grotty
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Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 11:40 AM UTC
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Someone's gotta start it.
Records:
*Bright Eyes ~Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
*Dead Meadow ~Feathers
*Bloc Party ~Silent Alarm
*National, The ~Alligator
*White Stripes ~Get Behind Me Satan
*Shout Out Louds ~Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
*Stephen Malkmus ~Face the Truth
I'm still absorbing:
Spoon
Sleater Kinney
Stars
Shows:
*Slobberbone @ a small roadhouse in Western OH MARCH
Last tour @ w/ Two Cow Garage
*Chemical Brothers @ Coachella MAY
*The Faint @ Coachella MAY
*John Dee Graham @ Club Cafe, Pittsburgh PA JUNE
*The National @ Mercury Lounge, NYC JUNE (1st night)
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What should I buy & what did I miss?
Rhett Miller
Joined: November 15, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 01:04 PM UTC
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The only albums I've purchased and enjoyed:
Robbie Fulks
Josh Rouse
Tom Brosseau
John Davis
Andrew Bird
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 01:15 PM UTC
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Been a good year so far with some solid top to bottom albums and some with a tad to much filler…
Top Shelf Drinks
* The Sugarplastic - Will
* De Novo Dahl - Cats & Kittens
* Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love
* LCD Soundsystem
* Nic Armstrong & The Thieves
Call Drinks
* Kaiser Chiefs
* Do Me Bad Things
* Bloc Party
Well Drinks
* Maximo Park
* Danko Jones
* The Dead 60's
Best shows
The Sugarplastic @ The Derby Club in LA
Gang of Four @ Irving Plaza
The Slickee Boys
Bloc Party @ Black Cat
De Novo Dahl @ The Warehouse
On the Horizon… The Oranage Peels, Pernice Brothers, Teenage Fanclub, E.Joseph and Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
The Roger Manning album "Solid State Warrior" which is currently only available for download via Weedshare, is the long lost Jellyfish album. Not sure how if I'm totally ready to endorse Weedshare, which is a DRMed music download service. In theory it's more artist oriented then say iTunes but the per track costs are pretty high ($1.25 per for the Manning tracks" nd as always seems to be the case for every Roger Manning, Imperial Team Demo available there are a pile of unknowns flogging their wares. Besides there is no Mac support yet…
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 02:14 PM UTC
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Anyone heard the Oneida "The Wedding"? People were raving about it on eMusic, so far it's strikes me as something some of ya'll would enjoy.
ggw
Joined: December 16, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 02:21 PM UTC
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What about this Clap Your Hands Say Yeah band?
buddha
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Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 02:23 PM UTC
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
What about this Clap Your Hands Say Yeah band?
Loving their cd. Some people may be turned off by the vocals though
slappy
Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 02:47 PM UTC
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Really like the Kooks track Lamacq plays on 6 ,can't wait to hear more.
Hard Fi
Engineers
Turin Brakes
Most overrated: Bright Eyes
Don't sleep on: The Frames - Burn the Maps
Most likely to have a tune on the soundtrack of the next Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant flick… James Blunt
wxdude
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Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 02:47 PM UTC
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Pretty good year so far.
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Over The Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer
Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Gorillaz - Demon Days
White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
LCD Soundsystem
Favorite shows:
The Dears, Shout Out Louds - North Star Cafe, Philadelphia
Wilco, The Roots - Merriweather Post
Ash - TLA, Philly
Patty Griffin - 9:30 Club
chancegardener
Joined: August 13, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 03:01 PM UTC
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Sleater-Kinney's "The Woods" is the best album yet this year.
Wilco at the 930 (in Jan? Feb?) was the best concert so far.
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 03:03 PM UTC
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Forgot the I Am Kloot
ratioci nation
Joined: November 22, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 03:06 PM UTC
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Top 5 Albums
The National - Alligator
Lucero - Nobody's Darling (I like it more and more, maybe better now than the last one)
The Go Betweens - Oceans Apart (I think it is pretty remarkable that they can still make an album this good)
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
Clem Snide - End of Love
sonickteam2
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Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 03:08 PM UTC
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I'll go
Albums:
Soundtrack Of Our Lives, The - "Origin 1"
Mercury Rev - Secret Migration
Backyard Babies - "Tinnitus"
Shows:
Weezer - Toronto
Dinosaur Jr. - last night
TSOOL - Rams Head
Live8 - Barrie, ONT
BookerT
Joined: October 30, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 1410
Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 03:11 PM UTC
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my favorite records have been "axes" by electrelane, "life & love in sparrow's meadow" by the skygreen leopards and "celebration castle" by the ponys.
my favorite shows have been the wedding present at the black cat and unrest at the black cat.
buddha
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Posts: 1203
Re: Mid Year Bests
July 12, 2005 at 03:36 PM UTC
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Albums:
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Decemberists - Picaresque
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
Bright Eyes - (both albums)
Shows:
Arcade Fire @ 9:30 Club
Bloc Party @ Black Cat, Coachella
Pixies @ Merriweather
Crooked Fingers @ Black Cat
Secret Machines @ Coachella
Black Star @ Coachella