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Albums of the Year, thus far.
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| Platoon User Info... | 1. Ultralord Act I 2. Naglfar Pariah 3. Nile Annihilation of the Wicked 4. Strapping Young Lad Alien 5. King Travolta S/T - Sat, 8 Oct 2005 11:29pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | In no particular order... 1. Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything 2. Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business 3. Mudvayne - Lost and Found 4. Armchair Cynics - Killing the Romance 5. The Shivs - They're Here (this should be released in the next month, I think) - Sun, 9 Oct 2005 11:27am | ||
| DTjackson User Info... | I think System of a Down's Mezmerize is a strong contender. That's the only album that's really blown me away. We'll see how Hypnotize comes across in November although the first single has me a bit worried it will be a softer affair. - Mon, 10 Oct 2005 4:11pm | ||
| Peter Gardner User Info... | Although it was a greatest hits, Matthew Good's "In A Coma" did have some new stuff, but the re-workings of the old stuff was some of the best stuff he's ever done. So there's that. The new Constantines album is excellent. As well as both the Iron and Wine albums that came out this year. Patrick Wolf put out a new album and it totally blew away his first, and is damn good. I also really like the new 30 Seconds To Mars disc. Then of course the new Broken Social Scene CD is out tomorrow...which I'm sure could very well be a contender. - Mon, 10 Oct 2005 8:08pm | ||
| Haden User Info... | I tried to listen to Patrick Wolf, but I didn't really dig it. I can't really understand the deal with him. - Mon, 10 Oct 2005 8:32pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | I don't usually listen to much new stuff BUT Inquistion - The Magnificent Glorification of Lucifer and Hate Eternal - I, Monarch are the best 2005 releases that I have gotten a hold of so far. there's probably more to come, that's just what immediately comes to mind right now. - Tue, 11 Oct 2005 2:32pm | ||
| Wheate User Info... | Sufjan Stevens - Illinois The National - Alligator Spoon - Gimme Fiction New Pornographers - Twin Cinema Wintersleep - ST Innaway - ST I dunno, just a couple that kick ass. - Tue, 11 Oct 2005 8:49pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | kanye west - late registration lightning bolt - hypermagic mountain inquisition - The Magnificent Glorification of Lucifer trollskogen - Totenwache curl up and die - the one above all, the end of all that is khanate - capture & release axis of advance - purify ep (not out yet but i'm calling it now) - Tue, 11 Oct 2005 8:54pm | ||
| The One After Two User Info... | I'll second that Sufjan and New Prono and raise you the new Coheed record. - Tue, 11 Oct 2005 9:47pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I saw that Matthew Good CD today, there's like 2 versions, the normal CD and the one that comes with a DVD with all his videos on it. - Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:08pm | ||
| k8 User Info... | Broken Social Scene - s/t (& the EP) The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema Immaculate Machine - Ones And Zeros I really liked what I've heard of the newest Sufjan Stevens, and Underwater Cinematographer by The Most Serene Republic is good too. Same with the new Buck 65 CD and the new Metric one. - Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:44pm | ||
| Peter Gardner User Info... | Yea, the second Deluxe version of the Matt Good package has two CDs as well as a DVD. The second CD has the new "Rooms" recordings on there. One of the best things he's ever done, hands down. The new Broken Social Scene CD is excellent. Picked it up today. - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:08am | ||
| The One After Two User Info... | Griphin, you need to get the deluxe or don't bother with the new Matt Good. Its the second disc where all the gold is. Some good picks above. The Most Serene Republic is good, but I expected better and I don't listen to it much anymore. I like that new Metric. Metric might make a top ten for at the end of the year. It'll need a few more spins at home before I make that call. I love that track, "Poster of a Girl." - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:56am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I totally agree with you, you need the deluxe set for not only the Rooms recordings, but the DVD with videos. And while were on the subject of "must have" CDs, also be sure to look for the new AC/DC-Back in Black Dual Disc. :) - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:23pm | ||
| Peter Gardner User Info... | Ah yea, I forgot to mention the new Metric as well. I quite like it better than their first. It's got a rougher more rock based feel to it. Some other ones that have come out this year earlier that I forgot about include; Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Bright Eyes - Wide Awake It's Morning (go ahead, laugh, but this CD is killer) David Usher - If God Had Curves - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:52pm | ||
