[Closed] Album of the year?

2 for me.

This:

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And this:

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R.I.P by actress gets my vote.+ nathan fake steam days

The vaccines first album. Brilliant party, fast paced tunage..

Jack white
Elbow
Black keys

See, I bought a Black Keys album for my boss a few years ago. He'd never heard of them and now they fill the Arena in Newcastle.

Jack white
Elbow
Black keys

Yep, well the last 2

Teetoosugars : I mean this in the best possible way but as this is an internet forum, of the written kind obviously..... 😉 it is hard to convey any inflection in my grammar but don't take offence .......you could create that ^ in a wet afternoon using [url= https://www.ableton.com/en/live/ ]Ableton Live[/url] and a few [url= http://www.loopmasters.com/ ]Production sample packs[/url], if you wish to explore a bit more then have a look through the free production software from Native Instruments/Ableton etc...Honestly!....every single beat/bar in the Hiroshi Watanabe release is from samples so please try it out for yourself - it's not hard...honestly!.

My fav tracks/ep/albums of the year :

Arse....i forget to include the rest...hang on....

See, I bought a Black Keys album for my boss a few years ago. He'd never heard of them and now they fill the Arena in Newcastle.

Does he have something to do with booking acts for the arena in Newcastle?

My top albums of the year are Of Monsters & Men & Jake Bugg.

technically El Camino was 2011...

R.I.P by actress

😯 +1, or maybe John Talabot Fin.

Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning

Or maybe Ghosting Season - The Very Last of the Saints or Groundislava - Feel Me, hmmmm, arggh just remembered Lone - Galaxy Garden as well, all of the above but for originality Actress!

Does he have something to do with booking acts for the arena in Newcastle?

Heh, no but maybe the chap who recommended them in the first place should do.

Actress 😯 indeed.

Of Monsters and Men sounds good.

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and Efterklang - Pyramida.

What's floated my boat this year......

- shows up the x-factor participants for the useless ****s that they really are

- similar in style to above but different enough to warrant a mention

- C'mon?... I had to give a shout out to a mate didn't i? 😀 Banging track, best heard at 4am in the morning through a funktion one sound system.

- Possibly the most "sweary" band possible fae selkirk, Scott is a true individual and does not comply wi any requests to tone it down vocally - quite ****ing right!

- yep.....3am music for sure

- perfect for quality headphones or a good hi-fi set-up.

Loads more but i'm hungry so i'm off to scavenge a mince pie fae the kitchen.......

Efterklang was a real surprise. I saw them with the Northern Sinfonia and had no idea what to expect but it was fantastic. I love that thing where people are inspired to create things like that from completely surreal sources. Just makes me glad that we're all wired differently 🙂

In the same vein as Andy Stott, Claro Intelecto - Reform Club was really nice, no surprise though everything he's done is spot on.

It came out in 2011 but what the heck, still going with David Comes To Life by the mighty F***ed Up (hope that's acceptable starring!). TBH I thought I'd got old and I wasn't going to have albums get under my skin like this any more.

Weird?.... I've got one of the original 100 pre-release copy's of Clare Intelecto (mark stewart) - Peace of Mind, i got given it by Dominic Capello (sub-club) out'a his recordbox 4 odd years ago at a glasgow house party during a very-very drunken conversation about the lack of intelligent downtempo techno music on the scene.....i'll have to dig it out and give it a whirl this new year :D....yeah...he's one to watch for sure!

My eclectic bunch are:

Solarstone - Pure
Paul van Dyk - Evolution
Of Monsters and Men
The Lumineers
alt-J
Passenger - All The Little Lights

I quite like let England shake by pj Harvey.

That Renaissance album had me very confused. The Renaissance I know are a band from the 70's, led by Annie Haslam, who are just in the process of finishing their latest album, whereas that one ^^ seems to be some sort of dance/dj label thingy. Lots of scope for confusion there, I think.
Album of the year? Gonna have to give that some considered thought. I'll get back to you on that one... 😀

clockwork angels - rush (it's the only album i have bought this year/that came out this year)

Cheers min Somafunk - bought the Ben Howard EP. This will be the year of rediscovering my love of music 🙂

EDIT: goddamit - didn't realise I would then have to install memory-sucking i-tunes. Bleeurgh.

