DAMN! I'm actually a little disapointed in Uncle Monger. Okervil #4?!? Josh Rouse #8?!!!!!? Don't age on me this quick Rads...............
those are good recs but I'm looking for MATERIAL here, man.

You made a mistake not wanting that MMJ album, mang.

oh yeah, update:

1. My Morning Jacket - Z
2. Babyshambles - Down In Albion
3. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
3. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
4. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
5. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
6. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
7. Ike Reilly - Junkie Faithful
8. BRMC - Howl
9. Iron And Wine/Calexico - In The Reins
10.Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights

Young Jeezy is right there....Kanye and the Paddingtons too.

black angels – sniper at the gates of dawn
wintersleep - untitled
jesu – s/t
antony & the johnsons – I am a bird now
this is your captain speaking - storyboard
iron and wine – woman king
iron and wine/calexico – in the reigns
david pajo – s/t
rohner segnitz - longhouse
magnolia electric company – what comes after the blues

No-one hardly ever releases anything that might get missed in year-end lists, because year-end lists are usually made in September. So they wait until January or February.

tell me about these.

i just dont know anymore

Not much left coming up that could punch a hole in my top 20. Minor updates here:

01) "picaresque" the decemberists
02) "cold roses" ryan adams & the cardinals
03) "illinois" sufjan stevens
04) "i'm wide awake, it's morning" bright eyes
05) "twin cinema" the new pornographers
06) "jacksonville city nights" ryan adams & the cardinals
07) "nashville" josh rouse
08) "silent alarm" bloc party
09) "a certain trigger" maximo park
10) "digital ash in a digital urn" bright eyes

just outside:
11) "gimme fiction" spoon
12) "frances the mute" the mars volta
13) "the mysterious production of eggs" andrew bird
14) "the sunset tree" the mountain goats
15) "late registration" kanye west
16) "black sheep boy" okkervil river
17) "plans" death cab for cutie
18) "i am a bird now" antony & the johnsons
19) "begonias" caitlin cary & thad cockrell
20) "pixel revolt" john vanderslice

Need more listens:

"witching hour" ladytron
"no cv" my computer
"you could have it so much better" franz ferdinand
"playing the angel" depeche mode
"the alternative to love" brendan benson

Shot at top 20:

"29" ryan adams
"idlewild" outkast
"tiny cities" sun kil moon

where's your list?

i'll have to borrow some words i'm never very good at this

the black angels.sniper at the gates of dawn ep: "Electrified Native American Drone 'n' Roll.. The Black Angels' psychedelically induced rock n' roll evokes the spirit of the 1960's while awakening the heavy droning rhythms inspired by The Velvet Underground. Picture a red moonlit night, deep in the heart of Texas, with the ghosts of Nico and Timothy Leary being called back from the dead to guide you on a journey through Heaven & Hell and back again"


wintersleep.untitled: ...progressive..folk..metal? i don't know you'd have to hear it.. http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/ar ... d_Id=10623


this is your captain speaking.storyboard: "moves from minimal ambience and intertwining melodies to soaring sonic reverberations, moments of country & western and psychedelia." i don't listen to a great deal of instrumental music but i've grown pretty attached to this album over the past few weeks.


rohner segnitz.the longhouse: this is solo stuff from the singer in division day, a pop/rock band out of california. he has an incredibly soothing, almost velvet-like voice, but again i'm at a loss when trying to describe his 'sound'. while it is nothing groundbreaking, i can't honestly think of anything similar.

My list as of 11/1/05

TOP 20
1. Black Mountain – Black Mountain
2. Our Lady Peace – Healthy in Paranoid Times
3. Open Hand – You & Me
4. Opeth – Ghost Reveries
5. Greg Dulli – Amber Headlights
6. 30 Seconds to Mars – A Beautiful Lie
7. Vendetta Red – Sisters of the Red Death
8. Grand Magus – Wolf’s Return
9. Cave In – Perfect Pitch Black
10. White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
11. Blindside – The Great Depression
12. Apes Pigs & Spacemen – Free Pawn
13. Dead Meadow - Feathers
14. From Autumn to Ashes – Abandon Your Friends
15. Gospel – The Moon is a Dead World
16. Beautiful Creatures – Deuce
17. Wednesday 13 – Transylvania 90210
18. Antimatter – Planetary Confinements
19. Early Man – Early Man
20. Bear vs. Shark – Terrorhawk

