Recommend 3 of your albums of 2009....

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Muse might be tolerable when they find their own identity and stop trying to be Queen.

stop trying to be queen? There is about 10seconds on this one album that sounds a bit like queen, which they and brian may joked about after it was released.

I urge you to find ANY other muse track that shows they are 'trying to be queen'

mad

 

[Curious Orange]

Ooh, how about:

The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
The Veils - Sun Gangs
Doves - Kingdom of Rust

 

[Mick Beard BHA]

Grizzly Bear - "Veckatimest"
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - "Its Blitz"
Wild Beasts - "Two Dancers"

 

[Icy Gull]

The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers (yes I know it's pre 2009 but that's the year I first heard it)
Wilco - Wilco (the album)
Levon Helm - Electric Dirt

I haven't heard of 70% of the bands mentioned on this thread, let alone the albums,

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Echo and the Bunnymen -- The Fountain
Prefab Sprout -- Let's Change The World With Music
The Cribs - Ignore The Ignorant

What a fantasticc album from Paddy McAloon. Some of the songs sent shivers down my spine. I know this is being released 15 years late but its amazing for a man whose eyes have to be held in by plates and suffers from acute tinnitus.

Paddy is possibly the greatest songwriter of our generation.

 

[keaton]

Arctic Monkeys -Humbug
The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
Albert Hammon Jnr - Cómo Te Llama? (although that could have been last year)

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

What a fantasticc album from Paddy McAloon. Some of the songs sent shivers down my spine. I know this is being released 15 years late but its amazing for a man whose eyes have to be held in by plates and suffers from acute tinnitus.

Paddy is possibly the greatest songwriter of our generation.

It is very good indeed, although I have to say I think Andromeda Heights is probably my favorite PS album.

 

[Kosh]

Just two thus far:

1= Diagonal - self titled. (of Brighton!)

2= Astra - The Weirding.

Both on Rise Above records.

Awesome contemporary prog, for those who like: BJH, King Crimson, Floyd, Sabbath (prog leanings), Heep, Tull, Lord Wakeman and the even more obscure: Nektar, Pulsar, Gracious and perhaps even small elements of Fruup, Gentle Giant, Gravy Train and Gnidrolog.

Set your Mellotron's to stun.

YouTube - Astra - 06/07 - Broken Glass / The Dawning of Ophiucus

YouTube - Astra - 03 - Silent Sleep

YouTube - Astra - Side 1 - 01 - The Rising of the Black Sun

Rock and Roll!

Kosh

 

[wellquickwoody]

Only one, but not released for two weeks - Foo Fighters!

 

[Southy]

Richard Hawley - True Loves Gutter - love this album
The Cribs - Ignore the Ignorant. Johnny Marr makes the difference
The Wutars - Heard them on Gary Crowley this week, great acoustic small town punk folk, they'll go far. The Wutars

 

[jcdenton08]

Only one - Lene Marlin - Twist the Truth

Think Damien Rice but more sincere.

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

Richard Hawley - True Loves Gutter - love this album
The Cribs - Ignore the Ignorant. Johnny Marr makes the differenceThe Wutars - Heard them on Gary Crowley this week, great acoustic small town punk folk, they'll go far. The Wutars

Yep, the only reason I bought this cd

 

[Skint Gull]

Under the Radar over the TOP!!! :yahoo:

Didn't I already tell you to f*** off?

Only one - Lene Marlin - Twist the Truth

Really? Wasn't she a one hit wonder about a decade ago! Might give her a bit of a chance after that one hit, t'was quite a catchy little number!

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

The Wildhearts - Chutzpah
Therapy? - Crooked Timber
Ricky Warwick - Belfast Confetti

honourary mention for the Hat

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Grizzly Bear - "Veckatimest"
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - "Its Blitz"
Wild Beasts - "Two Dancers"

You have a point with Grizzly Bear. Cracking summer album.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love

Yes-sir-ee. A massive album.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'll get back to you on the Flaming Lips one

I've just bought it, I'm struggling with it. Not sure at the moment.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

looks like it's been a shit year thus far

there's tons of good stuff out there.

 

[Skint Gull]

Really? Wasn't she a one hit wonder about a decade ago! Might give her a bit of a chance after that one hit, t'was quite a catchy little number!

Sorry mate, i've got halfway through that album and it's a drone, Lene Marlin is RUBBISH :hammer:

 

[WhingForPresident]

stop trying to be queen? There is about 10seconds on this one album that sounds a bit like queen, which they and brian may joked about after it was released.

I urge you to find ANY other muse track that shows they are 'trying to be queen'

mad

Don't be so blind! Muse have been a Queen tribute band for a good 3 or 4 years now.
Everything from the camp outfits, OTT live performances, droning high pitched vocals etc.