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

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

His Dirty South Dance mix was also just incredible. Check that one too.

welcome back dk lol

haha does dk listen to a-trak now??? first nastradamus, now this

Rob, I'm pretty sure most here anyone who knows of A-Trak is aware of both his background and his tastes. and what is hazing you for stating things that are obvious and getting excited about someone he considers passe. You'll probably get more hazing from him and others. Don't worry about it. Welcome to ILX.

i just meant dude's clueless stuck-in-03 hollertronixism sounds like a jawns'n'jernts parody instead of actual posting

i guess maybe i can ask shipley to check the hollerboard and let me know if dudes still actually talk like that

borad up the house - genghis tron
man in the mirror - rhymefest
heretic pride - mountain goats
i am legend - young dro

that's all so far that's really grabbed me. i guess i need to get up on atlas sound?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/o9irkn.jpg

You'll probably get more hazing from him and others. Don't worry about it. Welcome to ILX.

can we write a script where this becomes the auto response to the first zing on an intro thread

What is your problem is "And What"?

What is your problem, I mean.

Anyway thanks for the welcome Reverend.

Let's anticipate Lil Wayne, "The Carter III"

No problem.

vampire weekend, hot chip, los camp!, high places, the dream, rick ross, webbie, be your own pet

Problem.

So far I like:

Autechre
Times New Viking
El Guincho
Victrola Favorites
Excepter CD

i have a list i plan on posting elsewhere

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/o9irkn.jpg

I made a top 10 of the year so far. Boredom! yaaaay!

1) Sun Kil Moon - April
2) Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
3) The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
4) The Ravonettes - Lust Lust Lust (I'm as surprised as you are)
5) The Goslings - Occasion
6) The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
7) Beach House - Devotion (again, quite surprised)
8) Autistic Daughters - Uneasy Flowers
9) Jucifer - L'autrichienne
10) Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Hear

I'm sure Boris, Portishead, and The Breeders would be on there if I'd heard them.

That Atlas Sounds album sounded pretty shithouse the one play i gave it.

I also mixed up the title of that album. its Feel not Hear. I suck.

beach house, hercules, portishead, constantines, destroyer, el guincho, dodos, sian alice group, in that order.

Spiritualized, Youthmovies. I mentioned Cadence Weapon, right?

new Indian Jewelry is kinda alright too

It's all about dOP for me this year I reckon.