take on 2009 albums...

[Supernovacaine]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
2. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
3. HORSE the Band - Desperate Living
4. Blessthefall - Witness
5. Converge - Axe To Fall

[And Hours Pass]

1. MuteMath - Armistice/Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
3. K'naan - Troubadour
4. Daniel Merriweather - Love & War
5. Cartel - Cycles

[coreysetfail]

so far anyways..

1. P.O.S - Never Better
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. Mute Math - Armistice
4. Passion Pit - Manners
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

[bernie16wb]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
2. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
3. HORSE the Band - Desperate Living
4. Blessthefall - Witness
5. Converge - Axe To Fall


1. Kevin Devin - Brother's Blood
2.Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
3. Thrice - Beggars
4. Brand New - Daisy
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

[SweetThye]

1. Thrice- Beggars/Emery- In Shallow Seas We Sail/Mute Math-Armistice
2. Mayday Parade- Anywhere But Here
3. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix/The Dangerous Summer- Reach For the Sun
4. Billy Talent- III
5. Relient K- Forget and Not Slow Down

[murrich]

1. Kevin Devin - Brother's Blood
2.Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
3. Thrice - Beggars
4. Brand New - Daisy
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

Brand New are possibly the most popular band on this website...

[bernie16wb]

Brand New are possibly the most popular band on this website...
And it's a very popular opinion on this website that Daisy is terrible.

[inthemidst]

1. Sleeping at Last - Storyboards
2. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
3. Anchor & Braille - Felt
4. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
5. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down

[emoishardcore]

1. partugal the man - the satanic satanist
2. brand new - daisy (ok so i'm all into changing your sound and I know they picked songs to play live and not necessarily to be on a record but still....it's like morrisey meets a ill advised tim kasher project)
3. title fight - the last thing you'll forget (grant it its a compilation of two previously released EPs but still, brings me back to the movielife days)
4. lilly allen - it's me not you
5. ghost of a stranger (the band that everyone thought was brand new)

[bolgy99]

1. Eleventh He Reaches London - Hollow Be My Name
2. Madina Lake - Attics To Eden
3. Oceana - Birtheater
4. The Used - Artwork
5. Baroness - Blue Record

[emoishardcore]

1. Thrice- Beggars/Emery- In Shallow Seas We Sail/Mute Math-Armistice
2. Mayday Parade- Anywhere But Here
3. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix/The Dangerous Summer- Reach For the Sun
4. Billy Talent- III
5. Relient K- Forget and Not Slow Down

i wouldn't give you shit for liking the new billy talent. i mean he's made three albums that all sound the same (in my opinion) but for some people, that's exactly what they want. he may of usurped celine dion as canada's only musical hero (yes i'm going over the bare naked ladies).

[bard]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)


1. mewithoutYou - it's all crazy, it's all false, it's all a dream, it's alright
2. every time i die - new junk aesthetic (i like it, it's just not better than their other albums)
3. the antlers - hospice
4. idk?
5. between the buried and me - the great misdirect

[ramomcferno]

1 Thursday - Common Existence
2 Paramore- Brand New Eyes
3 Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
4 The Academy Is...-Lost In Pacific Time EP
5 Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life

[xJesusFreakx]

1. Thrice - Beggars
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. Bradley Hathaway - A Mouth Full of Dust / David Crowder*Band - Church Music
4. Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
5. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down

[nickonthecoast]

1. The Chariot- Wars and Rumors of Wars
2. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
3. Emery- In Shallow Seas We Sail..
4. A Day To Remember- Homesick
5. GWEN STACY!

[Inc.onsolable]

Brand New are possibly the most popular band on this website...
Haha...WOAH! I'm not a die hard fan of Brand New (ha, I'm far from it) but there are wayyyy worse bands!!!
And it's a very popular opinion on this website that Daisy is terrible.
Really? To me it seems like most ppl came to accept the different style. Mostly bc they have the biased opinion that Brand New can do no wrong. It's not so bad IMO.

[DanEmo]

1. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
2. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
3. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
4. Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
5. Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us (though it's not sure if it will be released before the end of this year)

[SweetThye]

i wouldn't give you shit for liking the new billy talent. i mean he's made three albums that all sound the same (in my opinion) but for some people, that's exactly what they want. he may of usurped celine dion as canada's only musical hero (yes i'm going over the bare naked ladies).

"he"??? Why are you referring to a band composed of four members as "he"?

[Charles777]

1. Closure In Moscow - First Temple
2. Thursday - Common Existence (though, it has grown on me a little)
3. Single File - Common Struggles
4. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
5. Circa Survive's new album

[SweetThye]

1. The Chariot- Wars and Rumors of Wars
2. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
3. Emery- In Shallow Seas We Sail..
4. A Day To Remember- Homesick
5. GWEN STACY!

How could you be disappointed with the new Manchester Orchestra album? It's the band at its best. It's not like they changed their sound drastically from "Like a Virgin Losing a Child" or anything.

[ActionActionFan]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Between the Trees - Spain
2. Brand New - Daisy (I'm not a big Brand New fan but I did not like this album at all)
3. Sleeping at Last - Storyboards
4. Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
5. Four Letter Lie - A New Day and the new The Snake the Cross the Crown

[QuietThings430]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
4. A Day to Remember - Homesick
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

[yoyostring]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. MuteMath - Armistice
2. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major (not necessarily disappointed, just an album 6 years in the making that i expected it to be amazing.)
& Two Tongues - Two Tongues (although i enjoy it very much it could've been much better.)
3. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
4. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

[Charles777]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
4. A Day to Remember - Homesick
5. Say Anything - Say Anything
Aim and Ignite rules hard.

[brentywat]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)



1. Thrice - Beggars
2. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
3. Fun - Aim and Ignite
4. mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright!
5. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down

[williek311]

1. Raekwon Da Chef - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II
2. Mos Def - The Estatic
3. Dan Deacon - Bromst
4. I don't listen to bad music
5. The Roots - How I Got Over

[xJesusFreakx]

1. Raekwon Da Chef - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II
2. Mos Def - The Estatic
3. Dan Deacon - Bromst
4. I don't listen to bad music
5. The Roots - How I Got Over

That's boring.

[Crowe41]

1. Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
2. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
3. Secret Lives of the Freemasons - Weekend Warriors
4. Marianas Trench - Masterpiece Theatre
5. The Ataris - The Graveyard of the Atlantic

[perceptrons]

1. Manhester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing / Brand New - Daisy / Animal Collective - MPP / Coconut Records - Davy
2. Thursday - Common Existence
3. fun. - Aim & Ignite
4. Leathermouth - XO
5. HORSE the Band - DL / Fall of Troy - Unlikely Event (though from reviews, outlook is not good)

I'm not good at lists, I'm not even happy with this.

[Justin_stacy]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)


a little early...but I'm bored.

1. Real Deal - Fun (best punk album of the year)
2. Set You Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us (wasn't worth the wait)
3. 311 - Uplifter (hated the first single but loved the album)
4. Rancid - Let The Dominos Fall (everybody seemed to hate this record, but I liked it alot)
5. ....I think everything I've wanted has been release. Late year isn't exactly the best time for new music as its normally when all the big name generic shit gets dropped.

[emoishardcore]

a little early...but I'm bored.

1. Real Deal - Fun (best punk album of the year)
2. Set You Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us (wasn't worth the wait)
3. 311 - Uplifter (hated the first single but loved the album)
4. Rancid - Let The Dominos Fall (everybody seemed to hate this record, but I liked it alot)
5. ....I think everything I've wanted has been release. Late year isn't exactly the best time for new music as its normally when all the big name generic shit gets dropped.

Yeah I don't know about the new Rancid. I didn't hate it but it was not anything grand. You'd think with like 5 or so years in between albums you'd have something a bit more. To me, no one track really stood out as great. I'm not going to go all and out come the wolves, but even on indestructible I could pick out a handful of songs that i could really jam to.

[recall reality]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. RX Bandits - Mandala
2. Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship
3. Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain is a Mouth
4. Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen (probably the most ill received album in my top 10.)
5. The Mercury Program - Chez Viking

[Baby for Pree]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues (Probably single-handedly disenchanted me with both Max Bemis and "the scene".)
3. Discovery - LP
4. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
5. Various - New Moon Soundtrack (Thom York, Bon Iver, and others.)

[Troggy]

1. fav album Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11
2. most disappointing Regina Spektor - Far
3. most pleasantly surprised by Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
4. you'll probably get shit for liking Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) John Mayer / Michelle Branch / Converge / Baroness

[CollectiveConfusion]

1. Raekwon Da Chef - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II
2. Mos Def - The Estatic
3. Dan Deacon - Bromst
4. I don't listen to bad music
5. The Roots - How I Got Over

that wasn't the question.

[AsktheElevator]

1. Portugal. the Man "The Satanic Satanist"
2. AFI "Crash Love"
3. A Love Like Pi "Atlas and the Oyster"
4. mewithoutYou "Its All Crazy!...."
5. don't know of anything good that is left!

[3eb23]

1. Sleeping at Last - Storyboards
2. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
3. Anchor & Braille - Felt
4. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
5. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down

Good choice

1. The Chariot- Wars and Rumors of Wars
2. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
3. Emery- In Shallow Seas We Sail..
4. A Day To Remember- Homesick
5. GWEN STACY!

I can see this. I was disappointed as well.

1. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
2. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
3. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
4. Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
5. Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us (though it's not sure if it will be released before the end of this year)

Awesome can't wait to hear that

1. Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
2. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
3. Secret Lives of the Freemasons - Weekend Warriors
4. Marianas Trench - Masterpiece Theatre
5. The Ataris - The Graveyard of the Atlantic

Can't wait to hear this too

a little early...but I'm bored.

1. Real Deal - Fun (best punk album of the year)
2. Set You Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us (wasn't worth the wait)
3. 311 - Uplifter (hated the first single but loved the album)
4. Rancid - Let The Dominos Fall (everybody seemed to hate this record, but I liked it alot)
5. ....I think everything I've wanted has been release. Late year isn't exactly the best time for new music as its normally when all the big name generic shit gets dropped.

Still have yet to get hold of this record. I need to get it as soon as possible.

