One fantastic song ("European Oils"), and the rest is utterly forgettable. Then again, I've never liked him outside of the New Pornogaphers.

The Band Of Horses album (on Sub Pop). Could turn out to be one of the big indie hits of 2006.



i think that's not going to be the official cover though.

It's not. This is:


Fantastic album though, still my favorite of the year so far.

All 3 are amazing albums!
I was looking for a color image of the "And Then Nothing..." cover recently. I could only find B&W too.

Did you ever get the PM I sent you?

Thanks. Great album indeed. This one is pretty special too:



Figurines
Skeleton
The Control Group, 2006

Skeleton the second full-length and first US release from Denmark's Figurines will has a sound that will be comfortably familiar to fans of Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, or The Feelings –– but the Figurines do have a distinct and very memorable sound of their own. Like your favourite band you haven't heard yet.

Singer Christian Hjelm has that nasally Isaac Brock / Doug Martsch sound but he doesn’t come across as an imitator. Figurines successfully incorporate the insistent rhythmic guitar energy of The Strokes at their best and a charming hint of snotty punk rock in the vocal delivery. Like Superchunk's On The Mouth, this is music that makes you want to drive fast.

The songwriting skills are keen, overflowing with unforgettable lyrical and melodic hooks. "Race You" starts the album soft and sad with falsetto vocals and honky-tonk piano, then the pace picks up dramatically with "The Wonder", which evokes that first great Strokes album until the vocals kick in and it takes its own life. The hits keep coming – with the down-tempo "Silver Ponds", and the manic agitated shuffle of "Ambush".

"Rivalry" may be the most beautiful song on the album – a ballad with wonderfully melismatic vocals melodies – nice to hear these in an indie rock context, as normally it’s only the Mariah Careys of the world brave enough to tackle such melodic runs these days.

"I Remember" has a super-catchy chorus, then "Ghost Town" is a bit of a departure for the band, with its upbeat rollicking banjos and country-rock guitar riffs over top of sixties neo-ragtime Americana chord changes. "Back In The Day" is another sonic journey to the outskirts of indie rock with swampy slide guitar riffs on acoustic guitar – sound like they could have jumped straight out of a Bon Jovi outlaw ballad. It's nice that Figurines are willing to try these experiments, they don't always work, but it's good to see a band trying to stretch out a bit from the conventions of the genre.

This album is chock full of perfect pop music that will make you want to sing, dance, drive, live life and love life. This is maybe the most excited I've been about an indie rock band since last year's brilliant Souvenirs from The California Oranges. Essential listening.

(Gordon B. Isnor - lefthip.com)

I did! I'm making a list. Thanks!

matthew herbert - scales

can't find a picture, but the album is lovely.

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nah, i like the campfire headphase too.

this has probalby become my true "pet" album of the year. I will probably try to defend every negative post against it (i just love it to death). so this has nothing to do with you, and proabably everything to do with the fact that I am crazy for Dan Bejar...
You Smell.

I was a bit sick while on a flight a few months back and decided to listen to this. Between my hazy head, environment, and the fact I was on the brink of falling asleep the entire time, made for one of the most emotional listens I've ever had with any album. Earlier this evening I was listening to The Grateful Dead...

That Avalanches record never gets old.

Haven't listened to Monster in ages - it holds up pretty well. Definitely a contender for worst cover art of all time, though.

a steal for $5. Now I just need the other one.


I'm not sure what the value is in owning this album. I can most likely hear a song from it any day of the week by turning the radio on.

stay close
don't get up
you're starting now so please stay off
what if i shout shout shout my name
you'll always remember my name
i want to know
please say it is so
so shut shut shut your eyes
it sounds so good right now
and gave us a big surprise

holy crap, this album is every bit as good today as it was when i got it last summer.

LCD Soundsystem ~ LCD Soundsystem

so this was one of the best albums of last year, eh?

Only heard one track by them--geeked to hear more.

as time goes by i think this should have been higher in my year end list, maybe even #1. i still listen to it over and over.

i'm pissed that i will be out of town when they play double door next month...

This is really fucking good.

Mclusky - Mcluskyism

An amazing 3 disc box set (sold at single disc price). Disc 1 is every single they ever released, disc 2 is every b-side and disc 3 is unreleased/live material. Lots of great stuff on here.

yummy... i need this...

apparently there is a special edition of this with a live dvd.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Show Your Bones" (thanks HD!)

"S.F. Underground" compilation (from Warren's vinyl rips; thanks!)

Loop - "Fade Out"

Hittin a few of the Hitchcock collection

I've been meaning to make a "Best Of" for some time. Almost every record has at least one or two great songs.

very true. His catalogue knows no end. I've had these sitting around for forever. Never can find myslef in the proper mood for em.

vinyl.

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that is the best screaming trees record if you ask me...

+ her from the last sound opinions segment + the postal service cover/remix.

Maybe you had to be there.

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed that album, because I missed a bunch of the irony in both the music and lyrics the first listen. But the grooves began to loop around my cranium, and when I went back to check it out, I was in hysterics. Working in the club scene for so long, "Losing My Edge" and "Daft Punk is Playing at My House" are brilliant condemnations of the suburban underground attitude. If this'd been released 10 years earlier, it would've been "NIN is Playing at My House".

Today, I have been diggin' the interesting Japanese-stylistic approach that Siouxsie and Budgie adopted with:



the Creatures - Hai!

Is this out here yet? I so want that thing, looks amazing.

Comes out March 21st.

God, I love that Underground Lovers record.

This version of Streets of Fire is pretty sweet.

Very different than the one on that appears on Twin Cinema.

I like this new Catfish Haven EP and am looking forward to the upcoming full length.

QUOTE(Amazon.com)

This Chicago-based three-piece has played alongside the likes of My Morning Jacket, Daniel Johnston, Kings Of Leon, and Zwan, flooring audiences with the raw intensity of their live set. Akin to guitarists/vocalists like Bruce Springsteen and John Fogerty, George Hunter - a howling crooner with gravel in his honey-sweetened voice - is known to strike his acoustic while stomping through each number. Miguel Castillo's pounding bass grooves are heightened when joined by Ryan Farnham's forceful, yet tasteful, drumming. Howling + pounding = smooth.

Oh God, yes.

ditto. i was really surprised by how good this is. any good live? i see their name eveywhere but never have never seen them....

That's a ditto for me. They're playing the Empty Bottle on March 25th, but I won't be able to make it.

never have never

...Siouxsie does electronica.

Just listened to that one yesterday, didn't get enough love in the somb poll



Plus the new YYYs

Love that one, cannot wait to hear more material from these guys.