So What Are Ya'll Top Ten Albums Of 2009 So Far? [Archive]

DAREALBIGMEECH

04-27-09, 04:48 AM

I remember a similar thread made last year at this same time, and I think enough music has been released to this point in the year to make a top ten list already.

1. The Horrors - Primary Colours
2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
4. The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
5. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
6. Dan Deacon - Bromst
7. Woods - Songs of Shame
8. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
9. St. Vincent - Acto
10. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Waiting for Passion Pit's debut, etc.:yes:

Fries

04-27-09, 05:08 AM

Can't really rank them yet but these are the ones in highest rotation

St. Vincent - Actor
Emmy The Great - First Love
YYY's - It's Blitz!
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Horrors - Primary Colours
IAMX - Kingdom of Welcome Addiction
DOOM - Born Like This
Home Video - It Will Be OK EP
Lonely Island - Incredibad
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

DAREALBIGMEECH

04-27-09, 05:12 AM

i thought the new iamx was decent, though i expected better personally because i like the alternative so much. i think it'll grow on me though

THE 101

04-27-09, 05:26 AM

this year has been trash so far....in all genres.

Clem

04-29-09, 12:11 AM

I think it has been a really good year; my tentative top twenty:

20. Mi Ami - Watersports
19. Ryan Leslie - Ryan Leslie
18. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
17. Future of the Left - Last Night I Saved Her from Vampires
16. Zola Jesus - New Amsterdam
15. Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
14. The Duke Spirit - The Duke Spirit
13. Gun Outfit - Dim Light
12. Death - ...for the Whole World to See
11. DOOM - Born Like This
10. Dum Dum Girls - Yours Alone 12''
09. Currsen$y - This Aint No Mixtape
08. Blessure Grave - Unknown Blessures
07. The Strange Boys - And Girls Club
06. Vibes - You God It
05. Blank Dogs - Under and Under
04. El Perro Del Mar - Love is Not Pop EP
03. Young Governor - Virgina Creeper 7''
02. Wavves - Wavvves
01. Intelligence - Fake Surfers

Strike One

04-29-09, 02:39 PM

I think it has been a really good year; my tentative top twenty:

14. The Duke Spirit - The Duke Spirit

Duke Spirit has another album? When did this come out?

DAREALBIGMEECH

04-29-09, 02:47 PM

Duke Spirit has another album? When did this come out?
i'm pretty sure neptune was the last album

Strike One

04-29-09, 02:50 PM

i'm pretty sure neptune was the last album

That's what I thought too. Didn't that come out in 08?

Clem

04-29-09, 09:54 PM

The Duke Spirit - The Duke Spirit

01 The Step & Walk
02 Love is an Unfamiliar Name
03 Masca
04 Cuts Across the Land
05 My Sunken Treasure
06 Lassoo
07 Souvenir
08 Do What You Love
09 Red Weather
10 Baby Doll

The Duke Spirit - Neptune

01 I Do Believe
02 Send a Little Love Token
03 The Step and The Walk
04 Dog Roses
05 Into The FOld
06 This Ship Was Built To Last
07 Wooden Heart
08 You Really Wake Up the Love In Me
09 My Sunken Treasure
10 Lassoo
11 Neptune's Call
12 Sovereign

BreakCanon

04-30-09, 03:45 AM

Two random picks off of the provided lists:

St. Vincent and The Duke Spirit...

Both awful. Horribly, horribly awful. Indie has become the new New Wave. And little of it will be remembered a year from now, let alone a decade from now. Replaceable garbage.

Strike One

04-30-09, 02:39 PM

Fries

04-30-09, 05:52 PM

BreakCanon

05-02-09, 05:49 PM

You might want to stick to classic rock

None of this will ever be considered classic. Or good. Or even pleasant to listen to.

Sht is elevator music for the future. In ten years, once they decide that Bruce Springteen and Dianna Ross have become too outdated, Jewel/Osco will be playing St. Vincent and Duke Spirit.

