I'm very curious as to what types of music fellow TBers are listening to these days, and since it's almost the end of 2007, I figured I might as well ask. Worst that could happen is that my topic gets deleted for being stupid. Anyway, let's see what your 10 favorite albums released this year are. Feel free to just list, or give a little explanation as to why you like the albums if you like.

I know some people here probably don't like much music today, but I'm sure quite a few of you here are like myself, getting into new music all the time.

1) Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow
2) Rosetta - Wake/Lift
3) Between The Buried And Me - Colors
4) Immanu El - They'll Come They Come
5) Kayne West -Graduation
6) Holy ****! - LP
7) The Dear Hunter - Act II The Meaning Of, And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
8) The Chariot - The Fiancee
9) Kidcrash - Jokes
10) The Ocean - Precambrian

Mine aren't in any real order

1. The Horseshoe Curve - Trey Anastasio.
2. White Moth - Xavier Rudd
3. Dystopia - Midnight Juggernauts
4. † - Justice
5. Is Is - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6. Scott Edgar and the Universe - Scott Edgar and the Universe
7. I Believe there's Something Us Believers Can't Believe In - Miyagi(only an ep really)
8. The Name of the Band is... - Bruce(Another ep)
9. Sun Rise/Sun Down - Jesu
10. Ziltoid the Omniscient

Yeah, I managed to fit in a reasonable range of stuff this year.

1. Down III - Over the Under
2. Nile - Ithyphallic
3. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
4. Om - Pilgrimage
5. Heaven & Hell - Live from Radio City

incidentally the only 5 albums i bought all year that were new 2006 was a lot better year for music >:(

Apart from "Snakes and Arrows" by Rush and the "Art Metal Trio" record by Jonas Hellborg, I can't think of much that has come out this year!

1] Between the Buried and Me- Colors
2] The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
3]Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
4]The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
5]Grayskul - Bloody Radio

Snakes And Arrows by Rush & Super Taranta by Gogol Bordello are the only ones I even remember.

Coheed and Cambria's new album is really the only thing I was looking forward to. I don't listen to many artists that are out in this day and age, and those I do I don't follow enough to get their album when it releases.

Actually, my list would be this:
1. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume II: No World For Tomorrow
2. The Julius Airwave - The City the Forest
3. They Might Be Giants - The Else

So yeah, I have to include a local band, who's CD I picked up at the release party. And They Might Be Giants is always good, I just didn't like the CD as much as some of their other works.

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
Amp Fiddler - Afro Strut
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Travis - The Boy With No Name
Air - Pocket Symphony

Some of my favorites off the top of my head:

Rush-Snakes and Arrows
Dillinger Escape Plan- Ire Works
Behold...The Arctopus- Skullgrid
Porcupine Tree- Fear Of A Black Planet

Super Taranta by Gogol Bordello...

Gogol Bordello + Super Taranta release concert = Best night of my life. :D

5) Kayne West -Graduation


First rap album on my iPod ever. I really liked it.

1. Chuck Brown - About the Business (Track 4 has a GREAT version of "Liberty City" - they have another bass player playing an R&B line under the solo - cool stuff)

2. Jill Scott's album

Unfortunately, all of the albums I've purchased this year have been used, or released prior to this year.

Queens Of The Stone Age-Era Vulgaris
OM-Pilgrimage
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Rustic Overtones-Light At The End
High On Fire-Death Is This Communion.
Conifer/Ocean - Building State Empire/Durance Vile split.

I'm sure there are others I've forgotten about, but those six spring to mind right away.

edit: I knew it! I forgot The Conifer/Ocean split.

The Blackening - - Machine Head (in my opinion the very best metal album of the year!!!)

Snakes and Arrows - - Rush

Year Zero - - NIN

Internal Revolution - - Diecast (just played with them Sunday!!!)

III In The Eyes of Fire - - Uneath

Underoath

Not much else I can think of.

Lots of good music here. I've heard most of these releases, but mark, did you really like the new Rilo Kiley? I thought it was one of the biggest letdowns this year. That and the new Shins, anyway. Now that I'm looking, Deluge of Sound, I was pretty dissapointed in the new OM too. I only listened to it 3 times though. So it might come around and make me a fan later.

