Author Topic: This year has been fricken' awesome for music so far... (Read 15484 times)

Gorille85 · « **Reply #140 on:** June 25, 2011, 04:25:42 PM »

Top 12 so far in alphabetical order:

Bright Eyes - The People's Key
CunninLynguists - Oneirology
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
dredg - Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy
Eisley - The Valley
Jovanotti - Ora
Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Ulver - Wars of the Roses

Zantera · « **Reply #141 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:43:28 PM »

So, I have plans on doing a "best of 2011 - first half" list soon.
Checked through my computer, but the problem is that I've been slacking quite a bit.
These are all albums from 2011 that I have, check out the ratio:

Have heard:

And You Will Know us By the Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
Adele - 21
Amplifier - The Octopus
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax Hypersleep Dialogues
Blackfield - Welcome to my DNA
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
Codes In the Clouds - As the Spirit Wanes
Cunninlynguists - Oneirology
Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
Devin Townsend - Ghost
Dredg - Chuckles and Mr.Squeezy
Eisley - The Valley
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Protest the Hero - Scurrilous
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Stateless - Matilda
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Thomas Giles - Pulse
Ulver - Wars of the Roses

Have not heard:

And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
Battles - Gloss Drop
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Buckethead - It's Alive
City and Colour - Little Hell
Death Cab For a Cutie - Codes and Keys
Defeater - Empty Days And Sleepless Nights
Destroyer - Kaputt
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
Gorillaz - The Fall
Her Name is Calla - Maw
Hiromi - Voice
Incubus - If Not Now, When
James Blake - James Blake
Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Sit Resist
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Maybeshewill - I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Petter Carlsen - Clocks Dont Count
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender
Riverside - Memories In My Head
Sarah Fimm - Near Infinite Possibility
Scale the Summit - The Collective
Swarms - Old Raves End
Sylosis - Edge of the Earth
Tesseract - One
The Antlers - Burst Apart
The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
The Weeknd - House of Balloons
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To the Mountain
Yuck - Yuck

I really should stop slacking and work through more.

zxlkho · « **Reply #142 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:48:22 PM »

Make sure you listen to these ASAP.

Quote from: Zantera on July 02, 2011, 02:43:28 PM

Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Buckethead - It's Alive
Her Name is Calla - Maw
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender
Riverside - Memories In My Head
Sarah Fimm - Near Infinite Possibility
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire

Stay away from these:

Quote from: Zantera on July 02, 2011, 02:43:28 PM

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Incubus - If Not Now, When
The Human Abstract - Digital Veil

jsem · « **Reply #143 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:50:15 PM »

Btw. Buckethead also released an album entitled Empty Space this year. Don't forget that.

Zantera · « **Reply #144 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:53:03 PM »

Didn't know that, but the ones on my list are the ones I have on my computer.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #145 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:54:30 PM »

What are waiting for!? Check out the new Unexpect ASAP!!

Lowdz · « **Reply #146 on:** July 02, 2011, 03:23:51 PM »

Have to add my latest acquisition to the list.
The new Night Ranger is awesome. It rocks more than NR did before but the songs are great stuff.

And the Tony Macalpine ST is very good.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #147 on:** July 02, 2011, 05:25:22 PM »

I'm looking forward to 3 albums in particular in the next few months: Thrice, Dir en grey and Opeth.

Zantera · « **Reply #148 on:** July 02, 2011, 05:32:28 PM »

Quote from: Gorille85 on July 02, 2011, 05:25:22 PM

I'm looking forward to 3 albums in particular in the next few months: Thrice, Dir en grey and Opeth.

Needs more Björk and Steven Wilson.

faemir · « **Reply #149 on:** July 02, 2011, 05:32:58 PM »

I can't wait for more Thrice, Beggars was stunning.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #150 on:** July 02, 2011, 07:38:06 PM »

I will probably never listen to as much (new) music as you guys listen to. Holy moly.

