AIR- Moon Safari

I've never really listened to all that much Sigur Ros. I like Odelay, but I think I like Midnite Vultures almost as much, which makes picking one difficult. Either way, I don't think either of them approaches my top 10. HTTT could've made it, but I definitely liked the Kid A, OK Computer, and The Bends significantly more, making it tough to rationalize putting it in the top ten.

Don't like Bjork enough to have her in the top 10 (though I do like her).

Some really tough albums to leave off (vaguely in order):

Bonnie Prince Billy- I See a Darkness

The Wrens- The Meadowlands

Dr. Octagon- Dr. Octagonecologist

Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights

DJ Shadow- Endtroducing


I'm sure there are plenty I'm not thinking of.


Wang

Speaking of Sigur Ros, anyone see this?

yeah, real sweet. sorta makes you want to go to iceland.

I know, right. I really want to nail a lot of those Icelandic chicks, too.

I just realized that Kill the Moonlight by Spoon has to be on there somewhere. I'd probably cut Madvilliany or Person Pitch. Yeah, I'd cut Person Pitch.


Sorry, Person Pitch, you're out. Kill the Moonlight's DHing for the the pitcher today.

Just had to mention that.

Here's mine:

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 14

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 7

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 5

NOW That's What I Call Christmas Vol. 1

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 4

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 17

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 10

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 17

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 8

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 15

this was the funniest post I ever read

seriously

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues

Snooty garage punk stuff
Mark Sultan-Sultanic Verses
Motards/Cryin' out Louds split 7"
and I finally scored a vinyl copy of the new Black Lips album.

Mine would probably look like this:

1) Kid A
2) OK Computer
3) The Soft Bulletin
4) ...Endtroducing
5) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
6) The Bends
7) The Moon and Antarctica
8) Agaetis Byrjun
9) Richard D. James Album
10) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

There are many that barely missed the 10 such as: Funeral, Madvillainy, The Lonesome Crowded West, F#A# Infinity, Odelay, Perfect From Now On, Supreme Clientele, HTTT, and others I'm not thinking of, since this is all off the top of my head.

Supreme Clientele was tough to leave off for me. I feel like I should have had some BTS on there, too. Our lists are pretty similar, though, so we're still total buds.


Wang

damn, wang. i like emergency & i too but #3?? i listened to that album a couple days ago and it sounded pretty dated.

I feel under qualified to make my list so soon, but as it stands In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is #1.

hrmmm...i can find 10 albums from 1995 that i like better than person pitch:

Bjork - Post
Autechre - Tri Repetae
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Mouse On Mars - Iaora Tahiti
Massive Attack versus Mad Professor - No Protection
Tortoise - Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters
Oval - 94 Diskont
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Mix
Spring Heel Jack - There Are Strings
Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic

dutch's response was really comical, props...

Exile

obv

Really? In what sense? I think it holds up incredibly well. It might be the fact that I'm in the perfect phase of my life to appreciate the theme of the album (mid-twenties discontent), but I I dunno. I still think it's really fucking awesome, and don't have any qualms with having it that high.




Congratulations. For the record, I booted Person Pitch for Kill the Moonlight, which makes it 11-15. I absolutely fucking love it.


Wang

If You're Feeling Sinister is redonkulous. Why wasn't I informed? And by that I mean, when I was informed, why did you fail to convince me of its merits? Queers.

I'm sure I mentioned it more than once. Perhaps you enjoy it so much because you are a faggot? I'm pretty sure that's the explanation for my love-affair with the album.


I'm listening to Michigan: The Great Lakes State by Sufjan Stevens today. I live in Michigan and grew up right outside Flint. Makes it fun.


Wang

I saw the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in concert last night at Webster Hall in NYC. The venue was quite small and allowed me to get pretty close up to the band. They were touring off a recently released EP (which I hadn't listened to) so a lot of their set came from songs off of that record. Nevertheless, the band put on a pretty good show. Karen O is an excellent front woman. She came out dressed in an absurd outfit, danced across the stage the entire time, screamed, writhed, jerked, spit, bounced, and flailed. Their music sounded very good and remained true to the album versions.

My only complaint about the show was the audience. I feel that I'm getting a little too old for the whole wild concert pit thing (I'm 22, lol). I'm fine with dancing around during a show, but I really can't stand being pushed, shoved, and having people jump on my feed and rub their hair in my face. I enjoyed the concert much more when I was able to wriggle a little more room in front of myself and when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs started playing more songs from Fever to Tell.

I tried to help you out, Dutch:






Go out and get Tigermilk. You're welcome.

i think it's the guitar playing. it's very mid-late 90s emo, all the major 9 chords and what not. i love it, though, don't get me wrong.


yeah, person pitch is sweet. i just felt like being a smart ass.


i always liked boy with the arab strap more.


today's playlist:

Justice - Cross (their new one, one of the coolest records i've heard this year)
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (great)
Fennesz - Venice (great)
Pekos and Yoro Diallo - Yaala Yaala 01 (some whacked out street percussion from Mali)

Zero Seven- When It Falls

My electronic fascination continues undeterred.

I'm currently throwing down some A.C. (Carl) Newman, The Slow Wonder. Pretty excellent solo album from the New Pornographers frontman.

