I've listened to a whole bunch of new shit this year, nearly more than i did each of the recent years, and am keeping tabs on it. These are the ones I've liked. Just a few releases have been discarded completely (not listed). I'm not sure what the fuck is going on. Am I becoming more tolerant, and more open-minded to the middle of the road?

#1. Casino vs. Japan "Casino vs. Japan"

and the rest:

Retribution Gospel Choir "2"
Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra "Kollaps Tradixionales"
Beach House "Teen Dream"
Vampire Weekend "Contra"
Eluvium "Similes"
The Besnard Lakes "…Are the Roaring Night"
Jack Rose "Luck in the Valley"
Four Tet "There Is Love In You"
Gil Scott-Herren "I'm New Here"
jj "nº 3"
Seabear "We Built A Fire"
Hot Chip "One Life Stand"
U.S. Girls "Go Grey"
Clem Snide "The Meat of Life"
Autechre "Oversteps"
Magnetic Fields "Realism"

I love the Broken Bells record ALOT!!!

broken bells
beach house
surfer blood

Spoon - Transference
The Master Plan - Maximum Respect
AM - Future Sons & Daughters
Gin Wigmore - Holy Smoke
Findlay Brown - Love Will Find You
Jason Falker - All Quiet On The Noise Front
Soft Pack - Soft Pack
The Go Find - Everybody Knows It's Going To Happen Just Not Tonight
Rogue Wave - Permalight
The Hot Rats - Turn Ons

for me:

vampire weekend
hot chip
spoon

others:

broken bells - not as much energy as i thought this pairing would have.
yeasayer - 40% pretty good 80's inspired wanting-to-be-eclectic album. the rest just good.
eels - i like the alt-country-ish sound on them. runs a bit long though.

the yeasayer is mostly like 20 percent ok, one song really good and the rest godawful

I'll put a list together a little later in the year (perhaps after February) but the three albums that I've been listening to, non-stop, in recent weeks are:

Tindersticks - Falling Down A Mountain
Clipd Beaks - To Realize
Owen Pallett - Heartland

which?

Just heard this for the first time, man this is awesome.

Yes, I'm being that guy.....

Isn't this a 1998 release? I realize it was reissued this year, but...

I'm enjoying the Dan Black record.

Also, Shellshag, Dinowalrus, Aziz Ansari (comedy)....

Oh really?
Yep, whoops. I don't love it any less now...

Yeah, I was looking that up and got a little confused.

It's pretty cool-sounding shit, though.

Yeah it is. And I'm actually kind of surprised that it's as old as it is. It works really well as a "throwback" record, and I think it would have sounded a bit out there way back then...

Yeah, it definitely sounds ahead of it's time for sure

the len price 3 - pictures
spoon - transference
robert pollard - we all got out of the army
sunrise highway - sunrise highway
the soft pack - the soft pack

I listened to some samples of Dinowalrus, which I loved, but I didn't hear any vocals. Is it totally instrumental?

By the way, the Xiu Xiu album is kicking my ass right now.

yeah, i think that's just me and you.

I think you and I are the only ones who like the Owen Pallett album as well.

Vampire Weekend
Beach House
Midlake
Four Tet

Still haven't heard
Spoon

probably.

that Owen Pallett track that shiv posted recently is probably my favorite song so far this year


I feel like I should go back and revisit Final Fantasy again

Does anyone have any thoughts on the new Magnetic Fields?

01. Pantha du Prince - Black Noise
02. Owen Pallett - Heartland
03. Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
04. Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra - Kollaps Tradixionales