As for my list:

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Brand New - Daisy
2. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
3. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
4. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
5. Clipse - Till The Casket Drops

[Time Bomb Clock]

1. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. Thrice - Beggars (Hated Alchemy.)
4. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon (Only due to the fact that my friends have known me to be a hater of hip-hop and rap)
5. Saves the Day - Daybreak!

[Andy Young]

1. The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
2. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
3. So Many Dynamos - Loud Wars
4. The Used - Artwork
5. Converge- Axe to Fall

[ThisIsNotDan]

1. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us/Cave In - Planets of Old
2. Ruiner - Hell Is Empty/Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
3. Passion Pit - Manners
4. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
5. the Deftones album

[ramomcferno]

Yeah I don't know about the new Rancid. I didn't hate it but it was not anything grand. You'd think with like 5 or so years in between albums you'd have something a bit more. To me, no one track really stood out as great. I'm not going to go all and out come the wolves, but even on indestructible I could pick out a handful of songs that i could really jam to.

In really liked it I thought there were a lot of catchy songs on it.

1. The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
2. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
3. So Many Dynamos - Loud Wars
4. The Used - Artwork
5. Converge- Axe to Fall

Really? I thought that album was great. That is what is so cool about this idea everyone has such differing opinions, plus it shows just how much awesome stuff came out this year.

[quicksilv001]

1. fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event/Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Brand New - Daisy
5. Circa Survive/Minus the Bear

[The Personist]

1. The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. fun.- Aim and Ignite
4. AFI - Crash Love
5. Converge/Relient K/I'm probably forgetting some.

[hockey4life0099]

Haha...WOAH! I'm not a die hard fan of Brand New (ha, I'm far from it) but there are wayyyy worse bands!!!

Really? To me it seems like most ppl came to accept the different style. Mostly bc they have the biased opinion that Brand New can do no wrong. It's not so bad IMO.

it seems to me like most people criticized it at first but then actually gave it a few listens and liked it after that. personally i loved it since day 1

[nerdvglc]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Modest Mouse- No One's First and You're Next
2. The Used- Artwork (many hate on this band, but i like all the other records)
3. The Dangerous Summer- Reach For the Sun
4. Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown
5. Say Anything- Say Anything

i wouldn't laminate this list, but i think it's close.

[The Personist]

Say Anything and Brand New will be fighting viciously for the "most disappointing" title by the end of the year.

[ThisIsNotDan]

Say Anything and Brand New will be fighting viciously for the "most disappointing" title by the end of the year.

how is it a disappointment if you're expecting it to suck?

[And Hours Pass]

1 Thursday - Common Existence
2 Paramore- Brand New Eyes
3 Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
4 The Academy Is...-Lost In Pacific Time EP
5 Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life

I wouldn't give you shit for the new TAI EP. I haven't heard it yet, but I'm still a fan. Worth picking up?


1. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
2. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
3. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
4. Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
5. Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us (though it's not sure if it will be released before the end of this year)

I definitely wouldn't give you shit for Paolo in general, but I was really disappointed with his new album. It was a COMPLETELY different direction from his first one. I don't mind maturation, but it just felt like a complete 180 to me.


1. MuteMath - Armistice
2. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major (not necessarily disappointed, just an album 6 years in the making that i expected it to be amazing.)
& Two Tongues - Two Tongues (although i enjoy it very much it could've been much better.)
3. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
4. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

Seems you and I have similar tastes on the first 2.


1. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues (Probably single-handedly disenchanted me with both Max Bemis and "the scene".)
3. Discovery - LP
4. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
5. Various - New Moon Soundtrack (Thom York, Bon Iver, and others.)

I wasn't a huge fan of the DP album. I liked it, but I didn't love it. And I hope nobody would give you shit for liking Blueprint 3. I like it too!

1. fav album Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11
2. most disappointing Regina Spektor - Far
3. most pleasantly surprised by Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
4. you'll probably get shit for liking Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) John Mayer / Michelle Branch / Converge / Baroness

I'm surprised to see Far as you're most disappointing. While it was more polished than her other releases, I thought it was very well done. Laughing with was such an interesting idea for a song, and dance anthem of the 80's is a blast to listen to.

I'm also very excited for the Mayer album. What'd you think of the new single?

[The Personist]

how is it a disappointment if you're expecting it to suck?
Have you heard songs released from it? They're worse than I could have ever imagined.

[Troggy]

I'm surprised to see Far as you're most disappointing. While it was more polished than her other releases, I thought it was very well done. Laughing with was such an interesting idea for a song, and dance anthem of the 80's is a blast to listen to.

Just struck the wrong chord with me. The only song I listen to regularly is 'Human of the Year'. It's not flat out bad, but that's why I put it under that qualifier as opposed to, worst album or something like that.

I'm also very excited for the Mayer album. What'd you think of the new single?

Haven't listened yet, but I have been meaning to.

[fborelli]

1. Rx Bandits - Mandala
2. Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
3. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
4. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
5. Say Anything - Say Anything (!!!!!)

[oddwithoutend]

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
2. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
3. Noah and the Whale - First Days of Spring
4. Ill Scarlett - 1UP
5. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be

[The Personist]

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
2. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
3. Noah and the Whale - First Days of Spring
4. Ill Scarlett - 1UP
5. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
NO SAY ANYTHING?!?!?!

[ramomcferno]

I wouldn't give you shit for the new TAI EP. I haven't heard it yet, but I'm still a fan. Worth picking up?

I definitely wouldn't give you shit for Paolo in general, but I was really disappointed with his new album. It was a COMPLETELY different direction from his first one. I don't mind maturation, but it just felt like a complete 180 to me.

Seems you and I have similar tastes on the first 2.

I wasn't a huge fan of the DP album. I liked it, but I didn't love it. And I hope nobody would give you shit for liking Blueprint 3. I like it too!

I'm surprised to see Far as you're most disappointing. While it was more polished than her other releases, I thought it was very well done. Laughing with was such an interesting idea for a song, and dance anthem of the 80's is a blast to listen to.

I'm also very excited for the Mayer album. What'd you think of the new single?

It depends how you felt about Fast Times...I liked it but not nearly as much as Santi and Almost Here. This feels like the EP that would be in between them.

[oddwithoutend]

NO SAY ANYTHING?!?!?!

haha Did it leak?

[whoaisame]

"he"??? Why are you referring to a band composed of four members as "he"?

because he tries to sound like he knows what he is talking about when he doesn't. I gotta check out the new album.



3. 311 - Uplifter (hated the first single but loved the album)


I haven't seen anyone talking about this album at all. I love it (minus " Mix it Up"). "Too Much Too Fast" and "Golden Sunlight" are two of my favorite tracks of the year. Have you heard any of the b-sides? "Sun Come Through" is incredible.

[briewer]

More lists? This is dumb. I thought we'd actually be doing a "take on" the year in music, not just picking things from five arbitrary categories.

[Thesleepingwell]

Here's my five FAVES for 2009 (so far):
Fuck the 1. this and 2. that.

1. Kylesa - Static Tensions
2. Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
3. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
4. Seventh Void - Heaven Is Gone
5. Poison The Well - The Tropic Riot

All are good albums.
BNE impressed me with only one listen.

The most disappointing of 09?

All Time Low - Nothing Personal
Never dug it.

[briewer]

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues (Probably single-handedly disenchanted me with both Max Bemis and "the scene".)
3. Discovery - LP
4. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
5. Various - New Moon Soundtrack (Thom York, Bon Iver, and others.)
Bitte Orca is definitely tops thus far for me too.

[The Personist]

haha Did it leak?
Not yet. When it does, you'll know. I'll be banned from every Say Anything thread under the sun.

[11:11]

1. Thrice- Beggars
2. Mayday Parade- Anywhere But Here
3. The Swellers- Ups and Downsizing
4. Brand New- Daisy (since the majority seem to hate it)
5. John Mayer- Battle Studies

[SwiftSilentDead]

1. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
2. Death By Stereo - Death Is My Only Friend
3. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
4. AFI - Crash Love
5. Baroness - The Blue Album

[Chemical Swirl]

1. Monsters of Folk
2. Aim & Ignite
3. Beggars
4. brand new eyes
5. My Dinosaur Life

[SomedayTheFire]

1.Brand New - Daisy
2.Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
3.Paramore - brand new eyes
4.Brand New - Daisy
5. White Belt Yellow Tag - Remains/Methods

[boxingwithstars]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
3. Mansions - New Best Friends, Slow Club - Yeah So
4. Gossip - Music for Men
5. nothing big on my radar anymore... i guess Say Anything and John Nolan

[boxingwithstars]

1. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
2. Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
3. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
4. Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
5. Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us (though it's not sure if it will be released before the end of this year)

haha, i almost put Paolo for number 4! i loved Sunny Side Up.

[Baby for Pree]

Bitte Orca is definitely tops thus far for me too.
It was the first record I ever heard in the genre (pseudo-R&B indie rock?) and I can easily say it's been a major part in the reshaping of my music tastes this year.

[SophGod]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Thursday - Common Existence
2. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
3. Thrice - Beggars
4. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
5. Atreyu - Congregation Of The Damned

number 5 will be in the number 4 slot once it's released.

[oddwithoutend]

More lists? This is dumb. I thought we'd actually be doing a "take on" the year in music, not just picking things from five arbitrary categories.

I'd be interested in reading your take on this year. Make a thread. I'll contribute.

[tfar06]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)



1. Kidcrash- Snacks
2. None so far.
3. Thursday- Common Exsistence/ Portugal. The Man- The Satanic Satanist
I kinda ditched thursday after a city by the light divided but common exisistence is amazing. Portugal ive always been into but this album is better than i expected.
4.Dont know
5. Converge- Axe To Fall

[And Hours Pass]

Just struck the wrong chord with me. The only song I listen to regularly is 'Human of the Year'. It's not flat out bad, but that's why I put it under that qualifier as opposed to, worst album or something like that.



Haven't listened yet, but I have been meaning to.

I like the pun ("struck the wrong chord with me"). I guess it hit people in different ways. I have friends who hated it because it was too polished/poppy. I happened to dig it.