I don't have a top ten but I think Radiohead's In Rainbows is the top for me. :smug:

dont have ten.


i was glad ot see the rustic overtones put out another album

if "neon bible" form the arcade fire was this year, then it definitely is the top for me

i also dug pharoah monches new album, kanye's new album some new radiohead stuff and tv on the radio....although i think that was form last year.

ooooh, i also really like eddie vedder's solo soundtrack to "into the wild". very cool stuff.

Since 10,000 Days was released, nothing of any real interest has come out....

...well snakes and arrows was a nice effort, but it really is just a novelty for us Rush fans that they continue to put out albums. It's not like they are putting out stuff like Hemispheres anymore.

A few people mentioned Coheed and Cambria...what's the deal there? The little I heard seemed blah...what am I missing?

I like Coheed's pop oriented rock, basically. I have fairly diversified tastes, and usually when I talk to people about my favorite albums this year, they also ask what I see in Coheed and Cambria. It's entertained me and been played in my iPod more than any other album this year basically. Catchy, simple prog rock with pop sensibility = win.

i forgot to mention wilco's "sky blue sky" great album. dosnt hang with their previosu releases liek "ghost is born" and "yankee foxtrot hotel", but it is better than anythgin else i heard this year.

Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Behold...The Arctopus - Skullgrid
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume II: No World For Tomorrow
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Scale The Summit - Monument
Job For A Cowboy - Genesis
Horse The Band - A Natural Death
Calle 13 -Residente o Visitante

Of all the Albums I got this year the one that is still on my MP3 player is Scale The Summit. Great band from the south, check em out.

CIRCA: 2007
Tony Kaye - Hammond and other keys
Alan White - Drums and Percussions
Billy Sherwood - Kubicki Exfactor Four and KeyFactor Five with Rotosounds and Line 6 treatments
Jimmy Haun - Guitars

Great stuff.

1. † - Justice
2. Maths & english -Dizzee rascal
3. Hats off to the Busker- The View
4. Life in Cartoon Motion- Mika
5. Handbuilt by Robots - Newton Faulkner

Systematic Chaos...

Zoroaster - dog magic

type o- dead again

Avenged Sevenfold - self titled
Tegan & Sara - The Con
Josh Turner - Everything Is Fine
Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow

Job For A Cowboy - Genesis


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Off the top of my head:

The Horrors - Strange House
Pelican - City of Echos
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
Soulsavers and Mark Lanegan - It's not how far you fall, it's the way you land

need to think more about the last five. The new High on Fire will probably make the list if their show next week is good!

Off the top of my head:

The Horrors - Strange House
Pelican - City of Echos
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
Soulsavers and Mark Lanegan - It's not how far you fall, it's the way you land

need to think more about the last five. The new High on Fire will probably make the list if their show next week is good!

You're going to See High On Fire? Take pictures! For The LOVE OF GOD TAKE PICTURES OF MATT PIKE'S RIG!

The Redwalls came out with a good album this year. I bought it at their concert.

Good stuff.

You're going to See High On Fire? Take pictures! For The LOVE OF GOD TAKE PICTURES OF MATT PIKE'S RIG!

It's High on Fire/Pelican co-headlining. Should be awesome - I'll try and borrow a camera. Doesn't Matt Pike take a tech from Soldano on the road because he blows so many amps?

Dude, It wouldn't surprise me. The fact that you're seeing Pelican too just makes it worse... :crying:

But the fact remains that Matt Pike has one of the best guitar tones in metal today, and a large part of that is his volume.

If you can pretend that Pelican is only drumming, then it probably won't hurt as much that you won't be able to see them... but High on Fire should mean automatic go.

Wrong side of the ocean, unfortunately.

I had to miss seeing OM too, they played across the state and since I'm at college I don't have a car. :crying:

Well, I don't know what else to say then, lol. I love Pelican, but at times I just can't stand to listen to the horrible drumming. For 3 albums and however many EPs, you figure the guy would get a little better at timing and knowing where fills should go. Anyway, that sucks you missed OM. I didn't like the last album, as I've said previously, but Conference Of The Birds totally owned me when it came out.

I love Pelican, but at times I just can't stand to listen to the horrible drumming. For 3 albums and however many EPs, you figure the guy would get a little better at timing and knowing where fills should go.
You really think so? I love the drumming on the March into the Sea EP and it's never bothered me on the other records. Sure, he's no Brann Dailor but he does the job for me!

Herwig to me is always the opposite of what is called for. If it's light, he's going heavy. If it's fast, he's going slow. I just picture him randomly hitting drums in the studio, arms akimbo. I'm a big fan of Pelican, but I'd be a bigger fan if Herwig learned how to get along with their songs.