Black Swans and Wormhole Wizzards - Joe Satriani
I know, not quite 2012 but I played it a lot during the year
And way back from way back but only discovered them this year and think they ROCK!
Wolfmother - Wolthmother
Cosmic Egg - Wolthmother

Pond - beard, wife, denim as well as Django Django's album are the ones that have seen a lot of playtime for me this year

Stott - Luxury Problems

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And not actually from this year (then neither is Build A Rocket Boys, OP), but I discovered it this year:

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Love these threads. You just made my new cd list for the new year.

First Aid Kit was definitively my favourite album of 2012. Emmylou is glorious.

Cat Powers Sun in second place. It took a while to gain my affection but its gots it's claws in me now. Nothin But Time the standout for me.

I would also like to include Ryan Adams Ashes & Fire even though it was 2011 but I only discovered it this year. Do I Wait was, by miles, my favourite song this year.

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Thanks to MrAgreeable for putting me on to them 🙂

Tame Impala - Lonerism

Valentina by The Wedding Present.

I've enjoyed Of Monsters and Men and this in 2012.

Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse. Awesome blown-out sort of lo fi garage rock awesomeness 🙂

Another vote for alt-j, since I go it in July I've played it at least once a week.

Other notable albums have been:

2 Bears

Yippah

Rustie

The Field

First Aid Kit

EMA

The Heavy

and the excellent Hot 8 Brass Band

First Aid Kit and Villagers - got into both of them from the recent "what music to buy for my wife" thread.

Can't believe nobody's said Channel Orange yet... Such a great album, seriously recommend you listen to it.

British album for me is Union by Saint Saviour. She's a really good singer, and each song in the album is different, not just 15 of the same tracks with different words like you get with some artists.

Jack White and Jake Bugg for me. Jake is now £5.99 on iTunes.

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+1 for Saint Saviour

Only bought this album last week and can't stop playing it. Superb.

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+1 for Agent Orange, it's really not my usual but I can't stop listening to it.

2nd in line
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Another vote for first aid kit - the lions roar. Saw them live last month and they were amazing. Also Bat for Lashes - absolutely beautiful!

I read the last few of these threads and decided it was time for some new music.

Picked up...

First Aid Kit-The Lions Roar, Ok
Grimes-Vision, Good
Bobby Womack-Greatest man in the World, V Good
Radiohead-Kid A, Brilliant (not new I know)
Jamey Johnson-Tribute to Hank Cochrane. V Good.
Tame Impala- Lonerism, Dont get it yet.
Micheal Buble- Christmas Songs, seems to be getting played a lot.
Mark Knopfler-Privateering, I like the cover.
Frank Ocean- channel Orange, Good.
Alabama Shakes-Boys and Girls, another I cant get into.

Probably only listened once or twice to any of these(sept MB)so they may grow on me.

http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2012/08/royal-t

https://soundcloud.com/w3n/dusk-blackdown-rinsefm-wen-showcase-mix

http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/04/stream-facts-3-reissue-of-2012-ruff-sqwads-white-label-classics-in-full/

Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself

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Seen them twice this year, schoolboy dream fulfilled 😀

Dr John - Locked Down. Produced by Dan Auerbach but for me better than any of the Black Keys albums 8)

Juan Zelada High ceilings and Collars. A free track on iTunes lead to an album purchase and gig tickets. A tight tuneful group.

Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill
Bjork - Bastards
Band of Holy Joy - The North is Another Land

Some cracking answers here, keep 'em coming. Should really do this every six months 🙂

"Container Ships" by Kowloon Walled City

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Baltic Fleet - Towers

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GOAT - Worldmusic

Good to see Andy Stott get a few votes.

My top 10 (that I can think of at the moment!)

JJ Doom - Key to the Kuffs
Jimmy Edgar - Majenta
Breton - Other People's Problems
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
Brambles - Charcoal
EL-P - Cancer 4 Cure
Quakers - Quakers
Lazer Sword - Memory
B Dolan - House of Bees vol2
Terranova - Hotel Amour

Bobby Womack - Bravest Man in the Universe

Absolutely awesome.

Muse, The 2nd Law, smashing stuff!

Not released this year, but have played it so much - Cashier No. 9, To the Death of Fun. Tim Burgess, Oh No I Love You. Jack White, Blunderbuss..

For me it was Calderdales finest. Paradise lost, with tragic idol. Massively back on form.
+1 on testament though. Saw them back on the electric crown album supporting black Sabbath with dio on vocals.

Of monsters and men - my head is an animal.
A great album which everyone loves

David guetta - nothing but the beat 2.0. This has some massive hits

My personal favourite --> Swedish House Mafia - Until Now

I forgot about Bear In Heaven - I Love You, It's Cool, a cracking album.

