Been listening to the fleet foxes on and off for about a week now and i am sure the album is only really one big long song with lots of 'ooooohs' and 'aaaahs' in it.
metronomys's 'nights out' is a grower strangely enough.
Shame Mark Kozelek ' April' isnt on the list, Shearwaters ' rook' is good, also enjoyin ray le montagnes new one as a good drivin cd . Katherine Williams ' Two' was very underated . Enjoyin Rachel Unthank and the winter set as I type.
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Luminous Groove. Foxboro Hut Tubs - Stop, Drop and Roll Black Crowes - War Paint
Anybody else think that Weller's 22 Dreams sounds like "I had too much to dream last night" by the Electric Prunes (stubs1310 may have it by The Damned/Nazz Nomad)?
Can't say I've heard of many of your top 50 Mr Irving!
My top ten this year:
1. Judas Priest - Nostradamus 2. Stone Gods - Silver Spoons And Broken Bones 3. Motorhead - Motorizer 4. Airbourne - Running Wild 5. Disturbed - Indestructible 6. Death Magnetic - Metallica 7. AC/DC - Black Ice 8. Whitesnake - Good to be Bad 9. Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die 10. Various Artists - We Wish You a Very Metal Christmas & a Headbanging New Year; highlights including Ronnie James Dio on 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' and Alice Cooper on 'Santa Claus is Coming To Town'
Best gig was Airbourne + Stone Gods at the Astoria. So annoyed they're pulling it down, its got the best PA in town. Next best was Motorhead + Saxon at Hammersmith Odeon - which has one of the worst PA's in town!
1 - The Way Of All Flesh (Gojira)
2 - Eternal Kingdom (Cult Of Luna)
3 - ObZen (Meshuggah)
4 - Death Magnetic (Metallica)
5 - Deuces Wild (Vast Aire)
6 - Pro Tools (Gza/Genius)
7 - Dismember - (Dismember)
8 - Watershed (Opeth)
9 - The Formula (9th Wonder & Buckshot)
10 - Traced In Air (Cynic)
11 - Purgation (Trigger The Bloodshed)
12 - Raw Footage (Ice Cube)
13 - Fury And Flames (Hate Eternal)
14 - Embodiment (Sculptured)
15 - A Sense Of Purpose (In Flames)
last.fm's list of what their users have actually been listening to this year:
Best artists
1 MGMT 2 The Ting Tings 3 Sarah Bareilles 4 Fleet Foxes 5 Katy Perry 6 The Last Shadow Puppets 7 Foals 8 Bon Iver 9 Does it Offend You, Yeah? 10 Santogold
Best albums
1 Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 2 MGMT – Oracular Spectacular 3 Portishead – Third 4 Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I-IV 5 The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing 6 The Kooks – Konk 7 Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs 8 Hot Chip – Made In The Dark 9 Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static 10 Sigur Rós – Me_ su_ í eyrum vi_ spilum endalaust
Best tracks
1 Coldplay – Viva La Vida 2 Coldplay – Violet Hill 3 MGMT – Time To Pretend 4 MGMT – Electric Feel 5 Coldplay – Life In Technicolour 6 Coldplay – Cemeteries of London 7 Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl 8 Coldplay – 42 9 Coldplay – Strawberry Swing 10 MGMT – Kids
No surpise to see Coldplay dominate, but nice to see lots of people listening to MGMT. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/dec/04/digitalmusic-startups
I love the Uncut & Mojo top 50's - a favourite Yuletide passtime, going through then & checking out the one's i haven't heard - I don't think this year has been very good musicwise for me, as evidenced that I would normally have bought 75% of the Uncut top 50 - this year I have just the ones mentioned below!
46 Pete Greenwood - Sirens (probably my favourite of the year)
41 James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In (in my top 3)
23 Black Mountain - In The Future (not as good as their debut)
21 Howlin Rain - Magnificent Fiend (in my top 3)
4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (I like this one a lot)
2 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (OK I suppose, wouldn't make my top 10)
There are a lot that I like missing - Calexico, Spiritualised, Eilen Jewell - I think this year has been great for reissues, with some amazing stuff re-released...maybe I'm just getting older?
[cite]Posted By: Rothko[/cite]BTW, I listened to the Kings of Leon album on the plane to Cologne, and boy, what a load of old toss, really overrated for me
I listened to it when in Ireland. very self indulgent. I think if you're a dedicated fan you'd love it, but as someone with none of their albums, I wouldn't buy this one as a first attempt of being a KoL fan.
KOL is the sort of music I would normally like, but I agree with blackheathaddick - they have done some decent singles, first album is okay but imho their new stuff is dross.