| Lurker User Info... | The Rebel Spell - Days of Rage My favorite album of the year so far. - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 1:15pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | jaga jazzist - what we must beck - guero daniel lanois - belladonna neil young - prairie wind shapes & sizes - self titled (whenever it officially comes out) coldplay - x&y and a mention to jets overhead. bridges is killer. "this way"s intro: powerful stuff for a local group. and the first half of coldplay - x&y - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 3:26pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I like that Rebel Spell CD, there guitarist is really good, nice to see small people can ROCK!!! - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 5:28pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | technically feist's "let it die" was released in north america, april 2005. i have the 2004 UK import, but it is virtually identical. what a great record. - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 5:47pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | I forgot to add that the new Bolt Thrower entitled "Those Once Loyal" - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 6:40pm | ||
| Platoon User Info... | Oh fuck yeah! I have only heard the two tracks up at their site right now but do they fucking smoke! I can't wait for the new Bolt Thrower. - Wed, 12 Oct 2005 9:09pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | aCk... my memory. One album I forgot to add: Thornley-Come Again. Yeah I'm a sucker for a heavy guitar riff. :) - Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:13am | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | and fuck yes the Axis of Advance EP will murder you all!! - Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:22am | ||
| tyrone bigglez User Info... | here they are: ARCH ENEMY-DOOMSDAY MACHINE DREAM THEATER-OCTAVARIUM MUDVAYNE-LOST & FOUND OPETH-GHOST REVERIES SYSTEM OF A DOWN-MEZMERIZE here are some albums that let me down though fear factory-transgression staticx-start a war audioslave-exile - Thu, 13 Oct 2005 6:50pm | ||
| steve User Info... | hmm well, everything is disagreeable to everyone. some of MY favs so far are... (scrolling through itunes) BRMC - howl Bloc Party - silent alarm Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake it's morning Broken social Scene - st Decemberists - picaresque (so stoked on this all the time) Feist - Let it die gorillaz - demon days Immaculate Machine - ones and zeros Iron and wine - woman king new pornographers - twin cinema Spoon - gimmie fiction Wolf parade - apologies to queen mary probably some more that I've passed by I'm not gonna pick a top 5, I hate doing that... - Thu, 13 Oct 2005 8:56pm | ||
| Peter Gardner User Info... | Steve's got a pretty good list. I forgot about Woman King, although I like the new one a bit better. - Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:12pm | ||
| DTjackson User Info... | I agree the new Metric is better than the first. Still, I'm not sure if it's the best of the year. Metric seems like one of those bands that are full of much more potential down the line. I just got My Morning Jacket - Z a couple days ago and it's pretty good. Lots of variety. Trippy. - Sat, 15 Oct 2005 7:24pm | ||
| Onemosphere User Info... | Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask Kanye West - Late Registration Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary Black Mountain - Black Mountain - Sat, 15 Oct 2005 7:42pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | Ulver - Blood Inside - Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:50pm | ||
| Kris User Info... | i have to agree with aiden, shapes and sizes new cd, which they haven't released yet, will be epic. rory burned me a copy in august and it hasn't left my cd player, no joke it is wonderful. what about chets new cd, kuaia...did that come out this year? i smoke too much pot to remember this year...but that one is excellent errrm.. black mountain-black mountain adam green-gemstones and i also just bought "do they know its halloween" the other day and i think that its a pretty awesome feat. very very fun. deffinitely something to remember this year in music by. featuring: arcade fire, beck, feist, buck 65, rilo kiley, devendra banhart, and a thousand more people. produced by nick from the unicorns...what else could you want? seriously. the islands album is going to be gold too! i dunno when that is scheduled for release though. - Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:01am | ||
| The One After Two User Info... | My new Propagandhi is in the mail so maybe that one will make my list. Listening to the new Death Cab... I like better than the critics said I should. Bright Eyes, forgot that came out in January of 2005. I liked Digital Ash in a Digital Urn. Steve great picks! I like that Decemberists album so much too. I always forget what a great record that is until it fires up in an iTunes mix or something random... then I go, oh wow. - Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:40am | ||
