Topic: Best of 2005 (Read 53319 times)

inseutculnaime · « **Reply #50 on:** 14 Nov 2005, 04:37 »

According to the list I keep on my desk:

The Decemberists: Picaresque
The Fiery Furnaces: Rehearsing My Choir - A damned good album which, for some reason, lots of people hung crap on
Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die
Sujan Stevens: Illinois
Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene

I don't buy many albums, though, so it's limited.

McTaggart · « **Reply #51 on:** 14 Nov 2005, 04:37 »

I'm not actually sure, it depends on my mood really. I think you're on to something with the day/night idea though. I'm Wide Awake in the day, Digital Ash it night.

Actually, I'd probably pick Digital Ash, if only for the number of times the lyrics sound like me thinking.

Kossie · « **Reply #52 on:** 14 Nov 2005, 05:04 »

1. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2. ... Right now I seriously can't think!!! Opeth was the only album I can remember! ARRRRRR!!!!

Before it came out, I was hoping to put Dream Theater's Octavarium on this list, but I was very disapointed with the epics and some of the other songs, so it doesn't get my vote. It was almost like 6 degrees in many aspects, but fell short somewhere...

sjbrot · « **Reply #53 on:** 14 Nov 2005, 18:35 »

But I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning can't really be a day record. In comparison, it definitely feels more like one than Digital Ash but the fact that the disc is pretty much a journey through the night doesn't lend itself well to your idea. Especially with closer "Road to Joy", where they finally come to the title line.

I do see how they could be considered a double disc. They just represent such opposite styles that they seemed to both be part of a singular, calculating effort, which would signify a double disc to me.

But, anyways, here's a prototype of what my list may look like when 2005 comes to a close.

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. Marianne Faithful - Before the Poison
A great vocalist, and PJ Harvey's involvement makes this one of my favorites.
3. Socalled - The Socalled Seder
Irresistble jewish hip-hop. Infectious.
4.The New Pornographers - Twin cinema
5. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
6. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
7. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
8. Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
9. Novillero - Aim Right For the Hole in Their Lives
Anything off Mint Records is always a safe bet, especially this mix of Winnipegers, featuring the old vocalist from the original Canadian bass-and-drums duo, Duotang.
10. M.I.A. - Arular

Kid Modernist · « **Reply #54 on:** 14 Nov 2005, 18:44 »

Quote from: sjbrot

But I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning can't really be a day record. In comparison, it definitely feels more like one than Digital Ash but the fact that the disc is pretty much a journey through the night doesn't lend itself well to your idea. Especially with closer "Road to Joy", where they finally come to the title line.

Well, I don't think it's really a fact, more an opinion of yours. (Ah, sorry if that sounds snappy, I tried several ways to make it not seem so, but there it is. I don't mean to be). Songs like Another Travellin' Song and Land Lock Blues (And Road to Joy) seem to me to be like day light songs. Lua does in deed talk about the night, but I think it's contrasting it by what things are in the day time. Me discussing this in depth gives the lie to the idea that I am a little too serious about it being a day/night thing. It's really more of just how it feels to me rather than what I think they/he were/was trying to do.

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I do see how they could be considered a double disc. They just represent such opposite styles that they seemed to both be part of a singular, calculating effort, which would signify a double disc to me.

Yeah, you've hit the nail on the head of why I feel that way. Better than I could have said it, I'm all jumbly at the moment.

lastclearchance · « **Reply #55 on:** 14 Nov 2005, 19:59 »

I'm not even NEAR ready to make a list. But anyway.

Quote from: inseutculnaime

The Fiery Furnaces: Rehearsing My Choir - A damned good album which, for some reason, lots of people hung crap on

I haven't heard it, to be honest. But the guy who reviewed it instead of me for our college paper (at the last minute I realized I couldn't write a review and three papers for classes) LOVED it. To the extent that he wrote, "I can't help but imagine that this joyous, artful album is exactly the sort of music John Lennon would have made today, had he lived to a grandfatherly age." (Okay, so he tends toward hyperbole. But that's still pretty glowing.)

