Ok..'08. What was the best..

[Chromosome]

that song

Which one? I'll assume it's down to "Kids" or "Electric Feel."

[dave quam]

electric feel

[schiksalgemeinschaft]

man, that MGMT band sucks pretty bad but that song is kind of a guilty pleasure,and I'm not really guilty about any music I like usually.

hahaha, yeah, it's its epicness that cause my guilt.

there's this girl I love that was too drunk to bike home so I insisted I drove her home by car - being wasted myself - this song came on the radio, it was brilliant. wild drunk cardancing, using the dashboard as drumset, the works. one of the best moments of 2008 hahaha.

[(<oo>)]

http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm

[schiksalgemeinschaft]

best b-side:
http://mog.com/breathmint/blog/171739

click the red play button for Vampire Voltage No.6

[mono tony]

http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm

it appears that they have a hard-on for The Fun Years. Life-sized Psychoses made the #1 spot for their best-of list for 2007, pretty decent record too. I'll have to track down the new one.

[james]

If anyone knows of anyone/or establishment that has the Grouper album for sale, I'd appreciate the head's up.

Beach House - Devotion
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
Harvey Milk - Life......The Best Game In Town
Birds of Maya - Volume 1
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light
Warmer Milks - Soft Walks
Cloudland Canyon - Lie In Light
Rosemary Krust - Slow Light
Growing - All The Way
Religious Knives - The Door
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill
Ajilvsga - Gathering of Owls
Lau Nau - Nukkuu
Emeralds side of Quintana Roo split
Fennesz - Black Sea

[jkudler]

If anyone knows of anyone/or establishment that has the Grouper album for sale, I'd appreciate the head's up.

http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/artists/grouper.html

also, this small specialty retailer has it for slightly less:
http://www.amazon.com/Dragging-Dead-Dee ... B001AI7KOU

[james]

Thanks for the help, Jesse....I should have mentioned, I'm looking for the vinyl.

[AlbionMoonlight]

It hasn't been released on vinyl yet.

[cdeupree]

Top 20 albums I found this year, in no particular order.

Katatonia, The Great Cold Distance
Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck, The Sinking of the Titanic (Touch)
Nine Inch Nails, Ghosts I-IV (nin.com)
Huntsville, For the Middle Class (Rune Grammofon)
Earth, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
Mark Wastell, Amoungst English Men (Absinthe)
Werner Durand, Remnants from Paradise (Absurd)
Brendan Murray, Commonwealth (23five)
The Necks, Mosquito/See Through (ReR)
Erik Enocksson, Farval Falkenberg (Kning)
Morton Feldman, The Viola in my Life (ECM)
Frank Bretschneider, Rhythm (Raster-Noton)
Mathieu Ruhlmann & Celer, Mesoscaphe (Spekk)
Janek Schaefer, Extended Play (Line)
Kalte, The Lanthanide Series (stasisfield.com)
Stray Ghost, Losthilde (Highpoint Lowlife)
Parts & Labor, Receivers (Jagjaguwar)
erikm & Thomas Lehn, Les Protorythmiques (Room40)
Jacaszek, Treny (Miasmah)
Bach, J.S., Art of Fugue (Calefax Reed Quintet) (MDG)

The Parmegiani box on INA almost made the list, except that I already had most of it on other albums.

[peteswans]

It hasn't been released on vinyl yet.

the grouper LP? yeah.. it did come out on wax at the same time as the CD, but sold out in a few days.

no distros have it.. and there aren't any more sitting around our house. I think there's going to be a repress eventually, but I wouldn't hold your breath.. Seems like both Liz and Jon are busy with other projects right now

[AlbionMoonlight]

Ah okay, I didn't know there was an original pressing. I looked for a while and couldn't even find traces of it being pressed, so it must have gone pretty fast.

[james]

I think there's going to be a repress eventually, but I wouldn't hold your breath.. Seems like both Liz and Jon are busy with other projects right now

If you wouldn't mind, let them know I am holding my breath.

[Antoine]

My selections for this year:

Albums
01. Annette Krebs / Toshimaru Nakamura - Siyu (SoSEDITIONS)
02. Choi Joonyong / Hong Chulki / Sachiko M / Otomo Yoshihide - Sweet Cuts, Distant Curves (Balloon & Needle)
03. Keith Rowe / Taku Unami - Erstlive 006 (Erstwhile)
04. Graham Lambkin / Jason Lescalleet - The Breadwinner (Erstwhile)
05. Coffins - Buried Death (20 Buck Spin)

06. The P Brothers - The Gas (Heavy Bronx)
07. The Magic I.D. - Till My Breath Gives Out (Erstwhile)
08. Greg Kelley - Self-Hate Index (Semata)
09. Toshimaru Nakamura / English - One Day (Erstwhile)
10. Nagisa Ni Te - Yosuga (Jagjaguwar)

11. Fursaxa - Kobold Moon (Sylph)
12. Keith Rowe - Erstlive 007 (Erstwhile)
13. Toshiya Tsunoda - The Argyll Recordings (Edition.T)
14. Factums - The Sistrum (Sacred Bones)
15. Minoru Sato / Ami Yoshida - Composition for Voice Performer (1997 and 2007) (Ao To Ao)

