Favorite albums so far this year...

[moonshake]

Someone probably already said this, but Sloan's Parallel Play is really good too.

[Andy]

What it be this year?

[Spoony]

I'd have to do some serious soul-searching and will probably recant this, but the new Pissed Jeans album & Idle Times "Million Miles Away" 7" are way ahead of anything else.

[mostlymeat]

from the power pop category, The Pets - "Misdirection"

-ajax

[jbissell]

I'd have to do some serious soul-searching and will probably recant this, but the new Pissed Jeans album & Idle Times "Million Miles Away" 7" are way ahead of anything else.

Yeah I haven't gotten around to listening to many of the fall releases but that Pissed Jeans album is really great.


The new Flaming Lips was a big surprise.  I didn't like the last one at all so I wasn't expecting much but I'm really liking Embryonic after a few listens.

[Steeley Chris]

Chain and The Gang - "Down With Liberty... Up With Chains!"

and not just because it's the only album that came out this year that I've heard.

[Scot]

Thee Oh Sees - Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion

Yess!!! I get to see them live in a couple of weeks!

LUCKY!!!

I just caught them (with TV Ghost and Wizzard Sleeve) and it was top-notch; maybe one of the best things I have ever seen. New album is nice stuff!

[methanolcereal]

I'd have to do some serious soul-searching and will probably recant this, but the new Pissed Jeans album & Idle Times "Million Miles Away" 7" are way ahead of anything else.

Yeah I haven't gotten around to listening to many of the fall releases but that Pissed Jeans album is really great.


The new Flaming Lips was a big surprise.  I didn't like the last one at all so I wasn't expecting much but I'm really liking Embryonic after a few listens.

Yes. Pistoled Jeans do rule. I agree on the Flaming Lips count as well. It's probably my favorite of theirs since The Soft Bulletin.

There was a top 2009 thread floating around somewhere. I kind of wanted to resurrect it to A) see what I posted six months ago and B) correct whatever I posted six months ago.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Just got The Black Hollies' Softly Towards The Light, and it is awesome.  "Gloomy Monday Morning" has been getting heavy airplay on WFMU.

[methanolcereal]

Just got The Black Hollies' Softly Towards The Light, and it is awesome.  "Gloomy Monday Morning" has been getting heavy airplay on WFMU.

As much as I like this one, I don't think it's as good as Casting Shadows.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I think that, as a whole, CS is probably a stronger album, but so far I'm loving the standout tracks on STTL even more than the standout tracks on CS.

[ChrisRawk]

What are you guys talking about?  They had plenty of energy when I saw them, and not a chair in site (in fact, I can't even imagine those songs being played sitting down).

I saw them live in '04 and they started their set acoustic.  And kept going acoustic for about the first third of their set.  I'm all for a band I like doing what they want but do people really want to see Cheap Trick go acoustic?  It wasn't very good.  Then when they finally went electric they had a light show that went directly into my eyes.  I love Cheap Trick and have a bunch of their albums but we just didn't connect that night. 

Wayne Kramer, the opening act and one of my musical heroes, was far, far better. 

[Jouster]

What are you guys talking about?  They had plenty of energy when I saw them, and not a chair in site (in fact, I can't even imagine those songs being played sitting down).

I saw them live in '04 and they started their set acoustic.  And kept going acoustic for about the first third of their set.  I'm all for a band I like doing what they want but do people really want to see Cheap Trick go acoustic?  It wasn't very good.  Then when they finally went electric they had a light show that went directly into my eyes.  I love Cheap Trick and have a bunch of their albums but we just didn't connect that night. 

Wayne Kramer, the opening act and one of my musical heroes, was far, far better. 

Hmm.  We were talking about Cheap Time (who didn't even exist yet in '04).

[hugman]

Thee Oh Sees - Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion

Yess!!! I get to see them live in a couple of weeks!

LUCKY!!!

I just caught them (with TV Ghost and Wizzard Sleeve) and it was top-notch; maybe one of the best things I have ever seen. New album is nice stuff!

I'm gonna go ahead and say Thee Oh Sees "Help" is one of my tippy tops, which also came out this year....actually upon checking Hounds came out in '08.
Thee Oh Sees RULED budget rock in SF last month. Some sweet vid by yours truly resteth here:
http://joelhuggins.com/2009/11/thee-oh-sees-rule-budget-rock/

[masterofsparks]

I guess I'm officially old because I can't think of more than a couple of new records I bought this year.