Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:I can see your point. When I registered on that board, I didn't know of this board. I was looking for the HFStival lineup one year (being in Richmond we don't get word of it except on internet) and found that site. And it had/has an active base of DC-area people discussing music. So I signed up for that. As I said, most of my posts are in off-topic or local shows, and the musical tastes of the active posters on that board aren't much different from these here. Musically I do fall more in line with what is going on here, but it's just a very slow board, not alot of people post. I don't see why I can't post on both without it being a problem.
If someone posts thirty-five thousand times to the Star Trek message board, it's a safe bet that they like Star Trek.
If a person posts thirty-five thousand messages on the Star Trek message board and doesn't like Star Trek, doesn't watch Star Trek, and doesn't like anything related to Star Trek, well – perhaps that's an indication of deeper problems.
Best Albums of 2005
Entertainly Weekly's critics top tens… Not quite sure what to make of David Browne's inclusion of Caesars "Paper Tigers" a CD which was pretty forgettable even if it was in his words not another Coldplay knockoff. Much better alternatives out there than the Caesars…
David Browne's top ten
Chris Willman's list includes Charlie favs Robbie Fulks, with obligatory Sufjan mention. Also Rodney Crowell, Bettye LaVette, and Depeche Mode. The last being called an elecro "Pet Sounds…
Chris Willmans top ten.
David Browne's top ten
Chris Willman's list includes Charlie favs Robbie Fulks, with obligatory Sufjan mention. Also Rodney Crowell, Bettye LaVette, and Depeche Mode. The last being called an elecro "Pet Sounds…
Chris Willmans top ten.
The five worst cds and boy does that Ozzy CD sound painful…
1) Big & Rich Comin' to Your City (Warner Bros.)
These self-proclaimed Nashville wild men were onto something with their strapping first album, which only makes this wretched-excess indulgence all the more shocking. Everything they touch â?? Southern rock, white rap, Dixie metal, modern bluegrass â?? is reduced to a grotesque freak show. We never really needed Hee Haw in the first place; we don't need a ''hip'' version of it in 2005, either.
2) Ozzy Osbourne Under Cover (Epic)
For years, he's used his whiny, corroded voice to destroy his own songs, and now he decides to do the same to classic-rock standards like ''Sunshine of Your Love'' and ''In My Life.'' At least Crazy Frog's album of remakes was a joke.
3) Jason Mraz Mr. Aâ??Z (Atlantic)
It's hard to say which part of this wet-noodle jam-band folkie's second album is most irritating: the song that announces what clever, witty singles he can write; the bit where he attempts street talk; or the smarm-merchant ballads. As his cuddly voice and image suggest, he may be a puppy, but not one you'd want to adopt.
4) Mike Jones Who Is Mike Jones? (Asylum)
Quick answer: bafflingly popular rapper who thinks ''Mike Jones, Mike Jones!'' constitutes clever flow and whose grueling, tiresome beats and ho homages only detract from Houston's flourishing hip-hop scene.
5) The Bravery The Bravery (Island)
Bands eager to relive the '80s were everywhere this year: Kaiser Chiefs (self-deprecating party boys), Bloc Party (proficient Gang of Four revivalists), Bright Eyes (an earnest but flat synth-pop droner on Digital Ash in a Digital Urn). The Bravery's homage to the worst, dreariest sides of the Cure, Depeche Mode, and Thompson Twins, however, was the most grating and pointless.
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1) Big & Rich Comin' to Your City (Warner Bros.)
These self-proclaimed Nashville wild men were onto something with their strapping first album, which only makes this wretched-excess indulgence all the more shocking. Everything they touch â?? Southern rock, white rap, Dixie metal, modern bluegrass â?? is reduced to a grotesque freak show. We never really needed Hee Haw in the first place; we don't need a ''hip'' version of it in 2005, either.