I think people were hoping for EP 2, not Blueberry Boat Plus. I get the impression this new record is dense, but not typical literary-dense...more like playful-dense. Which is a combination people don't know how to deal with. They like their playful music light (see: Architecture in Helsinki fans) and their dense music serious (see: Mars Volta fans).

That's my impression anyway.

Peck · « **Reply #56 on:** 14 Nov 2005, 21:43 »

1: New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (After listening to this album once, I knew it would be my number one for the year. It's just that good.)
2: Raveonettes - Pretty In Black (The Raveonettes are just so underrated anyway, and then they release an album just as good as Chain Gang Of Love)
3: Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made (They have never released a bad album.)
4: Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (Black for song of the year.)
5: Handsomeboy Technique - Adelie Land (Fuck I love Said the Gramophone for introducing me to these guys.)

lastclearchance · « **Reply #57 on:** 14 Nov 2005, 23:13 »

Quote from: Peck

4: Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (Black for song of the year.)

Saw them in Brooklyn Saturday. Got there late so I got shut out of Man Man and Charles from the Wrens, but even with just Okkervil River it was a great show. I wonder whether the Black Sheep Boy Appendix (out today) is worth picking up.

Thrillho · « **Reply #58 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 01:39 »

Quote from: Kid Modernist

I like counting them as one, dispite the difference in the album. It feels like a double disc to me, one is daytime songs and the other is nightime songs. I may be cheating a little bit, but I say it's valid.

Which do you like better? If I had to pick one I would say Digital Ash (I've been looking for a Digital Ash live set forever, but I don't know if he ever played any).

He's not toured it yet. He's touring Wide Awake first and then Ash later.

Ernest · « **Reply #59 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 05:09 »

Propagandhi- Potempkin City Limits

Thrillho · « **Reply #60 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 09:12 »

Quote from: Spinless

I thought he'd already done world tours for both albums?
Is he doing another?

Well I could easily be wrong, I just took a guess, since he said he'd not found any Ash live shows.

Sideways · « **Reply #61 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 10:02 »

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

Metric - Live it Out

Beck - Guero

Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Hemmings · « **Reply #62 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 11:40 »

1. (Smog) - A river Ain't too much to love

Nobody ever listens to Bill Callahan. It's sad.

2. Spacehorse - Self-titled EP

Yeah, not a full album, but it's the best face-melting 15 minutes of your life

3. Wir Sind Helden - Von Hier an Blind

Awesome German Indie Rock

4. Ghosty - Grow Up or Sleep In

New Lawrence, Kansas band. I live in Kansas (no I don't have buckteeth and watch Wizard of Oz on a loop with Pink Floyd playing in the background). Great album. Nuff said.

5. Editors - The Back Room

Interpol but actually good?! Yes, the trite underactive neo-goth look (and sound) from Interpol is gone; herein lies the savior of those who thought Anitcs was good.

ASturge · « **Reply #63 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 12:03 »

Quote from: Sideways

Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Eh?

Sideways · « **Reply #64 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 12:25 »

Quote from: ASturge

Quote from: Sideways

Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Eh?

what?

Modest Mouse
Good News For People Who Love Bad News (DualDisc)
Release Date: October 11, 2005
Track listing for Dual Disc Album
(097711)

CD Audio

1 Horn Intro
2 The World At Large
3 Float On
4 Ocean Breathes Salty
5 Dig Your Grave
6 Bury Me With It
7 I've Got It All (Most)
8 Dance Hall
9 Bukowski
10 This Devil's Workday
11 The View
12 Satin In A Coffin
13 Interlude (Milo)
14 Blame It On The Tetons
15 Black Cadillacs
16 One Chance
17 The Good Times Are Killing Me

2 Channel Stereo Version

1 Horn Intro (2 Channel Stereo Version)
2 The World At Large (2 Channel Stereo Version)
3 Float On (2 Channel Stereo Version)
4 Ocean Breathes Salty (2 Channel Stereo Version)
5 Dig Your Grave (2 Channel Stereo Version)
6 Bury Me With It (2 Channel Stereo Version)
7 I've Got It All (Most) (2 Channel Stereo Version)
8 Dance Hall (2 Channel Stereo Version)
9 Bukowski (2 Channel Stereo Version)
10 This Devil's Workday (2 Channel Stereo Version)
11 The View (2 Channel Stereo Version)
12 Satin In A Coffin (2 Channel Stereo Version)
13 Interlude (Milo) (2 Channel Stereo Version)
14 Blame It On The Tetons (2 Channel Stereo Version)
15 Black Cadillacs (2 Channel Stereo Version)
16 One Chance (2 Channel Stereo Version)
17 The Good Times Are Killing Me (2 Channel Stereo Version)

