Favorite albums so far this year...

[masterofsparks]

RPG (the band) is short for Rocket-Propelled Grenade, not Role Playing Game. They're a rock & roll band from Richmond, VA and I think they're awesome.

[AaronC]

Two that I like a lot are:

The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Lemuria - Get Better (Lemonheads/Juliana Hatfield-like indie rock on Asian Man Records)

[Gregory]

So far I've liked albums by Awesome Color, Blood on the Wall, the Carbonas, CoCoComa, Cheap Time and Times New Viking. The Barbaras put out a single I really like and the Jay Reatard singles have been awesome too.

[Gilly]

I forgot one. Am I the only one who likes Madonna's new album?

[A.M. Thomas]

The Barbaras 7" is an instant classic and, assuming their LP comes out this year, it will probably be my year's favorite.

[Spoony]

I totally agree, Dig, Lazarus, Dig and Times New Viking have made me very happy. (Check out the new vido on Nick's website for More News from Nowhere. http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/morenewsfromnowhere/index.html )

I also liked the new Fuck Buttons album.

[Dorvid Barnas]

I like the new Portishead, Death Cab for Cutie, and Andrew Bird albums.

[Andy]

I haven't been in the mood for the portishead album yet. i've turned it off thrice now.  (did I use that correctly?)

[buffcoat]

I haven't been in the mood for the portishead album yet. i've turned it off thrice now.  (did I use that correctly?)

It's awesome, but even less happy than the first two.

[Beth]

I haven't been in the mood for the portishead album yet. i've turned it off thrice now.  (did I use that correctly?)

I thought it flat out sucked. I was shocked, because Portishead put out two amazing albums beforehand. But then again, that was TEN years ago.  I couldn't get into it.

[Satchmo Mask]

That African Scream Contest comp that came out in March is all sorts of awesome.

I've been meaning to pick this up since March!

Also, I really like the new Portishead. It had to grow on me, but when it did, IT DID.

[Andy]

I'm waiting until I'm in the mood for portishead so that I can give it a fair shot. 

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I will now reveal myself as less cool than all of you (or at least more slavishly devoted to Tom and Jillian B):

The Black Hollies - Casting Shadows
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
That Crystal Stilts album
Tyvek - Fast Metabolism
The Big Dipper anthology

Everything else I'm playing a lot of, I got from you guys.

[Andy]

I will now reveal myself as less cool than all of you (or at least more slavishly devoted to Tom and Jillian B):

The Black Hollies - Casting Shadows
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
That Crystal Stilts album
Tyvek - Fast Metabolism
The Big Dipper anthology

Everything else I'm playing a lot of, I got from you guys.

you did see that I admitted to like Old 97's, right?

[Forrest]

I'm- a say

No Age, Nouns
Kelley Stoltz, Circular Sounds
The Gutter Twins, Saturnalia

I also bought the new Portishead, but have yet to listen to it in earnest.