365 Albums In 365 Days

[Rafael]

9ey*

[GoGo Yubari]

1. Pink Hearts, Yellow Moons by Dressy Bessy (1999)

2. Thinking of You... by Freakwater (2005)

3. Stay Gold by First Aid Kit (2014)

4. Bona Drag by Morrissey (1990)

5. Comedown Machine by The Strokes (2013)

6. Moonrise Kingdom original soundtrack (2012)

Yeah I listened to this a bunch a couple weeks ago and then got distracted. This is a great soundtrack, and it's amazing that it took me two years to finally get it. It's mostly classical and choral music, primarily pieces by Benjamin Britten, but with a couple chansons and three Hank Williams tracks thrown in too, and a piece by the movie's composer too. Really beautiful stuff, and I'm so sad that my original plan to listen to it on part of my road trip to California fell through because of the road trip to California in and of itself falling through. Particularly because I think this is more of a fall/winter weather album, though since I live in Seattle that doesn't actually exclude more than a couple months...

Best Track: "Cuckoo!" is beautiful and succinct and I love it.

[Lowerdeck]

1. Goat - Commune

2. Ty Segall - Manipulator

3. Lionel Richie - some greatest hits compilation

4. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait

5. Big Krit - Cadillactica

[Gorka]

1. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

3. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

4. Gorillaz - Demon Days

5. Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On

6. Lorde - Pure Heroine

7. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere

9. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet

10. Half-Japanese - Overjoyed

11. Mimicking Birds - Eons

12. Blonde Redhead - Barragan

13. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

14. Alt-J - This is All Yours

15. Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

16. Wax Fang - La La Land

17. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

18. Hozier - Hozier

19. Johnny Marr - Playland

20. Weezer - Everything Will Be All Right in the End

21. Warpaint - Warpaint

22. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

23. Catfish and the Bottlemen - Balcony

24. Gary Clark Jr - Gary Clark Jr

25. The Black Keys - Magic Potion

26. Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose

27. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?

28. Foster the People - Supermodel

29. The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You

30. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

31. Lana Del Ray - Born to Die

32. The Klaxons - Love Frequency

33. Haim - Days are Gone

34. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

35. Clean Bandit - New Eyes

36. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

37. Minus the Bear - Infinity Overload

38. Airbourne - Black Dog Barking

39. Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

40. Kasabian - 48:13

41. The Last of the Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement

42. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

43. Wax Fang - The Astronaut

44. Rainbow - Rising

45. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

46. Fozzy - Do You Wanna Start a War

47. Chemical Brothers - Further

48. George Ezra - Wanted on Voyage

49. The Black Keys - Turn Blue

50. Childish Gambino - Camp

51. Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards

52. The 1975 - The 1975

53. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

54. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

55. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light

56. Calvin Harris- Motion

57. Pink Floyd - The Wall

58. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal

59. Superfood - Superfood

60. Clark - Clark

61. Lily and Madeline - Fumes

62. Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something

63. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

64. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The Heist

65. Tame Impala - Lonerism

The Heist was great, some good tunes and some good lyrics, memorable stuff.

However, I didn't think Lonerism was good as the hype suggested. Maybe I just didn't get it, I particularly didn't think the instrumental was quality, or anything better than decent. I look at the rave reviews and I think I must have missed something. I'll have to listen to it again.

Three hundred to go!

