[rhythmicmoose]

A. Nine Inch Nails - "Year Zero"
B. LCD Soundsystem - "Sound Of Silver"
C. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Baby 81"
D. Arctic Monkeys - "Favourite Worst Nightmare"

Honorable Mentions: Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, The Horrors, The Shins, Queens Of The Stone Age, The National, Grinderman, Kings Of Leon, The View...

Looking Forward To: The White Stripes, Metric, Spoon, Interpol, Editors, The New Pornographers, Pinback, Radiohead.

 

[SweetAdeline]

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Originally Posted by Coltrane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Forgot about the new Spoon as well. Its a short one at 36 minutes, but its very good with a couple of great tracks. Fits in very well with the last 3.

I don't know why, but I didn't expect much from that album. But the first two listens were rather enjoyable. Pleasant surprise.

 

[servoled]

King Louie & The Loose Diamonds - Memphis Treat

 

[Vaughn]

You guys are giving me a formidable shopping list.

How is it I've never heard of Porcupine Tree and yet so many of you
have it listed at or near the top?

I will have to order it as there isn't a decent music store within 100 miles
of me.

 

[Vaughn]

Oh yeah,

Neon Bible to me has moments of brilliance but is more uneven than the
first album, but I still love it!

 

[roadtonowhere08]

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Originally Posted by Vaughn /img/forum/go_quote.gif How is it I've never heard of Porcupine Tree and yet so many of you have it listed at or near the top?

Oh boy, do you have some shopping to do. PT are outstanding. Steve Wilson is a genius. While you are at it, throw in their DVD "Arriveing Somewhere..." They are an amazing group of musicians. Cannot recommend them enough.

 

[Coltrane]

Ill officially add The New Pornographers - Challengers to the list of great albums. Only one spin so far. Its a bit more subdued than past efforts, but Neko Case can sing harmony on anything and make it sound amazing.

This has a chance to be my favorite New Pornos record.

 

[virometal]

This thread is very rock heavy. For people like me who are a little tired of rock, here are some good electronic/other albums I've heard. Maybe someone else can jump in to help people like me discover some different music.

8-Bit Operators - "The Music of Kraftwerk" - Exactly as the title implies. Here, we have a collection of Nintendo takes on Kraftwerk songs. There's a certain novelity to the approach. However one can also appreciate how Kraftwerk song writing is good enough to stand up even under a lo-fi veneer.

Achillea - "Amada Estrelles" - Jens Had has worked with Enigma so to give one an idea of the musical basis here. This album has more of a world feel than any Enigma effort which imo makes it more interesting and varied.

Parallel Worlds - "Obsessive Surrealism" - This is mostly downtempo, ambient electronica with electro outbursts. It's groovy enough to write a paper to while experimental enough to listen intently. This one won't sway any non-electonica fans, but enthusiasts will find plenty to like.

Pink Martini - "Hey Eugene" - How does one describe Pink Martini a little world, a little arabic, hell a little of everything. There's a Vegas lounge feel to their music without the free ****tails. Who know how describe this band. It doesn't matter because once the music settles in, it's very rewarding and interesting. There are plenty of reviews that sum up their sound better than I can.

Tayo - "Fabriclive.32" - Fabric Live is a DJ mix series from the renowned Club Fabric in London. The series as a whole is excellent. Tayo offers some great mashup on this release - very hard hitting with a-lot Reggae and Dub flavor. F.31 from the glimmers is also fantastic if one is searching for a more indie electronic feel from their DJ mix set.

 

[SweetAdeline]

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Originally Posted by Coltrane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ill officially add The New Pornographers - Challengers to the list of great albums. Only one spin so far. Its a bit more subdued than past efforts, but Neko Case can sing harmony on anything and make it sound amazing. This has a chance to be my favorite New Pornos record.

I still have to listen to this, and I'm not sure I'm going to like the sound of a subdued New ***** album. I really think they are at their best with Neko singing on very upbeat songs.

 

[Patu]

New albums from Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater are absolutely the best things on 2007 this far.

 

[skudmunky]

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Originally Posted by Patu /img/forum/go_quote.gif New albums from Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater are absolutely the best things on 2007 this far.

seconded. just waiting to see what Symphony X produces

 

[ricmat]

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Originally Posted by virometal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pink Martini - "Hey Eugene" - How does one describe Pink Martini a little world, a little arabic, hell a little of everything. There's a Vegas lounge feel to their music without the free ****tails. Who know how describe this band. It doesn't matter because once the music settles in, it's very rewarding and interesting. There are plenty of reviews that sum up their sound better than I can.

I sure do double that one!

 

[The Rover]

I've only listed the 'major releases' but surely there's hundreds of albums I've yet to discover from the last six months.

Blackfield - Blackfield II
PoS - Scarsick
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

 

[Knockturne]

This thread needs more Panda Bear.

Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird On The Water (Gorgeous, dark psych folk)
The National - Boxer
The Besnard Lakes - Are The Dark Horse
MV & EE With The Bummer Road - Green Blues
Eluvium - Copia
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Stars Of The Lid - Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
Jesu - Conqueror

Looking forward to the new Animal Collective.

 

[fikete]

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Originally Posted by Knockturne /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looking forward to the new Animal Collective.

Oh man, I thought the "People" EP was what was meant when I heard they had a new album coming out this year. That's great news to me, thanks. I haven't been able to get enough of "Spirit they're gone, Spirit they've vanished" lately.