Rolling Top 10 (or 20) of 2005 Thread.

djdan · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:44 pm

1. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
3. Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary
4. Beck – Guero
5. Bright Eyes – I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning/Digital Ashes In A Digital Urn (I'm counting as one, I don't care what anyone says)
6. LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
7. Brazilian Girls – Brazilian Girls
8. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
9. Various Artists – Sweetheart 2005
10. M. Ward – Transistor Radio

Runners up:
Sleater-Kinney – The Woods
Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger
M.I.A – Arular
eels – Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
The Evens – The Evens
New Pornographers – Twin Cinema

mojo · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:03 pm

1. brendan benson "the alternative to love"
2. white stripes "get behind me satan"
3. coldplay "x&y"
4. doves "some cities"
5. pernice bros. "discover a lovelier you"
6. teenage fanclub "man-made"
7. nic armstrong & the thieves "the greatest white liar"
8. high dials "war of the wakening phantoms"
9. the sights s/t

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:23 pm

1. Spoon Gimme Fiction
2. The Redwalls De Nova
3. Dom Mariani Popsided Guitar
4. Bedouin Soundclash Sounding A Mosaic
5. John Doe Forever Hasn't Happened Yet
6. Josh Rouse Nashville
7. The Scramblers Good Gone Bad
8. Black Mountain Black Mountain
9. P:ano Brigadoon
10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Howl

Also like albums from Antony & the Johnsons, Detroit Cobras, the Zatopeks, and still have tons to hear (especially looking forward to the Constantines, Ike Reilly, and the New Porns).

two guns holla · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:27 pm

mojo Wrote:

1. brendan benson "the alternative to love"
2. white stripes "get behind me satan"
3. coldplay "x&y"
4. doves "some cities"
5. pernice bros. "discover a lovelier you"
6. teenage fanclub "man-made"
7. nic armstrong & the thieves "the greatest white liar"
8. high dials "war of the wakening phantoms"
9. the sights s/t

Whoa, hey there mojo.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

i haven't even thought about this yet. i still haven't done one for last year. so no i have no idea, but among them would be (in no order):
Beauty and the Beat - Edan
S/T - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Porcella - The Deadly Snakes
The Sunset Tree - Mountain Goats
Separation Sunday - The Hold Steady
The Fire in Our Throats will Beckon the Thaw - Pelican
Shinola, Vol. 1 - Ween

with maybe the Son Volt, Spoon & Fruit Bats albums, I haven't exactly thought this out at all. I'm sure there's something i'm missing.

OPA! · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:02 pm

Up-to-date....

01. ANDREW BIRD - The Mysterious Reproduction of Eggs
02. CARIBOU - The Milk of Human Kindness
03. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - I Am A Bird Now
04. M. WARD - Transistor Radio
05. ELECTRELANE - Axes
06. LOW - The Great Destroyer
07. OF MONTREAL - The Sunlandic Twins
08. ENON - Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence
09. SPOON - Gimme Fiction
10. EELS - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

Still need to listen to...
FOG, THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS, THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC, MICE PARADE

Not even close...
THIEVERY CORPORATION, THE FRAMES, OKKERVIL RIVER, BRITISH SEA POWER, SLEATER-KINNEY, ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET, KINGS OF LEON, SOULWAX, OASIS, THE RAVEONETTES, MERCURY REV, BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY & MATT SWEENEY

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:16 pm

OPA! Wrote:

Up-to-date....

Still need to listen to...
THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS

me too. liked the couple songs i've heard.

to add: "no cv" my computer, the eels "blinking..."

Grape Ripple · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:52 pm

Grape Ripple Wrote:

In no real order

1. Doves - Some Cities
2. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
3. MIA - Arular
4. Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
5. Julien Neto - le fumeur de ciel
<----Nods head to Dalen
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7. Sigur Ros - Takk
8. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
9. Beck - Guero
10. Iron and Wine - Woman King EP

Haven't heard:
Okkervil River--Just got it from iTunes though b/c of you fucks.
Sufjan
Boards of Canada-hopefully, it will top the list

Need to update this some so I don't feel like a jackass

Top Ten, in no real order

1. Doves - Some Cities
2. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
3. MIA - Arular
4. Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
5. Julien Neto - le fumeur de ciel
<----Nods head to Dalen
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7. Sigur Ros - Takk
8. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
9. Beck - Guero
10. Iron and Wine - Woman King EP

Honorable mention:
Populous - Queue for Love

Not digested:
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness

Probably not gonna make it:
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals us (too spotty)
Sleater Kinney - The Woods--I originally had this on my top 10 but I haven't listened to it much lately

Up there if you consider it a 2005 release:
Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt

wenchlette · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:16 am

Wow, I hadn't realized I had bought so many new releases this year. Maybe actually updating my 2005 purchase list once in a while would help.

I'll throw out a few names, but this is nowhere near a thought out list.

Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
Brenden Benson - The Alternative to Love
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:28 pm

We need a nice distraction. Let's get back to compiling our lists.

pinkeyedwink · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:15 pm

antony & the johnsons.i am a bird now
wintersleep.untitled
david pajo.s/t
rohner segnitz.the longhouse
feist.let it die
iron & wine.woman king
jesu.s/t

haven't heard too many from this year but these are some i have enjoyed

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

I can't really rank them just yet, but the top 8 contenders would be:

+ Low - The Great Destroyer
+ Colleen - the Golden Morning Breaks
+ Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor?
+ The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land
+ The High Dials - War of the Waking Phantoms
+ Broadcast - (whatever the new one is going to be called)
+ Daniel Lanois - Belladonna
+ Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep

(I throughly LOVE all 8 of these. I know, I know I haven't even heard the new Broadcast yet... but I love it already.)

honourable mentions:
- Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth
- Dead Meadow - Feathers
- Black Mountain - s/t
- M.I.A – Arular
- Beck - Guero

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:21 pm

polly six Wrote:

+ Low - The Great Destroyer

I'm happy to see Low get some recognition. That's a great album. And I know some Low fans weren't too happy with it, but it'll definitely be in my Top 20, maybe Top 10, depending on how well other releases (My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene) do.

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

OPA! Wrote:

polly six Wrote:

+ Low - The Great Destroyer

I'm happy to see Low get some recognition. That's a great album. And I know some Low fans weren't too happy with it, but it'll definitely be in my Top 20, maybe Top 10, depending on how well other releases (My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene) do.

Yeah, I really like that album. I understand why some die-hard fans wouldn't, but I find it to be a real natural progression for them. It's nice to hear them expand their sound.

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:44 pm

polly six Wrote:

+ The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land

this album needs to be released here in the states so they can get more props!

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

elephantstone Wrote:

polly six Wrote:

+ The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land

this album needs to be released here in the states so they can get more props!

whoops: Indubitably!

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:49 pm

Cotton Wrote:

elephantstone Wrote:

polly six Wrote:

+ The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land

this album needs to be released here in the states so they can get more props!

Undubitably!

What do they sound like?

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:55 pm

Grape Ripple Wrote:

In no real order

1. Doves - Some Cities
2. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
3. MIA - Arular
4. Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
5. Julien Neto - le fumeur de ciel
<----Nods head to Dalen
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7. Sigur Ros - Takk
8. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
9. Beck - Guero
10. Iron and Wine - Woman King EP

Haven't heard:
Okkervil River--Just got it from iTunes though b/c of you fucks.
Sufjan
Boards of Canada-hopefully, it will top the list

Need to update this some so I don't feel like a jackass

Top Ten, in no real order

1. Doves - Some Cities
2. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
3. MIA - Arular
4. Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
5. Julien Neto - le fumeur de ciel
<----Nods head to Dalen
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7. Sigur Ros - Takk
8. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
9. Beck - Guero
10. Iron and Wine - Woman King EP

Honorable mention:
Populous - Queue for Love

Hails to Julien!!!

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

the quickest comparison they have with me is Magneta Lane, only somehow sexier. Loud rock with a low end and a female singer.

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:54 pm

Up-to-date....

01. ANDREW BIRD - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
02. CARIBOU - The Milk of Human Kindness
03. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - I Am A Bird Now
04. M. WARD - Transistor Radio
05. SPOON - Gimme Fiction
06. LOW - The Great Destroyer
07. OF MONTREAL - The Sunlandic Twins
08. MANUEL MIRABAL - Buena Vista Social Club Presents...
09. ELECTRELANE - Axes
10. ENON - Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence

Close but no cigar...
EELS, THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC, MICE PARADE

Still need to listen to...
FOG, THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS

Not even close...
OKKERVIL RIVER, BRITISH SEA POWER, SLEATER-KINNEY, ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET, KINGS OF LEON, SOULWAX, OASIS, THE RAVEONETTES, MERCURY REV, BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY & MATT SWEENEY, THIEVERY CORPORATION, THE FRAMES, CORALIE CLEMENT, STEREO TOTAL

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:13 pm

polly six Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

polly six Wrote:

+ Low - The Great Destroyer

I'm happy to see Low get some recognition. That's a great album. And I know some Low fans weren't too happy with it, but it'll definitely be in my Top 20, maybe Top 10, depending on how well other releases (My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene) do.

Yeah, I really like that album. I understand why some die-hard fans wouldn't, but I find it to be a real natural progression for them. It's nice to hear them expand their sound.

I realize it's probably sacrilage to some, but I actually prefer Low's new sound to the old. The Great Destroyer will almost certainly end up top 5 for me.

P-Spot · **Joined:** Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:30 am **Posts:** 291

This might be my top 10:

10. LCD Soundsystem - s/t
9. Hood - Outside Closer
8. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
7. Akron/Family - s/t
6. Andrew Bird - & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
4. M.I.A. - Arular
3. Sleater Kinney - The Woods
2. Black Mountain - s/t
1. Antony & The Johnsons - A Am A Bird Now

This was definitely change by the end of the year cause I need to listen to some albums more. (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, New Pornographers, Juan MacLean, etc.)

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:38 pm

Don't expect much from the New Pornographers album, it's awful. Don't like the direction they're going in at all. I've tried listening to it at least 10 times this week and not once have I been able to get thru the whole album.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

OPA! Wrote:

Don't expect much from the New Pornographers album, it's awful. Don't like the direction they're going in at all. I've tried listening to it at least 10 times this week and not once have I been able to get thru the whole album.

You're ghey. Its growing on me.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:51 pm

Idiopathic Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

Don't expect much from the New Pornographers album, it's awful. Don't like the direction they're going in at all. I've tried listening to it at least 10 times this week and not once have I been able to get thru the whole album.

You're ghey. Its growing on me.

OPA, you're gay and I agree with you. IMO, the New Pornos seem to have the Dana Carvey Show complex - talent behind the scenes, but the collective effort does very little for me. Love Neko, like Destroyer, AC and Fancy on their own. Overall, love for this band has waned since MR.

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