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[DaisyBomb]

This was really hard for me this year. I haven't listened to everything
I've wanted to hear , since I'm no longer working in a record store.
I'm sure I missed a few!

(in no particular order)

Luke Haines - Luke Haines is Dead
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
Minibosses - Brass
Robyn Hitchcock - Obliteration Pie
The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence
Sleeping People - S/T
Supergrass - Road to Rouen


go!

[capthfc]

i just had to compile a top 20 list for the College Times...

and here it is


1. Sigur Ros – Takk..
2. broken social scene – s/t
3. M83 – Before the dawn Heals Us
4. constantines – tournament of hearts
5. trail of dead – world’s apart
6. wedding present – take fountain
7. Engineers – s/t
8. Low – the great destroyer
9. danger doom – the mouse and the mask
10. the hold steady – separation Sunday
11. iron and wine/Calexico – in the reins
12. sage francis – a healthy distrust
13. hot snakes – peel sessions
14. Eazy-E: Eternal E: Gangsta Memorial Edition
15. Caribou: The Milk of Human Kindness
16. silver jews – tanglewood numbers
17. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
18. mogwai – government commissions
19. tarentel – we move through weather
20. R. Kelly – the ‘Trapped in the Closet’ series

[unluckycharm]

I'm woefully unaware of tons of new music so I'll say I really liked these new releases:

Gorillaz - Demon Days
Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
Brazilian Girls - (same title)

Best Music DVD - Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
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old releases I heard this year that were great:
Songs Ohia - Magnolia Electric Company

[DaisyBomb]

capthfc, your list contains almost every album i had trouble taking out of my list to narrow it to 10! awesome.

[capthfc]

capthfc, your list contains almost every album i had trouble taking out of my list to narrow it to 10! awesome.

rad

[raubhimself]

Minibosses - Brass
Chromelodeon - Heart of Sawdust
Sleeping People - S/T
Fatigo - Menso
Gorillaz - Demon Days

it's all i got

[mig50]

i don't even know if i bought ten albums that came out this year. hmm...

minibosses - brass
minibosses/penny winblood
riddle of steel - got this feeling
traindodge - under black sails ep
chromelodeon - heart of sawdust
the life and times - suburban hymns
fantomas - suspended animation
i hate you when you're pregnant - the fifth demo
queens of the stone age -lullabies to paralyze

um...shit, i think that's it. maybe i'll think of more.

i bought the new nine inch nails album, but i don't think the three songs i like on it make it worthy of a top ten list. haha

[jesse]

sufjan stevens - illinois
the (international) noise conspiracy - armed love
m83 - before the dawn heals us
pelican - the fire in our throats will beckon the thaw
the magic numbers - s/t
the minibosses - brass
sleeping people - s/t
wilderness - s/t
magnolia electric company - what comes after the blues
red sparowes - at the soundless dawn

most disapointing: the joggers - with a cape and a cane
man, 'solid guild' was such an awesome album, too.

[mig50]

hmm...i need to listen to that red sparrowes album more.

maybe it'll be on my top 10 in a few days.

[natalie]

1. Fiery Furnaces - EP
2. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
3. Decemberists - Picaresque
4. The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
5. Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
8. Death Cab - Plans

[Shervz0r]

In alphabetic order as I scan my Winamp library sorted by year...

Amon Tobin - Chaos Theory Soundtrack
Explosions Into The Sky - How Strange, Innocence (The latter portion of "Look Into The Air" is gut wrenchingly good)
Fatigo - Menso (I still need to buy this sad.gif)
Hot Snakes - Peel Sessions (RIP Peel)
Junius - Forcing Out The Silence
Minibosses, The - Brass
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton Explicit Lyrics ONLY cut (yeah, not really an album, but this is fucking genius)
Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
Red Sparrowes - At The Soundless Dawn
Riddle Of Steel - Got This Feelin'

[guitarduane]

i'm probably going to take some heat for this, but i can take it, so i'll go ahead and stay in the kitchen.

-Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
-Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
-White Strips - Get Behind Me Satan
-Jimmy Eat World - Stay On My Side Tonight
-Mr. Kline + The Wizards of Time - This Albums Cursed!
-Alkaline Trio - Crimson
-Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
-Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
-Beck - Guero
-Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask

[weener]

I totally have not even listened to 10 albums that were released this year. Here's the list of the ones I've heard and liked, total:

1. Minibosses- Brass
2. Ween - Shinola
3. Andrew Jackson Jihad
4. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of Natural History - last year, but late last year so who cares?

[Ninjaneer]

Jesu - S/T
Red Sparrowes - At the Soundless Dawn
Pelican - The fire in our throats will beckon the thaw
Doves - Some Cities
M83 - Before the dawn heals us
Big Business - Head for the Shallow
Sigur Ros - Takk
MIA - Arular
Kisnki - Alpine Static
Part Chimp - I am come