12-19-2008, 02:16 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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After reading through this whole thread I think I only recognize 5 bands..
My list
Appeal to Reason - Rise Against
AOL Undercover - Rise Against
Lead Sails Paper Anchor - Atreyu
Best of Atreyu - Atreyu
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12-20-2008, 10:17 AM
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#82
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Originally Posted by Ro
Ro's Best in Hip Hop 2008 (so far- lots of releases scheduled for DEC as usual)
1. Black Milk - Tronic
2. The Roots - Rising Down
3. Grip Grand - Brokelore
4. Elzhi - The Preface
5. Royce 5'9" - The Bar Exam 2, The Bar Exam 2.5, & The Album
6. Akrobatik - Absolute Value
7. Nicolay & Kay - Time:Line
8. Jake One - White Van Music
9. Nas - Untitled
10. J-Live - Then What Happened?
11. Ill Bill - The Hour Of Reprisal
12. Pacewon & Mr. Green - The Only Color That Matters Is Green
13. J Dilla - Pay Jay (Recorded in 2001/2002, shelved until 2008)
Not Quite Hip Hop, But Deserves A List Also
1. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
2. Metaform - Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
3. Zo! & Tigallo - Love The 80's
4. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
5. The Dino 5 - Baby Loves Hip Hop Presents: The Dino 5 (If you have kids and are open to a hip hop album made for children, this one is a must-have!)
6. Blue Sky Black Death - Late Night Cinema
7. The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
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Good to know there is another fan of good hip hop on this forum. I would disagree with a few of your choices but definitely agree with The Roots, Black Milk and J-live. I would add to the list EMC - The Show (best hip-hop album of the year IMO) as well as Lyrics Born - Everywhere at Once, Murs - Murs for President, Atmosphere - When Life give you Lemons.... (as someone mentioned earlier) and finally the new Q-tip - The Renaissance.
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12-20-2008, 11:01 PM
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#83
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
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No particular order...
The Secret Machines- The Secret Machines
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks-Real Emotional Trash
Calexico-Carried to Dust
My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges
Lambchop-Ohio
Black Mountain-In The Future
Deerhunter-Mircocastle
Drive By Truckers-Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Foals-Antidotes
The Gutter Twins-Adorata
Helvetia- The Acrobats
Low vs Diamond-Low vs Diamond
The Mountain Goats-Heretic Pride
Silver Jews-Tanglewood Numbers
Tindersticks-The Hungry Saw
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12-20-2008, 11:03 PM
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#84
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by phiten
No particular order...
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks-Real Emotional Trash
Deerhunter-Mircocastle
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Bought those two today - what are the highlights?
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12-21-2008, 08:55 AM
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#85
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Bought those two today - what are the highlights?
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With Stephen Malkmus I found initially I was drawn to Real Emotional Trash, Hopscotch Willie and Cold Son...really catchy tunes...however Elmo Delmo is without a doubt the biggest highlight on the disc IMO (I am a huge guitar junky and this song gives me an euphoric feeling that I get when listenting to Built to Spill or Dinosaur Jr..) ...Mr Malkmus is a treat to see live...very well spoken/funny artist.
This album is far closer to Pavement compared to his previous releases.
And with Deerhunter....you need to be in the mood for it..I am trying to come up with words to explain it and I can't...I suppose that is a good way to sum up the record..It is like nothing else...a mixture of Black Mountain and Mojave 3 ??...
Enjoy !
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12-22-2008, 11:55 AM
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#86
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Thanks.
I also picked up Santogold, Byrne & Eno, The Cure, Kings of Leon, MGMT, Beck, M83 and Okkervil River. I have enough 2008 records now to make my annual compialtions.
Have not heard all the new cds yet, but Santogold and MGMT are going into my top 10 for 2008.
Edit - also got Hercules & Love Affair, Elbow, Novillero, Land Of Talk, Ladytron, Hot Chip, Bon Iver. Think I'm done now - compilations ready by the New Year.
Last edited by troutman; 12-23-2008 at 02:27 PM.
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12-23-2008, 02:24 PM
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#87
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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01-08-2009, 01:00 PM
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#90
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Amazon.com Bestselling MP3 Albums of 2008
Interesting thing about #1 Ghosts I-IV by Nine Inch Nails - It has been released under the Creative Commons license and can legally be downloaded for FREE, but was still the #1 selling album.
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01-08-2009, 01:13 PM
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#91
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by phiten
No particular order...
Silver Jews-Tanglewood Numbers
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I bought this record over 3 years ago.
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01-08-2009, 02:01 PM
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#92
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wherever the cooler is.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Big long list
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I think Arkells should've been way higher on this countdown...top fifteen at least. Also, I'd have put Faerie Dance in instead of Bye Bye Bye and had it top ten (probably over Kathleen Edwards). Other than that I'm surprised that Will Currie was so low, because he seemed to get a ton of airtime. Everything else looks to be in decent shape, but on other tweak I'd have is putting Corb Lund higher, and with more than one song. He put out one hell of an album this year. I'm still not sold on that Chad VanGaalen song either. I like it sometimes but then there's other moments where I can't skip it fast enough.