Neal Morse - Testimony 2 - 9.5/10
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum - 9.5/10
Within Tempation - The Unforgiving - 5/10

Wanna check out:

Amplifier
Evergrey (sorta)
Scale the Summit
Eisley
dredg
Wolverine

Also waiting for:

DT
Thrice

glaurung · « **Reply #151 on:** July 02, 2011, 08:10:29 PM »

Quote from: Jamesman on July 02, 2011, 07:38:06 PM

I will probably never listen to as much (new) music as you guys listen to. Holy moly.

Me too, a list like Zantera's would be pretty overwhelming for me. Every time I listen to something new I like to listen to it at least a couple times before I move onto something else. Plus I never stop listening to things I've already discovered. Finding the time to listen to that much new material and my existing favorites would be hard to do.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #152 on:** July 02, 2011, 08:18:12 PM »

Quote from: glaurung on July 02, 2011, 08:10:29 PM

Quote from: Jamesman on July 02, 2011, 07:38:06 PM
I will probably never listen to as much (new) music as you guys listen to. Holy moly.

Me too, a list like Zantera's would be pretty overwhelming for me. Every time I listen to something new I like to listen to it at least a couple times before I move onto something else. Plus I never stop listening to things I've already discovered. Finding the time to listen to that much new material and my existing favorites would be hard to do.

Yeah, I mean, I could potentially listen to that much music, but then I would be listening for the sake of listening, not for the enjoyment. I would feel like having to hit a quota. I am very content to listen to fewer bands and maybe not even their entire discography, and still feel musically fulfilled.

I love Frost*, but that love is only based on one album. DT is my favorite but I never listen to WDADU or SFAM (except 3 songs), and barely SC. Many more artists, if not all of them meet this criteria. I love music, not knowing every band.

Not a knock to anyone here. Y'all probably have more time/opportunity/different listening habits than me...this is just how I feel about it.

ZBomber · « **Reply #153 on:** July 02, 2011, 08:18:45 PM »

Quote from: glaurung on July 02, 2011, 08:10:29 PM

Quote from: Jamesman on July 02, 2011, 07:38:06 PM
I will probably never listen to as much (new) music as you guys listen to. Holy moly.

Me too, a list like Zantera's would be pretty overwhelming for me. Every time I listen to something new I like to listen to it at least a couple times before I move onto something else. Plus I never stop listening to things I've already discovered. Finding the time to listen to that much new material and my existing favorites would be hard to do.

THIS THIS THIS THIS

You said it so perfectly. I love finding new music, but I simply can't do it nearly as much as you guys. It takes me a few listens for something to really sink in with me, and I will usually play it quite a bit before I move onto something else. And if its a new band I tend to go through their discography slowly, giving a lot of time and attention to each album.

FiberglassMoon · « **Reply #154 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:48:26 PM »

Quote from: Jamesman on July 02, 2011, 07:38:06 PM

I will probably never listen to as much (new) music as you guys listen to. Holy moly.

Neal Morse - Testimony 2 - 9.5/10
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum - 9.5/10
Within Tempation - The Unforgiving - 5/10

Wanna check out:

Amplifier
Evergrey (sorta)
Scale the Summit
Eisley
dredg
Wolverine

Also waiting for:

DT
Thrice

Wolverine's Communication Lost is amazing, definitely listen to it asap...you won't be disappointed

TheGreatPretender · « **Reply #155 on:** July 03, 2011, 02:56:48 AM »

Anvil's new album, "Juggernaut of Justice" was awesome as well. It proves that "Heavy Metal" in its purest form is still around, and still awesome.

Zantera · « **Reply #156 on:** July 03, 2011, 06:45:44 AM »

I probably wont have time checking out all the ones I listed, because I want to give an album at least 3-4 spins before forming some sort of opinion.
I also listen to a lot of older stuff/stuff I already know and like, so I don't have a lot of time to spend on new releases.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #157 on:** July 03, 2011, 09:03:11 AM »

Forgot an album.

