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Pitchforkmedia.com's Top 50 for 2005
I believe MonkeyBoy already reported on this but Pitchfork has now officially published their Top 50 for 2005. Thoughts? Do you concur with the list? Disagreements?
Check it out here:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
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Agree? Disagree?
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Originally Posted by Audio Girl
I believe MonkeyBoy already reported on this but Pitchfork has now officially published their Top 50 for 2005. Thoughts? Do you concur with the list? Disagreements?
Check it out here:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
I think I've heard of some of those artists...ok some of those artists do get talked about here now and then, but I can honestly say that I've not heard one note from any of them. So, as a list of Top-50 songs that I'm not likely to ever hear, its pretty concise.
Glad to see you, Mary.
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Originally Posted by Audio Girl
I believe MonkeyBoy already reported on this but Pitchfork has now officially published their Top 50 for 2005. Thoughts? Do you concur with the list? Disagreements?
Check it out here:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
After looking over the list, I am surprised that the Silver Jews, Bloc Party and Spoon efforts didn't rank higher, and that Sufjan Stevens "Illinois" and Bonnie Prince Billy were ranked as they were. Surprised in the sense that I don't feel they deserved the high ratings, in the scheme of how good releases were in 2005, but not surprised in the regard that they have gotten alot of positive press. Personally, I haven't been that impressed with either (which I own on vinyl).
However, the list (and supplied descriptions) made me extremely curious about new Pornographers, Love is All, Clap Your Hands, Sleater Kinney, Jamie Lidell, Franz Ferdinand, Mountain Goats, Fiery Furnaces, The Boy Least Likely To, and Roisin Murphy. If you can shed some light here, the feedback would be appreciated.
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Originally Posted by 3-LockBox
I think I've heard of some of those artists...ok some of those artists do get talked about here now and then, but I can honestly say that I've not heard one note from any of them. So, as a list of Top-50 songs that I'm not likely to ever hear, its pretty concise.
Glad to see you, Mary.
Good to hear from you, 3 LockBox. I only own 5 of these, and have a few more on order. Purchased because of recs here or other sites...
Merry Christmas, 3LB!
Ag
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Originally Posted by Audio Girl
However, the list (and supplied descriptions) made me extremely curious about new Pornographers, Love is All, Clap Your Hands, Sleater Kinney, Jamie Lidell, Franz Ferdinand, Mountain Goats, Fiery Furnaces, The Boy Least Likely To, and Roisin Murphy. If you can shed some light here, the feedback would be appreciated.
Hi AG! I picked up that New Pornographers disk a few weeks ago and it's been in steady rotation ever since. I absolutely love it and it's, for sure, in my top 10 this year....if not my top 5.
I don't have your new address...PM me.
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If I weren't listening to XMU on my new satelite radio this past month I would not have heard or known of most of these bands, especially at the top. #'s 3-10 have been stand outs though and I look forward to hearing more of them. Though I'm not sure I'll be buying many of them.
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Yeah, AG, I could really see you liking the New Pornographers record. Regarding the others, I'm guessing that Sleater-Kinney wouldn't be your style, but I could be wrong? Have you heard any of their stuff?
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I can't believe
They have SunnO))) on that list, totally shocked. The only good band along with Fiona Apple on that list as far as i am concerned
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Originally Posted by Audio Girl
I believe MonkeyBoy already reported on this but Pitchfork has now officially published their Top 50 for 2005. Thoughts? Do you concur with the list? Disagreements?
Check it out here:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
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Originally Posted by Duds
They have SunnO))) on that list, totally shocked. The only good band along with Fiona Apple on that list as far as i am concerned
That is not a rational statement. How many albums on the list have you actually listened to? I doubt it's been much more than the two you mention.
Responding more generally, I was happy to see LCD Soundsystem so high up on the list, because that is a really really fun album for me. I bought that album on the same day as the dreary, respectable Arcade Fire album from last year. And it was such a nice contrast for me about where I want music to be now vs. what I'm really tired of (even in a such and admittedly high-quality incarnation such as Arcade Fire).
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Did I just miss it or is there absolutely no mention of the Stars album?
For the love of jebus!~ What the L is on going on down at Pitchfork these days? I'm listening to Art Brut right now. Number 3? Wow, gimme the revivalists anyday.
jc
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relax
it's my opinion. I've listened to quite a few. Glad you think you know more about what I have listened to than I do.
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Originally Posted by DariusNYC
That is not a rational statement. How many albums on the list have you actually listened to? I doubt it's been much more than the two you mention.
Responding more generally, I was happy to see LCD Soundsystem so high up on the list, because that is a really really fun album for me. I bought that album on the same day as the dreary, respectable Arcade Fire album from last year. And it was such a nice contrast for me about where I want music to be now vs. what I'm really tired of (even in a such and admittedly high-quality incarnation such as Arcade Fire).
