Well…there are only a few weeks left in 07. I always like to go out to the music store and pick up a few records I might have missed through out the year.
What has NNN been listing to this year? What are some of the best records/albulms you have bought this year?
Some of my favs this year are/have been…
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
Peter Bjorn and John - Writers Block
Against Me!- New Wave
Loudon Wainwright- Strange Weidos
Slightly Stoopid- Chronchtis
Coheed and Cambria- No world for Tomorrow.
Kanye West - Graduate
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds
The Graduate - Anhedonia
Gorillaz - D-Sides
The Books - Playall
The Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
The Receiving End Of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
The Spill Canvas - No Really, I’m Fine
The Loon - Tapes 'n Tapes
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
The Cliks - Snakehouse
Babyshambles - Shotter’s Nation
Apostle Of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
Aloha - Light Works
Alicia Keys - As I Am
Cartel - Cartel
Colbie Caillat - CoCo (say what you want she’s hot and she has a great voice)
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
just a small portion of what i have. too lazy to make a complete list.
Ryan Adams - [I]Easy Tiger[/I]
Andrew Bird - [I]Armchair Apocrypha[/I]
Arctic Monkeys - [I]Favourite Worst Nightmare[/I]
Arcade Fire - [I]Neon Bible[/I]
Band of Horses - [I]Cease to Begin[/I]
The Besnard Lakes - [I]Are the Dark Horse[/I]
Blitzen Trapper - [I]Wild Mountain Nation[/I]
Blonde Redhead - [I]23[/I]
Dinosaur Jr - [I]Beyond[/I]
(Broken Social Scene presents) Kevin Drew - [I]Spirit If…[/I]
Interpol - [I]Our Love To Admire[/I]
Iron & Wine - [I]The Shepard’s Dog[/I]
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - [I]Knives Don’t Have Your Back[/I]
Feist - [I]The Reminder[/I]
The Good, the Bad, & The Queen - (self titled)
Kings of Leon - [I]Because of the Times[/I]
LCD Soundsystem - [I]Sounds of Silver[/I]
Modest Mouse - [I]We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank[/I]
The National - [I]Boxer[/I]
The New Pornographers - [I]Challengers[/I]
Okkervil River - [I]The Stage Names[/I]
Radiohead - [I]In Rainbows[/I]
The Shins - [I]Wincing the Night Away[/I]
Elliott Smith - [I]New Moon[/I]
Spoon - [I]GaGaGaGaGa[/I]
Stars - [I]In Our Bedroom After The War[/I]
Eddie Veder - [I]Into the Wild (Soundtrack)[/I]
Wilco - [I]Sky Blue Sky[/I]
Bright Eyes - [I]Cassadaga[/I] should probably make the list, but I’m not a Conor Oberst fan. Can’t believe him and M. Ward are forming a band. St Vincent’s [I]Marry Me[/I] also misses the list cause I can’t stand the 80’s style production, even if Annie Clarke is adorable. Other notables left off: White Stripes - [I]Icky Thump[/I]; Rilo Kiley - [I]Under the Blacklight[/I]; Battles - [I]Mirrored /I; Sunset Rubdown - [I]Random Spirit Lover[/I] (havent heard enough of it to rate); M.I.A. - [I]Kala[/I]; Panda Bear - [I]Person Pitch[/I]; Dr Dog - [I]We All Belong[/I]; Of Montreal - [I]Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?[/I]; Beirut - [I]The Flying Club Cup[/I].
Early '08 releases:
Bon Iver - [I]For Emma, Forever Ago[/I]
Phospherent - (?? I froget what the record is gonna be called)
British Sea Power - [I]Do You Like Rock n Roll Music?[/I]
(people are gushing about this one - supossedly an ass kicker)
My 2007 A List:
Modest Mouse – We Were Dead before the Ship Even Sank
Radio Moscow – Radio Moscow
Eddie Vedder – Into The Wild
Mark Knopfler – Kill to Get Crimson
Iron Horse – Something you’ve Never Heard Before: A Bluegrass Tribute to Modest Mouse
Plant & Krauss – Raising Sand
Honorable Mentions:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Baby 81
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Across the Universe Soundtrack (Beatles Covers – Various Artists)
JJ Grey & Mofro – Country Ghetto
Joe Bonamassa – Sloe Gin
Kid Rock – Rock N Roll Jesus
Norah Jones – Not Too Late
White Stripes – Icky Thump
Tishamingo – The Point
Robben Ford - Truth
Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
Disappointments:
Gov’t Mule – Mighty High (Reggae… really?)
Matchbox 20 – Exile on Mainstream (6 new songs + Greatest Hits… wtf?)
Marc Broussard – Save our Soul
Chris Cornell - Carry On
Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) - One Man Revolution
Stuff I’ve been meaning to give a good listen:
Emerson Hart – Cigarettes & Gasoline
Iron & Wine – The Shepards Dog
Kings of Leon – Because of the Times
The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
Silverchair – Young Modern
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
Velvet Revolver – Libertad
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Coheed and Cambria - No world for Tomorrow
Augustana - All the Stars and Boulevards
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Feist - The Reminder
was actually let down with that cd. each one of his cd's since get rich or die tryin' have slowly declined in quality in my opinion.
yeah i agree, but i still think he had a couple of decent songs on there…but your right, nothing like his old cd’s where pretty much every track was good
Arctic Monkeys - [I]Favourite Worst Nightmare [/I]
Band of Horses - [I]Cease to Begin[/I]
Dinosaur Jr - [I]Beyond[/I]
Kings of Leon - [I]Because of the Times[/I]
Spoon - [I]GaGaGaGaGa[/I]
Wilco - [I]Sky Blue Sky [/I]
Like all of these as well. Was a little dissapointed with the Modest Mouse and Radiohead CD.
Should have had the White Stripes and Bright Eyes record on their also. Had no idea that Conor Oberst and M. Ward were forming a band! Should be interesting. M. Ward and Mason Jennings are 2 of my all time favs.
[QUOTE=Max Power;276741]My 2007 A List:
Iron Horse – Something you’ve Never Heard Before: A Bluegrass Tribute to Modest Mouse[/quote]
Now that is just weird enough to get my attention. It’s that good, huh?
[QUOTE]Plant & Krauss – Raising Sand[/QUOTE]
I saw the live performance. Plant is a parody of himself. Dislike it because of him, not her. I still love Alison Krauss, especially when she sings more folk and less country.
[QUOTE]Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Baby 81
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Across the Universe Soundtrack (Beatles Covers – Various Artists)[/QUOTE]
I wanted to like BRMC so bad, but the whole disk was boring except for one track. They put out an incredible single on their first album and everything afterwards has been subpar.
The Foo Fighters record is solid. I probably should have listed it.
[QUOTE=Max Power;276741]Norah Jones – Not Too Late[/QUOTE]
Ah, there’s one I forgot. She’s up there with Alison Krauss as far as having simply an amazing voice.
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
M.I.A. - Kala
Feist - The Reminder
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Björk - Volta
El-P - I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Interpol - Our Love to Admire
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
Justice - Cross
Kanye West - Graduation
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Battles - Mirrored
!!! - Myth Takes
St. Vincent - Marry Me
Jay-Z - American Gangster
Ghostface - The Big Doe Rehab
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Burial - Untrue
That CYHSY record is… weird. I do like a couple songs on it though. The only Fujiya Miyagi song I know is Ankle Injuries. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. is on probation for being so annoyingly stuck in my head.
Darnit, I meant to post about one you said that I left off. Now I forget. Drat.