| [+} User Info... | i meant kings of leon and the first half of coldplay - x&y but also, i really like the new devandra banhart. - Mon, 17 Oct 2005 4:10pm | ||
| Kris User Info... | i would have put kings of leon but i thought it was 2004....i'm so confused about these things. also i have been meaning to pick up the new devendra banhart but i love Nino Rojo so much that i'm scared because i don't want to be let down. Nino Rojo is probably one of my favorite albums right now. - Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:25am | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | Cryptopsy - Once Was Not FUCK - Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:33am | ||
| john User Info... | hey kris i think islands comes out some time early next year in europe on roughtrade, but they dont know who will put it in n america. i liked wolfparade, orange juice (re issue of pretty much everything ever), immaculate machine, bloc party, and the arcade fire ep is cool i hadnt heard "im sleeping in a submarine" in years deathcab is good but not their best - Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:03am | ||
| .StvEM. User Info... | Theset- Philosophy Of Time Travel Theset- Live In Japan Theset- Greatest Hits 1 TheSet- Greatest Hit 2: Decay Rabbit Man...volume.2 - Wed, 19 Oct 2005 1:37am | ||
| ThE VeNdOrS User Info... |  Death Cab for Cutie - Plans Kincaide - hereafter Demos Motion City Soundtrack - Commit this to memory Hot Water Music -The New What's Next The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute Moneyshot - Cowboys and Angels Armchair Cynics - Killing the Romance - Wed, 19 Oct 2005 1:44am | ||
| Mister Luke User Info... | Lemmeseehere: - Crowbar: Lifesblood for the Downtrodden - Neuraxis: Trilateral Progression - Napalm Death: The Code is Red ... Long Live the Code - A million things I wasn't paying enough attention to - Probably the new Bolt Thrower. That shit is manna from heaven. - Clutch: Robot Hive/Exodus - COC: In the Arms of God - The new Cryptopsy is really really good, too. - Wed, 19 Oct 2005 8:08pm | ||
| jeff User Info... | fuck the only good album that has come out in the past year was nile and the napalm was ok.....everything else what a disapointment(aka Cryptopsy) - Thu, 20 Oct 2005 2:21pm | ||
| Joni User Info... | New Pornographers - Twin Cinema Spoon - Gimme Fiction Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins Immaculate Machine - Ones and Zeros Tullycraft's Disenchanted Hearts Unite is also really good, but you've got to be pretty fond of pop to be able to enjoy it fully. If you dig twee, it will make you smile. Guaranteed. What I've heard of the new Wolf Parade album sounds promising as well. Same goes for the Constantines and Broken Social Scene - oh, how I long for the days when I could actually afford to buy records! The SS Cardiacs released a pretty neat record this year as well - Fear the Love. Worth checking out! - Thu, 20 Oct 2005 6:44pm | ||
| XY-HATRED User Info... | SYL - Alien Green Day - American idiot Billy Graham Jr. - Evil Tree - Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:39am | ||
| Neil User Info... | So far this year I've enjoyed: Norma Jean - O god the aftermath Ion Dissonance - Solace Hate Eternal - I, Monarch Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked Roadrunner United (Killer DVD included!) - Fri, 21 Oct 2005 6:01am | ||
| Joni User Info... | Oh! And Bridges by Jets Overhead... geez, how could I forget? - Fri, 21 Oct 2005 8:35am | ||
| Jaron Evil User Info... | Hibria - Defying The Rules Kreator - Enemy Of God Uruk-Hai - Dragons Of War Uruk-Hai - The Battle Naglfar - Pariah Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - Buried In The Front Yard Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked Metalium - Demons Of Insanity - - Fri, 21 Oct 2005 1:24pm | ||
| Sati User Info... | I barely ever get anything to listen to, so I'd only name my friends' bands. Its just those and the very odd thing that comes my way that I ever hear! . but MY friends' stuff would come out on top anyway :) One thing that was cool though, was those fantomas leaks with the individual recordings for every day of the month. I just liked how we got to hear where their heads were at IMMEDIATELY since it was up on the internet within a few weeks (if that). Killer way to share the experience with your fans. I think thats probably why Nev's so into this potential audio retailing thing.. not every band has the bux to do what fantomas did. - Fri, 21 Oct 2005 9:15pm | ||
| k.c. User Info... | Cake - Pressure Chief. best album of all time. -k. - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 8:35pm | ||
| Pubert User Info... | whacka whacka whacka! - Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:52pm | ||
