Post by City on Jun 17, 2008 22:58:13 GMT -5
We're heading into July, meaning half of the year will have gone by. What are your top albums and songs of the year so far? If you don't have any, what are you looking forward to? Or if you just want to share your discoveries, you can have a 'new to me' list.
Albums: (in order)
1 - Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (April 15)
2 - Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (June 24)
3 - The Cast Before The Break - As Your Shoulders Turn On You (March)
4 - Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (March?)
5 - Tamas Wells - Two Years In April (May)
6 - Maybeshewill - Not For Want Of Trying (May 12)
7 - Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) (april 8)
8 - Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (june 17)
9 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (january 29)
10 - Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (April 22)
11 - Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster (april 1)
12 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (june 3)
13 - YUI - I LOVED YESTERDAY (april 9)
14 - Dr. Dog - Fate (july 22)
15 - Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers (june 3)
16 - Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things (June 10)
17 - The Weepies - Hideaway (april 22)
18 - Animal Collective - Water Curses (may 6)
19 - The Ghost Orchid - The Ghost Orchid (may?)
20 - The Accidental - There Were Wolves (june 4)
Songs: (rough order)
1. The Cast Before The Break - Understanding the Universe
2. Maybeshewill - He Films The Clouds Pt. 2
3. The National - Santa Clara
4. Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
5. Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous
6. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
7. E.S. Posthumus - Oraanu Pi
8. Halves - May Your Enemies Never Find Happiness
9. Kyte - Planet
10. Polar Bear Club - Hollow
looking forward to:
1. Michelle Branch - Everything Comes and Goes (soon?)
2. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (this week)
3. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (September 9)
4. Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger (september?)
5. Moneen - tba (late 2008?)
6. Meg and Dia - Here, Here, Here (september?)
7. The Airborne Toxic Event - self-titled (August 5)
8. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic (July 22)
9. The American Dollar - A Memory Stream (August 19)
10. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (August 19)
Most Overrated:
Portishead
Lil Wayne
Albums: (in order)
1 - Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (April 15)
2 - Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (June 24)
3 - The Cast Before The Break - As Your Shoulders Turn On You (March)
4 - Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (March?)
5 - Tamas Wells - Two Years In April (May)
6 - Maybeshewill - Not For Want Of Trying (May 12)
7 - Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) (april 8)
8 - Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (june 17)
9 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (january 29)
10 - Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (April 22)
11 - Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster (april 1)
12 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (june 3)
13 - YUI - I LOVED YESTERDAY (april 9)
14 - Dr. Dog - Fate (july 22)
15 - Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers (june 3)
16 - Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things (June 10)
17 - The Weepies - Hideaway (april 22)
18 - Animal Collective - Water Curses (may 6)
19 - The Ghost Orchid - The Ghost Orchid (may?)
20 - The Accidental - There Were Wolves (june 4)
Songs: (rough order)
1. The Cast Before The Break - Understanding the Universe
2. Maybeshewill - He Films The Clouds Pt. 2
3. The National - Santa Clara
4. Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
5. Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous
6. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
7. E.S. Posthumus - Oraanu Pi
8. Halves - May Your Enemies Never Find Happiness
9. Kyte - Planet
10. Polar Bear Club - Hollow
looking forward to:
1. Michelle Branch - Everything Comes and Goes (soon?)
2. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (this week)
3. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (September 9)
4. Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger (september?)
5. Moneen - tba (late 2008?)
6. Meg and Dia - Here, Here, Here (september?)
7. The Airborne Toxic Event - self-titled (August 5)
8. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic (July 22)
9. The American Dollar - A Memory Stream (August 19)
10. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (August 19)
Most Overrated:
Portishead
Lil Wayne