Ha, nice. I always sort-of admired what Andre was trying to do on that later stuff but it always seemed to me that he kept on slightly missing.

EDIT: By debut, are you talking about The Hollywood Recordings?

yep. there were a lot of 12s before that, including the 2x12 second time around, but i believe hollywood recordings was their first album proper.

re: sa-ra

i caught wind of them last spring but never got around to trying them out. on the merit of their nu amerykah stuff i got the hollywood recordings and for the most part i was pretty disappointed. they aren't like a better andre, they suffer the same weaknesses and succeed on the same strengths. they're talented dudes, to be sure, but they need a little more focus before they really hit on something special. hollywood recordings had moments of pure brilliance, but it was scattershot and watery.

at least for me. i'll keep checking their stuff out and i'll keep rooting for them, but they still got some maturing to do.

that's because it's an insignificant album by an irrelevant band (and i never say "irrelevant," that word is for douchebags)

lol @ fuckass (and i never say fuckass)

It drops on Tuesday , pick 11 bones from under the cushions, crank it up.

otherwise google "M83 Saturdays Mediafire" and find it in 3 seconds like I just did

Shareminer was supposed to do that for me, damn it.

sweet titties, those fuck button and matmos albums are fantastic.

I'm with you on the Matmos but I've found the Fuck Buttons album to be mostly a joke. I don't know, I saw them live and it was awesome and all... and I like their philosophy. The music though is pretty pedestrian. It's definitely a start though. I bet their next album will be insane.

My top 10 as of today:

1 why - alopecia
2 M83 - saturdays = youth
3 portishead - third
4 stephen malkmus - real emotional trash
5 cut copy - in ghost colors
6 autechre - quaristice
7 matmos - supreme balloon
8 british sea power - dylrm
9 fleet foxes - st
10 clark - turning dragon

Yeah. I think I find Fuck Buttons to be largely overrated at this point. It seems like they're getting hype simply because they're different as apposed to actually being brilliant. I'm not finding the music itself THAT great.

As you say though, I'd be amazed if they didn't improve on their next album.

Young Knives
Fleet Foxes
Vampire Weekend
Blood Red Shoes
Times New Viking
Sons and Daughters
Paul Steel
Sun Kill Moon

Call that 20. Also like Lykke Li, Atlas Sound, The Black Keys, Beach House, Fuck Buttons, Goldfrapp and Destroyer to a degree.

I'm digging this The Management track:

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The Fuck Buttons album is the best thing to come out so far this year.

In no particular order:

Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Magnetic Fields - Distortion
Boris - Smile
El Guincho - Alegranza
Toumani Diabate - Mande Variations
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
Ljudbilden and Piloten - One Hundred and Fifty-Five
Re-Up Gang - We Got it for Cheap Vol. 3: The Spirit of Competition


Autechre, Goldfrapp, and Fuck Buttons might grow on me, i'm not quite sure yet. I also really need to hear the new Badu record. Sounds up my alley.

Wow, that Autechre record has grown on me in ways I truly did not think were possible. It's a monster, it really is. It disturbs me that Fuck Buttons is getting more play and understanding than Quaristice, which has slowly revealed itself to be a true work of art.

better late than never, i guess.





it's only got one great track.

i don't get all the love for supreme balloon. i only really like the title track and polychords.

quaristice is the far superior album. it's probably my #1 of the year so far.

Still so much left to hear but so far, in no order:

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Nicole Atkins
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Gutter Twins
Portishead
R.E.M.
Hot Chip
Clinic
The Breeders
MGMT
Laura Marling
Lightspeed Champion


Anxious to hear- M83, Sun Kill Moon, Elbow, Billy Bragg, Yeahsayer, Santogold, Neon Neon, Matmos

Agreed on that one. Autechre and Genghis Tron right behind it.

01) Boris – Smile
02) Bruno Pronsato – Why Can’t We Be Like Us
03) Matmos – Supreme Balloon
04) DJ Donna Summer – Panther Tracks
05) Thomas Brinkmann - When Horses Die
06) Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
07) Hercules & Love Affair – st
08) Autechre – Quaristice
09) Melvins - Nude With Boots
10) Clinic - Do It

Ghetto – Freedom of Speech
Shit and Shine – Cherry
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
Clark - Turning Dragon
Benga - Diary of An Afro Warrior
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Bardo Pond - Batholith
Trim – Soulfood Vol. 3
Ellen Allien – Sool
Aidan John Moffat – I Can Hear Your Heart
Padded Cell - Night Must Fall

Top 4 are obsessions, 5-10 are passions and the rest are bubbling under.

this leaked?! can't wait to hear it.

Will I like Supreme Balloon, or is it too far out on the "weird shit" tip? I haven't even clicked on that thread. Perhaps I should.

You'll enjoy 2-3 of the 7 songs. Half of them are minimal classical sort of experiments with synths, and there are a few poppy tracks as always. I might be one of the few who would say it's their weirdest and most unlistenable, since a lot of it is pure minimalism a la Rainbow in Curved Air.

