Chart the 2008 Albums as You Hear Them!

[captainofbeef]

Figured I would start this again...

[captainofbeef]

The 2008 albums, every album would be ridiculous.

[ie]

I should check out the new Earth release, among other things.

All I got so far:
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008)

[captainofbeef]

1. R.E.M.- Accelerate
2. The Mars Volta- The Bedlam in Goliath
3. Rush- Snakes and Arrows Live
4. The Black Crowes- Warpaint
5. Nine Inch Nails- The Slip
6. The Roots- Rising Down
7. Jackson Browne- Solo Acoustic Vol. 2
8. Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts I-IV
9. Counting Crows- Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
10. Cat Power- Jukebox
11. Jack Johnson- Sleep Through the Static
12. Gnarls Barkley- The Odd Couple
13. Sheryl Crow- Detours

[ie]

I am checking out the Bedlam in Goliath from the library tomorrow. I was surprised how quickly people forgot about it after its release, though. With De-Loused in the Comatorium and even Francis the Mute, people are still waiting in line for copies of it, but Scabdates and Ampuwhatever? I see them around all the time. Not a good sign, even though I'll wait until I actually hear the album before I give up on the band or anything.

[ie]

Well, I didn't think Bedlam in Goliath was crap, even in comparison to De-Loused in the Comatorium. Looks like I'm going to out-obscure andruini if I continue to listen to 08 albums:


2008:
1. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
2. The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath
3. Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior
x. Supa Koopa & Outkome - Almost Nameless

[ie]

My list so far does have a higher percentage of obscure musicians than yours.

[ie]

Yeah, well, if it weren't for me trying to round myself out and listen to Piazzolla and Wu-Tang, then I'd be listening to more 2008 shit.

[ie]

Now with thoughts.

2008:
01. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull -- I guess I like new Earth's drone + country stuff more than old Earth's heavy drone. I got no indie cred anyways, so I guess that's why it's at the top right now.
02. Melvins - Nude With Boots -- First Melvins album, but certainly not the last I'll hear.
03. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend -- Didn't expect I'd like this much at all. It's really cute, though, and has a good spread of music.
04. Boris - Smile -- I'm not too lame, don't worry, I can still dig drone music. The way it's sung in Japanese really makes it seem out of this world. Keen.
05. Cat Power - Jukebox -- So in my top 5 so far, I have two harder hitting albums, two softer hitting albums and one in between. So fucking predictable.
06. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV -- Good ambient music
07. Muse - H.A.A.R.P. -- Not 100% impressed, but thought it was pretty decent.
08. Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge -- Good guitar playing, okay singing
09. The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath -- Not bad, but not redeeming enough; not much of a fan anymore
10. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems -- Not my kind of music, but still decent enough
11. Portishead - Third -- Gibbons' singing is a lot more annoying now
12. Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior -- Decent dubhop, kind of tedius though
13. Supa Koopa & Outkome - Almost Nameless -- Bad rapping
--. Genghis Tron - Board Up the House -- Gave me a headache, I couldn't even finish it, so it's not rated. This is more of criterionmaster's music, anyways.


Still nothin' on andruini (who is now up to 34), but I pretty much went down RYM's Top 200 thusfar of 08 and grabbed whatever I could recognize. Wasn't able to listen to all of them, but I got a good amount of them in.


I finally went the RYM route for this list. More interesting to look at, I think.

[ie]

Why not throw those thoughts on your 2008 list before it gets too out of hand? I know that's what I did. So to mix things up, I'll post my Top 20 so far without comments (since they're on RYM where they BELONG!), comment on yours and then go to sleep early. How's that for mixing shit up?

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01. Yoko Kanno - Song to Fly
02. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
03. Melvins - Nude With Boots
04. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
05. KRS-One - Adventures in Emceein

06. Cat Power - Jukebox
07. Boris - Smile
08. Beach House - Devotion
09. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
10. Muse - H.A.A.R.P.


11. Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge
12. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt
13. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
14. Morcheeba - Dive Deep
15. The Black Mages - Darkness and Starlight

16. The Rolling Stones - Shine a Light
17. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus!!! Dig!!!
18. Nobuo Uematsu - Lost Odyssey
19. Joe Satriani - Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
20. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath

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I've been thinking about checking out some of the stuff on your list, particularly Animal Collective. I haven't really "gotten" them yet, so I may not be ready yet, but considering I'd do the same for a Top 20 of 2008 movies by including shorts, I won't mind that it's an EP and check it out sometime...

I didn't hate Antidotes. At first glance, it was fun, then I realized that I don't like having fun.