16. Karl Hector & the Malcouns - Sahara Swing (Now Again)
17. Birds of Maya - Vol. 1 (Holy Mountain)
18. Prurient - And Still, Wanting (No Fun)
19. Sanctum - On the Horizon (20 Buck Spin)
20. Aural Fit - II (PSF)
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Compilations, reissues etc

01. VA - African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s (Analog Africa)
02. VA - Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977 - 1985 (Strut)
03. VA - Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79 (Soundway)
04. Christian Wolff - Early Piano Pieces [Steffen Schleiermacher] (HatHut)
05. VA - Basic Channel BCD-2 (Basic Channel)

06. VA - Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days (Dust-to-Digital)
07. VA - Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 (Soundway)
08. T.P. Orchestre Poly-rhythmo De Cotonou - The Vodoun Effect: 1973-1975 Funk & Sato from Benin's Obscure Labels (Analog Africa)
09. The Final Solution - Brotherman OST (Numero Group)
10. VA - 1970's Algerian Proto-Rai Underground (Sublime Frequencies)

11. VA - Nigeria 70 - Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat Highlife & Afro-Funk (Strut)
12. Sir Victor Uwaifo - Guitar-Boy Superstar 1970-76 (Soundway)
13. VA - Obsession (Bully Records)
14. Funkadelic - Toys (Westbound)
15. VA - Eccentric Soul: Tragar & Note Labels (Numero Group)
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15 songs

Anders Ilar - Brokenhearted
Boss Hogg Outlawz - Living Without
Dagha - Devil's Work
GZA - 7 Pounds
Headhunter - Birks Range
James Pants - We're Through
Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Sahara Swing
Killer Mike ft Chamillionaire & Messy Marv - Big Money Big Cars
Madvillain - Running Around with Another
Nagisa Ni Te - Premonition
NHK - 1
Percee P - The Woman Behind Me
Scarface - High Note
Stereolab - Silver Sands
The P Brothers ft Ress Connected - Shoot Em Down

All the best for 09 !

[peteswans]

If you wouldn't mind, let them know I am holding my breath.

ok.. well. could easily be a year before that reissue sees the light of day.. L's got a lot of other projects she's putting her time and effort into..

Pretty sure it's going to happen tho, so.. not worth paying crazy amounts on ebay or anything

[james]

Pretty sure it's going to happen tho, so.. not worth paying crazy amounts on ebay or anything

that's basically what i wanted to know. thanks.

[tadk]

here is my list (restricted only to Polish releases)

1. Za Siódmą Górą - Rogalów: Piosenki ku pokrzepieniu serc (Obuh)
2. Anna Zaradny - Mauve Cycles (Musica Genera)
3. L.U.C - Planet LUC (Mystic Production)
4. The Complainer & The Complainers - Power Joy Happiness Fame ! (Mystic Production)
5. Bartek Kujawski - Murlull Movies (Warsztat8r)
6. Mem & Wolfram - Koniec (Lado ABC)
7. Michał Pałosz - Cellovator (DUX)
8. Robert Piotrowicz - Lasting Clinamen (Musica Genera)
9. Maryla Rodowicz - Jest cudnie (Sony BMG)
10. Janusz Prusinowski Trio - Mazurki (Słuchaj Uchem)
11. Jacaszek - Treny (Gusstaff)
12. Kwadrofonik - Folklove (Polskie Radio S.A.)

I decided not to mention any foreign discs, because on every list posted on ihm there are (more or less) the same discs

[vegetable mind]

I was just listening again to one of the few new records I acquired this year, the debut album by the American sister duo Festival. It's somewhat in the same pseudo-folk vein as Espers and Feathers, but more stripped down and very short, with hints of old time hymnody. Highly recommended to fans of the style; others might well find it 'awful'.

funny to see this on here, since i used to be good friends with one of the aforementioned sisters. haven't actually heard any of their music in that manifestation, but i know she does have the potential to produce something powerful

[Dad Noise]

Due to a very protracted house move and related expenses, I bought very little new music after spring this year and am curious to hear people's recommendations in the nebulous area of the psych/noise/drone/freefolk cassette/cdr DIY scene. It may be just my imagination but I thought it featured more heavily in last year's best of lists on this board. I'm currently listening to a Monopoly Child Star Searchers/Angel Snake split cassette (both halves of the Skaters) which knocks pretty much anything else I've heard this year into a cocked hat. I've also enjoyed releases this year by Pod Blotz, Usurper, Sparkling Wide Pressure, Slow Listener, Social Junk, though the individual discs that I've played most are probably Valerio Cosi's Heavy Electronic Pacific Rock and a fantastic self-titled cassette by Flautas del Chiguire on Funeral Folk. Also catching up on the rolling Ashtray Navigations reissues programme (astonishing what Phil Todd was doing ten years ago). But my purchases have been pretty random and I'm keen to hear what if anything people liked in a similar vein.