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12-24-2004, 12:32 PM
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Best Music of 2004
we've had earlier debates on the album of the year, but now the year is pretty much over. however, instead of arging over a single album, i am going to list a few favorites. feel free to submit your own selections/categories.
best newly discovered band m83 - dead cities... best newly discovered genre library music best product of nafta arcade fire - funeral best french band singing in english air - talkie walkie best band from los angeles autolux - future perfect best band from brighton the go! team - thunder lightning strike best reissue pavement - crooked rain, crooked rain best band i can't understand dungen - ta det lugnt best subdued indie rock (tie) camera obscura - underachievers please try harder the concretes - the concretes and here are some other year-end lists: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...854056-7377659 http://www.popmatters.com/music/feat...004lundy.shtml http://www.theonionavclub.com/featur...php?issue=4049 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=4236175 http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2004/index5.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/flash...373540,00.html Last edited by trickyy; 12-26-2004 at 07:44 AM.. |
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12-24-2004, 02:03 PM
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Who You Crappin?
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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Albums I loved this year:
Reverend Horton Heat: Revival Secret Machines: Now Here is Nowhere Polyphonic Spree: Together We're Heavy Damn, I'm sure there are more. (Muse: Absolution came out in 2003 but I just bought it, same with a few others)
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12-24-2004, 05:59 PM
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Junkie
Location: The Kitchen
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I'll have to give this a little thought.
!!! - Louden Up Now. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free Rush - Feedback (It was only an EP, but it's the first time in 5 years that I've cared that much about Rush) The Walkmen - Bows & Arrows Sparta - Porcelain Two other albums that I really liked were actually released in 2003, but I didn't find them until this year. The Fitness - Call me for Together Metric - Old World Underground, Where are you Now? |
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12-25-2004, 02:00 AM
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Kick Ass Kunoichi
Location: Oregon
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My top five albums of the year:
Franz Ferdinand--Franz Ferdinand The Killers--Hot Fuss U2--How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Keane--Hopes and Fears Air--Talkie Walkie  Honorable Mention goes to Muse--Absolution (this would be a best of 2004, but it was originally released in the UK in 2003)
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12-25-2004, 02:14 AM
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It's All About The Ass!!
Location: In a pool of mayonnaise!!
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Gavin Degraw - Chariot/Chariot Stripped (Quite possibly the best songwriter I've heard in years..not sure though)
Los Lonely Boys (These guys just kick serious ass) Keane - Hopes & Fears (Somewhere Only We Know...WOW just great fuckin song) Ben Jelen - Give It All Away (I dunno if I really think it's one of THE best but I have to give it to him for writing "Come On" it really is a great song..the rest of the album isn't as good by comparison but still not bad. ) Hmm I'll have to get back to this in a bit. Asta!!
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12-25-2004, 05:15 AM
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Addict
Location: Australia
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best new albums
grinspoon - thrills, kills and sunday pills the hives - tyransoushives (sp) bjork - medulia - she is also best newly discovered music for this year the killers - hot fuss franz ferdinand - franz ferdinand modest mousee - good news for people who like bad news after the fall - after the fall gyroscope - gyroscope the music - welcome to the north best newly discovered music bjork the birthday party bauhaus the buzzcocks radiohead
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12-25-2004, 09:13 AM
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Minion of the scaléd ones
Location: Northeast Jesusland
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Top album I bought in the last year:
Cake - Pressure Chief (only album I bought new last year) Top album from last year that I plan to buy: Tom Waits - Real Gone Top 3 Bands I discovered in the last year: 1) CKY 2) Spock's Beard 3) Coheed and Cambria Most promising album of 2004 that I probably won't buy new: Green Day - American Idiot As I have noted before, I think most current music is crap (Kids today and the NOISE they listen to), so I am pressed to come up with anything. These, to me, are the bright spots.
