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Posted by MF DU on 2006-12-14 09:52:10 +0000

Do I have a list? heh. Lets just say its not done yet...

Posted by jbcardinale on 2006-12-14 11:55:20 +0000

The other night I slapped together a "some of the best of 2006" mix (except 10 & 23), not comprehensive nor all-inclusive, more punk at heart, CD available on request contains offensive lyrics and sounds... 1. Pounds Get Around - Dirty Digglers v. JD 2. Catch It! - Test Icicles Jitset's Catshit mix w/ Statik and Ruff Sqwawd 3. Throw Some D's - Rich Boy w/Polow Da Don 4. Love Me Or Hate Me - Lady Sovereign 5. DC '77 - C4RT Kurt Ballou mix 6. The Scrappy Chief - Diplo 7. Outkast v. Kanye - Atrak 8. Here I Come - The Roots 9. Mic Check - Kano remix w/Demon & Ghetto 10. Eye of The Storm - Visionary Underground Dr. Das Monster Dub mix 11. Bleeps, Bongos & Basslines - Zero DB/Everything Is Under Control - Cold Cut w/Mike Watt acapella 12. Sex-o-matic - Edu K w/Deize Tigrona 13. Melo Do Tabaco - Bonde Do Role 14. Buy It, Use It - Diplo 15. Technologic - Daft Punk Basement Jaxx mix 16. White Horse - Wonderland Avenue 17. E-40 & Keak Da Sneak v. Laid Back - Atrak 18. One Minute to Midnight - Justice 19. Let's Make Love & Listen to Death From Above - CSS Diplo mix 20. We Are Your Friends - Justice v. Simian 21. The Looks - MSTRKRFT 22. What's Your Damage - Test Icicles Digitalism mix 23. Death Disco - P.I.L. Monitor mix

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-12-14 20:29:05 +0000

5. (tie) "The Loon" Tapes 'n Tapes/"Carpe Carpet" Furvis Nice Pavement affectations on both of these long players: fantastic songs about cowboys and ascots, allusions to the Iliad and Minnie Driver, shaky frontmen, and terrible artwork. Couple candidates for songs of the year on these two as well: "More Drums," "The Iliad," "Cowbell" on the first "AAA Cowboy," "Julius," and "All Now" and on the second. "The Loon" was probably the album I listened to the second most this year. 4. "Alienoid Starmonica"/"The Happy Song" The Aliens Cop out # 1 on this list. These six songs split over two EPs are completely okay without being great. The Aliens are made up of half the Beta Band, and aparently these EPs were the demos that got them signed to a major label (full-length debut dropping in two months). Consider me ready. All the Beta touchstones are here: Steve Miller fronting Parliament as played by Glaswegian hippies with a hint of country and sped-up voices. Standout include: "Only Waiting" a huge drone rocker that collapses into this sort of anti-rapping and the completely beautiful Floyd-robbery of "Ionas (Look for Space)." 3. "BITTER TEA" Fiery Furnaces Cop out # 2 on this list. I actually find "BITTER TEA" one of the Furnaces' least interesting albums. But, I discovered them this year and am using this forum to say with absolute sincerity that their first two are nothing short of essential. "Gallowsbird's Bark" is a stunning collection of sloppy rag-time blooze stompers sung in a can-do spirit by the tomboy next door. "Blueberry Boat" is a bit bloated, pretentious, and kind of unlistenable at first, yet channels the first record through serious ADHD songwriting (a crazy quilt of tin-pan alley, lullabies, techno, blooze, showtunes, ringtones, metal, psychedilia, and musique conrete to name a few). Their third go-around featured their grandmother as lead vocalist. So by the time they got to "BITTER TEA" the only "interesting" concept left was to play things backwards. It's quaint, but really anyone remotely interested in this act should check out the first two. 2. "Straight Outta Compton (Explicit Content Only)" Fi5e Probably has more social commentary in roughly 3 minutes than most albums shoot for in around 40. Endlessly entertaining parody that (un)fortunately renders listening to the original moot. 1. "Making Dens" Mystery Jets Anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for this sort of stuff. Accomplished overachieving power/psych/prog pop that sounds like the band had the time of their lives making the damnfool thing. Sure, it takes a couple of tracks to get to the really good stuff. But there's this sort of tug-of-war feeling going throughout all the songs where the 50-something is telling the 20-somethings "no, no, no, you're doing it all wrong," while the 20-somethings are telling Dad the same thing. Everything and the kitchen sink is thrown in here culminating in a live show that boasts a comical amount of equipment that makes C4RT's look puny in comparison. Choice tracks: "The Boy Who Ran Away," "Horse Drawn Cart," and "Diamonds in the Dark."