| wanka User Info... | no particular order: wolf parade - apologies to the queen mary think differently music - wu-tang meets the indie culture thunderbirds are now - justamustache adam green - gemstones okkervil river - black sheep boy scott sullivan - the great manifestiny page france - hello, dear wind sufjan stevens - illinois broken social scene - self titled bloc party - silent alarm black mountain - s/t danger doom - the mouse and the mask death cab - plans of montreal - sunlandic twins clap your hands, say yeah - s/t animal collective - feels neil young - prairie wind decemberists - picaresque the go team - thunder, lightning, strike - Fri, 4 Nov 2005 1:29am | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | TERROR - LOWEST OF THE LOW - Fri, 11 Nov 2005 6:19pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | add Rites of Thy Degringolade - An Ode to Sin and Toxic Holocaust - Hell on Earth - Sat, 12 Nov 2005 5:52pm | ||
| Will User Info... | the Gorillaz album has to be a stron contender although its got a frustratin track order, the first 4 tracks hugely fail to captivate but the middle 5-6 tracks are great. Other than that, i've noticed that this year was among the rare years where I was feeling more nostalgic, and less obsessed in finding the next interesting thing in new music, so i'm gonna refrain from a top ten list. Off the top of my head though, i'm glad to admit that I got into BLoc Party, Death from above 1979, and Sufjan Stevens lately as a tilt towards alien territory for me, indie-rock. I wanted to comment on a poster earlier regarding SOAD. I absolutely love the new single "Hypnotize" and I have to disagree with that poster on whether the song is heavy enough. SOAD is hit and miss with me but that song is full of energy...I welcome that kind of raw emotion from anything I can find nowadays, its seemingly an increasingly rarer trait in modern music. It trips me out as well how big they are considering their quirky, and relatively abrasive style. Good on them. I welcom them to explore as much as they want too, they have the potential for it...and they shouldn't listen to purist metal fans as they're just impossible to please (i;m not saying that DTjackson fit under that category either) . Some bands need to stay consistent, and SOAD for me makes me think that they have the potential to pull off anything they want, and I applaud the fact such a bizarre type of band is excepted by the pop-world, even though they don't really mean to write pop songs. I saw them live and became a fan. Other mentions? I liked Mastodon, Beck and a surprisingly large chunk of the Death Cab album. I'm blanking right now, but like I said, I was more in a nostalgic mood the past year, so I don't feel I have alot of deserved merit it takes for the "necessary" critique thing this time out...trying not to be such a OCB mmusic nazi lol! Local stuff i'm quite impressed with though, there is a feeling in the air of confidence and professionalism amongst many bands right now...gotta love that. - Mon, 14 Nov 2005 3:37am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | One album I give a thumbs up to that was released in 92 (I think): Butthole Surfers-Independant Worm Saloon, produced by John Paul Jones, this album is fuckin' brilliant! Probably one of the few Butthole Surfer albums I can actually get into listening. According to the review left by Janitor-X on CDNow.com: Rolling Stone Magazine once slammed the Butth0le Surfers for being "so genuine in its depravity" and called them scary because "the weirdness is much too real to qualify as mere dadaist showmanship." Those comments are absolutely true and a great reason to love the band. The Butth0le Surfers releases before this album were tailor made to sound like bad acid trips. They took the "peace and love" romanticism out of psychedelic music and replaced with sickness and fear. It was a more realistic approach to the true LSD experience. Those albums must be experienced at least once or twice just for the shock value. However, none of those albums are the kind you would want to listen to every day. "Independent Worm Saloon" is an album you could listen to every day. The Butth0le Surfers hit the perfect balance between weirdness and catchy, hard punk rock. The weirdness is delivered mostly by vocalist Gibby Haynes with his outlandish lyrics and freaky voice. The music will occasionally get as weird as the lyrics, but on the average it's just one catchy riff after another. The frantic freak out songs "Who Was in My Room Last Night," "Goofy's Concern," and "Some Dispute Over T-shirt Sales" are the highlights followed closely by "Alcohol" and "Dust Devil." The rest is not filler by any means, as it holds the flow of the album together in either mellow "cool down" or comical way. It peaks and dips just like a perfect, drug fueled live performance. There are some amazing things about the Butth0le Surfers that cannot be ignored. First, they were from Texas which is a place that clearly does not value or encourage such extreme artistic expression that this band has produced. Also, the drug possession laws there are extremely harsh which makes them all the more fearless in their expression. Second, they ended up becoming mainstream which was once thought to be impossible for a band with a name and sound like theirs. While Nirvana and the alternative explosion in the `90's may have opened the door for the Butth0le Surfers, it was amazing that they survived the `80's underground and emerged on the radio despite their name and reputation. They must make great music. - Mon, 14 Nov 2005 1:19pm | ||
