Now That's What I Call A Music Thread: 2009

[Hellfire]

Fuck, Owl City has to be the happiest band ever. I feel like smiling when I'm listening to it.

[Dont Fear The Reaper]

Ive got that cover of Call Me in my head by In This Moment at the minute

I fucking love it

[TheRossWalker]

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarti...&fid1=38695

Chuck Ragan and Brian Fallon are doing a split 7'.

Awesome.

[METALMAN]

I hope Brian Fallon doesn't do that thing punk people do where they basically just play punk songs on a acoustic guitar and call themselves acoustic artists.

Then again he might make the transformation properly like Frank Turner or something.

[YI]

New shit I'm loving at the minute;

• "Miike Snow" by Miike Snow (they wrote "Toxic" for Britney Spears, you know they're going to be awesome)
  
• "Octahedron" by The Mars Volta (RETURN TO FUCKING FORM!!!)
  
• "Tale Of The Complex Circuit" by The Syncope Threshold (Fans of Protest The Hero MUST check these out)
  
• "Hands" by Little Boots (A couple of duds, but easily one of the best pop records in recent memory)
  
• "All We Need..." by Racing Exit 13 (a little bit Lifetime, a little bit powerpunk)
  
• "Amanda Leigh" by Mandy Moore (I adore Mandy...more upbeat than "Wild Hope"...not sure which I prefer yet though, another great slice of pop)
  
• "I Hope Your Writing This Down" by Exit On The Left (I'll let them off with the spelling/grammar mistake because they're Belgian, catchy pop-punk stuff)
  
• "New Again" by Taking Back Sunday (this has really surprised me, after losing the 'grizzly' guy I thought that'd be it for them, but they've really brought it again...shits on the new Billy Talent)
  
• "Blue Roses" by Blue Roses (definitely going to be near the top at the end of the year, gorgeous voice, gorgeous songs)
  
• "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin" by The Low Anthem (this has been sitting on my computer for a while, it wasn't until the review in NARC that I gave it a listen, gorgeous stuff, Bon Iver fans should check them out, another album I could see highly placed at the end of the year)
  
• "Yeah So" by Slow Club (It's good, but maybe not as good as I hoped...but I think it might be a grower, as I'm enjoyed it more the 2nd and 3rd time round)
  
• "Music For Falling From Trees" by Peter Broderick (I adore this man, he's back with another spectacular instrumental album..."The Dream" is one of the most beautiful tracks I've heard all year)
  

Also love that at 4 this morning, I was sitting in the frontroom of some guy I'd never met before, rocking some Gaslight Anthem on Virgin On Demand, talking about Ben Folds, Manchester Orchestra and Dananananananananananananananananananananannaaakyroyd.

Edited June 7, 2009 by YI

[Skummy]

The new Black Moth Super Rainbow is brilliant - much more listenable than anything I've heard from them before. It's quite lovely.

New Malcolm Middleton...not so much. Only listened to it once and half-asleep so far, but it didn't seem to be anything special.

[METALMAN]

I didn't even know there was a new Malcolm Middleton. I'll still get it anyway. And if it's bad I'll just listen to A Brighter Beat or something.

[Skummy]

I didn't know there was until the weekend, when I bought it. As I said, I've not "properly" listened to it, but nothing jumped out at me in the same way as anything off the last two albums - nothing that made me think "God, I should've/could've written that" as far as biting cynical beauty goes. It's good, but not Malcolm Middleton good. Maybe it's a grower, though.

[ADG]

Just gave 'They Know What Ghost Know' by Yppah a listen. It's excellent. Was a big fan of their first album when it came out a few years back and this is another good one if you enjoy electronic instrumental music.

Also picked these up today:

'Blue Roses' by Blue Roses

'Chunk of Change' by Passion Pit

'Origin Myth' by Joe Driscoll

'Caffeine, Alcohol, Sunshine, Money' by Jared Mees & The Grown Children

Edited June 8, 2009 by ADGray

[Mr Evil Guy]

Passion Pit is fantastic! Manners is a fantastic album.

[YI]

Absolutely loving "The Cage Was Unlocked All Along" by Zoey Van Goey - http://www.myspace.com/zoeyvangoey , another gorgeous boy/girl twee album. Anything with a vibraphone I can't help but love.

