Albums to recommend

[Jayems]

Darren Smith - Last Drive

(Can get it on itunes store)

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Well, what a coincidence. . . I just got this a few weeks ago and it really is great. Basically The Sadies played Lee's Palace for two nights straight in Toronto. The first night was just the band with some cameos by other family members. The second night had a bunch of guest stars performing with them including Neko Case and Jon Spencer. Just awesome stuff. . . I especially like the intro to the second night.

Another album I recently (several months ago I guess) is Islands - Return to the Sea. They seem to like using a bunch of different sounds to make music and it really works on songs like "Rough Gem" and "Don't call me Whitney, Bobby".

Jon Spencer is god.

[Staypuft]

For those who like pop/indie/alternative stuff:

Gatsbys American Dream - Self Titled
The Format - Dog Problems

Strictly Pop/Punk:

The Fold - This Too Shall Pass
Hit The Lights - This Is A Stickup...

And for more straightforward rock:

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It

Are a few of my favorites for the year.

[doozwimp]

"the Band" by the Band. Real band, hayday in 60's 70's. Back up band for Bob Dylan, hense the name.

Recognizable song: the night they drove old dixie down

A very recognizable song they did not on that album is "the Weight" the name is probably not widely known, but if you hear you'll remember it.

Fat Boy Slim Greatest hits/Why try harder

[kermitology]

Jurassic 5 - Feedback
Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening
Iron and Wine - Woman King EP and The Creek Drank The Cradle
Wintersleep - Wintersleep
I am also a lover of Revolver from The Beatles.. Tomorrow Never Knows is one of my favourite songs and totally the start of any electronic music.. Brilliant tune.

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Danger Doom - The Mouse and The Mask
Stereo MC's - Deep Down and Dirty
Prodigy - Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned
Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun
Reggie And The Full Effect - Songs Not To Get Married To
Sufjan Stevens - Anything that man writes..
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is
Deftones - White Pony
The New Pornographers - any album

[greerb]

Any System of a Down albums
Crossfade - Falling Away
Audioslave - Revelations
Hinder - Extreme Behavior

[FlamesAddiction]

I'm probably aging myself a little bit with these, but oh well....

The Pixies - Surferosa
Modest Mouse - Interstate 8
Sonic Youth - Goo
Nirvana - Bleach
The Jesus Lizard - Liar
Pearl Jam - Ten
Suicidal Tendencies - Feel Like ****, Deja Vu
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Fugazi - Repeater
Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town
Jim Morrison (The Doors) - An American Prayer
Mudhoney - Super Fuzz Big Muff
Ween - The Pod
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
The Residents - Duck Stab/Buster and Glen
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
The Velvet Underground - The V.U. and Nico
Thurston Moore - Psychic Hearts
Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly
Aqueduct - I Sold Gold

[someguy51]

FlamesAddiction: I like your list!

Here's mine:

Any Pixies album!
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
Frank Black - Show me Your Tears
Any Bad Religion Album
Any Anti-Flag Album
Intro5pect - Intro5pect (they have a very interesting sound like techno meets punk rock)

Anyone into podcasts? Here are the ones I enjoy:

Calgary Flames - Flames podcast from their official site
FrankBlack.net - lots of Frank Black and Pixies. Including interviews with Frank Black himself.
Fat Wreck Podcast - good punk rock. hosted by Fat Mike from NoFX. Very funny. (available on the fat wreck website)
Punk Rock Demonstration with Jack - lots of good punk rock from lesser known bands to bigger bands. There are over 40 episodes since it started in 2005. I havn't listened to all of them but so far ep 18 is my favorite.

[Sample00]

RUSH - Moving Pictures
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
April Wine - Nature of the Beast
Supertramp - Crime of the Century

and countless others

[troutman]

From this year:

Futureheads - News and Tributes
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Islands - Return To The Sea
Calexico - Garden Ruin
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
Cat Power - The Greatest
Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Fear Is On Our Side
Prince - 3121
Saint Etienne - Tales From Turnpike House
Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off
Human Television - Look At Who You're Talking To
Field Music - Field Music
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Arab Strap - The Last Romance

Highlights:

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Built To Spill - You In Reverse
Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Neil Young - Living With War

Interested in:

Roots - Game Theory
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Los Lobos - The Town and the City (Sept. 12th - early buzz is "masterpiece")
Comets on Fire - Avatar
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass

Sad news:

woxy.com is going off the air on Sept. 15th

[octothorp]

Troutman, you've just made my day. I had no idea that there was a new Yo La Tengo album coming out. The advance tracks on their website sound promising... much more like And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, and less like Summer Sun, which I was pretty disappointed with.

[kermitology]

Hey trout.. what do you think of Dan Bejar's vocals? I find him really annoying actually.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by kermitology

Hey trout.. what do you think of Dan Bejar's vocals? I find him really annoying actually.

I actually like his vocals. There are far more grating singers like Bob Dylan, and Geddy Lee (but I like both of them too). There are singers that have a technically great voice like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, and then there are singers that have a great VOICE - singers with a distinctive sound and that have something to say.

I think it is interesting how Bejar hums the choruses or does la-la-las. The verses are pretty much spoken. The word play is fantastic.

[kermitology]

For fans of the Canadian indie scene check out new music from members of Stars.. Amy Millan has a solo record out.. The few songs I've heard from it are pretty good. Much more of an Iron and Wine style bluegrass sound to it. Also Torquil Campbell has a new record out under the name of Memphis. I heard a few songs from the website and on CKUA this afternoon. Pretty good stuff.

[Knut]

Latest albums i have picked up:

The Mars Volta - Amputechure
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Matishayu - Live at Stubbs
Built to Spill - You in Reverse
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos (live double album)
Jason Collett - Idols of Exile

[Hakan]

For Led Zepplin Fans out there check out:

The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by Hesla

Latest albums i have picked up:

The Mars Volta - Amputechure
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Matishayu - Live at Stubbs
Built to Spill - You in Reverse
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos (live double album)
Jason Collett - Idols of Exile

What? Isn't My Morning Jacket's live album out in October? Or am I wrong and its out already? They are amazing. Can't wait to get the DVD too.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by Igottago

What? Isn't My Morning Jacket's live album out in October? Or am I wrong and its out already? They are amazing. Can't wait to get the DVD too.

ummmm....err..... i dont know

[Flame Of Liberty]

Lacuna Coil - Karmacode

[icecube]

I highly recommend Cold as the Clay. It's a solo album by Greg Graffin, the lead singer of Bad Religion. It was released in 2006 and features appearances by the Weakerthans.

I'd describe it as folk and a little bit country, reminiscent of classic Neil Young. It's a beautiful and relaxing album, and really surprising considering its coming from the lead singer of a heavy and fast punk/hardcore band. It can't hurt to give it a try.