top 10 of 2005 thru memorial day

splates · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 4:47 am

Eluvium - Talk Amongst Trees
Vitalic - OK Cowboy
Dalek - Absence
Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep
QOTSA - Lullabies
LCD Soundsystem - S/T
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
Antony and the Johnsons - I am a bird now
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings

splates · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 4:48 am

From this thread, it seems like I need to hear Common, Okkervil River, and Sleater-Kinney soon.

splates · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 5:52 am

oops forgot about this too

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 1:38 pm

1 the national.alligator
2 dead meadow.feathers
3 matt sweeney & bonnie 'prince' billy.superwolf
4 andrew bird.the mysterious production of eggs
5 lcd sounsystem.s/t
6 hood.outside closer
7 patrick wolf.wind in the wires
8 decemberists.picaresque
9 bloc party.silent alarm
10 sleater-kinney.the woods

iron & wine and mogwai would be up there if i was counting ep's and/or live albums....

paladisiac · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 2:33 pm

splates Wrote:

From this thread, it seems like I need to hear Common, Okkervil River, and Sleater-Kinney soon.

part of the reason i created this -- to see what i'm missing out on. looks like i should try common's "be". i'm going to spin the national within the hour.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

I am off to buy some of this stuff, I see The National and Antony and The Johnsons on a lot of lists - anyone have a good description for either of these?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 3:36 pm

I've only bought sixteen '05 albums, but the ten I like better than the other six are:

1. Spoon Gimme Fiction
2. Antony and the Johnsons I Am A Bird Now
3. The Zatopeks Nobody Left But Us
4. The Intercontinental Playboys Sonic Seducers
5. p:ano Brigadoon
6. Brendan Benson The Alternative To Love
7. The Stoneage Hearts Guilty As Sin
8. Black Mountain s/t
9. Heavy Trash s/t
10. Raveonettes Pretty In Black

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

wow. i just noticed that i haven't even bought ten albums from 2005 yet. and two of those were released last year in other countries.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

I only have 4 real standouts so far

1. Maximilian Hecker
2. Antony & the Johnsons
3. Magnolia Electric Co.
4. Max de Castro

I haven't heard anything I've really disliked but a whole bunch of stuff would be tied for fifth.

bitterbuffalo · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 4:51 pm

1. Bloc Party
2. Love as Laughter
3. Spoon
4. Low
5. Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake...
6. Malkmus
7. Antony and the Johnsons
8. British Sea Power
9. Stars
10. The Kills

NB: I see both Malkmus and Antony and the Johnsons moving up (I just got both of these albums this weekend).

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 5:17 pm

Just stuff I've bought, nothing really spectacular:

1. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
2. Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
-2 & 1/2. Animal Collective - Prospect Hummer EP (haven't actually bought this)
3. Low - The Great Destroyer
4. Angels of Light - Sing "Other People"
5. Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
6. Fantomas - Suspended Animation
7. Shearwater - Thieves EP
8. Magnolia Electric Co. - What Comes After the Blues
9. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
10. Mike Ladd - Negrophilia

I'm gonna pick up the new Smog, hopefully tomorrow. Based on my one time listening to it, I'm expecting it to crack my top 4 or 5.

I'm also waiting to buy the new Sufjan Stevens and Need New Body records when they come out. I'd also like to hear High on Fire even though I don't think much of Jesu. (Don't know if they're really at all similar, but I assume they're in kinda the same vein.)