Brian Eno
Aphex Twin
Autechre

I remember seeing this post a while ago and never replied, "Just Like Honey" is one of my favorite songs ever.

Wang, did you ever hook up the Okkervil River? I've been obsessively listening to them all night. Still haven't had a chance to pick up the new one yet, but I've listened to Down The River of Golden Dreams, Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See, and Black Sheep Boy in that order so far tonight.

Once Black Sheep Boy is done, I'm not sure what I'll listen to. Maybe some Wilco. I'm going to see them in a couple of weeks.

I actually hosted the new Okkervil River album for someone else not 5 minutes ago. Want the link (no legal risk, this way [I don't think])?

Edit: the link's not working. I'll try something else, if you actually want it.

Nah, that's cool. I'll grab it at some point, but I'm about to take off from the computer for the night. Thanks though.

I might see what you're saying in terms of the guitar sounding "mid-to-late 90s," but the time signatures and vocals are super-unique (or at least not super typical), and the riffs are mega-kickass. I never really thought of The Dismemberment Plan as emo sounding. They don't seem whiny enough, and the post-punky DC sound they've always rocked doesn't scream "emo" to me. I mean, they don't exactly remind me of Alkaline Trio or Death Cab for Cutie. Some of the subject material they cover -- isolation and discontent and loneliness-- on Emergency & I might be right in emo's wheelhouse, but the way they approach the material has always struck me as pretty sincere and nonstandard.

Maybe what I'm trying to say is that Travis Morrison is really awesome. I love Change, too. A LOT. Maybe I'll listen to that tonight. I haven't heard it in a while.

I also agree that (cross) is a pretty sweet album. What's with MTV playing that shit, and other music I like from time to time?




Indeed.





Yeah, I only downloaded one of their EPs, and I found the material strange but cool. I haven't heard enough to decide whether I like it or not, but I definitely found myself humming and singing along.


Wang

I gotta start going and seeing more concerts. None of my friends have musical tastes that even remotely resemble mine, and I don't think anyone would hoof it to Ann Arbor for a Menomena show or anything...

Gotta find solution.


Wang

m-e-t-h-o-d MAN. so jealous of my friends who saw wu tang at rock the bells.

I almost road-tripped to that show, because the link was just sick. I'll be getting to see Wu Tang at Bumbershoot, so that kinda makes up for not making it to Rock The Bells.

I had this problem, 'til this spring.

First it was that I was a teenager with little money, and didn't care that much. Then It was the fact that only like three of the shitty southern rock bands of the 20 bands (20 at most) I liked were alive and touring, and for those acts I had to fight all the 60-year-old men for tickets.

And last summer when my taste change, I isolated myself, musically, from my friends. Luckily, employing the pure awesomeness that is Return to Cookie Mountain, among others, I was able to flip my older brother (the nonNickelback one), and since pretty much everyone comes to Atlanta, and I'm about 10 minutes from most major venues, I'm rollin' on fat 22"s, baby boi.

FYP

My only complaint is that Doom wasn't at the Atlanta show.

Get better friends. Boy, that one was easy.

The Man Who Sold The World is not one of my favorite Bowie albums.

listening to a lot of old u2 and old cure lately..have tix to see the cure next month , so i got that going for me...

I've tried so hard to make my friends like the music I like. I succeeded in part with Radiohead, Modest Mouse, and some rappers, but apart from that it's pointless. I see a lot of Radiohead and Modest Mouse shows.




My friends are awesome, they just suck.


Wang

Wang any musical suggestions in the electronic or Wang-Indie genre?

LCD Soundystem- Sound of Silver

More electronic rock or whatever, not so much dance or house music. Listen to the song "Someone Great" and tell me it's not one of the best songs of the year.


Justice- Cross The title of the album is actually a picture of a cross, but whatever. Here's a torrent link. http://search.utorrent.com/search.php?q=Ju...uery%3d&u=1


The Field- From Here We Go Sublime




And the greatest electronica (or whatever the phrase is) album of all time:


Boards of Canada- Music Has the Right to Children



Wang

Also:


Junior Boys - Last Exit

Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye (the single "In the Morning" is sooo catchy)


I can't recommend any of these albums enough.


Wang

Aphex Twin- Richard D. James album

Listening to a good amount of MF Doom today, sprinkled with some Midlake, a little bit of Biggie, and wrapped together with a hearty helping of Sinatra.

As he utters the calm flow
Don't talk about my moms, yo
Sometimes he rhyme quick, sometimes he rhyme slow
And vice versa
Whip up a slice of nice verse pie
Hit it on the first try
Villain: The Worst Guy

Spot hot tracks like spot a pair of fat asses
Shots of the scotch from out of square shot glasses
And he won't stop 'till he got the masses
An' show 'em what they know now through flows of hot molasses

My personal favorite Villain lyric:

Last wish, I wish I had two more wishes
And I wish they fixed the door to the matrix's mad glitches
Spit so many verses sometimes my jaw twitches
One thing this party could use is more...

(clears throat)

Booze





Verily, Mad plays the bass like the race card.

Wang's is one of mine as well, but here's a top ten'er, I think:

I believe I made a post about 90 pages ago saying doom was tight cause who else could rhyme Ionic Breeze Quadra

Anyone here listen to M.C. Frontalot?

im shocked at how bad this turned out to be