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Favorite music CDs of the year so far?

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OmegaDragon

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My number one favourite so far:

1 Shining - V- Halmstad (Niklas Angående Niklas)

Other favs:

Alcest - Souvernirs D'un Autre Monde
Rotting Christ - Theogonia
Novembers Doom - The Novella Reservoir
Pain of Salvation - Scarsick
Deathspell Omega - Fas, Ite, Maledicte in Ignem Aeternum
Between the Buried and Me - Colors

Haven't heard Ulver - Shadows of the Sun yet (and a lot of other stuff of course, but that one has a pretty high chance to be in it)
 
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Foob

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Sooooo much good stuff this year

1. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
2. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
3. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
5. Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8
6. Handsome Furs - Plaque park
7. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
9. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
10. Menomena - Friend and Foe


Honorable Mentions:
LCD Soundsystem - sound of silver
Andrew Bird - armchair apocrypha
Voxtrot - voxtrot
The National - boxer
Apostle of Hustle - national anthem of nowhere
The Apples in Stereo - New magnetic wonder
bjork - volta
architecture in helsinki - places like this
ryan adams - easy tiger
blue scholars - bayani
Percee P - Perseverance
MF Grimm - Hunt For The Gingerbread Man
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
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Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
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Circa Survive - On Letting Go


Anthony Green is pretty amazing.
 
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Kevtones

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1. Deerhunter - Cryptograms/Fluorescent Grey EP
2. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
3. Liars - S/T
4. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
5. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
6. Caribou - Andorra
7. A Place to Bury Strangers - S/T
8. Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Darkhorse
9. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
10. Apparat - Walls


also:
Stars of the Lid
LCD Soundsystem
Menomena
Gui Boratto
Justice
!!!
Iron & Wine
Prodigy
Lil Wayne
The Twilight Sad
Of Montreal
The National
Okkervil River
Pharoahe Monch
etc.
 
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VultureDude

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Chairman85 said:
Not in any order:

Gaslight Anthem - Sink Or Swim
Sundowner - Four One Five Two
Smoke Or Fire - This Sinking Ship
Lifetime - Lifetime
Strung Out - Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
Modern Life Is War - Midnight In America
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:D great taste
 
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Knox

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The New Pornographers - Challengers
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Battles - Mirrored
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Dystroyer?
The Clientele - God Save The Clientele
Blonde Redhead - 23
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

And bunches of other stuff.
 
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Kevtones

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Lambtron said:
Fixed. :D
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:lol

Funny part is Deerhunter is nearly assured #1 from them unless Radiohead drops something relevant. PFork is obsessed with those 16 tracks. Otherwise, the site has been pretty right this year, Travis Morrison's Hellfighters and Bjork aside.
 
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TheGreatDave

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I think Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon is my surprise favourite. I didn't dig it the first few listens and didn't even know the band but now I can't stop listening to it.
 
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Greg

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HOLY SHIT - I'm not one to bump old topics (especially my own), but I was going to make a separate topic just for this cd otherwise.
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Just went through it a few times and the record is fucking sick - definitely found a way into my top 5, easily.

If you are familiar with their old stuff, ignore what you know because they've progressed so much. If you've never heard them, this record is the perfect time to jump in .

Fucking amazing.
 
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bridegur

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Of Montreal- Hissing Fauna
Black Lips- Good Bad Not Evil
Liars- Liars
Okkervil River- Stage Names
LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
King Khan and the Shrines- What Is?!
Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
Matthew Dear- Asa Breed
New Pornographers- Challengers
 
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j-wood

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My personal album of the year go's to Thrice's "Alchemy Index Volume I and II". Seriously, this cd is nothing short of amazing. The Fire and Water EPs differ so much from each other, yet compliment each other perfectly. Even the packaging was flawless.
 
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Barnolde

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Sigh - Hangman's Hymn = WIN
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Grave Digger - Liberty or Death
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Immolation - Shadows in the Light
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Blood Freak - Multiplex Massacre
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Megadeth - United Abominations
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Insision - Ikon
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Blood Red Throne - Come Death
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thestopsign

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Spoon - GaGaGaGa - This is the first album from them that's really impressed me. I like Underdog a lot, and I put 4-5 other songs off the album onto my iPod, which is pretty impressive when I have only a 2gig and limited space.

The White Stripes - Icky Thump - Yeah, another great album from The White Stripes, I really like Prickly Thorn But Sweetly Worn and A Martyr of My Love For You.

Switchfoot - Oh! Gravity - I love a lot of the songs off this album, very solid all the way through. They are getting better at switching up their styles, Dirty Second Hands is like a western movie put into rock form.