As for the Mayer single, I'm actually not too thrilled about it. it depends on what the standouts were on Continuum for you. Personally, Heart of Life wasn't a favorite for me. That's what the new single reminds me of most. My favorite Mayer stuff is the JM3 stuff, so this didn't rock me.

It depends how you felt about Fast Times...I liked it but not nearly as much as Santi and Almost Here. This feels like the EP that would be in between them.

In between Santi and Fast Times? or in between Almost Here and Santi? I'd rank them as they came out: 1. Almost Here, 2. Santi, 3. Fast Times. I definitely listened to Almost Here more than the other 2 combined, but I love Bulls in Brooklyn. What a song.

[Troggy]

I like the pun ("struck the wrong chord with me"). I guess it hit people in different ways. I have friends who hated it because it was too polished/poppy. I happened to dig it.

I'd probably side with those friends of yours.

As for the Mayer single, I'm actually not too thrilled about it. it depends on what the standouts were on Continuum for you. Personally, Heart of Life wasn't a favorite for me. That's what the new single reminds me of most. My favorite Mayer stuff is the JM3 stuff, so this didn't rock me

Ahhh. Well 'Heart of Life' is pretty good, not a favorite. Except when he worked in the refrain from 'In Repair' at the end of it on Where the Light Is. That was sweet. Hard to say what my favorites off Continuum are, for some reason. I really like 'In Repair' and 'I'm Gonna Find Another You' though. Also 'Belief' and 'Bold as Love' (he has a knack for Hendrix covers).

[And Hours Pass]

I'd probably side with those friends of yours.



Ahhh. Well 'Heart of Life' is pretty good, not a favorite. Except when he worked in the refrain from 'In Repair' at the end of it on Where the Light Is. That was sweet. Hard to say what my favorites off Continuum are, for some reason. I really like 'In Repair' and 'I'm Gonna Find Another You' though. Also 'Belief' and 'Bold as Love' (he has a knack for Hendrix covers).
Those are some good ones for sure. Let me know what you think when you end up checking out the new song. It's very "heart of life"-esque.

[thehereaway]

1. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
2. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
3. Not sure? Maybe, Grammatics - Grammatics
4. Beep Beep - Enchanted Islands or Hockey - Mind Chaos
5. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

[what_ever]

And it's a very popular opinion on this website that Daisy is terrible.

hah.

and, popular ≠ right

[SophGod]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Thursday - Common Existence
2. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
3. Thrice - Beggars
4. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
5. Atreyu - Congregation Of The Damned

number 5 will be in the number 4 slot once it's released.

i'm changing my number 4 to blessthefall - Witness

[iloveblink182]

1. Thursday - Common Exsistance
2. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
3. Farewell - Run It Up The Flagpole
4. Eleventyseven - Adventures In Eville
5. BLINK-182 (hopefully, but most likely wont be out this year)

[JordanBuell]

Not yet. When it does, you'll know. I'll be banned from every Say Anything thread under the sun.

good. your obnoxious. if you dont like the band, stay out of the thread. we all know you do not like say anything but you dont need to post how much you hate them every time someone says they like them.
anyways....

1. fav album - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
2. most disappointing - Mansions - New Best Friends
3. most pleasantly surprised by - Fun. or The Dangerous Summer
4. you'll probably get shit for liking - Two Tongues
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) - Say Anything

[what_ever]

1. P.O.S. - Never Better
2. take your pick... ATL, Saosin, BLG, Manchester Orchestra...
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. fun. - Aim & Ignite
5. Cartel - Cycles

[The Personist]

good. your obnoxious. if you dont like the band, stay out of the thread. we all know you do not like say anything but you dont need to post how much you hate them every time someone says they like them.
anyways....

1. fav album - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
2. most disappointing - Mansions - New Best Friends
3. most pleasantly surprised by - Fun. or The Dangerous Summer
4. you'll probably get shit for liking - Two Tongues
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) - Say Anything
They're so dreadful, though...not as dreadful as this disdain for dissent that seems to have infected this site. Why not provide a counterargument to defend the band instead of calling "nay nay" or whining like a child about someone else's opinions?

[JordanBuell]

They're so dreadful, though...not as dreadful as this disdain for dissent that seems to have infected this site. Why not provide a counterargument to defend the band instead of calling "nay nay" or whining like a child about someone else's opinions?

because your a troll about it.

[The Personist]

because your a troll about it.
It's easier to be brief about it, because when I elaborate people just bitch and moan anyways. Grow a backbone and learn to defend what you like instead of complaining about it.

[fifpb99]

1. As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water

Thrice - Beggars was an incredible album, and I REALLY wanted to put them as my favorite album this year but I just couldn't do it. It didn't have a lot of staying power for me. The album that really hit me the hardest this year was Hell Or High Water. From beginning to end it was just an incredible listen... a rollercoaster of different sounds and influences, all of them equally as engaging. I remember the first time I heard Cody sing "Was I really listening? Or was I just waiting for my turn to talk? I've got everything to say too..." on Errand Rum. Or the first time I heard the instantly catchy hook "Go throw yourself into the sea..." on Into The Sea. Or how on Lady Blue the song changes radically halfway through the song and it still managed to sound like the same song. There are so many other moments from this album that have stuck with me, and I just CANNOT say that about Beggars.

2. Brand New - Daisy

I love Brand New, and I love Daisy. But, because of my own high expectations, it is the one album that fell short the most. It didn't sound like as complete of an album as The Devil and God... did, the lyrics are subpar, and only had a few real standout tracks for me. (Sink, Daisy, Noro) Still a great CD though.

3. P.O.S. - Never Better

I don't listen to rap, like, ever. So, to listen to this album as much as I did is really surprising to me. I had it playing forever and still go back to it on occasion. Great, great CD.

4. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals

This is my favorite Alexisonfire album to date and it spent a lot of time spinning in my car. A lot of people hated the direction and sound the band took with this CD but I absolutely loved every minute of it. It's definitely a grower.

5. Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down

Relient K - Relient K was the first album I ever bought and I haven't looked back. I shared it with all of my friends and soon after they all bought the album too. It was a very cool experience for me and I have stuck with them ever since. Based on the new songs I have heard so far, I am HIGHLY looking forward to this release.

[JordanBuell]

It's easier to be brief about it, because when I elaborate people just bitch and moan anyways. Grow a backbone and learn to defend what you like instead of complaining about it.

your still a troll about it. you just do it to get a rise out of people and its so obnoxious. with that said, im done arguing with on the internet.

[porttheman]

1. From Monument to Masses-On Little Know Frequencies
2. Isis-Wavering Radiant
3. As Cities Burn-Hell or High Water
4. I have no idea
5. Baroness/Converge/ The Mercury Program

[billy_yo]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. RIGHT NOW: every time i die- NJA
2. the used- artwork
3. brand new- daisy/ kid cuDi- man on the moon/ poison the well- tropic riot
4. billy talent- III/ Paramore- brand new eyes
5. CONVERGE- axe to fall

[dea221]

1. Daisy - Brand New
2. In Search of Solid Ground - Saosin (i had such high expectations and it just didnt cut it, damn)
3. This Will Be the Death of Us - Set Your Goals
4. Happiness - Dance Gavin Dance
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

[billy_yo]

* 1. ETID/P.O.S-never better/ gallows-grey Britain

[kearn1tm]

More lists? This is dumb. I thought we'd actually be doing a "take on" the year in music, not just picking things from five arbitrary categories.

Lists are mindless fun and occasionally spawns actual discourse. Stop hating fun.

[briewer]

Lists are mindless fun and occasionally spawns actual discourse. Stop hating fun.
Lists are overrated.

[wavelsaar]

1. Muse "Resistance"
2. All American Rejects "When the World Comes Down"
3. Breathe Carolina "Hello Fascination"
4. LMFAO "Party Rock"
5. Blessthefall's "Witness"



"Witness" drops at Target in 5 days! October 6th for $7.99!
www.myspace.com/blessthefall (http://www.myspace.com/blessthefall)

[kearn1tm]

Lists are overrated.

Lists are no Be Your Own Animal Projectors.

[kearn1tm]

good. your obnoxious. if you dont like the band, stay out of the thread. we all know you do not like say anything but you dont need to post how much you hate them every time someone says they like them.
anyways....

1. fav album - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
2. most disappointing - Mansions - New Best Friends
3. most pleasantly surprised by - Fun. or The Dangerous Summer
4. you'll probably get shit for liking - Two Tongues
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) - Say Anything

"If you don't like the band, stay out of the thread." Why? The official artist threads are meant for actual discourse to occur about the artist, no? Where in the rules here does it state that "only positive conversation can be had in the official band threads?" Moreover, why would that be all you wanted? Are you threatened by differing opinions?

[dea221]

Not yet. When it does, you'll know. I'll be banned from every Say Anything thread under the sun.
hahahah i love say anything but that comment made my evening

[briewer]

Lists are no Be Your Own Animal Projectors.
I mention Be Your Own Pet once and suddenly they're my favorite band.

[ThisIsNotDan]

"If you don't like the band, stay out of the thread." Why? The official artist threads are meant for actual discourse to occur about the artist, no? Where in the rules here does it state that "only positive conversation can be had in the official band threads?" Moreover, why would that be all you wanted? Are you threatened by differing opinions?