[New Damage]

1. The 59 Sound, The Gaslight Anthem (going home, Thursday)

2. The 59 Sound, The Gaslight Anthem (to work)

3. Get Hurt, The Gaslight Anthem (going home)

4. The 59 Sound, The Gaslight Anthem (Today, at home) - 4/10/14

5. Because the Internet, Childish Gambino

6. Facelift, Alice in Chains

7. Sap (EP), Alice in Chains

8. Racecar is Racecar Backwards, Reuben (going to work)

9. Racecar is Racecar Backwards, Reuben (going home, decided to listen again as I didn't quite make it to the end in the morning)

10. EP, Childish Gambino

11. Culdesac, Childish Gambino

12. Gentlemen, Afghan Whigs

13. Royal Blood, Royal Blood

14. Black Gives Way to Blue, Alice in Chains

15. Old Crows/Young Cardinals, Alexisonfire

16. Crisis, Alexisonfire

17. Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen

18. Nevermind, Nirvana

19. Bleach, Nirvana

20. In Utero, Nirvana

21. Racecar is Racecar Backwards, Reuben

22. Racecar is Racecar Backwards, Reuben

23. Because the Internet, Childish Gambino

24. Because the Internet, Childish Gambino

25. Nirvana, Nirvana

26. Nirvana, Nirvana

27. Royal Blood, Royal Blood

28. The Music of Grand Theft Auto V: Volume 2 (aka the original score from the soundtrack album)

29. Vice City Pressing Issues (the chat radio station from Vice City)

30. Royal Blood, Royal Blood

31. Darkness on the Edge of Town, Bruce Springsteen

32. Racecar is Racecar Backwards, Reuben

33. In Nothing We Trust, Reuben

34. Superunknown, Soundgarden

35. Tim, The Replacements

36. Superunknown, Soundgarden

37. Hotline Miami: The Takedown EP, Scatlle

38. Hotline Miami 2, Das Mortal

39. Visitors, Scattle

40. Always EP, Panama

41. Crisis, Alexisonfire

42. Badmotorfinger, Soundgarden

43. Superunknown, Soundgarden

44. Down on the Upside, Soundgarden

45. Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam

46. Get Hurt, The Gaslight Anthem

47. Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavoured Water, Limp Bizkit

I've mostly been listening to my random driving playlist to and from work on my last update and my iPod/Last.FM doesn't seem to be syncing/working for me to check exactly what albums I've listened to so this is mostly a guess. I've heard the Pearl Jam album before a few times, but I don't own it, so I listened on Spotify again. And it's amazing that even though I hadn't listened to Chocolate Starfish for quite a while, I still know all the words. Masterpiece.

[Benji]

365 Albums in 365 Days

1. 'From Here to Now to You' by Jack Johnson (3rd October 2014)

2. 'V' by Maroon 5 (3rd October 2014)

3. 'Uno!' by Green Day (4th October 2014)

4. '... Like Clockwork' by Queens of the Stone Age (4th October 2014)

5. 'Let Them Talk' by Hugh Laurie (5th October 2014)

6. 'Most Messed Up' by Old 97s (5th October 2014)

7. 'Royal Blood' by Royal Blood (5th October 2014)

8. 'Cheek To Cheek' by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett (5th October 2014)

9. 'Pure Heroine' by Lorde (6th October 2014)

10. 'Resurrection' by New Found Glory (7th October 2014)

11. 'The Hunting Party' by Linkin Park (8th October 2014)

12. 'Dos!' by Green Day (9th October 2014)

13. 'Run The Jewels' by Run The Jewels (10th October 2014)

14. 'Warrior's Code' by Dropkick Murphys (10th October 2014)

15. 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis (11th October 2014)

16. 'Neon Icon' by RiFF RAFF (11th October 2014)

17. 'Save Rock & Roll' by Fall Out Boy (12th October 2014)

18. 'Lars Attacks!' by MC Lars (12th October 2014)

19. 'Relapse' by Eminem (13th October 2014)

20. 'Recovery' by Eminem (13th October 2014)

21. 'The Marshall Mathers LP2' by Eminem (14th October 2014)

22. 'Tré!' by Green Day (15th October 2014)

23. 'Call Your Friends' by Zebrahead (16th October 2014)

24. 'Songs of Innocence' by U2 (18th October 2014)

25. 'Rest' by Gregor Samsa (18th October 2014)

26. 'RadioSurgery' by New Found Glory (19th October 2014)