Neal Morse - Testimony 2 - 9.5/10
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum - 9.5/10
Within Tempation - The Unforgiving - 5/10
Hillsong United - Aftermath - 9.5/10

Zantera · « **Reply #158 on:** July 06, 2011, 04:48:29 AM »

A couple of new albums I've listened to lately:

*Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Really good album, that has grown on me a lot.
However, for some reason I just hate Beth/Rest, and I think it's an awful song.
For that, I could only give the album 8/10 or so.

Favorite song: Calgary

*Sarah Fimm - Near Infinite Possibility
Another really good album, grows with each listen.
A lot heavier/more rock-ish then I had expected, but the album has some nice variety throughout.
Would probably give this a 8,5 or 9/10.

Favorite songs: Invisible Satellites, Flames, Morning Time

*Her Name is Calla - Maw
Really great EP, unique sound and better then I could imagine.
Needs a few more spins.
Until then, 8,5/10

Favorite song: Dreamland

*Riverside - Memories In My Head
Another solid EP, sounds more like the bands earlier albums.
Not as many heavy parts as I would've though, but still a very solid release.
8,5/10

Favorite song: Living In the Past

skydivingninja · « **Reply #159 on:** July 06, 2011, 06:35:39 AM »

Quote from: ZBomber on July 02, 2011, 08:18:45 PM

Quote from: glaurung on July 02, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
Quote from: Jamesman on July 02, 2011, 07:38:06 PM
I will probably never listen to as much (new) music as you guys listen to. Holy moly.

Me too, a list like Zantera's would be pretty overwhelming for me. Every time I listen to something new I like to listen to it at least a couple times before I move onto something else. Plus I never stop listening to things I've already discovered. Finding the time to listen to that much new material and my existing favorites would be hard to do.

THIS THIS THIS THIS

You said it so perfectly. I love finding new music, but I simply can't do it nearly as much as you guys. It takes me a few listens for something to really sink in with me, and I will usually play it quite a bit before I move onto something else. And if its a new band I tend to go through their discography slowly, giving a lot of time and attention to each album.

Yeah, this was one of my points in brotherH's thread a week or so ago. I can't really give all those albums an equal, fair chance to steal my heart. I can give some of them a chance, but its difficult to swallow all that at once.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #160 on:** July 06, 2011, 06:45:35 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on July 06, 2011, 06:35:39 AM

its difficult to swallow all that at once.

lol I know, that's why you have hands.

contest_sanity · « **Reply #161 on:** July 06, 2011, 12:30:43 PM »

Quote from: Jamesman on July 06, 2011, 06:45:35 AM

Quote from: skydivingninja on July 06, 2011, 06:35:39 AM
its difficult to swallow all that at once.
lol I know, that's why you have hands.

Sig'd.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #162 on:** July 06, 2011, 03:34:26 PM »

The new Jovanotti is really good...

setrataeso · « **Reply #163 on:** July 06, 2011, 06:32:06 PM »

What I've heard so far:

January
25 – Talib Kweli – Gutter Rainbows (Hip-hop) 6/10
25 – The Ex – Catch My Shoe (Experimental Rock) 7/10
25 – Cold War Kids – Mine is Yours (Indie Rock) 7/10

February
18 – Radiohead – The King of Limbs (Alt Rock) 7/10

March
1 – Scale the Summit – The Collective (Prog Metal) 9/10
15 – Mastodon – Live at the Aragon (Sludge Metal) 8/10
15 – Rise Against – Endgame (Punk Rock) 7/10
22 – Protest the Hero – Scurrilous (Prog Metal) 9/10
28 – Blackfield – Welcome to My DNA (Alt Rock) 8/10

April
12 – Between the Buried and Me – The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (Mathcore) 7/10
12 – Foo Fighters – Wasting Light (Alt Rock) 9/10

May
3 – dredg – Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy (Alt Rock) 7/10
23 – Lady Gaga – Born This Way (Dance Pop) 7/10

June
20 – Devin Townsend – Deconstruction (Prog Metal) 9/10

Gorille85 · « **Reply #164 on:** July 06, 2011, 06:51:04 PM »

GOD THE NEW UNEXPECT IS WAY TOO GOOD

Sigz · « **Reply #165 on:** July 06, 2011, 07:42:07 PM »

Listening to So Hideous, My Love's debut album To Clasp a Fallen Wish with Broken Fingers: https://playtheassassin.bandcamp.com/album/so-hideous-my-love-to-clasp-a-fallen-wish-with-broken-fingers

Holy fucking shit.

