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2009 Rock Albums

JimBeamJimBeam Seattle. 2,012 Posts
edited March 2009 in Strut Central
i haven't had a huge budget to be blowing on music the past few months, but i have picked up some albums here and there. i did buy this: which i like a lot.i'm getting old, so i'm not paying as much attention-- what's good on the recent rock radar?
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  • phongonephongone 1,652 Posts
    Does the new U2 joint count?
  • gravelheadwrapgravelheadwrap corn 948 Posts
    i haven't had a huge budget to be blowing on music the past few months, but i have picked up some albums here and there. i did buy this:


    which i like a lot.
    i'm getting old, so i'm not paying as much attention-- what's good on the recent rock radar?

    I was wondering about this, last few haven't been so good.

    Crystal Antlers (from '08) is definitely worth checking out.
  • JimBeamJimBeam Seattle. 2,012 Posts
    if you didn't like the last few, you probably wont like this one. personally, i liked the prog-rock direction of the last few albums, and this follows in that vein. however, this one is definitely a bit more bare bones (a la st&g)-- from what i understand, they've had to abandon the larger interscope recording budget since leaving the label, and the results are audible.
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts


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    Does the new U2 joint count?

  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
    i know Deerhunter's Microcastle was released late last year, but since they played a secret show here last week and were incredible, I can't stop listening to it.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Just out
    Not doctored like Live and Dangerous
    From the same tour, songs that didn't make LnD



  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    I'm hearing a lot of good things about this lot, although I haven't heard the album yet. Apparently, they're a Scottish band doing a kind of folk/Kraut/drone-rock thing. They're supposed to be terrific live.

  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    They have a myspace - http://www.myspace.com/thephantombandpage - if you want to hear some stuff Doc.
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    I don't own the lp but whenever I hear Glasvegas I think maybe I should give it a listen.



  • pppppppp 261 Posts
    I am also giving this 'best album cover of the decade', too:

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    and:

  • deathvalley90210deathvalley90210 398 Posts
    I am also giving this 'best album cover of the decade', too:

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    and:


    i've been wondering about both of those albums, especially the zombi joint. i'm thinking about picking up one or both this weekend.

    i don't have much to add. i've not picked up much rock stuff so far this year. i picked up the new animal collective album. i have no idea what happens in the middle of it. i zone out every time i listen to it. it needs to lose about 15 minutes.
  • canonicalcanonical 2,100 Posts
    The Wavves album is pretty good if you're into lo-fi garage punk.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    I'm late on these guys, but I just discovered this band:

  • unityunity 179 Posts
    That animal collective album is blown up like that! The cd doesn't wave like that!
  • GenePontecorvoGenePontecorvo 5,612 Posts
    I'd recommend copping the Sore Eros lp before it's gone.
  • mickalphabetmickalphabet deep inna majestic segue 374 Posts
    That animal collective album is blown up like that! The cd doesn't wave like that!

    its a good album as well
  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    I'm hearing a lot of good things about this lot, although I haven't heard the album yet. Apparently, they're a Scottish band doing a kind of folk/Kraut/drone-rock thing. They're supposed to be terrific live.



    listening to this now, pretty cool. I don't hear much folk/drone so far, but one foot in Matador-y '90s indie rock and one foot in the Neu! school of Kraut is a fair description.

    I like about 2/3 of the songs on that Animal Collective but agree that it could use some trimming.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Just heard these, both will be released next month, I highly recommend them. Jeniferever are from Sweden, while Alligators are from Bremerton, WA.


  • Pistol_PetePistol_Pete 1,289 Posts
    BLK JKS have an album dropping on Secretly Canadian. I think it should be out this year.
    I'm definitely looking forward to that one.
  • edulusedulus 421 Posts
    who's bidding?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260379725777#ht_5030wt_1015
  • magpaulmagpaul 1,314 Posts


    Been bumping John Frusciante - The Empyrean. don't like RHCP either, it's just a nice record. Features the one Johnny Marr on a few songs too.
  • ageage 1,131 Posts





    Both..Major (esp. the Death release)
  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    This is the best shit out right now.

    Radio Moscow Brain Cycles.


    - spidey
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    I wasn't really blown away by the Wavves. That Death EP rules my face, though.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    A couple of these are late 08:

    C.A.P.S. | Strip Down & Rebuild | Heptown
    Whore Moans | Hello from the Radio Wasteland | Mt. Fuji
    Los Peyotes | Cavernicola | No Fun
    Davila 666 | S/T | In the Red
    Black Time | Double Negative | In the Red
    Obits | I Blame You | Sub Pop
    The Bronx | S/T (3rd) | White Drugs
    Gay Witch Abortion | Maverick | Learning Curve
    Guilty Hearts | Pearls Before Swine | Voodoo Rhythm
    Heavy Hands | Smoke Signals | Language of Stone
    Mystery Girls | Incontinopia | In the Red
    The Raydios | Rock Brochure | Three Dimensions (7″)
    Cloak Dagger | Surf Song | Jade Tree (7″)
    Groinoids | Radiobeat Sessions | Boston???s Finest | (7″ EP)
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    every year I get moved less and less by new rock...havent even taken a shine to anything released this year (except Death, but its not really a new rock record)...
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    That Obits record I listed is really good, as is the Heavy Hands.

    I have actually been impressed with alot of the newer stuff coming out
    this year. Lots of good garage-type stuff, as long as you can handle the
    derivative nature of neo-garage, which I get the feeling you might not

    And guys, Death is not a 2009 rock record.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    by the way, all the bands I listed can be heard in these two radio
    shows I did recently, as I pulled the info above right from my playlists:

    http://wmbr.org/m3u/Late_Risers%27_Club_20090304_1000.m3u

    http://wmbr.org/m3u/Late_Risers%27_Club_20090318_1000.m3u

    They are a mix of new releases and classic punk/metal/power pop from the 70's to now.

    (also, at the beginning of each stream is the last 2-3 minutes of the show before me)
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Lots of good garage-type stuff, as long as you can handle the
    derivative nature of neo-garage, which I get the feeling you might not

    yeah living in the city with Goner Records World HQ puts you off to that stuff REALLY fast
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