I haven't listened to a ton of music this year and a lot of the new stuff by some of my old favorites doesn't resonate with me as much as the older stuff. I will say that I really enjoyed Prophet by Ramona Falls and Moms by Menomena, but I was going through some shit when both of those came out and now they have very specific connotations for me. Oh, and The Seer Returns is a great song by Swans, but I haven't really listened to the rest of the album.
Baroness: Yellow & Green...NAS: Life is good....Jack White: Blunderbuss...Silversun Pickups: Neck of the Woods...Kanye West: Cruel Summer...The Ting Tings: Sounds from Nowheresville....Just a few records I've personally enjoyed so far....EDITED: Oh and Van Halen's: A Different Kind of Truth. It's suprisingly really good, and WAAYYY better than I expected.
People have suggested most of my favorites, though I've missed a lot of great stuff, too. After hearing Yellow & Green for the first time yesterday, I'm now ready to absolutely trust y'all on your music taste.
Little Broken Hearts: Norah Jones
Some Nights: fun.
Yellow & Green: Baroness
Swing Lo Magellan: Dirty Projectors
Channel Orange: Frank Ocean
2nd Law: Muse
EDIT: Well, fuck. Apparently all the new Trapped in the Closet episodes are going to drop on Black Friday. That will undoubtedly be my favorite album this year.
I haven't purchased much albums this year, but I did pick up this at their show yesterday. And although I'm still on my first play, it seems to be at least on par with Colors and The Great Misdirect. Given my love for those two albums, I'm fairly confident it'll be my album of the year.
@WolfHazard: I still need to get round to listening to Ex Lives.. :/
Do yourself a favor and do it, it's a perfect album from beginning to end. Seriously go now, reply when you have i want to hear your thoughts!
Yep, that album is awesome!! As you said, it's good all the way through, not a single bad track
And another person satisfied with Ex Lives!
@BSw said:
I haven't purchased much albums this year, but I did pick up this at their show yesterday. And although I'm still on my first play, it seems to be at least on par with Colors and The Great Misdirect. Given my love for those two albums, I'm fairly confident it'll be my album of the year.
Not all of these albums were released this year, but they were all fairly recent:
Joanna Newsom - Ys (female vocals, folk, harp)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (R&B)
Bad Rabbits - Stick Up Kids (Funk)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (Alternative funk and soul)
Electric Six - Fire (punk disco)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (female vocals, folk)
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth (high energy rock)
Gorillaz - Demon Days (alternative hip hop, highly produced)
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (pop, neo-soul)
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (dance punk)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (neo-soul, rap)
Hope this stuff is to your liking.
I'll grant you that Demon Days is a great album, but it also came out 7 years ago. Some of the people on this website were 11 years old back then. Fire is nine years old too. I'm not sure you can call those fairly recent.
I find it interesting how little my musical interests seem to overlap with the rest of the community. I can't say I follow new music all that closely, but if you like dubstep you might look into the stuff Monstercat is putting out. You can find most of the stuff from those collections on Youtube. If you like electro house, Zedd put out his first studio album, Clarity, about two weeks ago.
Not all of these albums were released this year, but they were all fairly recent:
Joanna Newsom - Ys (female vocals, folk, harp)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (R&B)
Bad Rabbits - Stick Up Kids (Funk)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (Alternative funk and soul)
Electric Six - Fire (punk disco)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (female vocals, folk)
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth (high energy rock)
Gorillaz - Demon Days (alternative hip hop, highly produced)
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (pop, neo-soul)
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (dance punk)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (neo-soul, rap)
Hope this stuff is to your liking.
I'll grant you that Demon Days is a great album, but it also came out 7 years ago. Some of the people on this website were 11 years old back then. Fire is nine years old too. I'm not sure you can call those fairly recent.
You might be right, but they're all great nonetheless.
Not all of these albums were released this year, but they were all fairly recent:
Joanna Newsom - Ys (female vocals, folk, harp)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (R&B)
Bad Rabbits - Stick Up Kids (Funk)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (Alternative funk and soul)
Electric Six - Fire (punk disco)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (female vocals, folk)
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth (high energy rock)
Gorillaz - Demon Days (alternative hip hop, highly produced)
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (pop, neo-soul)
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (dance punk)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (neo-soul, rap)
Hope this stuff is to your liking.