There's been too much pretentious hairy nonsense around this year - thought the Fleet Foxes album was awful. Vampire Weekend are great fun live, didn't buy into the album so much. MGMT are two song ponies who were terrible when I saw them live. The Portishead album was okay, but couldn't ever live up to the stonking hype.
My album of the year is probably O by Tilly and the Wall.
Comments
metronomys's 'nights out' is a grower strangely enough.
Maybe a bit of life in technicolor wouldn't go a miss at the Valley
Have to agree with this
Is that a real list or a random collection of words??
Is Jive Bunny not classed as cutting edge any more?
No In Silico?
No Intimacy?
Pah! Clearly clueless!
Foxboro Hut Tubs - Stop, Drop and Roll
Black Crowes - War Paint
Anybody else think that Weller's 22 Dreams sounds like "I had too much to dream last night" by the Electric Prunes (stubs1310 may have it by The Damned/Nazz Nomad)?
Or Noah and The Whale' s album.
personally my favourite album of 2008 and best live gig too
My top ten this year:
1. Judas Priest - Nostradamus
2. Stone Gods - Silver Spoons And Broken Bones
3. Motorhead - Motorizer
4. Airbourne - Running Wild
5. Disturbed - Indestructible
6. Death Magnetic - Metallica
7. AC/DC - Black Ice
8. Whitesnake - Good to be Bad
9. Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die
10. Various Artists - We Wish You a Very Metal Christmas & a Headbanging New Year; highlights including Ronnie James Dio on 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' and Alice Cooper on 'Santa Claus is Coming To Town'
Best gig was Airbourne + Stone Gods at the Astoria. So annoyed they're pulling it down, its got the best PA in town. Next best was Motorhead + Saxon at Hammersmith Odeon - which has one of the worst PA's in town!
1 - The Way Of All Flesh (Gojira)
2 - Eternal Kingdom (Cult Of Luna)
3 - ObZen (Meshuggah)
4 - Death Magnetic (Metallica)
5 - Deuces Wild (Vast Aire)
6 - Pro Tools (Gza/Genius)
7 - Dismember - (Dismember)
8 - Watershed (Opeth)
9 - The Formula (9th Wonder & Buckshot)
10 - Traced In Air (Cynic)
11 - Purgation (Trigger The Bloodshed)
12 - Raw Footage (Ice Cube)
13 - Fury And Flames (Hate Eternal)
14 - Embodiment (Sculptured)
15 - A Sense Of Purpose (In Flames)
Best artists
1 MGMT
2 The Ting Tings
3 Sarah Bareilles
4 Fleet Foxes
5 Katy Perry
6 The Last Shadow Puppets
7 Foals
8 Bon Iver
9 Does it Offend You, Yeah?
10 Santogold
Best albums
1 Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
2 MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
3 Portishead – Third
4 Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I-IV
5 The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
6 The Kooks – Konk
7 Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
8 Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
9 Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static
10 Sigur Rós – Me_ su_ í eyrum vi_ spilum endalaust
Best tracks
1 Coldplay – Viva La Vida
2 Coldplay – Violet Hill
3 MGMT – Time To Pretend
4 MGMT – Electric Feel
5 Coldplay – Life In Technicolour
6 Coldplay – Cemeteries of London
7 Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl
8 Coldplay – 42
9 Coldplay – Strawberry Swing
10 MGMT – Kids
No surpise to see Coldplay dominate, but nice to see lots of people listening to MGMT.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/dec/04/digitalmusic-startups
46 Pete Greenwood - Sirens (probably my favourite of the year)
41 James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In (in my top 3)
23 Black Mountain - In The Future (not as good as their debut)
21 Howlin Rain - Magnificent Fiend (in my top 3)
4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (I like this one a lot)
2 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (OK I suppose, wouldn't make my top 10)
There are a lot that I like missing - Calexico, Spiritualised, Eilen Jewell - I think this year has been great for reissues, with some amazing stuff re-released...maybe I'm just getting older?
I listened to it when in Ireland. very self indulgent. I think if you're a dedicated fan you'd love it, but as someone with none of their albums, I wouldn't buy this one as a first attempt of being a KoL fan.
My album of the year is probably O by Tilly and the Wall.
Bon Iver I like but the Streets is growing on me, especially The edge of the Cliff and Heaven for the Weather.
45 The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent Hubby would agree but would probably put it higher
29 Robert Foster - The Evangelist Again higher - did you see him at RFH?
22 The Raconteurs - Consolers of The Lonely Higher - Jack White a Genius - discuss?
10 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams Great album another genius
8 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! Brilliant
If we've got to suffer, then you must too !
;o)
too depressing!