2) Ozzy Osbourne Under Cover (Epic)
For years, he's used his whiny, corroded voice to destroy his own songs, and now he decides to do the same to classic-rock standards like ''Sunshine of Your Love'' and ''In My Life.'' At least Crazy Frog's album of remakes was a joke.
3) Jason Mraz Mr. Aâ??Z (Atlantic)
It's hard to say which part of this wet-noodle jam-band folkie's second album is most irritating: the song that announces what clever, witty singles he can write; the bit where he attempts street talk; or the smarm-merchant ballads. As his cuddly voice and image suggest, he may be a puppy, but not one you'd want to adopt.
4) Mike Jones Who Is Mike Jones? (Asylum)
Quick answer: bafflingly popular rapper who thinks ''Mike Jones, Mike Jones!'' constitutes clever flow and whose grueling, tiresome beats and ho homages only detract from Houston's flourishing hip-hop scene.
5) The Bravery The Bravery (Island)
Bands eager to relive the '80s were everywhere this year: Kaiser Chiefs (self-deprecating party boys), Bloc Party (proficient Gang of Four revivalists), Bright Eyes (an earnest but flat synth-pop droner on Digital Ash in a Digital Urn). The Bravery's homage to the worst, dreariest sides of the Cure, Depeche Mode, and Thompson Twins, however, was the most grating and pointless.
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Our top 50 is up. Enjoy
I don't know how BEST this is, but I find it rather amazing that Stan Ridgway is still managing to put out VERY -Listenable new material in 2005.
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So can anyone whose actually heard it give constructive critism of the Kanye West record? Something other than it blows Mountain Goats…. Is it one of those well done guilty pleasure/party records or just over hyped sewage. Just curious…
Originally posted by redsock:What no Coltrane & Monk recorded in 1957 at Carnegie Hall? Surely some music snob would have included this on your list, as it was only released for the first time after the tape was recently discovered. Best record of year hands down appartently…
Our top 50 is up. Enjoy
Are you as torn between buying it and not buying it as my wife is?
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
So can anyone whose actually heard it give constructive critism of the Kanye West record? Something other than it blows Mountain Goats…. Is it one of those well done guilty pleasure/party records or just over hyped sewage. Just curious…
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:i'm curious it sounds more interesting then the fiona apple and beck for sure
Are you as torn between buying it and not buying it as my wife is?
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
So can anyone whose actually heard it give constructive critism of the Kanye West record? Something other than it blows Mountain Goats…. Is it one of those well done guilty pleasure/party records or just over hyped sewage. Just curious…
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:It qualified, but nope, not even a mention from any of our writers. I think we need a few more snobs on staff actually.
Originally posted by redsock:What no Coltrane & Monk recorded in 1957 at Carnegie Hall? Surely some music snob would have included this on your list, as it was only released for the first time after the tape was recently discovered. Best record of year hands down appartently…
Our top 50 is up. Enjoy
Originally posted by redsock:It's an abortion of a list. Sleater Kinney, Decemberists, and New Pornographers were the top 3 records of the year? I sold all of those back.
It qualified, but nope, not even a mention from any of our writers. I think we need a few more snobs on staff actually.
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:which just goes to show your abysmal taste in music…
Originally posted by redsock:It's an abortion of a list. Sleater Kinney, Decemberists, and New Pornographers were the top 3 records of the year? I sold all of those back.
It qualified, but nope, not even a mention from any of our writers. I think we need a few more snobs on staff actually.
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:Let's not forget you could have contributed to the list. Hardly an abortion, still better than Sufjan being number one, like every other list out there.
Originally posted by redsock:It's an abortion of a list. Sleater Kinney, Decemberists, and New Pornographers were the top 3 records of the year? I sold all of those back.
It qualified, but nope, not even a mention from any of our writers. I think we need a few more snobs on staff actually.
Originally posted by redsock:Well, I'll grant you Sufjan isn't all it's made out to be (hell, read my review) but I at least kept that CD instead of selling it back.
Let's not forget you could have contributed to the list. Hardly an abortion, still better than Sufjan being number one, like every other list out there.
