Song & Album of the year so far

SexyGreyFox · 25 Jul 2006 at 22:25

New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This

Been waiting 30 years for this.

"andy" · 25 Jul 2006 at 22:27

wait just found my song of the year, pure pop though lol

http://www.myspace.com/peterbjornandjohn

young folks - peter bjorn and john , love it !

HangTime · 26 Jul 2006 at 00:07

Carzy said:
Can't be looking very hard...

I actually made a similar post in a thread last year (regarding albums not singles). The best album I could think of was actually Broken Daylight's one which was pimped on this very forum

Dreadi · 26 Jul 2006 at 00:38

why am i not surprised by most of the stuff thats come up in this thread?

on the other hand, someone mentioned mars volta which i am surprised about.

chrisd · 26 Jul 2006 at 01:10

Dreadi said:
why am i not surprised by most of the stuff thats come up in this thread?

Care to elaborate?

Carzy · 26 Jul 2006 at 01:14

cleanbluesky said:
Poor crop so far...

10k days sticks out

Carzy, where do you hear about most of those bands?

Various music websites, forums, magazines etc. Also people recommend me music and vice versa. Last.fm is pretty good for finding new stuff too, especially as a lot of the "groups" branch out to set up their own forums and other such things.

SexyGreyFox · 26 Jul 2006 at 06:52

Dreadi said:
why am i not surprised by most of the stuff thats come up in this thread?

on the other hand, someone mentioned mars volta which i am surprised about.

What you on about Willis?

moody · 26 Jul 2006 at 08:52

Albums

Camera Obscura - Let's get out of this country
Regina Spaktor - Begin to Hope
Graham Coxon - Love travels at illegal speeds
Karine Polwart - Scribbled in chalk

Songs

The three takes on Sufjan Steven's Chicago as featured on Avlanche
Karine Polwart - Hole in the heart

Spirit7 · 26 Jul 2006 at 14:02

Tool - 10,000 Days
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Russian Circles - Enter
Keep of Kalessin - Armada
Man Must Die - A Lesson Once Learned
Enslaved - RUUN

the new Iron Maiden will be album of 2006, however

-C

bungler · 26 Jul 2006 at 15:38

By far the best album this year for me is Bomb the Music Industry!'s Goodbye Cool World. This album is so catchy and I can listen to it over and over. A good review of it is here.

The best thing is it is free! You can download it from http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com/. It is worth reading the lyrics and explanations to to see the reasoning behing the songs (5 Funerals) and how they were made (All Alone in my Big Empty Apartment).

THMRK · 26 Jul 2006 at 15:45

I forgot to mention Peeping Tom.

sinister_stu · 26 Jul 2006 at 16:51

Woody__ said:
I forgot to mention Peeping Tom.

I believe Mike Patton said that it was his idea of pop music. It's very good, but I wouldn't call it pop music.

THMRK · 26 Jul 2006 at 17:24

sinister_stu said:
I believe Mike Patton said that it was his idea of pop music. It's very good, but I wouldn't call it pop music.

I agree. It's more hip hop imo with some jazz, funk and other various styles chucked together. It does hark back to FNM in places too. But it certainly is good.

G18241 · 26 Jul 2006 at 17:31

Slayer - Cult has to be my favourite song this year, not sure about an album though

SexyGreyFox · 26 Jul 2006 at 17:56

G18241 said:
Slayer - Cult has to be my favourite song this year, not sure about an album though

Believe me it will be Christ Illusion - its awesome.

sneakyd · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:44

Have a listen to the lyrics Sinister_Stu. There's more to songs than the sound.

Plenty of dance music for that.

sinister_stu · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:58

sneakyd said:
Have a listen to the lyrics Sinister_Stu. There's more to songs than the sound.

Plenty of dance music for that.

I assume you're referring to Snow Patrol, in which case, you're right the lyrics are much better than the music. Unfortunately, the music is repetitive and shows little in the way of new ideas, reducing the good lyrics to icing on a not particularly good cake.

THMRK · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:05

sinister_stu said:
I assume you're referring to Snow Patrol, in which case, you're right the lyrics are much better than the music. Unfortunately, the music is repetitive and shows little in the way of new ideas, reducing the good lyrics to icing on a not particularly good cake.

Yes. The same works in reverse. The music can be good, but if the lyrics are crap then it does reduce the quality of the songs somewhat.

sinister_stu · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:17

Also, a song with mediocre lyrics and good music is better than one with good lyrics and mediocre lyrics. The vocal line is often more important to the song than the content of the lyrics.

BrightonBelle · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:46

I'm going to ruin this thread by saying:

Pussycat Dolls - PCD

can't stop playing it - don't flame me! I'm a girl and I'm allowed and there is no song on it that I dislike!!!

BB x

Song & Album of the year so far

Woman of Honour