So we're fuck-all of the way through 2008; what records are worth attention?

For me there are three albums from this year that spring to mind as particular highlights so far:

Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Atlas Sounds - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

I would also add Raheem DeVaughn (shut up r&b haters, it's weird and good), Taint, Weinland, Devian, Raveonettes, the Mars Volta, Luciano, Akoya Afrobeat, Gilberto Gil, and yes probably Ayreon because we haven't had enough double-CD metal operas about environmental breakdown and the vapidity of modern culture.

Yes, Puressence are still around, and I think the new album is as good as anything they've done, and maybe better. Think somewhere between Muse and the Delays...

I'm always amazed by the lists you come up with, Xhuxk.

I'm looking forward to the Boris and Earth albums v. much as well

je suis animal 'self taught magic from a book', top indiepop record of the year so far. ambition is such an odd thing for an indiepop band to have. the days ep is also excellent.

I like your blog, D5. BTW, the disc I discovered there that has captured most of my attention is Marco Benevento's Invisible Baby. But is it jazz? Sounds more rock to me.

Anyway, I likely wouldn't have ever heard of it otherwise. So thanks.

Think somewhere between Muse and the Delays...

...oops. (More on the Muse front.)

but they were kinda always a bit like that

and when i say a bit i mean a lot

Can somebody link me to the Dimension 5ive blog of which Daniel, Esq., speaks?

Cave 17. Or at least I assume it's D5's blog, based on a comment he made upthread.

Are pixeltan releasing their album this year?

-- I know, right?, Saturday, 23 February 2008 14:38 (2 days ago) Link

this is the chinese democracy of the dfa-loser generation

blind boys of alabama, down in new orleans
nik bartsch's ronin, holon

bang on a can's live recording of music for airports is pretty stunning

IT'S NOT A BLOG, GUYS! </D5>

...it's a LIFESTYLE.

(*cue the Reverend driving off in a sweet ride, cackling...*)

Yeah. What is it, then? It certainly looks like a group blog in its layout, and the posts look like blog-type entries.

It's looks like a blog, it smells like a blog, it quacks like a blog, but..... IT'S NOT A BLOG!!!

You'll have to ask D5 about that. He seems quite insistent about its unbloggedry.

it's more of a ... web...log, if you will.

ugh

it's a blugh

BLUGH! A Music Discussion War

Blugh: Defined.

ANYWAY, MY POINT WAS THAT I LIKED IT: WHETHER BLOG OR BLUGH.

thanks daniel, i appreciate it

i dont really want it to be a blog because that implies 'when we have time for it' rather than a regular sort of thing...but we dont really have time for it so whatever

No problemo. Thanks for alerting me to the Benevento disc. It's a nice find (and on eMusic, too!).

Does Mary J., which came out 12.18.07. count here?

sure why not.

OK then. It sounds grebt.

Foals album sounds good off one listen.

Since it came out late in 2007, and since I didn't hear the whole thing until this year, I will once again mention Ñejo & Dalmata's debut album Broke & Famous. This is a new and collected songs CD, since some of these tracks have been kicking around for a little while. With help from producer Danny Fornaris, they have their own distinctive sound. Reggaeton, yes, but the sounds swirling around are a bit different, and the way they hit the rhythm sometimes gives it a different feeling. Plus, really only about half the songs are dembow. I'm hoping The Reverend will eventually describe this stuff adequately, so I don't have to keep trying. There's a merengue (okay, merengueton), a cumbia, a weird dancey rocky song ("Mi Dia de Suerte"), a song with Chyno Nyno, some hip-hop, a funny ska/rock version of one of the other songs, a really bad salsa track, etc.

Pasarela
Algo Musical

9. Sioux City Pete & The Beggars (Steel Cage)
Sioux City Pete and the Beggars -- give them sex and money
I had my sights on blunt/dumb with that thread title and shot it right in the foot, no wonder no one bit. But yes, Necro Blues is 2006 actually, and quite lovely.

Sebastien Tellier of course.

The Foals sounded good when I saw them in a bar.

Brutal Knights

growing, el guincho, goldfrapp, diebold, box

new AMC album is lovely. Raveonettes album is excellent, their best album by far. New Goldfrapp is great.

Mountain Battles!

:)

anyone heard the new El Perro Del Mar LP? if it's got a couple of tracks like 'Dog' and 'I Can't Talk About It' on it i'll be happy

No djmartian shortlist of 400 albums, no thread credibility.

2008 - first quarter - boring

anyone heard the new El Perro Del Mar LP? if it's got a couple of tracks like 'Dog' and 'I Can't Talk About It' on it i'll be happy

the new one hasn't worked its magic on me yet.
but then again, i've not been in the mood for her style at all.
in fact, apart from the new Black Dog album, i have had a skinny 1st quarter.

i wanted the MGMT to be the great album of 2008, but its fucked beyond belief (not dave fridmanns fault - but grel calbi according to my checks), so i'm still waiting.

i cant pass beyond track 5 in the MGMT.
the thing is, the future also doesnt look so promising

Additions to my list up there: Be Your Own Pet, Torche, Boris

so far: foals, bob mould, mountain goats, boris (is that out yet? er ...), 5ive ... that's not bad so far, is it?

i think i'd probably like the vampire weekend album but i just. cannot. be. arsed.

eagerly, eagerly awaiting new M83 and notwist.

rings, fuck buttons, spiritualized, autechre.
these are a few of my favorite things.

Pretty good (and definitely worth attention, though not necessarily amazing): Dengue Fever's Venus on Earth.

yeah dengue fever is good.also vampire weekend,destroyer,mgmt.

New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is the most solid album i've heard this year