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Originally Posted by Jim Clark
Did I just miss it or is there absolutely no mention of the Stars album?
For the love of jebus!~ What the L is on going on down at Pitchfork these days? I'm listening to Art Brut right now. Number 3? Wow, gimme the revivalists anyday.
jc
Hehehe, yeah, many of my favorites aren't on there either including my #1.
Davey's silly list ...
1. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
3. Micah P. Hinson And The Gospel Of Progress
4. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
5. Richmond Fontaine - The Fitzgerald
6. British Sea Power - Open Season
7. The National - Alligator
8. Decemberists - Picaresque
9. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
10. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Pitchfork's silly list ...
50 Orthelm, OV
49 The Fiery Furnaces, EP
48 Okkervil River, BLACK SHEEP BOY
47 The Boy Least Likely To, THE BEST PARTY EVER
46 Fiona Apple, EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE [Jon Brion version]
45 M83, BEFORE THE DAWN HEALS US
44 Vashti Bunyan, LOOKAFTERING
43 Spoon, GIMME FICTION
42 My Morning Jacket, Z
41 Roisin Murphy, RUBY BLUE
40 Young Jeezy, LET’S GET IT: THUG MOTIVATION 101
39 Robyn, s/t
38 Devendra Banhart, CRIPPLE CROW
37 Dominik Eulberg, KREUCHT & FLEUCHT
36 Keith Fullerton Whitman, MULTIPLES
35 The Game, THE DOCUMENTARY
34 Silver Jews, TANGLEWOOD NUMBERS
33 Bloc Party, SILENT ALARM
32 Beanie Sigel, THE B. COMING
31 Konono No.1, CONGOTRONICS
30 Franz Ferdinand, YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER
29 Serena Maneesh, s/t
28 Sunn O))), BLACK ONE
27 Jamie Lidell, MULTIPLY
26 The Decemberists, PICARESQUE
25 Alan Braxe & Friends, THE UPPER CUTS
24 The Mountain Goats, THE SUNSET TREE
23 Ladytron, THE WITCHING HOUR
22 Broadcast, TENDER BUTTONS
21 Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney, SUPERWOLF
20 The Hold Steady, SEPARATION SUNDAY
19 Sleater-Kinney, THE WOODS
18 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, s/t
17 The Clientele, STRANGE GEOMETRY
16 Love is All, NINE TIMES THAT SAME SONG
15 Clipse, WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP, VOL. 2
14 Vitalic, OK COWBOY
13 Various Artists, RUN THE ROAD
12 The New Pornographers, TWIN CINEMA
11 Isolee, WE ARE MONSTER
10 Wolf Parade, APOLOGIES TO THE QUEEN MARY
9 Cam’ron, PURPLE HAZE
8 LCD Soundsystem, s/t
7 Animal Collective, FEELS
6 Deerhoof, THE RUNNERS FOUR
5 Antony and the Johnsons, I AM A BIRD NOW
4 M.I.A., ARULAR
3 Art Brut, BANG BANG ROCK & ROLL
2 Kanye West, LATE REGISTRATION
1 Sufjan Stevens, ILLINOIS
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Originally Posted by Duds
it's my opinion. I've listened to quite a few. Glad you think you know more about what I have listened to than I do.
Just out of curiousity, how many have you heard?
I'm about to figure out my own totals now that wavey davey has conveniently posted the list in an easy to add m'up format.
jc
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I've listened to 27 of them. If that isnt enough to back up my irrational statement, than I apologize to everyone, and most importantly Darius.
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Originally Posted by Jim Clark
Just out of curiousity, how many have you heard?
I'm about to figure out my own totals now that wavey davey has conveniently posted the list in an easy to add m'up format.
jc
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Originally Posted by Duds
I've listened to 27 of them. If that isnt enough to back up my irrational statement, than I apologize to everyone, and most importantly Darius.
Yeah, that's pretty darned good. I only have 7 of the titles listed there. In addition, I have 2005 bootlegs of some more of the shows so I feel I have a pretty good handle on whether or not it's going to be for me. That brings the total up to the amazing sum of 12.
Personally I think Pitchfork may have squirreled on us this year.
jc
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Originally Posted by Audio Girl
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - If you can shed some light here, the feedback would be appreciated.
Stay far, far away. Don't think Wolf Parade would be your thing either but who can tell? Try some mp3 samples.
That's one awful list Pitchfork put together. I've only heard eight of those albums completely and of them only like three. A lot of the stuff there only took me a couple of mp3s to know they weren't for me. I'd put Stephen Malkmus, Rogue Wave, SFA, Andrew Bird, AmAnSet, 13 & God, Fruit Bats, DCfC, and Calexico/Iron & Wine before anything they have in their top twentyfive. The only thing on that list that I haven't yet heard that I'm looking forward to is the Silver Jews.
The only list that matters to me is my own.
