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At this point:

1. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
2. Dogs Die in Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself
3. Arcade Fire - Funeral
4. Sonic Youth - Nurse
5. Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

― Chris Vidacto, Saturday, 30 October 2004 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

1. richard bartz - midnight man
2. misc - crunch time
3. raiders of the lost arp - 4
4. oxia - 24 heures
5. scorn - list of takers

― :| (....), Sunday, 31 October 2004 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

i am having doubts over whether my number one pick, even though i haven't heard a note yet, will even be released. but for now my favorite is the brunettes 'mars loves venus'.

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 31 October 2004 01:09 (twenty-one years ago)

it's way too early for this

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 31 October 2004 01:17 (twenty-one years ago)

As of today, this minute:

1. Delays - Faded Seaside Glamour
2. Devendra Banhart - Nino Rojo
3. Felix da Housecat - Devin Dazze...
4. Efterklang - Tripper
5. Keef Baker - The Widnes Years

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Sunday, 31 October 2004 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

not for me. there nothign to look forward to but the ananda album. its too early for top 5 singles though. crosspost.

― :| (....), Sunday, 31 October 2004 01:21 (twenty-one years ago)

1. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
2. The Other Leading Brand - Milkshake X Infinity
3. Air Talkie Walkie
4. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
5. !!! - Louden Up Now

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)

1. wolf eyes
2. wolf eyes
3. dead machines
4. wolf eyes
5. wolf eyes / john weise

― LE CHUCK!™ (ex machina), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Johnny Fever, I'm curious why Nino Rojo and not Rejoicing in the Hands?

― martin hilliard, Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Hi, thus far my music tastes are faggy:

1. David Byrne
2. Sonic Youth
3. Brian Wilson
4. Xiu Xiu
5. Something that hasn't come out yet, I'm sure.

― Remy (x Jeremy), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

La Sonora Ponceña: Back to the Road
Ensemble Al-Umatri: The Sawt in Kuwait*
Various [supregroup really]: Si Soy Llanero*
Susie Ibarra: Folklorico
Youssou N'Dour: Egypt

Maybe.

Honorable mention: Ali Aldik Aloush, Spanish Harlem Orchestra Across 110th (which might end up in the top five), Grupo Niche Imaginacion, Tito Nieves Fabricando Fantasias, and maybe Gilberto Santa Rosa's Autentico.

[Oh god, Cheo Feliciano with Joe Cuba playing now on the radio. I need to just get everything they did together and get it over with.]

*Okay, so I only just got these today. . .

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Junior Boys, Last Exit
2. Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse
3. Phoenix, Alphabetical
4. Animal Collective, Sung Tongs
5. Bark Psychosis, Codename: Dustsucker

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

ok, this is way too difficult. i'm going to post my top 20 once i get them in order.

― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Johnny Fever, I'm curious why Nino Rojo and not Rejoicing in the Hands?

More of the individual songs stuck with me.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm sure i'm leaving A LOT out. also, sorry for the pitchforkness of this.

1) V/A So Young But So Cold: Underground French Music 1977 - 1983
2) Fiery Furnaces Blueberry Boat
3) Walkmen Bows and Arrows
4) V/A Princess Nicotine: Folk and Pop Music of Myanmar
5) V/A Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Laboratories
6) Weird War - If You Can't Beat 'Em Bite 'Em
7) The French Kicks The Trial of the Century
8) Devendra Banhart Nino Rojo
9) The Beauty Pill The Unsustainable Lifestyle
10) The Hold Steady The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me
11) Courtney Love America's Sweetheart
12) Giant Sand Is All Over the Map
13) V/A Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk and Pop Music, Vol 1
14) Battles EP C
15) Fuck Those Are Not My Bongos
16) Mountain Goats We Shall All Be Healed
17) Liars They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
18) Lhasa The Living Road
19) The Fever Red Bedroom
20) Animal Collective Sung Tongs

― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

wow some of those comps sound pretty cool, jody

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

they are (obv)

― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Call me boring, but:

1. Brian Wilson -- Smile
2. Kanye West -- The College Dropout
3. Lil' Flip -- U Gotta Feel Me
4. Air -- Talkie Walkie
5. Mountain Goats -- We Shall All Be Healed

Others I've dug: The Thrills, Elliott Smith, Neko Case, Rock Against Bush Vol. 1, TV on the Radio, Tegan and Sara, Jimmy Eat World, Camper, Mocean Worker, The Dears, Dogs Die in Hot Cars.

Man, I have some catching up to do. I took the summer off from the music wiriting racket. Way in the dark on hip-hop and electronic.

― Chris O., Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed mender
2. Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
3. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
4. The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
5. Delays - Faded Seaside Glamour

― Dave Gutowski (largeheartedboy), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:43 (twenty-one years ago)

wulfize - burned mind
comets on fire - blue cathedral
bardo pond & tom carter
born heller - s/t
charalambides - joy shapes

pearls before swine - wizard of is (archival material of the year?)

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

harumph. maybe replace the bardo pond/carter disc with the new Ghost, or black forest/black sea - radiant symmetry.

i haven't even begun to think about this yet, pardon me for using the thread to collect my thoughts.

