Recommend me 2005 albums (YSI optional)

Chuck D · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:53 am

I've done a mediocre job of listening to new albums so far this year. Here's what I have listened to so far - what am I grievously missing? Thanks.

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead: Worlds Apart
Al Green: Everything's Okay
Antony and the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now
Beck: Guero
Andrew Bird: The Mysterious Production of Eggs
The Books: Lost and Safe
Bright Eyes: Digital ash in a Digital Urn
Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Common: Be
The Deathray Davies: The Kick and The Snare
The Decemberists: Picaresque
The Detroit Cobras: Baby
Edan: Beauty and the Beat
Eels: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Engineers: Engineers
The Fiery Furnaces: EP
The Golden Falcons: The Honduras Album
Gorillaz: Demon Days
Petra Haden: Sings the Who Sell Out
Iron & Wine: Woman King
Low: The Great Destroyer
Magnolia Electric Co: Trials and Errors
Magnolia Electric Co: What Comes After the Blues
The Mars Volta: Frances The Mute
Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy
Prefuse 73: Surrounded By Silence
Sage Francis: A Healthy Distrust
Sleater-Kinney: The Woods
Spoon: Gimme Fiction
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois

splates · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:56 am

Vitalic - Ok Cowboy (Daft Punkish)
Eluvium - Talk Amongst The Trees (Ambient)
Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep (Uk Hip-Hop)

Mick · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:53 am

Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolf

my release of the year thus far.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:07 am

Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart (australian-y)
Mark Mulcahy - In Pursuit Of Your Happiness (vocal-y)
King Creosote - Rocket D.I.Y (folk-y)
Broken Family Band - Welcome Home, Loser (country/bluegrass-y)
Edgar 'Jones' Jones - Soothing Music For Stray Cats (jazz-y)

splates · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:59 am

That Go Betweens album was boring

mike · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 19

Out Hud
Super Wolf
Vitalic
Caribou

du&sku · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:17 am

I vote:

M.I.A., Arular (UK hype, deservedly)
Architecture in Helsinki, In Case We Die (Australian insanity)
Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth (better than you'd expect)
Steven Malkmus, Face the Truth (return to form, or watever)
Of Montreal, The Sunlandic Twins (like AiH, but dancier)
The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart (not boring)
Animal Collective feat. Vashti Bunyan, Prospect Hummer EP (like more Sung Tongs)
Blueprint, 1988 (best strictly rap album I've heard)

I really need Vitalic.

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

Crooked Fingers - "Dignity And Shame"

You dont like this, you dont like music.

Sketch · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:55 am

Bloc Party
Vitalic
Superwolf
The National
Thievery Corporation
The Hold Steady
Solomon Burke
Pernice Brothers (live)
Lou Barlow
LCD Soundsystem
QOTSA
Doves
Coldplay*
White Stripes*

*on-sale tomorrow stateside, I believe

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:08 am

Danny Cohen - We're All Gunna Die

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

splates Wrote:

That Go Betweens album was boring

That's me told. I guess I'll over-ride my own personal opinion and smash it to smithereens immediately.

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:24 am

here are some fine 2005 releases you should hunt down...

editors - the back room
the coral - the invisible invasion
coldplay - x & y
masha qrella - unsolved remained
13 & god - the notwist & themselves
the boxer rebellion - exits
mice parade - bem - vinda vontade
ellen allien - thrills
shining - in the kingdom of kitsch you will be a monster
god is an astronaut - all is violent, all is bright
fruit bats - spelled in bones
goldmund - corduroy road
gomez - out west
the sames - you are the sames
maximilian hecker - lady sleep
say hi to your mom - ferocious mopes
hal - hal
the lucksmiths - warmer corners
populous - queue for love
the sun - blame it on the youth
silicone soul - staring into space
nine black alps - everything is
jaga jazzist - what we must
colleen - the golden morning breaks
oasis - don't believe the truth
turin brakes - jackinabox
jamiroquai - dynamite
medications - your favorite people all in one place
jennifer gentle - valende

Flowthgin · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:23 am

They Might Be Giants - Here Come The ABC's
Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust
Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:25 am

Dalen Wrote:

here are some fine 2005 releases you should hunt down...

fruit bats - spelled in bones
the lucksmiths - warmer corners

I do indeed have to hear these still.

aerodynamics · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:37 am

Raveonettes--Pretty In Black--more wistful, slightly more 50s influenced version of the first LP.

Electrelane--Axes--if you liked their first record, you'll probably like this one. If you really liked the last record, this might be a little harder for you. In short, mostly instrumental and moody but not as dark as the first LP--some pop influences that were seen on the second.

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:54 am

Spoon At Wetbar Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

here are some fine 2005 releases you should hunt down...

fruit bats - spelled in bones
the lucksmiths - warmer corners

I do indeed have to hear these still.

i think you'll enjoy both man. the lucksmiths has such a nice summery vibe to it.

pinkeyedwink · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:04 am

wintersleep - untitled

riyl: hayden, kary, pedro the lion i guess

excellent cd.. unfortunately, i've read no mention of it here

i'd do a ysi but i've never been able to complete one successfully

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:37 am

smog - a river ain't too much to love (YSI-able)
oneida - the wedding

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:16 pm

i'll be the first to say the new ryan adams & josh rouse.

and if i missed scanning above, sufjan stevens.

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:29 pm

I'll 2nd (or 3rd):

Malkmus---Face The Truth
13 & God---13 & God
Roots Manuva---Awfully Deep

I'd add:

Stars---Set Yourself On Fire
Love As Laughter---Laughter's Fifth
M. Ward---Transistor Radio
Brendan Benson---Alternative To Love

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:34 pm

does anyone recommend the new mercury rev? i've seen lukewarm reviews.

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:41 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

does anyone recommend the new mercury rev? i've seen lukewarm reviews.

I really didn't like it much---they've gone over the top for preciousness on this one for me.

Their Jack-Handy-esqe visuals in the background at their Coachella performance didn't help matters either---it raised the saccharine level to new heights.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Moxie Wrote:

smog - a river ain't too much to love

A grower. Didn't think much of it at first then I latched on to a song (In The Pines) and then the next time an other song and then the next time and other song and so forth.

RolledMeat · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:52 pm

a mighty good leader Wrote:

Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolf

my release of the year thus far.

I just read up on this guy. Sounds great. If you went ahead and posted one of the tracks here, I wouldn't mind.

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