new 2009 albums

[Deschain]

shit i didn't know that they were releasing anything other than the split with nadja this year...

and jesu's Opiate Sun has leaked too. i have too much that i need to listen to.

Axe To Fall is great yes. not too keen on Cruel Bloom, but i'm loving everything else.

i didn't either, it was a wonderful surprise.

i've been pretty gunshy about Jesu these days, as he seems more "quantity over quality" of late and that sucks. =/

i've listened to Axe to Fall a few times now, and while there's definitely a few tracks i like more than the others, i don't not like anything really...

HORSE the band surprised me abit, but I am more like a fan of the songs where he isnt screaming that much, like Science Police, which is great.

Didnt like Converge, though.

we're a bit opposite on that then. the HORSE seemed pretty bland and rehashed, while the Converge really seemed like a fresh slab of fury.

but historically i don't get in to HORSE albums for a few years after they're released, so i'm not too worried about it.

need to add Lights to my ipod and grab fun. from someplace.

lots of updates, marked with *'s.


albums i absolutely love

Animals as Leaders: Animals as Leaders
Depressed Mode: ...For Death...
Emery: ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
Ben Frost: By the Throat*
Zu: Carboniferous
Black Moth Super Rainbow: Eating Us
Fever Ray: Fever Ray
A Storm of Light: Forgive Us Our Trespasses*
Tobacco: Fucked Up Friends (found out this was released in 2008) :(
Dalek: Gutter Tactics
Telefon Tel Aviv: Immolate Yourself
mewithoutYou: It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright
Cold Cave: Love Comes Close
Passion Pit: Manners
A Storm of Light/Nadja: Primitive North
The Builders and the Butchers: Salvation is a Deep Dark Well*
Clark: Totems Flare
Harmonic 313: When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence*

albums i like a lot and are still growing on me

If These Trees Could Talk: Above the Earth, Below the Sky
Converge: Axe to Fall*
Tim Hecker: An Imaginary Country
Scale the Summit: Carving Desert Canyons*
Thursday: Common Existence
Adore: Emotion
The Antlers: Hospice*
Sunn 0))): Monoliths & Dimensions
Nadja: Numbness
The Number Twelve Looks Like You: Worse Than Alone

albums that are decent that i'm still giving more time

Rodrigo y Gabriela: 11:11*
Thrice: Beggers*
Brand New: Daisy
The Psyke Project: Dead Storm
HORSE the Band: Desperate Living*
A Place to Bury Strangers: Exploding Head*
Regina Spektor: Far
Marissa Nadler: Little Hells
Blut Aus Nord: Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars
Dolores O'Riordan: No Baggage
Serengeti & Polyphonic: Terradactyl
Emilie Simon: The Big Machine
Memory Tapes: Seek Magic*
Kongh: Shadows of the Shapeless
Ahab: The Divinity of the Oceans
Bat for Lashes: Two Suns
Altar of Plagues: White Tomb
Celldweller: Wish Upon a Blackstar (not fully released yet)


albums that i'm not too big on but i haven't given up on yet

Wolves in the Throne Room: Black Cascade
Mastodon: Crack the Skye
My Dying Bride: For the Lies I Sire
Mew: No More Stories are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away, No More Stories the World is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away
maudin of the Well: Part the Second
The Bird and the Bee: Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
Buried Inside: Spoils of Failure
Junius: The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist
Nadja: Under the Jaguar Sun
Third Eye Blind: Ursa Major

albums i'm not too big on

Nadja: Belles Betes
Baroness: Blue Record
Nadja: Clinging to the Edge of the Sky
The Fiery Furnaces: I'm Going Away
Solstafir: Kold
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

albums that i really don't like

Broken Spindles: Kiss/Kick
Cursive: Mama, I'm Swollen
Muse: The Resistance


albums i still need to listen to


fun.: Aim to Ignite*
Russian Circles: Geneva
Mono: Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Saxon Shore: It Dosen't Matter
Lights: The Listening*
Transitional: Stomach of the Sun
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová: Strict Joy
Espers: III

 

[monkfish]

caravan palace's self-titled debut is a real treat! a perfect blend of jazz, swing and electro.

