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Old 10.25.2007, 02:21 AM   #41
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Thanks Atari, i haven't listened the splits withe The Iceburn Collective and Dalek and neighter Rai sanawachi koe wo hassu

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Old 10.25.2007, 07:17 PM   #42
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demon, this reviewer regards Magic as the best since The River
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/...w.springsteen/

Interesting stuff and, as perverse as it may sound, the reviewer may have a point about it being his best since The River. As great as Nebraska is, it's not an album I can listen to at will. Like most of his stuff up to and including The River, Magic has much more of that 'any-occasion' vibe.

ED: In full agreement about Livin' in the Future by the way.
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Old 10.26.2007, 06:22 AM   #43
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einsturzende neubauten album is now in my top ten of the year.... closely followed by the new pram album...

man its been a great year for music!
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Old 10.26.2007, 03:58 PM   #44
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Great :
Gowns – Red state
Islaja – Ulual yyy
Battles – Mirrored
Animal Collective – Strawberry jam
Sunny Day in Glasgow – Scribble mural comic journal


Good :
Besnard Lakes – Are the dark horse
Zelienople – His/Hers
Panda Bear – Person pitch
El-P - I’ll sleep when you’re dead
Marissa Nadler – Songs III : Bird on the water
P.J. Harvey – White chalk
Acoustic Ladyland – Skinny grin
Venetian Snaes – My downfall
Thurston Moore – Trees outside the academy
Nels Cline Singers – Draw breath
Odawas – Raven and the white night
Belaire – Exploding, impacting
Nadja – Thaumogenesis


OK (but somewhat disappointing) :
Boris & Michio Kurikaha – Rainbow
Charalambides – Electricity ghost
Mira Calix – Eyes set against the sun
Raccoo-oo-oon – Behold secret kingdom
Alex Delivery – Star destroyer
Radiohead – In rainbows
Liars – Liars
Skallander – Skallander
Shape of Broad Minds – Craft of the lost art
Moskitoo – Drape
Thurston Moore – Flipped out bride
Death Unit – Infinite death
Deerhoof – Friend opportunity
Shannon Wright – Let in the light
Low – Drums and guns
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie – The patron
Jesu – Conqueror
Dälek – Abandoned language
Efterklang – Under giant trees
Deerhunter – Cryptograms
Marie Stern – In advance of the broken arm
Grinderman – Grinderman
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Angels of Light – We are him
Elegi – Sistereis
Bark Haze – Total joke era
Dan Deacon – Spiderman of the rings
Björk – Volta


Meh / very disappointing :
Shellac – Excellent Italian greyhound
Grails – Burning off impurities
Maher Shalal Hash Bash – L’autre cap
Melt Banana – Bambi’s dilemma
Blonde Redhead – 23
Xbxrx – Wars


Tsssssssss :
!!! – Myth takes
Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
Menomena – Friend and foe

Awful :
Alcest – Souvenirs d’un autre monde
Air – Pocket symphony
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Old 10.26.2007, 04:23 PM   #45
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THE GOOD:

animal collective (strawberry jam. LOVE the album cover + title as well)
sunburned
dinosaur (this one was fair...not great. the first four albums shit all over everything they've done since, though.)
radiohead (another good album title)
PJ harvey
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Old 10.26.2007, 05:52 PM   #46
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From what I've heard, best to worst:

Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds
Battles - Mirrored
Tartar Lamb - 60 Metonymies
Melt-Banana - Bambi's Dilemma
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
Jesu - Conqueror
William Basinski - El Camino Royale
The Fall - Reformation Post TLC
Grinderman - Grinderman
EAQuartett - Electroacousticquartett

And I THINK that's all I've heard.
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Old 10.26.2007, 07:28 PM   #47
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Highs:

Carlos Giffoni - Arrogance
Battles - Mirrored
The Ohsees - Sucks Blood
Original Silence - The First Original Silence
Fennesz/Sakamoto - Cendre
Black Dice - Load Blown
Merzbow/Carlos Giffoni/Jim O'Rourke - Electric Dress
The Intelligence - Deuteronomy
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Boris w/Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
Liars - Liars
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Merzbow - Merzbear
A Place To Bury Strangers - S/T

Lows:

There's been a lot of bullshit that I've had the displeasure of listening to. Some of the ones that I remember:

Menomena
The National
Modest Mouse
Radiohead
Caribou
The Arcade Fire
Jens Lekman
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Old 10.26.2007, 07:41 PM   #48
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Top LP's so far
AIDS Wolf vs. Athletic Automaton "Clash of the Life-Force Warriors"

I thought that was a 2006 release. Otherwise it definitely would have made my highlights list.
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Old 12.08.2007, 05:35 PM   #49
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Bump as we're closer to the end of the year
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Old 12.09.2007, 12:01 AM   #50
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melt bannana, majic markers, grinderman, polysics, shellac, neurosis, om, boris, grinderman (even though im pretty sure it came out in 06), panda bear, radiohead, battles, thurston, sunburned, deerhoof, black dice, soft circle, weedeater, deerhunter, ghostface/wu tang,

im gonna go ahead and say this was an above average year for records
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Old 12.09.2007, 12:03 AM   #51
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fuck i forgot jesu

the new liars was fuckin pussy, literally, they made two extremly far out records and in all honesty i thought they were on some next level shit, totally different than any other "indie" bands, and yes i know they change thier sound up, but its not very brave to go to near unlistenable noise, to weird ambient chanting shit, to straight up rock songs, fuck that. i still have faith in them tho.
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Old 12.09.2007, 03:51 AM   #52
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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!
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Old 12.09.2007, 06:04 AM   #53
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Additions to my lists:

Between OK and great:
Neil Young - Chrome dreams II

OK: Sigur Rós - Hvarf / Heim (the DVD is surely much more interesting)

I haven't heard the new Bowie but apparently it sucks.
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Old 12.09.2007, 08:17 AM   #54
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I don't think I listed rhys chatham "A criminal grail"; that did come out in 2007 right? If so, make that the best record of the year.

Seriously, everyone here go listen to Toddle. Every part of every song is a hook!

And yes.. Wire - Read and Burn 3 is out, and it's cool.
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The read and burn eps are good enough, but i dont think ive ever obsessivley listened to any of them. Not like i still obsessivley listen to Pink Flag and 154.
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The read and burn eps are good enough, but i dont think ive ever obsessivley listened to any of them. Not like i still obsessivley listen to Pink Flag and 154.

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Panda Bear person pitch
Recent abduction sun city girls reissues
angelblood mambo mange
j. d. emmanuel wizard
Julian Cope JAPROCKSAMPLER
henry flynt and nova'billy novabilly
magik markers boss
Paul Metzger Deliverance


big disappointments

gang gang dance rawwar
animal collective strawberry jam
valerie project
That stooges record
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I'm listening to Read & Burn 3 and I'm feeling kind of disappointed. Even using Send as a reference point instead of their early stuff I'm disappointed. I'm not fond of the way it is mixed. It doesn't grip me the way that their other stuff does.
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it's cool. it's not.. great. it's just cool.

new zazen boys ep is out! getting it now!

edit: just got it, uploaded it here.. http://www.sendspace.com/file/nkxtjl

Sounds very battles-influenced compared to their older stuff.. weird!
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So that new Einsturzende's good? I've been meaning to pick it up but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Albums I really dug:
Magik Daggers-Black Diamonds EP
Deadchovsky-Spiritus Sancti Bizarre
Angels Of Light-We Are Him
Naked On The Vague-Blood Pressure Sessions
Chromatics-IV
Glass Candy-Beatbox
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