Clem

05-02-09, 09:31 PM

That's all great but are you going to explain? What is the self titled release and why do they share some of the same tracks?
What is there to explain? I don't know why it shares some of the same tracks. I know that albums are often re-released with a mix of new/old songs. Not sure what you want me to tell you.

Fries

05-02-09, 10:54 PM

Strike One could just take a look at wikipedia.

In February 2009, the band released a 10-track compilation CD featuring three songs never released in the US ("Masca", "Souvenir", "Do What You Love") as well as a cover of Alex Chilton's "Baby Doll". The CD was sold alongside a McQ Alexander McQueen fashion collection, one of the shirts of which featured the face of singer Liela Moss.

sh!t (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_spirit)

Strike One

05-03-09, 09:56 PM

Strike One could just take a look at wikipedia.

sh!t (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_spirit)

Thanks for the help

ScrewdUp

05-05-09, 11:54 AM

Grizzly bears album is fire

Clem

05-05-09, 01:10 PM

Great new stuff from: Eat Skull, Tyvek, Ooga Boogas and Thee Oh Sees.

ScrewdUp

05-13-09, 01:30 PM

Hmmm...
Anyone else think besides 4 songs Merriweaher Post Pavillion was overratted as fukk??
My Girls, Summertime Clothes, Bluish and BrotherSport were amazing
Checking out Actor by St.Vincent
Anthonio by Annie is my favorite joint of the year so far...

DAREALBIGMEECH

05-14-09, 04:17 AM

New Wilco is making a strong case

Skee-lo

05-14-09, 06:09 PM

None of this will ever be considered classic. Or good. Or even pleasant to listen to.
Sht is elevator music for the future. In ten years, once they decide that Bruce Springteen and Dianna Ross have become too outdated, Jewel/Osco will be playing St. Vincent and Duke Spirit.

What a terrible post on several levels. (Its pretty clear you haven't heard the St Vincent album btw)

Firstly, St Vincent is nothing like elevator music, just because she has a nice voice doesn't make her eleveator music.

Bruce Springsteen = Elevator music? F*cking hell thats a bizarre comment. I don't recall ever being in an elevator and hearing Tenth Avenue Freeze Out or Streets of Fire blasting from the speakers.

And Finally...

"none of this will be considered pleasant to listen to".

Thats the very criteria that you need to achieve to be 'Elevator Music'. Music that is relentlessly pleasant and inoffensive. That nobody loves and nobody hates.

Try not to be completely retarded if you reply.

DAREALBIGMEECH

05-15-09, 01:09 AM

Great new stuff from: Eat Skull, Tyvek, Ooga Boogas and Thee Oh Sees.
What you think of the Japandroids' record

BreakCanon

05-15-09, 02:40 AM

What a terrible post on several levels. (Its pretty clear you haven't heard the St Vincent album btw)
Firstly, St Vincent is nothing like elevator music, just because she has a nice voice doesn't make her eleveator music.
Bruce Springsteen = Elevator music? F*cking hell thats a bizarre comment. I don't recall ever being in an elevator and hearing Tenth Avenue Freeze Out or Streets of Fire blasting from the speakers.
And Finally...
"none of this will be considered pleasant to listen to".
Thats the very criteria that you need to achieve to be 'Elevator Music'. Music that is relentlessly pleasant and inoffensive. That nobody loves and nobody hates.
Try not to be completely retarded if you reply.

I don't know about you, but I don't like my music safe. Avant-garde noodling and masturbation does not make for dangerous or edgy music. It makes for boring, self-indulgent sht which does not stand any test of time. Pleasant or unpleasant does not even factor into the equation. I would just as soon listen to the acerbic noise produced by John Cale and Lou Reed in the Velvet Underground as I would Tom Waits' experimental poetry. To compare any of the trash in this thread to anything APPROACHING the vibrant brilliancy rock achieved during the late 60's, early 70's, late 70's, mid 80's and early 90's is idiocy. Plain and simple.