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Antony and the Johnsons, I AM A BIRD NOW
It's weird, the end of the year and all of a sudden I'm hearing about this. I can't even recall anyone mentioning this around here. Weird.
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I'm still having trouble with my year-end list. To wit:
- Haven't heard the new Ephel Duath yet;
- That Nine Horses disk is blowing me away -- I have to wonder if it's the folly of novelty, or if it's really good;
- Haven't heard that Earth disk yet;
- Haven't heard many of those disks more than once (I mean, how many times do I have to listen to Autechre?).
Give me 'til...March...2010...
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I probably didn't buy enough current releases this year to fill out a top 10 list...so here's my lame-ass, me-too Top 5 List:
1. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
2. My Morning Jacket - Z
3. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
4. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
5. British Sea Power - Open Season
Wilco's remarkable live set, Kicking Television, deserves an honorable mention, although I usually don't like to include live or best-of albums on such lists. And from what I've heard from that Rogue Wave disc so far, Slosh might just be right about it (I'll be buying it if it doesn't show up in my stocking).
New-to-me titles that deserve honorable mention, even though they were released in 2004 or earlier, include Spoon's Kill the Moonlight, Secret Machines' Now Here Is Nowhere, Crooked Fingers' Red Devil Dawn, and Green Day's American Idiot.
Remaster of the year goes to Born to Run, as much for the incredible live DVD as for the excellent CD remaster.
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I've been in the process of going through literally hundreds of new releases for about a month to make my annual "Best of" CD compilation. Not that any one cares or should take notice, but here's a dozen of the best tracks on my compilation. I was going to do a single a week but ran out of room on 2 discs at 48 unique artists:
2005's Standout Track:
The Tears: The Lovers
and the rest:
The Fiery Furnaces: Tropical Ice-land (re-released in 2005)
The Magic Numbers: Love Me Like You
Wolf Parade: Grounds for Divorce
Maximo Park: Apply Some Pressure
The Caesars: Jerk it Out (re-released in 2005)
The Doves: Some Cities
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Over and Over Again
Dead 60's: Riot Radio
The Editors: Blood
Goldfrapp: Number 1
Babyshambles: 32nd of December
British Sea Power: Stand Up
Paul Weller: From the Floorboards Up
Album of the Year:
BSP: Open Season
Big Hope for 2006:
The Boy Least Likely
For reference: Here's some of the best of last year's comp:
2004's Standout Track
The Delays: Long Time Coming
and the rest
Franz Ferdinand: Take Me Out
The Ordinary Boys: Talk Talk Talk
Razorlight: Rip it Up
Dogs Die in Hot Cars: Something off the Way
The Zutons: Pressure
THe Streets: May Well Be In
THe Thrills: Whatever Happened to Corey Haim
Graham Coxon: Bittersweet Bundle of Misery
The Futureheads: Meantime
The Libertines: Can't Stand Me Now
Album of the Year:
The Thrills: Let's Bottle Bohemia
Big Hope for 2005:
Devandra Banhart
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Originally Posted by Slosh
That's one awful list Pitchfork put together. I've only heard eight of those albums completely and of them only like three. A lot of the stuff there only took me a couple of mp3s to know they weren't for me. I'd put Stephen Malkmus, Rogue Wave, SFA, Andrew Bird, AmAnSet, 13 & God, Fruit Bats, DCfC, and Calexico/Iron & Wine before anything they have in their top twentyfive. The only thing on that list that I haven't yet heard that I'm looking forward to is the Silver Jews.
The only list that matters to me is my own.
I think it's a pretty good list, but predictable. Are you exaggerating, or do you not really like the New Pornographers record or that Deerhoof album?
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Originally Posted by PDK
For reference: Here's some of the best of last year's comp:
The Zutons: Pressure
The Thrills: Whatever Happened to Corey Haim
Album of the Year:
The Thrills: Let's Bottle Bohemia
I really enjoy that Thrills disk from last year. It never really seemed to catch on with the folks around here, but it's a great disk IMO. I also really liked The Zutons disk at first. But I tired of it pretty quickly.
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Originally Posted by Mr MidFi
I probably didn't buy enough current releases this year to fill out a top 10 list...so here's my lame-ass, me-too Top 5 List:
1. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
2. My Morning Jacket - Z
3. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
4. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
5. British Sea Power - Open Season
I've been listening to Gimme Fiction for the last couple of weeks and I just don't see what all the buzz is about. It's okay, enjoyable enough, but there are other new disks that I would reach for before that one. I just find it to be mediocre. Maybe it's a grower.
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Originally Posted by Stone
Are you exaggerating, or do you not really like the New Pornographers record or that Deerhoof album?
I've told you a million times do not exaggerate!
Both are meh of what I've heard (a couple of songs from each). Not impressed with the old Pornographers either.
NP: Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth (not meh)
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