[lipidicman]

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Originally Posted by SickMouthy Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther Concept-country weirdness about living in a forest in 1900 and hunting for deer - absolutely beautiful, Fleetwood Mac-esque tunes and gorgeous instrumentation.

Just saw these guys live! Very good. Someone slipped me a compilation as a taster the day before the gig, but it sounded horrible. I suspect it was a download. Now I want this album, but I am worried about the production: so how does it sound?

 

[floydenheimer]

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Originally Posted by lipidicman Just saw these guys live! Very good. Someone slipped me a compilation as a taster the day before the gig, but it sounded horrible. I suspect it was a download. Now I want this album, but I am worried about the production: so how does it sound?

Sounds just fine to me, buy with confidence!

 

[Vic]

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Originally Posted by lipidicman Just saw these guys live! Very good. Someone slipped me a compilation as a taster the day before the gig, but it sounded horrible. I suspect it was a download. Now I want this album, but I am worried about the production: so how does it sound?

Very good album and nothing wrong about the recording.
Enjoy it!

 

[lipidicman]

Thanks guys, its on the weekend list!

 

[en480c4]

Well, here's an album that kind of snuck up on me. I got it, enjoyed it, but (for whatevr reason) it never really connected with me. But lately I have to say that with each listen it manages to get its claws into me a little more. Emily Haines (of Metric) has really done something special with Knives Don't Have Your Back.

 

[SickMouthy]

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Originally Posted by lipidicman Just saw these guys live! Very good. Someone slipped me a compilation as a taster the day before the gig, but it sounded horrible. I suspect it was a download. Now I want this album, but I am worried about the production: so how does it sound?

Yeah, the production on this record is actually really, really, really good. Great, even. Really natural, open and rich.

 

[camille]

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Originally Posted by camille i'd put Joanna Newsom's "Ys" on my list pending on how good this album is...

just listened to Ys and i was stunned. easily on the top of my list of 2006 (even w/ one month left) and one of my fav albums of this decade; i swear it's that good!!

not to take anything away from her previous album, "the milk-eyed mender" (which i absolutely adore as well), w/ the orchestra it was more lively and really accompanies the harp real well.

side note, as stubborn as i am, with the constant delay of Pretty Little Head week after week, it'll be a first candidate for best of 2007. i'm very close to ordering off CD universe if it's not in stores next tuesday. absolutely ridicurous.

 

[en480c4]

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Originally Posted by camille side note, as stubborn as i am, with the constant delay of Pretty Little Head week after week, it'll be a first candidate for best of 2007. i'm very close to ordering off CD universe if it's not in stores next tuesday. absolutely ridicurous.

I can't believe it's not in stores up there yet... I got it weeks ago (Oct. 31st, IIRC). It's good stuff and on my list for sure.

 

[lipidicman]

Re: Midlake (van Occupanther)

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Originally Posted by SickMouthy Yeah, the production on this record is actually really, really, really good. Great, even. Really natural, open and rich.

Did you get a chance to see them live? Great band and the audience made me feel young! There were lots of blokes with long hair, and lots of blokes who probably used to have long hair!

 

[Vic]

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Originally Posted by lipidicman Re: Midlake (van Occupanther) Did you get a chance to see them live? Great band and the audience made me feel young! There were lots of blokes with long hair, and lots of blokes who probably used to have long hair!

Great! so when they come to London I won't need to get an haircut.
Also maybe for once I won't be the oldest guy in the room

 

[.excel]

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Originally Posted by stevesurf I have on order... "Standing In the Way of Control" - The Gossip

First time I've ever seen mention of this group...

The drummer (I think), Nathan Howdeshell, is my 2nd cousin... and VERY different from me, lol. I don't actually like their music though.

 

[camille]

here is my revised list now shortlisted top 10 (w/ honourable mentions.)

1 - Ys -- Joanna Newsom
2 - The Greatest -- Cat Power
3 - Moon Over The Freeway -- The Ditty Bops
4 - Rabbit Fur Coat -- Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
5 - Begin To Hope -- Regina Spektor
6 - ULTRA BLUE -- 宇多田ヒカル
7 - I'm Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your ### -- Yo La Tengo
8 - Bitter Tea -- The Fiery Furnaces
9 - Taking The Long Way -- Dixie Chicks
10 - Thumbelina's One Night Stand -- Melissa McClelland

Honourable mentions go out to:
彼女 -- aiko
Corrine Bailey Rae -- Corrine Bailey Rae
Let's Get Out Of This Country -- Camera Obscura
We Are The Pipettes -- The Pipettes
Honey From The Tombs -- Amy Millan
Wind-Up Canary -- Casey Dienel
Cansei De Ser Sexy -- CSS
Knives Don't Have Your Back -- Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton
Springtime Can Kill You -- Jolie Holland
Alright, Still -- Lily Allen
Pretty Little Head -- Nellie McKay
Dreaming Through The Noise -- Vienna Teng
Bottoms Of Barrels -- Tilly & The Wall
Ballad of the Broken Seas -- Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan

 

[jparris1]

My Top err 26


1. The Long Winters - Putting The Days To Bed
2. Midlake – The Trials of Von Occupanther
3. Band of Horses – Everything All The Time
4. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
5. Tilly and the Wall - Bottoms of Barrels
6. Margo and the Nuclear So and Sos – Dust of Retreat
7. Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back
8. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
9. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
10. Guillemots – Through the Windowpane
11. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
12. Belle and Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
13. Camera Obscura – Lets Get Out Of This Country
14. Voxtrot – Mothers, Sisters Daughters Wives EP/Your Biggest Fan EP
15. Tapes N Tapes – the Loon
16. Format – Dog Problems
17. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Broom
18. Oh No! Oh My! - Oh No! Oh My!
19. Cat Power – The Greatest
20. Headlights - Kill Them With Kindness
21. Snowglobe – Oxytocin
22. Mates of State – Bring It Back
23. Hush Sound – Like Vines
24. Norfolk and Western – A Gilded Age
25. Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds
26. Tarkio – Omnibus

 

[lipidicman]

Got to add a disc that has barely been off my shuffle

Lou Rhodes - Beloved One

Debut solo effort from former Lamb frontwoman. Back to her roots with a beautiful album of pure folk - electronic textures and rhythms are replaced by acoustic guitars, strings, and ethnic percussion and instrumentation. Crucially, the heartfelt, emotional lyrics for which Rhodes is loved are still present in all their glory.

Edit: Came out last year, but gained big attention this year due to a Mercury nomination in the UK

 

[humanflyz]

I'll just add Nellie McKay's Pretty Little Head to my list: it's wonderfully weird, definitely a breath of fresh air in the music business.