 

[spies]

did anyone like the new Baroness album? I like it way more than Red

 

[Deschain]

did anyone like the new Baroness album? I like it way more than Red

i didn't like Red, and Blue, while being better, still isn't anything spectacular.

 

[User 12783]

Everybody has said Lights new album has been a let down, but I really liked it. Mono's new album is intoxicated with drums, while I haven't fully listened to fun., it seems like a generic power pop. Is the new Converge album good? The cover is absolutely stunning.

edit: this album is my life The Antlers: Hospice*
Every time I have a bad day I put it on, and I get entrapped, the Antlers have outdone themselves, and I am sure the following album is going to be a let down compared to this.

 

[Deschain]

Aim & Ignite is fucking FUN. THERE I SAID IT!!

 

[Glen]

primary colours by the horrors is pretty good, but i just miss their more "rock and roll" stuff, its not nearly as angry anymore

and by not nearly as angry i mean they just turned into joy division

though i will still listen to them because they still look ridiculous

 

[Deschain]

oh shit.

anyone who likes electro-pop needs to check out Owl City: Ocean Eyes.

it's like a catchier/poppier Postal Service, and it's fucking great.

 

[Not Scicky]

Jesus, just got Aim and Ignite by Fun. yesterday and Be Calm already has like, 40 plays, I love this album, and that song is spectacular. @___@

anyone who likes electro-pop

I'm on it!

 

[Deschain]

lots of updates, marked with *'s.


albums i absolutely love

Animals as Leaders: Animals as Leaders
Depressed Mode: ...For Death...
Emery: ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
Ben Frost: By the Throat*
Zu: Carboniferous
Black Moth Super Rainbow: Eating Us
Fever Ray: Fever Ray
A Storm of Light: Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Tobacco: Fucked Up Friends (found out this was released in 2008) :(
Dalek: Gutter Tactics
Telefon Tel Aviv: Immolate Yourself
mewithoutYou: It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright
Cold Cave: Love Comes Close
Passion Pit: Manners
A Storm of Light/Nadja: Primitive North
The Builders and the Butchers: Salvation is a Deep Dark Well
Clark: Totems Flare
Harmonic 313: When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence

albums i like a lot and are still growing on me

If These Trees Could Talk: Above the Earth, Below the Sky
fun.: Aim to Ignite*
Converge: Axe to Fall
Tim Hecker: An Imaginary Country
Thursday: Common Existence
Adrian Belew: e*
Adore: Emotion
Venetian Snares: Filth*
The Antlers: Hospice
Sunn 0))): Monoliths & Dimensions
Nadja / Black Boned Angel: Nadja / Black Boned Angel*
Nadja: Numbness
Owl City: Ocean Eyes*
Cloudkicker: Portmanteau*
Espers: III*
Volcano Choir: Unmap*
The Number Twelve Looks Like You: Worse Than Alone

albums that are decent that i'm still giving more time

Rodrigo y Gabriela: 11:11
Thrice: Beggers
Scale the Summit: Carving Desert Canyons*
Brand New: Daisy
The Psyke Project: Dead Storm
HORSE the Band: Desperate Living
A Place to Bury Strangers: Exploding Head
Regina Spektor: Far
Om: God is Good*
M. Ward: Hold Time*
Marissa Nadler: Little Hells
Lights: The Listening*
Blut Aus Nord: Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars
Dolores O'Riordan: No Baggage
Serengeti & Polyphonic: Terradactyl
Emilie Simon: The Big Machine
Memory Tapes: Seek Magic
Kongh: Shadows of the Shapeless
Ahab: The Divinity of the Oceans
Bat for Lashes: Two Suns
Altar of Plagues: White Tomb
Celldweller: Wish Upon a Blackstar (not fully released yet)