Yeah, their band name really sucks. (Hell, that could be a band name right there. "Yeah, their band name really sucks." A shitty band that would be created only to spite me, or in other words, your next band.

Comps don't really get me going because I have to sit down and listen to each track so I know who's performing it so I can check them out, which doesn't let me sit back and enjoy, but I'm definitely going to check out Sea Lion and the Dreamers based off of your comments. (Stealing shit off your list, I know.)

I was surprised how much I liked both Cat Power and Vampire Weekend. Not a LOOOOVE, but a like. Also, your reasoning for Vampire Weekend is why I'm not really listening to it much at all. It's really just for those kind of fun moods. You know, because I like to have fun. But I need to hear more Cat Power.

I'm going to check out the Man Man record I have before I check out Rabbit Habits, but it will be next.

Maybe heaviest, but can you say loudest Japanese band without saying Boredoms?


I know you gave Earth's latest a 4/5, but it's not even in your Top 30. What happened?



Also, this sounds a lot like the Once soundtrack, for interested parties: mundomp3.blogspot.com/search/label/Isobel%20Campbell%20And%20Mark%20Lanegan%20-%20Sunday%20At%20The%20Devil%20Dirt

[ie]

I guess that reason for lack of comments works as good as any. As for Japanese bands, not really too privvy on them, so I'll check out more of them after I get a lead on you in 08 albums, because off-hand I really only know Boris and Boredoms, but I'm here to learn. Also, read this article about the Boredom's recent trip through this area. I don't really go to concerts, so I didn't go, but it sounds awesome.


But the main reason I'm here is because this challenge between you and I of listening to as much 08 music as possible almost became fatal. I listened to a live Fall Out Boy album because I noticed you were getting a leg up on me on 2008 albums and I was able to grab it fairly easily. Well, here's the review I will be posting on the album:

"Listening to this album was a BAD idea. Remember how girls would scream over the Backstreet Boys? This recording made a special point of reminding you that these fans were in the crowd for every song except their cover of Beat It. I bet the crowd was confused, but for the wrong reasons: What is this song? And why isn't it a Panic at the Disco cover? I was also amused that in the same songs with screaming prepubescent girls were halfassed attempts at screamo vocals, followed by icky sing-a-longs. No, don't do that, you fucking perverts."

On the bright side, they opened up a new portal of badness: I'm now using the 1/5 rating at RYM. I'm thinking of calling it "You are a horrible person." or "Your taste in music sucks."

[ie]

Posted the review, but that's not why I'm here. Nor am I here to remind that slacker Andrew that according to our 2008 lists, I'm only about eight releases behind him.

Nay, I'm here to spread the gift of the Roots' Rising Down. Enjoy.

[captainofbeef]

^Thanks, I'll definitely be picking that up later...

[ie]

Apr 27, 2008 14:35:59 GMT -5 captainofbeef said:

^Thanks, I'll definitely be picking that up later...

No problem. Not much of a fan of the Roots, but I did like it better than Phrenology. (I guess I was expecting more chilled hip hop with that album, but it wasn't too bad either.)

[captainofbeef]

Updated:

1. R.E.M.- Accelerate
2. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges
3. The Mars Volta- The Bedlam in Goliath
4. Rush- Snakes and Arrows Live
5. The Black Crowes- Warpaint
6. The Raconteurs- Consolers of the Lonely
7. Opeth- Watershed
8. Sigur Rós- Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
9. Nine Inch Nails- The Slip
10. The Roots- Rising Down
11. Agalloch- The White EP
12. Jackson Browne- Solo Acoustic Vol. 2
13. Beck- Modern Guilt
14. Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts I-IV
15. Mark Lanegan and Isobell Campbell- Sunday at Devil Dirt
16. Counting Crows- Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
17. Cat Power- Jukebox
18. Coldplay- Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
19. Jack Johnson- Sleep Through the Static
20. Gnarls Barkley- The Odd Couple
21. Sheryl Crow- Detours

[PTAhole]

I've heard a total of three albums this year.

1. R.E.M.- Accelerate
2. Weezer- Weezer (Red Album)
3. The A.K.A.s- Everybody Make Some Noise

[mixed]

The whole Cat Power are good thing has really passed me by. To me it sounds like a Dido esque load of samey bore. Why do people like it? I mean sure, she has a good voice but the songs are all so dreary and similar sounding

[ie]

Jul 3, 2008 17:42:53 GMT -5 mixed said:

The whole Cat Power are good thing has really passed me by. To me it sounds like a Dido esque load of samey bore. Why do people like it? I mean sure, she has a good voice but the songs are all so dreary and similar sounding

Why do we like music at all? Because it moves us in some small way. Some smaller than others. I even listened to Jukebox a little while ago to make sure I wasn't following convention. Sometimes convention is just fine.


