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Old 11.07.2012, 08:17 AM   #1
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this year's been good for music
but whats been your favourite album so far (or are there any albums due for release before the end of the year that you're really looking forward to?)

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Old 11.07.2012, 10:43 AM   #2
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hmmmmmmmm,

Honestly it'd probably be a hip hop album. This has been a banner year for hip hop, and Killer Mike's RAP Music I've gone back to over and over.
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Old 11.07.2012, 08:56 PM   #3
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Corin Tucker Band "Kill My Blues" hands down most fun and yet most grown up record I've heard in years!

 
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Old 11.08.2012, 12:45 AM   #4
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Myrrh - S/T
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Newest Sylvester Anfang II LP
Swans - The Seer

Reissue gold stars to Majutsu no Niwa's "Frontera" (so excellent to finally have on 2xLP with a sidelong bonus track!) and the Sensations' Fix rarities/retrospective 2xLP "Music Is Painting In The Air."
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Old 11.08.2012, 07:25 AM   #5
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It's been a killer year. I think GYBE pretty much pulled off the impossible and made an album that competes with their pre break up output. But I am going to have to do some digging and registering before I say with certainty which album is really the best.

Front runners are Animal Collective, Spiritualized, and GYBE, but I'm forgetting more of the good releases than I am remembering. No doubt ill be thinking on this all day. So much for work. Sick day?
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Old 11.08.2012, 10:32 AM   #6
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Myrrh - S/T
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Newest Sylvester Anfang II LP
Swans - The Seer

Reissue gold stars to Majutsu no Niwa's "Frontera" (so excellent to finally have on 2xLP with a sidelong bonus track!) and the Sensations' Fix rarities/retrospective 2xLP "Music Is Painting In The Air."

Have you ever heard Picchio dal Pozzo? Great and much underrated Italian Prog band. I say underrated because when it comes to Italian Prog you often see Banco del Mutuo Soccorso or Area's names mentioned but these guys surely produced a fantastic first album which you don't see mentioned that often.

Choice cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83RuO4OTkL4
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Old 11.08.2012, 10:36 AM   #7
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Old 11.08.2012, 01:01 PM   #8
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Have you ever heard Picchio dal Pozzo? Great and much underrated Italian Prog band. I say underrated because when it comes to Italian Prog you often see Banco del Mutuo Soccorso or Area's names mentioned but these guys surely produced a fantastic first album which you don't see mentioned that often.

Choice cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83RuO4OTkL4

Thanks very much!
The best 70s Italo prog thing I have heard i recent years is Museo Rosenbach's "Zarathustra," and I also like Dolce Acqua a lot.
Needed more, so thanks.
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Old 11.08.2012, 01:44 PM   #9
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Swans-The Seer.

That album rules so hard it's silly.
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Old 11.08.2012, 01:57 PM   #10
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Thanks very much!
The best 70s Italo prog thing I have heard i recent years is Museo Rosenbach's "Zarathustra," and I also like Dolce Acqua a lot.
Needed more, so thanks.
Glad I was of some service.
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Old 11.08.2012, 02:03 PM   #11
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I bow down to Swans.
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Old 11.08.2012, 02:07 PM   #12
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It's great. And darker than I expected. Which is good.
The Picchio dal Pozzo, that is.

And I just listened to the 1st record of The Seer 3xLP again too. Still not sick of it. So good.
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Old 11.08.2012, 02:11 PM   #13
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Old 11.08.2012, 02:18 PM   #14
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It's great. And darker than I expected. Which is good.
The Picchio dal Pozzo, that is.

And I just listened to the 1st record of The Seer 3xLP again too. Still not sick of it. So good.
Swans are turning more and more into the prog band with the overblown bits which you need right now. Swans are an overblown band to start with. They are arty and pretentious, all things I love.
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Old 11.08.2012, 02:21 PM   #15
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The Seer is less an "album" than a "work." I really think they are making the best music of their lives right now.
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Old 11.08.2012, 02:27 PM   #16
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The Seer is less an "album" than a "work." I really think they are making the best music of their lives right now.
Agreed. They hate distance between band and fans. Michael Gira was the nicest bloke when I approached him about some homophobic issues that were posted on here. KRAUTPROG, motherfuckers.
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Agreed. They hate distance between band and fans. Michael Gira was the nicest bloke when I approached him about some homophobic issues that were posted on here. KRAUTPROG, motherfuckers.

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Old 11.08.2012, 04:22 PM   #18
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Old 11.08.2012, 04:29 PM   #19
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I have been so broke, and so fucking busy and so full of crap to do that I have yet to hear any album released this year. I need to go through this thread and pull out some thangs to rock my world.
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