I haven't mentioned From Fiction's Bloodwork (first and last full length, unfortunately)

This is indeed a monster of an album. Seawhores rule!

so far my three favouites are
Om- Conference of the birds
Wolf Eyes- River Slaughter
Jesu- SIlver EP

Cut Chemist rules.....the new J5 just isn't as nasty without him.

Actually, I've just got hold of that Raccoo-oo-oon record, 'Is Night People'.

...Jesus. What a beautiful mess. Pick that one up if you can.

Who's Racoooooooooooooooon?Raconteurs?

rac-oo-oo-oon rule
my favs in no order are

si schroeder- coping mechanisms
a wonderful record from ireland get it here (€7)
http://www.trustmeimathief.com/


film school


tortoise- a lazarus taxon
oh and of course

Top 10 of 2006

OOIOO - Taiga
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
OLAibi - Humming Moon Drip
Brad Mehldau Trio - House on Hill
Neil Young - Living With War
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Liars - Drum's Not Dead

Oh, I forgot about Mr. Cash's new one. I like it

it's outtakes from the Rubin sessions...

House on Hill is also a collection of unreleased material and not a "new" recording. It features the fabulous drumming of Jorge Rossy who left the trio over a year ago to pursue a solo career sometime in the future.

2006 has been the weakest year for music of the naught-naughts so far.
biggest letdown of the year
(bearing in mind that I haven't heard Dylan's Modern Times yet)

Paul Simon - Surprise

a close second
Tom Petty - Highway Companion

ga!! i forgot:

thom yorke - the eraser
elf power - back to the web
beirut - gulag orkestra
om - conference of the birds
boris - pink (can't wait for vein and alter/altar!!!)
mono - you are there

i'm sure i'm missing others.

raccoo-oo-oon are one of the greatest unsung bands of the new millennium and puke all over the boobless stripes (racounters or whatever they are called). i'm yet to pick up anything new by them, though.

I forgot Film School (s/t but 3rd album I think). I have also forgotten to look for it & buy it. I only have their first one, A Brilliant Career & wrote somewhat recently that they were better than SM + The Jicks. Fuck The Raconteurs; Get Behind Me Satan did make my top (I think it was) 20 (not 10) last year though. I was thinking about Elf Power for #10, but Liars won out. (it's the year of the tribal drum, I suppose). Back to the Web is more ambitious than 2004's Walking With the Beggar Boys, probably their most ambitious album they've ever done, but just not quite as good. (and Beggar Boys was even a step down in quality to me).
In random notes (of similar tones), Built to Spill almost made it on my list this year.

But please, to those reading, buy an Elf Power album! You won't be terribly disappointed, I promise!

For the last couple of years, I have been making a mixed cd of download offerings from my top ten albums of the year. I don't know if I'll be continuing that effort this year though.

i don't know man, it's the only ep i have and it sounds ace to me. plus, i don't exclude stuff, my list is like thirty albums and there's still a lot i haven't heard.

Was that live performance from Rome of The Original Silence from 2005 released this year?

That would make my top 10.

when the new akron/family comes out in a few weeks i might have a winner or a huge dissappointment. but the young people albums great.

Because I'm lazy, I'll just post this: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Leon_Zozo/2006_so_far

It's been a good year for music.

As was 2004, 2002, and 2000. All the years in betwen have been pretty forgettable.

Oh.. album of the year so far is probably the new giddy motors.

WHAT! There's a new Pere Ubu record?

I know it's boring but I love their early records but haven't been able to enjoy anything after The Art of Walking all that much.

'The Greatest' - Cat Power
'Rather Ripped' - Sonic Youth
'Be Your Own Pet' - BYOP

I love Cat Power. The Greatest is better than You are Free was. It still doesn't make a top ten though (for me).

i can't believe i forgot charalambides - a vintage burden, that album rules!

Hypothesis: There is no such thing as 'best years' in music, it's entirely down to a number of factors, mostly to do with 'time of life' - for instance, I might consider 2002 to be a 'bad year' for new music, but that was because I bought very few records that year, owing to fiscal constraints. Meanwhile, 1997 wasn't a 'good year' especially, it's just that I started getting into collecting records properly that year, so I have a lot of records from that era with a lot of teenage memories attached.

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10/06/02 Ystads Theater Sweden Diskaholics Anonymous Trio Moore/O'Rourke/Gustafsson
aka
Weapons of Ass Destruction

Is the new Yo La Tengo out yet? I've heard a couple songs from the album on the radio that I liked. But I haven't seen the album in the racks yet. I'm betting that'll make my 2006 list.

I guess a few I forgot or that I haven't heard yet but will surely be amazing.

Madlib - The Beat Konducta
POS - Audition
Hockey Night - Ehh. What's the title of that album?

Coming up:
New Beck
New Modest Mouse

mew - and the glass handed kites
russian circle's - enter
neko case - fox confessor brings the floods
jesu - silver ep
sy - rather ripped
tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain
the sword - age of winters

that is off the top of my head. i probably forgetting an album or two.

Mew! Fuck me, I didn't think they were still going.

Anyone remember Melys? They were fucking ace.

Yeah Melys.Them.

You might as well throw Symposium and Silver Sun on there for good measure then.

Yo La Tengo's new one is out tomorrow. Anybody here buying it?

Only one person mentioned the new Mission of Burma album?

i'm sorry, i'm just kidding.

agreed, its great just got it the other day

dont like it at all. real weak i think. not a patch on vs obviously but doesnt even come close to onoffon. real disappointment. the dvd is pretty good tho