Highs and lows of the 2007 releases so far - Page 4

Onani Nic · 12.10.2007, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dionysusundone

Naked On The Vague-Blood Pressure Sessions

Good to see some love for my Sydney buddies. Check out the EP they did recently called "The Sad Sun" EP. I personally like it better, it reflects the weird kinda gothic jams they've been doing recently.

Also Matthews solo project Lamp Puffer (was called Bad Tables until a few weeks ago) is pretty cool.
http://www.myspace.com/lamppuffer

Poor Immigrant · 12.10.2007, 07:27 AM

Highs:
Battles - Mirrored
Kala - M.I.A.
Grinderman - Grinderman
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Radiohead - In Rainbows
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Justice - Cross
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Magik Markes - Boss

OK:
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
The Tough Alliance - A New Chance

Lows:
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
Arctic Monkeys - Your Favorite Worst Nighmare - Worst album of 2007

Lots more stuff I have to listen to.

dionysusundone · 12.10.2007, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Onani Nic

Good to see some love for my Sydney buddies. Check out the EP they did recently called "The Sad Sun" EP. I personally like it better, it reflects the weird kinda gothic jams they've been doing recently.

Also Matthews solo project Lamp Puffer (was called Bad Tables until a few weeks ago) is pretty cool.
http://www.myspace.com/lamppuffer

Hmm cool stuff. Yeah I haen't heard The Sad Sun EP yet, not sure if it's out here or not...but they're coming to play here in March so I'm sure I'll be able to pick it up then.

flashlight69 · 12.11.2007, 12:12 PM

highs:

Queens of the Stoneage- Era Voulgaris..... 6/6
Foo Fighters--Echo, Silence.... 6/6
Thurston Moore- Trees outside the Acedamy 6/6
Paul Mc Cartney---Memory almoast full 6/6

i don´t bought more records from 2007 but they were all very excellent.

gpw_sucks · 12.11.2007, 01:35 PM

Highs:

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail
Battles - Mirrored
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Magik Markers - Boss
Sleeping People - Growing
Toddle - Dawn Praise the World
Grinderman - S/T
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy

Lows:

Smashing Pumpkins
The Stooges

atsonicpark · 12.11.2007, 06:20 PM

Wow, it sure is a good feeling to read all the indie bullshit Pitchfork dicksucking awful album loving in this thread and little to no recognition (except for some of you) of truely great albums.

Wait, good feelings are followed by vomit and a little bit of bleeding, right?

atsonicpark · 12.11.2007, 06:21 PM

Also, people on this board actually listen to the Smashing Pumpkins.

...

drrrtyboots · 12.11.2007, 10:06 PM

Dirty Projectors' Rise Above is one great big HIGH.

Everyneurotic · 12.12.2007, 12:53 AM

i'll post my personal low points and disappointments, then at some point the high points (work in progress):

-the weirdness
-beyond
-boss
-in rainbows (disc one has some great songs but it's the first underwhelming and static rh album since pablo honey)
-grinderman (could have been an spectacular ep, ended up being an ok to good album).
-big business - here come the waterworks (after the brilliant head for the shallow, the guys do an album of mediocre melvins-wannabe songs).
-spoon - ga ga ga ga ga (good but i haven't really listened to it again)
-angelcorpse - of lucifer and lightning (very by the numbers for a return of a brilliant band)
-pelican - city of echoes (like b-sides of their last album)
-pretty much everything on load records (mediocre releases by great bands, mostly)
-modest mouse - the ship sank whatever (even though some tunes are amazing)
-low - drums and guns (a failed experiment, "your poison" and "murderer" almost make up for the duds)
-chinese stars - left side of the brain (dire, awful band)
-xasthur - defective epitaph
-von südenfed
-wu-tang clan - 8 diagrams (some songs are good, though)
-beirut - the flying club cub
-down III
-black dice - load blown (but i didn't expect much)
-iron and wine - shepherd's dog
-caribou - andorra
-qui - love's miracle
-blues control (seemed half baked)
-leslie keffer and inca ore tape (had big hopes for both)

✌➬ · 12.12.2007, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Poor Immigrant

Highs:
Kala - M.I.A.

I'm glad someone besides me thought that album was amazing.

Torn Curtain · 12.12.2007, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Also, people on this board actually listen to the Smashing Pumpkins.

...

Maybe because Corgan has great songwriting skills sometimes (cf obscured for instance).

Everyneurotic · 12.12.2007, 03:01 PM

ohh yeah, more lows, ultra lows actually.