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:52 (twenty-one years ago)

right now it goes a little something like this

1. Bersuit Vergarabat La Argentinidad al Palo
2. Yolanda Perez Aqui Me Tienes
3. Allison Moorer The Duel
4. Chingo Bling The Tamale Kingpin
5. Teedra Moses Complex Simplicity

but I will change my mind 1000 times obviously

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

1. United State of Electronica (Mannheim/www.usemusic.com)
2. Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats (Essay, Germany)
3. Gretchen Wilson: Here for the Party (Epic)
4. Devin the Dude: To Tha X-Treme (Rap-a-Lot)
5. The Streets: A Grand Don’t Come for Free (Vice)

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Sunday, 31 October 2004 05:00 (twenty-one years ago)

N.E.R.D. - Fly or Die
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
Magnetic Fields - i
Black Keys - Rubber Factory
Blood Brothers - Crimes

other notables: Jason Forrest, A.C. Newman, Jewels & Binoculars, Air, The Streets, Ghost, Dave Douglas, Keren Ann, Fiery Furnaces, Sonic Youth

― o. nate (onate), Sunday, 31 October 2004 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

1. The Homosexuals, Astral Glamour
2. The Necks, Drive-by
3. Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
4. Kanye West, The College Dropout
5. I Remember Syria

I'm hoping the new Hikura Utada will crash this list.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 31 October 2004 05:32 (twenty-one years ago)

way too early, but these Shatner's Has Been is currently top of the pile

― Jeff W (zebedee), Sunday, 31 October 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

1. William Shatner - Has Been
2. Big & Rich - Horse of a Different Color
3. Bonnie Prince Billy sings Greatest Palace Music
4. Brian Wilson - Smile
5. Lali Puna - Faking the Books

I've put the Animal Collective on my Xmas list.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 31 October 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

B2D, I highly recommend checking out: Si Soy Llanero. I think you might like this. It's Colombian joropo, whatever that is (well, it's this).

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Sunday, 31 October 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

R_S, I will promise to do that if you promise to listen to Sergent Garcia's La Semilla Escondido. It's Cuban reggae by a Spanish guy from Paris. It will probably end up in my top five.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Sunday, 31 October 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Can it be loved on the basis of brief audio clips? Because I think all you need to get interested in this Si Soy Llenaro are the brief clips (because this style jumps right into the action immediately). Anyway, I will check out this Sgt. Garcia album in some form.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Sunday, 31 October 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

okay, R_S, you're on. I will begin my investigations soon. and read my review of it to see if it sounds like the kind of thing in which you'd be interested.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Sunday, 31 October 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1. United State of Electronica s/t
2. Solvent - Apples & Synthesizers
3. Eno - Another Green World (Remaster)
4. Air - Talkie Walkie
5. Junior Boys - Last Exit

― tipustiger, Sunday, 31 October 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I forgot:

Bowling for Soup - A hangover you don't deserve.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 31 October 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Brian Wilson - SMiLE
2. R.E.M. - Around the Sun
3. Homestead and Wolfe - Our Times
4. Camper Van Beethoven - New Roman Times
5. The Homosexuals - Astral Glamour

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 31 October 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

american music club, love songs for patriots
the streets, a grand don't come for free
comets on fire, blue cathedral
bark psychosis, codename: dustsucker
liars, they were wrong so we drowned

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 31 October 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

kings of convenience - riot on an empty street
bark psychosis - codename: dustsucker
sophia - people are like seasons
lambchop - awcmon/noyoucmon
arthur russell - the world of arthur russell

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Sunday, 31 October 2004 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Forgot Marcel Khalife's Caress, though I'm not sure I'd put that in my top-five at this point.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Sunday, 31 October 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Since I guess I'm including reissues/comps (er, one)...

1. United State of Electronica
2. Happy People/U Saved Me, R. Kelly
3. Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn
4. Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits
5. Last Exit, Junior Boys

― Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Sunday, 31 October 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Albums I really like so far:

Bill Frisell - Unspeakable
Oren Ambarchi - Grapes from the Estate
Stahls Bla - Schlactplatte
Mephista - Entomological Reflection
John Zron - Masada String Trio
Oneida - Secret Wars
Prince - Musicology
Tom Waits - Real Gone
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
Mouse On Mars - Radical Connector
Ratatat
Merzbow - Kim Cascone
Gypsy Kings - Roots
Smash & Teeny feat John Butcher - Gathering
Fennesz - Venice
Philip Jeck - 7

Looking forward to hearing: Fred Frith, Susie Ibarra, Wagon Christ, K-Os, Boredoms, Pan Sonic, Alice Coltrane

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 31 October 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave Douglas is good too but not as good as either his last album or the Frisell album. I just downloaded the Norah Jones and am looking forward to listening to that too.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 31 October 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Blood Brothers - Crimes
2. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire

Tie for the rest: Futureheads, Xiu Xiu, Ted Leo maybe?

― Simon H., Sunday, 31 October 2004 17:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Others I look forward to hearing include: Wilco, Deerhoof, Blues Explosion, Roots

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 31 October 2004 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Madvillain - Madvillainy (has no one else mentioned this yet?)
2. Noxagt - The Iron Point
3. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
4. Brian Wilson - Smile
5. Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind

Honorable Mentions: Dizzee Rascal, Erlend Oye, Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, The Streets, Black Dice, Sunn O)))

― DOPESMOKER (smile), Sunday, 31 October 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Madvillain - Madvillainy
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Hot Snakes - Audit In Progress
Black Dice - Creature Comforts
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In the Hands
Michael Mayer - Touch
Panda Bear - Young Prayer
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Stike
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Sunday, 31 October 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't even have a number one yet.

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Sunday, 31 October 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned
2. On! Air! Library! - On! Air! Library!
3. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
4. Junior Boys - Last Exit
5. Air - Talkie Walkie

― inzace, Sunday, 31 October 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The Necks, Drive-by
Charalambides, Joy Shapes
Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet, Tail's Out
Camera Obscura, Underachievers Please Try Harder
The Streets, A Grand Don't Come for Free

― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 31 October 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Kanye West - College Dropout
Big & Rich - Horse of a Different Color
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
George Michael - Patience

The Streets / RTX / United State of Electronica

― frankE (frankE), Sunday, 31 October 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Begs2Differ, I can't find Sgt. Garcia to download, but based on some audio clips it doesn't really seem like something that would interest me much. His take on Cuban music might interest me more than the reggae cuts (which seem like they are just going to kind of sit there), but I'm not that interested in timba to begin with, which is the Cuban music he seems to mostly be drawing from here.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Sunday, 31 October 2004 23:44 (twenty-one years ago)

If I included reissues, my top ten of every year would probably all be reissues. So I don't.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm not sure whether to consider the expanded crooked rain, crooked rain a "reissue."

― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

good calls on radio syria and SunnO)))).

― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah, i forgot to add the zolar x anthology to my list!!

― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 1 November 2004 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Dogs Die in Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself
2. Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
3. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
4. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
5. Mission of Burma - ONoffON

― leslie (leslie), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Nellie McKay, Get Away From Me
2. Hives, Tyrannosaurus Hives
3. Trouble Everyday, Days Vs. Nights
4. Bumblebeez 81, Printz
5. Streets, A Grand Don't Come For Free

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

1. The Hold Steady-Almost Killed Me
2. Ghostface-The Pretty Toney Album
3. Devin Tha Dude-To Tha X-Treme
4. Blood Brothers-Crimes
5. R. Kelly-Happy People

― C0L1N B3CK3TT (Colin Beckett), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Delgados
Futureheads
Annie
Beautiful South
Wee Kev

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:53 (twenty-one years ago)

1. v/a - rio baile funk: favela booty beats
2. v/a - dfa compilation #2
3. dizzee rascal - showtime
4. big $ rich - horse of a different color
5. v/a - lord of the decks: fellowship of the mic 2

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 1 November 2004 03:02 (twenty-one years ago)

1. big & rich
2. m.i.a. -piracy funds terrorism vol.1
3. yolanda perez
4. rio baile funk: favela booty beats
5. gretchen wilson, skye sweetnam, kenny chesney, connecticut hip-hop comp, the numbers band, red swan, wolf eyes, dna, montgomery gentry, and maybe ten other records i can't think of right now neck-and-neck for fifth place not to mention for remaining top ten spots (and maybe for spots 2 through 4 as well, come to think of it)

― chuck, Monday, 1 November 2004 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I really am going to have to track down that Favela Booty Beats compilation.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Monday, 1 November 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Is any American distributor carrying Rio Baile: Favela Booty Beats? I'm having trouble finding it.

Hey Rockist, I saw the the folks from "Si Soy Llanero" live at the Smithsonian Folklife Fest this past summer. Traditional music that tastes good and is not just good for ya.

― steve-k, Monday, 1 November 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Albums

1 Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
2 Mirah - C'mon Miracle
3 Stina Nordenstam - The World is Saved
4 Annie - Anniemal
5 Lucien-N-Luciano - Blind Behaviour

Comps

1 Francois De Roubaix - Le Monde Electronique
2 M.A.N.D.Y - Get Physical 2nd Year Anniversary Mix
3 V/A - Groove On Down: Disco/Boogie Cuts (Soul Brother)
4 Mansun - Kleptomania
5 Norman & Joey Jay - Good Times 4

Still plenty to hear though...

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 1 November 2004 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Nellie McKay, Get Away From Me
Kanye West, The College Dropout
PJ Harvey, Uh Huh Her
Courtney Love, America's Sweetheart
Miss Kittin, I Com

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 1 November 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

kanye west
dizzee
streets
the go find
freestylers

(last two because i can't think of anything else really.)

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 1 November 2004 10:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Wrangler Brutes - Zulu
Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
McLusky - The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire
Comets On Fire - Blue Cathedral
The Soft Pink Truth - Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Soft Pink Truth?

That's off the top of my head, I'm gonna try and do a proper list this week

― DJ Mencap0))), Monday, 1 November 2004 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

01 Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
02 Ghostface - The Pretty Toney Album
03 Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
04 Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
05 Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party

Could break in: Madvillain, Xiu Xiu, Arcade Fire, The Knife, Annie, Kanye, Petey Pablo

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Monday, 1 November 2004 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Anniemal
Devin Dazzle And The Neon Fever
Showtime
The Scissor Sisters
A Grand Don't Come For Free

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 1 November 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

jay chou, jasmine orange/qi li xiang
Britney, in the zone.
kanye, college dropout

that's all i've really liked this year that i've heard.

― lydia, Monday, 1 November 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

1. JC Chasez - Schizophrenic
2. Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
3. Annie - Anniemal
4. Chromeo - She's In Control
5. Junior Boys - Last Exit

Most anticipated (if given an overseas release): Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - Cartooom!

Best compilation: M.A.N.D.Y - Get Physical 2nd Year Anniversary Mix

Most listened to from late last year:

Britney Spears - In The Zone
Kiley Dean - Simple Girl

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 1 November 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

ahh, in the zone's from last year. no wonder noone else had put it on their list.

have the jc chasez one.. three or four really cool songs. but his sleeve photos look NOTHING like him! (way too flattering)

― lydia, Monday, 1 November 2004 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, ITZ was a) released fairly late that it's eligible for lists and polls (published and unpublished), much like Justified and Stripped last year. And b) the Madonna team-up was such a red herring (albeit not a bad one) that the album took ~~months~~'Toxic' to be fully digested.

"Way too flattering", eh? He can do a decent photo or two, but his ADLIDAS vid is pretty defining as a look. Incidentally, you just reminded me of my own nonsense theory that the film Way Of The Gun is in fact about JC and Justin.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 1 November 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

The real hangover from last year which is going to be omnipresent in year-end lists is of course Tasty.

I don't fancy JC, not at all, not in any picture or video I've seen.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Traditional music that tastes good and is not just good for ya.

Somehow this description just saps the life out of it. There are a thousand (well maybe not a thousand) features of the music that are more noteworthy than whether or not it's traditional. (Granted, in a live performance that might be harder not to focus on.) This CD doesn't remotely sound like a museum piece.

― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 1 November 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't fancy JC, not at all, not in any picture or video I've seen.

But I hear he's a fantastic conversationalist!

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm kinda surprised r-kelly's mentionned. i really like happy people (the album) but thought it was a huge commercial/critical failure. i've asked this a couple of times now but was it a success in the US ?

