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Best Discoveries of the Year So Far
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:24 am
by thedisavowed
This is the 'not necessarily released this year' version.
I've had a great year digging.
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
Brian Eno - Amient IV: On Land
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Slowdive - Pygmallion
Records I finally 'got':
Post Tri-Repetae Autechre
Incredible String Band
Loveless
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:13 am
by silo flame
some good ones lately:
bonnie "prince" billy - i see a darkness
the boredoms - everything
the microphones - evrything
municipal waste - the art of partying
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:41 am
by Romeda
I just got the reissue of "Quique" by Seefeel. A must-have for any BoC fan. An Amazing album.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:14 am
by Vordhosbn
Bête Noire by Bryan Ferry
I swear, Limbo has a very, very, similar beat to Skyliner.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:29 am
by Goiter Sanchez
'Lost Days, Open Skies And Streaming Tides' by Manual. Just gorgeous; he's really come a long way!
'No Certain Day or Morning' by Home Video... Will tide me over before the next Radiohead drops.
'October Language' by Belong... The most gorgeous drone album I've ever heard.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:39 pm
by jonnyjj74
Jega
Boris - Pink
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:43 pm
by volante
The Cinematics - A Strange Education Back in June and July I was listening to only this.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:28 pm
by Cupz
Clark - Throttle Clearence (Proper Mid-Fi is fucking amazing)
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
Acidwolf - Legacy
Blue States - Nothing changes under the sun (thanks thedisavowed)
Kettel - My Dogan (Thanks aesthetics)
Spinvis - Goochelaars en Geesten (Take beck, add total awesomness, add BoC, and translate it to dutch)
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:41 pm
by Infinite E
Bump for a good thread.
Miles Davis- Bitches Brew
Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters
Scientist- Scientist Rids the World of The Evil Curse of the Vampires
Brian Eno in general
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:00 pm
by thedisavowed
Infinite E wrote:
Brian Eno in general
Just amazing stuff, isn't it?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:50 pm
by Fredd-E
thedisavowed wrote:Infinite E wrote:
Brian Eno in general
Just amazing stuff, isn't it?
Never an ending to it!
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:33 pm
by jonnyjj74
Infinite E wrote:
Miles Davis- Bitches Brew
Stunning cd, one of my all time favorites. No matter how many times I hear it, I can never get your head around it's structure.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:57 am
by Infinite E
Oh yeah, and Talk Talk- Spirit of Eden. From this thread I'm gonna check out
thedisavowed wrote:Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
and
Goiter Sanchez wrote:'October Language' by Belong
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:16 pm
by Wrathschild
The Tuss - Rushup Edge. whether it's Aphex Twin or not, it absolutely slaughters anything else I have heard for the last few years.
Aaron Spectre - Life we promote. Ragga Jungle. Free mixset available from his website. Not for the limp wristed.
http://aaronspectre.com/
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:09 pm
by mechanismj
The Tuss
Cocteau Twins
Killing Joke
Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye
Asylum Party - Borderline
The Cure's Trilogy Of Doom (Disintegration really is one of the best albums ever)
The Danse Society
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:29 pm
by thedisavowed
Young Master Cupz (
) turned me on to this record and I absolutely love it. It's not very experimental- I mean, it sounds exactly how you would think a record with Harold Budd and the Cocteau Twins would sound- but it is so UNCOMMONLY BEAUTIFUL that I think it's worth a mention here. D/L and/or buy at will.
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:59 am
by Mirror Lake
Bump!
Sooo many good artists found this year (not necessarily from this year..)
- Hiromi's Sonicbloom - "Time Control" (if you are a musician this is particularly rewarding)
- Everything by Iron and Wine, particularly "The Creek Drank the Cradle"
- Pinback's "Blue Screen Life"
- Sigur Ros's very recent "Hvarf/Heim"
- Owen
- Hopesfall's "Magnetic North", not a perfect CD as a whole, but has unbelieveably redeeming moments and some nice lyrics
***
I currently cohost a metal radio show at a local college...
And if you enjoy angry metalcore, grindcore, deathcore, blahblahblahcore (I wonder if anyone here listens to any of the following?) here are my favorites, mostly from this year:
- The Devil Wears Prada, "Plagues"
- August Burns Red, "Messengers"
- Emmure's "Goodbye to the Gallows" (in the scene here, you're almost considered a sellout for loving these guys.. but.. it's so damn catchy)
- The Acacia Strain's "The Dead Walk" - Possibly the angriest, dirtiest thing ever
- Ion Dissonance's "Minus the Herd" - Completely relentless, brutal, and weird time signatures
- Suicide Silence's "The Cleansing" - Fuck
- Vanna's "Curses" - The most accessible yet underappreciated CD on this list. Definitely worth a spin.
I hope none of you hate me for this list, haha. Let me know if you've heard anything from it!
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:02 am
by jonnyjj74
My favorite discoveries have been things from the 60s and 70s like Gong, Incredible String Band, and Silver Apples. They excerpt some almost childlike innocence with their lyrics when it comes to looking at life. I don't hear many bands that feel as free to me as them. BOC encompasses their influence with sound, but without lyrics it's more subtle.
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:07 am
by yeah.thats.right.orange
Boxcutter, Machine Drum, Prefuse 73, Ulrich Schnauss, Miles Davis
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:56 am
by Joebot Kill
lots of good stuff! really got into autechre... boxcutter.. squarepusher... much more into aphex than before too... sunn o))) (kind of out of place) ... and more recently tetsu inoue.
) turned me on to this record and I absolutely love it. It's not very experimental- I mean, it sounds exactly how you would think a record with Harold Budd and the Cocteau Twins would sound- but it is so UNCOMMONLY BEAUTIFUL that I think it's worth a mention here. D/L and/or buy at will.