Suggest 5 new albums I should get....

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.

Jim10000

"C'mon, feel the Illinoise!" by Sufjan Stevens
"Superwolf" by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. and Matt Sweeny

I'd also totally agree with the people who recommended The Shins albums and "Stories from the city, Stories from the Sea".

And a couple of all-time-favourites of mine are "Ghosts of the great Highway" by Sun Kil Moon and "A Ghost is Born" by Wilco.

is that 5?

nlgbbbblth

Jim10000 wrote:

"is that 5?

That's five plus The Shins albums (two - Oh Inverted World / Chutes Too Narrow)

so seven in total.

it doesn't matter

eyedrenalin

Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind [subpop]
Colleen - Everybody Alive Wants Answers [leaf]
Neuosis - Jarboe [neurot recordings]
Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein [definitive jux]
Caribou [formerly manitoba] - Up In Flames [leaf]

And for fun! Venetian Snares - Winnepeg Is A Frozen ****hole!

Essential

John

eyedrenalin wrote:

Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind [subpop]
Neuosis - Jarboe [neurot recordings]

Two of the best albums so far this decade. Did you catch Wolf Eyes in Whelans?

Spider_Baby!

Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times. Get this album, by far there best absolutely brilliant stuff.

SBob

Best Albums i got this year:
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Silent Alarm -Bloc Party
Devendra Banhart -Oh Me Oh My...
Queens of the Stone Age -Lullabies to Paralyze
Kasabian -Kasabian

conZ

Buck 65, talkin honky blues
buck 65, secret house against the world
husky rescue, self titles
deus, the ideal crash

dont have my ipod handy, so only 4 for now.

Darcy16

Don't believe the Truth by Oasis is really good. X&Y Is not that good. James Blunt is Also good as is the Employment by Kaizer Chiefs

DadaKopf

eyedrenalin wrote:

Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind [subpop]
Colleen - Everybody Alive Wants Answers [leaf]
Neuosis - Jarboe [neurot recordings]
Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein [definitive jux]
Caribou [formerly manitoba] - Up In Flames [leaf]

And for fun! Venetian Snares - Winnepeg Is A Frozen ****hole!

Essential

Up in Flames is Manitoba, dude. The Milk of Human Kindness is Caribou.

I'd recommend:
Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
Circle - Tulaikoira
American Analog Set - Set Free
Bob Dylan - Bootleg Vol. 7 (cool alternative takes of classics, some sould like folky Gang of Four)
Comets on Fire - Field Recordings from the Sun

joflo

Astral weeks by Van Morrison.......listen and take it in....