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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

FAVORITE ALBUMS SO FAR [with descriptions!]:
1. new sleeping people ["math rock" taken to the next level, fucking amazing and a hot chick plays those frippian guitar lines; one of those bands who'll be worshipped soon]

2. new neurosis [well, they never release a bad record, do they?]

3. new toddle [fucking perfect songwriting, absolutely amazing production, etc etc etc. "college rock" the way it's meant to be played]

4. new stars of the lid [beautiful, epic, expansive. for something so sparsely-arranged, you'll find yourself wanting to listen to it often -- for all its subtle nuances. truely music to live in.]

5. new polysics [well, they also haven't released a bad record. chalk this one up as their weirdest yet.]

OTHER ALBUMS I DUG:
new jesu (which one?!)
new residents
new panda bear
new growing
new venetian snares
new bloodthirsty butchers
new animal collective
new motocompo
new growing
new sloth love chunks
new boredoms (well, not "new", but.. super roots 9)
new experimental dental school (split)
new gein & the graverobbers
new tuks (not sure if it's 2007 actually)
new zazen boys (live album)
new six organs of admittance
new shellac
new om
new sir richard bishop
new oren ambarchi
new battles
new mammal
new boris
new dodheimsgard
new william basinski (well, not "new" but..)
new eluvium
new weedeater
new pre (basically, anything skin graft released, except aids wolf)
new melt banana
new pan sonic
new oxbow

ALBUMS THAT DIDN'T LIVE UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS:
new future of the left (liked it at first but eh..)
new low
new radiohead (very meh)
new deerhoof (another one i liked at first)

ALBUMS THAT JUST SUCKED:
new sightings
new the locust (no surprise)
new les savy fav (how can such a talented band write such an embarassingly bland record?! jesus!)
new throbbing gristle (no surprise there either)
new tomahawk
new hella
new pelican
new queens of the stone age

That's all I can recall hearing this year that's considered new.

Luckily, the year's not over, and I'm expecting new Autechre and new Behold.. the Arctopus. Oh fuck, isn't a new Wire CD coming out too?!

HOLY FUCK DID YOU SAY NEW WIRE? FUCK YEAH!