’m a huge Scott Walker fan. I even like the Drift, but the early Psychedelic crooner stuff is a gold mine.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite Scott Walker album is actually 4, but all the ones I have (1-4, Tilt, Drift) are great, in my opinion.
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Further to this
In fact, I think I love the Walker Brothers more than Scott Walker solo.
Though I do love him lots.
The “After the Lights Go Out” compilation is awesome. Has anyone seen the documentary that was recently made about him?
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
top of my head, more or less:
Bob Dylan, Love & Theft
Sleater-Kinney, One Beat
PJ Harvey, Stories from the City
MIA, Kala
TVotR, Return to Cookie Mountain
Joanna Newsom, Milk-Eyed Mender
Randy Newman, Harps and Angels
Eminem, Marshall Mathers
LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
That’s only nine, but I’m sure I’ve forgotten something vital.
I’m glad to see Milk-Eyed Mender make someone else’s list. It’s absolutely amazing, and unlike anything else I’ve heard.
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I agree completely. I think part of the problem with her second album is the production: on some songs the harp is mixed so low I can barely hear what she’s playing. And it’s the interaction of the harp, and the intricate rhythms she plays, with the vocals that make her first album so great.
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I have to agree on the Marshall Mathers lp, such an angry, brutal, and incredibly compelling listen, he wraps you up in his storytelling then punishes you for getting too close.
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I made a list of 14 albums, plus another one that I couldn’t include because all I remember about it is that I really really like it. Then I started cutting.
Sleater-Kinney, One Beat
The Magnetic Fields, i
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Tyranny of Distance
Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
Stars, Set Yourself On Fire
Beulah, Yoko
Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins, Rabbit Furcoat
The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree
The Thermals, The Body, The Blood, The Machine
The Wrens, The Meadowlands
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Mountain Goats … Tallahassee could have easily made my list, but for some reason that’s the only one of their albums I’ve listened to.
Tallahassee is brilliant but I’d agree that The Sunset Tree is the best.
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I got Tallahassee only recently after hearing people on here talk about it. Guess I’m going to have to get The Sunset Tree next.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
I liked The Body the Blood the Machine, but every Thermals album since More Parts Per Million has been a bit of a dissapointment.
Really?
I haven’t heard Fuckin’ A but I’d definitely put Now We Can See above MPPM and The Body the Blood the Machine is insanely great.
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These lists are incomplete as they lack both the Shins and Rogue Wave
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 13, 2009 12:49 PM PDT reply actions
I really like The Shins but none of their albums have had the WOW THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS EVER quality to them yet, for me.
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Really?
I pretty much feel that way about all of them.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 13, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
They have a few songs that reach that level for me but no album as a whole, yet.
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Same way for me. Some Shins songs absolutely knock me out, but the feeling hasn’t lasted an entire album yet.
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I get tired of the Shins about halfway through one of their albums.
Same goes for Sufjan, though he has an excuse because his are really long.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 13, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I honestly sometimes want to turn off Illinois after Predatory Wasp of the Palisades just because I get burned out, but on a song by song basis, even all the real songs after that are really good on their own.
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Also Shugo Tokumaru
and possibly Spoon.
Also, the list of great Magnetic Fields albums definitely begins at 69 Love Songs.
And jponry, I have to DQ Alice because it was originally written and performed and even partially recorded way back in ‘92. How much, if any, was recorded this decade is open to interpretation of Tom’s often conflicting and sometimes mischievous remarks on the topic.
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That is a fair point, I have to admit...
If I were to drop Alice from the list, the next album on it would probably be Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennae to Heaven.
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Ah! Stupid time! They might be my all time favorite, go to a club blind discovery — went to the Empty Bottle in Chicago to play some pool and Magnetic Fields were there (well, four of them anyway) and playing 69 Love Songs and just destroyed me. At that point they were selling the three disks separately — took me a couple years to get the full packaged set.
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I’d seen Magnetic Fields a few years before and didn’t care for them much, but right around the time that album came out, I saw Kelly Hogan play and she sang “Papa Was a Rodeo.” It was a showstopper; probably half of us in the club went out to buy 69 Love Songs the next day.
That’s just such a brilliant song. Although you lose something with only one singer.
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69 Love Songs is probably my favorite album ever. And I’m no spring chicken (39).
by Duelling Brandos on Jul 14, 2009 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
69 Love Songs is one of my favorites as well.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Did any of you get “Distortion” I thought it had a few good songs on it, namely California Girls and Too Drunk To Dream
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
California Girls is definitely my favorite off of it. On the whole I thought it was a little more consistent than i, though i had some higher highlights I thought.
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You know the song that just slays me is “It’s Only Time.” I always have to repeat that about 5 times when I listen to “i”. That and “I Don’t Really Love You Anymore” could actually have slotted in on 69 Love Songs somewhere and made it even better.
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69 Love Songs was released in 1999 and therefore doesn’t qualify.
Also, I have plenty of Spoon on my computer but I don’t really love any of it.
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Spoon is boring.
I like Fork a lot better!
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 14, 2009 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Indie Band Overload in 1......2......3
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jul 13, 2009 12:52 PM PDT reply actions
I’ll have to think about this, but I know that YHF, Twin Cinema and Power in Numbers are all on it. Also, as jponry mentioned The Moon, The Sun and Antarctica is one of the best things ever.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
I don’t listen to music form this decade.
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I think WalrusMan would just make a list of Zeppelin bootlegs he found this decade.
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Really? I thought Walrusman was into whatever the kids are listening to. The really little kids, I mean.
He owns the albums, but I don’t think he technically listens to them.
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In chronological order:
Radiohead, Kid A (2000)
Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
Sigur Ros, () (2002)
Joanna Newsom, Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods (2005)
BRMC, Howl (2005)
Beirut, The Flying Club Cup (2007)
Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna are You the Destroyer (2007)
Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam (2007)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz (2009)
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Strawberry Jam took awhile to grow on me, but once it did, goddamn. (I think I slightly prefer MPP though.)
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Me too. When I first heard Peacebone, I thought, “this is ridiculous”. Then about a month later, it randomly got stuck in my head, so I listened to it again, loved it, and bought the album. A weird song, but one of my favorites.
Come to think of it, that was my experience with Joanna Newsom’s Milk-Eyed Mender too. First listen, thought “too weird”, but on the second listen, months later, I absolutely loved it.
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Yeah, a lot of their music gives you the initial reaction of “What the shit is this?” but after awhile, all the hooks and whatnot make themselves a lot more obvious. My favorite song on SJ is probably For Reverend Green.
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I love the vocals on For Reverend Green, he makes abrupt shifts between normal singing, shouting, and falsetto sound awesome. If I tried to sing like that, it would sound so godawful I can’t even contemplate it.
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For Reverend Green would make my top 10 songs of the decade, for sure.
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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
<3 Beirut
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
“yoshimi battles…” is one of my favorite records.
love everything except the title track. will never understand that shrieking. o/w perfect record.
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by The Gene Hackman on Jul 13, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I read that the title track was actually written around the shrieking, done by some musician named Yoshimi whom they heard making all these weird noises in the recording studio when they were there. I agree it’s definitely the weak spot the album, but for me the drumming keeps it interesting enough to be worth listening to.
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yeah, the drumming is amazing. that dude’s like the second coming of Bonham.
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by The Gene Hackman on Jul 13, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
blackalicious – blazing arrow
bob dylan – “love and theft”
clinic – internal wrangler
cut copy – in ghost colours
madvillain – madvillainy
radiohead – in rainbows
ted leo/pharmacists – the tyranny of distance
the thermals – the body the blood the machine
the unicorns – who will cut our hair when we’re gone
the walkmen – bows + arrows
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nice list...
I want to make one, but this sort of stuff takes a lot of time for me. I have no idea right now what I’d put on there outside of Kid A and Madvillainy. I do love that Cut Copy album, which is really weird because I hated it upon first impression.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I just looked up to see when the Clinic record came out
as I was convinced I had a copy in 1998. Apparently not. Though, as I was living in the UK at the time, i reckon it came out earlier than over here
Of _this_ decade?
System of a Down – Toxicity (2001?)
uhhhhhh….
Donnas – Turn 21 (2001)
Donnas – Spend the NIght (2002)
uhhhh. There have some decent singles this decade?
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oh I forgot
NoFX – War on Errorism (2003)
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and
Opeth – Blackwater Park (2001)
AND GET OFF MY LAWN.
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NoFX=great
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I'll bring in a little hip hop flavor in here
The Cool – Lupe Fiasco (2007)
The Beautiful Struggle – Talib Kweli (2004)
Stillmatic – Nas (2001)
Supreme Clientele – Ghostface Killah (2000)
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There were a few that just missed the cut for me – The Cool, definitely, as well as Deltron 3030’s self titled.
And hopefully, when it finally comes out, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II will be worthy of mention! :D? :D?
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“Supreme Clientele” was my favorite album of this decade, hands down. A couple others that stand just beside Supreme were “Be” from Common and “Hell Hath No Fury” from Clipse.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice Lupe
I like that album too
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Great line-up this year. Saturday might not be for most people but I think this group will love Sunday: Flaming Lips, Decemberists, Yo La Tengo, Grizzly Bear, The Walkmen, etc.
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I’m going to Chicago this weekend and have tickets to the Pitchfork Music Festival on Friday: Tortoise, Yo La Tengo, Jesus Lizard, Buiilt to Spill. Excited, I am.
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The Jesus Lizard are alive?
holy shit!
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 14, 2009 1:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I was really disappointed by the Outside Lands Festival lineup but I think I might just go to the Sunday date for this. You forgot to mention BEIRUT!
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Love Beirut’s new album!
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The new-new one or Flying Club Cup? I haven’t heard the newest EP outside of a few songs.
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If you mean Flying Club Cup though
I agree, it’s awesome.
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Flying Club Cup is awesome — but I was actually thinking of March of the Zapotec, which come to think of it, is only half of a double EP, and I didn’t download the other half.
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<3 Beirut, so creative and eclectic.
Which album is “La Llorona” from? Their upcoming one? What a great song
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Both Decemberists and Yo La Tengo are ridiculously fun in concert (although I haven’t warmed up to the Decemberists new album, which might make them just ridiculous this go round). And of course the Flaming Lips have balloons! and are always great live as well.
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Can’t believe nobody’s picked anything from Yo La Tengo. Summer Sun and I Will Beat You… both excellent.
I was going to mention this as well. Actually, And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out came out in 2000, and I think that’s the greatest work in Yo La Tengo’s long great career.
Also a shout out for the awesome Dengue Fever, for sounding like no one else. Escape from the Dragon House and Venus on Earth are both wonderful.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
In no particular order
Sleater-Kinney – All Hands on the Bad One
Drive-By Truckers – The Dirty South
Orchestra Baobab – Specialist in All Styles
Old 97’s – Satellite Rides
Imperial Teen – On
Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Todd Snider – The Devil You Know
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
Bob Dylan – Love and Theft
Hmm, really? I see you obviously prefer One Beat to All Hands and all I can say to that is “You’re No Rock ‘n’ Roll Fun.” Other than that, I think there’s a few close calls: Sonic Nurse over Rather Ripped? Ok, I guess. I consider pretty much every YLT album since President Yo La Tengo essential, so if you wanted to say Summer Sun or And Nothing beats I Am Not Afraid, I won’t argue. And all right-thinking people should own both East Nashville Skyline and The Devil You Know.
