best new release of 2005 thru 03/22?

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:03 pm

Spoon - Gimme Fiction (surprise)
LCD Soundsystem

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:09 pm

*updated*

looks like that, outside of a couple slight frontrunners, 2005's still wide-open after 1 qtr

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

I picked up Bloc Party and Picaresque yesterday - haven't listened to BP yet but loving Picaresque so far, damn it's good.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:53 pm

i'm definitely likin the new decemberists. probably a top 5 of the year for me...

current top 5, thru feb acquisitions:
01 "i'm wide awake, it's morning" bright eyes
02 "nashville" josh rouse
03 "digital ash in a digital urn" bright eyes
04 "gimme fiction" spoon
05 "some cities" doves

if i ranked decemberists now, i'd say they'd be 3 or 4

e-stone · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:06 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

i'm definitely likin the new decemberists.

the new decemberists is top 10 for me right now.

hey, you hitting the decemberists/okkervil river show next tuesday? i'm mulling it over....

my current top 5:

1 dead meadow.feathers
2 matt sweeney & bonnie 'prince' billy.superwolf
3 andrew bird.the mysterious production of eggs
4 iron & wine.woman king ep
5 lcd sounsystem.s/t

still not sure if i should include EP's in my list though.

andyfest · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:15 pm

Do the Dinosaur Jr. reissues count?

I'm guessing not. I've only bought five CDs so far this year (not including the Dino reissues) so I'd put them in this order I think:
1. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake
2. Decemberists - Picaresque (probably will be number one after a few more listens)
3. Doves - Some Cities
4. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
5. Low - The Great Destroyer

Davey · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:19 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

i'm definitely likin the new decemberists. probably a top 5 of the year for me...

current top 5, thru feb acquisitions:
01 "i'm wide awake, it's morning" bright eyes
02 "nashville" josh rouse
03 "digital ash in a digital urn" bright eyes
04 "gimme fiction" spoon
05 "some cities" doves

if i ranked decemberists now, i'd say they'd be 3 or 4

Not that it really matters, but technically Spoon doesn't count for your question since it won't be released until May. Glad to hear that it will be a good one.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:23 pm

Davey Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

i'm definitely likin the new decemberists. probably a top 5 of the year for me...

current top 5, thru feb acquisitions:
01 "i'm wide awake, it's morning" bright eyes
02 "nashville" josh rouse
03 "digital ash in a digital urn" bright eyes
04 "gimme fiction" spoon
05 "some cities" doves

if i ranked decemberists now, i'd say they'd be 3 or 4

Not that it really matters, but technically Spoon doesn't count for your question since it won't be released until May. Glad to hear that it will be a good one.

yeah, techincally it doesn't count for the #1 of 2005, which this thread was about... i just felt like supplementing my #1 with all top5...

*updated thru andyfest post*

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:27 pm

Drinky Crow Wrote:

Are we just counting albums that have officially been released as of 3/22? Seeing that the Mountain Goats have been mentioned twice (and that album comes out 4/26), I'm going to assume that we're just counting whatever we've heard.

In that case, my nomination:

This is why I included Spoon. Wouldn't hurt to actually read a thread every once in a while, would it?

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:42 pm

that's fine if including things that haven't been released yet, since they were listened to (aka "acquired") already (in the 1st qtr). the internets are tricky.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:33 pm

I liked these three in no real order: M. Ward, Iron and Wine Ep, Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake

ElGuapo · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:16 pm

Next week the new Over The Rhine comes out that will be my favorite for a while.

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:25 pm

Doves - Some Cities.....easily my favorite so far

wenchlette · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:05 pm

I purchased all 2005 releases with some of my first paycheck "celebratory" money. I'm excited.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:10 pm

*updated thru vanlandingham*

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

Arular by default because I haven't heard too much.

FT · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:31 am

crooked fingers - dignity and shame

no guru · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:21 am

I thought Picaresque came out in December, but maybe I was hearing tracks online early. Anyway, that's another goodun.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:21 am

*UPDATED*

seems i needs me a listen of crooked fingers

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:12 pm

as of now, Soilwork. but i give it a 5% chance of being even in top 10 at the end.....nothing else has blown me away yet.

maybe the wide awake cd by bright eyes.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:32 pm

listened to dead meadow. liked it but don't think it'll come close to my top 20 of the year.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:38 pm

at the risk of being unpopular...

1. Kings of Leon, Aha Shake Heartbreak
2. Queens of the Stone Age, Lullabies to Paralyze
3. Doves, Some Cities
4. The Mars Volta, Frances the Mule
5. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods

FT · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:47 pm

I already listed my #1, but thought I should go ahead and round out the top 5...

2. Josh Rouse - Nashville
3. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
4. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
5. Robbers on High Street - Tree City

fancypants · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:48 pm

There's still a lot that I haven't heard, and a lot that I need to give more listens to. Having said that, my top five this year so far would be:

1 andrew bird
2 m.i.a.
3 josh rouse
4 boom bip
5 fiery furnaces

albums that may creep their way in later:

archer prewitt
13 & god
decemberists

paladisiac · **Posted:** Sat Mar 26, 2005 3:15 am

fancypants Wrote:

There's still a lot that I haven't heard, and a lot that I need to give more listens to. Having said that, my top five this year so far would be:

1 andrew bird

and that is vote #50

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