Alright, sort of past halfway point, but I've run into a little dry spell, and need some new recs. Figured the best way to find some new stuff would be to get folks to post their favorites of the year so far. Looking at the ones that didn't make the list (MMJ, Bright Eyes, TV on the Radio), there have been some big disappointments this year. Here's my favorites:
1. Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues 2. Radiohead: King of Limbs 3. Vedder: Ukelele Songs 4. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake 5. R.E.M.: Collapse Into Now
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I wouldn't call the MMJ and TV On the Radio albums disappointments, but that's just me.
You're not really helping me out here...
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Ah crap, that one is gonna show up on a lot of lists, but I (prepares for waves of fury) have never really cared for his music, mostly because I (prepares for murder threats) really don't like his vocals.
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track12 wrote:
Farmer John wrote:
Bon Iver
Ah crap, that one is gonna show up on a lot of lists, but I (prepares for waves of fury) have never really cared for his music, mostly because I (prepares for murder threats) really don't like his vocals.
Yeah, his voice could be a deal breaker for some people. Personally, I find that silky smooth falsetto irresistible.
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Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings For My Halo Unknown Mortal Orchestra - S/T Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong Bill Callahan - Apocalpyse James Blake - James Blake The Decemberists - The King Is Dead Destroyer - Kaputt tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l Low - C’mon PJ Harvey - Let England Shake J. Mascis - Several Shades of Why Middle Brother - Middle Brother The Antlers - Burst Apart Beirut - The Rip Tide The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low TV On The Radio - Nine Types of Light Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde Cut Copy - Zonoscope Yuck - Yuck All Tiny Creatures - Harbors Sims - Bad Time Zoo The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck Cults - S/T No Bird Sing - Theft of the Commons My Morning Jacket - Circuital Peter Wolf Crier - Garden of Arms
Iron and Wine, that's another that was a HUGE let-down (after the greatness of Shepherd's Dog).
The Liam Finn recommendation sounds promising...I'll definitely check that one out.
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Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings For My Halo Unknown Mortal Orchestra - S/T Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong Bill Callahan - Apocalpyse James Blake - James Blake The Decemberists - The King Is Dead Destroyer - Kaputt tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l Low - C’mon PJ Harvey - Let England Shake J. Mascis - Several Shades of Why Middle Brother - Middle Brother The Antlers - Burst Apart Beirut - The Rip Tide The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low TV On The Radio - Nine Types of Light Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde Cut Copy - Zonoscope Yuck - Yuck All Tiny Creatures - Harbors Sims - Bad Time Zoo The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck Cults - S/T No Bird Sing - Theft of the Commons My Morning Jacket - Circuital Peter Wolf Crier - Garden of Arms
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings For My Halo Unknown Mortal Orchestra - S/T Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong Bill Callahan - Apocalpyse James Blake - James Blake The Decemberists - The King Is Dead Destroyer - Kaputt tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l Low - C’mon PJ Harvey - Let England Shake J. Mascis - Several Shades of Why Middle Brother - Middle Brother The Antlers - Burst Apart Beirut - The Rip Tide The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low TV On The Radio - Nine Types of Light Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde Cut Copy - Zonoscope Yuck - Yuck All Tiny Creatures - Harbors Sims - Bad Time Zoo The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck Cults - S/T No Bird Sing - Theft of the Commons My Morning Jacket - Circuital Peter Wolf Crier - Garden of Arms
Albums: Alex Turner - Submarine EP Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine James Blake - s/t Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner in the Dark YACHT - Shangri-La Papercuts - Fading Parade Javelin - Canyon Candy Bibio - Mind Bokeh
Songs: John Maus - Believer Cass McCombs - County Line Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread Toro Y Moi - New Beat Smith Westerns - End of the Night Panda Bear - Last Night at the Jetty YACHT - I Walked Alone Cults - Abducted Black Lips - Modern Art Radiohead - Little By Little Bibio - Anything New Bibio - All Their Sisters Fleet Foxes - Lorelai Papercuts - Do You Really Want to Know Holy Ghost! - Some Children The Strokes - Gratisfaction The Weeknd - Glass Table Girls Washed Out - Far Away Alex Turner - Stuck on the Puzzle Alex Turner - Piledriver Waltz James Blake - Unluck James Blake - I Never Learnt to Share
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The Antlers Burst Apart A.J. Roach Pleistocene Glasvegas Euphoric Heartbreak PJ Harvey Let England Shake British Sea Power Valhalla Dancehall Blackfield Welcome To My DNA Arctic Monkeys Suck It And See The Do Both Ways Open Jaws The Decemberists The King Is Dead Friendly Fires Pala The Dodos No Color Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will The Kills Blood Pressures TV on the Radio Nine Types Of Light Roddy Woomble The Impossible Songs & Other Songs sebastiAn Total The Strokes Angles Stateless Matilda The Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Belong Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Iron & Wine Kiss Each Other Clean Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 Trail Of Dead Tao Of The Dead Elbow Build a Rocket Boys! R.E.M. Collapse Into Now Destroyer Kaputt Cut Copy Zonoscope Okkervil River I Am Very Far Death Cab For Cutie Codes And Keys The Twilight Singers Dynamite Steps The Streets Computers and Blues Radiohead The King Of Limbs Beady Eye Different Gear?Still Speeding Up Cold War Kids Mine Is Yours Devotchka 100 Lovers White Lies Ritual My Morning Jacket Circuital The Boxer Rebellion The Cold Still James Blake James Blake Lia Ices Grown Unknown Toro y Moi Underneath The Pine Battles Gloss Drop Snider/Worde/Signal Penelope
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adele - 21 beirut - the rip tide bon iver - bon iver crystal stilts - in love with oblivion dawes - nothing is wrong eddie vedder - ukelele songs explosions in the sky - take care, take care, take care guillemots - walk the river mountain goats - all eternals deck other lives - tamer animals this will destroy you - tunnel blanks william elliott whitmore - field songs
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The Palestinians have really disappointed me in 2011, thus far. But we have time to see if things get better. I'd say the Isreali output has been fantastic though.
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Glasvegas - Euphoric Heartbreak The Decemberists - The King Is Dead Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Radiohead - The King Of Limbs beirut - the rip tide eddie vedder - ukelele songs explosions in the sky - take care, take care, take care
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