shmoo poll lists 2005

jsh · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:50 am

Drinky Wrote:

I think the title track and "Procession of Cherry Blossom Spirits" kind of hurt it. Something about the noise improve over looped riffs just seems really lazy to me. Corsano's playing never really seems to mesh with Chasny, either.

Shit, really? I can understand your distaste for the title track, but "Procession ... " is a heart-wrenching song. I adore it.

shmoo · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:53 am

Max Wrote:

How about a list of who has posted, who hasn't?

Good idea. I'll post that in the stickied thread.

Well, the list of who has voted. Not who hasn't.

jsh · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:06 am

I'm a little tired of tweaking it or pretending it matters. I haven't entered it yet, but here's something like how my year sounded:

Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
Earth - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method
Animal Collective - Feels
Konono No. 1 - Congotronics
Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower

Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
Broadcast - Tender Buttons
Esmerine - Aurora
Harris Newman - Accidents with Nature and Each Other
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must

Antony - I Am A Bird Now
Mouthus - Slow Globes
Dreamcatcher - Nimbus
Various Artists - Congotronics 2
Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel Of Progress

Marissa Nadler - The Saga of Mayflower May
Excepter - Throne
TTC - Batards sensibles
Autechre - Untilted
Goa! - Crystal Damage

+++
The Books - Lost & Safe
Orthrelm - OV
High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust
Akron/Family & Angels of Light - Akron/Family & Angels of Light
Amon Tobin - Chaos Theory
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Dreamcatcher - Holy Smkokes
Spank Rock - Back Yard Betty
Mouthus - Loam
Iron and Wine - Woman King
Black Dice - Broken Ear Record
SunnO))) - Black 1
Iron and Wine & Calexico - In The Reins
Animal Collective - Prospect Hummer
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Fog - 10th Avenue Freakout
MIA - Arular
Jamie Lidell - Multiply

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:08 am

Esh Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

I think the title track and "Procession of Cherry Blossom Spirits" kind of hurt it. Something about the noise improve over looped riffs just seems really lazy to me. Corsano's playing never really seems to mesh with Chasny, either.

Shit, really? I can understand your distaste for the title track, but "Procession ... " is a heart-wrenching song. I adore it.

RE: "Procession...", revisiting that one and the previous track, "Saint Cloud", and I think it may actually have been the latter half of that one that I was thinking of, not "Procession". Still, while neither bother me like the title track does, I much prefer the actual songs on the album. The first two tracks are excellent, as is "Home".

jsh · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:21 am

Drinky Wrote:

Esh Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

I think the title track and "Procession of Cherry Blossom Spirits" kind of hurt it. Something about the noise improve over looped riffs just seems really lazy to me. Corsano's playing never really seems to mesh with Chasny, either.

Shit, really? I can understand your distaste for the title track, but "Procession ... " is a heart-wrenching song. I adore it.

RE: "Procession...", revisiting that one and the previous track, "Saint Cloud", and I think it may actually have been the latter half of that one that I was thinking of, not "Procession". Still, while neither bother me like the title track does, I much prefer the actual songs on the album. The first two tracks are excellent, as is "Home".

As an experiment in repetition, layering, dissolution, etc., I really like the title track. Looping aside, I think you almost have to admit that the foundational melodies are great! I'm able to ignore (or accept) that they're looped at length. I appreciate that it's an approach Chasny's never used before having never had access to a proper studio. Having seen him play solo live in the same manner, I found it easy to accept, if not even admire. "Procession" consisted of him laying down the acoustic repetition, and then subsequently just destroying it on electric. It was captivating.

mutty · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:40 pm

shmoo Wrote:

Max Wrote:

How about a list of who has posted, who hasn't?

Good idea. I'll post that in the stickied thread.

Well, the list of who has voted. Not who hasn't.

Wow, I forgot all about the stickied thread.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:26 pm

After 3 doubly-added albums (put them in as 2006 releases instead of 2005)...

1. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
2. The Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
3. Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
4. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
5. Portastatic - Bright Ideas
6. Constantines - Tournament of Hearts
7. Black Mountain - Black Mountain
8. Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
9. Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
10. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
11. Circle - Tuliktoria
12. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
13. The Clientele - Strange Geometry
14. Langhorne Slim - When The Sun's Gone Down
15. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
16. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
17. By The End Of Tonight - A Tribute To Tigers
18. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
19. Trembling Blue Stars - The Seven Autumn Flowers
20. Sunn 0))) - Black One

Have fun....stay safe...take care...

schadenfreude · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:13 am

1. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
2. The National - Alligator
3. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
4. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
5. Radar Bros. - Fallen Leaf Pages

6. Sigur Ros - Takk
7. Clap your hands say yea - s/t
8. M Ward - Transistor Radio
9. The Editors - The Back Room
10. Pinetop Seven - The Night's Bloom

11. Magic Numbers - s/t
12. The Wedding Present - Take Fountain
13. Matt Pond PA - Several Arrows Later
14. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
15. The 88 - Over and Over

16. Sufjan Stevans - Illinoise
17. The Go Betweens - Oceans Apart
18. Kingsbury Manx - The Rise and Fall of the South
19. Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
20. Oranger - The New Comes and Goes

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

1. The Dirtbombs - If you dont already have a look
2. Comet gain - City fallen leaves
3. Electrelane - Axes
4. A-frames - Black forest
5. Black Mountain - Black mountain
6. Envelopes - Demon
7. Sun kil moon - Tiny cities
8. Ludes - The dark art of happiness
9. Wolf Parade - Apoligies to the queen mary
10. The Pale pacific - Urgency
11. Idlewild - Warning/promises
12. The Crimea - Tragedy rocks
13. Tom Vek - We have sound
14. The Boats - We made it for you
15. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
16. Langhorne slim - When the sun goes down
17. Heavy trash - Heavy trash
18. Youth Group - Skeleton jar
19. Amadou & mariam - Dimanche a Bamako
20. Test-Icicles - For screening purposes only