Also, I received no email about voting for this.
Also also, I literally got that Alog CD (that supposedly was sent to me in November) yesterday so that's why you got no review, in case you care.
All in all, I think it's a pretty decent list. But that's just because I think the Decemberists and Sleater Kinney put out two of the very few great albums in 2005.
My only complaint is the glaring omission of Dead Meadow.
My only complaint is the glaring omission of Dead Meadow.
I think it is a great list.
Possibly because there are so many on there that I have not heard. Then again, if the subpar Decemberists album can make #2, I probably have not missed much.
Possibly because there are so many on there that I have not heard. Then again, if the subpar Decemberists album can make #2, I probably have not missed much.
It had one of my top 12, so it's a better list than popmatters or pitchdork.
The eMusic top 50 has some interesting choices on it, they include reissues. Their top pick Konono No. 1 sounds very intriguing and will be downloaded this evening…
Emusic Top 10
01 Konono No. 1, Congotronics (Crammed Discs)
02 Antony & The Johnsons, I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
03 Animal Collective, Feels (Fact Cat Records)
04 Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise (Asthmatic Kitty)
05 Hold Steady, Separation Sunday (French Kiss Records)
06 Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree (4AD)
07 Annie, Anniemal (Big Beat)
08 Various Artists, Run the Road (Vice Records)
09 Slits, Cut (KOCH Records)
10 Bettye LaVette, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti Records)
11 Spoon, Gimme Fiction (Merge Records)
12 New Pornographers, Twin Cinema (Matador Records)
13 Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Fierce Panda)
14 Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue (Dualtone)
15 Danger Doom, The Mouse & The Mask (Epitaph)
16 Bloc Party, Silent Alarm (Vice Records)
17 Supersystem, Always Never Again (Touch & Go Records)
18 James Blood Ulmer, Birthright (Hyena Records)
19 Decemberists, Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
20 Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart (Yep Roc Records)
21 Eels, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (Vagrant Records)
22 John Doe, Forever Hasn't Happened Yet (Yep Roc Records)
23 Deerhoof, The Runners Four (5 Rue Christine)
24 Washington Phillips, Key to the Kingdom (Yazoo-Shanachie Records)
25 Clientele, Strange Geometry (Merge Records)
26 Gang Gang Dance, God's Money (Social Registry)
27 Of Montreal, Sunlandic Twins (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
28 Blackalicious, The Craft (Anti Records)
29 Albert Ammons, Hey Piano Man (JSP Records)
30 Gogol Bordello, Gypsy Punks (Side One Dummy)
31 Lyrics Born, Same!@#$ Different Day (Quannum Projects)
32 Nortec Collective, Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 (Nacional Records)
33 The National, Alligator (Beggars Banquet)
34 Black Mountain, Black Mountain (Jagjaguwar)
35 Iron & Wine/Calexico, In the Reins (Overcoat Recordings)
36 Yo La Tengo, Prisoners of Love (Matador)
37 Cocorosie, Noah's Ark (Touch & Go Records)
38 Isaac Hayes, Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It? (Fantasy/Stax)
39 So Percussion, Steve Reich: Drumming (Cantaloupe Music)
40 Vasti Bunyan, Lookaftering (Dicristina)
41 Serge Gainsbourg, Love And The Beat Vol. 1: Love Gainsbourg's Way (Sunnyside Records)
42 Ladytron, The Witching Hour (Rykodisc)
43 Dave Douglas, Mountain Passages (KOCH Records)
44 Attileo Mineo, Man in Space with Sounds (Subliminal Sounds)
45 Various Artists, Sun Spots: The Story of Sun Records (Sun Records)
46 Blueprint, 1988 (Rhymesayers)
47 Dr. Dog, Easy Beat (National Parking)
48 Horace Andy, Dance Hall Style (Wackies)
49 Various Artists, Thai Beat A Go-Go 2 (Subliminal Sounds)
50 Fieldwork, Simulated Progress (Pi Recordings)