Current Top 20:
1. Toumani Diabaté - The Mandé Variations {world music}
2. disasterPEACE - Level {chiptunes}
3. Asian Dub Foundation - Punkara {dub electronic}
4. The Dø - A Mouthful {folk pop}
5. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull {country drone}
6. Melvins - Nude With Boots {punk}
7. Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IV Original Soundtrack {vg music}
8. Boris - Smile {drone}
9. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (Copa pasta'd that) {sigur ros}
10. Carlos Niño & Lil Sci - What's the Science: Elevation {hip hop}
11. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Perfect Future {ska}
12. Wiley - Grime Wave {grime}
13. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV {ambient}
14. Shnabubula - Controller 1 {chiptunes}
15. In Extremo - Sängerkrieg {folk metal}
16. The Black Mages - Darkness and Starlight {vg music}
17. O.S.T.R. - Ja tu tylko sprzątam {Polish rap}
18. Cat Power - Jukebox {etc}
19. Morcheeba - Dive Deep {trip hop}
20. Imahoritsuneoyoshidatatsuya - Dots {experimental rock}

[drone]

2008 Albums I've heard:

Virgin Black: Requiem: Fortissimo
They:Swarm: The Mundane Corruption
Septicflesh: Communion
Saol: Untitled Demo
Rotten Sound: Cycles
Remembrance: Silencing The Moments
Prostitute Disfigurement: Descendants Of Depravity
Origin: Antithesis
Ocoai: Breatherman
Nyktalgia: Peisithanatos
Nortt: Galgenfrist
Nadja: Desire In Uneasiness
My Shameful: Descent
Mirrothrone: Gangrene
Kataplexia: Supreme Authority
Kataklysm: Prevail
Isolation: Isolation
I Shalt Become: Requiem
Hegemon: Contempus Mundi
Esoteric: The Maniacal Vile
Deicide: Till Death Do Us Part
Defaillance: Contemplation Misanthropique de l´humanite...
Decrepit Birth: Diminishing Between Worlds
Deathrow: Gateways To Oblivion
Daylight Dies: Lost To The Living
Coldworld: Melancholie
Celestia: Frigidiis Apotheosia : Abstinencia Genesiis
Brain Drill: Apocalyptic Feasting
Bloodbath: Unblessing the Purity
Belphegor: Bondage Goat Zombie
Avsky: Malignant
Arsis: We Are The Nightmare
Animus: Hallucinations: Ideals Surrounding Water, Sand, and Clouds of Dust
Ancestral: Avowal
Amenra: Mass IIII
Agalloch: The White
Abyssmal Sorrow: Lament
Aborted: Strychnine.213

I know I'm missing some, but it doesn't really matter.

Top 10 of 2008 thus far:

1. Animus: Ideals Surrounding Water, Sand, and Clouds of Dust (Black Metal)

2. Decrepit Birth: Diminishing Between Worlds (Brutal Death Metal)

3. Virgin Black: Requiem: Fortissimo (Doom/Gothic/Symphonic Metal)

4. Nyktalgia: Peisithanatos (Black Metal)

5. Mirrothrone: Gangrene (Experimental/Atmospheric Death/Black Metal)

6. Origin: Antithesis (Technical/Brutal Death Metal)

7. Esoteric: The Maniacal Vile (Funeral Doom/Death Metal)

8. I Shalt Become: Isolation (Black Metal)

9. Remembrance: Silencing The Moments (Funeral Doom Metal)

10. Rotten Sound: Cycles (Grindcore/Death Metal)

[mixed]

I can't say that I've heard of a single band you listed

[ie]

Jul 5, 2008 15:47:25 GMT -5 mixed said:

I can't say that I've heard of a single band you listed

I was going to say that the only one I'd heard was Esoteric, and how mildly amusing that was.


But I've also heard Agalloch. But yeah, I'm really not too much into deathened metal either.

[drone]

Jul 6, 2008 16:16:39 GMT -5 ie said:

I was going to say that the only one I'd heard was Esoteric, and how mildly amusing that was.


But I've also heard Agalloch. But yeah, I'm really not too much into deathened metal either.

Not all of it is death metal. Did you enjoy the Agalloch you heard? They're actually pretty accessible, especially Ashes Against The Grain, which is fantastic in every sense.

[ie]

Jul 6, 2008 22:01:45 GMT -5 drone said:

Jul 6, 2008 16:16:39 GMT -5 ie said:

I was going to say that the only one I'd heard was Esoteric, and how mildly amusing that was.


But I've also heard Agalloch. But yeah, I'm really not too much into deathened metal either.