Davey · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:45 pm

petecockroach Wrote:

3. Electrelane - Axes

Interesting list, although I've heard very few of them. Curious about the Electrelane. There's some stuff on there that I love and there's some stuff on there than I'm pretty much ambivalent towards, and sometimes even dislike depending on my mood, in contrast to last year's The Power Out which was one of my very top albums of the year because I loved everything about it. Apparently you like Axes completely, right? Don't you sense any aimless wandering at times? When it's focused, it's incredible. Suitcase is one of the best closers ever. And the album certainly starts strong, kind of like an extension of what I liked about The Power Out. But I find myself skipping tracks whenever I play it now. I guess some of it just seems like an experiment that doesn't work for me right now, but I hope they keep it up because when they do hit me, they hit me good

harry · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:28 pm

petecockroach Wrote:

4. A-frames - Black forest

Yep. Only other mention of it I've seen.

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:30 pm

My list has already changed since I posted it but I'm too lazy to change it.

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

Davey Wrote:

petecockroach Wrote:

3. Electrelane - Axes

Interesting list, although I've heard very few of them. Curious about the Electrelane. There's some stuff on there that I love and there's some stuff on there than I'm pretty much ambivalent towards, and sometimes even dislike depending on my mood, in contrast to last year's The Power Out which was one of my very top albums of the year because I loved everything about it. Apparently you like Axes completely, right? Don't you sense any aimless wandering at times? When it's focused, it's incredible. Suitcase is one of the best closers ever. And the album certainly starts strong, kind of like an extension of what I liked about The Power Out. But I find myself skipping tracks whenever I play it now. I guess some of it just seems like an experiment that doesn't work for me right now, but I hope they keep it up because when they do hit me, they hit me good

Yeah i really love this record. I think you have to be in the right mood to listen to business or otherwise, probably the most experimental track. They have toned down the vocals and it sounds more like rock it to the moon. I do prefer the power out though. My no 1 for 2004.

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

wow pete i've heard like none of your albums. Forgot about that Heavy trash album entirely. Maybe I'll pick that up on the way home tonight.

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

cotton Wrote:

wow pete i've heard like none of your albums. Forgot about that Heavy trash album entirely. Maybe I'll pick that up on the way home tonight.

Well i may have cheated a little bit, i think at least 4 of these are import only in the states at the moment. My official schmoo poll picks look a bit different.

But yeah Heavy trash is a great record.

A-frames was overlooked in nearly all lists but IMO black forest is close to being Sub pop's answer to nirvanas bleach.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:56 pm

reading this makes me go "hmmmm" for tom vek

harry · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:01 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

reading this makes me go "hmmmm" for tom vek

Yeah, it compares him to Thomas Dolby. God, I hate Thomas Dolby.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:15 pm

harry Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

reading this makes me go "hmmmm" for tom vek

Yeah, it compares him to Thomas Dolby. God, I hate Thomas Dolby.

more interested in the beck/bjork comparison

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:15 pm

I only listed 15 albums.

01. Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
02. Konono No. 1 - Congotronics
03. Animal Collective - Feels
04. Eliades Ochoa - A La Casa De La Trova
05. Why? - Elephant Eyelash
06. Russian Futurists - Our Thickness
07. The Fiery Furnaces - E.P.
08. Manuel Mirabal - Buena Vista Social Club Presents...
09. Electrelane - Axes
10. Jason Forrest - Shamelessly Exciting
11. OOIOO - Gold and Green
12. Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens
13. The Books - Lost And Safe
14. Odd Nosdam - Burner
15. Ibrahim Ferrer - Ay, Candela

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:23 pm

I finally broke down and id this, but I did a real half assed job. MMJ should be higher, one of the bottome 2 should probably be Twin Cinema, but other than that, sure this'll suffice.

1. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
2. Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
3. Josh Rouse - Nashville
4. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
5. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
6. The National - Alligator
7. The Deathray Davies - The Kick and The Snare
8. Love As Laughter - Laughter's Fifth
9. Ike Reillu - Junkie Faithful
10. Devin Davis - Lonely People Of The World, Unite!
11. Kanye West - Late Registration
12. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better...
13. Lucero - Nobody's Darlings
14. Babyshambles - Down In Albion
15. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights
16. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
17. My Morning Jacket - Z
18. The Paddingtons - First Comes First
19. Senator Loogar - OPEN GARBAGE
20. Johnny Taint & The Cans of Piss - Lappin' It Up

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

I can't believe you overlooked that tickle monster album

mutty · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:50 pm

cotton Wrote:

I can't believe you overlooked that tickle monster album

I think its like high school coaches polls - you can't vote for your own team.

no guru · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:07 pm

bump for Friday 13th

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:46 am

OPA! Wrote:

10. Jason Forrest - Shamelessly Exciting

Am listening to this now. You have a strange sense of humour.

Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying it; you just have to be pretty "out there" to list it amongst your top 10 favourite albums of the year.

k · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:52 am

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

10. Jason Forrest - Shamelessly Exciting

Am listening to this now. You have a strange sense of humour.

Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying it; you just have to be pretty "out there" to list it amongst your top 10 favourite albums of the year.

I was pretty disappointed with this. It's certainly not bad but his past two releases haven't had the same personality I enjoyed on his Donna Summer records. Impressed it ended up in someone's top 10 though.

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