Radiohead - In Rainbows - Ah Radiohead, hard to go wrong with these guys. Don't be a cheapskate, support their cause. I did my part and bought it for 15$. Definitely worth it.
 
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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
Bjork - Volta
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
UNKLE - War Stories
The Good, The Bad and the Queen - self-titled
MIA - Kala
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
 
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giga

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Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew's Spirit If...

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I love it. I can taste the pure BSS style in this album even if it's not their entire band. Kevin Drew knows his snuff.

Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City

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They chose a different route compared to Silent Alarm but it worked well in the end. A mixture of upbeat pop with some downtempo mixes.

Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War

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Not near the bliss that was Set Yourself on Fire but it still sets some ground of great set pieces between Torq and Amy.

Menomena - Friend and Foe

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Yes! Some creative stuff on here which really sets itself apart from other releases.

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

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A departure from previous albums but for the better in my opinion. A bit more "upbeat pop".

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

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Rock, rhythm. Rinse and repeat for win.

Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere

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Did I mention I love Broken Social Scene and most other Arts and Crafts products? :D Andrew does a phenomenal job here combing lovely guitar work with a great balance of pop.

Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

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It's explosions in the sky--I think that's enough said. ;)

Feist - The Reminder

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Beautiful voice just floats through her precious melodies.

Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills

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Much more approachable from their previous Howl Howl Gaff Gaff due to its more poppy and melodic tracks. A larger presence of female vocals really adds to their sound.
 
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djtiesto

is beloved, despite what anyone might say
nitewulf said:
mostly listened to electronic music this year and this one particularly stood out:

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What type of music is this... minimal? I think I heard one of their songs a while back on a Sasha comp.
 
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Dilbert

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djtiesto said:
What type of music is this... minimal? I think I heard one of their songs a while back on a Sasha comp.
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Nah, the typical label is "space-age disco." (Whatever that means.)
 
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Diablos

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Oceansize - Frames
Better (much better) than their last and on par with Effloresce. Definitely worth importing... I plan to do this very soon. AOTY material here. Brilliant work. Their sound is really maturing.

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Even at 160kbps, I can declare this one of the best albums released this year. :D

Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
My favorite band releases their first album since 2000, duh

Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Misfit Love is one of the best things they've ever done.

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
I really should go see them tomorrow night.

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Great stuff on here.

Other than that, I'm really behind this year. I need to listen to some new stuff and I don't know where to start because there has been so much.

Also, while they don't flat out suck... the new White Stripes, Arcade Fire, Rilo Kiley, Nine Inch Nails, and New Pornographers have all been pretty disappointing. :(

Now, on the other hand, the fact that SP, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Oceansize, Wilco, Rilo Kiley, AND The White Stripes (my top bands) all released new albums this year is awesome. If you told me a year or two ago that all of these albums would come out in 2007, I probably wouldn't have believed you.
 
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kurahadol

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My prediction was right, the new Coheed album, No World for Tommorow, has taken my album of the year spot thus far. Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree is in a close 2nd.
 
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hey_monkey

Banned
<---- I bet no one can guess my very favorite! >.>

Also: Modest Mouse and the New Pornographers. Also, this thread tells me I need to pay more attention to album releases, because I apparently missed a lot of stuff. Thanks to all of you, I'll be spending lots of money in iTunes later.

You bastards and your good taste.
 
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nelsonroyale

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cds released this year?

High Contrast - Tough Guys dont dance

Gaudi - Dub Qwalli

Joi - Without Zero

DAvid Lowe's Dreamcatchers - What is...inbetween (not sure if it was released this year)
 
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nitewulf

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djtiesto said:
What type of music is this... minimal? I think I heard one of their songs a while back on a Sasha comp.
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i'd say its tech house...some tracks are a bit glitchy, very melodious, very soulful. basically i'd say the type is "awesome" music.
 
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blame space

Banned
giga said:
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills

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Much more approachable from their previous Howl Howl Gaff Gaff due to its more poppy and melodic tracks. A larger presence of female vocals really adds to their sound.
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Really? It's SO much less engaging than HHGG is/was. I'm not giving up on it yet, but to say that it's more poppy and melodic seems just...wrong to me.
 
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Phobophile

A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
sub_zer0 said:
Im sure QVT and Phobophile will remind me what other 07 metal releases i've forgotten...
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Took over two weeks, but I'm finally getting around to this.

