since last years thread was such a success, i'll start this one a few weeks earlier this year

(in no particular order)

Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
The National- The Boxer
Do Make Say Think- You, You're A History In Rust
Feist- The Reminder
Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
The Shins- Wincing The Night Away
Xiu Xiu- Remixed and Covered
Cloud Cult- The Meaning of 8

[Edited on May 19, 2007 at 4:55 PM. Reason : how could i forget cloud cult?]

5/19/2007 4:52:52 PM

justice, panda bear, simian mobile disco, dinosaur jr, arcade fire

5/19/2007 5:01:42 PM

I've been busy lately and haven't listened to anything new...
Bjork, Spoon, and Good Bad and Queen up next

Albums:
6 (a perfect album)
?


5
Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust
Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone


4
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Cloud Cult - The Meaning Of Eight
Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
Elvium - Copia
Besnard Lakes - Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
Bloc Party - Weekend In The City
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
Blonde Redhead - 23
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank


3
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
National - The Boxer
Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
Field - From Here We Go To Sublime
Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
Dntel - Dumb Luck
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Some Loud Thunder
Go Find - Stars On The Wall
Battles - Mirrored


2
Feist - The Reminder
Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers
Frog Eyes - Tears Of The Valedictorian
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Ted Leo - Living With The Living
Low - Drums & Guns
Deerhunter - Crytograms
Rosebuds - Night Of The Furies
Mice Parade - Mice Parade
Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur


1 (blah...)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Sea And Cake - Everybody
Dr. Dog - We All Belong
All Smiles - Ten Readings Of A Warning
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Apostle Of Hustle - National Anthem Of Nowhere
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Klaxons - Myths of the Near Futue
Air - Pocket Symphony
RJD2 - The Third Hand

[Edited on May 19, 2007 at 5:27 PM. Reason : grrrr]

5/19/2007 5:17:06 PM

adding:

Lovedrug - Everything Starts Where It Ends

5/19/2007 5:39:51 PM

any thoughts on the new Rush?

5/19/2007 5:45:00 PM

Kings of Leon - Because of the Times

5/19/2007 5:53:06 PM

I copy/pasted these from Cif82's post because I think they are some of the better albums I've heard so far this year.

Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Cloud Cult - The Meaning Of Eight
Elvium - Copia
Blonde Redhead - 23
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
National - The Boxer
Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
Dntel - Dumb Luck
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Rosebuds - Night Of The Furies
Sea And Cake - Everybody

I'm going to add these to the list:

65 Days of Static - The Destruction of Small Ideals
Aloha - Here Comes Everyone
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
Ef - Give Me Beauty or Give Me Death
Elk City - New Believers
Elliot Smith - New Moon
Fields - Everything Last Winter
House of Fools - Live and Learn
If These Trees Could Talk - If These Trees Could Talk
Immaculate Machine - Immaculate Machine's Fables
Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens
Menomena - Friend and Foe
Nick Drake - Family Tree
Octopus Project - One Ten Hundred Thousand Million
Pelican - City of Echoes
Radical Face - Ghost
Ratatat - Classics
Scraps of Tape - This is a copy is this a copy
The Snake The Cross The Crown - Cotton Teeth
Wooden Wand - James and the Quiet
*Bold = highly recommended

5/19/2007 5:53:41 PM

whoda guess yet another thread of listing bands that I (and probably many others) have mostly not heard of. can we at least confine this circle jerk to just this thread for 2k7?

5/19/2007 6:03:32 PM

whos problem is it that you are musically lame?

5/19/2007 6:04:43 PM

I'm gonna go ahead and throw Interpol - Our Love to Admire out there, even though it doesn't come out until July 10th, because I expect it to be just that good.


and I'm going to agree this these:

The Shins- Wincing The Night Away
Blonde Redhead - 23
Elliot Smith - New Moon
Dntel - Dumb Luck (I LOVE THIS ALBUM)
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Ted Leo - Living With The Living
Rosebuds - Night Of The Furies

5/19/2007 6:15:08 PM

i totally forgot about the elliott smith album

5/19/2007 6:29:07 PM

Quote :

"whos problem is it that you are musically lame?"

what an amazingly surprising response.

5/19/2007 6:35:45 PM

It was a lame response, but he was right. It isn't our fault that your musical pallet is so limited.

