Xmas is coming - Let's see those AOTY lists...

[Craftsy21]

I want to see what I've missed that's great...

In no particular order so far - my "short list" includes:


Fun. - Aim and Ignite
The Bird and The Bee - Ray Guns are Not Just the Future
The XX - XX
Emanuel And the Fear - S/T
Built To Spill - There is No Enemy
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
Real Estate - S/T
Avett Brothers - I & Love & You
The Antlers - Hospice
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Vs. Children
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Coconut Records - Davy
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Maria Taylor - Ladyluck
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
A Fine Frenzy - Bomb In A Birdcage
Bon Iver - Blood Bank


That's 20 - I think.. that are in the running for me, I still don't really have it sorted out beyond that. And there's a few I'm just getting into with an outside shot, but this was a great year for music in my opinion. I could probably name 50 albums that I enjoyed a decent amount this year.

Anyways - what do you got?

[oddwithoutend]

1. Tyondai Braxton – Central Market
2. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
3. Mount Eerie – Wind’s Poem
4. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
5. The Antlers – Hospice
6. Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre
7. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
8. Noah and the Whale – The First Days Of Spring
9. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
10. jj – jjno2
11. Odawas – The Blue Depths
12. Califone – All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
13. Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
14. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
15. Destroyer – Bay of Pigs EP
16. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
17. Southeast Engine – From The Forest To The Sea
18. Attack In Black – Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
19. The Thermals – Now We Can See
20. The Decemberists – The Hazards Of Love
21. mewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All A Dream! It’s Alright.
22. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
23. The xx – xx
24. Caspian - Tertia
25. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic

[myplanforescape]

I haven't really listened to much new stuff this year.

1. Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
2. The Catalyst - Swallow Your Teeth
3. Pygmy Lush - Split with Turboslut
4. Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on T.V.
5. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
6. Islands - Vapours
7. 7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out
8. Theophilus London - This Charming Mixtape
9. The Church - Untitled 23
10. Cage - Depart From Me
11. Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day

I still have some stuff to listen to, so this could definitely change.

[Burn That Shit]

you boys and your lists.

[oddwithoutend]

you boys and your lists.

Oh, don't be that guy.

[Craftsy21]

1. Tyondai Braxton – Central Market
2. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
3. Mount Eerie – Wind’s Poem
4. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
5. The Antlers – Hospice
6. Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre
7. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
8. Noah and the Whale – The First Days Of Spring
9. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
10. jj – jjno2
11. Odawas – The Blue Depths
12. Califone – All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
13. Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
14. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
15. Destroyer – Bay of Pigs EP
16. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
17. Southeast Engine – From The Forest To The Sea
18. Attack In Black – Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
19. The Thermals – Now We Can See
20. The Decemberists – The Hazards Of Love
21. mewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All A Dream! It’s Alright.
22. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
23. The xx – xx
24. Caspian - Tertia
25. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic


I like your list - few I haven't heard yet... can you tell me anything about #1, 3 and 7? :)

[Burn That Shit]

Oh, don't be that guy.

well then don't be the guy that makes a list.

[oddwithoutend]

I like your list - few I haven't heard yet... can you tell me anything about #1, 3 and 7? :)
Thanks, man. I've been doing my best not to miss a release this year.

Central Market is a solo album from the frontman of Battles, if you're familiar with them. An exhausing yet very rewarding experimental math-rock release.

Wind's Poem is by Phil Elverum (The Microphones, Mount Eerie). It's a wonderfully epic experimental album that combines black metal with folk.

Two Dancers is a very pleasant, dream-poppy release accessible enough that everyone should be able to get a lot of enjoyment from it.

well then don't be the guy that makes a list.

It's a great conversation starter and method of etting recommendations. i don't see why you're anti-list.

[shit stroll]

not surprising the kid with the shitty guy from death cab avatar has a list filled with boring and mediocre "indie rock". :whistle:

[xJesusFreakx]

1. Tyondai Braxton – Central Market
2. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
3. Mount Eerie – Wind’s Poem
4. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
5. The Antlers – Hospice
6. Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre
7. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
8. Noah and the Whale – The First Days Of Spring
9. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
10. jj – jjno2
11. Odawas – The Blue Depths
12. Califone – All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
13. Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
14. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
15. Destroyer – Bay of Pigs EP
16. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
17. Southeast Engine – From The Forest To The Sea
18. Attack In Black – Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
19. The Thermals – Now We Can See
20. The Decemberists – The Hazards Of Love
21. mewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All A Dream! It’s Alright.
22. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
23. The xx – xx
24. Caspian - Tertia
25. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic

How did your favorite person not get an automatic top spot on the list?