27. 'Little Machines' by Lights (20th October 2014)

28. 'Blunderbuss' by Jack White (21st October 2014)

29. 'Battle Born' by The Killers (22nd October 2014)

30. 'The Fall' by Gorillaz (23rd October 2014)

31. '+' by Ed Sheeran (24th October 2014)

32. 'Welcome To California' by The Madden Brothers (25th October 2014)

33. 'F#a#infinite' by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (26th October 2014)

34. 'Ambient 1: Music for Airports' by Brian Eno (27th October 2014)

35. 'Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' by Howard Shore (27th October 2014)

36. 'Milo Goes To College' by Descendents (27th October 2014)

37. 'Out of Step' by Minor Threat (27th October 2014)

38. 'The Last of Us Original Soundtrack' by Gustavo Santaolalla (27th October 2014)

39. 'Good News For People Who Love Bad News' by Modest Mouse (28th October 2014)

40. 'Wasting Light' by Foo Fighters (29th October 2014)

41. 'Born To Die' by Lana Del Rey (30th October 2014)

42. 'Mariachi El Bronx' by Mariachi El Bronx (31st October 2014)

43. 'The Black & White Album' by The Hives (1st November 2014)

44. 'Ghost Stories' by Coldplay (2nd November 2014)

45. 'Overexposed' by Maroon 5 (3rd November 2014)

46. 'King Animal' by Soundgarden (4th November 2014)

47. 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' by Panic At The Disco (5th November 2014)

48. 'Comfort In Sound' by Feeder (6th November 2014)

49. 'Pushing The Senses' by Feeder (7th November 2014)

50. 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' by Feeder (11th November 2014)

51. 'Go' by Motion City Soundtrack (12th November 2014)

52. 'Sonic Highways' by Foo Fighters (12th November 2014)

53. 'To The 5 Boroughs' by Beastie Boys (13th November 2014)

54. '2001' by Dr Dre (13th November 2014)

55. 'Like a Prayer' by Madonna (14th November 2014)

56. 'Night Visions' by Imagine Dragons (15th November 2014)

57. 'Rats On Board' by Paddy and The Rats (16th November 2014)

Sonic Highways was very medicore, better than Wasting Light but still really quite missable.

To The 5 Boroughs was good, but very hit and miss, and the singles were by far the albums best.

2001 was pretty bad for the most part, it has moments of greatness (again, largely the singles), but it does have some stand out stuff too such as 'Bang Bang' and 'The Message'.

Like a Prayer is another single strong album, but there's other goods tracks like 'Dear Jessie' too.

Imagine Dragons album was really good, just some really catchy tunes throughout. I've not heard them before but hear about them a lot, honestly the entire album is worth a listen at least once.

Paddy and The Rats was amazing fun. It's drunken Celtic pirate songs done in a punk style by a bunch of Hungarians in English. Literally every song is just unabashed fun. It's not going to top any 'best album' lists, but it's entertaining as hell.

[GoGo Yubari]

1. Pink Hearts, Yellow Moons by Dressy Bessy (1999)

2. Thinking of You... by Freakwater (2005)

3. Stay Gold by First Aid Kit (2014)

4. Bona Drag by Morrissey (1990)

5. Comedown Machine by The Strokes (2013)

6. Moonrise Kingdom original soundtrack (2012)

7. Fosbury by Tahiti 80 (2005)

Tahiti 80 were the band I selected for France in the last EWB Eurovision and quickly became really fond of, and luckily an online music service I use had one of their albums for me to peruse. They're a really strong indie pop group. To use a cheap writing out, in a way they remind me of Belle & Sebastian except less academic/quirky and way dancier. They stray from a pretty basic formula later on in the album, though, and I don't like the results as much; there's a track that's a duet with some lady and it's really awful. I'd be more specific than that but it's been a few days since I listened to it because I am PROACTIVE on this.

Best Track: "Something About You Girl" is one of the slower tracks on the album and benefits from it. It stands out and is wonderfully pleasant/chill.