DVD Video

1 Float On (Video)
2 Ocean Breathes Salty (Video)
3 Interview (Video)
4 Stiff Animal Fantasy (Video)
5 Website Blip Animation (Video)
6 Album artwork production (Video) [/i]

Cpt.Fantastic · « **Reply #65 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 12:46 »

So YOU'RE counting re-issues/updatednewfangley+morecds, eh?

Sideways · « **Reply #66 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 13:06 »

Sure. Why not!

RUMBLEMOOSE · « **Reply #67 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 14:38 »

1) Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run reissue with 2 DVDs

Which is precisely why I wouldn't count reissues; it's not fair to make anything compete with Born to Run.

rive gauche · « **Reply #68 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 14:56 »

Quote from: Kid Modernist

Alright, I got my list fit to 10 (nobody cares probably, but here it is):

Bright Eyes - Digital Ash/I'm Wide Awake
Broken Social Scene - S/t
Deerhoof - The Runners Four
Sigur Ros - Takk...
Ris Paul Ric - Purple Blaze
Manu Chao - Siberie M'etait Conte
My Morning Jacket - Z
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth

Probably the best list yet.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #69 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 16:45 »

I would say Octavarium by Dream Theater, but I'd probably be banished for lack of indie cred.

Ah screw it, I'm saying it anyway.

Micolithe · « **Reply #70 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 17:36 »

John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday

Kai · « **Reply #71 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 17:42 »

Quote from: Storm Rider

I would say Octavarium by Dream Theater, but I'd probably be banished for lack of indie cred.

Ah screw it, I'm saying it anyway.

Good choice. Indie cred is for people who don't like John Pretrucci guitar wanking and rocking out.

sjbrot · « **Reply #72 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 18:05 »

Yeah, Oberst has toured Ash with the Faint. They even had a tour diary of some of the Europe dates published in Magnet Magazine. Now, he's on to touring with all his material.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #73 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 18:10 »

Quote from: Kai

Indie cred is for people who don't like John Pretrucci guitar wanking and rocking out.

Not to mention mindblowing Portnoy drum solos. And they wrote a song about 9/11 that doesn't suck. Seriously.

La Creme · « **Reply #74 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 19:43 »

Indie cred is for wankers.

Indie is great.

So's Dream Theater. Well, they just need to kill the singer for good. And then they'll be chill in my book.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #75 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 19:46 »

I think LaBrie gets too much flak. Sure, his voice can get a little grating, but at least he's in key, which puts him ahead of a LOT of vocalists. And he mostly keeps the singing below the window-shattering range on their new album.

EDIT: I actually had the greatest idea ever the other day, and forgot to mention it here. Hypothetically, let's say LaBrie left Dream Theater to work on his solo career. So then Russell Allen from Symphony X comes in to sing, and brings along Michael Romeo as a second guitarist. Prog metal supergroup times a billion!

Seriously. Petrucci/Romeo guitar duels. Think of the possibilities.

La Creme · « **Reply #76 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 19:57 »

Except Russell Allen is one of the worst metal vocalists EVER.

Michael Romeo is GOD!

Any non-beleivers: shove it.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #77 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 20:09 »

I think you are underestimating the capacity of metal to have terrible singers.

Luke · « **Reply #78 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 21:37 »

Quote from: Storm Rider

I would say Octavarium by Dream Theater, but I'd probably be banished for lack of indie cred.

I've already listed Coldplay. I wouldn't worry.

Bunnyman · « **Reply #79 on:** 15 Nov 2005, 23:47 »

I'm too busy catching up on the good shit from yesteryear to buy up-to-date albums. In fact, the only album from 2005 that I purchased in 2005 was..