[oddwithoutend]

How did your favorite person not get an automatic top spot on the list?

ha In all honesty, that album gets better every time I hear it. By the end of the year, it very well could make its way to top spot. How many artists make an album this good 8 years after creating a classic on the level of The Glow Pt 2? (rhetorical question - I'm sure you could name a couple)

[wendjiqn]

http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showjournal&j=28791

[DanielJames]

I always have such a hard time coming up with lists and figuring out what makes one album better than another.

[Craftsy21]

not surprising the kid with the shitty guy from death cab avatar has a list filled with boring and mediocre "indie rock". :whistle:


funny - i didn't see your list. What sort of mind-blowing shit are you listening to champ?

also quite entertaining is how much shit i catch for having Ben as my avy, as though it really has to say something about you personally - who you have in your avatar. everybody seems to think they're the smartest fucking person in the room, but can't comprehend for the life of them that their may be some irony or altogether different purpose behind what someone uses as their online persona.

[yellowhouse]

not surprising the kid with the shitty guy from death cab avatar has a list filled with boring and mediocre "indie rock". :whistle:

Dont be a dick.

[Illadelphia]

not surprising the kid with the shitty guy from death cab avatar has a list filled with boring and mediocre "indie rock". :whistle:
I kinda agree, I don't really like any of those bands...but if he likes them that's fine

[Craftsy21]

I kinda agree, I don't really like any of those bands...


hey guys - instead of telling me my taste sucks, why don't you post up some of your favorites from the year and enlighten the hell out of me.

i get the feeling you're all so cool that you probably listen exclusively to hardcore or metal or whatever the fuck you're calling that shitty genre nowadays, and think that any other genre is shit, like 99 percent of people who listen to that type of music do.

....prove me wrong. :rolleyes:


i searched mr. shit stroll's recent posts and he more or less spends all his time here just telling people how shitty their taste in music is - sounds like he's a real fucking winner, who's completely secure about his own tastes... or something like that. LOL

[Debut_Fin]

01. Fun. - Aim & Ignite
02. Anchor & Braille - Felt
03. mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright
04. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
05. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
06. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
07. Owen - New Leaves
08. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
09. Paper Route - Absence
10. The Antlers - Hospice

[Illadelphia]

hey guys - instead of telling me my taste sucks, why don't you post up some of your favorites from the year and enlighten the hell out of me.

i get the feeling you're all so cool that you probably listen exclusively to hardcore or metal or whatever the fuck you're calling that shitty genre nowadays, and think that any other genre is shit, like 99 percent of people who listen to that type of music do.

....prove me wrong. :rolleyes:


i searched mr. shit stroll's recent posts and he more or less spends all his time here just telling people how shitty their taste in music is - sounds like he's a real fucking winner, who's completely secure about his own tastes... or something like that. LOL
Sorry I wasn't saying your taste in music sucks, the bands you listen to just aren't my cup of tea, that's all.

[Craftsy21]

Sorry I wasn't saying your taste in music sucks, the bands you listen to just aren't my cup of tea, that's all.


i was more referring to shitstroll anyways, just quoted you because i thought you were co-signing with him.

i meant the first part for everyone though - instead of simply disagreeing, why not add your own?

[Illadelphia]

In no particular order
Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
Say Anything- s/t
Brand New- Daisy
Paramore- Brand New Eyes
Closure in Moscow- First Temple

[supersteve7889]

anchor & braille - felt
brand new - daisy
the dear hunter act III: life and death
manchester orchestra - mean everything to nothing
the mars volta - octahedron
p.o.s. - never better
say anything - s/t
set your goals - this will be the death of us
shwayze - let it beat
tegan & sara - sainthood
thrice - beggars
thursday - common existence

not in order, aside from the order i saw them while scrolling through itunes

[briewer]

It's still a work in progress, but I'm sure it's going to have some stark similarities to Rick's list.