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

But I hear he's a fantastic conversationalist!

But all day long he dreams about sex!

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

C'mon, dude, he needs mercy. He has something special on his mind and he will give you everything you want, in 100 ways, no less. So come to him.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

1) Trick Daddy - Thug Matrimony
2) Messy Marv - DisoBAYish
3) Hunches - Hobo Sunrise
4) Juelz Santana - Back Like Cooked Crack Vol 1
5) Joker the Bailbondsman - Bi-Polar

― God Shammgod, Monday, 1 November 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

But when he's all alone, he lies awake and masturbates. Then again, he does love the sounds I make.

(xpost!)

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Give him what you got, maybe a spark of your touch. And don't forget to crack out the Gatorade.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

1. The Streets: A Grand Don’t Come for Free
2. The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed
3. Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
4. Jon Langford: All the Fame of Lofty Deeds
5. Kanye West: The College Dropout

Next five...PJ Harvey: Uh Huh Her, Rilo Kiley: More Adventurous, Junior Boys: Last Exit. Northern State: All City, Dizzee Rascal: Showtime

― Not That Chuck, Monday, 1 November 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

ghostface - pretty toney
petey pablo - still writing...2nd entry
lil wayne - tha carter
wiley - treddin on thin ice
liars - they were wrong...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Well... I just look at everyone as equal. So grab me a drink and let's roll.

(xposts)

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

i like kanye and the scissor sisters plenty also

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i haven't bought much new music this year but:

1. Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
2. Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress
3. Meshuggah - I
4. Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral
5. Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 1 November 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

My top five so far for 04:

Madvillain - Madvillainy
Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
Tom Waits - Real Gone
Bjork - Medulla
Critters Buggin - Stampede

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 November 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Honorable mentions: Ghostface - Pretty Toney, Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me, Mos Def - The New Danger, Cee-Lo Green - ...Is The Soul Machine, Wiley - Treadin' On Thin Ice, De La Soul - The Grind Date, John Frusciante - Will To Death, The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free

I have gotten very tired of College Dropout (save "Two Words") by this point.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 November 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Wolf Parade - Wolf Parade EP
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Madvillain - Madvillainy
The Futureheads - The Futureheads
Tom Waits - Real Gone
Mastodon - Leviathan
The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
Golden Apples of the Sun - V/A
Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine
Old Man Gloom - Christmas

So far. My jury is still out on the new Blood Brothers, Isis. Bjork, Kanye West are close, but haven't seemed to have the necessary staying power for me. Maybe Death From Above could find their way on there. The Fiery Furnaces album has just never done it for me -- maybe not enough patience on my part.

― pm, Monday, 1 November 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you'd like Plus-Tech Squeeze Box, nza.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Graham Smith. Final Battle. March/You Are.
2. Animal Collective. Sung Tongs. Fatcat.
3. Stereolab. Margerine Eclipse. Elektra.
4. The Walkmen. Bows & Arrows. Record Collection.
5. Kanye West. The College Dropout. Roc-A-Fella.
6. Arial Pink’s Haunted Graffiti 2. The Doldrums. Paw Tracks.
7. The Yellow Swans. Bring The Neon War Home. Narnack.
8. The Fiery Furnaces. Blueberry Boat. Rough Trade.
9. Green Day. American Idiot. Reprise.
10. Wolf Eyes. Burned Mind. Sub Pop.

Could change if the new Sightings and Eminem turn out to be good.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
2. Franz Ferdinan - selftitled
3. The Street - AGDCFF
4. Felix Da Housecat - Devin Dazle...
5. Kanye West - College Dropout

any my "wanna look cool" Top 5
1. El P - Hihg Water (Mark)
2. Devin Tha Dude - To The Xtreme
3. Tworzyvo Sztuczne - Vielki Ciesky Slon
4. Campaq Velocet - Its Beyond Our Control
5. Black Dice - Creature Comforts

― karl76 (karl76), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll check 'em out, 'rima! Your recommendations are always spot on. It's like you have a window wherein you can look into my SOUL and see the empty spots that need filling.

I must admit that the Green Day album is far better than it has any reason to be.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Their website looks like it was designed by GENDY TARKOVSY or whatever her of DEXTER'S LABORATORY fame's name is. My curiousity = PIQUED.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Your recommendations are always spot on. It's like you have a window wherein you can look into my SOUL and see the empty spots that need filling.

Haha, thanks, bro, but way too much responsibility ;-)!

(also, check www.surla.co.uk and www.vroom-sound.com, which have sample mp3s. The Genndy stuff is also the cover art and there are t-shirts!)

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, I'm sold. I love them already!

Two more honorable mentions I've forgotten, and have listened to since last posting here, reminding me of their status as honorable mentions: Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind and Medeski Martin and Wood - End Of The World Party.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Nicka, have you heard the new Comets on Fire? I really think you'd love it, given your propensity for the dank nuggs.

― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I shall check! OMG I am getting all the killer recommendations today.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I am so tired right now it's hard to think of my favourites, however, first of all I should say I must check out |:'s suggestions asap.

I guess, Dizzee Rascal-Showtime is my favourite album this year, also have enjoyed the Ada and Michael Mayer albums alot, the Nextmen's Personal Golf Lessons mix, Super Discount 2, the Get Physical mix is definitely top 5, Tiefschwarz mix may get there in the end too.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Junior Boys - Last Exit
2. Annie - Anniemal
3. Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologues
4. Ghostface - Pretty Toney
5. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

on reflection the Tiefschwarz mix really does deserve to be in my top 5, whenever I actually make one. all those remixes one after another makes it quite awesome. like the neptunes/daft punk/felix da housecat twisted into a big corrugated sheet of metal.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 1 November 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

am i the only one who loves the new kings of convenience? come on open your ears that's by far the best release this year.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Monday, 1 November 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

1. A Grand Don't Come For Free - the Streets
2. Blueberry Boat - Fiery Furnaces
3. Funeral - Arcade Fire
4. A Ghost Is Born - Wilco
5. Le retour du bleu métallique - Gwenwed

― alex in montreal, Monday, 1 November 2004 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

am i the only one who loves the new kings of convenience? come on open your ears that's by far the best release this year.

