rj - Memberdavidtaylforth - try Pissed Jeans
Cheers, I'll give them a listen later.
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
I didnt realise they'd released a new album (turns out it was released in 2009). Ive just given it a quick listen and I think it sounds a bit ****, or at least not as good as their other stuff.
Nekrasov - Cognition of Splendid Oblivion
No votes for Kylie yet?
Or Napalm Death's 'Time Waits For No Slave'?
tut tut
I'm surprised at just how Pitchfork/ATP/Drowned in Soundesque music taste is on here!
Pendulum Immersion seems to be a good album so far. I havent bought it yet but I love what I am hearing so far. I loved all of Silico so I am pretty sure I will like this one
Definitely not trying to out obscure anyone but my favourite album of the year so far is by some lads from Sheffield.
+1 for Show Of Hands, particularly the title track of Arrogance Ignorance and Greed
actress "splazsh" thought it might be a bit hyped, but it's excellent.
The Glee Soundtrack.
High Violet is very good. I'm liking Foals' Total Life Forever and after two listens Chemical Bros. new one has massive potential
I'm liking 65daysofstatic very very much indeed. thanks for that one. downloaded also a couple of Lorn tracks, as well, although they're a bit same-y. Cool though. I shall continue to sample every-ones recommendations. There's so much difference in tastes, always surprises me...
Nice one. On Lorn's myspace site there's a bunch of links to free downloads. It's mostly his early stuff, quite experimental. myspace.com/lornnn under "sounds like" IIRC 
HMV sale has Temper Trap's album for £4.99. Love that album.
Love Temper Trap, such a good band live as well. Sweet disposition one of my most favourite songs of last couple of years.
Yeah, saw them in bournemouth a few months back. Wasn't expecting much really, as indie bands have left me cold recently, but must admit I was blown away.
Aye, should have a new thread for bands that are ace live. Top of the list for me
Joy Formidable. Best live band you've never heard of, first album coming out this year (although there's a cracking EP) hopefully should be their breakthrough
Everything Everything. Wasn't expecting much, really really good live.
Quite liking:
The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards.
Angus & Julia Stone - A Book Like This (prefer Julia's stuff)
+1 for Temper Trap. Didn't want to poke my head above the parapet as they are a bit wet. Great album though.
The Joy Formidable! Nickc, you are a man of taste and distinction. I love that band, saw them first supporting Howling Bells, (who I also whole-heartedly recommend), and headlining in Bristol earlier this year. Can't wait for their actual album, the ep is terrific. Arcade Fire's new album is looking good, the track 6Music is playing is just excellent, as is a Surfer Blood track I heard LaLa play this morning. Laura Marling's album is just outstanding, and The Smoke Fairies are worth checking out, two girls with really English voices playing blues-style bottleneck guitar. They have several ep's out as well.
Clearly going to have to have another crack at the Laura Marling, didn't get on with it at all. Was disappointed with that, Foals and Fionn Regan as second albums. Oversteps by Autechre is great, but not as good as their second album 
Laura is one of those singers whose voice really only starts to show it's strengths after a few listenings; at first it seems a bit lacking in power, but after a while you start to hear a voice whose power is actually kept in check most of the time. It's when you see her live that she comes into her own. I've seen her four times, three this year, twice in one week. She's a very good live performer, I saw her in a 300 capacity venue three weeks ago and it was one of the most enjoyable gigs in thirty-odd years of gig going. Having said that, music is a subjective thing, and you can't make someone like something if they don't want to, there's plenty of excellent bands and singers that I just don't get, but I understand why others do. It's the beauty of music in all it's many varieties.
Talking of great voices Martina Topley Bird has just released a compilation of stripped down versions of tracks off her last few albums. "Some Place Simple" its called. Her voice is really to the fore and man, it's goosebumps! Track 'Lying' is great.
She's the one who sang on Tricky's first album btw.
Just checked out the Martina Topley Bird CD...she has an amazing voice which really shines through with the stripped back production.
...added to basket!
Have seen her live CountZero, and would agree. Also loved the first album but the new one just left me cold. Another one from this year I've played a lot is Nedry - Condors, particularly Apples & Pears
I suppose I'm going to have to say Immersion by Pendulum, even though it's not very good, since it seems it's the only album I've bought this year. That's never right.
The 65DOS album is probably my album of the year, I just haven't heard it yet because I forgot it was out. But it'll be amazing I'm sure 
M.I.A.'s 'Maya' needs to be added. Got it yesterday and it's a work of art.
+1 for tempertrap. Sweet disposition is brilliant.
Can I have 2 best albums?
You can have as many as you like sweetness. (although it's not my thread)
Bought Massive Attack - Heligoland for a fiver in HMV's sale after it was mentioned on here. It's ok, a bit maudlin. But I was stunned to hear Martina T-B singing on 3 tracks after I'd only just been listening to her "..Simple" album and "Quixote". Quite a coincidence.
Laura Marling - I speak because I can
Joanna Newsom - Have one on me
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Ocotea (oh my the jazzy weirdness)
Madlib has an album out a month this year! they have all been awesome
top few albums this year
scuba- triangulation
guillaume & the coutu dumont- breaking the fourth wall
efdemin- chicago
one of these would be my top album so far.
Just grabbed some tracks off the Scuba album, cheers for that.
No idea if ti's the "best" so far, but after seeing the band at Ronnies back in Feb., I bought...
http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/8802/79/
... and it's fab. Can we still say "fab"?
It was actually realeased in 2009, but I only just found out about it - so for me the album of the year so far is Annie - Don't Stop.
Why isn't she a megastar yet?
I have gone a bit poppy lately though I must admit. Even considered buying the new Kylie album due to Stuart Price being the producer.
Only just found this thread.
My fave album so far is prob Darwin Deez
And they are hilarious live- caught them at latitiude- geeky dancing between songs- genius
Oh, and if you can, go see Crystal Castle live...it's an...experience
Alice is great.
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