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 5:21 pm

Things that I really liked this year

M. Ward
Bright Eyes - Wide Awake
Deathray Davies
Iron and Wine

Things I like but not as good as those

Okkervil River
Ryan Adams
Love As Laughter
Spoon

mcaputo · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 7:24 pm

M Ward - transistor radio
Spoon - gimme fiction
Teenage Fanclub - man-made
Eels - blinking lights and other revelations
Antony & The Johnsons - i am a bird now
Low - the great destroyer
Magnolia Electric Co. - what comes after the blues
Crooked Fingers - dignity and shame
Of Montreal - the sunlandic twins
Damien Jurado - on my way to absence

shiv · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 7:39 pm

Cotton Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

single frame body/end/basement

how is that?

it's good. i like that they're kind of all over the place with whatever style of music they're trying out.

puma · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 8:40 pm

i can't commit to this list yet.

softandsweet · **Joined:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:28 pm **Posts:** 12

You guys listen to an embarrassing amount of indie rock. Don't get me wrong, there are some great albums on these lists, but I can't find one single mainstream album on the whole collective of lists. And I know there isn't a lot to choose from in the mainstream, but Spoon, Andrew Bird, Decemberists, etc. = the most bland of all of indie rock. Give it up.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 8:54 pm

softandsweet Wrote:

You guys listen to an embarrassing amount of indie rock. Don't get me wrong, there are some great albums on these lists, but I can't find one single mainstream album on the whole collective of lists. And I know there isn't a lot to choose from in the mainstream, but Spoon, Andrew Bird, Decemberists, etc. = the most bland of all of indie rock. Give it up.

du&sku · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 8:58 pm

01. Sleater-Kinney The Woods
02. M.I.A. Arular
03. Architecture in Helsinki In Case We Die
04. Nine Inch Nails With Teeth
05. Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now
06. Low The Great Destroyer
07. Stephen Malkmus Face the Truth
08. The Go-Betweens Oceans Apart
09. Of Montreal Sunlandic Twins
10. The Decemberists Picaresque

Other good ones: Doves, Blueprint, Quasimoto, Eels, Patrick Wolf, LCD Soundsystem, Andrew Bird, Fiery Furnaces

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 9:03 pm

softandsweet Wrote:

You guys listen to an embarrassing amount of indie rock. Don't get me wrong, there are some great albums on these lists, but I can't find one single mainstream album on the whole collective of lists. And I know there isn't a lot to choose from in the mainstream, but Spoon, Andrew Bird, Decemberists, etc. = the most bland of all of indie rock. Give it up.

Your name is a Neutral Milk Hotel reference.

jsh · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 11:00 pm

I think I need to hear this Dalek.

And whoever pointed out TTC has got his ear pretty low to the ground. Great, bizarre hip hop record.

paper · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2005 11:22 pm

I need to hear are The National, and Magnolia Electric Co., Antony and the Johnsons, TTC, and many more.

jagged · **Posted:** Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:27 am

Spoon: Gimme Fiction
Deathray Davies: The Kick and the Snare
Crooked Fingers: Dignity & Shame
Iron & Wine: Woman King
Kings of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
William Elliot Whitmore: Ashes to Dust
Ryan Adams: Cold Roses
Stephen Malkmus: Face The Truth
Doves: Some Cities
Beck: Guero

Balls Mahoney · **Posted:** Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:34 am

softandsweet Wrote:

You guys listen to an embarrassing amount of indie rock. Don't get me wrong, there are some great albums on these lists, but I can't find one single mainstream album on the whole collective of lists. And I know there isn't a lot to choose from in the mainstream, but Spoon, Andrew Bird, Decemberists, etc. = the most bland of all of indie rock. Give it up.

Give it Up is by LCD Soundsystem. Your favorite records would be?

Mick · **Posted:** Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:51 am

this is all i can think of:

1. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
2. The Game - The Documentary
3. Antony & The Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
4. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
6. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (or whatever its called)

and if Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - B-Sides and Rarities counts, that would be about number two or so...

i havent really listened to much new music this year, so...

no guru · **Posted:** Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:15 am

softandsweet Wrote:

You guys listen to an embarrassing amount of indie rock. Don't get me wrong, there are some great albums on these lists, but I can't find one single mainstream album on the whole collective of lists. And I know there isn't a lot to choose from in the mainstream, but Spoon, Andrew Bird, Decemberists, etc. = the most bland of all of indie rock. Give it up.

Hey, thanks for that advice there.

top 10 of 2005 thru memorial day

Who is online