I'm bored...so here are my favourite 20 albums of the year sp far...not in any real order (chronological order of me getting them );

1. "Stay Home (EP)" by Transit | http://www.myspace.com/transitma

2. "Fever Ray" by Fever Ray | http://www.myspace.com/feverray

3. "Aurora" by The Deer Tracks | http://www.myspace.com/thedeertracks

4. "Supporting Caste" by Propagandhi | http://www.myspace.com/propagandhi

5. "The High And Mighty" by The Cut Ups | http://www.myspace.com/thecutupsfromexeter

6. "Invaders Must Die" by The Prodigy | http://www.myspace.com/theprodigy

7. "The Devil & The Lion" by The Devil & The Lion | http://www.myspace.com/thedevilandthelion

8. "Spring Tides" by Jeniferever | http://www.myspace.com/jeniferever

9. "The Last Pale Light In The West (EP)" by Ben Nichols | doesn't have a solo myspace, so have his awesome band instead - http://www.myspace.com/lucero

10. "Filth" by Venetian Snares | http://www.myspace.com/venetiansnares

11. "Be Disappointed" by This Is A Standoff | http://www.myspace.com/thisisastandoff

12. "Science For The Living" by Kyte | http://www.myspace.com/kyteband

13. "Lives Like Mine" by Mike Hale | http://www.myspace.com/mikehalemusic

14. "These Four Walls" by We Were Promised Jetpacks | http://www.myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks

15. "Manners" by Passion Pit | http://www.myspace.com/passionpitjams

16. "Miike Snow" by Miike Snow | http://www.myspace.com/miikesnow

17. "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin" by The Low Anthem | http://www.myspace.com/lowanthem

18. "Dworkin's Bastards" by ONSIND | http://www.myspace.com/onenightstandinnorthdakota

19. "Blue Roses" by Blue Roses | http://www.myspace.com/musicofblueroses

20. "Music For Falling From Trees" by Peter Broderick | http://www.myspace.com/peterbroderick

BASTARD!!! Just found out, the other month when I saw Jeniferever, they did "The Sound of Beating Wings" after I left. FUCK NEWCASTLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT!!!

Edited June 9, 2009 by YI

[YI]

Montée...holy fuck...okay...ignore every album I posted about this morning.

God bless Norwegian's that are still stuck in a timewarp somewhere between the 80's and disco - http://www.myspace.com/monteemusic

When the opening song on the album kicks in...it's some motherfucking gloriously cheesy.

[METALMAN]

Here's my favourites of the year. IN ORDER. Bear in mind I still have lots and lots to listen to still that could easily leapfrog any of these if they live up to my expectations.

1. Metric - Fantasies

2. Alasdair Roberts - Spoils

3. Loney, Dear - Dear John

4. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers

5. Maximo Park - Quicken The Heart

6. My Latest Novel - Deaths & Entrances

7. Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs - How To Get To Heaven From Scotland

8. Peter Doherty - Grace/Wastelands

9. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

10. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life

11. Justin Townes Earle - Midnight At The Movies

12. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

13. Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top

14. Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream

15. The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms

16. Dananananaykroyd - Hey Everyone

17. The View - Which Bitch?

18. Morrissey - Years of Refusal

19. Fredo Viola - The Turn

20. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career/Beirut - March of the Zapotec (also both very disappointed. was hoping for Beirut and Camera Obscura both to be solid top 5 albums. )

EDIT: Just noticed that 7 of these are Scottish, more than any other country which is quite odd. I am not a xenophobic listener or anything. Promise!

Edited June 9, 2009 by metalman

[tristy]

I'm pretty much stuck on the new Mars Volta album. They rank right up there with NIN and Dillinger Escape Plan on the list of bands I'm psyched out of my mind to see at Bonnaroo this weekend.

New album is ace. Personally, I think they made a return to form with the last album. Because the one before that...wow, it fucking sucked.

[LittleDaniel]

Fuck yes, looks like I've got a ride to D.C. for one of the last Los Campesinos! shows with Aleks.

[YI]

The Get Up Kids play the following UK gigs - billed as their last ever - in August. Spy Catcher support. Tickets on sale Friday.

August 16 - The Peel, Kingston

August 17 - Birmingham Academy 2

August 18 - Manchester Academy 2

August 19 - Camden Electric Ballroom

London...not playing Leeds/Reading, so it has to be done.

London ticket booked.

LAST UK SHOWS!!! I wanna do another. The Peel is apparently sold out already, fucking hell...tickets don't even 'properly' go on-sale until Friday.

Edited June 10, 2009 by YI

[YI]

BLUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRR!!!!! :D :D :D

And Metric's seriously your favourite album so far, Metalman? I mean it's good...but it's nothing that takes my breath away.

[METALMAN]

Yes. It is pretty good actually. Although the only reason it's at the top is because this has been a relatively rubbish year for music altogether from my point of view. Hence Camera Obscura which I dislike still managing to get onto my top 20.

And Fantasies isn't even my favourite Metric album.

[METALMAN]

I hope Brian Fallon doesn't do that thing punk people do where they basically just play punk songs on a acoustic guitar and call themselves acoustic artists.

Actually scratch that. The Navasink Banks just came on shuffle there which I haven't listened to in months. He knows how to do good acoustic songs.

[Turbo Yannis]

Is it just me, or are A Day To Remember actually fucking awesome?