In no particular order:


Sun Caged - Artemesia (progressive metal)
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (black metal/shoegaze)
Anaal Nathrakh - Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here (black metal/grindcore)
Be Persecuted - I.I (black metal)
Church Bizarre - Sinister Glorification (black metal)
Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (black metal)
Furze - UTD (black metal)
Lifelover - Erotik (black metal/depressive rock)
Sear Bliss - The Arcane Odyssey (black metal)
Walknut - Graveforests and Their Shadows (black metal)
Watain - Sworn to the Dark (black metal)
Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters (black metal)
Benighted - Icon (brutal death metal)
Cephalotripsy - Uterovaginal Insertation of Extirpated Anomalies (brutal death metal)
Demiurg - Breath of the Demiurg (death metal)
Fear My Thoughts - Vulcanus (melodic death metal)
Human Rejection - Torture of Decimation (brutal death metal)
Kronos - The Hellenic Terror (death metal)
Mithras - Behind the Shadows Lie Madness (brutal death metal)
Soulbreach - My Dividing Line (melodic death metal)
Zonaria - Infamy and the Breed (death metal/melodic death metal)
Baroness - Red Album (sludge)
Rosetta - Wake/Lift (sludge)
sHEAVY - The Machine That Won the War (stoner doom metal)
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Hardworlder (heavy metal/power metal)
Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying (crossover/thrash metal)
Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb (grindcore)
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition - Inventory of Fixtures (grindcore)
Animosity - Animal (metalcore/deathcore)
Despised Icon - The Ills of Modern Man (metalcore/deathcore)
Witchcraft - The Alchemist (stoner rock/doom metal)

I'm kinda disappointed I haven't heard much non-metal I've liked this year.

Edit: actually, I've been kinda disappointed with this year, over all. It's nearing the end of October and usually my list is twice as long.
 
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Cosmic Bus

pristine morning snow
Phobophile said:
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (black metal/shoegaze)
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This album is straight-up shimmering shoegaze; their black metal leanings are over on the Aux Funérailles du Monde/Tristesse Hivernale split they released with Angmar.

Didn't realize Sheavy had an album out this year... Will have to check into it.
 
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Eric Hall

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1) Circa Survive: On Letting Go
2) Every Time I Die: The Big Dirty
3) Motion City Soundtrack: Even if it Kills Me
4) Scary Kids Scaring Kids: Self-Titled
5) Thrice: The Alchemy Index
6) Straylight Run: The Needles, The Space
7) Chiodos: Bone Palace Ballet
8) Spill Canvas: No Really, I'm Fine
9) Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
10) Blaqk Audio: CexCells

Honorable Mentions:
Bright Eyes: Cassadaga
White Stripes: Icky Thump
Foo Fighters: Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace
 
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jgkspsx

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1. Low - Drums and Guns

My most-listened album of the year. The glorious sound of nihilism. I'm shocked and hurt that I'm the only person who's listened to it.

2. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

Melodies that could take your head off, a voice that can navigate them, and diverse if not excessively innovative music. Pure pleasure. The lyrics are beautifully sick and well-composed, too.

3. Radiohead - In Rainbows

Organic and warm, this is revelatory. Great tracklist, too. Their best album since Kid A, for sure.

4. White Stripes - Icky Thump

Lumpy, but the high points are great. Get Behind Me Satan was better, but at least this makes Elephant more of a bad dream. More bagpipe in the future, please.

5. The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain

Flood Pt. 1 might be the best new music I've heard this year. I expect this band to do great things. (Also the EP Tin Fist.)

6. Bjork - Volta

Lumpy, overlong, and clumsy, but when it's good it's really good.

7. John Cale - Circus Live

Turgid. This band is very competent, but it's all too goddamn clean. The bonus DVD's rehearsal performances are much better. Still worth tracking down for incredible reinventions of "Gun" and "Mercenaries (Ready for War)", but a disappointment.

8. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

God, his voice is gone. Weaker than "Good News" and more bloated. Waaaay too long. Some quality material nevertheless.

9. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

All My Friends is one of my favorite songs of the year, but the album's a little too superficial to really make an impact.

10. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

... which is also my biggest disappointment of the year. It's not awful, but it's so graceless and simple-minded and juvenile, both musically and lyrically, that it feels bizarre to listen to it. What a comedown from Funeral, one of my favorite albums.

Hey, the new Neil Young is out next week! It's sure to be... oh. Oh well. "Ordinary People" is top-notch, anyway!

I'm sure I've forgotten stuff. There's so much great music I've missed this year, though :(
 
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teepo

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jgkspsx said:
1. Low - Drums and Guns

My most-listened album of the year. The glorious sound of nihilism. I'm shocked and hurt that I'm the only person who's listened to it.
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it's one of my most listened to albums of the year, mainly because of breaker and murderer. it's a good album but there are some realllly shitty songs on there. ugh, the one with the beatles and the stones, my god.
 
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