-björk - volta (because it's the only one of hers that i had any expectations and yeah, you know)
-m.i.a. - kala (how people consider it music is beyond me)

Massassinated · 12.14.2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Massassinated

Great :
Gowns – Red state
Islaja – Ulual yyy
Battles – Mirrored
Animal Collective – Strawberry jam
Sunny Day in Glasgow – Scribble mural comic journal

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I have to add Oxbow's The narcotic story to my "Great"s. Best album of 2007 from what I've heard.

the ikara cult · 12.15.2007, 06:07 PM

Liars self titled was really disappointing, Strawberry Jam was really appointing.
Ive lost touch with modern music this year im afraid. So much so im getting a rekkid player for Xmas.
And that Battles business has done nothing for me, which i think is a healthy sign of my own cynicism

hat and bread · 12.16.2007, 06:26 PM

Dirdn't buy so many albums this year compared to years past, but...

good:
M.I.A. - Kala
Circle - Katapult
Oren Ambarchi - Stacte Motors
Sir Ricahrd Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds
Keith Rowe - The Room
Birchville Cat Motel - Bird Sister Blasphemy
Kan Mikami - Barking Practice /// White Lines
Enkidu - Live in Kyoto
***shameless self promotion***
Lead Sister II - Interplanetary Craft (coming soon)
***shameless self promotion***
Uton - Alitaju Ylimina
UA - Golden Green
Retolt Mandala - SF Munou Koukyoubutsu
Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
Sunburned Circle
Wooden Shjips

meh:
NNCK - 9 for Victor
LSD March: Constellation of Tragedy
Sunn 0))) - Oracle
Blues Control

HaydenAsche · 12.16.2007, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Wow, it sure is a good feeling to read all the indie bullshit Pitchfork dicksucking awful album loving in this thread and little to no recognition (except for some of you) of truely great albums.

Wait, good feelings are followed by vomit and a little bit of bleeding, right?

Yeah, dude. That's what I was thinking.

hat and bread · 12.16.2007, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

-m.i.a. - kala (how people consider it music is beyond me)

you so crazy

Signpost · 12.17.2007, 08:58 AM

awesome stuff:
Zelienople - His/Hers (probably album of the year)
Wooden Shjips - Wooden Shjips
The Terminals - Last Days Of The Sun
Larsen & Friends - ABECEDA
Patten - There Were Horizons
Pram - The Moving Frontier
Starving Weirdos - Shrine Of The Post-Hypnotic
Circle - Katapult
Loren Connors - The Hymn Of The North Star
Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail
Bachi Da Pietra - Non Io

good stuff:
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
Burning Star Core - Operator Dead... Post Abandoned
The Angels Of Light - We Are Him
Adjágas - Adjágas
Midnite Snake - Shaving The Angel
Om - Pilgrimage
Sightings - Through The Panama
Sunroof! - Panzer Division Lou Reed

disappointing stuff:
Charalambides - Likeness
La Otracina - Tonal Ellipse Of The One
Richard Youngs - Autumn Response
Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground
Skullflower - Abyssic Lowland Hiss

utter shite:
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
Warmer Milks - Interiors
The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk Dear
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
NIN - Year Zero

nicfit · 12.17.2007, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by hypertonic

What about the Sonic Gossip album??

I kinda like the Liars CD... not bad... although I do like the "grow fins... " 10" better....

Right!! 2 volumes and 0 mentions, bad boys you all are!

12.17.2007, 10:05 AM

Am I the only person who thinks that Battles don't deserve all the hype that they have been getting?