[shit stroll]

funny - i didn't see your list. What sort of mind-blowing shit are you listening to champ?

hey guys - instead of telling me my taste sucks, why don't you post up some of your favorites from the year and enlighten the hell out of me.

see, you did the same exact thing in the general forum beer thread. you went in there acting like an elitist beer snob, shit talking everyone else tastes in beer, yet you failed to name any of the craft beer you enjoy. i could give you a list of of my favorite albums but what's the point? so i can impress random people on a message board with a name drop super underground list?


i get the feeling you're all so cool that you probably listen exclusively to hardcore or metal or whatever the fuck you're calling that shitty genre nowadays, and think that any other genre is shit.
that's definitely not me.

like 99 percent of people who listen to that type of music do.

way to stereotype an entire group of people.

i searched mr. shit stroll's recent posts and he more or less spends all his time here just telling people how shitty their taste in music is - sounds like he's a real fucking winner
show me where i've done this. i shit talk bands i don't think are any good but very rarely will i put down another person's taste unless they've done something to piss me off.

[quicksilv001]

Every 2009 album I own at the moment.

1.The Antlers - Hospice
2. We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
3. Converge - Axe To Fall
4. Do Make Say Think - The Other Truths
5, Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
6. fun. - Aim & Ignite
7. And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar
8. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
10. If These Trees Could Talk - Above the Earth, Below the Sky
11. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
12. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
13. Volcano Choir - Unmap
14. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
15. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
16. As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
17. Baroness - Blue Record
18. Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
19. Thrice - Beggars
20. As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
21. The Thermals - Now We Can See
22. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
23. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
24. The Most Serene Republic - ...And the Ever Expanding Universe
25. Thursday - Common Existence
26. Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
27. The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
28. Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
29. Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Heath
30. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
31. Russian Circles - Geneva
32. Rx Bandits - Mandala
33. Brand New - Daisy
34. The Dear Hunter - ACT III: Life and Death

[Craftsy21]

see, you did the same exact thing in the general forum beer thread. you went in there acting like an elitist beer snob, shit talking everyone else tastes in beer, yet you failed to name any of the craft beer you enjoy. i could give you a list of of my favorite albums but what's the point? so i can impress random people on a message board with a name drop super underground list?



that's definitely not me.



way to stereotype an entire group of people.



show me when i've done this. i shit talk bands i don't think are any good but very rarely will i put down another person's taste unless they've done something to piss me off.


lol wow, long memory on this one, or are you just stalking me? Did I hurt your feelings in that thread? Jesus.. the one time I get elitist about something on this board (in a half serious way, mind you), somebody holds onto it like i fucking killed their dog.

And I don't have to show you - search through your posts in this forum alone, I the entire first page of your results are almost ALL you entering a thread just to mock other people's tastes. I found 20 places you did this alone in the last week lol, I'd hate to keep searching...

While I agree that I did the same thing in that beer thread, I treat beer altogether differently than music, as quality is much easier to identify in a "food" product, and there's a lot less subjectivity involved in measuring (basic) said quality, which i went on to explain in that thread - for that matter,there's quality music in many genre's but for some reason fans of certain genre's feel the need to always shit on ANY OTHER genre, and then you get elitist pricks like yourself who just shit on ANYTHING they don't like regardless of genre or quality.

The other thing I see you doing a lot in my quick search is hating on the AP forums altogether, as if somebody is forcing you to hang around here and read threads in the music forum. lol, it's just sad really, leave if you hate it so much. get the contact info of the people you are friends with from here and talk to them over AIM, or start your own l33t board for people as cool as you, if they even exist. Don't fucking whine about everyone else's musical tastes on a board you seemingly have no reason to be on.

[jco3]

hey guys - instead of telling me my taste sucks, why don't you post up some of your favorites from the year and enlighten the hell out of me.

i get the feeling you're all so cool that you probably listen exclusively to hardcore or metal or whatever the fuck you're calling that shitty genre nowadays, and think that any other genre is shit, like 99 percent of people who listen to that type of music do.

....prove me wrong. :rolleyes:


i searched mr. shit stroll's recent posts and he more or less spends all his time here just telling people how shitty their taste in music is - sounds like he's a real fucking winner, who's completely secure about his own tastes... or something like that. LOL

Why are you so judgmental towards others? Two wrongs don't make a right.

EDIT: I blanked for a bit, I actually have heard some of the bands on your list.