Alex, I LOVE LOVE both "Misread" and "I'd Rather Dance with You," but the rest of the album leaves me a bit cold.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 1 November 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

As for EP of the year, Mates of State's gorgeous "All Day" edges out Sing-Sing's "Madame Sing-Sing" for me.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1. THE HOMOSEXUALS Astral Glamour (hyped2death)
2. THE FIERY FURNACES Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade)
3. THE THERMALS Fuckin A (Sub Pop)
4. BOREDOMS Seadrum/House of Sun (WEA Japan)
5. ARTHUR RUSSELL Calling Out of Context (Audika)

― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 05:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Jeez, I hardly bought anything new this year.
1. Brian Wilson - Smile
2. Magnetic Fields - i
3. Tom Waits - Real Gone
4. Dead Prez - RBG
5. Ween - Live in Chicago

This is literally everything else I own with c2004 on it that is not a reissue or best of:
Wilco - A Ghost is Born, Air - Talkie Walkie, Prince - Musicology, PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her, Kanye West - The College Dropout

― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 05:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Hm...

Fennesz, Venice is still top. First of the Devendra albums, the Mountain Goats album, there are more but my mind is porridge right this second...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 05:23 (twenty-one years ago)

The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me
The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Plastic Constellations - Mazatlan
You Are Lost And Gone Forever, Dreadful Sorry - The Muldoons

― Dan M. (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

streets
panda bear
arthur russel- calling out of context
animal collective
arthur russell- world of echo

― Magic City (ano ano), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 06:59 (twenty-one years ago)

am i the only one who loves the new kings of convenience? come on open your ears that's by far the best release this year.

It's good, yes, but I can't just put it on any ol' time and enjoy it. I have to be in the mood. Stuff in my top 5 constitutes albums I'll stop whatever I'm doing just so I can listen to them.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 07:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Junior Boys - Last Exit
Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
Cee-lo - ... Is the Soul Machine
Fennesz - Venice
Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

Only 2 of these are out and out fantastic (though I did avoid any compilations or reissues)

Le Dust Sucker & Anniemal sitting just below

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 07:19 (twenty-one years ago)

On reflection, whether I buy it or not (and I can because Sur La Plage have kindly imported copies to the UK), Plus-Tech Squeeze Box will make my top 5. Their first record is better than my entire top 5 (sorry, guys), and between the new mp3 snippets and remixes, they've never put a foot wrong.

That leaves Tiefschwarz, Cee-Lo, Dizzee, The Streets, Fennesz, Animal Collective, Wolf Eyes, Arthur Russell, Michael Mayer, Felix, Le Dust Sucker, Black Dice and The DFA 3-disc set to investigate.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

new plus-tech squeeze box? sweeeet. no chance in hell of copies turning up in NZ tho.

junior boys - last exit
united states of electronica - u.s.e.
boredoms - seadrum/house of sun
felix da housekat - devin dazzle & the neon fever
blood brothers - crimes

& I need to listen to the dizzee, michael mayer, feelstyle, ada, most of the mixes ronan mentioned, the new dfa comp, lil jon, petey pablo, ariel pink & panda bear, new buffalo & re-listen to the streets. hasn't been a v.album-oriented year for me.

― etc, Tuesday, 2 November 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude! Thought I was the only ILXor who cared about PTSB. Maybe we should trade Cartoom! and New Buffalo, since that doesn't have a UK release.

Also, I have to relisten USE and Teedra Moses, tho' neither have yet struck me as top 10.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

etc, www.surla.co.uk have imported Cartooom! (oddly, instead of signing it and releasing it like they did with Fakevox) and I think they do Paypal etc.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

It's all about the Sverige.

The Concretes The Concretes, Stina Nordenstam The World is Saved, Raymond & Maria Vi ska bara leva klart, [ingenting]
Ingenting Duger, The Knife Hannah med H Soundtrack...

Meanwhile, elsewhere...
Estelle, The Beautiful South, The Honeymoon, Kings of Convenience, The Streets, Magnetic Fields, Annie, Nick Cave.

I like all those, haven't bothered to work out a top five out of them yet. No idea.

Don't like:
Dizzee, Air

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

The Concretes - The Concretes, The Knife - Hannah med H Soundtrack

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

(Superthriller - Superthriller 1 is also out, also Petey Pablo must also be checked)

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

1 Brian Wilson: Smile
2 Animal Collective: Sung Tongs
3 Devendra Banhart: Rejoicing in the Hands & Niño Rojo
4 Charalambides: Joy Shapes
5 Bjork: Medulla

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

The Petey Pablo album is great! Maybe top 5, I dunno.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

1. brian wilson - smile
2. youssou n'dour - egypt
3. hidden cameras - mississauga goddamm
4. phoenix - alphabetical
5. sons & daughters - love the cup

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

This is bound to change a few times in the next month or so, but here's six (in no order) . . .

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Kanye West - College Dropout
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Stike
The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me
Junior Boys - Last Exit

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

7 albums that I haven't heard yet, but which I can reasonably expect to trouble my list upthread:

Girls Aloud, What Will The Neighbours Say?
Annie, Anniemal
Destiny's Child, Destiny Fulfilled
Stina Nordenstam, The World Is Saved
Eminem, Encore
Teedra Moses, Complex Simplicity
Tom Waits, Real Gone

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

As of right now...