Not all of it is death metal. Did you enjoy the Agalloch you heard? They're actually pretty accessible, especially Ashes Against The Grain, which is fantastic in every sense.

I know, that's why I said deathened metal.

I mostly enjoyed the The Mantle by Agalloch. I gave it 3.5/5.0, which is a decent rating. Here are all my ratings, although you should know that I hated Marduk's La Grande Danse Macabre when I heard it a few years ago. Other than that, not really looking for metal recommendations (since it's really hard for me to sit down and listen to music on my computer, let alone put the effort into finding obscure metal), but you could check it out anyways. I also got some metal recommendations from a guy on there, so maybe let me know what I should check out on that list.

And it is kind of sad that I heard the Hellyeah album, but I was looking for shit to listen to during the week, and saw that album. At least it did not disappoint, knowing exactly what kind of music it would be and all. Hellyeah doesn't seem like the name of a band playing classical music.

[PTAhole]

1. Accelerate- R.E.M.
2. Weezer (Red Album)- Weezer
3. Agony and Irony- Alkaline Trio
4. Everybody Make Some Noise- The A.K.A.s

Jesus, I've barely listened to any music this year. I dug all of these albums overall, though. Accelerate is fucking phenomenal record, Red Album is a solid Weezer release, Agony and Irony is good Trio, and Everybody Make Some Noise was a slight drop from their first album.
Still want to pick up the new Coldplay, Beck, and a few others. Looking forward to the new Oasis, since their last album was their best in years.

[captainofbeef]

This year has been a pretty slow year in music compared to last year....

[captainofbeef]

I figured you would say that

I dunno, only a few new albums have really caught me this year...

[mixed]

1) Fleet Foxes
2) Conor Oberst
3) Coldplay - Viva La Vida
4) My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
5) Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer
6) The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
7) errerrerrr

I think that's all i've heard this year, maybe a few more....

Top 3:
1) Conor Oberst - notitle
2) Fleet Foxes - notitle
3) My morning Jacket - Evil Urges

[ie]

Top 10+160

1. Level by disasterPEACE
2. Motörizer by Motörhead
3. The Mandé Variations by Toumani Diabaté
4. That album by Sigur Rós
5. Punkara by Asian Dub Foundation
6. Final Fantasy IV DS OST by Nobuo Uematsu
7. Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull by Earth
8. Family Genesis by YMCK
9. Grime Wave by Wiley
10. Nude With Boots by Melvins

Mainly, though, I'm looking forward to AC/DC's latest. Could be decent.

[captainofbeef]

1. TV on the Radio- Dear Science
2. R.E.M.- Accelerate
3. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges
4. The Mars Volta- The Bedlam in Goliath
5. Rush- Snakes and Arrows Live
6. Dave Matthews Band- Live Trax 12
7. The Black Crowes- Warpaint
8. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
9. The Raconteurs- Consolers of the Lonely
10. Opeth- Watershed
11. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
12. Metallica- Death Magnetic
13. Sigur Rós- Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
14. Kings of Leon- Only By the Night
15. Nine Inch Nails- The Slip
16. The Roots- Rising Down
17. Agalloch- The White EP
18. Dave Matthews Band- Live Trax 13
19. Jackson Browne- Solo Acoustic Vol. 2
20. Beck- Modern Guilt
21. Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts I-IV
22. John Mellencamp- Life, Death, Love and Freedom
23. Mark Lanegan and Isobell Campbell- Sunday at Devil Dirt
24. Counting Crows- Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
25. Jackson Browne- Time the Conqueror
26. Guns 'N Roses- Chinese Democracy
27. AC/DC- Black Ice
28. Cat Power- Jukebox
29. Coldplay- Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
30. Jack Johnson- Sleep Through the Static
31. Gnarls Barkley- The Odd Couple
32. Jeff Ament- Tone
33. Sheryl Crow- Detours

[ie]

Sept 12, 2008 16:45:32 GMT -5 captainofbeef said:

1. R.E.M.- Accelerate
3. The Mars Volta- The Bedlam in Goliath
5. The Black Crowes- Warpaint
6. The Raconteurs- Consolers of the Lonely
8. Metallica- Death Magnetic
9. Sigur Rós- Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
10. Nine Inch Nails- The Slip
11. The Roots- Rising Down
14. Beck- Modern Guilt
15. Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts I-IV
17. Mark Lanegan and Isobell Campbell- Sunday at Devil Dirt
18. Counting Crows- Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
19. Cat Power- Jukebox
20. Coldplay- Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
21. Jack Johnson- Sleep Through the Static
22. Gnarls Barkley- The Odd Couple
23. Sheryl Crow- Detours

Here are the ones I've heard off your list.