I'm going to pick the 2009 Album of the Year right now

Kingfish · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:37 pm

The song I heard on the radio sounded like the Kills on valium.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:45 pm

so that xx album is pretty amazing and now has a US date. "xx is scheduled to be released on October 20th in North America."

they also have some amazing cover songs:

here is their cover of Womack and Womack "Teardrops"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrVgCCUQ3fQ

and also their cover of Aaliyah "Hot Like Fire"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhapGU13xqQ

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

sorry but 8.7 is actually too high for that album it just cant hold up at the end

i love it through vcr but if i have to be sauced or not really paying attention to enjoy an album then it aint for me

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:21 am

Patrick Wrote:

sorry but 8.7 is actually too high for that album it just cant hold up at the end

i love it through vcr but if i have to be sauced or not really paying attention to enjoy an album then it aint for me

Loving it through track 2 is not exactly a ringing endorsement (which I guess is your point).

I've been listening to this nearly nonstop over the past couple weeks--it just gets better. I think the latter third is actually quite good---sauced and sober

k · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:40 am

Dalen Wrote:

k Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

k, what is that?

William Fowler Collins - Perdition Hill Radio

Ambient artist who leans towards the dark side. Sounds like a soundtrack for the criminally insane in an abandoned asylum.

k, I actually picked up it up on your recommendation. Very eerie stuff. It takes some serious effort to sit through it though.

Yep. In my opinion nothing has even come remotely close to this, and there have been some great records this year. This is borderline immediate classic to me though. Like Derris said, this is brooding, black as night, scary as hell, ambient. To me he has pushed the envelope so far with this album that I don't even know I can truly call it ambient (though it is) as it is just remarkably heavy. I think you would really dig this Dalen.

Glad you at least checked it out Derris, for some really strange reason that makes me quite happy. Between knowing you listened to this, Hecker, and KFW in the past month, it appears you have really been searching some things out (or that I have just been very wrong in assuming what you listened to all this time).

will def check this out now.

k, is it similar to Svarte Greiner or Deaf Center?

Sorry Dalen just now seeing this. Yeah, it's certainly similar to Svarte's solo stuff atmospherically. I do think specifics are more pronounced in what he does than they are with Collins. Listening to Knive it's very easy to discern Cello here, woodblock there, whereas with Perdition Hill everything blends (seemlessly mind you) that at points everything becomes almost unrecognizable.

It is lacking those sort of waves and definitive movement of Deaf Center's stuff, which I think Greiner at least retains a bit of solo, but it works remarkably well for Collins.

Mick · **Posted:** Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:39 pm

In a slow year, Reigning Sound is by far the best thing i've heard.

It's pretty good.

wilked · **Posted:** Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:55 pm

The Dreaded Marco Wrote:

I've been listening to this nearly nonstop over the past couple weeks--it just gets better.

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

soulsavers and the antlers are the two best albums ive heard this year

reigning sound is also great
harlem shakes is very fun although i could see it being a little too vampire weekend-y for some people

toots · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:14 am

sounds less pretentious than cocorosie, but also a few degrees less interesting.

6.2

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:19 am

k Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

k Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

k, what is that?

William Fowler Collins - Perdition Hill Radio

Ambient artist who leans towards the dark side. Sounds like a soundtrack for the criminally insane in an abandoned asylum.

k, I actually picked up it up on your recommendation. Very eerie stuff. It takes some serious effort to sit through it though.

Yep. In my opinion nothing has even come remotely close to this, and there have been some great records this year. This is borderline immediate classic to me though. Like Derris said, this is brooding, black as night, scary as hell, ambient. To me he has pushed the envelope so far with this album that I don't even know I can truly call it ambient (though it is) as it is just remarkably heavy. I think you would really dig this Dalen.

Glad you at least checked it out Derris, for some really strange reason that makes me quite happy. Between knowing you listened to this, Hecker, and KFW in the past month, it appears you have really been searching some things out (or that I have just been very wrong in assuming what you listened to all this time).

will def check this out now.

k, is it similar to Svarte Greiner or Deaf Center?

Sorry Dalen just now seeing this. Yeah, it's certainly similar to Svarte's solo stuff atmospherically. I do think specifics are more pronounced in what he does than they are with Collins. Listening to Knive it's very easy to discern Cello here, woodblock there, whereas with Perdition Hill everything blends (seemlessly mind you) that at points everything becomes almost unrecognizable.

It is lacking those sort of waves and definitive movement of Deaf Center's stuff, which I think Greiner at least retains a bit of solo, but it works remarkably well for Collins.

beautiful. i'll be giving this some plays this week. thanks for the heads up.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:38 pm

since this seems to be the xx thread, well kind of:

xx North American dates:

11-19 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
11-20 San Diego, CA - Casbah
11-23 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
11-24 Sacramento, CA - Sacramento State University
11-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
11-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Venue
11-27 Seattle, WA - Neumo's
11-30 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
12-01 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
12-02 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
12-03 Montreal, Quebec - Les Saints
12-05 New York, NY - Webster Hall

all dates with (the excellent) Friendly Fires opening.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:40 pm

so far no Los Angeles dates?

they do have two open days when in California however.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

i'm so loving this album! love it.

Dalen, can you put XX in the title so it's searchable...had a hell of time finding this thread.

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

Saint Wrote:

Dalen, can you put XX in the title so it's searchable...had a hell of time finding this thread.

you can't search for less than 3-character words anyway.

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:59 pm

Bee OK Wrote:

Friendly Fires

I could've sworn I read somewhere that they have a new album coming out in 2009, but nothing yet. Have you heard anything?

Their album from last year was re-issued in 2009 with a bonus CD. Could that be what I read about?

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

Z Wrote:

Saint Wrote:

Dalen, can you put XX in the title so it's searchable...had a hell of time finding this thread.

you can't search for less than 3-character words anyway.

ohhhhh, maybe that's why i couldn't find it. :oops:

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

And If you search for "album of the year" too many other dalen started threads probably come up.

discostu · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:10 pm

I'm wondering if Dalen has listened to this record this month

Bee OK · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:08 am

OPA! Wrote:

Bee OK Wrote:

Friendly Fires

I could've sworn I read somewhere that they have a new album coming out in 2009, but nothing yet. Have you heard anything?

Their album from last year was re-issued in 2009 with a bonus CD. Could that be what I read about?

YES, it's the re-issue of the Friendly Fires album:

The album was re-released on August 31, 2009. It contains an additional double-sided disc featuring 3 new tracks; "Relationships," "Bored of Each Other," and the single "Kiss of Life." It also features 4 remixes, a reworked version of "Skeleton Boy" produced by Paul Epworth and a DVD of their performance at the London Forum.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:12 am

i can't believe how good that xx album is, it gets better and better and better with each listen. the album is blowing up so big that the record company has moved the release date up and is now coming out on October 6. so happy because in less than two weeks i will have it in my hands.

Dalen · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:59 am

discostu Wrote:

I'm wondering if Dalen has listened to this record this month

453 times to be exact.

and that's not counting the promo vinyl i have.

Dalen · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:02 am

billy g Wrote:

And If you search for "album of the year" too many other dalen started threads probably come up.

i think i've only said this about Animal Collective and now The xx sweet tits.

The xx winning out.

seafoam · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:41 am

I can't say album of the year, yet. I'll wait until the end, but it'll be a favorite come decision time.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

it's def one of my best of the year so far. love it.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:39 pm

Saint Wrote:

it's def one of my best of the year so far.

I'm going to pick the 2009 Album of the Year right now

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