1. Mara Carlyle - The Lovely
2. Islaja - Meritie
3. Björk - Medúlla
4. Espers - Espers
5. Alice Coltrane - Translinear Light

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I still have a ton of albums to check out, though.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Trimmed to 6. No further trimming possible

The Go Find - Miami
Xela - Tangled Wool
Christian Kleine - Real Ghosts
Arovane - Lillies
Solvent - Apples and Synthesizers
Lali Puna - Faking the Books

― Bernard the Butler (Lynskey), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Islaja - Meritie

talk about this

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Scores so far:
(1 point for each mention; first five albums only have been counted per person)

1. the streets - a grand don't come for free (15)
2. dizzee rascal - showtime (10)
kanye west - the college dropout
4. animal collective - sung tongs (9)
brian wilson - smile
6. junior boys - last exit (8)
7. fiery furnaces - blueberry boat (6)
mountain goats - we shall all be healed
9. annie - anniemal (5)
10. air - talkie walkie (4)
arcade fire - funeral
big & rich - horse of a different color
blood brothers - crimes
comets on fire - blue cathedral
felix da housekat - devin dazzle & the neon fever
ghostface - the pretty toney album
liars - they were wrong so we drowned
madvillain - madvillainy
united states of electronica - u.s.e.
wolf eyes - burned mind

177 albums mentioned so far.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Dominique:

http://www.fonal.com/album_islaja_meritie.html

I'm not sure how to describe it. It's at turns playful and mournful Finnish folk. I think you'd like it.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress
LSD-March - Kanashimino Bishouen
Electrelane - The Power Out
Revolutionary Ensemble - Psyche
Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
Up-Tight - Five Psychedelic Pieces
Mission of Burma - OnOFFOn
Homosexuals - Astral Glamour
Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost
Talking Heads- The Name of This Band is Talking Heads

― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:07 (twenty-one years ago)

1. DJ Hell - NY Muscle
2. Cursor Miner - Cursor Miner Plays God
3. Annie - Anniemal
4. V/A - Glitter From The Litter Bin
5. V/A - The Electronic Bible

― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i can only get into a few songs on that annie album. i don't like her voice that much.

― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

mcd, what's that Albert Ayler all about?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

sundar - its the 9 CD boxset, there's a thread.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

IT COMES WITH A FUCKING DEAD FLOWER. AYLER = EMOLER.

Sorry. Maybe Jandek "Shadow Of Leaves" belongs on this thread.

― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Madvillain has FOUR mentions so far yo.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh wait DOH I get it. I R DUN BASS.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

The Ayler box is really something. I can't stop looking at it/listening to it-- the level of obsession and care taken with the packaging, the chrono arc of the songs on it, the BLISTERING playing. It is a record geek's rosetta stone. Nothing really beats the trio with Sunny Murray & Gary Peacock but still everything on all 9 discs is exciting.

― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Melissa what's the Espers album like, I've heard they're a bit ISB?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

My favorite album this year is _The Cure_. I seriously doubt anything will come out to change my mind.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:19 (twenty-one years ago)

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

not even Bret Michaels' solo debut?

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Not even that (you evil fucker).

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
2. Sebastien Tellier - Politics
3. Annie - Anniemal
4. Air - Talkie Walkie
5. Junior Boys - Last Exit

subject to change and memory.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
Annie - Anniemal
Junior Boys - Last Exit
Bjork - Medulla
Prince - Musicology

Honorable mention to Fennesz - Venice.

― Sansai, Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Musicology and Medulla are in my top 5.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd agree with Musicology if it was an ep:

A1) What Do U Want Me 2 Do?
A2) Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance (with even more Rhthym guitar outro

B1) The Marrying Kind
B2) If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life
B3) On The Couch

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

in no definititive order...

Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
Tom Waits - Real Gone
Brian Wilson - SMiLE

hon. mentions: Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free, Dizzee -Showtime, Erlend Oye's DJ Kicks, Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles, Fennesz - Venice

it feels like the appeal on some of these might be pretty ephemeral, tho. A Grand Don't Come For Free and Showtime lack the staying power that their predecessors had, I almost always opt for Bone Machine over Real Gone, and SMiLE, while pretty damn great, isn't going to get a lot of plays around here just because 15 year old me played the hell out of the bootlegs.

Ghost, however, is criminally underrated here. I don't think that album has left my arsenal since I got it in January. Fuck all this Junior Boys shit.

― stephen morris, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you'd like it.

btw, Melissa, Dawn Upshaw just put out this great set of songs by Messiaen, Debussy and Faure.

― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Dominique, thanks for the info. I second Mel's suggestion of Islaja.

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 01:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I agree that the Ghost is better than the respect shown for it here so far. I'd put that in my top five. I'd also rate the Oneida album, the Stereolab album, the first Devendra Banhart, and maybe the Liars or Smile. It's too early to tell though, for me at least.

― steve hise, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Listened to the Islaja record a few hours ago. It sometimes reminds me of Greek mira singing, where the women mourn for the dead.

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

its also very simliar to alvas "slattery for ungdom". will be in my top ten for sure.

― :| (....), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Melissa what's the Espers album like, I've heard they're a bit ISB?

ISB? Maybe it's the election fogging my brain, but I can't think of what that would stand for. Espers remind me a lot of Vashti Bunyan/Linda Perhacs, but they're less serene than either.

btw, Melissa, Dawn Upshaw just put out this great set of songs by Messiaen, Debussy and Faure.

Ooh! Thanks, I'll check that out.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

ISB - Incredible String Band. A less serene Vashti Bunyan sounds good to me.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 09:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, there's definitely an element of that.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Stars - Set Yourself On Fire

! No thread?

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

(Revised to put Khalife back in. Despite being a seriously flawed album, I still like a good chunk of it, and I think his oud playing just sounds so good.)