Funs, Aim and Ignite was good... I only gave it one listen through, though.
I'll say this, I haven't heard a single band on your list, but I'll most definitely check some of them out. You seem like a guy that takes pride in what he listens to.

I like that.

As far as my list goes, I honestly have never taken the time to judge one band or album as better than the other. Sure, I'll come out and voice my opinion on a band, but I've never have been much of a list guy... It just doesn't seem ethical, musically speaking.

[IntoTheSun]

not surprising the kid with the shitty guy from death cab avatar has a list filled with boring and mediocre "indie rock". :whistle:

That's pretty harsh, dude...

[astrum]

shit stroll, if you don't agree with the purpose of the thread, get the fuck out. We're all elitist when it comes to music in one way or another or we wouldn't hang out on a music site. He posted his list and asked others for their lists.

If he had given his list and said, "This is THE list, if you don't agree, fuck off," I would have a problem with that. YOU are the one with his panties in a jumble.

[narcoleptic953]

Won't be doing this for a solid month. This year was overall disappointing for me, however.

[kearn1tm]

i get the feeling you're all so cool that you probably listen exclusively to hardcore or metal or whatever the fuck you're calling that shitty genre nowadays, and think that any other genre is shit, like 99 percent of people who listen to that type of music do.

....prove me wrong. :rolleyes:

Fighting obnoxiousness with generalizations and, well, obnoxiousness is lame.

[mulcahy67]

have a lot to still listen to, but out of what i have checked out, heres my tentative list:

1. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. Muse - The Resistance
4. MC Lars - This Gigantic Robot Kills
5. dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, the Delusion
6. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
7. Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
8. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
9. Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Fort Mouth
10. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
11. MewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright
12. 311 - Uplifter
13. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
14. Say Anything - Say Anything
15. Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending
16. Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes
17. Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony
18. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
19. The Used - The Used
20. Metric - Fantasies

still to listen to: wolfmother, thursday, tegan and sara, thrice, rancid, pos, kill hannah, dead weather, animal collective, decemberists, silversun pickups

[shit stroll]

lol wow, long memory on this one

yeah, two weeks is a long time. :rolleyes:


or are you just stalking me?
last time i checked you're the one going through my posts. u stalking me!?

And I don't have to show you - search through your posts in this forum alone, I the entire first page of your results are almost ALL you entering a thread just to mock other people's tastes. I found 20 places you did this alone in the last week lol, I'd hate to keep searching...
i just went through my past 15 pages and i couldn't find where i've done this. shitting on bands isn't the same thing as shitting on someone's tastes.

While I agree that I did the same thing in that beer thread
glad we agree on something. this is really the only reason i said something about your list in the first place.

quality is much easier to identify in a "food" product, and there's a lot less subjectivity involved in measuring (basic) said quality
i don't agree with this at all. how is there any less subjectivity involved in measuring beer compared to music?

for that matter,there's quality music in many genre's but for some reason fans of certain genre's feel the need to always shit on ANY OTHER genre.
you just did this by shitting on two entire genres of music and judging an entire group of people.

and then you get elitist pricks like yourself who just shit on ANYTHING they don't like regardless of genre or quality
pot. kettle. black.

The other thing I see you doing a lot in my quick search is hating on the AP forums altogether, as if somebody is forcing you to hang around here and read threads in the music forum. lol, it's just sad really, leave if you hate it so much. get the contact info of the people you are friends with from here and talk to them over AIM, or start your own l33t board for people as cool as you, if they even exist. Don't fucking whine about everyone else's musical tastes on a board you seemingly have no reason to be on.
so because there are a few things i dislike about ap.net i should leave? that's stupid. there are things i dislike about punknews, ap.net. P4K, VLV, etc. but i'm not going to stop visiting them because of a couple of things that bother me.

