MUSIC THREAD

i wouldn't say wilco is getting more jam-bandish. their leanings are more experimental. think sonic youth and yo la tengo performing live.

 

Let me add my vote for Dan Bern's "Breathe" being one of the best of 2006. Just got my copy yesterday - great disc. Like someone else posted here earlier, its a return to classic Dan lyrically and musically.

 

Same as Pringle ... some of the stuff that I bought that I really, really liked, in no real order:

Hockey Night - Keep Guessin'
Margot & The Nuclear So-and-Sos - The Dust of Retreat
Rainer Maria - Catastrophe Keeps Us Together
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (though that might have come out in 05, I'm not sure, I know I bought it in 06)
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
The Killers - Sam's Town
Reckless Kelly - Under the Table ...
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open

 

Nice list, Cosmo. Some repeats...

Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Arctic Monkeys -- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
The Killers - Sam's Town
Cheap Trick - Rockford

 

My Top Hip-Hop Albums of 06 (in no particular order)

Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Nas - Hip-Hop is Dead
The Roots - Game Theory
T.I. - King
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Jim Jones - Hustler's P.O.M.E.
Game - Doctor's Advocate
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter II
Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip

 

my faves of the past year, in no particular order:

ghostface killah - fishscale
Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Furcoat
Cat Power - The Greatest
Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangersl
liars - drum's not dead
tapes 'n' tapes - the loon
tom waits - orphans
dresden dolls - yes, virginia
i love you but i've chosen darkness - fear is on our side
gnarls barkley - st. elsewhere
josh rouse - subtitulo
figurines - skeleton
neko case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
band of horses - Everything All The Time
sparklehorse - dreamt for light years in the belly of a mountain
the coup - pick a bigger weapon
the format - dog problems
m. ward - post-war
girl talk - night ripper
califone - roots & crowns
the heartless bastards - all this time
the blood brothers - young machetes
the roots - the game theory
yo la tengo - i am not afraid of you and i will beat your ass
lupe fiasco - food & liquor
john legend - once again
part chimp - i am come (released november 2005)

 

i'm guessing you meant the heartless bastards -- all this time

and a nice pick at that

was really a down year for me

heartless bastards would be on there for me, as would the dbt, the twilight singers, and, well, i dunno. not a lot hit me hard this year

next year, new wilco, and the summers kiss records afghan whigs tribute is gonna be awesome. just awesome.

 

I can't wait for the new Wilco. Used some gift card money to spruce up my collection of old Wilco ... picked up A.M. and Being There. Love both, of course.

 

yes! all this time.

btw, i heard on a bunch of internet message boards that the summers kiss afghan whigs tribute is gonna be DA BOMB.
david geffen, dave fricke, butch vig, steve albini, jim o'rourke, the neptunes, dallas austin, danger mouse, rick rubin, nigel goodrich ... they're all talking it about. i can't wait.

 

Being There has held up incredibly well over the past decade. I might be in the minority on this, but I still enjoy that album as much as I do YHF and AGIB.

Oh, and EStreet, glad to hear you finally got the new Dan Bern. If you think you liked it after one day, just wait a while. It's one of those that keeps growing on you.

 

Glad to hear the new Dan Bern will keep growing on me.

On the other hand, I'm one of those people in the Son Volt camp who hasn't been able to get into Wilco (didn't care for Summerteeth or Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I'm hoping Jay Ferrar manages to get some of the original Son Volt back together for a new album.

For 2007 I'm already looking forward to new albums from Joe Ely, Rod Picott, Tift Merritt, Terri Hendrix, and if the rumors are true --Bruce Springsteen.

 

There is a Son Volt album coming out next spring, March maybe?
It's still "One Volt," no Boquists, no Heidorn.
I did enjoy "Okemah" more than Jay's solo record.

Joe, have you listened to "Being There." You might like it, not much like "Summerteeth" or "YHF." Very much a Stonesy, bluesy rock record.