| DTjackson User Info... | Right, I'm definitely not a metal purist. I've been pretty bored with metal these days. System Of A Down keeps it interesting. It breaks away from the predictible shredding I hear so much of. Hypnotize has grown on me a bit...it's still an odd choice when you place it beside BYOB as a first single. When they played "Attack!" [at least, I believe that was the song's title] in Vancouver I thought for sure that would be the single. It just seems like they picked it because they needed that mellow single after BYOB and Question!. - Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:48pm | ||
| Peter Gardner User Info... | I would like to add "Black Sheep Boy" by Okkervil River to my list. - Tue, 15 Nov 2005 8:43pm | ||
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| stewy User Info... | Pelican "The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw" - Thu, 8 Dec 2005 2:20pm | ||
| Doppelganger User Info... | For me, it's been a fallow year.Absoloutely nothing inspirational. - Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:12am | ||
| Eric Hogg User Info... | Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard Jamie Lidell - Multiply SYL - Alien Matthew Herbert's latest (don't remember the title) The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute Decemberists - Picaresque (still have to buy this one) QotSA - Lullabyes to Paralyze - Sat, 17 Dec 2005 4:06pm | ||
| Tyler User Info... | I have not heard the new pelican but Australasia was good to me - Mon, 19 Dec 2005 1:38pm | ||
| rickylong User Info... | NICKLEBACK not - Mon, 19 Dec 2005 8:50pm | ||
| Lurker User Info... | The new Gutter Demons album "Room 209" is in my opinion definitely one of the best of the year. - Tue, 20 Dec 2005 3:22pm | ||
| Hans Solos User Info... | Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - Buried in the Front Yard (SO FUCKIN GOOD) Kreator - Enemy Of God - Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:29am | ||
| jeff User Info... | BLACK WITCHERY - Upheaval Of Satanic Might Beneath the Massacre - Evidence of Inequity - Fri, 23 Dec 2005 2:13pm | ||
| Hans Solos User Info... | FUCK YEAH JEFF - Fri, 23 Dec 2005 4:10pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | one album that will slip past 99.9% of people's ears is Kayo Dot's "Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue". Ignore the ignorance that you'd think this would be a "metal" album coming from me. However, this band brings together probably the best sound i've heard in ages. It's utterly consuming and beautiful soundscapes coming from an almost orchestra like group. I highly recommend someone looking for a difference in music to check this album out. - Sat, 24 Dec 2005 2:03am | ||
| Anonymous User Info... | i, c.g., can't remember what came out when! i second: Shapes & SIzes - ? Vincat- I Like Their Older Stuff Better Immaculate Machine - Ones and Zeros New Pornographers - Twin Cinema Spoon - Gimme Fiction Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins Wolf Parade - apologies to the queen mary Sufjan Stevens-illinoise the new neil young is alright, too. also: Fiery Furnaces - EP (did that come out in 2005?) Final Fantasy- Has a Good Home Ninja High School- Young Adults Against Suicide s.t.r.e.e.t.s.- Invaders from Gnars A Javelin Reign -Wrath Of The Rice Cooker i'd like to hear the new: -silver jews (because dc berman is so killer and steven malkmus and will oldham play on the record), devendra banhart, mountain goats, blackavar, constantines, arch enemy, neuraxis i don't know kris, i think that "do you know its halloween" is really terrible. i don't know about that nick diamonds kid, thinks he can do no wrong. i CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW: -destroyer -morrissey -destroyer - Sat, 24 Dec 2005 1:01pm | ||
| Possessed User Info... | Primordial "The Gathering Wilderness", and Early man "Closing In" were two AMAZING metal albums of 2005. Did anyone hear the latest YOB album? And I hear they broke up. Is that true? - Sun, 25 Dec 2005 5:24pm | ||
| Burning Ragdoll User Info... | oooooh ok. um. bucket head hau ruck. if youc are, you know waht i'm talking bout ummmmmmm old mans child. for got what the albums called children of bodom- are you dead yet um that sall i can think of right now oh ya 13 was like the best i've heard from six feet under since haunted. definitly fucking strapping's new album. - Sun, 1 Jan 2006 11:47pm | ||
| aRCHeTYPe User Info... | alright... 2005 kicked some serious fucking ass in metal this year mudvayne: lost and found roadrunner records: all star sessions, roadrunner united opeth: ghost reveries chimaira: chimaira soulfly: dark ages - Mon, 2 Jan 2006 3:04pm | ||
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