Zauber is very nearly the best thing Ive heard this year.

awesome, thanks.

So, right now this is about where the year is with me, in approximate order:

A Silver Mt. Zion - Thirteen Blues For Thirteen Moons
Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
Retribution Gospel Choir - Retribution Gospel Choir
Islands - Arm's Way
The Constantines - Kensington Heights
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
John Zorn - The Dreamers
Destroyer - Trouble In Dream
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster
Ladyhawk - Shots
Black Mountain - In The Future

Still need to spend more time with Sun Kil Moon, Baby Dee, Boris, Death In June, and Spiritualized.

Is the Spiritualized even worth downloading? I've only ever listened to Ladies and Gentleman and Lazer Guided Melodies and I love them both.

Only listened to it a couple times and really liked what I heard. It'd be a jump for you though, if you haven't listened to their last couple albums. I think a lot of the negative reaction to it is from people who only ever really listened to those two albums, and are shocked at the difference.

Wasn't much of a shock if you'd heard the last one, I'd agree with that.

Its not really wierd shit at all. Just a lot of nice electronic sounds put together into one cool little cohesive product. In any case, the title track which is 20+ minutes long is probably the best song I've heard all year. Essential listening for this year imo.

Guess i'll do a ranked list now.

1. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
2. Quiet Village - Silent Movie
3. The Presets - Apocalypso
4. Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
5. Booka Shade - The Sun And The Neon Light
6. Prodigy - H.N.I.C. 2
7. Clark - Turning Dragon
8. El Guincho - Alegranza
8. Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
9. Pete Rock - NY's Finest
10. Melchior Productions Ltd. - No Disco Future

good year so far. :]

Top 15 as of today, alphabetically:

Asva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier
Boris - Smile
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
The Endless Blockade - Primitive
Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
The Goslings - Occasion
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Melvins - Nude With Boots
Origin - Antithesis
Portishead - Third
Sahg - II
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Unearthly Trance - Electrocution

By any chance did you give that Rotten Sound a go Burz?

Yeah, I listened to it once. Didn't really do much for me.

this was released in 07 but i heard about it in 08 so suck it.

for emma, forever - bon iver.

Not much love for the new Nick Cave, I see.

I haven't heard the whole thing. If you up it, it could easily end up on my list.

Oh, and my current top 20 in descending order:

The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
Hercules and Love Affair - s/t
Magnetic Fields - Distortion
Black Mountain - In the Future
Paul Steel - Moon Rock
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
The Futureheads - This Is Not the World
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ
Islands - Arm's Way
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
Peter Moren - The Last Tycoon
Man Man - Rabbit Habits
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
Vampire Weekend - s/t
Malcolm Middleton - Sleight of Heart
The Dodos - Visiter

hasn't been great thus far. Only, like, the first three are fucking awesome.

Black Mountain
Meshuggah
Goldfrapp
Nick Cave
Lykke Li
Mike Patton - A Perfect Place soundtrack
Fuck Buttons
Bon Iver
Sahg
Earth
Boris
Laura Marling
The Gates of Slumber

Hot Chip is still the only one I've LOVED so far. Then again, I don't think I've heard 15 full albums yet

There better be some love for the new Nick Cave.

Such a good record... listening to it now.

hlllyh and made in the dark are two of my top three, why?'s alopecia is right between the two. have you heard it? it might be up your alley.

and who is this paul steel?

I f'ing love your new avatar, Phil.

For me, '08 has been dominated by Elbow and Clark, with British Sea Power and M83 also making a good showing...

This thread is going to come in handy when i get interested in 2008 albums somewhere near the end of the NBA playoffs.

Whoa, false start. Wait until the EOY threads, bit chomper.

Ironically, I only get interested in the NBA during the World Series.

Thanks.

I have recently come to realize that "Deep Space Homer" sits comfortably in my top five Simpson's episodes ever.

top five (no order)
Deep Space Homer
And Maggie Makes Three
Last Exit to Springfield
Marge Vs. the Monorail
Cape Feare


even as I post it, it doesn't look right (although I'd say the first three are a total lock). And I suppose those are four of the most cannonized episodes of the Simpsons... only "And Maggie Makes Three" feels like it makes it "my list," oh well.

Deep Space Homer, for sure.

What about Halloween V?

Paul Steel is amazing ELO-esque power pop. Why? has failed to impress me in the past. And what I've heard of this one doesn't seem like it will change that.

updated list:

1. hlllyh
2. alopecia
3. made in the dark
4. evil urges (this might topple hot chip by year's end)
5. midnight organ fight
6. nu amerykah
7. in ghost colors
8. trouble in dreams
9. in the future
10. hold on now youngster

that herc and love affair album kinda faded quick for me. frightened rabbit is in heavy rotation, even if i hate myself a little for it. but nothing is going to topple those top two, and evil urges is, i repeat, the fucking shit. i love that record with all of my heart. it just doesn't feel personal enough to make it any higher.