[Gorka]

1. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

3. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

4. Gorillaz - Demon Days

5. Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On

6. Lorde - Pure Heroine

7. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere

9. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet

10. Half-Japanese - Overjoyed

11. Mimicking Birds - Eons

12. Blonde Redhead - Barragan

13. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

14. Alt-J - This is All Yours

15. Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

16. Wax Fang - La La Land

17. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

18. Hozier - Hozier

19. Johnny Marr - Playland

20. Weezer - Everything Will Be All Right in the End

21. Warpaint - Warpaint

22. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

23. Catfish and the Bottlemen - Balcony

24. Gary Clark Jr - Gary Clark Jr

25. The Black Keys - Magic Potion

26. Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose

27. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?

28. Foster the People - Supermodel

29. The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You

30. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

31. Lana Del Ray - Born to Die

32. The Klaxons - Love Frequency

33. Haim - Days are Gone

34. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

35. Clean Bandit - New Eyes

36. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

37. Minus the Bear - Infinity Overload

38. Airbourne - Black Dog Barking

39. Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

40. Kasabian - 48:13

41. The Last of the Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement

42. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

43. Wax Fang - The Astronaut

44. Rainbow - Rising

45. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

46. Fozzy - Do You Wanna Start a War

47. Chemical Brothers - Further

48. George Ezra - Wanted on Voyage

49. The Black Keys - Turn Blue

50. Childish Gambino - Camp

51. Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards

52. The 1975 - The 1975

53. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

54. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

55. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light

56. Calvin Harris- Motion

57. Pink Floyd - The Wall

58. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal

59. Superfood - Superfood

60. Clark - Clark

61. Lily and Madeline - Fumes

62. Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something

63. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

64. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The Heist

65. Tame Impala - Lonerism

66. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

67. The XX - The XX

68. Arctic Monkeys - A.M.

69. Kasabian - Velociraptor!

Like Clockwork was pretty good, "If I Had a Tail" would be my pick of the tracks. You know what you're getting with Queens of the Stone Age.

The XX's debut starts out pretty strong, but is let down by a middle in which the quality goes down and the songs become dull, adds to the notion that the XX can be very boring at times. It does end on a high note, love Night Time as a song and Stars is a good conclusion. Decent overall.

Love the sound for most of AM, another strong start to an album that turns out decent. I Wanna Be Yours and Arabella are the low points.

Like most of Kasabian's work, stick to the singles, save yourself some time.

[GoGo Yubari]

1. Pink Hearts, Yellow Moons by Dressy Bessy (1999)

2. Thinking of You... by Freakwater (2005)

3. Stay Gold by First Aid Kit (2014)

4. Bona Drag by Morrissey (1990)

5. Comedown Machine by The Strokes (2013)

6. Moonrise Kingdom original soundtrack (2012)

7. Fosbury by Tahiti 80 (2005)

8. Give 'Em Enough Rope by The Clash (1978)

The one Clash album that I'd never heard that I want to hear (sorry, Cut the Crap). To be honest, I'm sure I knew of its existence at points in time but it always slipped my attention, I think because none of the songs on it are the ones that have major presence in America. It's a pretty good album but at the same time I've listened to it two or three times now and there isn't a single song where I'm like holy shit "THAT'S THE SONG." I like it as a bridge between the self-titled (maybe my favorite Clash album. That or Combat Rock) and London Calling, though. Hopefully a song will fully seep into my consciousness from it soon.

Best Track: "Julie's Been Working For the Drug Squad" is currently in the lead on the "becoming the song I love from this album" race. How can you resist a song title like that.

[SRN]

Because I can, and because I totally do not give a fuck about your rules and regulations, I am restarting and attempting this again. And I am also blatantly stealing GoGo's format because I do not have any original thought. Ever. Plus, I realized that doing this consecutively was the death of the last attempt so do not expect an update every day.

