It's that time of the year...........

by **withahip** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:48 am

I can barely remember what I purchased that came out this year the cds were generally so unremarkable. Really - I am a bitter man taking out my anger on my music collection.

The Xx - kind of like the Cure with really balnd vocals

Flaming Lips - Clearly warned it would be a lot more noise and "experimental" (ie half finished songs) it is ok - but bought into the hype.

Maps - It is ok - the lyrics really kill it and the breathy vocals don't appeal like they once did.

Girls - Good. Purposely under produced.

The Fountain - could be a career ender.

White Lies - should have bought a Visage reissue

Church - Untitled #23 - Really good.

The Horrors - meh

Metric - Fantasies - Good

Air Love 2 - Good album

Passion Pit - Manners - Loved it at first then wanted to hear my MGMT cd instead

Depeche Mode - A few songs are stand outs. The retro synths do not make for repeated listening.

Didn't buy and should have
Ian Brown's new one
Interpol singer's new one
The Big Pink
Muse
Roksopp

Didn't even realize they released something new
Editors
Placebo
Kasabian
Manic Street Preachers
Asobi Seksu - wait I did and it sounded boring

by **Scouser** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:29 am

Just bought tickets for Wild Beasts March tour

by **Dave Smith** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:27 pm

I'll be there at Warwick.

Just booked to see Mew in Oslo on Feb 13th for my 40th on the 2nd.Come on.And then we find out its Mr Gay World in Oslo that same weekend.I think I'm safe ....dont know about Jonas and the boys though!lol.

by **Scouser** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:06 pm

Not a bad 40th (apart from Mew)

by **Dave Smith** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:36 pm

Mew or Mr Gay World?lol.

by **tonywojo** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:57 pm

Dave Smith wrote:Mew or Mr Gay World?lol.

overdoing it a bit?

by **black francis** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:40 pm

Stinker of the year - KMFDM "Blitz"

by **moses (2)** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:52 am

holy fuck

i have not heard of most of these bands

I am in the wilderness

by **Lancashire Fusileer** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:13 am

there you go.. bit of thought, can't whittle it down

Daniel Land and the Modern Painters new one (a classic)
The latest Godspunk compilation
Old Canes - Feral Music
Brakes - Rock is Dodelijk
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Ruts DC – Rhythm Collision – Re-Loaded
Hyperdub – 5 Years of Hyperdub
Gavin Russom - Black Meterorite Star
Barbara Morgenstern – BM
The Longcut – Open Hearts
Evangelista (Carla Bozulich) – Prince of Truth
Myra Davies – Cities and Girls
The Def-A-Kators -Texan Redneck with a Big Cock
My Vanity Project - A Father A Son and an Idiot
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Foreign Born – Person to Person
James Yorkston and the Big Eyes Family Players - Folk Songs
Monokino – Human Error
Thee Oh Sees – Help
Morton Valence - Bob & Veronica Ride Again
Guido Mobius – Gebirge
The Vaselines – Enter the Vaselines (Deluxe Edition)
La Minor – Oboroty
Polska Rootz – S/T
Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
Pink Mountaintops – Outside Love
Love is All – A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night
Charles Spearin – The Happiness Project
Godspunk - Volume Seven
British Sea Power – Man of Aran
King Creosote – Flick the Vs
Super Furry Animals - Dark Days /Light Years
Studio G - G-Spots
The Drones – Havilah
Micachu – Jewellery
The Phantom Band – Checkmate Savage
Action Beat – The Noise Band from Bletchley
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight / Blood
De Rosa – Prevention

by **Scouser** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:32 pm

I love the first Longcut album - is the new one any good?

by **Lancashire Fusileer** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:11 pm

I really like it, it's big & bold and some good tunes on there.

by **Scouser** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:57 pm

Sold! I'll give it a go.

by **withahip** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:58 pm

The Big Pink. One of the best. Nothing out of the ordinary - just good new wave music and on 4AD.

by **industri** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:52 pm

01 Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter
02 Depreciation Guild - In Her Gentle Jaws (technically last year, but first physical release was this year)
03 The Legends - Over And Over
04 A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
05 Sonic Youth - The Eternal
06 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
07 The Mary Onettes - Islands
08 White Lies - To Lose My Life
09 The XX - XX
10 The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love
11 Pet Shop Boys - Yes
12 Editors - In This Light And On This Morning
13 Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper
14 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
15 Silversun Pickups - Swoon

Think it's strange that the Interol lead singer and Editors both went in a beefier, dancier direction at the same time. Both were quite good - just strange that it happened like that.

by **Voodoo Billy** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:28 pm

Jesus, I am old. Reading the above lists, I'm almost sure that the only three 2009 albums I have bought are The Fountain, Morrissey's effort and Yellow6's "Merry 6mas 2009" (an annual ambient treat). I must have bought 100+ cds in the last 12 months but most are catch-ups / reissues / replacements that I've failed to buy until the last year, so here goes a top 15 of purchases from 2009 (no particular order).

The Wild Swans - Incandescent
Patti Smith - Horses
The Velvet Underground & Nico (Deluxe Edition)
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Fountain (I love "Everlasting Neverendless")
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Pere Ubu - Raygun Suitcase
John the Postman - Puerile
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Strung Out in Heaven
Television - Marquee Moon
Datblygu - The Peel Sessions
The Soft Boys - 1976-81
The Residents - Third Reich 'n' Roll
Morrissey -Swords (for "Christian Dior")
Yellow6 - Merry 6mas 2009
13th Floor Elevators box set (still can't bring myself to break the cellophane, but I know the contents are classic!).

It's that time of the year...........

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