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Mine's "The Graceless Age" by John Murry, which narrowly beat
"Man and Myth" by Roy Harper.
Yours?
Wonderful glorious - eels
Very very hard to pick one... but off the top of my head..
Moderat II
which narrowly beats Death Grips "No Love Web Deep" which sounded like noise when I first heard it, but has grown into a wonderful thing. (Despite the knob on the cover art!) (apparently officially a 2012 album, so that's out)
Days of Gold, Jake Owen.
My most listened to album of this year is 'The Bones Of What You Believe' by Chvrches.
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Bangerz, obvs
Another one for Wonderful Glorious by the Eels. Closely followed by Tape Deck Heart by Frank Turner.
Hmmmmm can't pick one. My top albums, at the moment, are, in no particular order:
Clutch - Earth Rocker
Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods
Vista Chino - Peace
Gorguts - Coloured Sands
SubRosa - More Constant than the Gods
Carcass - Surgical Steel
Dillinger Escape Plan - One of us is the Killer
Cult of Luna - Vertikal
Alice in Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Johnny Marr - the Passanger or John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
Settle - Disclosure.
Cracking cracking cracking
Suuns - Images Du Futur or Drenge's self titled offering for me.
Not listened to a single one this year.
Not got much new stuff this year, but it would be:
Steven Wilson- the Raven that Refused to Sing
Bit surprised by the Eels/Wonderful, Glorius love, although it is growing on me after a slow start...
The 4 albums that stand out for me are
Clutch - Earth Rocker
Fuzz self titled
Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer
Protest The Hero - Volition.
I reckon PTH might just about beat Earth Rocker for the top place.
Either Snapshot by The Strypes or Fain by Wolf People.
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
On my xmas list, resisting the temptation to have a cheeky listen prior to baby Jesus' birthday!
Pffttt Josh Homme's previous band's (Kyuss) new incarnation (Vista Chino) are better than QOTSA these days. They haven't been the same since Oliveri left.
Of the ones I've bought recently I really like the [i]Vampire Weekend [/i]one.
[i]The National[/i] also good.
Not tried the [i]Eels[/i] one yet and I usually love them but was put off by the single.
Carcass - Surgical Steel is a good one as well.
Disclosure - Settle
or
Lorde - Pure Heroine
British Sea Power - Machineries of Joy
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It was 'Southeastern - Jason Isbell' but it's been recently been replaced by 'Isreal Nash's Rain Plans'.
London grammar
well as I've only bought one album this year it'll have to be that one - New Model Army, Between Dog And Wolf
I'm hoping McBusted release something for Christmas. That or Boyzone's new one for me.
Just because they come along so infrequently, Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Rudimental, disclosure albums are great, but favourite is everything everything - arc.
Trentemoller - Lost.
Oooh or maybe Tricky - False Idols.
Complete albums that I listen to with no shuffling..
Tricky. False idols
Depeche Mode . Delta Machine
Foals. Holy Fire
BSP. Machineries of Joy
Monster Magnet - Last Patrol
Love that Death Grips album too Dez, still haven't found anywhere I can really listen to it properly (loud), doubt the flats around me would appreciate it. Definitely 2012 though.
Low - The Invisible Way
my 3 favourites are
Public Service Broadcasting
London Grammar
& Frank Turner.
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
or
Magenta - The 27 Club
It's definitely...
[s]Chvrches - The Bones of What you Believe
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
Steve Mason - Monkey Minds In the Devil's Time
Tomahawk - Oddfellows
Clutch - (Blast Tyrant) EDIT - Earth Rocker
**** Buttons - Slow Focus
Future of the Left - How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
John Hopkins - Immunity[/s]
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Carcass - Surgical Steel
Blast Tyrant? I think you have the wrong year, Sir.
😳 indeed, I bought both Earth Rocker and Blast Tyrant at the same time as for some reason it was the only hole in my Clutch collection. Have listened to Blast Tyrant lots more, think it might be their best one, even though Earth Rocker is superb.
One? I've got to choose one?
Even if I ignore all the classical and jazz (all of which are old) and go by this year's new releases, I'm struggling.
So let's flip a dice between:
Gold Panda - Half of Where You Live
Icarus Line - Slave Vows
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Chk Chl Chk - Thr!!!er
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
I guess Jon Hopkins probably wins.
Most of all, I've had a wonderful return to music this year - I've acquired around 100+ albums of wide and varied stuff. Love it. Same again next year..!
Without a doubt mines:
Cancerslug - Seasons of Sickness.
Every tune is sooooo catchy!
Oh, hang on, or is it Unkindest Cuts by CancerSlug?
its one of them anyway!
New Death Grips album is available [url= http://m.pitchfork.com/news/52999-death-grips-release-free-album-government-plates/ ]here. [/url] Maybe even better than No Love Deep Web.
Best of the year for me is between Jon Hopkins, Kurt Vile and Death Grips.
EP is Cousin Marnie
I'm liking that Death Grips album 🙂
If you wait by London Grammar
Have also liked Chvrches, Aluna George and Haim.
Seems my tastes have gone all poppy again.
Even more doubt now, that Death Grips - Government Plates - sounds amazing!
can't wait to hear it in full in the car tomorrow.