A funny thing about this list, though, that upon looking at it again makes me think I need to expand my horizons a bit: fully half of these albums are not my favorite by that artist. I would take Dig Me Out by S-K, Fight Songs by Old 97s, Electr-O-Pura by YLT, Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth, and Blood on the Tracks or Blonde on Blonde by Dylan if they were in the right decade. Sadly I just don’t listen to as many records as I once did, so I don’t discover new artists too quickly anymore. Got a few good ideas from this thread, though.
Allow me to recommend the All Songs Considered Podcasts — both the main ones and the “second stage” podcasts for even more obscure goodness.
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no particular order
Stankonia-OutKast
Elephunk-BEPs
Live in London-Leonard Cohen
Lateralus-Tool
Mended-Marc Anthony
Top 5!
I can’t quite make 10 since 2000 that I absolutely LOVE, so here’s my top 5:
Muse, “Black Holes & Revelations” (2006)
Muse, “Absolution” (2003)
MGMT, “Oracular Spectacular” (2008)
OutKast, “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” (2003)
Coldplay, “X&Y” (2005)
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 1:58 PM PDT reply actions
All That Remains – This Darkened Heart (2003)
Amon Amarth – WIth Oden On Our Side (2006)
Chimaira – The Impossibility Of Reason (2003)
Demon Hunter – Storm The Gates Of Hell (2007)
God Forbid – Gone Forever (2004)
Light This City – Facing The Thousand (2006)
Machine Head – The Blackening (2006)
Mastodon – Leviathan (2006)
Metallica – Death Magnetic (2008)
Mudvayne – L.D.50 (2000)
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ah, at least this guy has a hard drive worth copying...
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Metallica disappointed me with DM. MUCH much better than St. Anger (which was terrible imo), but still. I guess I have high expectations for them.
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I kinda like St Anger
but I hated everything they did before it and after “And justice…”
I don’t think I’ve heard more than a passing song on the radio from DM.
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Thats one of the main reasons I like Death Magnetic so much is it’s a huge improvement over St. Anger. Suicide & Redemption is what makes DM one of my favorites of the decade. There is just nothing else out there as awesome as a Metallica instrumental.
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by TehGreekStallion on Jul 13, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
SOOO f'n true man. S&M-- need I say more
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Muse – Absolution (2003)
Explosions In The Sky – The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place (2003)
JET – Shine On (2006)
The Killers – Hot Fuss (2004)
Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
O.A.R. – Souls Aflame (2000)
Slightly Stoopid – Everything You Need (2003)
Gorillaz – Demon Days (2005)
The Strokes – Room On Fire ( 2003)
Wolfmother – Wolfmother (2005)
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 13, 2009 2:04 PM PDT reply actions
Agree on Hot Fuss
I’ve really gotten hooked to The Killers. I liked their new album, but I expect better for the next one.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
I thought the new album was ok. I’m REALLY looking forward to what Muse does with their new album coming this fall and same with JET
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 13, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes Explosions! I think I like how strange innocence a little bit more but all their stuff is good. I had a really hard time choosing between them and God is An Astronaut.
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The soundtrack they did to Friday Night Lights is outstanding that was almost my choice. yeah God Is An Astronaut is really good from the stuff that I’ve heard.
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 14, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
+1 for Slightly Stoopid
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best of the decade
the creek drank the cradle
iron & wine
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honorable mention
roots & crowns
califone
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by The Gene Hackman on Jul 13, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
*feeling slightly out of place*
Jay Chou – 七里香 (Common Jasmin Orange)
m-flo – BEAT SPACE NINE
Otsuka Ai – LOVE PUNCH
Relient K – Five Score and Seven Years Ago
Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
Epik HIgh - Pieces, Part One
Five Iron Frenzy – The End Is Here
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR – 傲音プログレッシヴ
Tommy february6 – Tommy februray6
YumORANGE – ORANGE STREET 33
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why does 七里香 translate to “Common Jasmin Orange” rather than, say “Seven Mile Smell”?
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
I have no idea. Maybe that’s just the English name for the album.
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For example, his latest album is called “On the Run” in English, but the Chinese title is 我很忙.
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LOOK, THIS ROCK STAR THING TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME!
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
I liked 十一月的萧邦 (November’s Chopin) and 叶惠美 the most.
Also Anberlin’s a good pick.
My favorite though: Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory & Meteora)
There are some tracks from 十一月的萧邦 that I really really like, but overall, I like 七里香 the beste.
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Wasn’t Ai Otsuka traded for A Gonzalez and C Young? Shes cute.
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
in no particular order:
arcade fire – funeral
broken social scene – you forgot it in people
creeper lagoon – take back the universe and give me yesterday
radiohead – in rainbows
doves – last broadcast
the velvet teen – elysium
grandaddy – the sophtware slump
superdrag – in the valley of dying stars
spiritualized – let it come down
belle and sebastian – the life pursuit
HM:
bloc party – silent alarm
the stills – logic will break your heart
brmc – howl
longwave – the strangest things
the national – boxer
rogue wave – descended like vultures
idlewild – the remote part
the libertines – up the bracket
supergrass – road to rouen
the veils – the runaway found
pj harvey – stories from the city, stories from the sea
queens of the stone age – songs for the deaf
sigur ros – ()
spoon – gimme fiction
No order - I'm sure I missed some.
Angels of Light – We Are Him (2007)
Dona Dumitru Siminica – Sound from a Bygone Age Vol. 3 (Reissue from early ’60’s Romania) {2006}
The Glands – The Glands (2000)
Frank Black and the Catholics – Dog in the Sand (2001)
Boris – Akuma No Uta (2003)
LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Beachwood Sparks – Beachwood Sparks (2000)
Shugo Tokumaru – L S T (2005)
Tinariwen – Aman Iman (2007)
Fantomas – Suspended Animation (2005)
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 13, 2009 2:47 PM PDT reply actions
Like, Spoon – Girls Can Tell
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 13, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I belong in this line
I was born 30 years too late when it comes to music. 90% of the new music I listen to is country and even then it’s usually just a one-off song and not an entire album.
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis.
if you were born 30 years too late, there is a HUGE 70s revival going on… especially in indie-rock. a ton of said artists are listed in this comment board.
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the best spot I could find to put this, but apparently I’m supposed to like Jack White. What should I try and find?
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I’ll look up White Blood Cells to see.
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If you can, download a couple songs first.
“Hello Operator” which is off of De Stijl
“Little Bird” also off of De Stijl
A key thing to remember about White Blood Cells is that is contains absolutely zero guitar solos (in the traditional sense). De Stijl, and Elephant after that showcase the musicianship of Jack White moreso than White Blood Cells.
As stated in my favorite albums list, White Blood Cells is my #1 White Stripes album, but I thought I’d give you my own heads up as a huge fan.
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Well
There are a lot of great albums mentioned in this topic already and I already know I’m bookmarking this to check out the ones I don’t know.
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I’m familiar with a lot of them, but they don’t compel me to care.
for example, went record shopping on saturday and bought Black Sabbath Vol. 4 and Rush 2112 vinyl.
There is nothing really like this going on today. Sure, there are bands that try to copy those, but most don’t know how to play the instruments with the influences of the time that came before those two bands. They play with the influence of those two bands instead.
I strongly disagree.
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I agree with jponry’s disagreement. A lot of shitty pop bands probably don’t know music before Black Sabbath, but there are many musicians out there today who are quite well-versed in older music — read some interviews and it becomes clear.
Also, I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make with Black Sabbath. Their music is very simple, both in terms of instrumentation and composition. What do you hear in their music that is no longer going on today?
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 14, 2009 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions
they rock
that is all.
I sort of disagree that there is “nothing like this today” – I think there are some, although you might classify them as imitators, a sound is a sound.
I think I listed bands above that are “Throwbacky”:
White Stripes
Donnas
System of a Down
Jet (Jet kinda sucks… but they are at least in the old school metal spirit)
I am not a huge fan of Neu metal like Korn or … hell, I dunno. “Bands like Korn”… they seem to have lost it somewhere in a effort to be “harder” or something (nothing wrong with that)
I think some of the goofy 70-80s metal spirit is captured by the Pop Punk bands like NoFX, Blink 182, Offspring, Bowling for Soup, and dare I say it… Green Day. Green Day is… I dunno… like the Journey of Pop Punk. Well, maybe Van Halen on a good day.
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As a musician....
…I find this a silly statement.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 5:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m soooooooo happy there’s nothing like Rush going on today. Now if we could just eliminate the actual Rush as well we’d really have something.
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If you like 2112 and Sabbath I would recommend the following bands
Coheed and Cambria
Mastodon (their new album, Crack The Skye, is the one for you)
The Sword (try Age of Winters)
Priestbird
Opeth (try the Damnation album)
Three
Dream Theater
also, I’m not sure how someone plays with heavy metal influences of BEFORE Sabbath or prog influences BEFORE Rush’s 2112. I guess you could look at obscure Swedish stuff or Uriah Heep, or even King Crimson but why would you choose to be influenced by endeavors when you could be influenced by perfection?
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what is your point?
I still think you’d like the music I listed, even if you are a curdmudgeon.
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Speaking of King Crimson, this was a great pickup
live stuff from early 70’s
Great-Deceiver-Vol-1
Great-Deceiver-Vol-2
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C&C – no
Mastodon – should be interesting but everytime I’ve tried it’s pretty meh and hasn’t grabbed me in any way
The Sword – no, exactly the type of band that I referred to in my original post. One dimensional version of the past that misconstrues what was good about it.
Priestbird – never heard, will try to
Opeth – No, bores me to death
Three – never heard
Dream Theater – fuck no with a !
2112
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if it's not old, it's craaaapp!!
Lets see
Was there any Thievery Corporation coming out this decade?
K&D, Tosca, Peace Orchestra?
Galactic, Vinyl?
There is probably some good stuff out there, I just haven’t heard it yet
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Tosca – Suzuki is the great! It goes well with both napping and sexy time or so I would imagine.
Kruder and Dorfmeister is really cool tho thats just based on the one song I have by them – bug powder dust.
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
not alone =)
If you like Bug Powder Dust, you will like the whole album
K&D Sessions
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I tried out Galatica and Peace Orchaestra, awesome stuff thx
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 22, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Hello brother. I’m thinking about any CDs that I bought new this decade and could only think of Brainwashed by George Harrison (which I do think is a great album, so much feeling in it) and live albums that were released or re-releases.
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I just get individual songs from I-tunes
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 13, 2009 3:19 PM PDT reply actions
Man I forgot how long ago 2000 was (no particular order)
1. Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly (2002)
Solid album from start to finish… got Atmosphere their first real national attention.