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12-25-2004, 09:56 AM
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John Vanderslice's new album, Cellar Door, is a stunning accomplishment. Other albums that I loved from this year (that haven't been mentioned yet) are:
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus Four Tet - Rounds The Icarus Line - Penance Soiree The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart Elf Power - Walking With the Beggar Boys |
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12-25-2004, 04:18 PM
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Walking is Still Honest
Location: Seattle, WA
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Of the eight 2004 CDs I've bought this year:
1. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets 2. Rogue Wave - Out of the Shadow 3. Mason Jennings - Use Your Voice 4. Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue 5. The Zutons - Who Killed the Zutons? 6. Velvet Revolver - Contraband 7. Ari Hest - Someone To Tell 8. Travis Morrison - Travistan Most of my 2004 CD purchases were not 2004 CDs.
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12-26-2004, 12:21 AM
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Laid back
Location: Jayhawkland
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Mastodon - Leviathan
Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine Clutch - Blast Tyrant All That Remains - This Darkened Heart God Forbid - Gone Forever Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner Haste The Day - Burning Bridges There are more, but that's a good representation of what I've listened to the most out of what came out this past year. |
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12-31-2004, 12:15 PM
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albums I proudly own !
Thus, they are my albums of the year [most of these were not originally released in 2004]
badly drawn boy - hour of the bewilderbeast 3rd degree - radio 7 course of nature - superkala the postal service - give up nellie mckay - get away from me black keys - rubber factory switchfoot - learning to breathe Hip-hop nominations: kanye west - college dropout madvillian - madvilliany jedi mind tricks - legacy of blood k-os - joyful rebellion
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01-01-2005, 11:05 PM
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Crazy
Location: Deltona, FL
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Green Day - American Idiot
one of the only CDs in recent history that i can listen to all the way through and it actually has cohesion. And even though it got piss poor reviews when it came out, I thought Encore by Eminem was a good album as well. To me it was kinda like the Godfather Part 2 in a way. Telling his life story and then flipping us to the present and following his decent to madness. And since I haven't seen it yet on this list, I have to be the first to mention The Grey Album. I think Danger Mouse took the mash up thing to a whole new level and it's going to ignite a new generation of remixers. |
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01-02-2005, 12:32 AM
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Psycho
Location: Massachusetts
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Pain of Salvation-Be. This CD is truly a masterpiece, and I do not know if it will ever be topped musically or conceptually
Linkin Park/Jay-Z-Collision Course. Not really musically difficult or anything, but damn catchy. I can't take this CD out of my player. Those are my years best
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01-13-2005, 11:18 AM
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Fast'n'Bulbous
Location: Australia, Perth
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My favourites from 2004 are:
The Arcade Fire - Funeral The Go Team - Thunder Lightening Strike The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing the Hands Animal Collective - Sung Tongs The Good Life - Album OF The Year Inteprol - Antics Wilco - Ghost is Born AC Newman - SLow Castanets - Cathedral The Liars - They were wrong so they drowned Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows Architecture in Helsinki - fingers crossed (yay, they're Australian as well  )hmmm... |
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01-14-2005, 11:52 PM
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More Than You Expect
Location: Queens
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Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Cattle Decapitation - Humanure Mastodon - Leviathan Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt Exhumed - Platters Of Splatter (I doubt this counts as a 2004 release) Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine Deicide - Scars Of The Crucifix Today Is The Day - Kiss The Pig Necrophagist - Epitaph Jehst - Falling Down Dizzie Rascal - Shotime Borknagar - Epic I'm sure Anaal Nathrakh and Amon Amarth would've been way up there if I heard the albums.
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01-21-2005, 10:18 PM
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Crazy
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It smells pretty strongly of pitchfork in here!
Considering that the alternatives are Rolling Stone or Clear Channel, I'm not really complaining.My favorite CD of the year was probably the Blackstar EP I made by taking the few good songs off of the the new Mos Def and Talib Kweli CDs. I really liked the new Woven Hand, Sufjan Stevens, Aesop Rock, Madvilliany and RJD2 . It was good to hear from Tom Waits and Nick Cave again, both with solid if not groundbreaking releases. And of course the ones I wouldn't have found without pitchfork - Castanets, Air, Arcade Fire, M83, Max Richter, Four Tet and probably a few others. |
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