Your best albums of the year so far

[Herr Tubthumper]

I've also just got that Ariel Pink album courtesy of them wonderful chaps at Rounder. It's been getting some great reviews. It will be going on the player shortly.

Oh, and biggest wank fest of the year has to be the Neu! box set. I saw it in Rounder yesterday.......£120.................... I've got that devil and angel shoulder thing going on......

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Not a bad way to celebrate I suppose.

*jealous*

Ha, yeah. I saw the date and just thought f**k it. We're holidaying (well, honeymooning to be precise) in Ibiza now

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As an aside I was listening to Radio 6 last week and they had an interview with Matt Lawrence (I think this is his name, plays for Palace but captained Millwall in the Cup Final). I caught my ear as I was messing about in the kitchen. He was talking about music and boy does he know his stuff. He lives in Brighton, was banging on about various venues he goes to like the Freebutt. He still buys the NME and he did The Great Escape and reckons he goes to a gig a week and hoovers up CDs like their going out of fashion. He even brought some of his vinyl along and spoke with a boyish enthusiasm about it. And a nice self-deprecating edge was nice to hear from a footballer.

 

[rcf0712]

The Four Tet album just about edges out Hot Chip for me.

Also rans are Joanna Newsom and LCD Soundsystem (took a few listens that did). Agree with Buzzer that the Vampire Weekend album really is a let down, after 3 or 4 listens it just GRATES. Sounded a lot better live than on record.

Having heard a few tracks of it I'll stick my neck out and say the upcoming Skream album will be up there too.

When's the new Skream album out then? I hear he's got La Roux to lend some vox as payback for that awesome In For The Kill remix he did for her.....

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The Drums, The Courteeners, Delphic, Laura Marling.

I saw Delphic live and they didnt do it for me. Sorry, very few bands weld dance and rock together successfully...and these 3 clean white guys in accountancy get-up do not do it.

I tried to like them, bought their album..saw them live but it really didnt work for me.

 

[rcf0712]

I saw Delphic live and they didnt do it for me. Sorry, very few bands weld dance and rock together successfully...and these 3 clean white guys in accountancy get-up do not do it.

I tried to like them, bought their album..saw them live but it really didnt work for me.

same here, have taken up heaps of Dephic's admirably offered up free downloads these past 6 months or so but am rather underwhelmed frankly - especially when the first thing I read about them sugegsted they were channeling New Order!

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

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[CHAPPERS]

When's the new Skream album out then? I hear he's got La Roux to lend some vox as payback for that awesome In For The Kill remix he did for her.....

End of next month.

 

[rcf0712]

End of next month.

cheers

 

[house your seagull]

need to note some of you kids down for stereogull columns in next seasons TSLRs.

saw sleigh bells last week and they were quite cool, agree on most things here, yeasayer, especially One, makes me smile, dance yrself clean ... totally agree with poster the first and last tracks have stuck out.

really enjoying mock & toofs debut album, and from that have got into Pollyester, ace german krautpop/punk-funk. lindstrom and christabel album was nice too.

what about the nightclubs then?

i'm sure you've all be dancing to ...

tensnake - coma cat? in fact nearly everything tensnake has done has been ace, i expect it's all over ibiz at the moment with the italians playing it pitched up!

azzari & III ... again, all good output.

who's going to Green Man this year ... i'm looking forward to a few things there.

 

[New Carpet?]

It's been a cracking year for albums thus far, and almost everything I was going to suggest has already been mentioned in this thread:

Caribou - Swim
Four Tet - There Is Love In You
The Black Keys - Brothers
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
White Rabbits - It's Frightening
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II)
Beach House - Teen Dream
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

I'm going to add these three belters:

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

 

[shoreham moonraker]

Hot chip and Field music albums for me, off to rounder today to get the teenage fanclub album, is it any good?

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

John Grant - Queen of Denmark
Trembling Bells - Abandoned Love
Mary Gauthier ("go-shay") - The Foundling

stand out for me

 

[aftershavedave]

benjamin biolay's la superbe came out at the end of last year and has been played constantly. it is litterally, superbe, highly recommended

 

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top call that man, i was going to vote for Marina and the Diamonds, very popular with Spanks fans so she is

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

I quite liked the Vampire Weekend album, my faviourite so far definitely Delphic - Acolyte

Also, Marina and the Diamonds - The Crown Jewels.
how the hell could i forget that?!

 

[bhaexpress]

Immersion - Pendulum

The Crown Jewels - Marina and the Diamonds

Nobody's Daughter - Hole

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

I havent downloaded anything for aboslutely ages.. the last was the splendid Mumford and Sons and Biffy Clyros new one.

However, after browing an dlistening to samples on Amazon Im tonight downloading the following.. what do the NSC music gurus think?

The Gaslight Anthem - American slang
Paulo Nuttini - Sunny Side Up
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Pendulum - Immersion
Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill
Scouting for Girls - Everyone wants to be on TV
Train - save me san Francisco
Owl City - Ocean Eyes
30 seconds to Mars - This is war
Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony

 

[narly101]

Took a while before Marina was mentioned, but glad she did - great album.

Mixed feelings about Gorillaz Plastic Beach - sometimes I like it, other times I can't stand it.

1 album I don't think is mentioned which is worth a listen;

Groove Armada - Black Light - awesome sound (2010)

And one to watch out for this year - which will be bigger than Kele, is Hurts.

 

[Cosmic Joker]

Best two for me so far are
Goldfrapp - Head First
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Have also got Marina & Diamonds - Family Jewels but still trying to work out how much I really like it

This thread has given lots of ideas as to where to go next and alerted me that theres albums by the Fall and Black Keys out that i've not yet heard. Must have more of a listen to Crystal Castles