2. Aesop Rock – Labor Days (2001)
So damn good. Massively respected and an instant classic.
3. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
Some think it’s a pretentious album but I’ll never forget the first time I heard Kid A (the song). My favorite Radiohead album.
4. Modest Mouse – Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (2001) (technically an EP)
I’ll never forget the first time I heard this one either. I can (and have) listened to this on repeat for hours.
5. Sage Francis – Personal Journals (2002)
Not as into Safe Francis’ thing as much as I used to be, but holds a solid place in my heart.
6. John Frusciante – The Empyrean (2009)
The best of his recent solo releases, in my opinion. Some filler, but some real standout tunes as well.
7. A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step (2003)
If Aenima was in the last decade it would have this spot, but 13th Step was damn good too.
8. The Mars Volta – De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
They were already over the top but some of the songs on this album are intensely strong (televators!)
9. Weezer – Weezer (Green Album) (2001)
I’m a blue album guy but this is the best Weezer album of the decade.
10. Elliott Smith – From a Basement on the Hill (2004)
Not my thing anymore but used to be a large part of my life.
I basically just thought up some of my favorite musicians and then picked out the best album they have done this decade. I’m sure I missed a ton of stuff.
Everybody loves money
A++ list, minus “De-Loused”. Love Mars Volta, but not that album.
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh, I think De-Loused is their only real worthwhile album.
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Yeah, I haven’t listened to the new one yet. Bedlam in Goliath was ok, actually, but I wasn’t interested in listening to it more than twice.
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new Mars Volta, Octahedron, is worth a listen. It is their most accessable album since Deloused
by silentearth6 on Jul 14, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
guess it’s because i didn’t learn of em til their later stuff, which is much different than D-L. maybe i should give it another go
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
As you will see me say if you read on in the thread, I am not a fan of this decade’s Weezer.
Green Album was okay. The rest is not good.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Agree about everything else
But I’ve recently grown more fond of the Green Album. I used to not like it at all.
Everybody loves money
The Empyrean trails Shadows Collide with People and The Will to Death in my eyes but good list regardless, made me rethink some of my picks.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
saw modest mouse on saturday nite live. My spouse’s comment was, “well, they sure ought to be modest.”
cheering for Adam Witter, who will hit bigleague dingers some day.
Still yelling "Go, Antoan"
by foothillsfan on Jul 15, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT'S LIKE ONE PICTURE
:(
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haha not very into the new Modest Mouse stuff
The older b-side albums are brilliant, though. If you like highly polished and produced music it’s probably not for you.
Everybody loves money
Rec your favorite modern country, then!
It’s a genre I really don’t listen to much at all, but I’d like to give it a shot.
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Modern Country is shit for the most part, so don’t waste your time.
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by NuschlerFace on Jul 13, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
That sucks
Classic country recs outside of Johnny Cash? :D?
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I’ll go to the mat for Hank Sr. and Merle Haggard. Buck Owens too.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Dwight Yoakam is moderny and pretty good.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
George Jones is one of the greatest singers ever.
On the other hand, big chunks of his recorded output are buried in the cheeseballest Nashville “production” you ever heard. It’s a bit of a minefield for me.
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George Jones should record with Rick Rubin...
That would be badass!
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 14, 2009 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions
He did do a relatively stripped-down project called the Bradley Barn Sessions, which is good. But it’s a guest-stars project, and while I have nothing against Alan Jackson or Vince Gill or any of those guys, listening to them sing when George Jones is available is kinda like watching Marvin Benard pinch-hit when Barry Bonds is sitting on the bench.
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Anyone named Merle…I dunno.
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Merle Travis
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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
David Allan Coe! George Strait is still gettin’ it done too.
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by NuschlerFace on Jul 13, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
David Allan Coe is the weirdest country musician in the business. Sometimes I think he’s secretly George Clinton in disguise, in a long running practical joke.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Just skip straight to the top of the heap and listen to all Lucinda Williams’ albums. Car Wheels wasn’t this decade, but World Without Tears and Essence are both wonderful.
Also Patty Griffin’s Impossible Dream, Alison Moorer’s The Hardest Part, Steve Earle’s Townes.
For the classic stuff, I say start with the collected works of The Carter Family and then go to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Will the Circle Be Unbroken, as well as all the outlaw stuff already mentioned. Plus Bakersfield’s own late great Buck Owens.
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Oh, crap, I should’ve listed “Essence”, except the period when I was listening to that over and over was … well, the year it was released. I still love “Essence”, the song, and “I Envy the Wind”. I wasn’t as enthralled with World Without Tears, but it produced the same amount of songs I enjoy as Essence: Those Three Days, Sweet Side, Ventura, Real Live Bleeding Fingers …
by shanghaijim on Jul 16, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
"Country is pop for Republicans, Americana is country for Democrats"
something something. But there’s more than a little truth to that. Two young artists producing what I’d call good country music are Ryan Bingham and Justin Townes Earle. BIngham is an ex-rodeo cowboy with a voice like gravel and a tendency towards asymmetrical songs; Earle is an ex-junkie and Steve’s son. Bingham’s “Mescalito” is on my list of favorite albums of the decade, and I also really like Earle’s debut, “The Good Life”. It’s all there: broken hearts, trains, guitars, heck Bingham is wearing a cowboy hat on the cover of “Mescalito”. (As he should, being an actual cowboy.) But it shouldn’t surprise that Bingham’s new album is now classified as rock, and Earle is folk.
by shanghaijim on Jul 16, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
i got free tickets to a keith urban and sugarland concert, never had heard of either of em. just know they’re country. are they any good?
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
No. It’s basically Adult Contemporary with a digital steel guitar every now and then.
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by NuschlerFace on Jul 13, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
good to know. they only country i ever listened to was the stuff my dad played, and that is oooooooold country
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Johnny Cash and Gene Autry were my faves as a wee one.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 13, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I considered putting American V on my list.
Then, uh, I didn’t do that.
That anecdote didn’t have much of an ending.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
please. elaborate.
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Both of them, and Marty Robbins (more Western I guess) and Tom T Hall. Loved them when I was little too, it was like storytelling
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
There aren’t ten things that came out this decade that you like?
To quote Cookyman, :-(
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It’s the last thing you notice, and emoticons are really hard to not read. So when you skim over something, you’ll read the sad smiley because you can’t not read it. Then that sad smiley will be the lasting impression from the post.
But if you look at my signature, it’s easy to ignore because it’s words.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
That’s the explanation everyone gives, but it still seems weird to me.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.
:-(
I always think your posts are sad, and I wonder how can a man who calls himself Cookyman be so unhappy, these are the things I ponder…
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
lol
/womp womp
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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Just take every post out of context and then put that face at the end. It’s just like Garfield minus Garfield where Jon is left with being nothing but a poor poor soul.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 13, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Should I get rid of it? It seems to make people think I’m always upset.
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:-(
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Top 6 country records of the last ten years (off the top of my head)
Steve Earle – Trancendental Blues (2000)
Beachwood Sparks – Beachwood Sparks (2000)
Gillian Welch – Time (the Revelator) (2001)
Merle Haggard – If I could only Fly (2000)
Robert Plant and Allison Krause – Raising Sand (2007)
Mark Lanegan And Isobel Campbell – Ballad of the Broken Seas (2006)
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 6:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow. I totally could have done ten.
Add Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Iron and Wine, Calexico and Willie and The Wheel. There’s ten.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 6:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Needs more Lucinda.
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Car Wheels is ‘98. That’s why there’s no Lucinda.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 6:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Lesser Lucinda is still better than Greater Most Anybody Else. World Without Tears makes the list! (or Essence, if only because of two stunningly great songs and a bunch of good ones).
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Most Lucinda is too Nashville for me. Car Wheels brilliance was it’s hands off production.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 17, 2009 6:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
If you like old time music, Gillian is your girl.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 17, 2009 6:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Isis – Celestial (Even though you have to skip track 6)
Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
Thermals – More Parts Per Million
Iron and Wine – the Creek Drank the Cradel
Califone – Roots and Crowns
Tom Waits – Real Gone
Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague
Cold War Kids – Robbers and Cowards
TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain
Tool – Lateralus
Lateralus is excellent
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 13, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t taken a listen yet.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions
there's a ton of filler but the single-type tracks are good
It’s not half as good as Lateralus or even Aenima though. I eagerly await the next APC album.
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APC is doing another album? Sweet!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Radiohead-Kid A
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Madvillainy
Ghostface Killah-Supreme Clientele
Blackalicious-Blazing Arrow
White Stripes-Elephant
Interpol-Turn On The Bright Lights
Of Montreal-Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Animal Collective-MPP
Arcade Fire-Funeral
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I'm surprised that I'm the first person to list The White Stripes...
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
White Stripes are pretty good, though I prefer De Stijl.
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
In reference to:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/7/13/947900/ot-top-10-favorite-albums-of-the#18173878
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Yeah, I guess the get one too... not sure which album though
I guess their first 3-4 have a great album between them.
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Muse fans?
I think there was only one other person to list Muse… they’re a great band with a constantly changing repertoire of music. Matt Bellamy is a legit composing genius (he writes most of their stuff), plus he can play nearly every instrument in the band. I definitely would recommend them to those who haven’t heard of them.
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 13, 2009 4:50 PM PDT reply actions
I’m a HUGE Muse fan, I totally agree with you on Matt Bellamy being a genius when it comes to composing. Their new album is supposed to have concerto on it and alot of orchestral type stuff on it.
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 13, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree - this is a tremendous record
i regret leaving it off my list.
good call.
Lets see...
In alphabetical order (because that’s how they’re organized in my itunes):
Camera Obscura – Lets Get Out Of This Country (2006)
Cloud Cult – Feel Good Ghosts (2008)
Cloud Cult – The Meaning of 8 (2007)
Fiery Furnaces – Gallowsbird’s Bark (2003)
Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds (2006)
Matt & Kim – Matt & Kim (2006)
Okkervil River – The Stand Ins (2008)
Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line (2008)
Rufus Wainwright – Want One (2004)
The Veils – Sun Gangs (2009)
Don't listen to too much music from this decade,
but here’s my top 5, in no particular order.
Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
Against Me! – Reinventing Axl Rose
The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
Arcade Fire – Funeral
The Gaslight Anthem – Sink or Swim
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 13, 2009 6:06 PM PDT reply actions
huh… I really gave The ‘59 Sound a chance, but I couldn’t really get into it. Not that it isn’t a good album… just not my thing, I guess.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I don’t blame you. I know some people who couldn’t get into it, and some people who really love it. To each their own.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 13, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
If you like the Gin Blossoms, you’ll love The Gaslight Anthem. I like both, but I find it funny that the comparison isn’t ever brought up. It’s like MGMT and ABBA, or XTC and The Futureheads — sometimes I wonder if I’m taking crazy pills and I’m the only one who hears the comparisons.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 13, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never listened to the Gin Blossoms, but I’ll give ‘em a shot. As for the MGMT/ABBA comparison…I dunno. I never really liked MGMT’s music, but I like ABBA. Go figure.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 13, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve always thought the Gin Blossoms got a bad rap. Sure, it’s a little overproduced, but the songs are pretty solid.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 13, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Futureheads?