Cheers bawbag!
Bum, forgot oOoOO - Without Your Love and No Ceremony - No Ceremony. And Eat Lights Become Lights - Modular Living.
Dammit, I'll never choose a fave album. And nor do I wish to. Though I'm deffo now going to have to check out a load of those listed up there^^^^
Biffy Clyro, Opposites. OK, it gets enormous black marks for being a double album that could fit onto a single CD, and some of the tracks are not that great but when it's good, ahhhh... Scintilating and inspirational. It's quite hard to be a Biffy fan sometimes but not this time.
(also I love the way Stingin Belle was constructed from the ground up as an efficient machine to make live audiences completely [i]lose their shit[/i]. Not actually a great song on the record but live it is like kool aid. Bagpipes? **** it, why not.)
Chvrches for an honourable mention, and Sigur Ros.
/downloads [url= http://thirdworlds.net/files/govt-plates.zip ]Death Grips - Government Plates[/url], considers a new car/stereo...
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The ones I keep going back to this year:
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Another vote for QOTSA - Like Clockwork
[i]downloads Death Grips - Government Plates, considers a new car/stereo...[/i]
You should see the bastards live!
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Eminem MM2
At least im honest!
another vote for Carcass - Surgical Steel but I also really liked:
Soulfly - Savages
In This Momment - Blood
Black Star Riders - Black Star Riders
[url= http://www.alabama3.co.uk/en/news_articles/the_men_from_womble ] Alabama 3 --- The men From W.O.M.B.L.E[/url]
3 favourite albums
Bronx - Bronx IV
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Got back into new music this year, but seemed to go a bit poppy at the same time, so mine would be from:
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Disclosure - Settle
Buck 65 - Sass (all 4 minutes and 27 seconds of it)
There's a lot I need to catch up on, so could change in the next month.
"Man and Myth" by Roy Harper.
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Both bought as a result of them being Soundtracks on Trans Savoie / Trans Province highlight films
Bela Ruse - Those where the Good Times
Handsome and Gretyl - Miles and Miles
Well, it wasn't released this year, but I bought it this year, so -
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Midnight Memories - 1 direction 😀
I know some felt it could never live up to the hype - but I think I've listened to Random Access Memories by Daft Punk more than any other new album this year. I think it's a stone cold classic
Also liking the new John Grant, Nick Cave, Arctic Monkeys, Parquet Courts, National , Hookworms, Mathew E White, Houndstooth and Bill Callahan
Edit - And Vampire Weekend
one breath- anna calvi
melt yourself down - melt yourself down
nobody knows -willis earl beale
I saw melt yourself down at festival no 6
Mental!
Another vote for Earth Rocker, bloody great album although not their best ever.
Thought I'd have loads to list on here but looking though my recent faves pretty much everything was 2012, turns out 2012 was a bloody good year.
Valkrija - Týr
and
You're listening to the Hell - the Hell
are the only others that have really grabbed me, although that could change when my vinyl of the new Skeletonwitch lands as it's supposed to be rather spiffing.
One of these three, can't decide:
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - We The Common
Bonobo - The North Borders
Jason Lytle, Department of dissaperance, purely for the Title track.
and the new Gary Newman one sounds ace too
This:
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Best debut album I've heard, for a long time ever
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Jon Hopkins - Immunity
I guess Jon Hopkins probably wins.
+1
I like his stuff normally but it's an album with a really good progression to it.
mintimperial - MemberBonobo - The North Borders
Really?! I thought it was a huge letdown after the masterpiece that was Black Sands, hugely disappointing and frankly, rather dull.
Ashamed to say 2013 has been my poorest year for listening to new music.
I have the new White Denim & Boards of Canada on my christmas list.
Valerie June - Pushin' Against a Stone
[quote=senor j ]Ashamed to say 2013 has been my poorest year for listening to new music.
I have the new White Denim & Boards of Canada on my christmas list.
The BoC album is good, but it's not as good as some of their earlier stuff. Try the Hopkins album ourmaninthenorth and I rated, glitchy electronica at its best
[i] frankly, rather dull.[/i]
Oi! I didn't have a rant about Daft Punk so you're not allowed to slag off someone choosing Bonobo! 😆
While I'm here, must mention
Child of Lov, Run the Jewels & Paul White - March of the Ants
RE. Haim - saw 'em, live, at a couple of festivals this year and thought they were pretty good. The album has disappointed , however, and I find, has reduced good songs to over-produced fluff. IMO, of course.
Jon Hopkins - ImmunityI guess Jon Hopkins probably wins.
I found this album last week after hearing the title track on Gideon Coe's 6Music show. Really really good.
Probably Churches for me, but there's still a few days left for Teenage Fanclub to knock out another album...
Cheers Atlaz - will add the Hopkins album to the list.
Another vote for QotSA's Like Clockwork, it took me a bit to get into but can't stop listening to it now.
Also enjoying Eels' "Wonderful Glorious" and Ginger Wildheart's latest project "Hey! Hello!".
Death Grips
Arcane roots
Nice one John, knew you wouldn't let me down 😀
Also BDAW for me, also enjoying the Silhouettes album.