Damn I forgot about the lastest one from Coheed and Cambria on my top 2005

Yeah.. I don't want to go on too much.. because i hate getting hyped albums that will never match your expectations... but i found it through Amazon's "if you like" etc coincidentally just after it was released and bought it just off the samples... I was pleasantly surprised.. then i read the reviews on pitchfork and RS etc.. and yeah.. if you like folksy falsetto sweet stuff... you should dig it.

well said and good going controlling yourself on the hype rant, im working on that technique myself :1orglaugh

I listen to a very wide variety, but overall there is a pretty clear winner IMO...


Jacks Mannequin - Everything In Transit


Honorable mentions...


Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace

Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists

Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth

Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor

holy shit billy corgan & oasis are back!?!?

Hahhaha.. tbh.. I think expectations play a bigger role than people think when it comes to liking a movie or album... Sometimes it's really hard to shake the fact you thought something was going to kickass and you spend the whole movie or whatever waiting for the ass to start kicking in... And then sometimes you find a little gem from a band you've never heard before it can change your life.
Thats why I actually like hearing bad reviews sometimes.. makes some stuff seem more kick ass than it is because you're like "huh? wheres the shittyness?" I must say though.. it works better for movies than for albums.
As to whether it's the cure for cancer... well..I did put it at the top of my list :)

i got mad hyped about twin cinema, and i never got past like 4 songs. :(

Lamb of God - Killadelphia. Best fucking metal album you'll ever hear. :2 cents:

oh cancer.. how good is Casimir Pulaski Day? argghh.. my lipbiting is being undermined.... fuck this. Silvertab.. paste "Casimir Pulaski Day" into amazon popular music and download the whole song for free. Listen at least 3 times before you make a judgement.

Yeah.. it's not the best thing ever even though overall it's pretty good.. but.. after Slow Wonder I can put up with a lot of it a lot easier. You've got Slow right?

50 albums that aren't as good as illinois ;)

No actually, I've been ignorant to the pornographers, and newman, and neko case until twin cinema....and the hype didn't serve it well, so i never checked out the rest...what are the other albums like?

ok downloaded it

bhutocracy: you got Arcade Fire right?

I like it so far man! (sufjan)... sounds good to me!...


oh BTW if you havent got them already, grab the 2 albums from The Shins! :)

(you probably have them though)

It's.. i dunno.. better harmonies and hooks? more stylistical whole?... type "miracle drug" into amazon for a free mp3.. although it's not the best on the album.. sign up at allofmp3.com and give it a good listen & buy.. or maybe last.fm and try and pick "out on the table" & "most of us are prize fighters" and try and listen. I don't really do filesharing. maybe it's easier that way.

New pornographers is definitly more some kind of power-pop...whatever it is...I like it :)

Neither album is great all the way through (what album is these days?), but there are bright spots.

If you were a Smashing Pumpkins fan around 1997, you'll remember they started experimenting with electronic sounds. This Corgan album seems to be a continuation of that. It's nothing like Zwan or the last couple Pumpkins albums.

The Oasis album is carried by Noel's two songs. Liam isn't bad, but the style of this album is unlike what they've done in the past and it's always going to be hard to beat how he sounded on Morning Glory.

Is the pope catholic? :) yeah i kinda accidentally left them off my list.. I ignored them for a while but on the strength of repeated exposure to the single's videoclip on late night rage (music vid program here) i eventually bought the CD. It's good shit. Slower growing but the better for it.

Matt: You just did 3k hehe

im really an album person, I can't really listen to artists who don't have albums that are good from beginning to end. I don't use shuffle..reminds me of the radio. Are there any albums from that crew that are solid that i should check out?

Twin Cinema was hyped up to be that crew's crowning achievement thus far, so after dismissing that, I never looked into anything else...

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) is one of my favorite song EVER...

just writting the name is giving me chills....I listen to that song in some good headphones, with the volume cranked up, and Im flying...

You got the EP too?

no!...which is a shame...since I like the album so much..

but I heard it was nothing close to Funerals

System of a Down-Hypnotize

jesus who did you hear that from?

I don't even think these sick bastards are remotely capable of writing a bad song.

You must get it now. You must get it now. You must get it now. You must get it now. You must get it now. You must get it now.

Oh my god im just thinking about the songs on that thing... No Cars Go, My Heart Is An Apple, Headlights Look Like Diamonds...oh my god I wish I had it on my ipod for the drive home :(

Hehe give it another couple of spins.. i was hooked after the 3rd time..
Oh yeah.. the motherfucking shins.. put it this way... im the biggest candy ass sweet tooth motherfucker here. If it's harmonic pop i've either got it or im sooo ignorant I desperatly need to be told because i'll buy it asap like a jonesing junky.

Do you know anything poppier than

The La's
AC Newman
Beulah
Neutral Milk Hotel
Apples in Stereo
?

Let me know :)

Also I think you'd like animal collective.. great pop lines hidden in a kinda more distorted arcade fire type layered sound.

Slow wonder is a great album.. but there are always stand out tracks.. even illinois tones it's greatness right down after wasps.. it's better than twin cinema.

nice nice...new bands to check out :)

(oh and Im definitly downloading Arcade Fire's EP)

Theres this small record store like 5 minutes from here...guy ONLY sells pop/rock/electro....

he's got TONS AND TONS of shit like superfury animals, new pornographers etc...and I really mean TONS

Oh my god, did Neutral Milk Hotel and the Apples In Stereo just get mentioned on GFY :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

hahah.. this is the second time i believe.. that makes at least 3 elephant 6 fans here.:thumbsup

on a slightly different note: anyone liked Crimes from the Blood Brothers???


definitly one of my top albums... :)

but DEFINITLY not for everyone LOL

Here's two cool videos:

Animal Collective Performing 'Purple Bottle'

http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0...929EJ2TF5HHYAW

Animal Collective Performing 'Winter's Love/Baby Day'

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0...01XUIF67UQVEUR

lol never heard of it what type of music?

nice - im uploading grass and flash canoe as we speak.. hang on a sec im doing a bit of a sampler that will be up for 30min

videos of performances of grass and flesh canoe?!

actually not that it will benefit you maxy.. we seem to be on the same wavelength lol

no it was mainly mp3's for silvertab after i mentioned them in the same breath as arcade fire.. which they aren't really.. just kinda needed to show what i meant with flash canoe.. which an arcade fire fan would like i think..

Blood Brothers - Love rhymes with hideous car wrecks


really weird band...2 singers...one of them is gay...