Sound like XTC?
Took their name from a Flaming Lips album?
Clearly, this is a band I need to check out.
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Haha!
I listened to them and thought, “Why? I have plenty of good Bruce Springsteen records right here.”
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 6:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I could only tell that they were influenced by Springsteen lyrics-wise, and that’s only on The ‘59 Sound. Musically, they’re more influenced by The Clash and other hardcore punk bands.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
BRUCE!
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Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 3.63 ERA, .259 BAA, crappy 1.68 K/BB ratio in Norwich. OK.
BRUUUUUUUUUUUCE
is one of my favorite people ever, no lie
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Mine, too.
He is a badass.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 13, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
The Double Live album in Dublin is truly extraordinary, though. The folk covers just ooze vitality, and I really love some of the reimagined old Bruce classics (like Open All Night). That album and the Seeger Sessions are the best thing he’s done in years.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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The songs on Working on a Dream and Magic are pretty hit or miss, but The Rising and the Live in Dublin albums are absolutely fantastic. And the Seeger Sessions album is pretty good, too. I haven’t listened to Devils & Dust completely, yet, so I have no opinion on that.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Magic is really good actually but Working on a Dream was terrible and obviously rushed.
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Yeah. There’s only a handful of songs that I really enjoyed off of Working on a Dream, but Magic was pretty good. I only disliked maybe one or two of the songs. That being said, Outlaw Pete kicks ass live.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Did he put on a cowboy hat when he did Outlaw Pete live for you? Made me laugh and laugh (in a good way.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yes, he did! Made me laugh, too. Bruce and the E Street Band are fantastic live.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 15, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve seen them twice now and the next time I get the chance to, I think I’m going to go again because they really are that much fun.
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Thanks to all of you for the updates
I’ll have to check out some of the albums you recommended, and I hope to catch him live some day…
Same here. They just released the tour dates for the rest of the year, actually. (Sadly, no west coast dates.)
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 15, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Replace “Funeral” with Sufjan’s “Illinois” and “Reinventing Axl Rose” with The Hold Steady’s “Stay Positive” and it’s THIS exactly.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
I never really got the appeal of Sufjan, really. But, holy crap, how did I manage to leave off The Hold Steady on my list? Stay Positive and Boys and Girls in America are two of the best albums I’ve ever heard.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 13, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
it's weird... I love Sufjan, but I really don't any of his albums that much
I’m not really sure how that works.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
This is awesome! Since I haven’t heard alot of the aforementioned albums, I’m looking forward to listening to some new tunes. Here are my favorites (in no particular order):
1. The Black Keys – Attack & Release
2. Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
3. Brian Wilson – Smile!
4. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
5. Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant EP
6. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of SIlver
7. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
8. Kanye West – Late Registration
9. Medeski, Martin and Wood – Uninvisible
10. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
+1 on MMW
I almost put The Dropper on my list, but decided at the last minute that our discussion didn’t really include jazz and classical albums.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
y to the Dropper.
I liked Tonic a lot too.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
I don’t have expansive tastes in music. It’s like I’m willing to go a mile deep into the stuff I like, but I rarely dabble broadly.
In any order:
Buddy Guy — Blues Singer
The White Stripes — Elephant
Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Fever to Tell
Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am (That’s What I’m Not)
Weezer — Maladroit
The Libertines — Up the Bracket (Rep for all things Peter Doherty)
Wolfmother — Wolfmother
The Gossip — Movement
The Kills — Midnight Boom
Wilco — Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Old guy alert
Half of these lists I look at and go “Who are these bands?” and the other half I go “Wait, those guys are still around?”
So, wait – James is still around?
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Wilco — Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
J5 — Power in Numbers
Modest Mouse — The Moon, The Sun & Antartica (My favorite album of this decade)
Gillian Welch — Time (The Revelator) (2nd favorite)
John Hiatt — Crossing Muddy Waters (Hiatt’s the Jonathan Sanchez of songwriting, but this album was his version of last Friday)
The New Pornographers — Twin Cinema (could go with Mass Romantic)
Elvis Costello — When I was Cruel
Dao Lang — The First Snows of 2002 (Not a lot of the music of China made an impression on me, but this guy’s middle eastern influences make for something special)
Radiohead — Kid A (Ages well)
Sleater-Kinney — The Woods (An excellant coda)
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
When I Was Cruel doesn't do it for me.
But that does remind me that among this-decade Costello, my fave is The Delivery Man.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 14, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
In no particular order
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Coldplay – A Rush of Blood To The Head
Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
Radiohead – OK Computer (seems to have been dissed here)
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue Vol. I
Ben Folds – Rockin’ The Suburbs
Post War – M. Ward
The Bravery – The Sun and the Moon
HONRARY MENTION:
It Ain’t Easy Being White – Franklin & GOB
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Billy Bragg & Wilco is good stuff.
People make fun of Coldplay, but that album was pretty good. Also, no woman (even the dour hipsters I favored back in the single days) is immune to it’s powers.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Mermaid Avenue = Awesome
However, it came out in 1998. Vol. II came out in 2000, so would qualify. Generally speaking it did not get nearly the acclaim of the first one, though I personally like it at least as well. I definitely get fired up by “All You Fascists.”
Honorable Mentions – A bunch from the bands listed but I didn’t want to repeat as well as…
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it in People
Any applicable Sigur Ros record
Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
Feist – The Reminder or Let it Die
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
10. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
9. Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes (they ship together in the LP so i can get away with coupling them)
8. Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
7. My Morning Jacket – Z
6. Jim O’ Rourke – Insignificance
5. Radiohead – In Rainbows
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way
3. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
2. Wilco – A Ghost is Born
1. Loose Fur – Born Again in the USA
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
Songs free to check out from each album
10. 10. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
9. Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
8. Kings of Leon – The Bucket
7. My Morning Jacket – Gideon
6. Jim O’ Rourke – Therefore I am
5. Radiohead – House of Cards
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Venice Queen
3. LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
2. Wilco – “At Least That’s What You Said”
1. Loose Fur – The Ruling Class
Bonus Fur. Loose Fur – Wreckroom
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
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by BrianBokake on Jul 14, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Green Day – American Idiot
Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
The Killers – Hot Fuss
The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee
The Libertines – The Libertines
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous
Belle and Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild Soundtrack
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Cursive – Domestica (2000)
Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism (2003)
Earlimart – Treble & Tremble (2004)
Grandaddy – Just Like The Fambly Cat (2006)
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Source Tags & Codes
Desaparecidos – Read Music, Speak Spanish (2002)
The White Stripes – White Blood Cells (2001)
At The Drive-In – Relationship of Command (2000)
Spoon – Gimme Fiction (2005)
The Good Life – Album Of The Year (2004)
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
Baron's favorite albums of the 2000s
Hooverphonic – No More Sweet Music
Kenna – New Sacred Cow
U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool
Wolfmother – Wolfmother
The Delgados – Hate (surprised to find another Delgados fan on here!)
Nappy Roots – Wooden Leather
Imogen Heap – Speak For Yourself
South – With the Tides
Royksopp – The Understanding
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 13, 2009 10:15 PM PDT reply actions
Addendum
I kind of want to add KMFDM – Tohuvabohu even as nothing they’ve done comes close to Nihil, IMO. I liked Tohuvabohu and it’s probably my favorite KMFDM album since Nihil.
Seeing them in SF in October zomfg. My dear friend joked about finding me a gas mask and I decided I kinda like it. Gas mask, black corset, leather pants, very industrial no?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 13, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Delgados Woot!
Saw them at Bimbo’s two days after the 2004 election (and two weeks after John Peel died), and they cheered me up immensely. Also saw Emma Pollock’s solo show in SF a couple years ago. Not only did they make great music, they’re about the nicest folks you could ever wish to meet. I’m a sucker for the Scottish accent, anyway,
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
awesome
It’s sad that they broke up, because they were really great. I got into them when a friend showed me the anime Gunslinger Girl, as The Light Before We Land was the theme song to the series. Then I started looking their other stuff up and was hooked.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 13, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
nice pick with Wolfmother. That album should have been HUUUUUUGE. Many of the songs on it seem to be ready smash hits.
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by Karlifornia on Jul 13, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I like their classic hard rock sound. Just rocking out. It’s perfect.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 13, 2009 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
not bad...
kinda white stripes vocal with black sabbath guitar. Still lacks that certain Jews Knows Say Quaw
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Favorite albums from the '90s that I discovered ten years later because I was too poor in college to buy more than a couple albums a month and we didn't have all this fancy file-sharing nonsense and I also spent too much time listening to Dave Matthews
1 – Bonnie “Prince” Billy – I See a Darkness
2 – Opeth – My Arms, Your Hearse
3 – Guided by Voices – Bee Thousand
4 – The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
5 – Chavez – Ride the Fader
6 – Aphex Twin – The Richard D. James Album
7 – Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
8 – Silver Jews – American Water
9 – Slowdive – Slouvaki
10 – GZA – Liquid Swords
Not my top ten of the ‘90s — though the first four would make it — but the albums I didn’t get into until the past five years or so.
still life > my arms yr hearse
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You and Stoned Slacker can shove it. I like Still Life, but “When?” is probably my favorite Opeth song.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 13, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean
Blackwater Park is the wrong Opeth disc? I think I only have one.
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I’ve gone back and forth a lot on them, but I like Alien Lanes more than Bee Thousand.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
+1
I went to Athletics Nation day (hello from the non-Giants hater faction(s), by the way!)… in 2007 specifically to give Billy Beane a copy of this album, and when I (luckily) had the opportunity to gift him a copy, he smiled and said he already had a copy, and liked Bee Thousand as well.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 15, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate non-Giants too. Those guys need to grow up.
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/shrug"
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
and its cool that AN organized a meeting with Billy Beane. Ahem Grant when am I gonna meet Sabean?
ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!
old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
AN shirts have “In Billy We Trust” on them. It’s just a wee bit different relationship the two fanbases have with their GM.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabean seems a bit arrogant to me. After a chalk talk I tried to pay him a compliment and he brushed me off. I can’ t believe that “Hey Brian, I am the one guy that thinks you don’t totally suck,” didn’t get a better reaction.
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Ahhh…I think it’s obvious, but I’m clearly a fan of Bee Thousand.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 6:17 AM PDT up reply actions
In honor of Uncle Bob,
here are my 10 favorite Bob Pollard albums of the 2000’s
1. CIRCUS DEVILS- Sgt. Disco (2007)
2. ROBERT POLLARD- From A Compound Eye (2006)
3. GUIDED BY VOICES- Earthquake Glue (2003)
4. ROBERT POLLARD- Fiction Man (2004)
5. CIRCUS DEVILS- Ataxia (2008)
6. ROBERT POLLARD- Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love (2007)
7. GUIDED BY VOICES- Isolation Drills (2001)
8. ROBERT POLLARD- The Crawling Distance (2009)
9. GO BACK SNOWBALL- Calling Zero (2002)
10. GUIDED BY VOICES- Half Smiles Of The Decomposed (2004)
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 15, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Isolation Drills is my favorite GbV record of the ’00s.
by Duelling Brandos on Jul 15, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, I love Liquid Swords. Have you checked out the other 90s Wu-Tang albums? Mainly, OB4CL, Ironman, and 36 Chambers.