Snakes and Arrows
We were dead before the boat sank (2006?)
ummmmmmm wow I should have been born in the 70's, more my time..

Bomb The Music Industry! - Get Warmer
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
Andrew Jackson Jihad! - People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People
Sundowner - Four One Five Two
Defiance, Ohio - The Fear, the fear, the fear

are the ones that come to mind

Arcade Fire - Neon BibleI saw them on Austin City Limits (TV show)... really awesome.

1. Radiohead- In Rainbows
2. Interpol- Our Love To Admire
3. Rilo Kiley- Under The Blacklight
4. Minus The Bear- Planet Of Ice
5. Bright Eyes- Cassadaga
6. Bright Eyes- Four Winds
7. From Autumn To Ashes- Holding A Wolf By The Ears
8. The Shins- Wincing The Night Away
9. Explosions In The Sky- All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
10. Between The Buried And Me- Colors

Honorable mention to:
Teagan And Sara- The Con, The Arcade Fire- Neon Bible, Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, Kaiser Chiefs- Yours Truly Angry Mob, Rouge Wave- Asleep At Heaven's Gate, and The Fall Of Troy- Manipulator.

I saw more than one 'Not such a good year for music's before me, which I completley disagree with. A ton of VERY good albums were released. And '07 had a lot to live up to, as '06 produced more than a handful of my favorite albums of all time... (Brand New- The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me, Cursive- Happy Hollow, The Slip- Eisenhower, mewithoutYou- Broter, Sister, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin- Broom, Mogwai- Mr. Beast, Russian Circles- Enter).

Matthew Good - Hospital Music
Thrice - The Alchemy Index, Vol 1 & 2
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Grinderman - Grinderman
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
Feist - The Reminder
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

Wait.

How could I forget: Neverending White Lights - Act II: The Blood and the Life Eternal


That was really hard. :D

Thrice - The Alchemy Index, Vol 1 & 2I'm a huge Thrice fan and I was just hoping for something more. It's good, though. Not great. Maybe it just needs to grow on me.

I think Thrice's whole DIY route this time around added to The Alchemy Index's appeal. I thought I'd like the Fire disc's sound better, but I think Water is better personally.

I think Thrice's whole DIY route this time around added to The Alchemy Index's appeal. I thought I'd like the Fire disc's sound better, but I think Water is better personally.

Agreed on all counts. I think Thrice is only progressing in the right direction. :)

Yeah, I really was a bit weary when they announced the 4 disc stuff, because I like Thrice's heavier stuff. When I heard it was going to be about the elements, I was like "Wow, I bet the Water disc is going to be a slow, boring, ballad type thing." Happy surprises for me though, it's awesome.

Ah, how could I forget:
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

My top ten (13) for 2007

1 - Peter Case - Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
2 - Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days 100 Nights
3 - The Sadies - New Seasons
4 - The Mendoza Line-30 Year Low
5 - Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
6 - Jason Isbell - Sirens of the Ditch
7 - The Mekons - Natural
8 - Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
9 - Gram Parsons & Flying Burrito Brothers - Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969
10 - Tommy Womack - There, I Said It!
11 - Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez - Live From The Ruhr Triennale
12 - Eilen Jewel - Letters from Sinners & Strangers
13 - Otis Taylor - Definition Of A Circle

just a plug if you like this kind of music or play music that you think would go along with this list - I have a radio show called Common Thread on Monday nights, eatern time zone, from 7:00-10:00 PM.

WDVR
89.7 on the FM dial in Cebtral NJ
www.wdvrfm.org - we stream
Sergeantsville NJ 08557

most of the station is country and blurgrass but we do have some diversity there too

TW

4. Life in Cartoon Motion- Mika


my nearly-3 year old LOVES Mika...

Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet was the best this year IMO, it was a pretty thin year though

This days I really have to search for a good music,so maybe this is why I have only 6 in my list. This year I was inspired by the following:

Erik Truffz - Arkhangelsk
E.S.T. - Live in Hamburg
Meshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams
Raul Midon - A World Within A World
Guru's Jazzmatazz Vol.4
Turtle Island Quartet - Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane

I discovered also some other good music, but it was released earlier.