I agree with you completely, however there's a thin line between expressing dislike and spamming

[WhosThis]

great year for music. great year.

so far big d and hte kids table's fluent in stroll is easily my album of the year, but mean everything to nothing, dominoes fall, daisy, brothers blood, theres so many good ones

not to mention still new weezer and against me! to look forward to

[ThisIsNotDan]

great year for music. great year.

so far big d and hte kids table's fluent in stroll is easily my album of the year, but mean everything to nothing, dominoes fall, daisy, brothers blood, theres so many good ones

not to mention still new weezer and against me! to look forward to

Against Me! isn't comin out this year

[tait]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)


1. Thrice- Beggars
2. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
3. Fun- Aim & Ignite / Kevin Devine- Brother's Blood
4. Brand New- Daisy
5. Saves the Day- Daybreak

[El_Jeffe]

1. 7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out
ya know that album i tried to tell everyone about that featured the likes of neil finn, his two sons, tim finn, two of the radiohead boys, the entire cast of wilco, johnny marr (you may remember him from the smiths?), great solo acts like bic runga, lisa germano, kt tunstall (although i'm not big on her), don mcglashan, etc, but no one listened... well shame on you all! haha

2. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
i really like it, but when i'm in the mood for some neko i often find myself skipping this album for her past works

3. Béla Fleck - Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions
great great album, after the past flecktones album & solo efforts from other band members... i wasn't expecting much. but one of the best albums of the year in my view

4. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
maybe? most long time fans aren't that into it, far cry from their best work though. but i still enjoy it on occasion

5. Stevie Wonder - The Gospel Inspired By Lula/Through The Eyes Of Wonder
could of been a long list, but i'm really interested to hear how this will turn out. his last album was great & he's created one of very few double albums that are actually all substance/listenable before

[WhosThis]

Against Me! isn't comin out this year

ehh, we'll see. im holding out hope even though its looking more on the early 10 side

[Gaugzilla]

1. Favorite album - fun. - "Aim and Ignite"
2. Most disappointing - (tie) U2 - "No Line in the Horizon" (Just depressing about their free-fall of quality music,) Lily Allen "It's Not Me, It's You" and Grizzly Bear "Veckatimest" (I just don't see the hype and I'm the few that apparently feels this way).
3. Most Pleasantly Surprised By - "Incredibad" - The Lonely Island (Comedy music albums are insanely hard to keep consistent, but this one manages to do it with only one or two duds) / "(m)orning" - Mae.
4. You'll Probably Get Shit for Liking - "Brand New Eyes" - Paramore
5. Most Anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) - Hellogoodbye album, if it's released this year.

[kearn1tm]

I mention Be Your Own Pet once and suddenly they're my favorite band.

Calm yourself in a way that's not gimmicky, that's matter-of-fact faux-girl power. That's the kind of calm that's needed here.

I agree with you completely, however there's a thin line between expressing dislike and spamming

Which would you say David has done?

[abandonship]

1. Brand New - Daisy / Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
2. Two Tongues
3. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
4. I haven't listened to Kelly Clarkson's new album but I'd probably like it
5. Say Anything / Tegan and Sara / John Nolan

[warp]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
2. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
3. HORSE the Band - Desperate Living
4. Blessthefall - Witness
5. Converge - Axe To Fall

1. Thrice-Beggars
2. Embyronic-The flaming lips (I haven't listened to much of this, but compared to their other stuff, I don't like it)
3. Monsters of Folk
4. The intervention EP - The Color Fred
5. Say Anything's S/T or Minus the bear's new 7" (not sure if that counts)

[CollectiveConfusion]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. monsters of folk, or aim and ignite
2. two tongues
3. the dangerous summer
4. mika - the boy who knew too much
5. john nolan

[ThisIsNotDan]

Which would you say David has done?

expressed dislike...over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.

my point is, I like David, but the guy has the most posts in a thread about a band he detests. yes, max isn't the best lyricist (i.e. the new songs times a fuckin million), and they're getting worse, but there's only so many ways you can say it before it's considered beating a dead horse

[jake13]

1. Brand New - daisy
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
4. Kisschasy - Seizures
5. Say anything - Self Titled

[The Personist]

Calm yourself in a way that's not gimmicky, that's matter-of-fact faux-girl power. That's the kind of calm that's needed here.



Which would you say David has done?
I have emerged victorious. That is all.

[tyramail]

1. pete yorn & scarlett johansson - break up or fun. - aim & ignite or paramore - brand new eyes
2. mayday parade - anywhere but here
3. saosin - in search of solid ground (i actually enjoyed it contrary to most, so i didn't think i would)
4. push play - found and craig owens - with love
5. say anything - say anything

[ShimmerAndSpill]

1. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water

That and Beggars pretty much

2. Russian Circles - Geneva

3. Do Make Say Think - Other Truths

4. Eh

5. The Mercury Program/Person L

[weaz45]

1. Manchester Orchestra- Means Everything To Nothing
2. Saosin- In Search of Solid Ground
3. Paramore- Brand New Eyes
4. A Day To Remember- Homesick
5. Circa Survive

[briewer]

Calm yourself in a way that's not gimmicky, that's matter-of-fact faux-girl power. That's the kind of calm that's needed here.
You're trying too hard to stereotype me, and it's clearly not working. You're being an asshole.

[azlisa]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. fun. - Aim & Ignite / Brand New - Daisy
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic (I love their stuff, but I wasn't sure about this one after The Big Dirty).
4. Keith Urban - Defying Gravity
5. Saves The Day / Motion City Soundtrack

[azlisa]

4. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night


Brad is playing here tonight! I really wanted to go because I enjoy him and Dierks is opening for him and I effing LOVE Dierks. I'm sad :(

[azlisa]

5. Various - New Moon Soundtrack (Thom York, Bon Iver, and others.)

Death Cab For Cutie!!! <3

[alltimecam]

1. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
2. Death By Stereo - Death Is My Only Friend
3. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
4. AFI - Crash Love
5. Baroness - The Blue Album

Why is that man in your icon not starting? (That's Varlamov, correct?) It's really fucking over my fantasy team

[SwiftSilentDead]

Why is that man in your icon not starting? (That's Varlamov, correct?) It's really fucking over my fantasy team

Theo was named the starting goalie going into training camp and Varlamov played very well during the preseason, so the likely plan is that him and Theo will start in a 1a/b type role and whoever performs the best by game 25 will probably be starting. Theo got the nod tonight since he was the original starter. We might see Varly on Saturday.

[kazuma_ootaro28]

1. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
3. We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
4. AFI - Crash Love (still hate the stupid album cover though)
5. Converge - Axe to Fall

[Samc1803]

1. The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death
2. Billy Talent - Billy Talent III
3. Castledoor - Shouting At Mountains
4. Brokencyde - I'm Not a Fan, But the Kids Like It (I jest. I just couldn't think of anything off the top of my head.)
5. I think my most anticipated list has been fulfilled.

[The Personist]

AOTY: new Immortal.

[Fulltime Mike]

1. Brand New - Daisy
2. Dr. Manhattan - Jam Dreams
3. Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
4. Coconut Records - Davy
5. Saves The Day - Daybreak(I know it may not be out by the end of the year)

[alltimecam]

Theo was named the starting goalie going into training camp and Varlamov played very well during the preseason, so the likely plan is that him and Theo will start in a 1a/b type role and whoever performs the best by game 25 will probably be starting. Theo got the nod tonight since he was the original starter. We might see Varly on Saturday.

Good, I thought for sure he would be starting after starting all the postseason games so I traded Wideman to get Varlamov since I assumed he would be getting a lot of wins due to Ovechkin and his supporting cast and then I found out he wasn't even starting.
Thanks, your information is very helpful.

[SwiftSilentDead]

AOTY: new Immortal.

It leaked?

[The Personist]

It leaked?
YES. AND IT IS SO underwhelming. But brutal nevertheless.

[Trauma Caspian]

1. fav album = Mewithoutyou - It's All Crazy It's All False
2. most disappointing = Catherine - Inside
3. most pleasantly surprised by Stars Of Track and Field - A Time For Lions
4. you'll probably get shit for liking = Lights - The Listening
5. most anticipated = Switchfoots new album

[timb89]

so far anyways..

1. P.O.S - Never Better
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. Mute Math - Armistice
4. Passion Pit - Manners
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

why would you get shit for liking passion pit?

[Thursdaysox]

1. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water / The Chariot - Wars and Rumors of Wars
2. Two Tongues (it was bad....admit it!!!)
3. Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardinals
4. Jonny Craig's solo stuff.
5. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life

[xtianheadbanger]

1. U2- No Line on the Horizon
2. Hawk Nelson- Live Life Loud
3. Paramore- brand new eyes
4. U2- No Line on the Horizon
5. Relient K- Forget and Not Slow Down

[Mattylikesfilms]

1. METRIC- fantasies, Every time i die- new junk aesthetic.
2. saosin- in search of solid ground and finch's new album demos
3. portugal the man- the satanic satanist
4. the devil wears prada- with roots above and branches below
5. personL- the positives

[Mattylikesfilms]

1. Brand New - Daisy
2. Dr. Manhattan - Jam Dreams
3. Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
4. Coconut Records - Davy
5. Saves The Day - Daybreak(I know it may not be out by the end of the year)

getting shit for liking coconut records? nawwww

[Mattylikesfilms]

good. your obnoxious. if you dont like the band, stay out of the thread. we all know you do not like say anything but you dont need to post how much you hate them every time someone says they like them.
anyways....

1. fav album - Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
2. most disappointing - Mansions - New Best Friends
3. most pleasantly surprised by - Fun. or The Dangerous Summer
4. you'll probably get shit for liking - Two Tongues
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) - Say Anything

mansions disapointing? hell no.

[blinkme]

1. fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
3. Brand New - Daisy (for some reason I had concerns over this)
4. Holiday Parade - Tickets & Passports
5. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life

[Paulb-182]

1. Brand New - Daisy or Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
2. Thursday - Common Existance
3. The Academy Is.. - Lost In Pacific Time EP
4. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
5. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

[Pawan1993]

And it's a very popular opinion on this website that Daisy is terrible.
Well, not really. In fact many think that it's a great contender for album of the year. And it's not just my opinion.

[blinkme]

They're so dreadful, though...not as dreadful as this disdain for dissent that seems to have infected this site. Why not provide a counterargument to defend the band instead of calling "nay nay" or whining like a child about someone else's opinions?

I respect your opinion and agree that they're somewhat over rated. I'll have to disagree that they're dreadful though. Lyical content is clever while still catchy. There are so many bands around today that are worse than them.

[awakeohsleeper]

1. mewithoutYou - Catch For Us The Foxes
2. Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound
3. Sleeping Giant - Sons of Thunder
4. Emery - I'm Only A Man (definitely not as bad as everyone made out)
5. Not sure really. Most has come out already. Relient K?!