[Genuma]

let's all kiss, make up and buy one of these. http://www.suburbanhomerecords.com/2009/09/22/i-listen-to-independent-music-drink-craft-beer-t-shirt/

[Bi11 Lumburgh]

in no particular order

He Is Legend - It Hates You
The Audition - Self-Titled Album
Cartel - Cycles
Closure In Moscow - First Temple
A Day To Remember - Homesick
Emery - In Shallow Seas We Sail
Jonny Craig - A Dream is a question you don't know how to answer
Mae (M)orning EP

Some albums that just didn't live up to expectations:
Saosin - In search of solid ground
mutemath - armistice
alexisonfire - old crows, young cardinals
the sleeping - what it takes

2009 has not been a very good year for music in my personal opinion

[davis64]

Ah, lists. I've picked 29 albums because its the year 2009 and it makes some sort of logical sense (last year I had 28, the year before 27, next year I'll do....210?). Here they are presented in reverse order:

29) Songs of Shame - Woods
28) The Invisible - The Invisible
27) Common Existence - Thursday
26) Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Letting Up Despite Great Faults
25) Aim & Ignite - fun.
24) Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine
23) Eskimo Snow - Why?
22) Humbug - Arctic Monkeys
21) Dance Mother - Telepathe
20) Two Suns - Bat for Lashes
19) The Floodlight Collective - Lotus Plaza
18) Album - Girls
17) Mean Everything to Nothing - Manchester Orchestra
16) Dragonslayer - Sunset Rubdown
15) The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
14) Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
13) Logos - Atlas Sound
12) xx - The xx
11) Wavvves - Wavves
10) Primary Colours - The Horrors
09) brand new eyes - Paramore
08) CrownsDown - Themselves
07) Daisy - Brand New
06) Embryonic - The Flaming Lips
05) Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
04) Jewellery - Micachu & the Shapes
03) Two Dancers - Wild Beasts
02) Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
01) The Spoils - Zola Jesus

Releases from Memory Cassette, jj, Neon Indian, Rain Machine, Broadcast, Real Estate, Florence + The Machine and loads of others were strong too.

Feel free to shout at me for having horrible taste/not italicizing the right bit.

[IntoTheSun]

Feel free to shout out at me for having good taste.

You're welcome :)

[alexa_ATL]

1. Say Anything - Say Anything
2. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
3. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
4. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
5. Brand New - Daisy
6. The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
7. Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
8. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
9. Paramore - brand new eyes
10. Matt & Kim - Grand
11. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's Blitz
12. Jack's Mannequin - Dear Jack EP
13. Metric - Fantasies
14. Taking Back Sunday - New Again

that's all i can think of at the moment, i'm anticipating changes to this.

[briewer]

Holy crap this thread has gotten off topic.

[warp]

Hmmm for me so far:

1. Aim and Ignite - Fun.
2. Common Existence - Thursday
3. Beggars - Thrice
4. Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine
5. Say Anything - Say Anything
6. New Leaves - Owen
7. Reach for the Sun - The Dangerous Summer
8. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
9. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
10. Album- Girls

I think...I don't know right now. I still need to listen to some other stuff to see if it'll make it.

[Mochem]

I've kept a list of all 2009 albums I've listened to this year, in order of best to worst. I'm up to about 114 so far and still have some to go (a list of 40 I need to check out or put on the list). So that will probably be a blog post, not a forum post. But here's my top 10 so far:

Trophy Scars - Bad Luck
fun. - aim and ignite
Gavin Castleton - Home
Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love
Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure
We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Tubelord - Our First American Friends

[DaGaR]

haven't decided the order yet, but these are the albums i'll probably put:

animal collective - mpp
kevin devine - brother's blood
fun. - aim & ignite
cymbals eat guitars - why there are mountains
the joy formidable - a balloon called moaning
the antlers - hospice
phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix
jj - jj no 2
why? - eskimo snow
discovery - lp
brand new - daisy
royksopp - junior
pos - never better
dan deacon - bromst
yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz

i also have a list of albums i need to check out, so there may be others.

[TakeLotsWithAlcohol]