5/19/2007 7:14:40 PM

Infected Mushroom - "Vicious Delicious"...if youre into that type of music

5/19/2007 7:22:45 PM

Quote :

"It was a lame response, but he was right. It isn't our fault that your musical pallet is so limited."

5/19/2007 7:27:14 PM

Quote :

"whoda guess yet another thread of listing bands that I (and probably many others) have mostly not heard of. can we at least confine this circle jerk to just this thread for 2k7?"

this is pretty true

5/19/2007 9:31:53 PM

Quote :

"whoda guess yet another thread of listing bands that I (and probably many others) have mostly not heard of. can we at least confine this circle jerk to just this thread for 2k7?"

Thanks for contributing!

5/19/2007 9:42:58 PM

cif's post included over 50 albums, several of which I would actually consider fairly well known to anyone who listens to ANY music other than MTV/radio feeds (modest mouse, NIN, shins, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Of Montreal...i mean come on you dont live under a rock).

I dont understand why everyone gets their panties in a bunch. If you dont know these bands dont post, it doesnt affect you. But just so you know there is an entire world of bands all of you are ignoring by putting down all these dubbed 'circle jerk threads'....maybe you could actually take a listen to some of this stuff and then *gasp* you WOULD have heard of them and maybe find something you like!

We werent born knowing all these bands, we all found out about them through magazines, internet, friends shows, etc etc. You can too. Thats what these threads are for

5/19/2007 10:01:38 PM

Mr. Finkle "March of Gibble's Army"
Ham and Cheese Incident "Cross the 'I's and dot the 'T's"
Downpour "Strange Design"
Bamboo Deer "All Lit up and Nowhere to Go"

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 12:50 AM. Reason : .]

5/20/2007 12:46:11 AM

I find out a lot of awesome music through different types of threads. If I see a bunch of users recommending an album, I'll probably end up checking it out. I listen to a lot of music just sitting around playing on the internet, driving in the car, exercising, walking my dog, etc.

5/20/2007 1:12:31 AM

Exactly. It's in threads like these that you get introduced to new stuff that is good.

5/20/2007 9:48:09 AM

Quote :

"cif's post included over 50 albums, several of which I would actually consider fairly well known to anyone who listens to ANY music other than MTV/radio feeds"

which is why i said mostly.

i call it a circle jerk because it is called "top albums" and i come in to see about 100 albums that i and many people havent heard, which a few select users repeat on end. many times, someone might later come in to suggest something popular and get made fun of. it isnt that the albums are unknown, it is that you guys have selected about a million to sit around and congratulate each other on.

you arent making these band accessible to others by spouting off 10 or more a post in a "top album" thread. how bout picking 1 or two and actually EXPLAINING what they are and why you like them in lieu of some other bands (both popular and unpopular) in that genre.

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 11:10 AM. Reason : and i say all of this cuz we have about 100 of these a year and they are all the same]

5/20/2007 11:09:54 AM

Quote :

"you arent making these band accessible to others by spouting off 10 or more a post in a "top album" thread. how bout picking 1 or two and actually EXPLAINING what they are and why you like them in lieu of some other bands (both popular and unpopular) in that genre."

I actually agree with this

5/20/2007 11:11:12 AM

what about the music of 2007 thread that has countless links to download these albums in their entirety

why is it that people get so upset about this? i look on the main page of the entertainment section and see shit about rambo, transformers, warcraft, heroes, and 50 million other topics i have nothing to contribute to. If i was to let all of this bother me, wouldnt that be kind of pathetic?

5/20/2007 11:56:16 AM

we all listen to music. we can all contribute. you completely missed the point. particularly note the word "top" vs the quantity. if you just want to post albums you like, why not just keep it in that other thread? if you want to have a meaningful discussion on what makes some albums great, then feel free.

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 12:01 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2007 12:01:02 PM

no particular order:

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

5/20/2007 12:03:21 PM

I really enjoy the new LCD SOundsystem. Good call.

5/20/2007 12:24:01 PM

because of this thread i have 30 albums in my queue.

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 1:10 PM. Reason : v0 lame rips ]

5/20/2007 1:09:09 PM

My list includes every 2007 album I have listened too. If you see an album under the 1 or 2 that means that I didn't enjoy it, hated it, disappointed, etc. If I just list 10 albums you have no perspective of what I have listened too at all this year.