12.10.2007, 07:27 AM	#62
Poor Immigrant empty page Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 25	Highs: Battles - Mirrored Kala - M.I.A. Grinderman - Grinderman PJ Harvey - White Chalk Radiohead - In Rainbows LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver Justice - Cross Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond Magik Markes - Boss OK: Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy Wilco - Sky Blue Sky Bright Eyes - Cassadaga The Tough Alliance - A New Chance Lows: Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist Arctic Monkeys - Your Favorite Worst Nighmare - Worst album of 2007 Lots more stuff I have to listen to.
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12.11.2007, 12:12 PM	#64
flashlight69 bad moon rising Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 162	highs: Queens of the Stoneage- Era Voulgaris..... 6/6 Foo Fighters--Echo, Silence.... 6/6 Thurston Moore- Trees outside the Acedamy 6/6 Paul Mc Cartney---Memory almoast full 6/6 i don´t bought more records from 2007 but they were all very excellent.
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12.11.2007, 01:35 PM	#65
gpw_sucks empty page Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 13	Highs: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Radiohead - In Rainbows Dinosaur Jr - Beyond Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail Battles - Mirrored Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam Panda Bear - Person Pitch Magik Markers - Boss Sleeping People - Growing Toddle - Dawn Praise the World Grinderman - S/T Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy Lows: Smashing Pumpkins The Stooges
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12.11.2007, 06:20 PM	#66
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Wow, it sure is a good feeling to read all the indie bullshit Pitchfork dicksucking awful album loving in this thread and little to no recognition (except for some of you) of truely great albums. Wait, good feelings are followed by vomit and a little bit of bleeding, right? __________________
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12.11.2007, 06:21 PM	#67
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Also, people on this board actually listen to the Smashing Pumpkins. ... __________________
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12.11.2007, 10:06 PM	#68
drrrtyboots invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the forest(s) Posts: 2,946	Dirty Projectors' Rise Above is one great big HIGH. __________________
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12.12.2007, 12:53 AM	#69
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i'll post my personal low points and disappointments, then at some point the high points (work in progress): -the weirdness -beyond -boss -in rainbows (disc one has some great songs but it's the first underwhelming and static rh album since pablo honey) -grinderman (could have been an spectacular ep, ended up being an ok to good album). -big business - here come the waterworks (after the brilliant head for the shallow, the guys do an album of mediocre melvins-wannabe songs). -spoon - ga ga ga ga ga (good but i haven't really listened to it again) -angelcorpse - of lucifer and lightning (very by the numbers for a return of a brilliant band) -pelican - city of echoes (like b-sides of their last album) -pretty much everything on load records (mediocre releases by great bands, mostly) -modest mouse - the ship sank whatever (even though some tunes are amazing) -low - drums and guns (a failed experiment, "your poison" and "murderer" almost make up for the duds) -chinese stars - left side of the brain (dire, awful band) -xasthur - defective epitaph -von südenfed -wu-tang clan - 8 diagrams (some songs are good, though) -beirut - the flying club cub -down III -black dice - load blown (but i didn't expect much) -iron and wine - shepherd's dog -caribou - andorra -qui - love's miracle -blues control (seemed half baked) -leslie keffer and inca ore tape (had big hopes for both) __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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12.12.2007, 03:01 PM	#72
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	ohh yeah, more lows, ultra lows actually. -björk - volta (because it's the only one of hers that i had any expectations and yeah, you know) -m.i.a. - kala (how people consider it music is beyond me) __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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12.15.2007, 06:07 PM	#74
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	Liars self titled was really disappointing, Strawberry Jam was really appointing. Ive lost touch with modern music this year im afraid. So much so im getting a rekkid player for Xmas. And that Battles business has done nothing for me, which i think is a healthy sign of my own cynicism __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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12.16.2007, 06:26 PM	#75
hat and bread children of satan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tokyo Posts: 351	Dirdn't buy so many albums this year compared to years past, but... good: M.I.A. - Kala Circle - Katapult Oren Ambarchi - Stacte Motors Sir Ricahrd Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds Keith Rowe - The Room Birchville Cat Motel - Bird Sister Blasphemy Kan Mikami - Barking Practice /// White Lines Enkidu - Live in Kyoto *shameless self promotion* Lead Sister II - Interplanetary Craft (coming soon) *shameless self promotion* Uton - Alitaju Ylimina UA - Golden Green Retolt Mandala - SF Munou Koukyoubutsu Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde Sunburned Circle Wooden Shjips meh: NNCK - 9 for Victor LSD March: Constellation of Tragedy Sunn 0))) - Oracle Blues Control
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12.17.2007, 08:58 AM	#78
Signpost stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Braniewo, Poland Posts: 482	awesome stuff: Zelienople - His/Hers (probably album of the year) Wooden Shjips - Wooden Shjips The Terminals - Last Days Of The Sun Larsen & Friends - ABECEDA Patten - There Were Horizons Pram - The Moving Frontier Starving Weirdos - Shrine Of The Post-Hypnotic Circle - Katapult Loren Connors - The Hymn Of The North Star Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail Bachi Da Pietra - Non Io good stuff: Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy Burning Star Core - Operator Dead... Post Abandoned The Angels Of Light - We Are Him Adjágas - Adjágas Midnite Snake - Shaving The Angel Om - Pilgrimage Sightings - Through The Panama Sunroof! - Panzer Division Lou Reed disappointing stuff: Charalambides - Likeness La Otracina - Tonal Ellipse Of The One Richard Youngs - Autumn Response Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground Skullflower - Abyssic Lowland Hiss utter shite: Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist Warmer Milks - Interiors The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk Dear Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde NIN - Year Zero __________________ insert some bullshit here
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12.17.2007, 10:05 AM	#80
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Am I the only person who thinks that Battles don't deserve all the hype that they have been getting?
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