1. Thursday- Common Existence
2. Kevin Devine- Brother's Blood
3. Dr. Manhattan- Jam Dreams
4. Mos Def- The Ecstatic
5. Thrice- Beggars
6. Brand New- Daisy
7. Mewithoutyou- It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's All Alright!
8. Matt and Kim- Grand
9. Portugal. The Man- The Satanic Satanist
10. Chuck Ragan- Gold Country
11. Tegan and Sara- Sainthood
12. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing
13. Every Time I Die- New Junk Aesthetic
14. Person L- The Positives
15. Gallows- Grey Britan
16. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
17. Converge- Axe to Fall
18. Bradley Hatheway- A Mouth Full of Dust
19. P.O.S. - Never Better
20. Jay Z- The Blueprint 3
21. Modest Mouse- No One's First and You're Next
22. The Andrew Jackson Jihad- Can't Maintain
23. Dear Landlord- Dream Homes
24. New Found Glory- Not Without a Fight
25. Banner Pilot- Collapser
26. Paint it Black- Amnesia/Surrender
27. American Steel- Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts
28. Emery- ...in the Shallow Seas We Sail
29. Paramore- Brand New Eyes
30. Fake Problems- It's Great to Be Alive
31. RX Bandits- Mandala
32. Frank Turner- Poetry of the Deed
33. Cymbals Eat Guitars- Why There are Mountains
34. Dinosaur Jr.- Farm
35. The Mercury Program- Chez Viking
36. The Word Play- How I Became Illustrated
37. William Elliot Whitmore- Animals in the Dark
38. The Dangerous Summer- Reach for the Sun
39. Truman and His Trophy- Springsguth
40. Two Tongues- Two Tongues
41. Steel Panther- Feel the Steel
42. The Avett Brothers- I and Love and You
43. The Swellers- Ups and Downsizing
44. Wale- Attention: Deficit
45. John Mayer- Battle Studies
46. The Mars Volta- Octahedron
47. Eminem- Relapse
48. Monsters of Folk- Monsters of Folk
49. The Dear Hunter- Act III: Life and Death
50. Drive-By Truckers- The Fine Print

[loui]

my soulseek transfer window, as well as my pants, just imploded thanks to this thread.

[loui]

I've kept a list of all 2009 albums I've listened to this year, in order of best to worst. I'm up to about 114 so far and still have some to go (a list of 40 I need to check out or put on the list). So that will probably be a blog post, not a forum post. But here's my top 10 so far:

Trophy Scars - Bad Luck
fun. - aim and ignite
Gavin Castleton - Home
Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love
Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure
We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Tubelord - Our First American Friends

what's your last.fm? i'm very intrigued.

[Wedge]

these lists needs more Sidekicks - Weight of Air and Mountain Goats- Life of the World to Come

[DaGaR]

mountain goats is on my "to d/l" list. i haven't been able to get any albums that have come out in the past 3 months.

[Craftsy21]

my soulseek transfer window, as well as my pants, just imploded thanks to this thread.


soulseek? no way, i haven't thought about soulseek in like... years! You need an invite somewhere better lol... if i get one soon i'll PM you, unless you just prefer soulseek for some strange reason.

[Craftsy21]

these lists needs more Sidekicks - Weight of Air and Mountain Goats- Life of the World to Come



I love me some Mountain Goats... but i struggled getting into this year's release like others... i should give it some more spins.

[Kid B]

Chez Viking

[Mandee, darling]

no particular order, of course.

silversun pickups - swoon
incubus - monuments and melodies
p.o.s. - never better
manchester orchestra - mean everything to nothing
cage the elephant - cage the elephant
john mayer - battle studies
brand new - daisy
an horse - rearrange beds
dirty little rabbits - simon

it's kinda hard to continue this list since my fiance has my ipod, but 9 albums for '09 works, i guess.

[zubinmoosa]

subscribing

[maxvsmaradona]

my aoty top 5:

1. Thrice's Beggars
2. Say Anything's Say Anything
3. Brand New's Daisy
4. Modest Mouses's No One's First, And You're Next
5. Muse's The Resistance

[vincentgrippi]

It's funny to look at these lists and then recall which site we're on. You know one of these guys can't put down the new Paramore record, yet won't admit it.

[kearn1tm]

It's funny to look at these lists and then recall which site we're on. You know one of these guys can't put down the new Paramore record, yet won't admit it.

Uh, brah, Paramore takes my #1-7 spots!

[zubinmoosa]

No way can I make my list yet. So many records from this past year I haven't listened to yet, got a ton of catching up to do

[xJesusFreakx]

Here is a tentative list of albums I've enjoyed this year. There's still music I need to catch up on, as well as some I haven't spent nearly enough time with to rank, so I'm only sure about the top three. (I normally suck at ranking things anyways.)

