Mid-Year Best Discs

Originally posted by Rakim Indie Balzac:
Damnation!

How will a blue collar asshole like me be able to afford that subscription to last.fm now?

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/98/98fjensonmint.phtml

and last.fm is free

Adding on the list

Belle & Sebastain
Middle Distance Runner
Van Hunt
St. Etienne
Sia
Margot & The Nuclear So & So's

Lots of stuff to get like Phoenix…

Recently dowloaded or got Low, The Eighteeth Day of May, Jon Auer, which sound great

mojave 3 - puzzles like you

this record has grown on me immensely. this has gotta be the most pop record neil halstead's ever done, and that's not a bad thing.

I pulled the Black Angels down from eMusic and it's a definite keeper… So is Austin the new you know what?

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
I pulled the Black Angels down from eMusic and it's a definite keeper… So is Austin the new you know what?

New?

Let's say, it's lone star is shining even brighter.

There are a few good bands in Houston too but it still resides in Austin's shadow.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
I pulled the Black Angels down from eMusic and it's a definite keeper… So is Austin the new you know what?

why hadn't anyone told me yet that this was on emusic? you're slacking kosmo!

by the way, i've been able to find pretty much every album i want from '06 on emusic, it's getting better and better … now if they can only get sub-pop ……

because i just myself got around to downloading and listening to it…

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by Rakim Indie Balzac:
How do you, poor stuggling grad student that you are, manage to afford to purchase so much music? Do you have a full-time factory job on the side??? Enquiring minds want to know.

i view grad school as an investment
any other questions about my budgetary decisions or financial background?

I see. So the reason you attended university was not because you were on a quest for greater knowledge. The primary interest was the acquisition of money. Well, at least you are honest. Youâ??ll get more academic bang for the buck by attending grad school. Doubtless you experience the rest of life in a similar fashion. Breakfast is an investment in daily nutrition. Masturbation to online porn is an investment in sexual release. Showering is an investment in personal cleanliness. Towelling off is an investment in moisture removal. Not to put too fine a point on it, but arenâ??t you afraid that this financial-gain motive stereotypes you?

Originally posted by Wolf N.Eagleburger:

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by Rakim Indie Balzac:
How do you, poor stuggling grad student that you are, manage to afford to purchase so much music? Do you have a full-time factory job on the side??? Enquiring minds want to know.

i view grad school as an investment
any other questions about my budgetary decisions or financial background?

I see. So the reason you attended university was not because you were on a quest for greater knowledge. The primary interest was the acquisition of money. Well, at least you are honest. Youâ??ll get more academic bang for the buck by attending grad school. … Not to put too fine a point on it, but arenâ??t you afraid that this financial-gain motive stereotypes you?

sheesh, you guys sure are obsessed with my personal life

thanks for your expert interpretation, but by referring to grad school as an "investment," i meant not that my sole goal for graduate school was to make money, but rather that i didn't want to take 3 years in my mid-20s and live like a hermit and eat ramen noodles, so i'm living a normal life and taking loans out, which i plan to pay back with the compensation i receive from a job after school

i actually find the law fascinating, it's kind of like studying physics in a weird way; it unlocks keys for how the world works … another bonus is the staggering diversity of jobs and careers available to a JD

so, i just wanted to thank you for consistently contributing positively to discussions about music around here … any other pressing issues about my personal life that you need resolved? or can we get back to talking about music?

i enjoy the jenny lewis record quite a bit.
and the new belle and sebastian.

i can't stand to listen to wolfmother or the raconteurs or whatever.
jack white makes my ears shrivel.

that said, i'm pretty disappointed that the only things i could find to like were the jenny lewis and B&S. considering my record collection of yore, this makes me look like a softy.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Consensus top albums of 2006 - from the Blogosphere

I'm not as sold on this Destroyers Album as everybody else. Kind of a poor mans Mountain Goats to me.

After a week of listening to this years albums I've obtained (in no particular order):

Like Like:

Camera Obscura
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
Band of Horses
Art Brut (though 2005 in my collection)
Belle and Sebastian
Islands
Nouvelle Vague
Subways
We Are Scientists

Like:

Destroyer
The Elected
The Essex Green (need a few more listens)
Muse
Morrissey
Arctic Monkeys (I don't read much about music other than this board, and all that was said was "overhyped," but I never read the hype in the first place)

Not so much:

Flaming Lips (major disappointment after Yoshima)
Snow Patrol (tried not to be over produced and layered like the first album and all that did was expose them as weak musically)
Keane (I'm just over it)
Pearl Jam (ditto)
She Wants Revenge (sort of an F you to Clearchannel, sort of a cheap cashing in - I just can't decide which prevails. Either way, I'm over it.)
Wolfmother/Eagles of Death Metal/Racontuers (making a mockery of classic rock, should follow Truckers and Sloan's lead and put their own spin on it)

The new Built to Spill and Sonic Youth records are solid too.

I'm ready to move Muse's new album up to #1 or close to it for the year.

i've liked a lot this year, haven't loved too much. only one i really love is "rubies," which is about 28x better than any mountain goats record. i've completely guzzled the kool-aid when it comes to lily allen, and i never go for that breezy pop shit. but man is that album amazing, probably my second favorite. another one i really dig is the self-titled debut from adam arcuragi; anyone who likes sufjan, red house painters, mark lanegan, etc. should really check him out.

new oneida's growing on me but still doesn't match "secret wars"/"anthem of the moon" for me. pink mountaintops, vetiver, human television, ladyhawk, all pretty good. ghostface does the trick when that white guilt kicks in.

I haven't listened to the new Muse enough yet (just a quick listen so far), but my current #1 album of the first half of the year is Cannibal Sea by The Essex Green. I'm seriously addicted to that album currently, and I'm really kicking myself for skipping their Black Cat Backstage concert some months ago.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
I pulled the Black Angels down from eMusic and it's a definite keeper… So is Austin the new you know what?

Hmmm, this is interesting to hear. At SXSW, when the rest of the Brian Jonestown Massacre didn't make it in to town on time for the daytime showcase, the Black Angels backed up Anton Newcombe on one long, jam that was awful. He left the stage and they played the rest of the set and it was no good. Not sure how much of that was influenced by being geared up to see BJM, but it was bad….

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
I pulled the Black Angels down from eMusic and it's a definite keeper… So is Austin the new you know what?

why hadn't anyone told me yet that this was on emusic? you're slacking kosmo!

by the way, i've been able to find pretty much every album i want from '06 on emusic, it's getting better and better … now if they can only get sub-pop ……

So can someone go find that emusic thread? Did you know all of Ivy's catalog is on there? DAMN.

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
my current #1 album of the first half of the year is Cannibal Sea by The Essex Green. I'm seriously addicted to that album currently, and I'm really kicking myself for skipping their Black Cat Backstage concert some months ago.

I'm with you on really liking the album, and being an ass for missing them at DC9 not too long ago….

Oy.

Otherwise, 2006 is a lean year for me and new music. Signing up with eMusic has been great, but not much is really catching my imagination these days.

Best year I had in a while was 2004, I think….

Originally posted by BookerT:
i've completely guzzled the kool-aid when it comes to lily allen, and i never go for that breezy pop shit. but man is that album amazing, probably my second favorite.

You can stream the full Lily Allen cd here

I'm only in to the second song…could see it catching my fancy, though there's no way to know yet.