Suggest 5 new albums I should get....

quarryman

Looking for some new music.

Any recommendations?

DotOrg

what kind of music do you like

the latest new music i love is
Editors - http://www.editorsofficial.com
Arctic Monkeys - http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/ <- theyhave some free mp3 downloads on their site

Tyrrial

off the top of my head....

1) The Reindeer Section - Son of Evil Reindeer
2) Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
3) Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
4) Mirah - C'mon Miracle
5) Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

Deadwing

5 albums, eh?

Fantastic planet by failure
Future perfect by autolux
() by sigur ros
Osc-dis by the mas capsule markets
source tags and code by ..and you will know us by the trail of dead

quarryman

DotOrg wrote:

what kind of music do you like

alternative/indie

DotOrg wrote:

Editors - http://www.editorsofficial.com

just grabbed them, gonna listen shortly. got the arcade fire too.

1)
1) The Reindeer Section - Son of Evil Reindeer
2) Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
3) Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
4) Mirah - C'mon Miracle
5) Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

will have look for that.

Miguel_Sanchez

The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Sebadoh - Bakesale
The Postal Service - Give Up
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (his first album - a classic - nothing like his later **** stuff)
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antannae to Heaven

quarryman

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (his first album - a classic - nothing like his later **** stuff)

yeah that album is a masterpiece, though i know a few people that can't stand it. (I actually hated it when i heard it first).

DerekD Goldfish

Whipping Boy-Heartworm
Gang of Four- Entertainment!
Life Without Buildings- Any other city
Fatima Mansions- Viva Dead Ponies
Rapeman- Two nuns and a packed mule

not exactly new but all great albums you may not have heard

arbeitsscheuer

Indie-wise?
Ok, in general music terms I wouldn't go for these but:
1. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Like Bad News
2. Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself
3. Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (I know, it's a compilation, but still... excellent stuff)
4. The Honeymoon - Dialogue
5. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

treefingers

what jeff lebowski said earlier. (except sebadoh - never liked them for some reason!)

also maybe these:

decemberists - castaways and cutouts
british sea power - the decline of british sea power
super furry animals - guerilla
modest mouse - moon and antarctica
liars - they threw us in a trench and stuck a monument on top

and sigur ros, sufjan stevens. and joy division if you don't listen to them already....

the dice man

from this year

clap your hands and say yeah! : clap your hands and say yeah!
sigur ros : takk (not out till september but you can find it online)
art brut: bang bang rock and roll
sleater kinny : the woods
sufjan stevens : illnois

Smurfpiss

modest mouse - Good news for people who like bad news
godspeed you black emperor - lift you skinny fists like antennes to heaven
or F#A# infinity
brendan benson - Lapalco
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Whipping boy - heartworm

lordgoat

Modest Mouse - Any Album really
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot / A Ghost is Born / Summerteeth /
The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strikes
The Magic Numbers
LCD Soundsystem
The Shins - Either or their albums
Postal Service - Give Up

8 instead of 5 sorry p, call over some night we have most of the albums here in the house!

Gross Halfwit

Not all new but;

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Self Titled
Our Lady Peace - Gravity
The Cramps - Fiends Of Dope Island or Look Mom No Head
The Waifs - Up All Night
Jet - Get Born


I aint a big Indie head so excuse me if these choices do not suffice.

goo

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
The Faint - Danse Macabre
Deerhoof - Milk Man
The Microphones - Mount Eerie

There's been enough brilliant bands mentioned in this thread to do almost anyone for life. I hope people are paying attention.

dream brother

two albums already down that you got to get
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
Whipping Boy

Also some older albums
blind melon - soup
bob dylan - blonde on blonde
and ermmmm.....thinking......aaaahhh..finally
love - forever changes

bookfiend22

the dice man wrote:

from this year

clap your hands and say yeah! : clap your hands and say yeah!
sigur ros : takk (not out till september but you can find it online)
art brut: bang bang rock and roll
sleater kinny : the woods
sufjan stevens : illnois

I completely agree with everything this dice man says. Devendra Banhart's new album is also incredible (also not out yet but still findable).