1. Joe Morello, by Joe Morello (1989?)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Brother Jack", "My Time Is Your Time" and "Sounds of the Loop"

I have long been a fan of the Dave Brubeck quartet and I have now begun to explore each individual members discography. After listening to the live recording At Carniege Hall, Joe Morello, the drummer, sprung at me most immediate and thus, I headed to WiMP to find something of his to stream. There was only this compilation or anthology, I am not sure since it is not listed anywhere what exactly it is, but it definitely caught my attention. Joe Morello has some sweet solos here as does Gary Burton on vibraphone and Phil Woods on both alto sax and clarinet. There are some high tempo big band compositions here as well. Basically, this is almost like a Dave Brubeck quartet album but with Joe Morello and the drums taking the place of Dave Brubeck and piano. You should fully expect to see more Morello-led albums here, besides Paul Desmond and Eugene Wright if I can find any, and a few by Gary Burton and Phil Woods will probably pop up as well before I am done.

[Benji]

365 Albums in 365 Days

1. 'From Here to Now to You' by Jack Johnson (3rd October 2014)

2. 'V' by Maroon 5 (3rd October 2014)

3. 'Uno!' by Green Day (4th October 2014)

4. '... Like Clockwork' by Queens of the Stone Age (4th October 2014)

5. 'Let Them Talk' by Hugh Laurie (5th October 2014)

6. 'Most Messed Up' by Old 97s (5th October 2014)

7. 'Royal Blood' by Royal Blood (5th October 2014)

8. 'Cheek To Cheek' by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett (5th October 2014)

9. 'Pure Heroine' by Lorde (6th October 2014)

10. 'Resurrection' by New Found Glory (7th October 2014)

11. 'The Hunting Party' by Linkin Park (8th October 2014)

12. 'Dos!' by Green Day (9th October 2014)

13. 'Run The Jewels' by Run The Jewels (10th October 2014)

14. 'Warrior's Code' by Dropkick Murphys (10th October 2014)

15. 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis (11th October 2014)

16. 'Neon Icon' by RiFF RAFF (11th October 2014)

17. 'Save Rock & Roll' by Fall Out Boy (12th October 2014)

18. 'Lars Attacks!' by MC Lars (12th October 2014)

19. 'Relapse' by Eminem (13th October 2014)

20. 'Recovery' by Eminem (13th October 2014)

21. 'The Marshall Mathers LP2' by Eminem (14th October 2014)

22. 'Tré!' by Green Day (15th October 2014)

23. 'Call Your Friends' by Zebrahead (16th October 2014)

24. 'Songs of Innocence' by U2 (18th October 2014)

25. 'Rest' by Gregor Samsa (18th October 2014)

26. 'RadioSurgery' by New Found Glory (19th October 2014)

27. 'Little Machines' by Lights (20th October 2014)

28. 'Blunderbuss' by Jack White (21st October 2014)

29. 'Battle Born' by The Killers (22nd October 2014)

30. 'The Fall' by Gorillaz (23rd October 2014)

31. '+' by Ed Sheeran (24th October 2014)

32. 'Welcome To California' by The Madden Brothers (25th October 2014)

33. 'F#a#infinite' by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (26th October 2014)

34. 'Ambient 1: Music for Airports' by Brian Eno (27th October 2014)

35. 'Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' by Howard Shore (27th October 2014)

36. 'Milo Goes To College' by Descendents (27th October 2014)

37. 'Out of Step' by Minor Threat (27th October 2014)

38. 'The Last of Us Original Soundtrack' by Gustavo Santaolalla (27th October 2014)

39. 'Good News For People Who Love Bad News' by Modest Mouse (28th October 2014)

40. 'Wasting Light' by Foo Fighters (29th October 2014)

41. 'Born To Die' by Lana Del Rey (30th October 2014)

42. 'Mariachi El Bronx' by Mariachi El Bronx (31st October 2014)