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is my favorite of all the Wu-tang members albums
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 14, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s a great stoner/doom metal band from San Jose called SLEEP.
check out “Sleep’s Unholy Mountain” from like 1992.
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Jul 14, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
If you like Sleep...
Check out the band High on Fire. Matt Pike from Sleep is the guitarist/vocalist for High on Fire.
Bleeding orange and black since 1987
by TehGreekStallion on Jul 14, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw High on Fire open for Opeth. They were awesome.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 14, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
roger. wilco.
wait…. what?
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Jul 14, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Some of my favorite 90s albums
that I didn’t discover until recently are:
1. The Arc Angels – Arc Angels
2. Storyville – Bluest Eyes
3. Storyville – Dog Years
4. Storyville – Piece of Your soul
Both bands are comprised of Double Trouble, the rhythm section that played with Stevie Ray Vaughan, made up of Chris Layton on drums and Tommy Shannon on bass.
A random sampling in no particular order
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Silversun Pickups – Caranavas
Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
Between the Buried and Me – Colors
Girl Talk – Feed the Animals/Night Ripper (I can’t choose!)
Gorillaz – Demon Days
Typical Cats – Typical Cats
Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villian (I like it more than Madvilliany)
Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
Wagon Christ – Sorry I Make You Lush
also receiving votes: Bloc Party – Silent Alarm, Lemon Jelly – Lemonjelly.KY, The White Stripes – Icky Thump
Watch out San... oh, wait, Sadowski... uhh... [fifth starter], uncle Pucetas is comin' for you.
Vaudeville Villian is awesome. The verse and rhyme constructions are insane.
Madvilliany gets all the love because it had crossover appeal, but VV was better.
by microwave donut on Jul 14, 2009 2:09 AM PDT reply actions
In no order
Marshall Mathers LP- Eminem
Aha Shake Heartbreak- Kings of Leon, Only by Night can’t touch it imo
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank- Modest Mouse, my fave Modest Mouse album, I really like all the songs, not a low point on there.
The Unseen- Quasimoto, very strange off the wall hip-hop from Mad Lib
Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend, a very enjoyable pop album from a talented group
The College Dropout- Kanye West, before he became a gay fish, he was an honest musician with very raw feelings and evident skills
Robbers and Cowards- Cold War Kids, already mentioned but this a classic to me, I still can listen to this all day
The Grey Album- DJ Danger Mouse, innovative and brilliant
Speakerboxx & The Love Below- Outkast, also already mentioned but I still know every word and moan to Hey Ya
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix- Phoenix, cannot get it out of my head right now.
I have not listened to nearly enough music of the decade to make a definitive top 10, so these are just my favorites, not necesarrily what I think the best made are. PS I am really looking forward to Hockey’s debut Mind Chaos, that could creep into my top 10
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
once he put fishsticks in his mouth, it was all over
how good is the giants' starting rotation? our rotation is so good, our 5th starters throw no-hitters. uh.
by Golden Gate Review on Jul 14, 2009 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
The Grey Album is pretty sweet. I just downloaded Phoenix last night.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
My favorite Phoenix song is actually a remix of 1901 into a reggae dub, way better than the original, if you are interested you can download it here
http://www.zshare.net/download/593116079dc4ebe2/
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 14, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
yaa phoenix!
ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!
old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this list
She Hate Me
"oh I served BRP all right
drained J-Kiddesque running floaters over him all night long last time we balled" - prezofdeath
http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=3226326019719108
" The stunning “I am Trying to Break Your Heart” opens the album; its heady mix of Big Star swoon, art-house pomposity and experimental weirdness coupled with beguiling-yet-beautiful lyrics (“I am an American aquarium drinker”) not only makes it one of the most impressive aural spectacles of recent memory, but sets the stage for the cavalcade of whimsy that follows. It soon becomes apparent that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is not only devoid of filler — the mercurial grandeur of first single “Heavy Metal Drummer” is matched note for perfect note by the deceptively simple thump-and-strum of “Kamera”, which in turn measures up quite nicely to the effects-laden slice of immaculate pop that is “War on War” — but that it is a true song-cycle in the classic sense of the term. Elsewhere, Tweedy lets his whiskey-and-honey soaked pipes and imagistic lyrics preside over the funereal dirge of the brilliantly titled “Jesus etc.”, before handing the reins to his bandmates for the irony-and-cacophony-drenched “Ashes of American Flags”, and letting them run wild on the fiery, heavily Byrds-indebted (think Notorious Byrd Brothers as opposed to Sweetheart of the Rodeo) “Pot Kettle Black”. The sheer scope of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is so utterly breathtaking that repeat airings only reinforce its stunning songcraft and otherworldly sonic splendor.
It will take years for the weight of what Wilco have achieved with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to be felt throughout the music industry. In that time period you can expect them to leave legions of followers, scorers of hangers-on and plenty of industry speculation cowering in their wake. It can now honestly be stated that no other band on Earth sounds like Wilco; indeed, it is a most honest and forthright assertion of what they have accomplished here."
49-39 - Giants Series Record: 17-7-4, 13-2 at home
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 3.63 ERA, .259 BAA, crappy 1.68 K/BB ratio in Norwich. OK.
That review doesn’t even mention my favorite song on the album: “Jesus, etc.”
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 14, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
reading fail…it does mention it. Fantastic song.
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 14, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry for continuing to reply to myself, but “Funeral Dirge”? What the fuck is that reviewer talking about? It sounds nothing like a funeral dirge. It sounds like an Otis Redding song done by a white dude.
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 14, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
+1
49-39 - Giants Series Record: 17-7-4, 13-2 at home
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 3.63 ERA, .259 BAA, crappy 1.68 K/BB ratio in Norwich. OK.
+1, but that's a good thing.
The world needs more Otis Redding ripoffs.
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 15, 2009 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Solid alt-country band that made a wonderful trippy experimental album, a decent noise rock album and has been a jam band over the last few years.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
I think I’m probably the only one here who likes “A Ghost is Born” better but if you can take some noise rock I think the songs are better overall. As long as you skip “Less Than you Think” I’d say it rivals any album of this or any other decade.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jul 14, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
…better than Yankee Hotel Foxtrot that is.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jul 14, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
omg this blows my mind
ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!
old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
one addition to this sweet thread
Daft Punk – Discovery
On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.
That definitely would have been in mine, I just assumed it was too old. Great call.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jul 14, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Good call on that one, It almost made my list, I would almost put the Alive 2007 cd ahead it( even if most of the stuff is from earlier cds)
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 14, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
beat me to it. kudos to you.
ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!
old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
!!!
wtf how did I miss that? It must not have a year assigned in my music player of choice. It single-handedly got me in to house music and electronic music as a whole.
Watch out San... oh, wait, Sadowski... uhh... [fifth starter], uncle Pucetas is comin' for you.
by Sammy Danger on Jul 18, 2009 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
In no order:
Stars, Set Yourself on Fire
Andrew Bird, Armchair Apocrypha
Arcade Fire, Funeral
LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem
Spoon, Girls Can Tell
Vampire Weekend
The White Stripes, White Blood Cells
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Camera Obsura, Underachievers Please Try Harder
Todd Snider, East Nashville Skyline
Many other albums I like have been mentioned above, but I can’t really find a Dylan or Magnetic Fields or Guided by Voices album (for example) from this decade that I like more than those discs.
by Duelling Brandos on Jul 14, 2009 8:42 AM PDT reply actions
For any who likes hip hop.. Listen to The Cool by Lupe Fiasco.
I think it would give Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem a run for its money for the hip hop album of the decade.
Wilber Bucardo: Carlos Silva with a younger brother.
Yeah, it’s realy good. I like it a lot more than the albums of Lupe’s mentor.
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
It is pretty good, but sometimes Lupe gets tied down in his own talent imo
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by TexasRanger on Jul 14, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
The Cool is really good but I’m not very optimistic about the TRIPLE ALBUM he’s apparently releasing next. Talk about self-indulgence.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Seriously, he really does seem to be following Kanye’s career path
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 14, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Kanye has yet to release a triple album though. And his last two albums have been wonderfully short (~50 minutes) for the genre.
That said, he does pretty much define self-indulgence.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Dropping rap to sing is pretty bad, but both he and Lupe had an excellent first album, followed it up another excellent album where their skills were refined, then apparently they lose their minds, although to be fair Kanye’s third was pretty good too.
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
I have hope that LUPEND (or w/e its gonna be called)
will be pretty good.
a couple of the singles have been leaked from it already
She Hate Me
"oh I served BRP all right
drained J-Kiddesque running floaters over him all night long last time we balled" - prezofdeath
One Beat, Sleater Kinney
Reinventing Axl Rose, Against Me!
Kid A, Radiohead
Revolutionary Volume 2, Immortal Technique
The Love Below, Andre 3000
Give Up, The Postal Service
Oracular Spectacular, MGMT
White Blood Cells, White Stripes
Dead to Me, Cuban Ballerina
Lucero, That Much Further West
oh and i actually don't even have an album by them but
Gogol Bordello – awesome live show. I am just going to assume that one of thier 3 00s albums makes the cut. I think I have Super Taranta! that we picked up at the show.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
start wearing purple
whatever album that’s on, i’m in!
On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.
Top 10 (Plus One) Sacramento Local Albums of the Past Decade
Growing up in Sacramento, I quickly got into the local music scene. These are the top 10 (plus one) local albums of the past decade, in my humblest of opinions:
Agent Ribbons – On Time Travel and Romance
The Goodmornings – Black Gold, Texas Gold
Deathray – Believe Me
Lee Bob Watson – Afficionado
Jackpot – Moonbreath (or F+, depending on your style)
Anton Barbeau – In the Village of the Apple Sun (or Guladong, or Drug Free, again depending on your style)
The Common Men – Her Benign Touches
Low Flying Owls – Take the Scenic Route
Two Sheds – Strange Ammunition
Knock Knock – Girls on the Run
Honorable mentions to: Chelsea Wolfe (Mistake in Parting), Golden Shoulders (Friendship is Deep), Carquinez Straits (Where the Freeways Arc Over the Burnt Edges), Kevin Seconds (Rise Up, Insomniacs), Th’ Losin’ Streaks (Sounds of Violence)
by SheboyganBratwurst on Jul 14, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions
Golden Shoulders? My buddy from college is the guitarist.
by microwave donut on Jul 14, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
He/they just put out a great new album
Look for “Get Reasonable” at an iTunes store near you.
by SheboyganBratwurst on Jul 14, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Who knew you could manage a Sacramento top 10 and not even mention Cake?