The point is that NONE of the stuff any of you have listed will be sought out by music enthusiasts forty years from now. Good music is timeless. Every album brought up in this thread is firmly rooted in the temporary fashions of the now, and it actually causes me pain to see this crap celebrated in any way, shape, or form.

Skee-lo

05-15-09, 06:58 AM

I don't know about you, but I don't like my music safe. Avant-garde noodling and masturbation does not make for dangerous or edgy music. It makes for boring, self-indulgent sht which does not stand any test of time. Pleasant or unpleasant does not even factor into the equation. I would just as soon listen to the acerbic noise produced by John Cale and Lou Reed in the Velvet Underground as I would Tom Waits' experimental poetry. To compare any of the trash in this thread to anything APPROACHING the vibrant brilliancy rock achieved during the late 60's, early 70's, late 70's, mid 80's and early 90's is idiocy. Plain and simple.

The point is that NONE of the stuff any of you have listed will be sought out by music enthusiasts forty years from now. Good music is timeless. Every album brought up in this thread is firmly rooted in the temporary fashions of the now, and it actually causes me pain to see this crap celebrated in any way, shape, or form.

I asked you to at least try. You haven't responded in any way to any of the points I raised.

I like my music good. Doesn't matter what genre, and it doesn't matter if it's 'acerbic noise' or 'avant-garde noodling (which the 70's was completely riddled with)'. Some music ages better than others certainly, but I'm sure the people who actually made lists in this thread will be happy to make that judgement for themselves down the line, rather than have some seemingly-deranged luddite make that decision for them without even hearing most of the albums.

Clem

05-15-09, 01:33 PM

What you think of the Japandroids' record
I didn't care much for it--which was sort of a surprise as they were being celebrated and grouped with a lot of other bands I enjoy. It was too overproduced or something; I wasn't quite able to put my finger on it.

BreakCanon

05-16-09, 01:23 AM

I asked you to at least try. You haven't responded in any way to any of the points I raised.
I like my music good. Doesn't matter what genre, and it doesn't matter if it's 'acerbic noise' or 'avant-garde noodling (which the 70's was completely riddled with)'. Some music ages better than others certainly, but I'm sure the people who actually made lists in this thread will be happy to make that judgement for themselves down the line, rather than have some seemingly-deranged luddite make that decision for them without even hearing most of the albums.

I addressed the crux of your response, which was a definition of elevator music.

If you want to occupy that comfortable but hollow postmodern position, maintaining that there is no good or bad music and that it is all a matter of individual preference, be my guest. But there is no difference between your financially supporting these groups and/or cheerleading their "aesthetic", and purchasing a yellow rain boot for a million dollars because it was deposited in an art gallery.

If you can't tell or smell when you've stepped into a pile of steaming sht, I've no problem telling you that you have. Hence my presence in this thread.

As to the charge of "luddite"...yeah. You tossed that one out like it's a pejorative. If you actually believe that music today represents any sort of positive progression, I'm not the one who is retarded. Enjoy your flavors of the month.

Skee-lo

05-16-09, 06:04 AM

I addressed the crux of your response, which was a definition of elevator music.
If you want to occupy that comfortable but hollow postmodern position, maintaining that there is no good or bad music and that it is all a matter of individual preference, be my guest. But there is no difference between your financially supporting these groups and/or cheerleading their "aesthetic", and purchasing a yellow rain boot for a million dollars because it was deposited in an art gallery.
If you can't tell or smell when you've stepped into a pile of steaming sht, I've no problem telling you that you have. Hence my presence in this thread.
As to the charge of "luddite"...yeah. You tossed that one out like it's a pejorative. If you actually believe that music today represents any sort of positive progression, I'm not the one who is retarded. Enjoy your flavors of the month.

What are you talking about? Firstly, you didn't address the definition of elevator music. At least not at all correctly

There is no good or bad music? Where did I even intimate that stance? You appear to respond to imaginary comments. There is plenty of terrible music.

