Farin Posted October 23, 2011 Report Posted October 23, 2011 "Sing in My Meadow" ~ Cowboy Junkies 8/10 I don't know them very well, but I was told that this album is quite different from their original style, at times it's almost drifting into Garage Rock spheres (The Dead Weather style) anyway, I enjoyed it.
Batman Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 "Party" by Beyonce is the best made-for-radio pop song I've heard in a while. It sounds like it came straight from the days of the glossy 80s diva.
RockyRaccoon Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Posted October 28, 2011 "Metals"- Feist 4.5/5. Great album. Very dark sounding, cool string arrangements. Excellently done. "Graveyard"- Feist "Mylo Xyloto"- Coldplay 5/5. I know a lot of people here don't like Coldplay, but this album is great. I loved all of it. I haven't heard a bad Coldplay album yet. "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall"- Coldplay "Paradise"- Coldplay"
RockyRaccoon Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Posted October 28, 2011 "Night Of The Hunters"- Tori Amos 3.5/5. The idea is cool, taking classical pieces and using them as background and inspiration, but the album is just alright. "Job's Coffin"- Tori Amos "Vice Verses"- Switchfoot 4.5/5. Starts out slow but picks itself up in a big way, really good album. "Vice Verses"- Switchfoot "Selling The News"- Switchfoot
RockyRaccoon Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Posted November 11, 2011 Everyone forget about this thread? "Velociraptor!"- Kasabian 3.5/5. If Kasabian is good at anything, it's pumping out mediocre albums. This one has a few good spots but drew a collective "meh" from me. "Velociraptor!"- Kasabian "The Great Escape Artist"- Jane's Addiction 4.5/5. Jane's Addiction is back and they sound great. "End To The Lies"- Jane's Addiction "Balls Out"- Steel Panther 4/5. For a joke band, these guys are talented. If you can get past the vulgarity, it's a very funny album. "Weenie Ride"- Steel Panther "Bad As Me"- Tom Waits 5/5. Tom Waits doing what he does best, making great music. Loved this album. "Back In The Crowd"- Tom Waits "In The Pit Of The Stomach"- We Were Promised Jetpacks 4/5. Good old-fashioned indie rock. Great music. "Medicine"- We Were Promised Jetpacks
RockyRaccoon Posted November 14, 2011 Author Report Posted November 14, 2011 "Prologue"- The Milk Carton Kids 5/5. This is everything great the folk music can be. Such a great album. And it's free from their website. "I Still Want A Little More"- The Milk Carton Kids
TheLizard Posted December 7, 2011 Report Posted December 7, 2011 It's getting to be that time, so here's my top ten albums for the year (tentative top ten, I haven't listened to the new Black Keys all the way through yet): 1. Circuital – My Morning Jacket 2. Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes 3. The King Is Dead – The Decemberists 4. Codes and Keys – Death Cab For Cutie 5. The King of Limbs – Radiohead 6. Bruiser – The Duke Spirit 7. Out of Love – Mister Heavenly 8. Wild Flag – Wild Flag 9. Wasting Light – Foo Fighters 10. Rome – Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi
RockyRaccoon Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Posted December 7, 2011 In my opinion, these are the best albums of 2011, in no particular order: "Showroom Of Compassion"- Cake "The King Is Dead"- The Decemberists "The King Of Limbs"- Radiohead "Angles"- The Strokes "Wasting Light"- Foo Fighters "Nine Different Types Of Light"- TV On The Radio "Paper Airplane"- Alison Krauss & Union Station "Simple Math"- Manchester Orchestra "All At Once"- The Airborne Toxic Event "Rome"- Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi "Circuital"- My Morning Jacket "Ukulele Songs"- Eddie Vedder "Torches"- Foster The People "This Is Gonna Hurt"- Sixx A.M. "In The Mountain, In The Cloud"- Portugal. The Man. "Jeff Bridges"- Jeff Bridges "Mirror Traffic"- Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "Junk Of The Heart"- The Kooks "Neighborhoods"- Blink-182 "Mylo Xyloto"- Coldplay "Bad As Me"- Tom Waits "Prologue"- The Milk Carton Kids "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming"- M83 "Camp"- Childish Gambino "El Camino"- The Black Keys
RockyRaccoon Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Posted December 7, 2011 It's getting to be that time, so here's my top ten albums for the year (tentative top ten, I haven't listened to the new Black Keys all the way through yet): The Black Keys album is SO GOOD. I think it is as good as, if not better than "Brothers".
Farin Posted December 7, 2011 Report Posted December 7, 2011 a very interesting review I read (8/10), mentioned that it's actually not THAT "supermegaawesome" as is claimed everywhere, but that most this reviewer and probably most of his colleagues are so relieved that it didn't turn out as mainstream as they feared after "Brothers"
RockyRaccoon Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Posted December 24, 2011 Check out my Best Of 2011 mix
Farin Posted January 11, 2012 Report Posted January 11, 2012 Here's what the Last.fm users have to say... Last.fm Best of 2011 not really surprising, but the New Discoveries and Year in Music are cool
TheLizard Posted January 11, 2012 Report Posted January 11, 2012 Is Natalia Kills big outside of America? I've never heard of her and she's in the top ten. And she seems pretty terrible from the samples on last.fm. Like Lady Gaga but somehow worse. But yeah, those graphs on the year in music section are pretty cool.
Farin Posted January 11, 2012 Report Posted January 11, 2012 Is Natalia Kills big outside of America? I've never heard of her and she's in the top ten. And she seems pretty terrible from the samples on last.fm. Like Lady Gaga but somehow worse. Well, she's #3 in the US charts too, but I don't know her either (of course that doesn't say much as I'm not really up to date with the newest pop sensations )
TheLizard Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 From what I can tell from the non-internet based charts, she's getting big in mainland Europe but still an unknown in the U.S. (outside of trendy people that use last.fm, I guess). Her debut single peaked at #10 on the Germany pop charts.
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