Sigz · « **Reply #166 on:** July 06, 2011, 07:51:46 PM »

Well, if that first listen was any indication, I have a clear AOTY.

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #167 on:** July 06, 2011, 08:09:18 PM »

Woah... that was really cool! Especially the last one.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #168 on:** July 06, 2011, 08:18:58 PM »

Interesting... I'll check it out more tomorrow.

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #169 on:** July 18, 2011, 02:29:01 PM »

Keeping track of all the albums I've listened to and enjoyed to at least a certain degree so far this year, it's quite a list!

Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Sit Resist
James Blake - James Blake
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
So Hideous, My Love - To Clasp a Fallen Wish with Broken Fingers
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Sarah Fimm - Near Infinite Possibility
Jovanotti - Ora
Blackfield - Welcome to my DNA
Scale The Summit - The Collective
dredg - Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy
Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
Stateless - Matlida
CunninLynguists - Oneirology
Eisley - The Valley
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Ulver - The Wars of the Roses
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Thomas Giles - Pulse
Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Second Person - Come to Dust
The Human Abstract - Digital Vei
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
Her Name is Calla - Maw

Zantera · « **Reply #170 on:** July 18, 2011, 03:01:36 PM »

Ranking the ones I have heard:

The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
Stateless - Matilda
Blackfield - Welcome to my DNA
Swarms - Old Raves End
Devin Townsend - Ghost
Amplifier - The Octopus
Eisley - The Valley
Ulver - Wars of the Roses
Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Sit, Resist
Sarah Fimm - Near Infinite Possibility
Codes In the Clouds - As the Spirit Wanes
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax Hypersleep Dialogues
Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
James Blake - James Blake
Cunninlynguists - Oneirology
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Thomas Giles - Pulse
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
Adele - 21
Dredg - Chuckles and Mr.Squeezy
Riverside - Memories In my Head
Explosions In the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
Her Name is Calla - Maw
Protest the Hero - Scurrilous
The Decemberists - The King is Dead

Albums I have on my harddrive, but haven't had time to listen to yet:

And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
Battles - Gloss Drop
Buckethead - It's Alive
City and Colour - Little Hell
Death Cab For a Cutie - Codes and Keys
Defeater - Empty Days And Sleepless Nights
Destroyer - Kaputt
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
Gorillaz - The Fall
Hiromi - Voice
Incubus - If Not Now, When
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Maybeshewill - I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Petter Carlsen - Clocks Dont Count
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender
Scale the Summit - The Collective
Sylosis - Edge of the Earth
Tesseract - One
The Antlers - Burst Apart
The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
The Weeknd - House of Balloons
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To the Mountain
Yuck - Yuck

Millais · « **Reply #171 on:** July 18, 2011, 03:39:09 PM »

can't wait for Steven Wilson's new album, along with the obvious such as Opeth and DT

Zantera · « **Reply #172 on:** July 21, 2011, 11:16:59 AM »

So I'm listening through the releases I haven't heard before from this year, and I must say that there are a lot of awesome albums, where one today stood out.
Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count, what a fantastic album.

I know get why Voxyn and Anathema has been going crazy about this guy, really fantastic.

OskarSluring · « **Reply #173 on:** July 21, 2011, 11:35:16 AM »

Quote from: Zantera on July 21, 2011, 11:16:59 AM

So I'm listening through the releases I haven't heard before from this year, and I must say that there are a lot of awesome albums, where one today stood out.
Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count, what a fantastic album.
I know get why Voxyn and Anathema has been going crazy about this guy, really fantastic.

I've heard great things about him, i'm checking him out right now.

Zantera · « **Reply #174 on:** July 21, 2011, 11:59:06 AM »

Hope you like it.

News: Welcome back, Mike Portnoy!

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