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Top Albums of 2009: Part I
est:
A few days ago I grabbed some new stuff from Phoenix, Wilco, Whitest Boy Alive, Antony and the Johnsons, Metric, Animal Collective, Junior Boys and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
I have since deleted Wilco, Whitest Boy Alive, Antony and the Johnsons and the Junior Boys because they are all boring as hell.
Phoenix is a lot of fun and is getting a lot of play. Animal Collective is impressive but not something I am gonna listen to all the time. Metric is ok and I still haven't listened to it enough, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is really patchy and I'm still trying to make up my mind about it.
David_Dovey:
I really like the Whitest Boy Alive album! It is a "mood album" because it is so chilled and loungey but it is absolutely perfect for that mood.
Est have you heard the Yuksek album? I think you would really enjoy it.
--- Quote from: Skibas_clavicle on 25 May 2009, 10:47 ---God damnit that Pheonix album is good. Same with Passion Pit. Especially if you enjoy fun or dancing.
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I posted about liking the Passion Pit record on Facebook and one of my friends expressed surprise that I would like music like that. I like fun, honest!
tricia kidd:
i would say the new mono except it seems like too much of a gimme. best-of lists tend to get very long and i suspect a lot of them are basically "this is a list of every single album that came out this year that i would give higher than a 7 on the pitchfork scale".
so with that in mind, the pains of being pure at heart. they're not original, yet they are. it is an album i can't stop listening to.
same with the horrors. first album was okay, but primary colours does a fantastic job, being as self-consciously dark and haircut as the cure but without irony or a sense of "we're doing this just to go over the last 30 years of british post-punk". their hearts are in the right places.
i am happy to report that i like the new eminem as much as his classic stuff (marshall mathers, eminem show). though he lacks lyrical diversity (the whole album is pretty much about valium/benzos with the occasional lindsay lohan reference) he's proven that he can still flow well, though i hate the weird accent he uses on a couple tracks. the one about being molested by his stepfather is amazing, very dark.
still catching up on '08 albums so that's all i can think of offhand.
Thrillho:
I've been given new records by The Mars Volta, Billy Talent and Sonic Youth to review. In a word, in order, they are awesome, meh and decent.
Johnny C:
The Eternal is a mindblower. The Crying Light is a really remarkable album even if it's not an urgent one, and Antony's songcraft hasn't been finer. That Japandroids record kicks a ton of ass. Merriweather Post Pavilion doesn't do anything for me. Okay these are my opinions about albums posted on this page.
EDIT: It's Blitz is really good, Fantasies basically wishes it was It's Blitz, and I can't get over Passion Pit guy's Mercury Rev impression, it just grates on me.
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