albums that i'm not too big on but i haven't given up on yet

Whisper Room: Birch White*
Wolves in the Throne Room: Black Cascade
Mastodon: Crack the Skye
Greymachine: Disconnected*
My Dying Bride: For the Lies I Sire
Kowloon Walled City: Gambling on the Richter Scale*
Lady Sovereign: Jigsaw*
The Lovemakers: Lets Be Friends*
Mew: No More Stories are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away, No More Stories the World is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away
maudin of the Well: Part the Second
The Bird and the Bee: Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
Buried Inside: Spoils of Failure
Jeniferever: Spring Tides*
Junius: The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist
Take a Worm For a Walk Week: The Monroe Transfer*
Nadja: Under the Jaguar Sun
Third Eye Blind: Ursa Major

albums i'm not too big on

Nadja: Belles Betes
Baroness: Blue Record
Nadja: Clinging to the Edge of the Sky
The Fiery Furnaces: I'm Going Away
Solstafir: Kold
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

albums that i really don't like

Broken Spindles: Kiss/Kick
Cursive: Mama, I'm Swollen
Muse: The Resistance


albums i still need to listen to

Russian Circles: Geneva
Mono: Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Saxon Shore: It Dosen't Matter
Transitional: Stomach of the Sun
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová: Strict Joy

 

[Blln]

the new andrew jackson jihad album, called can't maintain, is goodgoodgoooood. it actually came out about a month ago, but i hadn't noticed until last night. it's like the exact logical next step from their last album; it doesn't waste time retreading stuff theyve already done but instead goes in interesting new directions. overall i am very satisfied!

i still haven't gotten eskimo snow, but i know a lot of people here said they didn't like it all that much. has anybody warmed up to it over time? i remember i at first was not a big fan of alopecia until after about a month when i all of a sudden i realized it was an incredible album.

 

[Deschain]

the new andrew jackson jihad album, called can't maintain, is goodgoodgoooood. it actually came out about a month ago, but i hadn't noticed until last night. it's like the exact logical next step from their last album; it doesn't waste time retreading stuff theyve already done but instead goes in interesting new directions. overall i am very satisfied!

i still haven't gotten eskimo snow, but i know a lot of people here said they didn't like it all that much. has anybody warmed up to it over time? i remember i at first was not a big fan of alopecia until after about a month when i all of a sudden i realized it was an incredible album.

thanks for reminding me, i've been meaning to check this out.

 

[asim]

can't mantain is great, but it still doesn't stand up to people who can eat people are the luckiest people in the world

just doesn't have as many stand-out great songs like people, but it's still amazing

 

[Deschain]

damn. the new Saxon Shore album is really good.

probably their best.

 

[Wishy]

Can't say I like Owl City's Ocean Eyes. His vocals are pretty annoying, I dunno his voice just sounds... Like every other 'scene' (or whatever) pop male vocals. Whispery, and awkwardly whiny. :\ Not really sold on this.

 

[Deschain]

Can't say I like Owl City's Ocean Eyes. His vocals are pretty annoying, I dunno his voice just sounds... Like every other 'scene' (or whatever) pop male vocals. Whispery, and awkwardly whiny. :\ Not really sold on this.

everyone keeps saying that, but i honestly don't get that at all.

and besides, the music is the part that's awesome anyway. ;)

give it a couple more listens before you write it off...my wife said the same thing and it's really starting to grow on her.

 

[User 12783]

oh shit.

anyone who likes electro-pop needs to check out Owl City: Ocean Eyes.

it's like a catchier/poppier Postal Service, and it's fucking great.

that's a lie, nothing beats postal service ;__;

 

[Deschain]

4 tracks in to the new Tegan & Sara and it's fucking wonderful. :naughty:

that's a lie, nothing beats postal service ;__;

i didn't say it beat The Postal Service...i said it was catchier and poppier. ;)

 

[Venomous9]

Don't really like Owl City, especially when compared to The Postal Service...

Thing is, though, Adam Young has apparently made a couple of Christian instrumental post-rock albums (I know, oxymoron, but they 'love Jesus Christ' according to their Myspace) with a band called Windsor Airlift, and what I've heard has been pretty good, nothing revolutionary in terms of the genre but rather soothing and relaxing as well as being quite tuneful. Must get one of their albums soon.