Everything you listen to at one point was the flavour of the month to someone. Don't you realise that? Lou Reed wasn't at the time an artist of trend? Haha you must be delusional. My dad still has the peel-off Andy Warhol banana album sleeve! You can't expect people here not to have knowledge of that sort of stuff. Now try and convince ANYONE that having the 'trendiest' and most well-known "of the time" artist doing your album cover isn't in any way commercial and rooted in 'temporary fashion'.

You are the worst sort of music snob, except it is amusingly transparent when you waft it around where people have a passion for music, its just embarrassing for you. It might work with some of your friends who are in awe because you listen to music thats old and that they've never heard of, but that doesn't translate on to a music board too well. You're dismissing music you haven't even heard. When you think to yourself about that fact, you must be a bit embarrassed no? Now thats a hollow position to take pal.

Its worth noting that I haven't expressed a single music opinion in this thread apart from that St Vincent has a nice voice. So your pre-prepared arguments against all modern music, regardless of the other person's opinions and comments is again a source of embarrassment for you.

BreakCanon

05-16-09, 02:22 PM

What are you talking about? Firstly, you didn't address the definition of elevator music. At least not at all correctly
There is no good or bad music? Where did I even intimate that stance? You appear to respond to imaginary comments. There is plenty of terrible music.
Everything you listen to at one point was the flavour of the month to someone. Don't you realise that? Lou Reed wasn't at the time an artist of trend? Haha you must be delusional. My dad still has the peel-off Andy Warhol banana album sleeve! You can't expect people here not to have knowledge of that sort of stuff. Now try and convince ANYONE that having the 'trendiest' and most well-known "of the time" artist doing your album cover isn't in any way commercial and rooted in 'temporary fashion'.
You are the worst sort of music snob, except it is amusingly transparent when you waft it around where people have a passion for music, its just embarrassing for you. It might work with some of your friends who are in awe because you listen to music thats old and that they've never heard of, but that doesn't translate on to a music board too well. You're dismissing music you haven't even heard. When you think to yourself about that fact, you must be a bit embarrassed no? Now thats a hollow position to take pal.
Its worth noting that I haven't expressed a single music opinion in this thread apart from that St Vincent has a nice voice. So your pre-prepared arguments against all modern music, regardless of the other person's opinions and comments is again a source of embarrassment for you.

Embarrassed? I'm glad to air out my opinion in a public forum. I've thought about this subject a great deal. Is it safe to assume you've done the same? If you have, you're guilty of hypocrisy, considering that "pre-prepared" comment.

I'm no musical guru, and am under no illusions to the contrary. My friends and I often heatedly discuss and dissect artists, albums, periods, genres, and trends in music, and the best defense I've heard for your beloved modern fashion-sounds is that they are the "desert" one eats following a heavy meal. If you find my position to be snobbish, that is acceptable to me. I know enough of the circle-jerking, cutting edge, self-consciously artistic circle to draw a conclusion that if they wouldn't have sex with others if they had the ability to perform oral service on themselves. The difference between Lou Reed/Velvet Underground and your favorite contemporaries is that Lou Reed and John Cale could write a god damned song without all sorts of superfluous gimmicks, bells, and whistles. I dare your monthly flavors to pull off a song like Sister Ray, recording all 15 minutes in one take, and inspire generations of bands in the process.

Skee-lo

05-16-09, 04:19 PM

Embarrassed? I'm glad to air out my opinion in a public forum. I've thought about this subject a great deal. Is it safe to assume you've done the same? If you have, you're guilty of hypocrisy, considering that "pre-prepared" comment.
I'm no musical guru, and am under no illusions to the contrary. My friends and I often heatedly discuss and dissect artists, albums, periods, genres, and trends in music, and the best defense I've heard for your beloved modern fashion-sounds is that they are the "desert" one eats following a heavy meal. If you find my position to be snobbish, that is acceptable to me. I know enough of the circle-jerking, cutting edge, self-consciously artistic circle to draw a conclusion that if they wouldn't have sex with others if they had the ability to perform oral service on themselves. The difference between Lou Reed/Velvet Underground and your favorite contemporaries is that Lou Reed and John Cale could write a god damned song without all sorts of superfluous gimmicks, bells, and whistles. I dare your monthly flavors to pull off a song like Sister Ray, recording all 15 minutes in one take, and inspire generations of bands in the process.