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01-09-2009, 12:58 PM
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#93
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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My 2008 Compilations are done:
VOL. II
SIGUR ROS - Gobbledi
DEERHUNTER - Nothing Ever Happened
KINGS OF LEON - Sex On Fire
MGMT - Time To Pretend
PLANTS AND ANIMALS - Bye Bye Bye
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO - Nun's Song
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - Dragonfly Pie
ROOTS - Rising Up
SANTOGOLD - You'll Find A Way
M83 - Kim & Jessie
ELBOW - The Bones Of You
LAND OF TALK - Some Are Lakes
OKKERVIL RIVER - Pop Lie
HOLD STEADY - Stay Positive
PORTISHEAD - We Carry On
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - M79
LADYTRON - Tomorrow
DODOS - Fools
RAVEONETTES - Blitzed
VOL. I
R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious
WOLF PARADE - Language City
BOB MOULD - Stupid Now
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - The Righteous Path
TV ON THE RADIO - Family Tree
SUPERGRASS - Ghost Of A Friend
DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO - Strange Overtones
MY MORNING JACKET - Aluminum Park
FLEET FOXES - He Doesn't Know Why
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS - Bowie
BON IVER - For Emma
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - Right Place To Fade
HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR - Blind
LOS CAMPESINOS! - Death To Los Campesinos!
BLACK MOUNTAIN - Stormy High
KARA KEITH - Kick This City
CONSTANTINES - Our Age
JANE VAIN & THE DARK MATTER - C'mon Baby Say Bang Bang
HOT CHIP - Ready For The Floor
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01-09-2009, 02:59 PM
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#94
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sec 216
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Amazon.com Bestselling MP3 Albums of 2008
Interesting thing about #1 Ghosts I-IV by Nine Inch Nails - It has been released under the Creative Commons license and can legally be downloaded for FREE, but was still the #1 selling album.
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2 Grammy nominations too.
The cool thing is that the whole album was never made available for free from Trent. It is creative commons, so people bought it and sharing it is legal.
The Slip was released totally for free from Trent but also has a physical release limited to 250,000.
And since he hates his old record company Trent just released 450GB of High Def footage from his last tour for download for free, for the fans to mix and make DVDs as they please. It has soundboard quality audio too.
http://thisoneisonus.org/
http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?18,378166
http://www.pcworld.com/article/15660...urce_band.html
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01-09-2009, 03:02 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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01-09-2009, 03:10 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sec 216
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
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Pharrell "My dick is like a Blow Pop, baby". Nice.
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01-09-2009, 03:15 PM
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#97
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Giver of Calculators
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Originally Posted by troutman
Jane Vain & The Dark Matter (Calgary Band) - C'mon Baby Say Bang Bang
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Awesome awesome band. I went to Megatunes hoping I'd find their album, but they were all sold out, was pretty disappointed.
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Originally Posted by troutman
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I think this song has to be in the running for worst lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI4kQPzcoTk
Last edited by WesternCanadaKing; 01-09-2009 at 03:18 PM.
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01-09-2009, 03:35 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WesternCanadaKing
Awesome awesome band. I went to Megatunes hoping I'd find their album, but they were all sold out, was pretty disappointed.
I think this song has to be in the running for worst lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI4kQPzcoTk |
1. HMV Market Mall might have copies
2. Red Hot!
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01-09-2009, 03:37 PM
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#99
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
My 2008 Compilations are done:
VOL. II
SIGUR ROS - Gobbledi
DEERHUNTER - Nothing Ever Happened
KINGS OF LEON - Sex On Fire
MGMT - Time To Pretend
PLANTS AND ANIMALS - Bye Bye Bye
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO - Nun's Song
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - Dragonfly Pie
ROOTS - Rising Up
SANTOGOLD - You'll Find A Way
M83 - Kim & Jessie
ELBOW - The Bones Of You
LAND OF TALK - Some Are Lakes
OKKERVIL RIVER - Pop Lie
HOLD STEADY - Stay Positive
PORTISHEAD - We Carry On
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - M79
LADYTRON - Tomorrow
DODOS - Fools
RAVEONETTES - Blitzed
VOL. I
R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious
WOLF PARADE - Language City
BOB MOULD - Stupid Now
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - The Righteous Path
TV ON THE RADIO - Family Tree
SUPERGRASS - Ghost Of A Friend
DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO - Strange Overtones
MY MORNING JACKET - Aluminum Park
FLEET FOXES - He Doesn't Know Why
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS - Bowie
BON IVER - For Emma
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - Right Place To Fade
HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR - Blind
LOS CAMPESINOS! - Death To Los Campesinos!
BLACK MOUNTAIN - Stormy High
KARA KEITH - Kick This City
CONSTANTINES - Our Age
JANE VAIN & THE DARK MATTER - C'mon Baby Say Bang Bang
HOT CHIP - Ready For The Floor
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Good tunes!!! You just cost me on I-Tunes though....
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01-09-2009, 03:37 PM
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#100
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flip
Pharrell "My dick is like a Blow Pop, baby". Nice.
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No surprise with the "Champions". Frank Zappa and Ween have lyrics like that too, but they were making fun of people that talk like that. N'back actually thinks it's cool to talk like this.
Last edited by troutman; 01-09-2009 at 03:51 PM.
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