La Sonora Ponceña: Back to the Road
Ensemble Al-Umatri: The Sawt in Kuwait*
Various [supregroup really]: Si Soy Llanero*
Susie Ibarra: Folklorico
Marcel Khalife: Caress

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 5 November 2004 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Junior Boys
2. Dizzee Rascal
3. The Streets
4. The Walkmen
5. Kanye West

― Popli Kid, Friday, 5 November 2004 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

the rest: superpitcher, hold steady, stereolab, kings of leon, michael mayer, !!!, delays, the cure

― Popli Kid, Friday, 5 November 2004 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

barima: stars "set yourself on fire"

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 5 November 2004 04:16 (twenty-one years ago)

brunettes
scarlet's well
mum(everyone hates this but it's beautiful)
the projects
the electronic tomato

if pas/cal and kicker had come out this year they may have been 1,2, early frontrunners for 2005 then.

― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 5 November 2004 04:47 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Fennesz - Venice
2. Madvillain - Madvillainy
3. Björk - Medúlla
4. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
5. The Streets - AGDCFF

― daniel_t, Friday, 5 November 2004 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Arcade Fire-Funeral
Futureheads- S/T
Hold Steady- Almost Killed Me
Legends- Up Against the Legends
Decemberists- Tain EP

― cdwill, Friday, 5 November 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

everyone hates this but it's beautiful

Best title ever.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 5 November 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I have NO idea what my pazz & jop top ten will be. can i steal someone else's list? other then Big & Rich that is. Maybe I will vote for one album this year.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

How do you get to vote in Pazz & Jop? Do you need to work for a newspaper?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

alot of you guys are straight up sheep

― big chaki (chaki), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I write for the Village Voice. But I think if you write for a mag/paper/blog and e-mail chuck eddy he would put you on the list. i think. maybe. i shouldn't speak for him.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

its also very simliar to alvas "slattery for ungdom". will be in my top ten for sure.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!

(This is about Islaja, right?)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 5 November 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I have no idea WHAT will make my top 5 this year, and that kind of depresses me. But off the top of my head, here are 5 that I like: Sluts of Trust, 50 Ft. Wave, the Reputation, the Paybacks, Social Distortion. Oh, and the Nick Cave double album has been getting a lot of play, too.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 5 November 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

that mum album is beautiful, i don't know why everyone seems to hate it

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 5 November 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

b4r1ma - thanks for the info! if yr after the new buffalo, I'll see what I can do. how does what you've heard of cartooom! combare to fakevox?

also forgot big & rich & le dust sucker to my list (& scratch out the feelstyle album); plus I can't imagine not loving the diplo/m.i.a. piracy funds terrorism thing to bits & pieces.

― etc, Friday, 5 November 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Electrelane - The power out
Mount Eerie - Seven new songs of Mount Eerie

― Kanske, Friday, 5 November 2004 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Devin the Dude
John Langford
Gretchen Wilson
Drive By Truckers
The Magnetic Fields

― danh (danh), Friday, 5 November 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I would like to add Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake Back Together Again. Boy is this record good.

― mcd (mcd), Friday, 5 November 2004 23:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Courtney Love
Phoenix
Ghostface
Pitman
Nick Cave

Perhaps.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 5 November 2004 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

that mum album is beautiful, i don't know why everyone seems to hate it

I think it's the vocals. The music is really amazing, but the vocals make me want to tear my hair out.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 6 November 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

mia/diplo
tycho
utada hikaru
lusine icl
paul keeley

― stomp (+dancefloor), Saturday, 6 November 2004 01:39 (twenty-one years ago)

5 of -

Wiley, Junior Boys, Black Dice, Crazy Titch, Morgan Geist, Le Dust Sucker, Ada, Southern Smoke, Animal Collective, Dizzee, DJ Clever, Wolf Eyes, Devin Tha Dude, Ghostface, Prince, Tom Waits, Bis Neunzehn, Liars, Target, Robag Wruhme, Stina Nordenstam, Villalobos.

Need to hear:

M.I.A./Diplo, TI, Panda Bear, Weatherall, Crunch Time

― adam... (nordicskilla), Saturday, 6 November 2004 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy
2. Gravenhurst - Flashlight Seasons
3. CocoRosie - La Maison de Mon Reve
4. Toby Goodshank - Safe Harbour
5. Les Mouches - You're worth more to me than 1,000 Christians

― sibsi (sibsi), Saturday, 6 November 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

TI isn't coming out til next year.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Saturday, 6 November 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

mcd, you're a godsend. I didn't even know they put something out. I'll look for it.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 6 November 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i agree with patrick wolf, but that came out in 2003

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 6 November 2004 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Sundar - yeah, I just got it. Wasn't really on my radar either, I'm sure the Chicago ilx massive is more in touch. Anyway, the record has such a casual & easy-going vibe, it's hard not to love.

― mcd (mcd), Saturday, 6 November 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Casual and easygoing, wow! When I saw them with William Parker (and another saxophonist whose name I forget) a couple years ago they were cacophonous.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 6 November 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, for the mo:

1) V/A: Mei Lwun - Uno Records
2) Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity
3) Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
4) Junior Boys - Last Exit
5) V/A: M.A.N.D.Y. - Get Physical 2nd Anniversary Label Compilation

From what I've heard of them Stina Nordenstam and Run the Road might muscle in there. What's the Crazy Titch thing you refer to Adam?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Brian Wilson - Smile
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
Erlend Oye - DJ Kicks
Junior Boys - Last Exit

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)

2) Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity

Be Your Girl sounds pretty if rather unremarkable in a mid-Nineties Mary J Blige in search of a tune kind of way. I haven't heard the album. Second best of the year though, really?

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 7 November 2004 01:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Tim- Crazy Titch thing is the mixtape with Mr Wong and Vader, which I seem to like a lot more than everyone else.

I forgot Mei Lwun! and Superpitcher!

― adam... (nordicskilla), Sunday, 7 November 2004 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

is the Hood album coming out this year? that would probablybe top 5 if it did.

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 7 November 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

there is a new hood ep. it's out.

― stomp (+dancefloor), Sunday, 7 November 2004 05:17 (twenty-one years ago)

i agree with patrick wolf, but that came out in 2003

2004 release on Tomlab for everywhere outside of the UK.

