Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

[Feed Me A Stray Cat]

So we're about 5 months deep into 2009...what are the standouts so far this year?

For me (no order):

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Beirut - March of the Zapotec/Realpeople Holland
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
dredg - the Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective
Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band - S/T
Odawas - The Blue Depths
Paper Route - Absence
Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself

So what about everyone else? I'd like to hear some new stuff.

[Gnomad]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
ISIS - Wavering Radiant
Audrye Sessions - s/t
Water & Bodies - s/t EP
Callisto - Providence
dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
From Monument to Masses - On Little Known Frequencies

and of course the new Son of Robot EP. Speaking of which, when can I buy that, cribble? The purchasing shall commence when you are ready to receive payments for musics.

[crawler]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

Long Distance Calling - Avoid the Light
Solstafir - Köld
ISIS - Wavering Radiant
Callisto - Providence
Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
Expedición A Las Estrellas - 27
and of course: dredg - tptptd

+waiting for: Rishloo - Feathergun

[kata rokkar]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
dredg - the Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
Jeremy Enigk - OK Bear
St. Vincent - Actor
DOOM - Born Like This
Dan Deacon - Bromst
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Various Artists - Dark Was the Night
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I
Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free



+waiting for:
Far - (untitled)
Mew - No More Stories
John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
Caspian - Tertia

[Trathena]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

the Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
The Century of Self, by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
No Line in the Horizon, by U2
Amor Vincit Omnia, by Pure Reason Revolution
Kingdom of Rust, by Doves (thanks, brazilian!)

[brazilianpdo]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

Doves - Kingdom of Rust
dredg - the Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion

[Trathena]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

and of course the new Son of Robot EP. Speaking of which, when can I buy that, cribble? The purchasing shall commence when you are ready to receive payments for musics.

What he said.

I've downloaded your files here and off of last.fm, but I'll buy anything you put up for sale.



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Now playing: 65daysofstatic - Dance Parties (Distant)

[Frank Nit]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

dredg
myka 9 - 1969
themselves - freeHoudini
appleseed cast - sagarmartha
jessica lea mayfield - with blasphemy so heartfelt (i guess this came out last year, but it's too good to leave off the list)
gavin degraw - free


still wildly anticipating:
regina spektor - far
mute math
bike for three - more heart than brains
sole and skyrider
themselves - crownsdown
minus the bear
elsiane

[IKnockStuffDown]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

dredg - the pariah, the parrot, the delusion
paper route - absence
animal collective - merriweather post pavillion

[hand_of_change]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

dredg - tp, tp, td
isis - wavering radiant
mastodon - crack the skye

I'm sure there's plenty more but I can't think right now... bah!

[speaking of isis, is anybody else on Ipecac set to release something this year?]

[Ars Sycro]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright

And I'm just starting to check out Audrye Sessions CD. It's pretty good.

[Trathena]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

Manchester Orchestra? Mewithoutyou?

I've got to get those.

[And we'll just put a happy little bush over here.]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing

mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright

second. but i also love the manchester orchestra EP.

[SoundscapeMN]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

for the bored:

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/SoundscapeMN/2009_albums_tracking_and_ranking

1) Soundscape - Grave New World
2) dredg - TPPD
3) Umphrey's McGee - Mantis
4) Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
5) Long Distance Calling - Avoid the Light (glad to see someone else with this excellent album on their list!)
6) Archive - Controlling Crowds
7) maudlin of the Well - Part the Second (the newest to find the top 10!)
8) Greg Herriges - Telluric Currents (best record from Minnesota so far this year)
9) The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
10) Malajube - Labyrinthes
11) My Latest Novel - Deaths and Entrances (a huge surprise breakthrough!)
12) Grammatics - Grammatics
13) Doves - Kingdom of Rust
14) Sound & Shape - The Love Electric (EP) awesome EP!
15) Sholi - Sholi I love this debut album!
16) Mastodon - Crack the Skye
17) Solstafir - Kold
18) The Kris Norris Projekt - Icons of the Illogical
19) St.Vincent - Actor
20) Water & Bodies - Water & Bodies (EP) I'm addicted to this right now.

upcoming:
Scott Matthews, Karnivool, The Dear Hunter, The Mars Volta, Kiss Kiss, Born of Osiris, Imogen Heap, Mew

Mute Math? In Vain? Fields? Midlake? Local Natives? Subterranean Masquerade?

Porcupine Tree, Orphaned Land, Oceansize (EP + LP?), 3 (2 LPs?) Between the Buried and Me, Transatlantic, Pain of Salvation, Ours/Jimmy Gnecco, Dead Letter Circus, Between Two Skies, Neverending White Lights, Thurisaz

[And we'll just put a happy little bush over here.]

Re: Favorite albums of 2009 so far?

i think you are all terribly predispositioned to rank dredg high. worthless calvinists.