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by EliminateMe on Jul 14, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
They’ve only put out two (2) albums since ’98 – Comfort Eagle and Pressure Chief (excluding their B-Sides album). Both were solid, but their best is still Motorcade of Generosity.
by SheboyganBratwurst on Jul 14, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty partial to Fashion Nugget myself, but you’re right – neither of their last 2 were their best. I just never realized Sacramento had enough of a scene to pass over even second-rate Cake.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 14, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
replace the Deathray album with
Be Brave Bold Robot’s self-titled 2007 debut, and the Knock Knock album with “Guam, The Musical!” by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! and that’s one heck of a Sac list.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 15, 2009 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I used to live next door to those guys. Good band.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
I liked the Be Brave Bold Robot album, just not quite enough to make the list (personal taste and such). And I’m going to check out the The Pilots Dared Me To Die! one now.
by SheboyganBratwurst on Jul 15, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
So far I see a lot of wimpy communist hippy music
Pitchfork would be proud. Anyway, here’s a real list:
Opeth- Watershed
Lacuna Coil- Comalies
Tool- Lateralus
Deathspell Omega- Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternam
Symphony X- Paradise Lost
Wolves in the Throne Room- Two Hunters
The Sword- Age of Winters
Mastodon- Leviathan
Stolen Babies- There Be Squabbles Ahead
Black Dahlia Murder- Nocturnal
I just hope somebody here has the slightest clue about any of the bands I listed, as judging from the lists above you all congregate at Echo and the Bunnymen shows to discuss the overthrow of capitalist society.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Leviathan
Amazing album. It and Crack the Skye are just incredible.
by SheboyganBratwurst on Jul 14, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed. I love CTS but I like Leviathan better.
Blood and Thunder is a better song than Divinations, and Iron Tusk blows any other song on CTS away.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
lol Symphony X
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
power metal ftw
cheesy as it is. At least I didn’t stick Manowar up there.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
PROG POWER METAL.
And Kings of Metal is the most hilarious album ever.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Return of the Warlord is the funniest music video ever
Youtube it.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
and here I thought this thread was worthless!
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
-------
PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
Lacuna Coil is very good.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I am seeing them live on Saturday
although I don’t know any of them bands opening for them. It will be the second time I’ve seen them as headliners and fourth time seeing them overall.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I’ll make a try
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek – Reflection Eternal
Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villian
Little Brother – The Listening
Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
The White Stripes – Elephant
The Black Keys – Rubber Factory
Wolfmother – Wolfmother
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say That I Am, That’s What I’m not
Honorable mention: Radiohead – Kid A (I thought it was disappointing after OK Computer), Mr. Lif – I, Phantom, Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele, Madvillian – Madvilliany, Silversun Pickups – Carnavas, Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
by microwave donut on Jul 14, 2009 10:48 AM PDT reply actions
Needs more fiddle, reed, n plunkety strings
Red Dirt Girl (2000) Emmylou Harris
Nickel Creek (2000) Nickel Creek
Who We Are Instead (2003) Jars of Clay
Loneliness Knows My Name (2003) Patrick Park
O.C.M.S. (2004) and Big Iron World (2006) Old Crow Medicine Show
Freedom Fields (2005) Seth Lakeman
Mescalito (2007) Ryan Bingham
Cassadega
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
+109 for adding Emmylou Harris.
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
THIS
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Jul 14, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
My fave bluegrass of the decade
Open Road – Cold Wind (2002)
King Wilkie – Broke (2004)
Uncle Earl – She Waits For Night (2005)
Mike Compton & David Long – Stomp (2006)
Crooked Still – Shaken By A Low Sound (2006)
Blue Highway – Through The Window Of A Train (2008)
Dan Paisley – The Room Over Mine (2008)
Frank Wakefield – Ownself Blues (2009)
Not all strictly bluegrass, but all strictly good.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 14, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
YAY bluegrass!
.. i would add:
Foghorn Stringband – Rattlesnake Tidalwave
the Earl Brothers – Whiskey Women & Death
Rayna Gellert – Ways of the World
Tom, Brad & Alice – We’ll Die in the Pig Pen Fighting
Tim Obrien, Dirk Powell & John Hermann – Songs From the Mountain
OLD TIME IS NOT A CRIME!
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Jul 14, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I've heard that I should classify my current interest as old-timey
rather than bluegrass, but I probably shouldn’t take that too seriously. OCMS just deepened my interest in revivalist Americana; I’ve dabbled Pine Leaf Boys (Cajun music) and Carolina Chocolate Drops (old-timey music African-American style). I’m not sure where Hot Buttered Rum fits but I just got their “Well-Oiled Machine” album and have been enjoying it.
And then of course there was my dalliance with Chris Thile.
by shanghaijim on Jul 16, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve never even heard of most of the bands listed in this post
I generally listen to classic rock, blues-rock and electric blues (primarily from the 60s – 80s). Some of my favorite albums from this decade are:
1. Albert Cummings – Feel So Good
2. Albert Cummings – From the Heart
3. B.B. King & Eric Clapton – Riding with the King
4. Buddy Guy – Sweet Tea
5. Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
6. Café R&B – Very Live
7. Double Trouble – Been a Long Time
8. Jimmie Vaughan – Do You Get the Blues?
9. Koko Taylor – Royal Blue
10. Robert Cray – Live at the BBC
HM:
1. Robert Cray – Shoulda Been Home
2. Robert Cray – Time Will Tell
3. Robert Cray – Twenty
I’ve only listened a couple times but I was really disappointed by Together Through Life. I may have hyped myself up for it too much but I thought both Love & Theft and Modern Times were much better.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Do you have the original Love and Theft, or the (Limited Edition) with two
extra tracks? I’m wondering if those extra tracks are worth paying extra for?
whoo!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
BTW, I'm going to the
Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson concert on 8/14 at Chukchansi Park in Fresno.
More Honorable Mention:
Some compilations that I like, which came out this decade (although most of the music is from previous decades):
1. Get the Blues!
2. Legends: For Your Love
3. Legends: Pluggin’ In
4. Legends: Do It Again
5. Legends: We Will Rock You
Shameless plug: Yes, I wrote reviews of # 2 & 3 for Amazon.com.
This is probably the list I should follow.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
Never heard any of them myself..
But that’s basically my forte…classic rock/blues rock.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
Decade?
How about the best album of ALL TIME.
That album, my friends, is Sports by Huey Lewis and the News.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
All I can think of is American Psycho when I hear about Sports
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 14, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
BAND!!
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by EliminateMe on Jul 14, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
He wants a new drug.
Sorry.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's a less-than-comprehensive attempt:
Radiohead (no sense trying to differentiate between their various forms of perfection)
Opeth – Blackwater Park
The Bees – Free the Bees
Boards of Canada – Geogaddi
Mars Volta – De-Loused…..
Madvillainy
Grandaddy – Sophtware Slump
Arcturus – Masquerade Infernale
Ulver – Blood Inside
- is a 50-way tie between all the albums I’m forgetting
by Stoned Slacker on Jul 14, 2009 12:00 PM PDT reply actions
Wait, you’re a Blackwater Park guy now? No Still Life?
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 14, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Still Life came out in 98
I think, so it doesn’t qualify for this list. It is, however, Opeth’s best album by a large margin. I listed Watershed because it is their best of this decade, with Damnation a very close second.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Precisely.
I had to check though…..I didn’t get any of them till like 2007.
by Stoned Slacker on Jul 14, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Of the last decade
really in no particular order
Six. by Seven – The Closer You Get
McLusky – McLusky Do Dallas
Martini Henry Rifles – Kill/Summer/Shit
The Knife – Deep Cuts (though, Silent Shout could easily be on this list, too)
Urusei Yatsura – Everybody Loves….
Ladytron – 604
Jamie Lidell – Multiply
Vive La Fete – Nuit Blanche
Lift to Experience – the Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads
Maps – We Can Create
I’m pretty sure there are many I’ve left off, but that’s a start. It might be a little Post Rock heavy, but eh.
McClusky – best Scottish band since Jesus & Mary Chain?
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
um
They were Welsh. And anyway, no. Mogwai, Urusei Yatsura, Delgados, Bis, Arab Strap, etc.
Also – don’t know if you knew this already, but Future of the Left, which is their new band, are playing at Bottom of the Hill on the 28th
huh
I kinda sound like an asshole above. apologies, was writing quickly.
the bit about FotL playing is still true, mind
Gorkys Zygotic Mynci
Best Welsh band since ever?
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
Manic Street Preachers
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Never Forget:
Goldie Lookin’ Chain
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Jul 14, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Good Question
Non specific list of Welsh bands in my lifetime who are great.
Manic Street Preachers
Helen Love
Martini Henry Rifles
Super Furry Animals (+ spinoffs)
McLusky (+spinoffs)
The Loves (first record only)
Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi (early work only)
Melys
Jarcrew
Gorkys
Not listed: Terris, 60ft Dolls
I still go with Gorkys
Although, to be perfectly honest, I haven’t heard half the bands on that list.
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Also, I forgot the enterity of John Cale's solo output
quick precis of all of them
The Manics are an agit pop band who made some good records that were too long, some terrible records that were great, one all time classic record which might be one of the defining moments in all of human history, and then went a bit rubbish. Had two very tall members, and two very short, which is just marvellous. Key Record – Holy Bible (but find the UK mix, not the american one)
Helen Love: little known electro twee pop band (solo artiste, if you buy into the lore) who love japan and synths. Like The Ramones playing casiotones. Mostly notable for writing ‘Punk Boy’, which Ash later covered. Key Record – Radio Hits
Martini Henry Rifles: Made a lot of noise, took a lot of drugs, played a series of incredible live shows before releasing an album that was not so great. Played a christmas show we put on and did a drone pop verion of ‘walking in the air’. Key Record – Kill/Summer/Shit
Super Furry Animals: Beach Boys house pop. Once bought a tank, painted it blue, before later selling it to the guy from the Eagles. FACT. Key Record. Guerilla. or maybe Radiator. both.
McLusky: Loud, sweary, probably hate you. Tremendous lyrics, if you like contempt. Key record: ..do Dallas
The Loves: excellent combination of super hot girls and weird looking men (actually, this is wales in a nutshell, frankly). I saw them once, and mid song one of the girls playing keyboard walked offstage midsong, went to the bar and came back with two vodka and cokes. Class. Probably not worth buying anything but their early singles.
Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi. I actually don’t remember a lot about this band, aside from enjoying them, so I must have been drunk / trying to hit on girls / both when I saw them. I do remember their second record being terrible, though. Um. yes.
Melys. Alternated between filthy welsh language electro pop and Neutral Milk Hotel lovliness. Key Record: R\umours and Curses
Jarcrew. loud and shouty, pretty great. Buy anything, turn it up loud.
Gorkys, yes. Pretty great. but you know this.
You forgot to mention the one member of the Manics who mysteriously disappeared!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
true, true
he’s officially dead now, too.
as a teenage manics fan at the time, with all that went along with it, strange period
I can only imagine, I only got into the band a few years ago.