[Auals]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Paul Dempsey - Everything Is True
2. Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood (Don't get me wrong, great album, I just expected more)
3. The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love
4. Katy Perry - One Of The Boys (I love this album)
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

Props to;
The Open Door EP - DC4C
Fourteen Years Of Excellence - Manchester Orchestra
New Again - Taking Back Sunday (Yeah, I like the album, so sue)

[stereokiller]

for 2009 albums..

1. fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Settle - At Home We Are Tourists
3. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
4. Silverstein - A Shipwreck in the Sand
5. The Ataris - Graveyard etc etc

[Troggy]

1. From Monument to Masses-On Little Know Frequencies
2. Isis-Wavering Radiant
3. As Cities Burn-Hell or High Water
4. I have no idea
5. Baroness/Converge/ The Mercury Program

What don't you like about it? I have been enjoying that one. :shrug:

[gspuppy2005063]

1. Anywhere But Here - Mayday Parade
2. Love Drunk - Boys Like Girls
3. Nothing Personal - All Time Low
4. all of these
5. Smile Kid - We the Kings

[sarahsarahsarah]

1. brand new eyes - Paramore
2. Love Drunk - Boys Like Girls
3. Homesick - A Day to Remember
4. Lost in Pacific Time EP - The Academy Is...
5. We The Kings's new album

[_><_]

1. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist / Thrice - Beggars
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
4. Meh, most of the albums i have enjoyed this year...
5. Converge - Axe To Fall

[honestIpod]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Kid Cudi - Man on The Moon
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3. Now, Now Every Children - Cars
4. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
5. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood

[kearn1tm]

You're trying too hard to stereotype me, and it's clearly not working. You're being an asshole.

It's a joke. From now on, I'll only poke fun of you with easy-to-digest and incredibly trite internet meme pics...for sensitivity.

http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252145c6549d00e398bf7c600003-320pi

EDIT - Did you ever start a thread meant for substantial discussion on the year, or were you just content to complain about this one?

[ramomcferno]

I like the pun ("struck the wrong chord with me"). I guess it hit people in different ways. I have friends who hated it because it was too polished/poppy. I happened to dig it.

As for the Mayer single, I'm actually not too thrilled about it. it depends on what the standouts were on Continuum for you. Personally, Heart of Life wasn't a favorite for me. That's what the new single reminds me of most. My favorite Mayer stuff is the JM3 stuff, so this didn't rock me.

In between Santi and Fast Times? or in between Almost Here and Santi? I'd rank them as they came out: 1. Almost Here, 2. Santi, 3. Fast Times. I definitely listened to Almost Here more than the other 2 combined, but I love Bulls in Brooklyn. What a song.

I guess in between Santi and Fast Times. It is catchy but seemingly more mature, if that makes any sense.

[inthemidst]

1. The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
2. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals
3. So Many Dynamos - Loud Wars
4. The Used - Artwork
5. Converge- Axe to Fall

This was a disappointment to me, too. Good call.

[inthemidst]

1. mewithoutYou - Catch For Us The Foxes
2. Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound
3. Sleeping Giant - Sons of Thunder
4. Emery - I'm Only A Man (definitely not as bad as everyone made out)
5. Not sure really. Most has come out already. Relient K?!

Hey friend! I think the poll was asking for your favorite/disappointments, etc of 2009.

[And Hours Pass]

I guess in between Santi and Fast Times. It is catchy but seemingly more mature, if that makes any sense.
I'll definitely check it out. I'll try to give it a listen before next week.

[trappedintime]

1. ugh. i wouldnt be able to tell you. there's like three that could fit this spot.
2. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
5. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down

[And Hours Pass]

1. Brand New - daisy
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
4. Kisschasy - Seizures
5. Say anything - Self Titled
Half the people here don't even know kisschasy and damn them for judging if they do!

[awakeohsleeper]

Hey friend! I think the poll was asking for your favorite/disappointments, etc of 2009.

Yes you are right. For some reason I thought it said the decade. I must have been half asleep.

[inthemidst]

Yes you are right. For some reason I thought it said the decade. I must have been half asleep.

All good, brother, all good.

[SpyKi]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Fightstar - Be Human
2. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
3. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
4. The Used - Artwork
5. Eminem - Relapse 2

[Supernovacaine]

This was a disappointment to me, too. Good call.


OC/YC took ages for me to remotely get in to. I don't mind the first half of the album, second half is pretty yawn-worthy. Probably my second biggest disappointment after Saosin.

[lindZ629]

1. Not sure yet, but Owen - New Leaves is moving up there
2. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
3. Passion Pit - Manners
4. Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (Just because it's DMB, the album is great)
5. John Mayer - Battle Studies / Michael Buble - Crazy Love

[Lunar]

1. Converge - Axe to Fall
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. Doomriders - Darkness Comes Alive
4. Paramore - Brand New Eyes (seriously, we're all thinking it, i'd cum in her arse)
5. Pelican - What We All Come to Need (yeah, it leaked today. Holding off until i get it in my hands in 3 weeks time)

Honourable mentions to most disappointing;
Say Anything - Say Anything
AFI - Whatever it is.
SYG - New one (seriously, fuck off already, Mutiny was awesome, one trick ponies.)

[Justin_stacy]

because he tries to sound like he knows what he is talking about when he doesn't. I gotta check out the new album.



I haven't seen anyone talking about this album at all. I love it (minus " Mix it Up"). "Too Much Too Fast" and "Golden Sunlight" are two of my favorite tracks of the year. Have you heard any of the b-sides? "Sun Come Through" is incredible.

Oh man you knocked out one of my favorite songs, the lyrics are corny, but I think that's part of its charm. Fun songs. I found the album pretty consistant all the way through, doesn't quite match Don't Tread On Me (which was their best album since S/T), but still a solid release that didn't get the appreciation it deserved. And no haven't heard the b-side, but I'll check soulseek tonight.

The only song I didn't really care for was India Ink, its a bad song made worse by its location on the album.

[JawsTheme182]

1. The Dangerous Summer- Reach For the Sun or P.O.S- Never Better
2. The Used- Artwork
3. The Dangerous Summer- Reach For the Sun
4. Craig Owens- With Love
5. Say Anything- Say Anything

[briewer]

It's a joke. From now on, I'll only poke fun of you with easy-to-digest and incredibly trite internet meme pics...for sensitivity.

http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252145c6549d00e398bf7c600003-320pi

EDIT - Did you ever start a thread meant for substantial discussion on the year, or were you just content to complain about this one?
I don't care if you make fun of me, it's just you've been using the same thing for the past week or so. It's getting old, it's not very accurate, and it seems like you're attempting to box me into this persona, as if Brian = Be Your Own Animal Projectors fan, because we've talked about all of those bands on one occasion. Sure I like those bands, but that doesn't define me as a person or as a music fan. What I'm saying is, you could do better.

I was obnoxiously busy yesterday, so I never got around to doing much of anything. I guess I could start a new thread, but I'm also perfectly content with just hijacking this one and writing what I want to write and encouraging others to do the same. I don't know, I'll figure out a game plan after I get back from class.

[awwgereee]

I generally don't post much, but...

1. Anchor & Braille - Felt
2. Brand New - Daisy (Like many others, I had a set of expectations that just weren't filled. I still love Brand New, but I'm still getting into Daisy)
3. fun. - Aim and Ignite (I was a big fan of The Format, so I wasn't sure how I would feel about fun. I was definately not disappointed :])
4. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
5. John Nolan - Height

[Supernovacaine]

I don't care if you make fun of me, it's just you've been using the same thing for the past week or so. It's getting old, it's not very accurate, and it seems like you're attempting to box me into this persona, as if Brian = Be Your Own Animal Projectors fan, because we've talked about all of those bands on one occasion. Sure I like those bands, but that doesn't define me as a person or as a music fan. What I'm saying is, you could do better.

I was obnoxiously busy yesterday, so I never got around to doing much of anything. I guess I could start a new thread, but I'm also perfectly content with just hijacking this one and writing what I want to write and encouraging others to do the same. I don't know, I'll figure out a game plan after I get back from class.

Plenty of people are justifying their reasoning behind album selections, so there is an adequate amount of opinionated discussion as opposed to mere rankings. But hey, threads (including the material) are flexible! If they weren't, then threads would be called metal rods or something.

[drewinseries]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. new junk aesthetic
2. in search of solid ground
3. brand new eyes
4. stand up and scream - asking alexandria
5. the inevitable and i - harvard

[mick2late]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)


1. Reach for the Sun - The Dangerous Summer (So hard to pick a favorite, so many good releases. IE, Brand New, Paramore, All Time Low, Passion Pit, Regina Spektor, fun., P.O.S., Third Eye Blind, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jay-Z, etc).
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. Rearrange Beds - An Horse (May very well be in my top 5 AOTY list)
4. The Fame - Lady GaGa
5. Forget And Not Slow Down - Relient k

[3eb23]

Brad is playing here tonight! I really wanted to go because I enjoy him and Dierks is opening for him and I effing LOVE Dierks. I'm sad :(

Aw that sucks you missed it. But hey they'll probably come around again :-)

[rawesome]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)


1. Tie: Thrice - Beggars and fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3. AFI - Crashlove
4. I dunno...Sirens Sister - Unspeakable Things
5. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood

[inthemidst]

1. Thrice - Beggars
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. Bradley Hathaway - A Mouth Full of Dust / David Crowder*Band - Church Music
4. Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
5. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down

Yes to both of these. Thank you.

[stuntmaniac]

for 2009 albums..

1. Daisy - Brand New
2. Emery - In Shallow Seas we Sail
3. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything
4. Senses Fail - Life is not a waiting room
5. State Radio - Let it Go .. i think it came out last night, but im waiting for the delivery!
Also loved Kevin Devine - Brothers Blood and Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News

[fightinirish217]

1. Anchor & Braille - Felt
2. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (expected)
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
5. Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down (from the ap.net stream, it will prob become my favorite album of 2009)

[andthetruthwill]

The best record of 2009 came out in February from a band called Adept. The album is called Another Year of Disaster. They are from Sweden, and nothing else this year has been able to touch it for me. http://www.myspace.com/theadept

[kearn1tm]

I don't care if you make fun of me, it's just you've been using the same thing for the past week or so. It's getting old, it's not very accurate, and it seems like you're attempting to box me into this persona, as if Brian = Be Your Own Animal Projectors fan, because we've talked about all of those bands on one occasion. Sure I like those bands, but that doesn't define me as a person or as a music fan. What I'm saying is, you could do better.