1. Alcest- Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde
2. Jesu- Conqueror
3. Dinosaur Jr- Beyond
4. Opeth- The Roundhouse Tapes
5. Thrushes- Sun Come Undone (Local shoegaze)
6. Illogicist- The Insight Eye
7. Year of No Light- Nord
8. Bergraven- Dodsvisioner
9. Jesu & Eluvium- Split
10. Explosions In the Sky- All of the Sudden I Miss Everyone

Ire Works - The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Jesus Fist Tapes - Ruiner Severhead
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust - Saul Williams
Down III

Those are the only albums from 2007 that I bought/aquired in 2007. +1 to whoever said 2006 was better for music.

I really liked the first two cuts on Prince's Planet Earth.

I need to go and get that Kings of Leon and MShell Ndegeocello

also Odessa, Dimmer, and fingers crossed Matt Johnson (the the) gets something out like real quick.

In no particular order...
Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
Justice - Cross
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
Bloc Party - Weekend In The City
New Mastersounds - 102%
Quantic Soul Orchestra - Tropidelico
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times

Boris - Walrus/Groon
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Hella - There's No 666 in Outer Space.


Pretty weak.

I'm glad to see some love for Queens of the Stone Age, but suprised no one mentioned Minus the Bear. I had to pick a top 10 for the record store I worked at so I had this down easily:

01) Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
02) Minus The Bear - Planet of Ice
03) Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vol I & II
04) Flight Of The Conchords - The Distant Future EP
05) The Arbitrarys - Anticipation is our Destination (Local band)
06) Radiohead - In Rainbows
07) Buck 65 - Situation
08) Coheed & Cambria - No World For Tomorrow
09) Circa Survive - On Letting Go
10) Kaddisfly - Set Sail the Prairie

With honerable mention to Biffy Clryo, The Cancer Conspiracy, NIN, Metric, Feist, Quick Said The Bird (other locals), Tegan & Sara and tons of others.

BTW, for those of you who say there is very little new out there that is any good you should all get your heads of the dirt and start experiencing all the good music that is coming out.

These are the ones I think of but not in any particular order and sorry I can't remember all of the titles:

Tal Wilkenfields debut album
Jeff Schmidt's debut album (Outre)
Jonas Helborg - Art Metal
Michael Breaker's final album
Yves Carbonne's debut album
Any and all of Michael Manrings projects this year

There are others but I'll have to think of them a little more

i can't think of a single album i bought which was released this year.

I was pleasantly surprised by Coheed & Cambria's No World For Tomorrow

I got the new Monster Magnet album 4 Way Diabolo yesterday and it's actually the best yet. It makes my list. Still need to decide on the other four.

Hadrien Feraud - Hadrien Feraud w/ John McLaughlin
Soulive - No Place Like Soul
Rush - Snakes & Arrows
Stanley Clarke - The Toys Of Men
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Prince - Planet Earth
The Bad Plus - Prog
The Cult - Born Into This
Nils Landgren Funk Unit - License To Funk
Bernie Worrell - Improvisczario

Yeah, I'd say my favorite album of the year is definitely No World for Tomorrow. Coheed & Cambria just got it right... Also, what I've heard of Dead Reckoning by Threshold has really impressed me so far. Minutes to Midnight was okay... Could have been better, but not bad. It made me miss the ultra-heavy industrial rock of Hybrid Theory...

Ween - La Cucaracha
Jesu - Conqueror

...

Those are the only two albums from this year that I gave an honest listen to...

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Einstürzende Neubauten - Alles Wieder Offen
Matthew Good - Hospital Music
Saul Williams - The Inevitable and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Those are the top ones i listen to regularly and can honestly call them my favorites. 6 is close enough :P

The only two albums that I got that came out this year are-

1) Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. (Great!)
2) Radiohead - In Rainbows (Great too, I paid them 2 bucks for it)

I'm not with the times I guess.

Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Bad Brains - Build a Nation
Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
Hypnos 69 - some reissue (originally from 90's, methinks)

...was this it? The year was alright.

These are not in any real order.