Thrice - Beggars
Bradley Hathaway - A Mouth Full of Dust
David Crowder*Band - Church Music
Project 86 - Picket Fence Cartel
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
Molly Berg + Stephen Vitiello - The Gorilla Variations
Regina Spektor - Far
Hands - Creator
As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water
Coconut Records - Davy
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Northbrook - Maybe...
Eye Alaska - Genesis Underground
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
Sleeping Giant - Sons of Thunder
A Plea for Purging - Depravity
Nirvana - Live at Reading
Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
Flee the Seen - Flee the Seen (2009) EP
Kevin Max - Crashing Gates EP

/sad attempt at proving I have a diverse taste in music

[Rodeo]

Short listed... all subject to change.... no order.

Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Black Dice - Repo
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
Artaxx - The Bitterness
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream It's Alright
Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free
KINN - Uncomfortable Places
Dawes - Dawes

[Mochem]

what's your last.fm? i'm very intrigued.
http://www.last.fm/user/marxnarlson

Of course with that many albums, I haven't listened to each one more than once, though I try to. It's gotten to the point where if I don't feel it's anywhere near the top 20 or so, I don't think too much about where I place it on the list. I just go up from the bottom til I find one that it isn't better than and place it below it.

[mycuban]

Thus far....
1. The Dear Hunter- Act III: Life & Death
2. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything To Nothing
3. Thursday- Common Existence
4. Every Time I Die- New Junk Aesthetic
5. Built To Spill- There Is No Enemy
6. Cursive- Mama, I'm Swollen
7. Kevin Devine- Brothers Blood
8. Thrice- Beggars
9. Kiss Kiss- The Meek Shall Inherit What's Left
10. Empire Empire (I Was A Lonely Estate)- What It Takes To Move Forward
11. Gallows- Grey Britain
12. The Bronx- Mariachi El Bronx
13. Closure In Moscow- First Temple
14. Sunset Rubdown- Dragonslayer
15. As Cities Burn- Hell Or High Water
16. The Fall Of Troy- In The Unlikely Event
17. Person L- The Positives
18. Regina Spektor- Far
19. Therefore I Am- The Sound Of Human Lives
20. Dance Gavin Dance- Happiness

[cory-182]

First of all, Its Christmas. Not Xmas.

Second of all, ADTR's Homesick.

[oddwithoutend]

It's still a work in progress, but I'm sure it's going to have some stark similarities to Rick's list.
:-)

[Craftsy21]

]First of all, Its Christmas. Not Xmas.[/B]

Second of all, ADTR's Homesick.


never heard that term before, sorry. :-p

[xJesusFreakx]

First of all, Its Christmas. Not Xmas.

Second of all, ADTR's Homesick.

Your criticism of that abbreviation would have a much stronger impact if you didn't go on to mention ADTR immediately afterwards.

(Hey guys, I'm making fun of scene music I dislike! Am I doing it right? I certainly hope so. All I ever wanted was to be loved.)

[cory-182]

Your criticism of that abbreviation would have a much stronger impact if you didn't go on to mention ADTR immediately afterwards.

(Hey guys, I'm making fun of scene music I dislike! Am I doing it right? I certainly hope so. All I ever wanted was to be loved.)

I didn't feel like double posting. That's it.

[eleven eleven]

We'll see. Probably mid December I'll have a true top 20. Top five is set in stone though:

1. Weatherbox- The Cosmic Drama
2. Brand New- Daisy
3. Titus Andronicus- The Airing of Grievances
4. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson- Summer of Fear
5. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything To Nothing

[Pat k]

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Weezer - Raditude
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
jj - jj&*(&(*&
Owen - New Leaves
Oceans - Nothing Collapses
Dark Was the Night
Black Dice - Repo
Animal Collective - MPP

[zeropunk16]

1. Mastodon - Crack the Skye

And these ones are in no particular order:
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
HORSE the band - Desperate Living
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Tegan & Sara - Sainthood
AFI - Crash Love (This is only for the bonus disc)
Rx Bandits - Mandala
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic

[bradsonemanband]

the year isn't over yet...

[kearn1tm]

I've posted this in another thread, but I'm so pleased with myself that I'll share it here too: I bought a Mongoose bike today and did ghosties off it for over an hour. One of the ghosties caused the bike to go a good quarter mile before falling over. That has to be a record.

[Craftsy21]

the year isn't over yet...


it's almost 11/12th's over... close enough to start putting a list together. :)

Off the suggestions in this thread - i've already fallen in love with:

JJ and Bowerbirds - still checking out some other stuff. But thanks, keep up the lists :)

[JustAGirl01]

there are so many of these threads floating around. is there an official one?