1. MC Frontalot - Nerdcore Rising

Kossie · « **Reply #80 on:** 16 Nov 2005, 07:10 »

You wanna hear indie-cred type stuff on Octavarium?? Man!!!!!

I read a few of the forums on www.taborama.com if I see anything on the frontpage 'top posts' list that grabs my attention. The review of Octavarium was one of them I decided to read. Seriously, the people on that site were praising this album for, in my opinion, the same reasons how Kai here basically said how Indie people hate Petrucci solos and stuff. The people on that forum were totally saying how its good there's no super quick Petrucci sweep solos, how the keyboards do more, how they've gone for a more 'song' structure rather than just 'jam session' type stuff. Man, some if this is also indie-cred type stuff or just jeaous musicians.............. needless to say I pissed myself laughing!!!

Im a huge DT fan, have been for years, and I didn't particulary like this album all that much, but not because there aren't shredding solos and what not. It just didn't really..... mmmmm....... I think some people might know what I mean. maybe.

Sideways · « **Reply #81 on:** 16 Nov 2005, 10:01 »

I have more indie cred in my thumbnail, than all you wankers have... /combined/!!

Why?

Because I'm so indie... SO INDIE... that I haven't even HEARD of all these indie bands. That's how indie I am... I'm completely independant of the independant music scene.

HAH!

Chew on that one for awhile!

Patrick · « **Reply #82 on:** 16 Nov 2005, 10:23 »

Probably Sigur Ros' "Takk". Specifically, "Hoppipolla" was the most brilliant thing I've heard since... well, damn, probably the stuff on "Agaetis Byrjun". I can't get over their badassery.

chamberk · « **Reply #83 on:** 17 Nov 2005, 15:02 »

Sufjan - Illinois
Decemberists - Picaresque
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Broken Social Scene - s/t
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Doves - Some Cities

that's the list for now.

SpacemanSpiff · « **Reply #84 on:** 17 Nov 2005, 15:12 »

Quote from: Hemmings

13. Wir Sind Helden - Von Hier an Blind

Awesome German Indie Rock

Okay. You live in Kansas, but you know Wir Sind Helden? How did you find out about them?
I figured that nobody outside of Germany had ever heard of them.

Patrick · « **Reply #85 on:** 17 Nov 2005, 15:42 »

SpacemanSpiff, I heard about them when I was still living in California. We had German foreign exchange students over and one of them was like, "Hey, listen to this," to one of my friends, and now he's hooked.

Merkava · « **Reply #86 on:** 17 Nov 2005, 16:32 »

Bear vs Shark - Terrorhawk
The Ponys - Celebration Castle
The Dears - No Cities Left
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

youbelongtothecity · « **Reply #87 on:** 17 Nov 2005, 19:16 »

No order here:

Common - Be
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
Spitalfield - Stop Doing Bad Things
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Wintersleep - Untitled
Mae - The Everglow
The Game - The Documentary
The Bled - Found in the Flood
Kanye West - Late Registration
Burdocks - What We Do Is Secret
Copeland - In Motion

etc...

sjbrot · « **Reply #88 on:** 17 Nov 2005, 19:58 »

The Dears' No Cities Left was actually released in 2003 in Canada. The international release was in late 2004.

Just saying. Great, great record though.

Also, it's great to see that a few other people have been enjoying Andrew Bird out there.

Thrillho · « **Reply #89 on:** 18 Nov 2005, 06:29 »

Quote from: KimJongSick

Probably Sigur Ros' "Takk". Specifically, "Hoppipolla" was the most brilliant thing I've heard since... well, damn, probably the stuff on "Agaetis Byrjun". I can't get over their badassery.

I preferred the song Saegloipur or however you spell it on that record. The massive piano chords in it just move me nearly to tears, especially if it's a cold morning.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #90 on:** 18 Nov 2005, 07:31 »

My top five in no particular order,

EElS - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
And last but not least, destroying any indie cred I had moreso than any other previous poster:
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists

Patrick · « **Reply #91 on:** 18 Nov 2005, 07:35 »

Agreed@Dynamite. Something about "Hoppipolla" makes European winter so much more bearable for me though. And considering I have S.A.D., that's saying somethng.