Emusic Top 10
01 Konono No. 1, Congotronics (Crammed Discs)
02 Antony & The Johnsons, I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
03 Animal Collective, Feels (Fact Cat Records)
04 Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise (Asthmatic Kitty)
05 Hold Steady, Separation Sunday (French Kiss Records)
06 Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree (4AD)
07 Annie, Anniemal (Big Beat)
08 Various Artists, Run the Road (Vice Records)
09 Slits, Cut (KOCH Records)
10 Bettye LaVette, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti Records)
11 Spoon, Gimme Fiction (Merge Records)
12 New Pornographers, Twin Cinema (Matador Records)
13 Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Fierce Panda)
14 Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue (Dualtone)
15 Danger Doom, The Mouse & The Mask (Epitaph)
16 Bloc Party, Silent Alarm (Vice Records)
17 Supersystem, Always Never Again (Touch & Go Records)
18 James Blood Ulmer, Birthright (Hyena Records)
19 Decemberists, Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
20 Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart (Yep Roc Records)
21 Eels, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (Vagrant Records)
22 John Doe, Forever Hasn't Happened Yet (Yep Roc Records)
23 Deerhoof, The Runners Four (5 Rue Christine)
24 Washington Phillips, Key to the Kingdom (Yazoo-Shanachie Records)
25 Clientele, Strange Geometry (Merge Records)
26 Gang Gang Dance, God's Money (Social Registry)
27 Of Montreal, Sunlandic Twins (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
28 Blackalicious, The Craft (Anti Records)
29 Albert Ammons, Hey Piano Man (JSP Records)
30 Gogol Bordello, Gypsy Punks (Side One Dummy)
31 Lyrics Born, Same!@#$ Different Day (Quannum Projects)
32 Nortec Collective, Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 (Nacional Records)
33 The National, Alligator (Beggars Banquet)
34 Black Mountain, Black Mountain (Jagjaguwar)
35 Iron & Wine/Calexico, In the Reins (Overcoat Recordings)
36 Yo La Tengo, Prisoners of Love (Matador)
37 Cocorosie, Noah's Ark (Touch & Go Records)
38 Isaac Hayes, Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It? (Fantasy/Stax)
39 So Percussion, Steve Reich: Drumming (Cantaloupe Music)
40 Vasti Bunyan, Lookaftering (Dicristina)
41 Serge Gainsbourg, Love And The Beat Vol. 1: Love Gainsbourg's Way (Sunnyside Records)
42 Ladytron, The Witching Hour (Rykodisc)
43 Dave Douglas, Mountain Passages (KOCH Records)
44 Attileo Mineo, Man in Space with Sounds (Subliminal Sounds)
45 Various Artists, Sun Spots: The Story of Sun Records (Sun Records)
46 Blueprint, 1988 (Rhymesayers)
47 Dr. Dog, Easy Beat (National Parking)
48 Horace Andy, Dance Hall Style (Wackies)
49 Various Artists, Thai Beat A Go-Go 2 (Subliminal Sounds)
50 Fieldwork, Simulated Progress (Pi Recordings)
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:it's a very good hip-hop album with enough adventurous quality that it makes mainstream music fans who are kind of afraid of underground/backpack hip-hop think that they're listening to "artistic" music (much like outkast) … it has some fantastic productions, some pretty good flows (not great), but it blows radio mainstream shit like mike jones and young jeezy out of the water
So can anyone whose actually heard it give constructive critism of the Kanye West record? Something other than it blows Mountain Goats…. Is it one of those well done guilty pleasure/party records or just over hyped sewage. Just curious…
that said, everyone here should pick up danger doom, it's a great, hilarious album … best hip-hop album of the year
I'm suprised the Gogol Bordello isn't getting more nods, just downloaded the record and it has everything that all those new "punk" bands lack. Attitude to burn on the top of a band on verge of total musical choas. I can sense why this bands show could be amazing…