What do you think of JFPL? I was really pleasantly surprised by it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
uh, i've not really listened to it. tbh.
but i should. it’s weird. uh, i kinda don’t want to open a window to being 17 again?
i should probably get over myself, really.
Nah, I can see how it’d be weird.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
this, on the other hand, blew my mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hMqpR9AogI
you won’t believe how many complaints this got
What? No John Cale? Gorky’s is nice, but John Cale is royalty. Also Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey. If it’s recorded music it is of you lifetime.
"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean
by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry.
Saw your amendment after my rant.
"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean
by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 14, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
John Cale is the coolest motherfucker ever
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
yes, I do love John Cale
I met him a few years back, on my 22nd birthday, in the bar after we saw him play.
he was class.
Franz Ferdinand?
I think they’re Scottish, I may be wrong.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Went to Streetlight Records at lunch today.
Thanks to y’all, I got Neon Bible (Arcade Fire) and The Coast is Never Clear (Beulah).
Also Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Neko Case) which none of you mentioned but the New Pornographers reference reminded me I’ve been meaning to get this.
Also Left For Dead (Wussy) which I just happened across; Wussy includes Chuck Cleaver from the Ass Ponys in case any of you remember them. Apparently I’m still an album behind, though, since they just released a new one.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
It was a little hard to enjoy the Beulah album at first (release date, 9/11/2001), but it’s one of my all-time favorites.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 14, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m thinking between the release date, the title, and the airplane on the back cover, it didn’t do so well on initial release.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
1. Ulrich Schnauss Goodbye + Far Away Trains Passing By
2. Kings of Convenience: Riot on an Empty Street + Quiet is the New Loud
3. Elliot Smith: Either/Or + From a Basement on the Hill
4. Justice: Cross
5. Rachael Yamagata: Elephants…
6. Jack Johnson: On and On + In Between Dreams -not that Curious George bull
7. Phoenix: Alphabetical
8. Daft Punk: Discovery -2001 I think so it should count
9. God Is An Astronaut: The End is Beginning – had to represent some post rock on here
10. The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing
ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!
old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 14, 2009 4:25 PM PDT reply actions
Lists aren't my style
But a few that should be up there, at least.
Cross is a friggin incredible album. And if you uncheck Stress it gets about 10 times better… that song is just unreasonable and irritating.
The Black Keys’ Rubber Factory is amazing. Top to bottom.
If you haven’t listened to Super Mash Bros, let me recommend you go do that. Their first album. It’s pretty well done… “Girl Talk’s hot cousin”
The Blue Scholars… any of their stuff, personally I like Bayani but that changes pretty much daily.
The Arctic Monkeys’ Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.
The Spinto Band- Nice and Nicely Done
Seems like everybody’s putting their fave Modest Mouse album up there, kinda surprising that nobody’s mentioned Good News for People Who Love Bad News. That album is awesome.
Cake’s Comfort Eagle oughta be up there too.
And a bunch that have already been mentioned.
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
Self appointed president, ruler, dictator, czar and potentate of the Free Gerald Society. As of... right now.
Either that or Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
If I were saying “best albums” rather than “favorite albums” (was a bit confused about which to list) I would have said those two also.
Hmm, I wonder if that is true … I’ve always thought of it that way. Though I suppose another sense the difference for me is between albums (movies, tv shows, books) I’m supposed to like, and [stuff] I really do like.
I respect Radiohead and Wilco, for example, and do enjoy Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but have I listened to it over and over and fed on it spiritually, like I do Patrick Park’s “Loneliness Knows My Name”? No. So YHF goes into “best” and LKMN into “favorite”.
by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I won't check out that many, but some
omigosh I can be the first maybe to say Ozomatli, Street signs
I mostly listen to ethnic/ world. Africa and the Balkans (and Anglo interpreters) putting out so much excellent music—
Gogol Bordello “Super taranta”
Fishtank ensemble “Super Raoul”
Ruth Hunter’s “Rue Balkan”
Dobet Gnahore “Na Afriki”
The Toids “Rupert dances in fins”—they backed Joanna Newsom’s tour last year
cheering for Adam Witter, who will hit bigleague dingers some day.
Still yelling "Go, Antoan"
by foothillsfan on Jul 14, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
List:
Modest Mouse – Moon & Antarctica
Gorillaz – Demon Days
Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams
John 5 – Songs for Sanity
The Mars Volta – De-loused
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts
A Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms
Pierce the Veil – A Flair for the Dramatic
Red – Innocence & Instinct
HM:
Atreyu – Lead Sails, Paper Anchor
Blaqk Audio – CexCells
Coheed & Cambria – In Keeping Secrets
Tool – Lateralus
Mistake: move Tool’s Lateralus up on the list
by silentearth6 on Jul 14, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, am I on Pitchfork?
Fey indie rock for the McCoven it is then. My A’s fan friends have an activity they call “Frailgating” where they listen to aforementioned fey indie rock, wear white clothing and deck shoes and drink blush in the parking lot of the Coliseum before games. I have tagged along once or twice and it’s quite enjoyable, until you walk inside the place that is. “A huuuuge toilet bowl.”
YES
Red Hot Chili Peppers – BY THE WAY
Dr. Dre – THE CHRONIC 2001
Kings of Leon – AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAK
Ryan Bingham – MESCALITO
Arctic Monkeys – WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT’S WHAT I’M NOT
Red Hot Chili Peppers – STADIUM ARCADIUM
Queens of the Stone Age – SONGS FOR THE DEAF
Explosions In The Sky – THE EARTH IS NOT A COLD, DEAD PLACE
Spoon – GA GA GA GA GA
Stoney LaRue – THE RED DIRT ALBUM
Jack Johnson – BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES
Nice list, I can’t believe I left The Chronic 2001 off my list.
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 15, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
How have only two people mentioned by the way?
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
I don’t know why, it’s a fucking travesty. People get so wrapped up in making sure the world knows they only listen to indie music they don’t notice when a real classic gets made by one of the biggest bands of our generation.
DAMMIT I DONT BELONG HERE ON THE INTERNET
Anthony Kiedis can’t sing. Therefore, I don’t listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers. This philosophy has remained unchanged for about two decades now.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 16, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d agree, but I subscribe to the Led Zeppelin rule that a band can be great despite their lead singer. John Frusciante is a damn genius and Flea is incredible. Combine those with the competent drumming of Chad Smith and you have a pretty solid band.
Another reason why this album is so good is that it’s mostly the brainchild of Frusciante rather than their usual collaborative creative process.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jul 16, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I really respect Frusciante’s talent, but I just can’t take Kiedis. I started liking death metal when I learned to accept the vocals as something more akin to another instrument or percussion. When I listen to a pop/rock band, though, so much of every song has to do with melody that I can’t disassociate the singer from the song.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 19, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
LEAVE ANTHONY ALONE
/sobs
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 18, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry but RHCP suck
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
God, Ryan Bingham. Such love. Have you gotten his new album, Roadhouse Sun?
by shanghaijim on Jul 16, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Roadhouse Sun
Yeah I have. I can’t decide which is better, the much more balanced rock of “Roadhouse Sun” or the beauty of the 1-2 punch that is Southside of Heaven/Bread & Water on “Mescalito.” Maybe it’s dumb to compare them because they both kick ass.
Roadhouse is more balanced, true, so I guess quality-wise if that was the metier it would be a more “accomplished” album. But I love Mescalito and those two tracks. I also love “Sunshine” and “Take It Easy Mama”.
by shanghaijim on Jul 16, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
2. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
3. Outkast – Stankonia
4. Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies
5. and you will know us by the trail of dead – Source Tags and Codes
6. Kanye West – The College Dropout
7. The Wrens – The Meadowlands
8. Sufjan Stevens – Greetings! From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
9. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
10. Common – Be
HM: Dr. Dog – Easy Beat, Outkast – Speakerboxxx/Love Below, The Roots- Phrenology, Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, Blonde Redhead – Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, Pinback – Summer In Abaddon, Yo La Tengo – and then nothing turned itself inside out, Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot… and bunches of others!!!
69 Love Songs is from the ’90s.
And FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE RECOGNIZES THE MEADOWLANDS.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The Meadowlands barely missed my top 10. Great stuff.
by Duelling Brandos on Jul 15, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
69 Love Songs is from the ’90s.
googles 1999! dammit! stupid wrong mp3 tags! Ok, just replace it with, let’s see, Nickelback’s “Dark Horse”…
1. CIRCUS DEVILS- “Sgt. Disco” (2007) “I crumble through open starways, into the arms of a heartless widow”
2. SHELLAC- “Excellent Italian Greyhound” (2007) “Fact of the matter is facts don’t matter”
3. TORI AMOS- “American Doll Posse” (2007) “I am a M.I.L.F. Don’t you forget!”
4. THE PILOTS DARED ME TO DIE!- “Guam, The Musical!” (2008) “We don’t scratch like DJs or play well enough to rock, but we can beat you with a roll of nickels tucked inside a tube sock!”
5. TOM WAITS- “Real Gone” (2004) “I feel like a preacher wavin’ a gun around”
6. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS- “Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus” (2004) “Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed, wondering what to do, with a lump of wood, a piece of wire, and a little pot of glue”
7. MADE OUT OF BABIES- “Coward” (2006) “The challenge is to put her last humility to shame”
8. FELIX DA HOUSECAT- “Devin Dazzle And The Neon Fever” (2004) “Nothing I can tell you, you look good when you wear it well”
9. LEE HAZLEWOOD- “Cake Or Death” (2006) “If you got a place where the grass is green, and the sky is blue and the air is clean, and you’ve got a church, but you never go… that’s a white people thing”
10. THE HOLD STEADY- “Almost Killed Me” (2004) “Pills and puddles baby, puddles and pills. We spent the night last night in Beverly Hills. This chick she looks just like a Beverly Sills. We got killed!”
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
you're probably right,
but I love the 80’s cheese factor!
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 15, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing bold, but ...
1. Blackalicious: Blazing Arrow
2. Radiohead: Amnesiac
3. Broken Social Scene: You Forgot it In People
4. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
5. Weezer: The Green Album
6. Arcade Fire: Funeral
7. Rilo Kiley: Execution of All Things
8. Animal Collective: Feels
9. National: Alligator
10. Iron & Wine: Sea and the Rhythm
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
He doesn’t pay me, but he always gives me a piece of hard candy and a penny when I trick or treat at his house.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Where did you all learn about these artists?
College? Internet radio? Word of mouth? Do you have friends? (I only have … two? wait, no, three. Well, he’s annoying, but he likes me. Oh I forgot the girls … um … five?) And only one of them is “hip” like you all are.
last.fm, music blogs, random British music magazines, music magazines in general, tv.
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 15, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s something that builds up exponentially as you get used to the language, lineages and connections. Once you hit a certain bar, the pieces come together and you pick up bands, albums, genres without even thinking about it; before that, it’s just a jumble of names moving in and out of the picture. Much like baseball players, in fact.
