So we're fuck-all of the way through 2008; what records are worth attention?

Mountain Battles!

:)

anyone heard the new El Perro Del Mar LP? if it's got a couple of tracks like 'Dog' and 'I Can't Talk About It' on it i'll be happy

No djmartian shortlist of 400 albums, no thread credibility.

2008 - first quarter - boring

anyone heard the new El Perro Del Mar LP? if it's got a couple of tracks like 'Dog' and 'I Can't Talk About It' on it i'll be happy

the new one hasn't worked its magic on me yet.
but then again, i've not been in the mood for her style at all.
in fact, apart from the new Black Dog album, i have had a skinny 1st quarter.

i wanted the MGMT to be the great album of 2008, but its fucked beyond belief (not dave fridmanns fault - but grel calbi according to my checks), so i'm still waiting.

i cant pass beyond track 5 in the MGMT.
the thing is, the future also doesnt look so promising

Additions to my list up there: Be Your Own Pet, Torche, Boris

so far: foals, bob mould, mountain goats, boris (is that out yet? er ...), 5ive ... that's not bad so far, is it?

i think i'd probably like the vampire weekend album but i just. cannot. be. arsed.

eagerly, eagerly awaiting new M83 and notwist.

rings, fuck buttons, spiritualized, autechre.
these are a few of my favorite things.

Pretty good (and definitely worth attention, though not necessarily amazing): Dengue Fever's Venus on Earth.

yeah dengue fever is good.also vampire weekend,destroyer,mgmt.

New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is the most solid album i've heard this year

current top 10 albums, actual 2008 releases:

1. Legless – Finding Mr. Perfect (leglesstheband.com)
2. Dolly Parton – Backwoods Barbie (Dolly)
3. Ross Johnson – Make It Stop! The Most Of Ross Johnson (Goner)
4. Lil Mama – Voice of the Young People (Jive/Zomba)
5. Amanda Shaw – Pretty Runs Out (Rounder)
6. Phil Vassar – Prayer Of A Common Man (Universal)
7. Opeth – Watershed (Roadrunner)
8. Lazy Magnet – Is Music Even Good? (Corleone)
9. The Mother Truckers – Let’s All Go To Bed (Funzao)
10. New Bloods – The Secret Life (K EP)

I have really, really enjoyed:

Heretic Pride
Erykah Badu's crazypants album
Crystal Castles (who knew?????)

LPs from this year i am digging

for against - shade side sunny side
i was a cub scout - i want you to know that there is always hope
ida - lovers prayers
auburn lull - begin civil twilight

+ plenty of singles

looking forward to hearing the cut copy album in full. i would also welcome albums by sky larkin and cut off your hands, if such things are likely

Oh! Forgot 'Acid Sauna' by The Doubtful Guest which totally rules if you like acid techno friggin mayhem

i would also welcome albums by sky larkin

oooh, the dance the radio gang ?

yeah. that last single of theirs was fabbo

auburn lull, july skies, moto boy, devotchka, ruby suns, gentle touch, the lk, orwell, still corners(though i think this was late last year)

So far 08 is equally as bad as 07.

So far 08 is equally as bad as way worse than 07.

Fixed.

good thing it hasn't only been 3 months

Ya, 2007 started off strong and petered out very quickly. Perhaps 2008 will be more of a slow burn.

The Dodo's album I feel is pretty great, as well as Los Campesinos!

Yes, Dodos disc is v. good.

good thing it hasn't only been 3 months

My generation is doomed. We may not have more than the first three months of 08 to compare to 07.

So far this year, I've really enjoyed:

Black Mountain - In the Future
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead...
Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd.
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Los Campesions! - Hold On Now, Youngster...
The Whigs - Mission Control
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah
Boris - Smile
Meshuggah - ObZen

Of the three albums I've heard:

new Gnarls > new Portishead > new R.E.M.

M83 (maybe), Portishead, Raveonettes, Spiritualized, Long Blondes, Alastair Galbraith

Elbow, The Do, Guillemots, Foals, Portishead, Hercules & Love Affair, The Notwist, The Blessing, Cadence Weapon, Vanilla Swingers.

There's plenty of good stuff around, as always, if you're interested.

I love the She & Him album.

2008 is already a better year for albums than the whole of 2007 was. For me MGMT, Vampire Weekend, Be Your Own Pet, Hot Chip, The Young Knives, These New Puritans, Neon Neon, Magnetic Fields and Envelopes stood out so far.

Oh, forgot Gnarls Barkley.

slow start this year. Some gems:
Prurient - And Still, Wanting
Earth - The Bees...
Suishou No Fune - Prayer for Chibi
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride

thats about it

oh and The Goslings - Occasion

The Benga album has some tasty moments.

Yeah, I forgot to mention that Goslings album too.

I'm curious to hear the new Long Blondes and Young Knives albums.

The Glimmers - The Glimmers are Gee Gee Fazzi
Kraak en Smaak - Plastic People
The Drift - Memory Drawings
Thomas Brinkmann - When Horses Die

Marcin Wasilewski Trio's January is pretty much the only new thing I've been listening to regularly so far this year...

Dengue Fever - Venus on Earth
YMCK - Family Music
Dust-to-Digital: Victrola Favorites
Harmonize Most High - Babylon
Mamadou Diabate, Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, Vidwan Lalgudi Gjr Khrishnan - Strings Tradition
Autechre - Quaristice
Meshuggah - Obzen

Woods Family Creeps

i need to get that meshuggah album: i have high hopes for that too.

So far this year, in order: Vampire Weekend, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Destroyer.

I am LOVING LOVING LOVING the new Mystery Jets and Cut Copy albums, which is a little odd since I wasn't particularly crazy about either of their debuts. Portishead is quite nice too, although I'm a little hesitant about going balls-out crazy over it when it's not even the final version. And that Dodos album is a butt-ton of fun.

srsly I'm loving this year so far and there's still an absolute ton of stuff to come.

That new Snoop Dogg album is banging! Its got this crazy 80s sound that sounds very cool right now.

I have also really been feeling DJ A-Trak's Oh No You Didn't: Live in Vancouver Mix CD. Did you know he is Kanye's tour DJ? He really knows diverse music.

top 9 for me (can't think of a 10th one...), alphabetically:

Atlas Sound
Autechre
Boris
Earth
Malkmus + Jicks
Mountain Goats
Portishead
Raveonettes
Spiritualized

ah yes, forgot:

Nick Cave + Bad Seeds = #10

Oh Why? as well.

I have also really been feeling DJ A-Trak's Oh No You Didn't: Live in Vancouver Mix CD. Did you know he is Kanye's tour DJ? He really knows diverse music.

-- Rob Threezy, Thursday, April 3, 2008 12:45 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

lol

What?

i guess i just dont really know diverse music