1. NoFX - They've Actually Gotten Worse Live
Why? - It's a NoFX live CD. Hell yeah its gonna be on my list.
Standouts - "You're Wrong" "New Happy Birthday Song"
2. Anberlin - Cities
Why? - Because I am a huge emo-fan!
Standouts - "Hello, Alone" "(*fin)"
3. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Why? - Props for proving getting off Heroin means you have to suck. You get just noisy and weird.
Standouts - "In This Twilight" "Zero-Sum"
4. Rush - Snakes and Arrows.
Why? - I'm a bass player. I kinda have too.
Standouts - All of them
5. Mae - Singularity
Why? - While it's not a great "Mae" CD, Its a great CD all the same. It's crappy that half the band quit last month.
Standouts - "Crazy 8s" "Home" "Last Transmission II"
6. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
Why? - It's Basically Bleed American II: Bleed Harder! I'm okay with that.
Standouts - "Firefight" "Dizzy"
7. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Why? - I'm convinced Minus the Bear can record themselves clipping their nails and it would be amazing.
Standouts - "Knights" "Double Vision Quest"
8. Stars - In our Bedroom After the War.
Why? - Hard to say. I'm just going with it.
Standouts - "The Night Starts Here" "Life 2: The Unhappy Ending"
9. Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
Why? - Would me saying that Max Bemis is this generation's Syd Barrett get me killed? Bring it you ****ing hippies!
Standouts - "Surgically Removing the Tracking Device" "Died a Jew"
10. The Dillenger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Why? - The almighty Dimitri Minakakis makes a appearance. awesome.
Standouts - "Fix Your Face" "Dead As History"

These are the albums I only remember.

Opeth - Roundhouse Tapes
Heaven and Hell - Live from Radio City Music Hall
Rush - Snakes and Arrows
Between the Buried And Me - Colors
Helloween - Gambling with the Devil

1. QOTSA-Era Vulgaris
2. NiN-Year Zero
3. Modest Mouse-We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
4. Velvet Revolver-Libertad :hiding:

On a side note, thanks to you guys I checked out that Minus the Bear album...wow. :bassist:

1. QOTSA-Era Vulgaris
2. NiN-Year Zero
3. Modest Mouse-We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
4. Velvet Revolver-Libertad :hiding:

On a side note, thanks to you guys I checked out that Minus the Bear album...wow. :bassist:

Sweet!

Their previous album, Menos El Orso (I think) is equally as good. If you liked Planet of Ice you'll like it!

I agree that it felt like a thin year, but maybe I was just too busy to hunt down the hidden treasures...

• Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume II: No World For Tomorrow
• Fair to Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True

Those are my two standouts from the year.

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Ire Works - The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Jesus Fist Tapes - Ruiner Severhead
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust - Saul Williams
Down III

Those are the only albums from 2007 that I bought/aquired in 2007. +1 to whoever said 2006 was better for music.

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage
Ruiner Severhead - The Jesus Fist Tapes
The Bad Plus - Prog

Just got They've Actually Gotten Worse Live, the new NoFX live album, and it definatly makes the 'Honorable Mentions' sections. Not a perfect live album, but its a great collection of NoFX songs into one place, its obvious they put on a hell of a show, and nothing is funnier than drunken banter. I love this version of 'Whoops, I OD'd.'

So, here's some thought:

What are you guys excited to see in '08? I know OK Go is doing a third album, which excites me. If they keep up this pattern... Self Titled= Good Pop album, Oh No= Great Pop Album, X= Amazing Pop Album...

Plus I know that The Forecast, Russian Circles, Bullet For My Valentine, The Mars Volta, and Coldplay all have albums due. I even heard a rumor that Blind Melon intends to Record and Release in '08?

I did like the new Minus The Bear, but anytime I listen to them or These Arms Are Snakes, the only thing that seems to go through my head is, "Wow, I really miss Botch..." Sometimes it just makes me want to wail piteously. Anyway, Botch = win, members new bands = fine, I guess.

top ten, hmm......

1. porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet
2. nine inch nails - year zero
3. radiohead - in rainbows
4. fair to midland - fables from a mayfly
5. queens of the stone age - era vulgaris
6. saul williams - the inevitable rise and liberation of niggy tardust
7. toupé - chat!
8. minus the bear - planet of ice
9. nine inch nails - y34rz3r0r3m1x3d
10. (tie) smashing pumpkins - zeitgeist / herbie hancock - river: the joni letters

For those of you who don't know what Toupé is, they're this little-known band out of England with two bass players and a drummer. One on a six-string, and one on a four string. It's funky, heavy, fun music. I'd definitely recommend it to the people on this forum.

1- battles- mirrored
2- the bad plus- prog
in no order
sharon jones and the dap kings- 100 days
m.i.a.- kala
arcade fire- neon bible
amy winehouse- back to black
wilco- sky blue sky
trey anastasio- horseshoe curve

anyone listen to the new Gov't Mule album?
it's excellent, although it is cover stuff