43. 'The Black & White Album' by The Hives (1st November 2014)

44. 'Ghost Stories' by Coldplay (2nd November 2014)

45. 'Overexposed' by Maroon 5 (3rd November 2014)

46. 'King Animal' by Soundgarden (4th November 2014)

47. 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' by Panic At The Disco (5th November 2014)

48. 'Comfort In Sound' by Feeder (6th November 2014)

49. 'Pushing The Senses' by Feeder (7th November 2014)

50. 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' by Feeder (11th November 2014)

51. 'Go' by Motion City Soundtrack (12th November 2014)

52. 'Sonic Highways' by Foo Fighters (12th November 2014)

53. 'To The 5 Boroughs' by Beastie Boys (13th November 2014)

54. '2001' by Dr Dre (13th November 2014)

55. 'Like a Prayer' by Madonna (14th November 2014)

56. 'Night Visions' by Imagine Dragons (15th November 2014)

57. 'Rats On Board' by Paddy and The Rats (16th November 2014)

58. 'The Lumineers' by The Lumineers (19th November 2014)

59. 'Silent Cry' by Feeder (20th November 2014)

60. 'My Head Is An Animal' by Of Monsters and Men (24th November 2014)

61. 'Hell: The Sequel' by Bad Meets Evil (25th November 2014)

62. 'Enclosure' by John Frusciante (26th November 2014)

All okay albums, none stood out (though I am still listening to 'Enclosure' as I type and it's the usual interesting eclectic Frusciante album, and the strongest of the field), but equally nothing particularly bad. 62 albums in 56 days, a bad week or so for being able to focus on it has caught up with me a little, but I'm still nearly a week ahead of schedule, so no big deal.

[Gorka]

1. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

3. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

4. Gorillaz - Demon Days

5. Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On

6. Lorde - Pure Heroine

7. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere

9. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet

10. Half-Japanese - Overjoyed

11. Mimicking Birds - Eons

12. Blonde Redhead - Barragan

13. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

14. Alt-J - This is All Yours

15. Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

16. Wax Fang - La La Land

17. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

18. Hozier - Hozier

19. Johnny Marr - Playland

20. Weezer - Everything Will Be All Right in the End

21. Warpaint - Warpaint

22. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

23. Catfish and the Bottlemen - Balcony

24. Gary Clark Jr - Gary Clark Jr

25. The Black Keys - Magic Potion

26. Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose

27. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?

28. Foster the People - Supermodel

29. The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You

30. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

31. Lana Del Ray - Born to Die

32. The Klaxons - Love Frequency

33. Haim - Days are Gone

34. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

35. Clean Bandit - New Eyes

36. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

37. Minus the Bear - Infinity Overload

38. Airbourne - Black Dog Barking

39. Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

40. Kasabian - 48:13

41. The Last of the Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement

42. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

43. Wax Fang - The Astronaut

44. Rainbow - Rising

45. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

46. Fozzy - Do You Wanna Start a War

47. Chemical Brothers - Further

48. George Ezra - Wanted on Voyage

49. The Black Keys - Turn Blue

50. Childish Gambino - Camp

51. Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards

52. The 1975 - The 1975

53. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

54. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

55. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light

56. Calvin Harris- Motion

57. Pink Floyd - The Wall

58. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal

59. Superfood - Superfood

60. Clark - Clark

61. Lily and Madeline - Fumes

62. Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something

63. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

64. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The Heist

65. Tame Impala - Lonerism

66. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

67. The XX - The XX

68. Arctic Monkeys - A.M.

69. Kasabian - Velociraptor!

70. Warpaint - The Fool

71. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

72. Ramones - Ramones

73. TV on the Radio - Seeds

I really like Warpaint, a wonderful band with some great tunes. Shadows and Bees were the highlights.

I don't think Biffy Clyro are a great band, certainly nothing special, but they know how to write a catchy song. Only Revolutions is a testament to this. Fun listen.