What I'm saying is, I've mentioned it possibly twice as a joke, once in this thread and once in the other. If you can't take a hit to the ol' ego every once in a while (about the artists you enjoy, and good comedy comes from continuity, and that's the artists you've used in discussion with me), then I'd refrain from chatting on the internet.

EDIT - Also, you made a thread about BYOP, and I saw you comment on someone's chosing of Bite Orca. From what little I've seen of your responses on this board, it seems to be of those, and that's all I can predicate my interaction with you on - what I read of your messages on this board.

I was obnoxiously busy yesterday, so I never got around to doing much of anything. I guess I could start a new thread, but I'm also perfectly content with just hijacking this one and writing what I want to write and encouraging others to do the same. I don't know, I'll figure out a game plan after I get back from class.
From what I've gathered in this thread, you chastise a list about threads, claiming it doesn't inspire articulate discussion, yet do nothing to combat it or contribute a thread that actually does as you say. In essence, you're as much of the "problem" as you're criticizing. Making fun of lists is as meaningless as, well, lists, except that lists can lead to ancillary dialog. Complaining about lists leads to nothing, and no one who enjoys creating them is going to stop because of it. However, making more threads that promote discussion-type responses would.

[Leafy]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)


1. Brand New - Daisy
2. Muse - The Resistance
3. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
4. Eminem - Relapse
5. Say Anything - Say Anything (It would be the new Circa Survive album but it doesn't look like that's coming out this year)

[JustinSxE]

1. August Burns Red - Constellations
2. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
3. Broadway - Kingdoms
4. Oh, Sleeper - Son of the Morning
5. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down

[fanberlinboy]

1. Paramore - brand new eyes
2. Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
3. Needtobreathe - The Outsiders (not as much surprised as just being not incredibly excited for it and then loving it)
4. The Academy Is... - Lost In Pacific Time
5. Cartel - Cycles/Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down

[SpyKi]

1. Anchor & Braille - Felt
2. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (expected)
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
5. Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down (from the ap.net stream, it will prob become my favorite album of 2009)
How can something you expected to be bad be a disappointment?

[JustinSxE]

1. Anchor & Braille - Felt
2. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (expected)
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
5. Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down (from the ap.net stream, it will prob become my favorite album of 2009)

NP was more of a summer music playlist.

[owiseone35]

1. Kevin Devine- Brothers Blood
2. Eminem- Relapse
3. All The Day Holiday- The Thing We've Grown to Love
4. Lights- The Listening
5. Cartel- Cycles/ Brandi Carlile- Give up The Ghost

[briewer]

What I'm saying is, I've mentioned it possibly twice as a joke, once in this thread and once in the other. If you can't take a hit to the ol' ego every once in a while (about the artists you enjoy, and good comedy comes from continuity, and that's the artists you've used in discussion with me), then I'd refrain from chatting on the internet.
It's not that I can't take shit from people. I thought this (http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=54567862#post54567 862) was pretty brutal (about the mixtape, not the rest), but I enjoyed it because it was fairly accurate. You zinged me hard. But this shit about Be Your Own Pet and Animal Collective? It's just not accurate. I don't feel like you've hit home for me in any large way, and the fact that you keep bringing it up is just getting annoying. I binged on BYOP for two weeks and thought you not considering MPP in the top 70 was a bit harsh. That's it. It's like if I referenced Gandhi in a discussion, and then every time I talked to you, you made some reference to me about Gandhi. Sure, Gandhi was a great guy, but I don't identify with Gandhi. I am not "had" by you bringing up Gandhi. The zing has missed it's mark.

So, in essence, this transpired because you're not zinging me, not because you are. Keep with the Dirty Projectors though, I am all over their dick.

EDIT - Also, you made a thread about BYOP, and I saw you comment on someone's chosing of Bite Orca. From what little I've seen of your responses on this board, it seems to be of those, and that's all I can predicate my interaction with you on - what I read of your messages on this board.
Fair enough. But as I said, I don't feel like you're burning me with any of these references.

From what I've gathered in this thread, you chastise a list about threads, claiming it doesn't inspire articulate discussion, yet do nothing to combat it or contribute a thread that actually does as you say. In essence, you're as much of the "problem" as you're criticizing. Making fun of lists is as meaningless as, well, lists, except that lists can lead to ancillary dialog. Complaining about lists leads to nothing, and no one who enjoys creating them is going to stop because of it. However, making more threads that promote discussion-type responses would.
...or I would have done any of these things if I hadn't been crazy busy yesterday, as I just said. I'll make a new thread with my opinions that you can tear to shreds right now.

EDIT: http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1356692

[Hagysaurus Rex]

I'll bite.

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Fun - Aim and Ignite (The catchiest damned rock album I've heard this year)
2. Brand New - Daisy (really good, cohesive album, just not the style of music I preferred from them)
3. Thrice - Beggars (not a big fan of Thrice, and Beggars wasn't what I expected, yet it was awesome.)
4. Silversun Pickups - Swoon (absolutely loved this album, but they're really not this "scene")
5. John Mayer or Minus the Bear

[Volo]

1. Brand New - Daisy
2. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
3. Protomen - Act II: The Father of Death
4. Les Claypool - of Fungi and Foe
5. I'm honestly not sure there's anything else due out this year that I'm excited for.

[mcalphabet]

1. Relient k - Forget and Not Slow Down (I know its technically not out yet but who cares
2. Thrice - Beggars
3. mewithoutYou - It's all crazy! It's all false! It's all a dream! It's alright
4. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
5. Switchfoot - Hello Hurricane

[kbi the crowing]

1. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist (subject to change)
2. mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright
3. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
4. iwrestledabearonce - It's All Happening
5. It would've been Minus the Bear but they're not releasing it til 2010 now... so I guess The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event

[kbi the crowing]

1. Relient k - Forget and Not Slow Down (I know its technically not out yet but who cares
2. Thrice - Beggars
3. mewithoutYou - It's all crazy! It's all false! It's all a dream! It's alright
4. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
5. Switchfoot - Hello Hurricane

dude Swoon is the shit

[Volo]

5. It would've been Minus the Bear but they're not releasing it til 2010 now... so I guess The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event
I was looking forward to new Fall of Troy too. Then I heard it.

Just fair warning.

[lucygray]

1. fun. - aim & ignite
2. third eye blind - ursa major
3. manchester orchestra - mean everything to nothing
4. brand new - daisy
5. relient k - forget and not slow down

[kbi the crowing]

1. mewithoutYou - Catch For Us The Foxes
2. Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound
3. Sleeping Giant - Sons of Thunder
4. Emery - I'm Only A Man (definitely not as bad as everyone made out)
5. Not sure really. Most has come out already. Relient K?!

uh buh?

[kbi the crowing]

I was looking forward to new Fall of Troy too. Then I heard it.

Just fair warning.

thanks haha
I'll probably like it unless it's like god awful

[russogoat]

1. Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
2. Eels - Hombre Loco
3. Brand New - Daisy
4. Sherwood - QU
5. Jarrod Gorbel solo LP

[kbi the crowing]

1. Manchester Orchestra- Means Everything To Nothing
2. Saosin- In Search of Solid Ground
3. Paramore- Brand New Eyes
4. A Day To Remember- Homesick
5. Circa Survive

I totally forgot Circa is working on their new album haha
excited for it

[fightinirish217]

How can something you expected to be bad be a disappointment?

Well when I listened to it and realized that my expectations were true it was disappointing lol.

[SpyKi]

Well when I listened to it and realized that my expectations were true it was disappointing lol.
Oh so you expected it to be bad but still hoped it would be good? Got it.

[fightinirish217]

Oh so you expected it to be bad but still hoped it would be good? Got it.

Yea I had a little hope but that turned out to be a waste of time lol.

[drewinseries]

I was looking forward to new Fall of Troy too. Then I heard it.

Just fair warning.

agreed

[Yellowcard2006]

1. Taking Back Sunday- New Again
2. Red Jumpsuit- Lonely Road
3. Emery- In Shallow Seas We Sail...
4. Saosin- In Search of Solid Ground
5. Motion City Soundtrack- My Dinosaur Life

[MattDennis]

thrice - beggars
killswitch engage - self titled
david bazan - curse your branches
brand new - daisy
between the buried and me - the great misdirect

[ALotLikeVegas]

1. Sleeping at Last - Storyboards
2. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground
3. Anchor & Braille - Felt
4. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
5. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
if anyone gives you shit for number 4 they're wrong haha, ocean eyes is so catchy

[ALotLikeVegas]

1. Set Your Goals- This Will Be the Death of Us
2. The Devil Wears Prada- With Roots Below and Branches Above
3. Emmure- Felony
4. Brand New- Daisy
5. Say Anything- Say Anything

[porttheman]

What don't you like about it? I have been enjoying that one. :shrug:

It kinda bored me. It was really hyped up, not really on this site but with my friends and other people telling me it was a great record. I mean its not terrible but i was expecting it to be better then it really was.

[DonnerParty666]

i wouldn't give you shit for liking the new billy talent. i mean he's made three albums that all sound the same (in my opinion) but for some people, that's exactly what they want. he may of usurped celine dion as canada's only musical hero (yes i'm going over the bare naked ladies).

canada has pushed out SUCH better shit than billy talent.

[A7XXX]

1, Emery - In Shallows Sea We Sail and The Dear Hunter - Act III
2. The Used - Artwork
3. Fun. - Aim and Ignite and Anchor and Braille - Felt
4. Silverstein - A Shipwreck in the Sand and AFI - Crash Love
5. We Shot The Moon - A Silver Lining

[IamTheINDUSTRY]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)



right now? (btw this is still WAY to early, but for shits and gigs...)