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It probably helps to be adventurous, too!
I guess I’ve just never nerded out (not intending the term nerd negatively, having been one most of my life in the actual pejorative sense) over bands. But that kind of exponential growth of knowledge via interest sounds like me and World War II.
by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Ummmm KPCC, the greatest radio station EVER!
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Jul 15, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
But wait — KPCC is the mostly news NPR in Southern California. You’re thinking of KCRW, right?
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn straight I am, I flip them both on rotation in my car driving to work/school/anywhere, but yes KCRW is the news with several fantastic music shows
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
eMusic
eMusic is a great service for indie – and even local – music. I was surprised how many local bands are available on there, having recently picked up new releases from Golden Shoulders, Mike Farrell, Agent Ribbons, French Miami, and others.
by SheboyganBratwurst on Jul 15, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
And
my primary method for learning about new bands is going to local shows. The opening acts are often surprising and frequently spectacular.
by SheboyganBratwurst on Jul 15, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
EVERYONE CAN RELAX AS MY LIST IS FINALLY COMPLETE
10 – Feist – Let It Die
9 – Lyrics Born – Later That Day
8 – Fugazi – The Argument
7 – Calexico – Feast of Wire
6 – Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
5 – Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump
4 – Emperor – Prometheus
3 – RJD2 – Since We Last Spoke
2 – Radiohead – Kid A
1 – Mastodon – Leviathan
I had to cut out Spoon, Air, Aloha, 31 Knots, Girl Talk, Simian, Spoon, Isis, The Notwist, and the Shins, which is ludicrous. Oh, and I also cut out Ludicris.
hoorah for 10,9,7
ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!
old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 16, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
weird formatting, 7!, 3!
ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!
old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 16, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Emperor = freak
Didn’t know that RJD2 album was so high on the charts. It is definitely as smooth as all get out.
by Stoned Slacker on Jul 16, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Fugazi but haven’t heard “The Argument.” I’ll give it a listen.
by Dan from NM on Jul 19, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
No Order
Volume 4 – Joe Jackson
Wildcard – Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D’Arby)
The Big Come Up – Black Keys
Now – Maxwell
To The Five Boroughs – Beastie Boys
Mr. Lucky – Chris Isaak
Aaagh! – Republic of Loose
Fire – Electric Six
The Way I See It – Raphael Saadiq
Lay It Down – Al Green
Everyone's running
The whole field bursts to life, man
Best play in baseball
-Buck O'Neill describing a triple (inadvertent haiku!)
Late to the party
I attended and graduated college this decade, listened to indie rock for a decent amount of time, and yet have never heard of 90% of the albums mentioned.
No order—
Radiohead – Whichever Ones They Made This Decade
They’re all good. Can’t believe no one’s mentioned these guys yet…
R&B MUSIC ALERT R&B MUSIC ALERT***
Aaliyah – Aaliyah
If there was one album I would suggest to check out it’d be this one, her absolute best. Was devastated when her plane went down in August 2001. Despite her songs being popular I feel she was underrated when she was alive. R&B as a genre is still at a serious loss without her.
Missy Elliott – Miss E…So Addictive
Best CD she’s ever done, too. Timbaland brought out the best in her and Aaliyah.
Rufus Wainwright – Poses
If there were two albums I’d suggest to check out this would be the second. The title track is one of my favorite songs, probably ever. Perfectly sung.
Thom Yorke – The Eraser
No one liked this one? “The Eraser” is another of my favorite songs of the decade.
Death Cab – Plans
Their “poppiest” album by a long shot. Coincidentally the only one I ever find myself going back and listening to.
MIA – Arular
Kala’s great too.
Utada Hikaru – Deep River
Just ignore this one if you’re not Asian, into Asian music, or don’t speak Japanese. Why can’t she write songs of this quality in English?
The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
Can’t believe it took a fucking Zach Braff movie to get people to notice them.
Outkast – Stankonia
The “Bombs Over Baghdad” album has lots of good songs.
Honorable Mention:
-Hmm.. OK Computer didn’t come out this decade apparently, but I wore out that CD in college.
- Funeral is a great album. I was let down by Neon Bible
- Franz Ferdinand (S/T)
- Grand National – Kicking the National Habit
- Santogold (S/T). Missed the cut in favor of MIA
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell (a lot of first albums…)
- Girl Talk’s Feed the Animals makes me laugh (in a good way) and I dig mash-ups in general
- The Postal Service – Give Up
In no particular order
Radiohead—Kid A
Of Montreal— The Early Track Recordings (technically not made this decade, but released this decade)
Tullycraft—The Singles
The Spinto Band—Nice and Nicely Done
Madvillian-Madvilliany
Broken Social Scene—Broken Social Scene
Xiu Xiu—La Foret
Jay-Z—The Black Album
Ra Ra Riot—The Rhumb Line
GZA—Liquid Swords
Mos Def—Black On Both Sides (close enough to 2000)
The Streets—Original Pirate Material
Voxtrot—Voxtrot
by Sandoval Stays Suckafree on Jul 18, 2009 5:40 AM PDT reply actions
Nice call on Tullycraft
Was The Streets record really in this decade? really should have been in my list, then.
It’s rare that you remember exactly where you were the first time you hear an album, but that one, i do.
Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
Bjork – Vespertine (2001) (Bjork + matmos = drool)
The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
Rufus Wainwright – Want One (2003)
The Postal Service – Give Up (2003)
Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere (2006)
Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver (2007)
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone (2009)
Disclaimer: This is truly my favorite, not what I would say represent the best of the best. That said, I listened to these records a whole damn lot.
Matt Cain: Duck and Cover
Also
I know I’m a quiet one around here, but I’ve been e-stalking this blog every day for 3 years and would NEVER have guessed I was the only Bjork fan. How can this BE?
Matt Cain: Duck and Cover
I like Bjork.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 19, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
oh and I forgot about St. Elsewhere
That and the Odd Couple are great albums.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 19, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
This is easily my least favorite decade of music, but....in no particular order:
Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country (this would probably #1 if I had to choose)
Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Strokes - Is This It?
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
Libertines - Up The Bracket
Libertines - The Libertines
Of Montreal – The Sunlandic Twins (they’re playing Oakland in a few days)
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Good The Bad The Queen – The Good The Bad The Queen
Scissors For Lefty - Underhanded Romance (doesn’t really belong here, but I thought I’d find a local band to round out the list)
Honorable Mention: Raveonettes, Midlake, Spoon, the Cribs, the Wave Pictures, the Rakes, Kings of Leon….
"El once, chico. Eleven."
Way late
and I’m bad at making lists. But I do love The Delgados – Hate.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
Also way late, but...
All things Giants have been making really depressed, but I love the community here, so in the interest of staying involved…
In no particular order:
The Strokes — Is This It?
An incredible album, from start to finish. That’s it, I’m one of those guys who still defends The Strokes from “overrated” accusations…
…Like, with violence.
Modest Mouse — The Moon & Antarctica, Everywhere and His Nasty Parlor Tricks
My favorite albums from my favorite modern band. Tracks that will change your outlook on music: Night on the Sun, Gravity Rides Everything, Third Planet.
Pinback — Autumn of the Seraphs
What can I say? I’m a fan of good melodies.
The Postal Service — Give Up
I love this album. I’m almost glad that Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello decided not to make a second one, simply because I don’t think that anything could even come close to what they made here.
Atmosphere — God Loves Ugly
I liked Atmosphere before they were popular!
Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP
When I was eleven, I got a copy of this CD from a friend. When my mom found out what I was listening to, she flipped…and probably with good reason. Eminem’s (in my opinion) best album takes you to some dark, dark psychological depths.
Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Massively hyped, yes, but massively good, too.
Band of Horses — Cease to Begin
I’m getting fatigued, so I’ll just give you the cookie-cutter, adjective-noun, adjective-noun review: Lush soundscapes, powerful vocals.
Daft Punk — Alive 2007
Daft Punk rules. This is proof.
Madvillain — Madvillainy
I actually prefer Operation Doomsday (the crappy production makes it more endearing, at least to me), but that came out in 1999. This is almost as good, and that’s high praise coming from me.
Honorable Mentions:
Andre Nickatina — Conservation with a Devil (What can I say? I’m a “Yay Area” kid)
slightly stoopid — Closer to the Sun
The Strokes — Room on Fire, First Impressions of Firth
Modest Mouse — Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Arcade Fire — Funeral
Jedi Mind Tricks — Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend
Voxtrot — Raised by Wolves (EP)
Sage Francis — Personal Journals
Restoring Poetry in Music — Pyramids in Moscow
…plus way too many more to list.
I rank ’em like this:
10. Chromeo – Fancy Footwork
9. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
8. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
7. Against Me! – As the Eternal Cowboy
6. King Khan – What Is (With The Shrines)
5. Arcade Fire – Funeral
4. Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica
3. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
2. The Raveonettes – Chain Gang Of Love
1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
I know it’s kinda cheating but I gotta throw down an honorable mention section cause any of these albums could have made the list:
Brimstone Howl – We Came In Peace, Spiritualized – Songs In A&E, French Kicks – Swimming, Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours, Deer Tick – War Elephants, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, The Walkmen – Bows + Arrows, Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass, No Age – Nouns, Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles, Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil, Frank Black and The Catholics – Black Letter Days, Jay Reatard – Blood Visions, Beck – Sea Changes, Wolf Parade -Apologies To The Queen Mary, The Von Bondies – Lack of Communication, Crystal Stilts – Alight of Night, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Peter Bjorn And John – Writer’s Block, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl, The Gaslight Anthem – The ‘59 Sound, The Hellacopters – By the Grace of God, Love Is All – A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night, Jens Lekman – Oh You’re So Silent Jens, Of Montreal – Skeletal Lampings
Not an Album Listener...
…cause I just download everything I can so I don’t know the records, but these are the bands that have hooked me the most since 2000:
System of a Down
NoFX
The Killers
…Of Montreal
Rilo Kiley
The Streets
The Sword
Mastodon
Mogwai
Death Cab for Cutie
Modest Mouse
Silversun Pickups
The Bravery
Editors
The Decemberists
Explosions in the Sky
The Sounds
The White Stripes
Delta Spirit
Kasabian
Unearth
Kind of all over the place, but its all good stuff.
And on the 6th day, God created base-ball, and Barry put one in the water, and it was good.
"I think I just experienced my first Lincegasm."
Boom. Here it is.
10. Lupe Fiasco- The Cool 2007
9. Jake One- White Van Music 2008
8. Johnny Cash- Unearthed 2003
7. Wu Tang- Chamber Music 2009
6. The Weakerthans- Reconstruction Site 2003
5. Filthy Thieving Bastards- Our Fathers Sent Us EP 2000
4. Propagandhi- Potemkin City Limits 2005
3. Propagandhi- Supporting Caste 2009
2. Against Me! – As The Eternal Cowboy 2003
1. Dr. Dre – (Chronic) 2001 1999* Completely defensible.
I scoured everyone else’s lists and have decided that none of you are my soul mate.
gully
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