Ramones were a good quick listen, bit samey in some parts but that's punk music sometimes.

Seeds was lovely.

Edited November 26, 2014 by Gorka

[SRN]

1. Joe Morello, by Joe Morello (1989)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Brother Jack", "A Little Bit of Blues", "My Time Is Your Time" and "Sounds of the Loop"

2. Rhythm, Chord & Melody, by The Reign of Kindo (2008)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Hold Out"

This sounded like a bunch of careless John Mayer clones got together to record an album. Yes, it was very clear that all five guys were extraordinarily talented at however many instruments they each individually play and lord, they must have received praises for their technical skills but Rhythm, Chord & Melody was one of safest and most boring records I have heard in a long while. Which made realizing their obvious talent even more excruciating since they are wasting it indulging in yawn-inducing jazz rock and indie pop. There was one glimmer of hope when the tempo and instrumentation picked up on the final song but it did not last. What a waste.

3. Who is Gary Burton?, by Gary Burton (1962)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Storm", "Get Away Blues", "My Funny Valentine"

Edited November 27, 2014 by SRN

[Lowerdeck]

1. Goat - Commune

2. Ty Segall - Manipulator

3. Lionel Richie - some greatest hits compilation

4. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait

5. Big Krit - Cadillactica

6. Ryan Adams - s/t

7. The Black Keys - Turn Blue

8. Ty Segall - Manipulator

9. White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade

10. Die Antwoord - Donker Mag

11. Pink Floyd - The Endless River

12. Palms - s/t

13. Rush - Fly By Night

14. Jack White - Lazaretto

15. Umphrey's McGee - Similar Skin

[GoGo Yubari]

1. Pink Hearts, Yellow Moons by Dressy Bessy (1999)

2. Thinking of You... by Freakwater (2005)

3. Stay Gold by First Aid Kit (2014)

4. Bona Drag by Morrissey (1990)

5. Comedown Machine by The Strokes (2013)

6. Moonrise Kingdom original soundtrack (2012)

7. Fosbury by Tahiti 80 (2005)

8. Give 'Em Enough Rope by The Clash (1978)

9. Run the Jewels 2 by Run the Jewels (2014)

I did my full listen-through of this on Tuesday, on a day where I was angry at a whole lot of people and a whole lot of situations, and Seattle was in full November gloom with fog and pouring rain and no sky to be seen. It was pretty perfect for that. In general I don't really go for darker, heavier stuff as much, particularly with hip-hop, but I definitely needed this album on that day. The verbal dexterity on display is pretty fucking sick too, especially in the second and third tracks. "Oh My Darling Don't Cry" is a really close second, but...

Best Track: "Blockbuster Night Part 1" is the first single off the album, which makes sense because it's the song that's been stuck in my head off and on for the last two days. Plus, "I Jake the Snake 'em, DDT 'em in mausoleums." ENJOY THAT, NERDS. (Though actually bias aside, "Top of the morning, my fist to your face is fucking Folgers" is probably the best line.)

[Gorka]

1. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

3. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

4. Gorillaz - Demon Days

5. Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On

6. Lorde - Pure Heroine

7. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere

9. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet

10. Half-Japanese - Overjoyed

11. Mimicking Birds - Eons

12. Blonde Redhead - Barragan

13. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

14. Alt-J - This is All Yours

15. Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

16. Wax Fang - La La Land

17. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

18. Hozier - Hozier

19. Johnny Marr - Playland

20. Weezer - Everything Will Be All Right in the End

21. Warpaint - Warpaint

22. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

23. Catfish and the Bottlemen - Balcony

24. Gary Clark Jr - Gary Clark Jr

25. The Black Keys - Magic Potion

26. Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose

27. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?