1. Thrice / Dangerous Summer/mutemath/animal collective/ the antlers/ brand new/ manchester orchestra/ mew / therefore i am / third eye blind
2. Taking Back Sunday/New Found Glory/all time low/afi/ green day/ saosin / weatherbox
3. relient k/ the audition/ a day to remember / set your goals / swellers / paramore / kid cudi
4. the devil wears prada - wraabb
5. cartel/ say anthing/ cassino / john nolan / jarrod gorbel

[IamTheINDUSTRY]

how is it a disappointment if you're expecting it to suck?

dude is so annoying, man.

[owiseone35]

right now? (btw this is still WAY to early, but for shits and gigs...)

1. Thrice / Dangerous Summer/mutemath/animal collective/ the antlers/ brand new/ manchester orchestra/ mew / therefore i am / third eye blind
2. Taking Back Sunday/New Found Glory/all time low/afi/ green day/ saosin / weatherbox
3. relient k/ the audition/ a day to remember / set your goals / swellers / paramore / kid cudi
4. the devil wears prada - wraabb
5. cartel/ say anthing/ cassino / john nolan / jarrod gorbel


Dude man give the new weatherbox like 5 more spins and you'll love it. I hated it then around spin 7 it just hit me. Oh and you definitely can't listen to it in singles, you gotta listen to it as the whole album. Just my opinion sorry about that

[SlprLkStrght]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Empire! Empire! (I was a lonely estate) - What It Takes to Move Forward
2. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground/ Taking Back Sunday - New Again/ Alexisonfire - Old Crows, Young Cardinals
3. Therefore I Am - The Sound of Human Lives
4. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness/ Brand New - Daisy
5. Circa Survive

[IamTheINDUSTRY]

Dude man give the new weatherbox like 5 more spins and you'll love it. I hated it then around spin 7 it just hit me. Oh and you definitely can't listen to it in singles, you gotta listen to it as the whole album. Just my opinion sorry about that

yeah. the whole thing is just soooo all over the place. it sounds so drug induced.

[owiseone35]

yeah. the whole thing is just soooo all over the place. it sounds so drug induced.

Ya it's crazy. I'll be getting to see them live this tuesday which should be insane (its in a small venue). But ya as a CD it's definitely all over the place but that's one of the reasons I love it, listen to it high your mind will be blown ha.

[Jaimehere]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Freshman 15 - Throw Your Hands Up For One Night Stands, most played album this year so far for me
2. Hawk Nelson - Live Life Loud, wow... CHEESIEST album this year
3. a tie between Blessthefall's Witness and Broadway's Kingdoms
4. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
5. Relient K's Forget And Not Slow Down, Slayer's World Painted Blood and Gwen Stacy's A Dialogue

[IamTheINDUSTRY]

Ya it's crazy. I'll be getting to see them live this tuesday which should be insane (its in a small venue). But ya as a CD it's definitely all over the place but that's one of the reasons I love it, listen to it high your mind will be blown ha.

i'm sure it would. but sober it just doesn't work very well. there are some keepers on there though.

[HoldThatSound]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. .moneen. - The World I Want to Leave Behind
2. ...idk
3. A Love Like Pi - Atlas and the Oyster
4. Brand New - Daisy
5. Person L - The Positives

[HoldThatSound]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Empire! Empire! (I was a lonely estate) - What It Takes to Move Forward
2. Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground/ Taking Back Sunday - New Again/ Alexisonfire - Old Crows, Young Cardinals
3. Therefore I Am - The Sound of Human Lives
4. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness/ Brand New - Daisy
5. Circa Survive
Circa is 2010...


but yeah that's my most anticipated for 2010 so far besides blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves.

[hitormiss92]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
2. Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
3. HORSE the Band - Desperate Living
4. Blessthefall - Witness
5. Converge - Axe To Fall

1. This Will Be the Death of Us- Set Your Goals
2. 21st Century Breakdown- Green Day
3. Not Without a Fight- NFG
4. Explains It All- Four Year Strong
5. Road Maps and Heart Attacks- This Time Next Year

[Formatfun]

1. fun. - Aim and Ignite
2. Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
3. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
4. Eminem - Relapse
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

Edit: I picked MO for 3 because it was their first full length I listened to and it was really good. I was surprised at their talent, I guess. But also I could say All Time Low's album, Nothing Personal, because I really really thought it would be a letdown. It wasn't for me.

[what_ever]

I'm doing another one because I left out a few things

1. Brand New - Daisy
2. Muse - The Resistance
3. fun. - Aim & Ignite
4. Mat Kearney - The City Of Black & White
5. Cartel, Say Anything, Creed (doubles as number 4)


1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

[Mosh]

1. Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
2. The Friday Night Boys - Off The Deep End(besides the partyboy name, they used to be good) and Four Year Strong - Explains it All(some of the covers in this cover album blew dick)
3. The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
4. Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
5. A Rocket To The Moon - On Your Side

[ghsNICK!]

1) Idk...nothing has really impressed me...I guess Saosin's - In Search Of Solid Ground
2) Taking Back Sunday - New Again
3) Silverstein - A Shipwreck In The Sand
4) Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground
5) Angels & Airwaves - Love (It's in 2010...but who cares?!)

[anamericangod]

1. fav album - The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
2. most disappointing - Brand New - Daisy
3. most pleasantly surprised by - Paramore - Brand New Eyes
4. you'll probably get shit for liking - All Time Low - Nothing Personal
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) - Say Anything - Say Anything

[wroteurname]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band-Outer South
2. Manchester Orchestra-Mean Everything to Nothing
3. Set Your Goals-This Will be the Death of Us
4. see No. 3
5. Say Anything- S/T more out of curiosity than anything else really

[wroteurname]

1. Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
2. The Friday Night Boys - Off The Deep End(besides the partyboy name, they used to be good) and Four Year Strong - Explains it All(some of the covers in this cover album blew dick)
3. The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
4. Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
5. A Rocket To The Moon - On Your Side

Folie A Deux was 2008

[Mosh]

close enough

[rickbarrera]

1. Daisy - Brand New
2. Brand New Wyes - Paramore
3. This Will Be the Death of Us - Set Your Goals
4. Nothing Personal - All Time Low
5. Somebody's Gonna Miss Us [Live] - The Starting Line / Cycles - Cartel

[dancelukedance]

for 2009 albums..

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)



1. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun / Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
2. A Skylit Drive - Adelphia (Disappointing is an understatement)
3. Blessthefall - Witness
4. Brand New - Daisy
5. Say Anything - Say Anything

[Someone'sCoat]

so far anyways..

1. P.O.S - Never Better
2. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
3. Mute Math - Armistice
4. Passion Pit - Manners
5. Say Anything - Say Anything
Who would give you crap about Passion Pit? It's one of the best albums that came out this year.

[awakeohsleeper]

uh buh?

Yeah, someone's already pointed out my embarrassing mistake. But instead of deleting it, I've left it there for the world to view. I was tired and was thinking about the end of the decade so ended up writing my five points for the decade rather than 2009. Yes, I'm an idiot.

[Jessska]

1. DevilDriver - Prey for Villians
2. I dont have one
3. Killswitch Engage's new album
4. Paramore's new album
5. I'm not too sure

[ilovesofie]

1. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
2. Thursday - Common Existence
3. Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
4. Muse - The Resistance
5. The Ataris - Graveyard Of The Atlantic

[Tautou107]

1. Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood/Silversun Pickups - Swoon
2. Taking Back Sunday - New Again/Two Tongues - S/T
3. Grammatics - S/T
4. Brand New - Daisy
5. Say Anything - S/T, I guess

[kbi the crowing]

Yeah, someone's already pointed out my embarrassing mistake. But instead of deleting it, I've left it there for the world to view. I was tired and was thinking about the end of the decade so ended up writing my five points for the decade rather than 2009. Yes, I'm an idiot.

haha s'all good, I was just like "wait a minute...."

[Pat k]

Favorite Records

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career, Cold Cave - Love Comes Close, Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca, Animal Collective - MPP, Owen- New Leaves, Oceans - Nothing Collapses, Mew - No More Stories, jj - jjn2, Dinosaur Jr. - Farm, Black Dice - Repo

Disappointments

Two Tongues, Nightmare of You - Infomaniac, The Dodos - Time to Die, Jay Reatard - Watch me Fall, NFG - Not Without a Fight, Grizzly Bear - Vecatimest

I was most pleasantly surprised by Dirty Projectors. Couldn't care less about that shit-fest Rise Above, and then they dropped Bitte Orca. Damn!

I never know what's coming out, so sorry about question 5. New Converge should be pretty good though!

[yourlungsonly]

1. fav album
2. most disappointing
3. most pleasantly surprised by
4. you'll probably get shit for liking
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet)

1. A Day To Remember-Homesick
2. All Time Low-Nothing Personal
3. Silverstein- A Shipwreck in The Sand
4. The Used-Artwork
5. Say Anything-Say Anything

[chadster40]

1. Fav album
2. Most disappointing
3. Pleasantly surprising
4. Will get shit for liking
5. Most looked forward to (not released yet)

1. The Used - Artwork
2. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
3. Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now
4. Papa Roach - Metamorphosis
5. Creed - Full Circle

[kearn1tm]

It's not that I can't take shit from people. I thought this (http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=54567862#post54567 862) was pretty brutal (about the mixtape, not the rest), but I enjoyed it because it was fairly accurate. You zinged me hard. But this shit about Be Your Own Pet and Animal Collective? It's just not accurate. I don't feel like you've hit home for me in any large way,

Here is where you're being deliberately obtuse: it's "you" inasmuch as you present yourself here. You clearly enjoy BYOP greatly, because you were inspired to make a thread about them and discussed their work in great detail in two respective threads. Secondly, you chastised my subjective list (which is fine, if nonsensical) for not including Animal Collective and Dirty Projectors (showing your obvious approval and enjoyment of their work) and doing so at the expense of an Art Brut (which is a pretentious thing to say, considering it's a personal list of favorites, but again, I have no problem waxing poetic on my inclusions with you). It's a relatively accurate depiction of some of your favorite bands by what you have talked about, expressed and, you know, the bands you have listed on your favorite bands section of your profile.

Talk about more bands, and I'll make them into jokes...no I won't. I don't think you're that receptive to it.

and the fact that you keep bringing it up is just getting annoying.

Two threads. Two.