Belleruche - Rollerchain, one that can be left going round and round in the car for ages.

Ben Howard and Of Monsters and Men have been good listens too.

For me, probably Shields by Grizzly Bear or Crystal Castles III, with honourable mentions to Willis Earl Beale and Death Grips. I don't think it's been a particularly great year in terms of really exciting new music.

Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

The Lumineers - fantastic album and a bargain at £4.99 on iTunes!

After years of head under sand I have just discovered TOOL. Have become rather addicted. 😀

Also need to add
Seams - Tourist/Sleeper
Eprom - Metahuman

Bats for Lashes the haunted man or Dan Le Sac space between the words for me, closely followed by Ill manors by Plan B.

"all we love we leave behind" by Converge.
by a long way, for me.

somafunk - Member

Teetoosugars : I mean this in the best possible way but as this is an internet forum, of the written kind obviously..... it is hard to convey any inflection in my grammar but don't take offence .......you could create that ^ in a wet afternoon using Ableton Live and a few Production sample packs, if you wish to explore a bit more then have a look through the free production software from Native Instruments/Ableton etc...Honestly!....every single beat/bar in the Hiroshi Watanabe release is from samples so please try it out for yourself - it's not hard...honestly!.

My guess is that you're a bitter bedroom producer with little or no success. Why else would you make such a statement? If it's so easy why haven't you sold as many records as he has?

Bickering aside, my vote goes to Alt-J as well. Looking forward to buying a few of the albums on this thread, definitely having that Actress one.

Artistic integrity?

Some people are happy to make anything in the hope of making it big. Others such as myself would rather try to make some new, different and quality, and not worry about how many records it will sell because it's popular.

Have you perhaps considered that his music is what he enjoys making and he's fortunate in that lots of other people like it?

Lets have a listen to your new, different and quality music please. I'm a big fan of bizarre stuff so I'd probably like it 🙂

PooPenny : I did have a long response written out but i thought "why the **** should i care or respond' so i deleted it,

No...I'm not a bitter bedroom DJ/producer, although i do have a very nice set-up thank you very much and if i felt that way inclined i could point you to my releases on Beatport/Juno etc but i'm not about to wave my exceedingly large "william" on the forum, I have a more "economic" interest in Electronic music and enjoy putting on festivals/events and suchlike but i can produce a pretty good sounding release when i have the time, imo of course 😉 , therefore i feel i may have a valid point to make regarding the extensive use of samplepacks in the aformentioned "Hiroshi Watanabe" album but as you have appointed yourself the title of moderator for this thread i'll withdraw my statement and gracefully eject myself from this thread.

Here's a wee vid from one our festivals two years ago, slow to start but worth it, Utah Saints, and Loops of Fury (from brisbane) are ace, brilliant laugh as well but Max Loops can't hold his drink...nor smoke in the slightest - that bit was cut from my vid seeing as i posted it online.

Check out our headline act Rektchordz(jamie), he could hardly stand up as you can see in the vid at one point but when it came to his set at 4am he played a blinder. I've got loads more vids n' pics of various other gigs n sets including a very amusing one of Darren Emerson from last year but i doubt Jemma (his gf) would be very chuffed wi me if i posted it on a public forum so i'm just gonna let you win this one.

G'd night all....safe journey home folks....see you next year...bigger n' better 😀

[b]ben folds five.
The sound of the life of the mind.
The good lady in my life treated me to seeing them live at Brixton academy on my birthday.
The best live performance I have ever seen.
Amazing!
Bought the cd after the concert, and love it.

Richard Hawley
First aid kit
Bat for lashes
Haven't heard all the cat power album, but I liked a single she had recently
Fieldmusic
Jim Jones revue (has got Beth ortons brother in the band)
Liked the recent beth orton single, never really listened to her before
jake bugg
alabama shakes

Forgot the two vids.....DOH!.

Not my vids but a mate who's played for us a few times - Simon Shackleton aka [url= http://www.eliteforcemusic.com/ ]Elite Force[/url]

Lets have a listen to your new, different and quality music please. I'm a big fan of bizarre stuff so I'd probably like it

Here you go, please bear in mind I only started in June, but I've got a few 'celebrity' fans. To quote Colin Dale the other day "Sublime! This really is Futura.....love it." 😀

http://soundcloud.com/800-xl

White101. Agree with most of yours. Grimes/visions also excellent. Jack White and his lady band was fab too. Cat Power really underrated as an act