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-12-15 04:43:38 +0000

I'm already regretting this. 2 weeks left in '06 but: #5 MOJO Magazine Comp - Trash: The Roots of Punk Cop out, I know - old stuff, but so many good tunes from "lesser" bands. Come on: The New York Dolls, Jook, Kilburn and the High Roads, Hawkwind, Iggy? Plus, I never knew how much I liked T-Rex, and I've listened to Mott the Hoople's "Thunderbuck Ram" more than any other song this year. #4 Thom York - The Eraser At times it just seems like pretty beats with overdubbed guitars & synth, but some of the tunes are truly haunting especially when everyone playing seems to get lost in the jam, yet never too long. It's always felt like a Lennon solo "White Album". Big words I know. #3 C4RT - Let it Rise Not as complete as "Yes... I mean No", but more abstract and dance-able due to the remixes. You guys should really check them out #2 Dert - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow A gem of remixes from Common, Kanye West, Talib Kweli, MF Doom, Nas, and Aceyalone, all blended with Jose Gonzalez tunes. I saw Jose open for The Books at the MFA, and I immediately knew he was on to something. There are times when one person singing and playing guitar can leave you crying. Cheesey and nostalgic I know, but these remixes combine the best of hip-hop and folky guitar. Not an area of DJing that needs to, nor should be explored much further, yet there are moments listening to this that made me feel like it was 1989 and I was hearing Tribe Called Quest or De La Soul for the first time. #1 TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain Layers of music. I instantly get lost after any 3 tunes. I don't like saying it, but there is an "urgency" to all of it. No, it's not perfect, and no you can't dance to it, but it is absolutely art. I don't think they had a great time recording it, but it is raw and cannot be categorized. Sit on it.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-12-15 04:43:11 +0000

Duly noted, BQ. Thanks.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-12-15 11:25:31 +0000

"Diamonds in the Dark," that's some prime sh*t.

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-12-15 12:30:36 +0000

Nice stuff here.

Posted by tgl on 2006-12-15 12:32:55 +0000

Stunning: "Steve Miller fronting Parliament as played by Glaswegian hippies with a hint of country and sped-up voices."

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-12-15 13:09:25 +0000

Two people at work have told me that the Fiery Furnaces/Township show a couple months ago at the MidEast downstairs was the bees knees.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-01-05 05:43:48 +0000

Totally forgot about no one's favorite, The Arctic Monkeys. Yep, it came out in January '06, and I dig it. So I'm replacing the Mojo comp with "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" as #5. Nya, Nya.

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2007-01-06 16:34:46 +0000

If saying "totally forgot about no one's favorite" isn't a stellar description of the Arctic Monkeys, I dunno what is.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-01-06 16:42:08 +0000

SNAP Stay off his back or Bizquig will attack, and you don't want that.

Posted by G lib on 2007-01-07 13:32:36 +0000

Post of the day!

Posted by Rory_Stark on 2007-01-07 21:50:22 +0000

Shrug rock. I have no idea what I listened to last year. Lately it's been Steely Dan, The Violent Femmes (Hallowed Ground), and The Band The Band The Band.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-01-08 05:57:13 +0000

Yes?

Posted by tommy on 2007-01-08 13:12:05 +0000

I plagiarized Country Death Song for a busywork assignment in 9th grade English class. Mrs. Breen said it was "really good".

Posted by tgl on 2007-04-10 03:18:56 +0000

Arctic Monkey's == a 5-piece, channeling Jack White. Listening to a couple stolen tracks right now, on my own Making Monday Tuesday, for the first couple tracks I thought "Yeah, I like me my White Stripes". Then I checked iTunes™ to see what tracks and it was the Arctic Monkeys. It's enjoyable, I'll give 'em that.

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-04-10 07:03:21 +0000

Whatever.

Posted by tgl on 2007-04-10 13:14:30 +0000

*shrug*

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-04-10 13:50:52 +0000

feh.