OTHER FAVORITES
13 & God – 13 & God
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl
Blanche – If We Can’t Trust the Doctors
Blood Meridian – We Almost Made It Home
Boys Night Out – Trainwreck
Bruce Dickinson – Tyranny of Souls
Dangerdoom – The Mouse and the Mask
Deadman – Our Eternal Ghosts
Extol – Blue Print Dives
Forecast – Late Night Conversations
Goat Horn – Storming the Gates
Gods – I See You Through Glass
Nevermore – The Godless Endeavor
Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
No Warning – Suffer, Survive
Seether – Karma and Effect
Soilwork – Stabbing the Drama
The Flesh – The Flesh
Torche – Torche
Warlocks - Surgery
Witchcraft – Firewood

I'm feeling this.

How is this compared to Milk Man?

as soon as he has a good 45 minutes to spend, he will contribute and respond to this thread.

-bort's publicist

I added an album and shifted some things around.

1. Common - Be
2. M.I.A. - Arular
3. Markus Guentner - 1981
4. Kanye West - Late Registration
5. Platinum Pied Pipers - Triple P
6. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
7. Coldplay - X&Y
8. James Lidell - Multiply
9. MED - Push Comes to Shove
10. 13 & God

Yeah, I hear ya - I'm disappointed in that list myself. I'm hoping Ike Reilly and MMJ help spark the last part of this year for me, because so far there hasn't been much to get me excited.

You should have Babyshambles, Paddingtons, plus an almost complete mix in your hands any day now. I sent that package out almost two weeks ago. Of course the authorities may accompany the package to your crib re: The mongerousness of that Babyshambles rekkid.

My unrestrained joy is best conveyed through interpretive dance:

Radcliffe's no.1 will be Edgar 'Jones' Jones. He just doesn't know that yet.

top ten in some kind of order

Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Crooked Fingers - Dignity and Shame
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Ike Rielly Assasination - Junkie Faithful
The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
BRMC - Howl
LCD Soundsytem - LCD Soundsystem
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas

I've got my fingers crossed for that one.

Up to date with new number one.

1. Badgerlore-Stories For Owls
2. Jack Rose-Kensington Blues
3. Sunburned Hand of the Man-Complexion
4. D. Yellow Swans-Demonic Yellow Swans
5. Animal Collective-Feels
6. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti- Worn Copy
7. MV and EE Medicine Show-Moon Jook
8. Black Dice-Broken Ear Ecord
9. Blood On the Wall-Awesomer
10. Animal Collective-Prospect Hummer
11. Six Organs of Admittance-School of the Flower
12. Lichens-The Psychic Nature of Being
13. Fursaxa-Lepidoptera
14. Vashit Bunyan-Lookaftering
15. Comets On Fire/Burning Star Core-(no title to the best of my knowledge)
16. M. Ward-Transistor Radio
17. August Born-s/t
18. Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney-Superwolf
19. Akron Family-s/t
20. Islaja-Palaa Aurinkoon

Other Contenders:

Akron Family/Angels of Light-Split LP
Xiu Xiu-La Foret
Eluvium-Talk Amongst the Trees
Jaga Jazzist- What We Must
Devendra Banhart-Cripple Crow
Angels of Light-Sing Other People
Iron and Wine-Woman King EP

now #11 and rising



first listened to today. probably won't make top 20. this version misses the quirky impact of the orig

finally heard Z, definite top 10 material for me. Gotta let it sink in to see how high it is.

Updated

Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Reproduction of Eggs
The Deathray Davies - The Kick and The Snare
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
The Most Serene Republic - Underwater Cinematographer
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Calla - Collisions
Portastatic - Bright Ideas
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Deadly Snakes - Porcella
The Winks - Slippers & Parasol
Happy Bullets - The Vice and Virtue Ministry

man - i do not get all the love for Z