 

[Kier]

i still haven't gotten eskimo snow, but i know a lot of people here said they didn't like it all that much. has anybody warmed up to it over time? i remember i at first was not a big fan of alopecia until after about a month when i all of a sudden i realized it was an incredible album.

i admit that eskimo snow didn't give me shivers the first time through like elephant eyelash and alopecia (albeit alopecia didn't hit me as immediately hard as ee), i've been going back to it frequently and it's just amazing. i was typing out the lyrics of the title track for a lyrics wiki i use and, in doing so i realized that the song is one of the most beautifully melancholy songs i've ever heard in my life in how yoni talks about on the persistence of art after the artist dies (in his clever biting way of course):

All my words for sadness
Like eskimo snow on unmanned crosses
All planted in threes
In a field for living trees
Are hummed as prayers in secret
And sung through speakers in rooms for people to hear it
Even when I'm wasted and numb
With the words for good wine on a philistine's tongue
And I'm under something black and thicker
Than a sheet for ghosts or the first feet of snow
That old, that old clouds yield
On the crosses on the chests of dead soldiers in a field

Then I'm still here
Bearing my watery fruits if fruits at all
Then I'm still here
Barely understanding what truth that rarely calls

absolutely piercing. i ordered the album on vinyl, hopefully it arrives before the orlando show so i can get the guys to sign it.

 

[Venomous9]

Take a Worm For a Walk Week: The Monroe Transfer*

Oh, God, I saw them supporting Mastodon, they were utter shite. Lead singer (singer? Drunken screamer, certainly had a load of bottles...was singing an a capella ballad at one point as well) looked like he was going to jump off and maul someone...said stuff like 'ma dog's got tits' and 'I've got gay porn on my computer at home' and it really wasn't...well, good. Biased against grindcore that isn't Anal Cunt though.

 

[Wishy]

<3

only a month a few days to go! it's technically a re-release, but it comes with a totally new LP (Monster, which is 8 tracks) plus the full tracklist of The Fame (the 17th track is either 'Again Again' or 'Retro Dance Freak', depending on the cover. Only the Japanese deluxe edition of The Fame can with 17 tracks, the others were about 14 or 15 I think...)

This is the standard cover (the above one is the deluxe, which I like a bit more):

I'm diggin' the nosferatu vibe though~

 

[Truthi]

i admit that eskimo snow didn't give me shivers the first time through like elephant eyelash and alopecia (albeit alopecia didn't hit me as immediately hard as ee), i've been going back to it frequently and it's just amazing. i was typing out the lyrics of the title track for a lyrics wiki i use and, in doing so i realized that the song is one of the most beautifully melancholy songs i've ever heard in my life in how yoni talks about on the persistence of art after the artist dies (in his clever biting way of course):

All my words for sadness
Like eskimo snow on unmanned crosses
All planted in threes
In a field for living trees
Are hummed as prayers in secret
And sung through speakers in rooms for people to hear it
Even when I'm wasted and numb
With the words for good wine on a philistine's tongue
And I'm under something black and thicker
Than a sheet for ghosts or the first feet of snow
That old, that old clouds yield
On the crosses on the chests of dead soldiers in a field

Then I'm still here
Bearing my watery fruits if fruits at all
Then I'm still here
Barely understanding what truth that rarely calls

absolutely piercing. i ordered the album on vinyl, hopefully it arrives before the orlando show so i can get the guys to sign it.

meanwhile I saw these guys live and they played Against Me which is really the only song that I wanted played for sure, and that itself sealed it as my top played song off that album still. also be on the look out for 21st century pop song playing at the concert. it was sick as eff.

 

[Kier]

oh shit that would be number one, at last year's concert i remember yoni explicitly telling us that he was not playing any hymie's or oaklandazulasylum stuff

 

[evan]

yeah why? is closing with 21st century pop song which makes sense considering that andrew broder (fog) is touring with the band. incredible rendition. I can't listen to the recorded one anymore. portland got a great show out of why?. all the alopecia and eskimo snow highlights and gemini with bonus yo yo bye bye yeeaaaaaaaah.

(touring with mt eerie who was siiiiiiiiiiiick. Wind's Poem is such a heavy, beautiful album)