My CD of the year .. so far.

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Spoon - Gimme Fiction

Catchiest:
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

Biggest surprise:
Caesars - Paper Tigers

Biggest Surprise that it is growing on me:
Weezer - Make Believe

Biggest Disappointment:
Raveonettes - Pretty in Black
 
Decemberist's Picaresque or Okkervil River's Black Sheep Boy so far. Weezer's Make Believe will probably be high in my top 10.
 
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It's kind of weird. At first I was like "meh". I really liked a few songs, some were just there and a few more I didn't like at all. However, the more I listened to it, the more it grew on me.
Then, a few weeks ago I seen NIN live and quite honestly was blown away. The material off the new album was fucking AMAZING live. Anyway, I think that is what really moved me into really getting into this album. There are some tunes he has on that cd that translate so well live it gave me a much better appreciation of the cd as a whole. So yeah.. I love With Teeth. :D
 
Coldplay - X&Y

After listening to it an insane amount over the past few days, and it being the first CD i've physically purchased in over a year. Fucking awesome.
 
Dredg - Catch without arms, closely followed by Dark New Day - Twelve year silence

They may be overthrown by Tool or Deftones though.
 
Paradox said:
Dredg - Catch without arms


followed by 30 STM - A Beautifuel Lie, Coldplay - X & Y and Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine
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Haha, the new 30 Seconds **really** grows on you, right? It's a really kick ass album. As for me, I don't have a favorite. I love the new AudioSlave, Foo Fighters, System, Dredg, 30 Seconds, and Queens of the Stone Age album equally.
 
Hmm... Decemberists, White Stripes, Spoon. Those are the three in the running so far. Oh, I guess I really ended up liking 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning' too. Shit, I really liked that new Beck too.
 
is X & Y really that good? Granted i've only listened to the previews on iTunes and the only song I remotely liked was What If.
 
I want to add Martha Wainwright as a contender... some of her songs are just absolutely heartbreaking.

Or maybe I'm having one of those days.
 
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Neither bands' best, but still good.
 
My current frontrunner....
Andrew Bird and The Mysterious Production of Eggs

And other notable albums so far this year...
The Decemberists - Picaresque
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
13 + God - s/t
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
Dalek - Absence
Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
 
Shock and awe!

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SOAD - Mezmerize is really, really good.
Weezer - Make Believe is good, not great, but there are a lot of songs on there I really like.
X&Y from Coldplay is great from what I've heard so far.
 
Meier said:
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Doves for sure (outside of the obvious answer for me, Don't Believe the Truth).
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Yeah, I love this album dude. I don't know why everyone says it sucks, or pales in comparison to The Last Broadcast. TLB was good too, don't get me wrong. But Some Cities definitely has a kind of "magic" to it - maybe it's the production, maybe it's the band - I don't really give a crap, I love it either way. I was almost certain that when it came out it was my AOTY. I dunno, though. It's still damn good, and in my top 5. Nice to know at least *someone* appreciates the new Doves. :D

It's down to:

Doves - Some Cities
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again
Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart (fucking GREAT album... in fact this might be it, we'll see)
Billy Corgan - TheFutureEmbrace
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

I'll agree - Coldplay's album is really good. I was expecting them to continue to go downhill after A Rush of Blood to the Head, but I was proven wrong. They are truly capitalizing on the fact that they are indeed a hybrid of U2 and Radiohead, not sure if they realize that or not - but, IMO, there's nothing wrong with that.

One thing I can say for sure, and I'm sure we can all agree on nomatter what we listen to, is that 2005 is a GREAT year for music. Last year sucked ass. Sonic Youth, Wilco and Burning Brides were my uh, albums of 2004. :| Fuck, I just listened to Sonic Youth's discography 80% of the time. They owned me in 2004.
 
This has been a surprisingly excellent year for music. I've already listened to/bought more albums than I did during all of 2004! I don't know if I can choose a cd of the year yet, but all of the following are solid:

Beck - Guero
Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
Gorillaz - Demon Days
MIA - Arular
British Sea Power - Open Season (not as good as their debut...but still good)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Decemberists - Picaresque

All great records. And as a bonus, since I'm preoccupied with all of this stuff, I don't have to go out and buy the Coldplay album to bide my time. Take that Chris Martin!
 
We've all heard it before. Corgan's work is very love/hate. Get used to it. I don't think it will be my AOTY, but I still think it kicks the crap out of Machina and Mary Star of the Sea. Just be glad SP's discography was fucking amazing and realize that's what will always represent his talents best. For the most part, history proves that even the best frontmen or other members of mainstream bands don't even come close to what they accomplished in their acclaimed bands when they go solo.

kablooey - you don't remember my "2005 is gonna be an awesome year for music" thread I made months ago? I think that's what I called it, heh.
 
I think I remember it...but I still didn't think it'd be this good, and so soon. I like how we didn't list any of the same albums in our best of '05 lists. :lol That has to be a good sign for the year's diversity so far...
 
See, I told you all it was gonna kick ass. :D

Does anyone know if the following bands are releasing anything:

-Death Cab
-Broken Social Scene
-Radiohead (Thom said they were in the studio, and that was EARLY this year)
-Muse
-Sonic Youth
-Burning Brides
 
bell woods: Yeah, they are definitely one of those "wait two years... no THREE" bands :D

Vicious: It's their departure album for sure. They really haven't done anything like what you hear on the album, save maybe like two songs. I really like their oldies-inspired songs like "My Doorbell" and "The Denial Twist."

White Man said:
So far this is a pretty crummy year for music. Superwolf rocks. New Eno rocks. Everything else sucks. Everything.
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SHOCK AND AWE
 
Well, none of the albums I listed I'd really put on a Top xx albums of all-time list. But they're consistently good at least, if not spectacular. Eh I duno, maybe my standards have fallen. =/

I've also been occupied listening to lots of older stuff, so I guess anything else that comes out this year that's decent feels like a bonus.
 
White Man said:
So far this is a pretty crummy year for music. Superwolf rocks. New Eno rocks. Everything else sucks. Everything.
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Eh? You don't like Wind in the Wires or I Am a Bird Now? *gasps*

I agree with you on the Eno, though. Great stuff.
 
Star Power said:
Eh? You don't like Wind in the Wires or I Am a Bird Now? *gasps*

I agree with you on the Eno, though. Great stuff.
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Actually, I love Wind in the Wires. I forgot that came out this year. I think I am a Bird Now is pretty good, but it's getting pretty overrated. I can't listen to the whole thing in one sitting.

EDIT: I haven't listened to La Foret a whole lot yet. I'm waiting for release. I'll wait until more people are talking about it.

Okkervil was good, but not a great leap over past work. Magnolia Electric Co disappointed, and that flat out hurt my heart.

Yeah, I never liked it to begin with.
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I never hear a positive word come out of your mouth, son. We don't come here to listen to you wallow in negativity. We come here to have fun conversations about music.
 
I don't know where you get the idea I care about indie cred. I'm a total geek.

Also, I was drunk when I defended him. I wish they made morning after pills for that sort of thing.
 
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