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    Top 20 of 2005 -- Rave Recs

    I thought I'd get this year-end thread going.

    Personally, I have plenty of contenders for my year-end list, but have yet to decide on all twenty.

    So I thought, we could have some fun and list all of our contenders and, from those, ones that will absolutely be there by the end of this thread -- when all is said and done.
    Isn't that what the "edit" button is for??

    Okay. I'll start....

    1. ??
    2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
    3. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
    4. Crooked Fingers - Dignity and Shame
    5. Martha Wainwright - Marthat Wainwright
    6. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
    7. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
    8. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
    9. My Morning Jacket - Z
    10. System of a Down - Mezmerize
    11. Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
    12 Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires
    13. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
    14. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands SY!
    15. The Books - Lost and Safe
    16. Brazilian Girls - Brazilian Girls
    17. The Clientelle - Strange Geometry
    18. Black Mountain - Black Mountain
    19. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
    20. The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir

    ??
    Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
    Beck - Guero
    Ike Reilly Assassination - Sparkle in the Finish
    Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
    Love As Laughter - Laughter's Fifth

    Honourable Mentions:
    Caribou - Milk of Human Kindness
    Opeth - Ghost Reveries
    Common - Be
    Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
    The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

    Guilty Pleasure:
    My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

    Commentary to follow....

    So, why don't you walk on the wild side & post yours....

    Cheers,

    audiobill

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    I haven't really given this too much thought yet, but off the top of my head, I would have to add the following to the list, in no particular order...

    Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
    Luke Doucet - Broken (I finally got a copy of this and it's excellent!)
    Dream Theater - Octavarium
    Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
    The Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
    The Trews - Den of Thieves
    Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger

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    deja vu

    1. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
    2. Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
    3. The Decemberists - Picaresque
    4. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
    5. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
    6. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
    7. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
    8. Calexico/Iron & Wine - In The Reins
    9. American Analog Set - Set Free
    10. Fruit Bats - Spelled In Bones

    Those are the easy ones. I'll have to get back to this thread later on the next ten.
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    20) Elliot Murphy~ Murphy Gets Muddy
    19) Graham Parker~ Songs of No Consequence
    18) Vic Chesnutt~ Ghetto Bells
    17) Bruce Springsteen~ Devils & Dust
    16) The Frames~ Burn The Maps
    15) Sun Kil Moon~ Tiny Cities
    14) John Prine~ Fair & Square
    13) Son Volt~ Okemah & The Melody of Riot
    12) Mountain Goats~ The Sunset Tree
    11) Marissa Nadler~ The Saga of Mayflower May
    10) Okkervil River~ Black Sheep Boy
    9) Ry Cooder~ Chavez Ravine
    8) My Morning Jacket~ Z
    7) Magnolia Electric Company~ Trials & Errors
    6) Damon & Naomi~ The Earth Is Blue
    5) Al Kooper~ Black Coffee
    4) Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs
    3) Decemberists~ Picaresque
    2) Mary Gauthier~ Mercy Now
    1) Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel of Progress
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    Interesting to see that no one has mentioned Deadwing yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr MidFi
    Interesting to see that no one has mentioned Deadwing yet.
    Is that similar to Deadman?
    And the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tentoze
    2) Mary Gauthier~ Mercy Now
    Started playing that one more this weekend and it is growing on me a lot. Guess my initial reaction was that sometimes she sounds a bit too much like Lucinda, but I also realize now that's not really her fault either. Good songs and lots of emotion. Wish thay'd mastered it better to give her voice a little more room to breath. Shame it has to be so compressed and congested, but it is a nice one. Also gave that new Al Kooper a spin, and even though it seems to go on forever, still some very tasty music.

    BTW, I've only heard 2 of the albums on audiobill's list! Guess there won't be much Rave Recs consensus this year. And none of the UK mags even have my favorite album in their top 50. Ya ever feel out of touch

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    Deadwing.

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    My current working list, and no, I didn't go back and add Porcupine Tree, it was already on there (proof furnished upon request):

    Black Mountain
    Rob Dickinson, Fresh Wine for the Horses
    Electrelane, Axes
    Matt Elliott, Drinking Songs
    Foetus, Love
    Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, The Days of Mars
    Jesu
    LCD Soundsystem
    Mars Volta, [i}Frances the Mute[/i]
    New Model Army, Carnival
    Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth
    Porcupine Tree, DeadWing
    Sigur Rós, Takk
    Super/System, Always Never Again
    John Vanderslice, Pixel Revolt

    Addit'l to consider:

    Antimatter
    Venetian Snares
    Jason Forrest -- Shamelessly something -- don't even have this one yet.
    m83
    Eschew fascism.
    Truth Will Out.
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    I remain,
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    I would just add the following to all the great submissions above:

    Arena - Pepper's Ghost
    Spock's Beard - Octane
    Tori Amos - The Beekeeper

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr MidFi
    Interesting to see that no one has mentioned Deadwing yet.
    Deadwing didn't impress me.