I just saw Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and they are incredible.

Atrocity

1. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
2. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
3. Eels - Electroshock Blues
4. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
5. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

Redegg

editors - back room
tom vek - we have sound
interpol - turn on the bright lights
pavement - slanted and enchanted
beck - guero

Zaph

Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept

Jesus Trash Can

The Sundays. The Sundays
Garden State (Soundtrack) Various Artists
Brendan Benson. Lapolco
Granddaddy. Sumday
The Go! Team. Thunder Lightning Strikes

Tomohawk

Pale Saints - In Ribbons
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Into Paradise - Churchtown :cool:
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes

John

This is the best bunch of top five lists I've seen in a long time. I was going to make some suggestions but there's no point, plenty of stuff here that you must buy already. Couple of things that I need to get too.

DerekD Goldfish wrote:

Fatima Mansions- Viva Dead Ponies

Is this still in print? I've never seen any of their CDs around town.

arbeitsscheuer

Jesus Trash Can wrote:

The Sundays. The Sundays

Excellent band. Their version of Wild Horses is brilliant.

DerekD Goldfish

John2 wrote:

This is the best bunch of top five lists I've seen in a long time. I was going to make some suggestions but there's no point, plenty of stuff here that you must buy already. Couple of things that I need to get too.



Is this still in print? I've never seen any of their CDs around town.

no
They are almost imposable to get in Ireland
I got mine from this site
www.gemm.com

ANarcho-Munk

Okay here goes

Dag Nasty -Field Day
Husker Du - New day rising
Government Issue - complete history volume
Fugazi - the argument
Dinosaur Jr. -where you been or else maybe You're Living All Over Me

they all have a punk sort of leaning to them tho....

Frankiestylee

Just on the revolving CD of wonder front ...

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Led Zeppelin - IV
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
Faust - Faust IV

goo

ANarcho-Munk wrote:

Fugazi - the argument

Brilliant album, good man.

JC 2K3

ANarcho-Munk wrote:

Husker Du - New day rising

Tomohawk wrote:

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

And also Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets 2 and Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun

curtains

You may know/have many of these but if not I seriously recommend checking them out:

John Frusciante - Curtains (beautiful acousitc album, recorded on a 4 track in his living room)
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium (psychadelicpostpunkspanishprogsalsarockwithwierdtimesignatures)
Radiohead - Kid A (Radiohead but wierder, way more synths)
PJ Harvey - Is this Desire? (very indie album, lo-fi recoridng, interesting sounds)
At the drive-in - In/Casino/Out (It's atdi, prog-punk left of field thing)
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (brilliant songwriting)
Joy Division - Closer (for those who like to be challenged by their music)

ANarcho-Munk

goo wrote:

Brilliant album, good man.

Yeah I loves me some Fugazi, check out Rites of Spring if you haven't heard of them, they sound kind of similiar to Fugazi and it Guy Piciotio used to be in them.

And while we're at it you should check out

Q and not U - no kill no beep beep

goo

curtains wrote:

Joy Division - Closer (for those who like to be challenged by their music but not actually)

Q and not U is a great recommendation, they're a band most people can just enjoy listening to without getting into, but I'd recommend "Different Damage" instead of "No Kill No Beep Beep".

On the same note, for upbeat, normal guitar bands with a bit of an edge, or who are just really clever that is, people should look at Bear Vs. Shark's album (bit of an edge) and Minus the Bear's album (just really clever) "Highly Refined Pirates".

COCK

Here is a list of ten, not just five, superb "indie" (a loose term to say the least) albums of all time (My list)

10. Television - Marquee Moon
9. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
8. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
7. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
6. Elliott Smith - Either/or
5. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (Closer is as good, so get both)
4. The Pixies - Doolittle (not so much indie anymore but still super)
3. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
2. John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
1. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

This doesnt include new stuff, the oldest is from 1998, so special shoutout to three super naughty-era indie albums

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Iron and Wine - The Creek drank the cradle

the dice man

i thought this thread was for suggesting five new indie albums not throwing up the same boring lists of great albums that everybody already has

goo

It's not really his fault if he hasn't read the rest of the thread...

