MY NON-RAP ALBUMS OF THE YEAR top 10 (which is the same as my REGULAR top 10)
1. MIA - KALA 2. NO AGE - WEIRDO RIPPERS 3. BLACK LIPS - GOOD BAD NOT EVIL 4. JAY REATARD - BLOOD VISIONS 5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver 6. Cheeseburger - Cheeseburger 7. King Kahn & The Shrines - What is? 8. BATTLES - MIRRORED 9. TIMES NEW VIKING - Present the Paisley Reich 10. SPOON - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 11. SOILED MATTRESS& THE SPRINGS
and yes, this might be my # 1. After initially not feeling it, I kept coming back to it in certain moods and found it very fresh, imaginative, and inspiring.
I just saw King Khan & BBQ Show in New Haven ... they killed it.
this record is a serious surprise:
Here's a great review that sums it up for me:
King Khan, thee baddest French-Canadian Indian exiled in Germany, at least that we know of, returned in 2007 with yet another new album, here backed by an incredible eight-piece band, with a full brass section. On What Is?!, Khan channels Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Stones, the Stooges, Jacques Dutronc, Johnny Thunders, Dylan, and Sun Ra (no, wait til you hear "Cosmic Serenade") all in the space of one album, rooted in an authentic '60s style recording and gut-shot production values. Khan howls, preaches, and confesses like James Brown raised on Nuggets and Pebbles compilations, and if you don't love this record, you are sick of rock 'n' roll.
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i wasn't into this album at all but i like their earlier ones
while i may have not listened to a lot of the new albums that came out this year yet, that one gets my nod as best non-rappyrap album.
edit: oh yeah...this dungeon was pretty serial as well.
F*cked Up - Year of the Pig
No No Zero - Rough Stuff
Lullabye Arkestra - AmpGrave
record of the year.
no other new music got anything close to the number of spins i gave this one.
1. MIA - KALA
2. NO AGE - WEIRDO RIPPERS
3. BLACK LIPS - GOOD BAD NOT EVIL
4. JAY REATARD - BLOOD VISIONS
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
6. Cheeseburger - Cheeseburger
7. King Kahn & The Shrines - What is?
8. BATTLES - MIRRORED
9. TIMES NEW VIKING - Present the Paisley Reich
10. SPOON - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
11. SOILED MATTRESS& THE SPRINGS
i SAY GOOD YEAR FOR NON-RAP ALBUMs
and despite popular opinion on this board, i love this album...
and yes, this might be my # 1. After initially not feeling it, I kept coming back to it in certain moods and found it very fresh, imaginative, and inspiring.
I just saw King Khan & BBQ Show in New Haven ... they killed it.
not the best but one of the best
sharon jones of course
Dungen!
this record is a serious surprise:
Here's a great review that sums it up for me:
King Khan, thee baddest French-Canadian Indian exiled in Germany, at least that we know of, returned in 2007 with yet another new album, here backed by an incredible eight-piece band, with a full brass section. On What Is?!, Khan channels Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Stones, the Stooges, Jacques Dutronc, Johnny Thunders, Dylan, and Sun Ra (no, wait til you hear "Cosmic Serenade") all in the space of one album, rooted in an authentic '60s style recording and gut-shot production values. Khan howls, preaches, and confesses like James Brown raised on Nuggets and Pebbles compilations, and if you don't love this record, you are sick of rock 'n' roll.
what the hell is that? i just lost my lunch!
what is this? what a beautiful cover!
lol!
what kind of sound?
Word to that Feist too.
cosign on the thurston moore
add: radiohead's "in rainbows"
What's that? I don't mind being an Albini troll once in a while, haven't been one for long though...
im sure all the not-having-text-on-album-covers thing didnt help.
good call cos. i was thinking that too.
im totally out of the loop on new R&B this year outside of singles ... any help??? batmon?
One album that came out this year and was a disappointment: the Queens of the stone age album.