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    Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus
    Opeth - Ghost Reveries
    Tori Amos - Beekeeper
    Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
    Neil Young - Prairie Wind
    Queens of the stone age - Lullabies To Paralyze
    Black Label Society - MAfia
    Nine Inch Nails - with teeth
    Brand NEw Sin - Recipe For Disaster
    Callisto - True NAture UNfolds
    Soulfly - Dark Ages

    All i could come up with at the moment

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    Man, I still have a lot of listening to do over the next month or 6 weeks before I have a even a decent idea of a top ten, let alone a top 20. Here are a few that'll surely make the list, though:

    Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
    Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
    The Juan Maclean - Less than Human
    Animal Collective - Feels
    High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings
    And the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davey
    BTW, I've only heard 2 of the albums on audiobill's list! Guess there won't be much Rave Recs consensus this year. And none of the UK mags even have my favorite album in their top 50. Ya ever feel out of touch
    Davey: You're such a tease. Now, what could your top album be?? hmmmmmmm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by audiobill
    Davey: You're such a tease. Now, what could your top album be?? hmmmmmmm.
    No tease, just thought everyone probably knew about my love for Andrew Bird's latest by now

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    I don't think I've bought a 2005 release this year !

    I've heard a few.. but not purchased.

    times they are a changin'..
    If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side-by-side,
    at the swingin' party down the line..


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    Quote Originally Posted by Slosh
    Who?

    ps- Could you guy go tease each other in private? I'm trying not to vomit all over my keyboard.
    Wow, a Slosh post with no mention of Rogue Wave? I didn't think it was possible

    BTW, we'd prefer that you vomit all over your keyboard in private as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davey
    BTW, we'd prefer that you vomit all over your keyboard in private as well.
    Ooops, did I just type that out loud?

    Man, what a boring message board.
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Descended Like Slosh
    Ooops, did I just type that out loud?
    Yeah, thanks for sharing that. Hey, I finally got a copy of that last Brainiac EP on the way. Got notified of some stuff that came available at Djangos so placed an order since they were having a sale. Some stuff for my Christmas stocking. Electro Shock for President from 1997 is their last recording before one of the main guys died, and John then went on to form Enon. Should be some fun Devo-type stuff. Here's a little review I swiped from Ultra ...

    It seems that Brainiac is sailing a totally new course with this new EP Electro Shock for President. There are hardly any guitars left on this album. This is probably what you would call "expanding your horizons". This is a mixture between the usual Brainiac-lunacy, techno and early-80's new-wave (probably because Timmy Taylor uses the moog a lot). And odd as it may sound, it is truly a great record! Electro Shock for President comes closer to Brainiac's fellow townsmen Devo than any of their other records have done. You also hear touch of Kraftwerk once in a while. The switch in musical influences probably also accounts for the switch in producers. Eli Janney gave up his seat to make way for Gastr' del Sol's Jim O'Rourke. It's weird, to hear a song like Fashion 500 which hardly contains beats or rhythms. The most sad thing about this all, is that, just when the band is starting to go on untrodden paths, their singer Timmy Taylor died tragically in a car accident. So, very unexpectedly, this EP, which was probably going to be their last on the Touch & Go label, is also the testament of this talented band. (bt) http://www.dma.be/p/ultra/1997/b-clusfi.htm#brainiac


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    Man, what a boring message board.
    Yeah, without me this board would really suck, huh?


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    I like the "Native Numb", "Count Sheep" etc. side of Enon more than the synthy stuff (although there's some good stuff there as well). The stuff I like doesn't sound much like Devo to me. I think I have downloaded some Brainiac before. I forget now. Let me know if it's Believo!-esque at all.

    ~Slosh - without msg I am nothing
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Slosh and Slosher
    I like the "Native Numb", "Count Sheep" etc. side of Enon more than the synthy stuff (although there's some good stuff there as well). The stuff I like doesn't sound much like Devo to me. I think I have downloaded some Brainiac before. I forget now. Let me know if it's Believo!-esque at all.
    I'll toss some Brainiac goodies in with the latest trade. No extra charge. Nada. Zip. FREE!

    Just don't tease me ...

    Oh yeah, and if you came here for audiobill's thread, sorry. You're in the wrong place

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    man, I saw Brainiac like 5 times or something. being from Dayton they played up in Clevo quite a bit.
    If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side-by-side,
    at the swingin' party down the line..


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    Quote Originally Posted by -Jar-
    I don't think I've bought a 2005 release this year !

    I've heard a few.. but not purchased.

    times they are a changin'..
    Hey, jarman. That's what kids will do to you. audiobill

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slosh
    Ooops, did I just type that out loud?

    Man, what a boring message board.

    You guys are begining to scare me. Yeeeechhhhh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davey
    Electro Shock for President comes closer to Brainiac's fellow townsmen Devo than any of their other records have done.
    yea, Ohio is just one big town huh.
    If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side-by-side,
    at the swingin' party down the line..


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