28. Foster the People - Supermodel

29. The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You

30. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

31. Lana Del Ray - Born to Die

32. The Klaxons - Love Frequency

33. Haim - Days are Gone

34. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

35. Clean Bandit - New Eyes

36. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

37. Minus the Bear - Infinity Overload

38. Airbourne - Black Dog Barking

39. Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

40. Kasabian - 48:13

41. The Last of the Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement

42. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

43. Wax Fang - The Astronaut

44. Rainbow - Rising

45. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

46. Fozzy - Do You Wanna Start a War

47. Chemical Brothers - Further

48. George Ezra - Wanted on Voyage

49. The Black Keys - Turn Blue

50. Childish Gambino - Camp

51. Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards

52. The 1975 - The 1975

53. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

54. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

55. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light

56. Calvin Harris- Motion

57. Pink Floyd - The Wall

58. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal

59. Superfood - Superfood

60. Clark - Clark

61. Lily and Madeline - Fumes

62. Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something

63. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

64. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The Heist

65. Tame Impala - Lonerism

66. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

67. The XX - The XX

68. Arctic Monkeys - A.M.

69. Kasabian - Velociraptor!

70. Warpaint - The Fool

71. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

72. Ramones - Ramones

73. TV on the Radio - Seeds

74. Rammstein - Mutter

75. Ramones - Leave Home

76. Battles - Gloss Drop

77. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

78. Pitbull - Globalization

I can't understand a word of Rammstein, I doubt many can, but I liked what I heard. Liked a few tracks I heard before, the whole album is good.

Leave Home is better than the first album, more good stuff and I'll probably go through more of the Ramones' catalogue.

Gloss Drop and Tourist History were decent.

Globalization is pretty bad, like really bad. It doesn't even do songs about alcohol and arses correctly.

[SRN]

1. Joe Morello, by Joe Morello (1989)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Brother Jack", "A Little Bit of Blues", "My Time Is Your Time" and "Sounds of the Loop"

2. Rhythm, Chord & Melody, by The Reign of Kindo (2008)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Hold Out"

3. Who is Gary Burton?, by Gary Burton (1962)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Storm", "Get Away Blues", "My Funny Valentine"

4. To Be Kind, by Swans (2014)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture", "Some Things We Do", "She Loves Us", "Oxygen", "Nathalie Neal" and "To Be Kind"

5. Portal Of I, by Ne Obliviscaris (2012)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Of the Leper Butterflies", "And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope" and "As Icicles Falls"

6. Close to the Edge, by Yes (1972)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "And You And I" and "Siberian Khatru"

7. Gentle Giant, by Gentle Giant (1970)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Funny Ways", "Alucard" and "Nothing At All"

8. Acquiring the Taste, by Gentle Giant (1971)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Pentagruel's Nativity", "The House, The Street, The Room", "Wreck" and "Plain Truth"

9. Three Friends, by Gentle Giant (1972)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Schooldays", "Working All Day", "Peel the Paint" and "Three Friends"

10. Octopus, by Gentle Giant (1972)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "The Advent of Panurge", "Raconteur Troubadour", "Knots", "The Boys In The Band" and "River"

11. Citadel, by Ne Obliviscaris (2014)

FAVORITE TRACK(S): "Painters of the Tempest, Pt. 2 (Triptych Lux)" and "Devour Me, Colossus, Pt. 1 (Blackholes)"

As much as I liked Portal Of I, Citadel really confirmed my suspicion with Ne Obliviscaris and well, progressive metal in general - they easily fall into the trap of being soulless and progressive for complexitys sake, not for the sake of the music. I am not saying it was a bad album, it was just so tame and tedious compared to Portal Of I, which had charm and quite a few memorable passages.

Edited December 1, 2014 by SRN

[Benji]

Is anyone else starting to struggle with new music? I'm listening to so much I don't feel it's got time to sink in and enjoy it with re-listens. Thinking I may add albums I've already listened to (only the once though) so I also have time to absorb the new music. Plus it'll help me list the discographies I have already listened to.

[SRN]

Nope.

[Benji]

You only have 11 albums, Soren