best of 2009

[kata rokkar]

Re: best of 2009

Soundscape, have you listened to Clues yet? They seem up your alley.

[barneystorm]

Re: best of 2009

I browsed once and almost flamed you for not including Mew. I think it should be higher, but at least it was included. You should check out Night is the New Day by Katatonia before you finalize your list.

Take another look..around....say.... number 13????
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Creed is on that list.
Creed is on that list.
Creed is on that list.
Creed is on that list.
Creed is on that list.


...Creed is on that list.

And so is Daughtry.. thought I'd be taking WAAAY more shit for that!!!

This Creed album is really good, though if it fucks about with anything Alter Bridge related, I won't be happy.

The Katatonia album is indeed very good, but for that kind of music, I just think the new Swallow The Sun tops it - it's very close though -I've been lucky enough to see both bands perform live on multiple occasions this year and they really are fantastic live too.

[Jamis who?]

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There is a lot of over-hyped stuff, for sure - biggest example I can come up with is the new 30 Seconds To Mars album - talk about every song sounding the sodding same!! That's a real shame as I loved thier first album and had heard so many good things about this one


Barney, What sorta killed it for me about their new album is the background crowd participation on almost all the songs. The album would've been great without all the background noise.

[kata rokkar]

Re: best of 2009

Take another look..around....say.... number 13????
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And so is Daughtry.. thought I'd be taking WAAAY more shit for that!!!

This Creed album is really good, though if it fucks about with anything Alter Bridge related, I won't be happy.

The Katatonia album is indeed very good, but for that kind of music, I just think the new Swallow The Sun tops it - it's very close though -I've been lucky enough to see both bands perform live on multiple occasions this year and they really are fantastic live too.

i didn't notice that....i can only praise you on the size of your balls for posting that.

[SoundscapeMN]

Re: best of 2009

Soundscape, have you listened to Clues yet? They seem up your alley.

randomly I believe between on college radio and I am pretty sure I saw their name on sordo sometime within the last year and recall not being as impressed by their myspace enough to grab the upload. But maybe I should give them another go now?

[barneystorm]

Re: best of 2009

There is a lot of over-hyped stuff, for sure - biggest example I can come up with is the new 30 Seconds To Mars album - talk about every song sounding the sodding same!! That's a real shame as I loved thier first album and had heard so many good things about this one


Barney, What sorta killed it for me about their new album is the background crowd participation on almost all the songs. The album would've been great without all the background noise.

Absolutely.. that's the thing that jumped off the disc at me too.. you are just waiting for that 'We Are The world' style choir to come in that makes everything sound exactly the same.

[barneystorm]

Re: best of 2009

Wish I'd got to hear this one before I'd finished my list

Loss Of A Child - Carry Me Home

http://www.archive.org/details/LostChildren079

Soundscape.. think you might like this one too

Free (legal) download with all kinds of alternate versions too - their earleir work is really good too

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

Re: best of 2009

i really cannot stand loss of a child. i liked their first album, but the other one's were not as good.
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but, anywho, perhaps those of you who like the genre of post-rock should check out i hear siren's newest album. these guys are pretty good.

[barneystorm]

Re: best of 2009

Really? I think they've got better with each release- too early to say this one is their best but on three listens, it sounds up there with their last one.

This Siren you speak of- what's the title? MySpace link? The only Siren I know is an awful band who've releaswed an album recently called 'Spawn'...surely, you don't mean this ine?

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

Re: best of 2009

http://www.myspace.com/ihearsirens

[barneystorm]

Re: best of 2009

http://www.myspace.com/ihearsirens

Cheers for that - sounds interesting..'Deception Has A Way With Words' is mighty fine!!

[euphORIA]

Re: best of 2009

01 Converge - Axe to Fall
02 dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
03 Kiss Kiss - The Meek Shall Inherit What's Left
04 mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright
05 Eleventh He Reaches London - Hollow Be My Name
06 Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
07 Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away...
08 Ira - Visions Of A Landscape
09 Fanfarlo - Reservoir
10 Sidewaytown - Years In The Walls
11 The Protomen - Act II: The Father Of Death
12 Gavin Castleton - Home
13 Coalesce - OX
14 Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
15 Baroness - Blue Record
16 Isis - Wavering Radiant
17 The Mars Volta - Octahedron
18 My Latest Novel - Death and Entrances
19 Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious
20 maudlin of the Well - Part the Second

http://www.rockcore.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9116:top-albums-2009&catid=3:articulos&Itemid=18

[Ars Sycro]

Re: best of 2009

I haven't put all of them in order, but #1 is Brand New - Daisy
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#1 Movie = The Hurt Locker
#1 TV = Dexter (omg)
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At this point, my 2 favorite Thursday albums (in no order) are A City by the Light Divided and Common Existence. Full Collapse is right behind.

Outside of needing to give Common Existence more time, I'm in agreement. Also, War All The Time is right behind Full Collapse.

[barneystorm]

Re: best of 2009

05 Eleventh He Reaches London - Hollow Be My Name
10 Sidewaytown - Years In The Walls
11 The Protomen - Act II: The Father Of Death

THIS is why I really like these end of year lists... three artists I'd never even heard before reading this...The Protomen especially...just had this album on constant rotation today!!!

[Ars Sycro]

Re: best of 2009

Best non-vocal album: Soft Words Traverse - Gently

Check them out http://www.myspace.com/softwordstraverse