The 2010 Albums Thread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4UtbrbsrjY

Gorillaz w/ Gruff Rhys and De La Soul - Superfast Jellyfish

I like this song a lot. With this and Stylo, Plastic Beach is looking pretty interesting so far.

azaghal1981 wrote:
It sounded to me like they were trying to pull off their own Screamadelica. And like you said, hit-or-miss.

betao wrote:
The new Brian Jonestown Massacre is out. Has a pretty weird vibe to it. It was recorded in Berlin and Iceland, which shows in the album imho. The tracks on it that are good, are fucking good, but there are some songs that I can't stand. It's alot dancier too.

"Let's go fucking metal" is so awesome. One of my favorite songs of the year.

..thats actually a really good way to put it.

Maybe it will grow on me, but a fair amount of it isn't the BJM that I know and love.

Still going to catch the show at the club though. Definitely.

I love BJM and that review is probably accurate (I haven't heard the album yet) and crushes any expecation of another …and this is our music or Strung Out in Heaven style album. I read somewhere that Anton said of My Blood Underground and I'm paraphrasing, play these tunes and lets record and then you never have to play them again. So it basically seemed like listening to at a jam session or anton's home recordings. It sounds like this album is going to be along those lines too.

Any good? I have an itunes gift card. I'm saving it for this album and maybe Beat the Devils Tattoo.

Relaxer wrote:
Pulling down the new Drive By Truckers at the moment, going to check it out during my lunchtime run.

azaghal1981 wrote:
BRMC and Autechre leaked.

BRMC now has the entire album streaming on '(their) page'. I assume that means their MySpace profile since I read the notice in their MySpace activity stream. (Didn't check yet.) If it's not there, go check their website.

Had to post this one mostly because I love the name of the album so much.

Dragontears

"Turn On Tune In Fuck Off"

Due out sometime this Fall on Bad Afro Records

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach streaming in full on NPR:  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124114812

Damon Albarn is my favorite living musician (not saying he's the best, just my favorite), so I am biased, but:  LOVE IT.  Has a definite White Album vibe; a beautiful, glorious, slightly schizoid pop roller coaster ride.  "On Melancholy Hill" is especially beautiful, on par with such emotional Blur gems as "This Is a Low" and "Sweet Song."

Plastic Beach is pretty great, and I've only played it once. It's really all over the place, and Damon did a great job producing it. There are some stunning tracks on there.

in case someone cares enough to give this a listen:

First Listen: Broken Bells
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124018401

Brian Burton, a.k.a. Danger Mouse, always seems to be working on something, but this feels different. Burton has teamed up with James Mercer, who's spent more than a decade leading his band The Shins, to form Broken Bells. As The Shins' lineup changes and the band switches to a new label, it's only natural that Mercer would want to try something new, and Broken Bells' self-titled debut feels like a fresh start.

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Fall leaked.

azaghal1981 wrote:
Fall leaked.

but it's not even spring.

Come on Walkies. I'd expect lame humor such as this from Rhett but you're typically held to a higher standard.

I saw on a write up of a NYC SVI/Ceremony show that Ceremony has a full length coming out this Spring.

I never thought I would say this but MGMT's Congratulations is great! They are a 100% different band now than on that overrated piece of garbage album that was their last. I don't know if it's Sonic Boom or their more psychedelic influences or a combination of both but this album is a total revamp of their sound.

broken bells  :-*

Honest Strings:A Tribute to the Life and Work of Jack Rose

That's a massive lineup. And it includes two appearances by the forum's own Snailhook.


Hopefully lossless downloads will be available.

azaghal1981 wrote:
I never thought I would say this but MGMT's Congratulations is great! They are a 100% different band now than on that overrated piece of garbage album that was their last. I don't know if it's Sonic Boom or their more psychedelic influences or a combination of both but this album is a total revamp of their sound.

There's probably one or two people out there who agree with you, somewhere.  :P

I found a couple of guilty pleasure songs on the first one, but the new one is unlistenable. I'm sure pitchfork will give it a 9.2, then a plethora of other people will agree with you.

Why is it that I find a single Teenage Fanclub track more engaging then entire albums by Goldfrapp, Frighten Rabbit and the Watson Twins.  Guess old age and the grump really truly is setting in…  And I'm also not really buying into Free Energy, despite the fact it's being touted as 70's power pop, it just sounds forced and manufactured….

And take it from me avoid at all costs Young and Devine, imagine the worst possible pop-punk with autotuned vocals, and cheesy synths. 

kosmo wrote:
Why is it that I find a single Teenage Fanclub track more engaging then entire albums by Goldfrapp, Frighten Rabbit and the Watson Twins.  Guess old age and the grump really truly is setting in… 

Um, maybe because you're a power pop freak?

I do like that TF track, but I also like the Watson Twins album quite a bit. I loved Midnight Organ Flight, but the new Frightened Rabbit is a little too slick. I liked the previous Goldfrapp album, but not this one.

Power Pop freak or not, I'm finding less and less new rock music that's worth listening to more than once..