You have either the worst reading skills in the world or the attention span of a goldfish.

You're referring to things as 'my monthly flavours' what must be literally 10 seconds after me stating that I have in fact offered no personal opinion in this thread.

I haven't thought this out a great deal, I have responded to your posts and that is all. But then I am not predisposed to dislike all music released in the past 20 years, so there is no stance that I feel I have to keep repeating to people

I find your position amusing, that someone would apparently deny themselves the chance to enjoy plenty of good music, and in the knowledge that, to keep up the rather embarrassing facade of superiority, he won't allow himself to like anything released for the rest of his life time. That is effectively what you are saying.

This isn't a debate or a 2 view points being freely discussed. This is an idiot (you) being told he is an idiot (by me), and confirming his idiocy with every further response he makes.

Intentionally patronising, given the aforementioned reading and attention problems.

BreakCanon

05-16-09, 05:53 PM

You have either the worst reading skills in the world or the attention span of a goldfish.
You're referring to things as 'my monthly flavours' what must be literally 10 seconds after me stating that I have in fact offered no personal opinion in this thread.
I haven't thought this out a great deal, I have responded to your posts and that is all. But then I am not predisposed to dislike all music released in the past 20 years, so there is no stance that I feel I have to keep repeating to people
I find your position amusing, that someone would apparently deny themselves the chance to enjoy plenty of good music, and in the knowledge that, to keep up the rather embarrassing facade of superiority, he won't allow himself to like anything released for the rest of his life time. That is effectively what you are saying.
This isn't a debate or a 2 view points being freely discussed. This is an idiot (you) being told he is an idiot (by me), and confirming his idiocy with every further response he makes.
Intentionally patronising, given the aforementioned reading and attention problems.

Christ on a pogo stick, this is like interacting with somebody afflicted with auspergers...I never once said I am averse to the possibility of embracing any modern music. On the contrary, this thread:

http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=881282

and this thread:

http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=1809131&highlight=Black+Angels

should suggest otherwise. But don't a little thing like reality get in the way of your little assumptions. Your opinions in this thread amount to declarations that I am an idiot. You offer no discussion, other than trying to refute my points with shot in the dark ad-hominems and the retarded back and forth dance steps of a contrarian arguing for the sake of argument. Offer something based on the music, or keep your irrelevant thoughts to yourself. My mistake was assuming that you have any sort of stake in the subject of the thread. Your mistake is entering the thread in the first place to fence with someone who does.

If you've nothing to say about the music, fukk off.

Skee-lo

05-17-09, 05:23 AM

Christ on a pogo stick, this is like interacting with somebody afflicted with auspergers...I never once said I am averse to the possibility of embracing any modern music. On the contrary, this thread:
http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=881282
and this thread:
http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=1809131&highlight=Black+Angels
should suggest otherwise. But don't a little thing like reality get in the way of your little assumptions. Your opinions in this thread amount to declarations that I am an idiot. You offer no discussion, other than trying to refute my points with shot in the dark ad-hominems and the retarded back and forth dance steps of a contrarian arguing for the sake of argument. Offer something based on the music, or keep your irrelevant thoughts to yourself. My mistake was assuming that you have any sort of stake in the subject of the thread. Your mistake is entering the thread in the first place to fence with someone who does.
If you've nothing to say about the music, fukk off.

You came in to this thread to declare every single album that anyone mentioned, regardles of whether you've heard them or not, was rubbish and would never be considered pleasant by anyone. I found it difficult to ignore the sheer gall of such a statement.

Nothing more needs to be said really does it.

You don't need to reply to this one.