[edit]

The Glow, pt.2 is an astonishing album, too, so I'm biased towards him, although Iron and Wine are so meh it hurts my feelings.

melatonin

Jesus Trash Can wrote:

Granddaddy. Sumday

that album isn't great, The Sophtware Slump is far far better

Fuhrio

Jeff Buckley - Grace
Elliot Smith - Either / Or
Divine Comedy - The Divine Comedy Regeneration
Stereophonics - Word Gets Around (trust me)
Jeff Buckley - Live At Siné (you can never have too much jeff)


Just some of my favourites, you may or may not like em.

Prezatch

Hmmmm, sticking with the new indie music theme, and in no particular order, here goes:

The Rakes - Capture
Editors - The Back Room
The Departure - Dirty Words
Cat Power - You Are Free
Autolux - Future Perfect
Arctic Monkeys (dunno what the album is yet, but they rocked Whealans the other night )
Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production Of Eggs
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again
Cathy Davey - Something Ilk

Other recent "must haves" which i'm sure everyone has:

Arcade Fire
Interpol
Shins

Prezatch

melatonin wrote:

that album isn't great, The Sophtware Slump is far far better

Indeed it is

quarryman

the dice man wrote:

i thought this thread was for suggesting five new indie albums not throwing up the same boring lists of great albums that everybody already has

no actually, well it was, but there's loads of great suggestions in there. a lot of the older ones i already have but more i will be getting. thanks for the responses...

Frankiestylee

the dice man wrote:

i thought this thread was for suggesting five new indie albums not throwing up the same boring lists of great albums that everybody already has

If ya havent heard it its new to you

goo

^ ^ Precisely. One of my favourite albums of this year was Circulatory System's self titled (they share member(s) with Apples in Stereo) - that came out in 2001, but it didn't matter to me.

Also, I'd say anyone who likes Neutral Milk Hotel didn't feel like it was an old album, no matter how much later they got into them. In my case, it was seven or so years after their last album was released, and it was the most new and immediate music I'd heard in maybe my whole life.

The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

Ruskie4Rent

Just got The Cribs' new album and its class. Get a cool live cd with it to so, to me, its a must buy.

nlgbbbblth

Autechre - Untilted
Go Kart Mozart - Tearing Up The Album Chart
Momus - Otto Spooky
Wedding Present - Take Fountain
Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
The Fall - Heads Roll (due October)

reissues/compilations
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
Luke Haines - Luke Haines Is Dead
The Fall - The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004

nlgbbbblth

Tomohawk wrote:

Pale Saints - In Ribbons

YEESSSSSSSSSSSSS

Brilliant band and their best album of three. Saw them support the Pixies in the National Stadium, October 1990. They opened with Two Sick Sisters from the Half Life Remembered EP.

nlgbbbblth

DerekD Goldfish wrote:

no
They are almost imposable to get in Ireland
I got mine from this site
www.gemm.com

Viva Dead Ponies was the best album of 1990.
Blues For Ceausescu 12" is amazing. Reminds me of Italia 90

No problem getting it at the time, nowadays it's second hand shops or online.

Steven

Triple post madness!

DerekD Goldfish

Blues For Ceausescu 12" is amazing

I agree amazing song amzing album

and their other albums are great also

John

nlgbbbblth wrote:

Autechre - Untilted

I've tried very hard to like this album but I don't think I'll be buying anymore Autechre albums. They're past their prime. It's more like a poor band paying tribute to Autechre.

nlgbbbblth

John2 wrote:

I've tried very hard to like this album but I don't think I'll be buying anymore Autechre albums. They're past their prime. It's more like a poor band paying tribute to Autechre.

Although nowhere near their peak (Tri Repetae, LP5, EP7 pts 1 and 2), I found Untitled to be far more enjoyable than Confeld or Draft 7.30

John

I thought Untilted was a further drop in quality. They seem to be just going through the motions now.