Mike Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 OK, I thought I'd kick off a discussion about albums that we liked in 2008; Here are mine Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery Kings of Leon - Only By The Night Pete & The Pirates - Little Death Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles Mystery Jets - Twenty One MGMT - Oracular Spectacular Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs The Breeders - Mountain Battles What did you play? btw, no need to do a link for each one... I'm just a bit bored.. can you tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Interested that you liked Mountain Battles, as I think the album is particularly weak. That said, it turned out it was only the production that was poor, tho - we went to see them in Camden in April (unfortunately didn't get to have dinner with them beforehand like we did at the last gig ), and the songs had a lot more energy performed live than came across on the recorded versions - maybe I just don't have the ear for it...... Overall, I don't think 2008 has been a particularly great year for new music. But maybe that says more about me than about the music scene! Maybe I'm finally getting old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 aww come on Mr Snooze.. it's been a great year..! a tad heavy on the eighties revival things I'll give you, but lots going on and lots of different sounds. I had the same feeling on the first couple of listens to Mountain Battles.. but I did warm to it quicker that I did Title TK. I think MB is the 'art' album for them. It feels a bit closer to Pod than anything else they've done. Pod is one of the greatest albums of all time, for me. That said, Kim could sing the phone book and I'd be happy. You had dinner with Kim!? come on, I need the full story now.. she's a bit of a hero of mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Pod is a great album - true (although Last Splash tends to be the one that I pull out most often). Yeah - dinner with the Breeders (of sorts!) - funny story that! Was at their previous visit to the UK (think it was 2005) - they were playing at Blackheath Halls - a local venue normally reserved for chamber music and choir groups by the looks of it. We got their early, so we popped into a nearby pizza place, and got directed to the only remaining empty table in one corner of the restaurant. Not long after we sat down, a strange french girl wandered over to our table and asked to join us - but the conversation was almost impossible (she had very poor english and us very poor french), so we weren't really sure what she was going on about when she started asking us if we were going to the gig, if we knew the band and how we'd managed to book that table....... It was only after we'd started eating, and a few minutes after she'd given up trying to make us understand what she meant and had left in frustration that we actually realised what she'd been going on about. At the very next table were the band!!! I'd been sat no more than 3 feet away from Kelley, on the same bench the whole bl**dy time - as they'd been sat there quietly, we'd been too distracted by our new, funny, foreign friend to even notice! They were really friendly, and had a quick chat before they had to head off to get ready - top gig it was too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone is probably the best thing I've heard this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Metallica - Death Magnetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Yeah - dinner with the Breeders (of sorts!) - funny story that! Excellent story mate! My mate lives round the corner from that place. I actually visited him the weekend prior to the gig.. and then pleaded with him to be around the following weekend so I could kip at his place and see them... but he went on holiday instead.. git! I saw them at Reading Fest way back when, and they were awesome. They're curating All Tomorrows Parties next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Metallica - Death Magnetic I did wonder how long it would take before someone mentioned this one I'm so slack I haven't even listened to it yet... I just think of Frantic whenever I hear them. I prefer their reality TV stuff these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Great thread Mike I have two more to add... both Seattle based, on Subpop; Band of Horses - Cease to Begin Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Both bands are a bit folky and slightly hippyish... if that's your taste? Some of our more mature members may appreciate these two They would both be a good support act for Kings of Leon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I'll probably add more later but I'm quick liking... Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin and i Still Got Most of it Left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I'll probably add more later but I'm quick liking... Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin and i Still Got Most of it Left I like a couple of songs on Dog House Music, but I think he's more of a one to see live personally. Not heard the new album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Me neither... but I think I saw him doing some stuff on SXSW earlier this year...? tar Michael I shall check him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone is probably the best thing I've heard this year Slipknot are sounding more like StoneSour now. Not a bad thing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone is probably the best thing I've heard this year Are they good now? I used to like them, then thought they went a bit cr@ppy so stopped listening to them but if there good again then I might have to invest in that album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Are they good now? The Cure nabbed their producer for their last effort... high praise indeed. Slipknot are a serious band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Most of what Mike said. I'm not really an album listener though. I get all my favourite songs from various artists and put them on my own compilation. I'm loving the new Lilly Allen song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Maybe you should start another thread entitle 'best pop record of 2008'..? I feel a heavy bias towards Rihanna coming on.... from certain quarters.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Maybe you should start another thread entitle 'best pop record of 2008'..? I feel a heavy bias towards Rihanna coming on.... from certain quarters.. I don't just listen to pop, excuse me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris2o2 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Slipknot are sounding more like StoneSour now. Not a bad thing at all. Unless you dont like stonesour . I dont want slipknot to lose the anger . Protest the hero - Fortress Opeth - Watershed Slipknot - All hope is gone In Flames - A sense of purpose Im liking Chinese democracy as well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Not usually my kind of thing, but I did enjoy the album Pendulum did this year ("Silico"?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Maybe you should start another thread entitle 'best pop record of 2008'..? I feel a heavy bias towards Rihanna coming on.... from certain quarters.. Hellllllooooo:sly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I'm loving the new Lilly Allen song. Erm... me too! Heard it last Monday and thought it was really good. She was being interviewed too. What a dirty laugh she has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Erm... me too! I'm not a big fan of hers but I really like it. Think it's the tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I'm not a big fan of hers but I really like it. Think it's the tune. I like the clever wordplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I like the clever wordplay. She's almost Morrissey now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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