5/20/2007 2:03:08 PM

The High Llamas-- Can Cladders
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
National - The Boxer
Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Rosebuds - Night Of The Furies
The Polyphonic Spree-- The Fragile Army (I fucking LOVE this album... amazing and surprising)
Elliott Smith---New Moon
Menomena-- "Friend and Foe"
Peter Bjorn and John --- writer's block (although, technically released in 2006....got into it late last year, so I carry that one over)

I honestly cannot get into the Panda Bear stuff, although perhaps I need to give it a few more listens than I have thus far. I was never a big fan of Animal Collective anyway.... I'm trying to give them more of a chance as well, however. I just got Sung Tongs the other day and I'm giving that a shot since that seems to be the most accessible of the AC stuff.

Cif82
--- what did you think of Battles? I saw it made your list and the beats/music are great, but the chipmunk singing vocals I heard on a few of the songs persuaded me not to download it. Is it worth it?

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 2:38 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 2:39 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2007 2:37:38 PM

hated the bright eyes... couldn't get into the elliot smith. rest in lists 5-3 have been good.

The Polyphonic Spree-- The Fragile Army ... haven't seen it released?

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 3:12 PM. Reason : ]

5/20/2007 3:11:25 PM

^ it's been leaked for a week or so

and it rocks

5/20/2007 3:13:39 PM

Neon Bible and The Fragile Army are my favorites of the year so far. I really haven't kept up with new music lately, though, so there is a lot I need to listen to.

5/20/2007 3:15:03 PM

nin - year zero

explosions in the sky - all of a sudden i miss everyone

5/20/2007 3:28:30 PM

I was pretty disappointed with Wincing the Night away....

Am I the only one looking forward to something new from The Go! Team ?

5/20/2007 4:32:35 PM

^ Not at all, I expect it will be amazing.

5/20/2007 10:00:27 PM

^ my sentiments exactly

5/20/2007 10:01:12 PM

the new go team song that was posted on pitchfork was really cool

i forgot to add that i love the new wilco, and the joanna newsom ep

5/20/2007 11:13:46 PM

Timbaland - Timbaland Presents Shock Value
I don't like the guy, but he's definately doing something right, he's adding a new deminsion to pop music
Freemasons - Shakedown
They're bringing back a sound that hasn't been seen since 1970's philly, and it's actually started bringing dance/house music over to to a wider US audience.
Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Unlike The Killers, Maroon 5 managed to not drop the ball on their second album.
Justice - †
Amazing album, probably not very friendly to mainstream audiences, but still an amazing album.
Bloc Party - Weekend In The City
Very versatile album with a sound that could become the new gym class heros, except not shitty.

5/21/2007 2:50:26 AM

I just got that new Justice album but Ive heard its great

5/21/2007 9:42:34 AM

They made a really good album, D.A.N.C.E. is an awesome song and it's the worst one on the CD imo, but they could have shit in a CD case and the bloggers would have still eaten it up.

5/21/2007 11:59:18 AM

quick while all the music snobs are in one place, kill them all!

5/21/2007 1:23:27 PM

It's not being a snob if you just naturally have good taste.

5/21/2007 1:30:29 PM

^^ haha, you're right about that. Ive enjoyed the songs that came on the Waters of Nazareth EP

5/21/2007 1:32:38 PM

tiesto - elements of life

5/21/2007 1:44:09 PM

I'll add:
Avett Brothers- Emotionalism. I'm really digging it lately.
Jason Collett - Prodigals

I just saw this thread now and agree with much of what has been listed. [PSA] If you have no idea who these bands are and would like to try them and other great bands at a great price, please follow this link to emusic.com and start downloading now! http://www.emusic.com/?fref=700038 [/PSA]

i know i know, i just posted a referral link, but what the heck, you get 50 free songs(as do i). But it really is a great way to introduce yourself to great music cheaply..and support the smaller bands not on big labels.

5/21/2007 1:46:44 PM

i just don't know what everyone is hearing on that new lcd soundsystem cd

5/21/2007 2:52:16 PM

You are the most hard to please man in the music industry.

5/21/2007 2:53:37 PM

I HAVE NEEDS DAMMIT

but in addition to what i was saying about that justice album- in feels incomplete or something. i dunno.

add: waters of nazareth blows but the rest of the album is pretty good



[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 3:06 PM. Reason : while i'm at it Ø]

5/21/2007 2:56:11 PM

I don't know how you could ask for more from the Justice album, it's like the soundtrack to a bad 1980's movie thrown into a blender with some static and a bit of disco candy.

5/21/2007 4:15:58 PM