SpacemanSpiff · « **Reply #92 on:** 18 Nov 2005, 07:53 »

Pretty damn good were:
The Holy Shroud - Ghost Repeaters
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Into The Moat - The Design
Aereogramme - Seclusion
The Flying Luttenbachers - The Void

Good enough:
Coheed & Cambria - Dear Apollo, I'm Burning Star: Jesus Christ Help Me, That Damn Title Is So Fucking Long: IV
Sigur Rós - Takk

Honorary mentions for rocking my butt off and best Black Sabbath cover ever:
Electric Eel Shock - Beat Me

I expect the following releases to be awesome, but I have yet to listen to them:
The Locust - Safety Second, Body Last
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
31 Knots - Talk Like Blood
Minus The Bear - Menos El Oso
Ion Dissonance - Solace
Horse the Band - Themechanicalhand

...damn, I really need to buy a lot of albums.

Pelican's new album as well as the split with Mono (who are awesome) might also end up on my list, I have yet to listen to that though and I don't know the band enough to be sure that the album is going to be something I like.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #93 on:** 18 Nov 2005, 08:19 »

Quote from: SpacemanSpiff

Ion Dissonance - Solace

What? I thought Ion Dissonance split years ago! I'm very pleased to find out I was mistaken.

SpacemanSpiff · « **Reply #94 on:** 18 Nov 2005, 08:43 »

Nope, they released a new album very recently. The reviews I've read so far were pretty good too.
In case you are, among other things, referring to the fact that their website is dead: That's because their domain got stolen. Try id357.com.

Leonsantos · « **Reply #95 on:** 22 Nov 2005, 13:01 »

1. Chiodos -Alls Well That Ends Well
WeEE more guys in girl voices and girl pants WEEE
2.Aiden -Knightmare Anatomy
1 song made my year. Knife Blood Nightmare
3.Circa Survive - Juthura...i think this came out this year
Old singer for Saosin Combines with awesoem guitars
4.Clap your Hands And Say Yeah - s/t
Same As Before ; p
5.Monroe - Ep
Yup local band.

insert silly name here · « **Reply #96 on:** 22 Nov 2005, 13:47 »

1. Decemberists, Picaresque
2.Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- s/t
3.Ringside -s/t
4.The Atomic Car - underage
5.The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart

Johnny C · « **Reply #97 on:** 22 Nov 2005, 13:55 »

So far, it looks like this, in no particular order:

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Beckons The Thaw
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
Buck 65 - Secret House Against The World
The A-Frames - Black Forest
Wilco - Kicking Television
Sylvie - An Electric Trace
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

I'm having a hard time, though. I want to include a lot more on this list, like the new ...Trail Of Dead, Dangerdoom, Kanye, Broken Social Scene, and a lot more, but they're having a hard time kicking out anyone on this list.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #98 on:** 22 Nov 2005, 14:51 »

I have a number five.

1. Ewigkeit - Conspiritus
2. Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
3. Scum - Gospels For the Sick
4. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
5. Cryptic Wintermoon - Shadows...And the Dark Things You Fear

Frosty · « **Reply #99 on:** 22 Nov 2005, 15:38 »

My top ten, in no particular order, looks something like:

Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
Vitalic-OK Cowboy
Gorillaz-Demon Days
System Of A Down-Mezmerize/Hypnotize
Fiona Apple-Extraordinary Machine
My Morning Jacket-Z
The New Pornographers-Twin Cinema
Kanye West-Late Registration
Decemberists-Picaresque
Spoon-Gimme Fiction

Actually, I'm pretty sure the top two are in order, but the rest is totally uncertain.

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Author Topic: Best of 2005 (Read 53319 times)

inseutculnaime

Kossie

sjbrot

Kid Modernist

Peck

Sideways

Hemmings

ASturge

Sideways

Cpt.Fantastic

Sideways

RUMBLEMOOSE

rive gauche

Micolithe

sjbrot

La Creme

La Creme

Luke

Bunnyman

Kossie

Sideways

chamberk

SpacemanSpiff

Merkava

youbelongtothecity

sjbrot

TrueNeutral

SpacemanSpiff

SpacemanSpiff

Leonsantos

*insert silly name here*

Frosty

insert silly name here