Favorite albums so far this year...

[Martin]

I guess I'm officially an old man since I don't even think I'd be able to put together a top 5 of the year. It's not like I didn't buy new stuff this year, it's just that very little of it stuck with me. I looked at the AV Club's "Best of the Year" list and I hadn't heard of most of it.

I'm sort of with you. I mean, ask me again in mid-2010 and I'll probably be able to come up with 10-15 albums - right now I can maybe come up with 5. Mulatu Astatke, Bibio...

[Dan B]

albums in no order
jeff the brotherhood- heavy days
pissed jeans - king of jeans
smith westerns- smith westerns
yo la tengo - popular songs
Mantles - Mantles
bare wires -artificial clouds
white wires- girly girly girly
V/A- DOG: best show on wfmu tribute to paul mccartney's ram
spits - IV
jacuzzi boys - no seasons
the yolks - the yolks
fresh & Onlys - grey eyed girls
dino jr - farm
bonnie prince billy - beware!
so cow - so cow
kurt vile - constant hit maker
Harlem - Free Drugs

7" and EP
all the personal and the pizzas
fever b - the lonely sailor sessions
rantouls - "little Green Hat"
spits  - pain EP
White Wires - "Pretty Girl"
the GG King singles
Lover! - No Dreams Please
nobunny - give it to me

[Steve of Bloomington]

I guess I'm officially an old man since I don't even think I'd be able to put together a top 5 of the year. It's not like I didn't buy new stuff this year, it's just that very little of it stuck with me. I looked at the AV Club's "Best of the Year" list and I hadn't heard of most of it.

Same deal here. I have become unstuck in time, if I'm listening to something that's new to me, I don't care what year it's from, or necessarily pay a lot of attention to what came out exactly this year. All that said, I really liked Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs.

[jbissell]

2. Annie- Don't Stop

Forgot she had a new album. How does it compare to Annimal?

[Gilly]

2. Annie- Don't Stop

Forgot she had a new album. How does it compare to Annimal?

I think it's more consistent. Songs Remind Me of You is my favorite song of the year, but it's not quite as good as My Heartbeat.

[icepants]

The Nerves reissues were pretty excellent.  The La Roux Album was also super catchy.

[JasonfromSt.Paul]

I "work" for an online site so I'm not allowed to really announce my favorite records of the year but Blacklisted's No One Deserves to be Here More Than Me will probably be it.

[harris]

The Monsters of Folk album has gained the most playing time from me. Also Bonnie Prince Billy's Beware and Bill Callahan's Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle.

[masterofsparks]

I guess I'm officially an old man since I don't even think I'd be able to put together a top 5 of the year. It's not like I didn't buy new stuff this year, it's just that very little of it stuck with me. I looked at the AV Club's "Best of the Year" list and I hadn't heard of most of it.

Same deal here. I have become unstuck in time, if I'm listening to something that's new to me, I don't care what year it's from, or necessarily pay a lot of attention to what came out exactly this year. All that said, I really liked Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs.

I think this is why I'm so out of touch: Most of my music listening from the past years has been older stuff and "new" discoveries (things I either missed or didn't get the first time around, like My Bloody Valentine, just as an example). As I learn more about older stuff, I start to recognize the influences in newer bands really quickly and thus don't get as excited about every new thing that references the same old stuff. This isn't to say that I've given up on new music, I just don't need to hear it right when it comes out, especially if I'm going to be able to say "Oh, they're just chanelling XXX" 15 seconds into hearing said band for the first time. If something new is genuinely good and within my taste range, I'll probably get around to it eventually, but it'll probably take 2-5 years before that happens. Barring any bolt-from-the-blue blasts of greatness, my days of needing to hear the newest/latest the week (or even the year) of its release are pretty much over. I've spent lots of time this year listening to stuff from the past few years, but generally it's been 2006-8 releases. I'll get to 2009 sometime in the next decade.

[KickTheBobo]

I guess I'm officially an old man since I don't even think I'd be able to put together a top 5 of the year. It's not like I didn't buy new stuff this year, it's just that very little of it stuck with me. I looked at the AV Club's "Best of the Year" list and I hadn't heard of most of it.

Same deal here. I have become unstuck in time, if I'm listening to something that's new to me, I don't care what year it's from, or necessarily pay a lot of attention to what came out exactly this year. All that said, I really liked Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs.

I think this is why I'm so out of touch: Most of my music listening from the past years has been older stuff and "new" discoveries (things I either missed or didn't get the first time around, like My Bloody Valentine, just as an example). As I learn more about older stuff, I start to recognize the influences in newer bands really quickly and thus don't get as excited about every new thing that references the same old stuff. This isn't to say that I've given up on new music, I just don't need to hear it right when it comes out, especially if I'm going to be able to say "Oh, they're just chanelling XXX" 15 seconds into hearing said band for the first time. If something new is genuinely good and within my taste range, I'll probably get around to it eventually, but it'll probably take 2-5 years before that happens. Barring any bolt-from-the-blue blasts of greatness, my days of needing to hear the newest/latest the week (or even the year) of its release are pretty much over. I've spent lots of time this year listening to stuff from the past few years, but generally it's been 2006-8 releases. I'll get to 2009 sometime in the next decade.

this Old Man has way too much amazing old stuff to discover before checking out the hip new sounds. Hell, I've only started to scratch the surface of Black Sabbath's discography.

I did finally get around to hearing that Yeah Yeah Yeahs song "Maps" that folks were yapping about. nothing special.

the new Fuck Buttons seems pretty good after a few listens. I guess that's new.

[methanolcereal]

Well, the project I was doing is temporarily on hold, so I'm not doing anything fancy for now (expect spam on the board when I do).

Here's a short list of thought I stuff ruled:
Real Estate - Real Estate
The King Khan and BBQ Show - Invisible Girl
Abe Vigoda - Reviver
No Age - Losing Feeling
Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar

Non Rock Music I liked:
Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Two
Dan Deacon - Bromst
Noveller - Red Rainbows

Compilations/Reissues
that Well Hung comp
the Underwater Peoples sampler

Here is also a list of stuff that I thought ruled from 2008 that I feel like an idiot for sleeping on until this year:
Titus Andronicus- The Airing of Greviences
Cheap Time - Cheap Time
The Beets - Spit on the Face of People Who Don't Want to be Cool

There's also a list of stuff I have to relisten to, though so some of the above may change.

[Spoony]

I can't get enough of the Box Elders cd either. I've listened to it so many times that logic dictates I should hate it by now. But logic fails me.

[Jouster]

As an LA native who has seen No Age more times than I would have ever wanted, I have to say that they are terrible.  It's possible they are decent on record but man they are a chore to watch (at least the local shows are).

No offense, methanol.

[methanolcereal]

As an LA native who has seen No Age more times than I would have ever wanted, I have to say that they are terrible.  It's possible they are decent on record but man they are a chore to watch (at least the local shows are).

No offense, methanol.

That's the thing, I've listened to the comp of their early stuff as well as Nouns and didn't really care for either. Thought they were kind of "meh". I thought this one worked. I also gave them credit for putting out something good when a bunch of artists I'm actually a fan of kind of disappointed me.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I liked the Dan Deacon too, now that somebody's mentioned it. 'Suprise Stefani' and all that.

Again, I wasn't sure if it was a 2008 or 2009 release.