Fries

05-17-09, 09:10 AM

Great. Anyway. Phoenix's new record is pretty fukking catchy. Deradoorian's EP is perfect. If you wanted to consider the songs Mike Skinner has leaked as some kind of twitter-EP then they're all very, very good.

DAREALBIGMEECH

05-17-09, 04:19 PM

Sunset Rubdown's EP is a preview of what is in store for their next album. Can't wait. Still, my list stays intact

Skee-lo

05-17-09, 05:30 PM

Sunset Rubdown's EP is a preview of what is in store for their next album. Can't wait. Still, my list stays intact

I'm quietly looking forward to that album. The previous albums have had flashes of brilliance but I prefer Wolf Parade's albums. I find a full set of Spencer Krug songs hard work from back to front.

At Mount Zoomer was pretty underrated I thought, a very solid album indeed.

Been listening to The Horror's album recently and that's proved a very pleasant surprise.

The Phoenix album I liked but I think its gonna suffer from Vampire Weekend's problems. It's just too catchy, which results in over-familiarity very quickly to me. And the singer's voice never ever differs (2nd language so can't be too harsh).

Fries

05-18-09, 08:11 AM

The Phoenix album I liked but I think its gonna suffer from Vampire Weekend's problems. It's just too catchy, which results in over-familiarity very quickly to me. And the singer's voice never ever differs (2nd language so can't be too harsh).

Maybe. I just downloaded it a few days ago so I'm not sure how I'll go with it.

Bob Dylan's new album is very good.

Felipe Q

05-18-09, 11:59 AM

that Dangermouse & Sparklehorse album got some good songs

DAREALBIGMEECH

05-21-09, 06:29 AM

Just listened to the new Sunset Rubdown, and Dragonslayer >>> Random Spirit Lover

Sentenza

05-24-09, 03:11 PM

Bill Calahan - Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle
DM Stith - Heavy Ghost

there's more but i'm currently too lazy to think deep.

Zeu$

05-25-09, 03:13 PM

haven't really heard too much good **** in 09, tried merriweather but I felt it was huff overhyped sh1t.

did like Asobi Seksu's hush though

Skee-lo

05-25-09, 06:25 PM

Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer is sounding pretty good after 2 listens. He's reigned things in a lot more than he usually does on Sunset Rubdown albums. Which means while it doesn't hit the high of The Mending of The Gown or Stadiums and Shrines, its much more listenable overall I think.

ScrewdUp

05-26-09, 10:58 AM

THE 101

05-26-09, 01:59 PM

The new Grizzly Bear is amazing, listening as i type (mos def in my top 10 )
Ive grown to love merriweather alott the past few days
playing summertime clothes in the heat waiting on a green light is epic to me

Just came in here to :eek: at the new Grizzly Bear.

I loved Yellow House, but this is quite a bit better.

Strike One

05-26-09, 04:25 PM

I think the Fever Ray album is the only thing I have been consistently playing since it's release

DAREALBIGMEECH

05-26-09, 08:00 PM

Yeah I couldn't really make a final judgement on the poor version of Veckatimest, but it is in my top ten now with the official release

ScrewdUp

05-27-09, 01:21 PM

Im not puttin the new Manson on here, but WOW and the song before the last are amazing
so is were from america

yaga

06-08-09, 01:37 AM

Can't really do a top ten right now, but i have to say the Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse joint is growing on me, Two Suns trailed off of me (lost interest), & haven't heard that Horrors record yet. Miike Snow's record is solid, too. I thought St. Vincent was a frisbee except for 'Actor Out of Work' but i'll see if i could into it more since you guys have it so high.

Albums i've got on serious repeat are -

Passion Pit - Manners
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms EP
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Will probably be 'that' summer record).
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Handsome Furs - Face Control
MF Doom - Born Like This
The Joy Formidable - The Joy Formidable

(Check out that track called 'Polite Dance Song' by The Bird & the Bee. It's hilarious, lol. I'm gonna play that sh*t the next time i have people dancing at my place to see what they do.)