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Top Albums of 2009: Part I
Akeboshi:
Alright gals/guys I really liked the Top Albums of 2008 thread we had from like July - December of last year. What I want here is for people to post a top ten list, or however many you can muster (it is only a few months into 2009 afterall), and some things you're looking forward to. Then towards the end of the year, we can make another thread and see what has moved up/been bumped off our lists.
I want this to be a, "Hey maybe I should try some of these albums out" thread. Not a, "HURR MY TASTE IS BETTER!" thread.
READY GO!
1. Oren Lavie - "The Opposite Side of the Sea"
I don't think anything will top this album this year, IMHO. For me it has everything. Brilliant lyrics, haunting and thought-provoking. Extraordinary music demonstrated through vibrant string accompaniment and chilling use of interwoven minor key tonality. Awesome vocalist with intelligent things to say. Truly the beginning of a great artist. CHECK IT OUT.
2. The Decemberists - "The Hazards of Love"
Duh, you either like these guys by now or you were turned off when you first heard "Leslie Anne Levine".
3. K'naan - "Troubaour"
A quite fantastic young Nigerian rapper who raps about Somalia and his upbringing. His song "Wavin' Flag" might have you in tears by the end, and if it doesn't then go and listen to NPR's recording of this song from SXSW. The extra acapella verses WILL make you cry.
4. Umphrey's McGee - "Mantis"
Somewhat prog rock, somewhat electronica, somewhat jam-band. A hell of a lot of fun if you're a fan of metal; nothing really heavy, but quite enjoyable.
Lookin' forward to...
Iron & Wine - "Around the Well"
Dream Theater - "Black Clouds & Silver Linings"
Barenaked Ladies - ?? (I miss you already Steven Page!)
Cake - ?? Whenever John McCrae decides to quit being his lazy, whiny ass......ok, so probably 2010
Scandanavian War Machine:
so far the only 2009 albums that i've heard (that i'm aware of) are Black Moth Super Rainbow's new one Eating Us and A Hawk and a Hacksaw's Delivrance (not a typo).
both are excellent but i'm little disappointed in Delivrance; it's not as accordion-centric as their older work which is what attracted me to them in the first place. Eating Us, however, is fucking fantastic. it seemed a little lackluster at first but that's just the first two tracks or so, it gets much better as it plays and some of the best tracks are at the end.
De_El:
So far of the new albums I've heard this year The Crying Light and Fever Ray stick out the most, although that album by Sholi was pretty good too. I like Actor, the new St. Vincent but I'm not sure if it's best of 2009 material, or at least I haven't had enough time for it to grow on me that way. Same with The Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca. I liked the s/t by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, but I don't know if it really has much staying power. It's fun and it's nice but I can't really conjure any of the song names to mind without help.
Christophe:
--- Quote from: De_El on 16 Apr 2009, 11:35 ---that album by Sholi was pretty good too.
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This. I saw them last Saturday and they were on fire.
I don't think I've heard anything else released this year.
StaedlerMars:
this:
--- Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 16 Apr 2009, 11:27 ---Black Moth Super Rainbow's new one Eating Us
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Mono - Hymn to the Eternal Wind is also mind blowingly good.
And the new Dan Deacon Bromst is pretty good as well.
As an aside, the Lonely Island's cd has provided with some time spent amused.
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