Top New Albums of '06 Heard in January

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Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
His Name Is Alive - Detrola
Karl Blau - Beneath Waves
Lilys - Everything Wrong Is Imaginary
Prefuse 73 - Security Screenings
Diableros - You Can't Break the Strings in Our Olympic Hearts
Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
Television Personalities, The - My Dark Places
Centro-matic - Fort Recovery
Liz Durrett - The Mezzanine

Bonus --
Biggest Disappointment:
Delays - You See Colours

And you?

― timnyc (timnyc), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 04:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Goddamnit, I've already wasted a month? Fuck me in the pee hole w/ a screwdriver (for Nabisco).

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 04:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Tokyo Jihen - Adult
Lilys - Everything Wrong is Imaginary
Guitar - Tokyo
The Knife - Silent Shout

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 04:20 (eighteen years ago) link

also:

Forest Fire - s/t

― Tim Paul (timnyc), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 04:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Tokyo Jihen - Adult

details!

― ryan (ryan), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 04:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches

gah, wanna hear this so bad!

― rez one-bagger (haitch), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 04:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Very disappointed by the Delays record over here, too. Gah, what happened?

Liking:

Jenny Lewis
The Gossip
Tiga (half of it anyway)
Belle & Sebastian
Marc Maron (comedy)

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 04:41 (eighteen years ago) link

All I know about the Tokyo Jihen is that there are two new members (guitarist, I believe, and I don't know the other), and it's got a great jazzy rock sound. I heard their first album but it didn't do all that much for me, so I don't remember exactly how it sounds, but I recall the guitars being beefier. Musicianship is excellent on this one, with inspired guitar playing (especially on track 10!) and wood bass.

If you're a fan of them already, I'm sure you'll like it.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 05:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Liars
also the Strokes LP is growing on me

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 07:00 (eighteen years ago) link

East River Pipe and the Eagles of Death Metal

― Zwan (miccio), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 07:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Strokes, Delays and Belle and Sebastian weren't anything special. Arctic Monkeys is pretty good but not great. Enjoyed Clearlake's Amber more than I thought I would. The Kooks debut is pretty good too. Still undecided on Graham Coxon but Lilys, Johnny Boy and Sparks are the best three i've heard in 06 thus.

― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 08:08 (eighteen years ago) link

liars
islands
hjarnidaudi

those are good, fun. nothing spectacular yet.

― rizzx (Rizz), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 08:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Mary J Blige
Ricardo Villalobos
Papa Reu
Aim High 3
Anthony Hamilton
Biggie's Duets

― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 08:29 (eighteen years ago) link

The Delays record is worth it just for the first song, though.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 08:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Chihei Hatakeyama album on Kranky

― sleeve (sleeve), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 08:57 (eighteen years ago) link

SPARKS, SPARKS, SPARKS,

and The Knife too.

― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 09:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Um, I like Morningwood, kinda...

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 09:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Strokes
Strokes
Strokes
Prob'ly end up loving about half of Belle & S
Strokes
Haven't heard the Liars yet
Strokes

― The Man in the Iron-On Mask (noodle vague), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 09:50 (eighteen years ago) link

YMCK - Family Racing

Ever wanted to base a pop record on the NES and Excite Bike? Someone has!

― BARMS, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 13:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I have yet to hear an entire album from this year in full but the half of Silent Shout I've managed to get through I love.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 13:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Johnny Boy
Liars
Neko Case
His Name Is Alive

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Jenny Lewis
Cat Power

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link

D'oh! I knew I was forgetting some above.

Add:
Johnny Boy
Sparks
Morningwood

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link

The Chambermaids - s/t (awesome Wipers/Adverts gloomy strummy post punk)

Cave Deaths - Glacier on Fire (more proggy Polvo w/electric piano and some saxophone)

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 14:52 (eighteen years ago) link

techno: Aardvarck - Cult Copy (download: "Dear Tom" or "Cult Copy Pt 2 (Original)")
electro-pop: Tiga - Sexor (download: "Brothers")
hip-hop: Opgezwolle - Eigen Wereld (download: "Hoedenplank")
pop: Cat Power - The Greatest (download: "The Greatest")

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link

So how's the new HNIA?

I followed them up through Stars on ESP, but have been halfway on the straight rock/country/blues path they've been on since.

― Schroedinger's Catsuit (Schroedinger's Catsuit), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link

That Television Personalities record is one of the worst things I've ever heard.

So far:

Lilys
Appleseed Cast
Belle & Sebastian
Liars

― cdwill, Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link

the fact that no one's said destroyer yet feels like a trap.

― awful bliss (awful bliss), Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Guayacan Orquesta's Xtremo is good, but it helps if you already like Colombian salsa to some extent.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Royksopp - Royksopp's Night Out (Live) - is this a great bootleg or is this an actual release?

― biz, Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Tokyo Incidents (Tokyo Jihen) - Adult
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon

― milton parker (Jon L), Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Royksopp - Royksopp's Night Out (Live)
what is this???

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Royksopp - Royksopp's Night Out (2006 Live EP)
01. What Else Is There (3:19)
02. Only This Moment (4:04)
03. Remind Me (3:47)
04. Sparks (5:09)
05. Poor Leno (Istanbul Forever Take) (5:24)
06. Go Away (5:35)
07. Alpha Male (8:02)
08. Go With The Flow (3:13)
09. Teppefall (0:58)

http://linkset.blogspot.com/

scroll down a bit and you'll find the rapidshare.de link to the set. amazing!

― biz, Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link

http://cd.cd-wow.co.uk/online/cd-royksopp-royksopp-s-night-out-live.php?PHPSESSID=fc9a3508c9823f4f4d01ff1ec3517b15

looks official. it's for sale at cd-wow and a few other webshops. sound quality is amazing, versions are very good. sparks is interesting for the way the vocal is cut-up.

― biz, Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Holy shit - This: "Cave Deaths - Glacier on Fire (more proggy Polvo w/electric piano and some saxophone)" sounds AMAZING. Do they have tunes?

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 2 February 2006 01:07 (eighteen years ago) link

witch - witch
Lilys - Everything Wrong Is Imaginary

― feedbacker, Thursday, 2 February 2006 10:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Lilys - Everything Wrong Is Imaginary
Tokyo Jihen - Adult
The Knife - Silent Shout
Witch - Witch
Sparks - Hello Young Lovers

I think these are all great albums.

― Harpal (harpal), Thursday, 2 February 2006 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Pearls And fucking Brass
Liars
Sway
Gossip
and the Analord comp if that counts

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 2 February 2006 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Forget about Comfort of Strangers, Beth Orton's goes in the undecided pile.

― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link

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