The New Hood ep (The Lost You) is fantastic. The full length isn't due until January.

― Ryan WS (fffv), Sunday, 7 November 2004 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"Be Your Girl sounds pretty if rather unremarkable in a mid-Nineties Mary J Blige in search of a tune kind of way. I haven't heard the album. Second best of the year though, really?"

Yes, it's a personal thing though. "Be Your Girl" is good and a real grower but nowhere near being one of the top tracks. Really I'm voting it up there for "Backstroke", the title track, "For A Lifetime" and "Last Day", which I've been listening to over and over and over again and have taken on some sort of emotional resonance for me. There's about another four tracks or so that are ace too though, making it a very strong album by R&B standards.

First listen to the Stina album suggests it *will* crack top five easily.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 7 November 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I still can't find that Uno Records thing. In this day and age that disgusts me. I think I forgot about 20 albums in my list earlier.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 7 November 2004 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

new possible entries: The Ike Reilly Assassination, Sparkle in the Finish; Charlie Robison, Good Times

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Sunday, 7 November 2004 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Right now, I think my list would be something like

01 The Fiery Furnaces "Blueberry Boat"
02 Maxi Geil & Playcolt "A Message To My Audience"
03 Phoenix "Alphabetical"
04 Scissor Sisters "Scissor Sisters"
05 Annie "Anniemal"

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that Maxi Geil record in shops?

― danh (danh), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
Junior Boys - Last Exit
Phoenix - Alphabetical
The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
Tim Hecker - Mirages

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh I donno

Annie - Anniemal
Ghostface - Pretty Toney
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Trick Daddy - Thug Matrimony
Luomo - Present Lover*

*I counted this last year so really my number five should be

Lil Scrappy and Trillville

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm. I probably could include the Teedra Moses too although I should give it more time.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

the futureheads
junior boys
stars
grand national
!!!

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm kind of avoiding considering Luomo this year, even though I only heard it this year (and was only released in the U.S. this year) -- it would just make things too complicated.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)

What is definitely in the top five is the Liars record.

What is definitely not in the top five is the Streets record.

― tk, Wednesday, 10 November 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

ghostface krillah
lansing-dreiden
dizzee
wiley
junior boys

none of which i own

― artdamages (artdamages), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 06:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Is Junior boys the most frequently ranked album? A quick search suggests its listed 19 or so times.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 06:48 (twenty-one years ago)

b4r1ma - thanks for the info! if yr after the new buffalo, I'll see what I can do. how does what you've heard of cartooom! combare to fakevox?

Cartooom! is more pastiche-like, there's more spaciness, insanity, samples, d'n'b, funk and hip hop, the production is a little more refined and there are more in-song switchups. Fluxblog has an mp3 of 'The Martin Show' up now, though I can't get it.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

People do not understand the concept of five.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 09:53 (twenty-one years ago)

By the end of their time in the spotlight, neither did they. Although the life-size cardboard cut out in the video was amusing.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

annie - anniemal
dizze rascal
go team
hot snakes - audit in progress. rocks my socks!
anticon label sampler

― Mr Monket (apn99), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

So far at least:
1.Smile – Brian Wilson
2.Pictures In The House Where She Lives – Julian Berntzen
3.Everyone Is Here – The Finn Brothers
4.Two Way Monologue – Sondre Lerche
5.Hopes And Fears – Keane

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Then there's the new Revolutionary Ensemble album after a 25+ year hiatus. Shit dawg is this cookin.

― mcd (mcd), Monday, 22 November 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Rio Baile Funk-Favela Booty beats
M.I.A./Diplo
Youssou NDour-Egypt
The Streets
Si Soy Llanero
Big & Rich
Ojos de Brujo-Bari
Tinariwen

― steve-k, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Is Junior boys the most frequently ranked album? A quick search suggests its listed 19 or so times.

Also, Anniemal with 11 top 5 listings and 5 honorable-mention/could-break-in listings.

I didn't really dig the Junior Boys on first listen, but Annie is definitely really fun and might squeeze onto my own list if I ever bother to make one.

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Isis
Ruinzhivatna
Wolf Eyes
Fucking Am
William Shatner

― meaty beaty, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Kanye West
Wiley
Pan*American
The Streets
Handsome Boy Modeling School

Honorary mention:
Stina Nordenstam, Björk, Mikael Simpson, Dizzee, Money Your Love, Skyphone, The Roots, Snoop, Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens, Favela Beats, Prince Po, Promoe, Claus Hempler, N*E*R*D, cLOUDDEAD, José Gonzales.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The Streets
Dizzee
Mylo
Fiery Furnaces
Go! Team

And maybe Tiefschwarz in there instead of one of them if we're allowed mix CDs.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Shannon Wright- Over The Sun (Quarterstick)
Christian Kleine-Real Ghosts (CCO)
Thalia Zedek- Trust Not Those...(Quarterstick)
Pedro The Lion-Achilles Heel (Jade Tree)
Destroyer- Your Blues (Merge)
Richard Buckner- Dents & Shells (Merge)

― CL, Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Lil Jon - Crunk Juice
Ghostface - Pretty Toney
Brian Wilson - Smile
Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
Annie - Anniemal

― ainsley harriott, Thursday, 25 November 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Annie
Go! Team
The Streets
Dizzy Rascal
Phoenix

― snowballing (snowballing), Thursday, 25 November 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Thalia Zedek - "Trust not Those..."
Gravenhurst - "Flashlight Seasons"
Atombombpocketknife - "Lack and Pattern"
KaitO - "Band Red"
Giant Drag - "Lemona"

Hmm... barely bought any new music this year: Nick Cave, Hooker and Stuffy/The Fuses being the other albums I remember buying. Been pretty skint since June though so mainly bought 2nd Hand/sale stuff. The Low boxset was amazing, have been promised it for Christmas.

― Ben Dot (1977), Thursday, 25 November 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

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