I'll grant you that Demon Days is a great album, but it also came out 7 years ago. Some of the people on this website were 11 years old back then. Fire is nine years old too. I'm not sure you can call those fairly recent.
Breaking Point by Digital Summer is my number one. The honorable mention goes to Young Noble's Outlaw Rydahz, Vol. 1, for providing hip hop with a pulse. I think his solo album "Son of God" comes out before the year ends, however, and that will probably be even better.
Totally forgot that The Sword is releasing an album next week, probably will be one of my favorites of the year since I love every single one of their albums, also this thread has a disgusting lack of Fear Factory. Me and one other duder have mentioned that album, its a shame
Aesop Rock gets better with every release. Skelethon manages to support a tight concept, focusing on death, ritual, and isolation, while also having some catchy and damn funny songs. Enjoy "Crows 1" with me, won't you?
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Drive of the Screw, and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
I have never been as all the way on board with a Fiona Apple album as I am with this one. Top to bottom, the production is excellent, her singing is better than ever, and the songs are packed with imagery as beautiful as it is heartbreaking.
Grizzly Bear - Shields
I'd not listened to Grizzly Bear before this year, but Veckatimest is great, and Shields is even better. Everything works together perfectly, like the most complex music box in the world. "Half Gate" and "Sun In Your Eyes" come together as an amazing album closer.
Hard Girls - Isn't It Worse
This album got crowdfunded through Jeff Rosenstock's Really Records label. It's available for filthy fuckin free, and it's a hot nugget of punky rock goodness.
Swans - The Seer
If you need to make any activity feel super meaningful, do it while listening to this newest Swans album. I'm not a superstitious man but when I bought this and put it on and started to do dishes and tidy up, the sky went from blue to dark, dark grey and a thunderstorm came. Great fuckin record.
Titus Andronicus - Local Business
Titus Andronicus is one of the best bands around right now, and this is their best album yet. People will try to tell you that it's not as good as The Monitor, and, like, whatever, maybe that's true for them or something. It's different, but that's what growth means. It's also technically not out yet but you can stream the whole thing through the NPR website and I guess you could steal it if you're a fucker.
I hope you've enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed putting it together. This has been a big year for me to get back into new music.
@WolfHazard: Always a pleasure. Might be the best band that is still currently around.
@Shotgunblast97: You should absolutely do that, but don't go in expecting just prog. BTBAM is one of the most complex bands out there, combining metalcore, mathcore, prog, and a whole load of other genres (many non-metal or -core), all while being extremely technical. It might take a couple of spins before you appreciate this band, but it's absolutely worth it. Their album Colors from 2007 is one of my all time favourites.
@WolfHazard: Always a pleasure. Might be the best band that is still currently around.
@Shotgunblast97: You should absolutely do that, but don't go in expecting just prog. BTBAM is one of the most complex bands out there, combining metalcore, mathcore, prog, and a whole load of other genres (many non-metal or -core), all while being extremely technical. It might take a couple of spins before you appreciate this band, but it's absolutely worth it. Their album Colors from 2007 is one of my all time favourites.
Listen to this man, White Walls (track 8 on Colors) is one of my favorite songs every, but my favorite BTBAM song is actually on their 2009 album "The Great Misdirect" it's called "Swim To The Moon" and it's phenomenal.
@WolfHazard: Always a pleasure. Might be the best band that is still currently around.
@Shotgunblast97: You should absolutely do that, but don't go in expecting just prog. BTBAM is one of the most complex bands out there, combining metalcore, mathcore, prog, and a whole load of other genres (many non-metal or -core), all while being extremely technical. It might take a couple of spins before you appreciate this band, but it's absolutely worth it. Their album Colors from 2007 is one of my all time favourites.
Listen to this man, White Walls (track 8 on Colors) is one of my favorite songs every, but my favorite BTBAM song is actually on their 2009 album "The Great Misdirect" it's called "Swim To The Moon" and it's phenomenal.
Haha, and to add one more thing to this letter of love about BTBAM from WolfHazard and me: don't go searching for specific songs. Listen to an entire album in one go, and let it be one massive wall of sound. I still have problems naming specific songs because I never listen to just one or two tracks. It's one of the very few bands were listening to an album (instead of to a larger collection of tracks) actually makes sense. And use headphones.
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