It's like if I referenced Gandhi in a discussion, and then every time I talked to you, you made some reference to me about Gandhi. Sure, Gandhi was a great guy, but I don't identify with Gandhi. I am not "had" by you bringing up Gandhi. The zing has missed it's mark.

If you mentioned [name drop here] in a few threads and did so in detail, I'd be likely to joke around with you using [name drop here] a few times. It's not unreasonable.

...or I would have done any of these things if I hadn't been crazy busy yesterday, as I just said. I'll make a new thread with my opinions that you can tear to shreds right now.

EDIT: http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1356692

So you had time to chastise others but not back your shit up until called out on it? Or, you actually intended to do so, but then, why not wait until you can prove you're contributions to the board?

[briewer]

Here is where you're being deliberately obtuse: it's "you" inasmuch as you present yourself here. You clearly enjoy BYOP greatly, because you were inspired to make a thread about them and discussed their work in great detail in two respective threads. Secondly, you chastised my subjective list (which is fine, if nonsensical) for not including Animal Collective and Dirty Projectors (showing your obvious approval and enjoyment of their work) and doing so at the expense of an Art Brut (which is a pretentious thing to say, considering it's a personal list of favorites, but again, I have no problem waxing poetic on my inclusions with you). It's a relatively accurate depiction of some of your favorite bands by what you have talked about, expressed and, you know, the bands you have listed on your favorite bands section of your profile.

Talk about more bands, and I'll make them into jokes...no I won't. I don't think you're that receptive to it.

Two threads. Two.

If you mentioned [name drop here] in a few threads and did so in detail, I'd be likely to joke around with you using [name drop here] a few times. It's not unreasonable.
Okay, I reread the conversation, and you're right, I was being pretty butthurt about the whole thing. The first time you made that joke I tried clearing the air on it and you brushed me off, and the second time I just got overly frustrated by the whole thing. Plus, I may have been drunk on one or more of these occasions. I'm sorry. E-friends?

Secondly, you chastised my subjective list (which is fine, if nonsensical) for not including Animal Collective and Dirty Projectors (showing your obvious approval and enjoyment of their work) and doing so at the expense of an Art Brut (which is a pretentious thing to say, considering it's a personal list of favorites, but again, I have no problem waxing poetic on my inclusions with you).
Ugh, I've already told you why. It was a misunderstanding. I wasn't insulting Art Brut, I thought you had at some point in the past insulted Art Brut, thusly confusing me as to why you would include a band I (wrongly) thought you hated over bands I thought you were simply indifferent to (AC and DP). A thousand pardons.

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=54569461#post54569 461

So you had time to chastise others but not back your shit up until called out on it? Or, you actually intended to do so, but then, why not wait until you can prove you're contributions to the board?
How does disappointment in a thread topic equal chastising? They can go ahead and list until the earth ends in 2012 (in theaters November 13!), I don't really care. I just thought that it was actual discussion discussion thread, not thing-that-could-sometimes-lead-to-discussion-under-the-right-circumstances-and-with-the-right-participants discussion thread. A "take on" usually doesn't mean "here, fill in these five blanks", so I think you can understand how I got confused and thusly disappointed.

[kearn1tm]

Okay, I reread the conversation, and you're right, I was being pretty butthurt about the whole thing. The first time you made that joke I tried clearing the air on it and you brushed me off, and the second time I just got overly frustrated by the whole thing. Plus, I may have been drunk on one or more of these occasions. I'm sorry. E-friends?

I never stopped "e-liking" you?


Ugh, I've already told you why. It was a misunderstanding. I wasn't insulting Art Brut, I thought you had at some point in the past insulted Art Brut, thusly confusing me as to why you would include a band I (wrongly) thought you hated over bands I thought you were simply indifferent to (AC and DP). A thousand pardons.

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=54569461#post54569 461

Insult Art Brut all day. It's all good. What I gathered was that you were shocked that I wouldn't include such "essential" albums as Bitte Orca when "lesser" albums made it, which I perceived to be a jab at my tastes, which is in your prerogative to do but still kinda pretentious. You're right though, you explained in detail that it more because you thought I hated Art Brut (when it was Topegi who said that, right?), leading to the surprise. I had a lapse in memory. As the kids say (that makes me sound like a douche) "my bad."


How does disappointment in a thread topic equal chastising?

You're openly expressing disdain for something they've done and that's common on AP. I'd say that's chastising their choice of posts, which is cool, but initially, you did nothing to combat the perceived (which I agree with) problem, which, you know, is/was kinda lame. Also, that negates the potential for actual discussion that comes from certain artists being listed, to which others respond and it can/does start actual dialog (not always, I don't know the stats, but I've seen and been a part of it).

You bring up valid points and eventually went on lend those points merit, so, you know, in my face.

[capnhook54]

1. Fav album
2. Most disappointing
3. Pleasantly surprising
4. Will get shit for liking
5. Most looked forward to (not released yet)

1. Eminem - "Relapse"
2. New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
3. Asher Roth - "Asleep In The Bread Aisle"
4. Uncle Kracker - "Happy Hour"
5. Swell Season, Kris Allen and Relapse 2

[briewer]

I never stopped "e-liking" you?

Insult Art Brut all day. It's all good. What I gathered was that you were shocked that I wouldn't include such "essential" albums as Bitte Orca when "lesser" albums made it, which I perceived to be a jab at my tastes, which is in your prerogative to do but still kinda pretentious. You're right though, you explained in detail that it more because you thought I hated Art Brut (when it was Topegi who said that, right?), leading to the surprise. I had a lapse in memory. As the kids say (that makes me sound like a douche) "my bad."

You're openly expressing disdain for something they've done and that's common on AP. I'd say that's chastising their choice of posts, which is cool, but initially, you did nothing to combat the perceived (which I agree with) problem, which, you know, is/was kinda lame. Also, that negates the potential for actual discussion that comes from certain artists being listed, to which others respond and it can/does start actual dialog (not always, I don't know the stats, but I've seen and been a part of it).

You bring up valid points and eventually went on lend those points merit, so, you know, in my face.
No, it's all good. I was clearly being a bigger ass than you, so in my face. Let's both try to keep stupid things like this from ever ruining us as e-buddies, mmkay?

[CollectiveConfusion]

1. Fav album
2. Most disappointing
3. Pleasantly surprising
4. Will get shit for liking
5. Most looked forward to (not released yet)

1. Eminem - "Relapse"
2. New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
3. Asher Roth - "Asleep In The Bread Aisle"
4. Uncle Kracker - "Happy Hour"
5. Swell Season, Kris Allen and Relapse 2

woah. i did not expect a list like that.

[kianacarly]

1. fav album - Owen New Leaves
2. most disappointing - Muse The Resistance
3. most pleasantly surprised by - Islands Vapours
4. you'll probably get shit for liking - Demi Lovato Here We Go Again
5. most anticipated (that hasn't come out yet) - John Mayer Battle Studies. Most of my anticipated have already come out.

[JimmyIymmiJ]

1. Fav album
2. Most disappointing
3. Pleasantly surprising
4. Will get shit for liking
5. Most looked forward to (not released yet)

1. fun. - Aim & Ignite
2. RX Bandits - Mandala
3. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
4. Lucky Boys Confusion - Closing Arguments
5. The Ataris, Say Anything, John Nolan

[El_Jeffe]

2. Most disappointing

2. RX Bandits - Mandala


really? each to their own, but in what ways did you find it disappointing? i personally found it a pleasant surprise as i was a little worried after hearing rumours of bye bye horn section. beautiful record though i think

also, you're a ben harper fan aren't you mate? how'd you find his album with the relentless 7? another album of '09

[ThisIsNotDan]

really? each to their own, but in what ways did you find it disappointing? i personally found it a pleasant surprise as i was a little worried after hearing rumours of bye bye horn section. beautiful record though i think

also, you're a ben harper fan aren't you mate? how'd you find his album with the relentless 7? another album of '09

I think the album would've been slightly improved with some horns, but it was awesome nonetheless I think. "Bled to Be Free" is my favorite I think

[TotalCollapse]

1. Fav album
2. Most disappointing
3. Pleasantly surprising
4. Will get shit for liking
5. Most looked forward to (not released yet)

1. Thursday - Common Existence, Thrice - Beggars, MUTEMATH - Armistice
2. Brand New - Daisy, Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
3. Rx Bandits - Mandala, Consider the Thief - Signs and Wonders, As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
4. Blessthefall - Witness
5. Not sure

[calciumwaste]

1. Title Fight - Te Last Thing You Forget (7")
2. Four Year Strong - Explains It All
3. Agent - Awake In Their World (7")
4. A Day To Remember - Homesick
5. i would say The Wonder Years, but that won't be out until 2010 so idk.

[asslesschap182]

1. green day - 21st century breakdown
2. u2 - no line on the horizon
3. green day - 21st century breakdown
4. kid cudi - man on the moon
5. say anything - anything

[Carpathia]

1. Fav album
2. Most disappointing
3. Pleasantly surprising
4. Will get shit for liking
5. Most looked forward to (not released yet)
6. Revelation

1. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. AFI - Crash Love
4. Taking Back Sunday - New Again, Brand New - Daisy
5. Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending
6. fun. - Aim and Ignite and Japandroids - Post-Nothing

Front runners as favourite records are: AFI - Crash Love, Thursday - Common Existence, Rx Bandits - Mandala, Thrice - Beggars, MUTEMATH - Armistice, Brand New - Daisy (yes, I know that I placed on the most disappointing album too. It's just that I expect too much from this band).

[Meeze]

1. Alexisonfire's "Old Crows/Young Cardinals"
2. Saosin's "In Search Of Solid Ground"
3. The Devil Wears Prada "With Roots Above and Branches Below"
4. The Audition "Self-Titled Album"
5. PlayRadioPlay's yet to be titled LP

[demondays524]

1. Placebo "Battle for the Sun", though there are a lot of favorites.
2. Marilyn Manson "The High End of Low", it wasn't bad, i was just expecing so much more.
3. Kid Cudi "Man on the Moon: The End of the Day"
4. Lily Allen "It's Not Me, It's You"
5. I don't think there are any at this point...