Best Albums of the Year so far.

[MattL80]

I haven't heard it yet, but I expect within a couple of weeks the new Gillian Welch album will be my album of the year.

I just hope it's worth the 8 year wait since her last.

At the moment, The Decemberists, Yuck and Okkervil river stand out. Not particularly fussed by the low anthem at the moment, but haven't given it many listens. Felice brothers album is odd. I like it, but not as much as anything previous.

Bon Iver will be listened to this week, I hope I like it as much as the last one.

[RedRockRick]

Just taken possession of the new Stewboss album "Pilgrims & Runaways"; ordered it through the post a couple of weeks ago, but since Frank Lee Drennen had some copies with him on the current rather excellent Dead Rock West tour, I couldn't resist picking one up last night. This has been seven years in the making, to the extent that Stewboss put together an "interim" album to sell on the last full band tour. Well...I put it on when I got in at 2.00 a.m. last night and thought, O.K., couple of real hooky tracks, but the rest, just quite good... Today...hehe...can't take it off! Greg Sarfaty is one of the great unheralded songwriters and this is a millionaire's shortbread of an album.

[baroquepop]

I haven't heard it yet, but I expect within a couple of weeks the new Gillian Welch album will be my album of the year.

I just hope it's worth the 8 year wait since her last.

At the moment, The Decemberists, Yuck and Okkervil river stand out. Not particularly fussed by the low anthem at the moment, but haven't given it many listens. Felice brothers album is odd. I like it, but not as much as anything previous.

Bon Iver will be listened to this week, I hope I like it as much as the last one.

[GTG]

Decemberists - The King Is Dead

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

Jocie Adams - Bed Of Notions

Ron Sexsmith - Long Player, Late Bloomer

Teitur - Let The Dog Drive Home

Only 6 months gone and Fleet Foxes, Okkervil River, Low Anthem and the Felice Brothers can't get in (today). Some year, this one.

Edited June 26, 2011 by GTG

[MattL80]

Amazon emailed me today that the new Gillian Welch is in the post! Can't wait, and hoping it will be my album of the year too.

[thedailygrowl]

I forogt about the new Gillian Welch. The reviews have been amazing. What say EOTR people?

anyways, this thread has prompted me to take stock of my albums of the year. Let me see... records by

Radiohead

Okkervil River

Gang Gang Dance

Low

King Post Kitsch

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

Josh T Pearson

Jonny

Gruff Rhys

PJ Harvey

Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat

Are all great. Most of whom have also played EOTR at some time in the past five years.

[baroquepop]

I forgot about the new Gillian Welch. The reviews have been amazing. What say EOTR people?

[MattL80]

The CD arrived today, and needless to say it's getting multiple listens. As expected it's top quality, the question to me is how it compares to Time (The Revelator) their great 2001 album. Too soon to answer, but that one is almost impossible to top. It's generally laid back porch rocking chair style, livened up by Dave Rawlings' exquisite guitar noodling on his trusty 1935 flattop.

[GTG]

Bump

[Donny Osmond]

Top 20 so far...roughly in order. Will no doubt change a fair bit over the next 6 months.

Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Southeast Engine - Canary

Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde

The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps

Sarabeth Tucek - Get Well Soon

Antlers - Burst Apart

Braids - Native Speaker

Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital

Lucinda Williams - Blessed

Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Singing Adams - Everybody Friends

White Denim - D

Metronomy - The English Riviera

Okkervil River - I Am Very Far

Ron Sexsmith - Long Player Late Bloomer

Drive By Truckers - Go Go Boots

Panda Bear - Tomboy

Also a little nonplussed by the new Leisure Society album. It's alright but was hoping it would just grab me a little more. Same for Rural Alberta Advantage & Woods - which don't (yet) sound as good as their previous albums. Kurt Vile, Gruff & Tune-Yards are other acts on this year's bill whose albums I like a lot & of the recent EOTR'ers am liking the new albums from Iron & Wine, British Sea Power, Guillemots & Low Anthem. Few good suggestions in this thread that I'll be listening to.

[bennyhana22]

Stick with Leisure Society, Donny. I am now pretty much convinced that it is overall of higher consistent quality than The Sleeper.

Ben

[RedRockRick]

Top 20 so far...roughly in order. Will no doubt change a fair bit over the next 6 months.

Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Southeast Engine - Canary

Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde

The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps

Sarabeth Tucek - Get Well Soon

Antlers - Burst Apart

Braids - Native Speaker

Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital

Lucinda Williams - Blessed

Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Singing Adams - Everybody Friends

White Denim - D

Metronomy - The English Riviera

Okkervil River - I Am Very Far

Ron Sexsmith - Long Player Late Bloomer

Drive By Truckers - Go Go Boots

Panda Bear - Tomboy

Also a little nonplussed by the new Leisure Society album. It's alright but was hoping it would just grab me a little more. Same for Rural Alberta Advantage & Woods - which don't (yet) sound as good as their previous albums. Kurt Vile, Gruff & Tune-Yards are other acts on this year's bill whose albums I like a lot & of the recent EOTR'ers am liking the new albums from Iron & Wine, British Sea Power, Guillemots & Low Anthem. Few good suggestions in this thread that I'll be listening to.

[Donny Osmond]

Hmmm. Go Go Boots is excellent - the Truckers would have kicked any of this years "headliners" into oblivion. Perhaps I should play it more, but I don't get the sudden adulation for Ron Sexsmith and his new album, which seems as uneventful as all the other stuff he's brought out. Is it just the long service award the BBC have recently bestowed?

[Fareham Grecian]

Stick with Leisure Society, Donny. I am now pretty much convinced that it is overall of higher consistent quality than The Sleeper.

Ben

[shoebox]

Into The Murky Water was pretty instantaneous for me, but I've had session versions of "You Can Keep Me Talking" and "This Phantom Life" kicking around for AGES, so some of it felt very familiar already.

Anyone else heading along to their Barbican show in December? Backed by a 30 piece orchestra, it should be something very special.

Edited July 8, 2011 by shoebox

[possum]

I haven't heard it yet, but I expect within a couple of weeks the new Gillian Welch album will be my album of the year.

I just hope it's worth the 8 year wait since her last.

[Unihammer]

Top 20 so far...roughly in order. Will no doubt change a fair bit over the next 6 months.

Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Southeast Engine - Canary

Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde

The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps

Sarabeth Tucek - Get Well Soon

Antlers - Burst Apart

Braids - Native Speaker

Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital

Lucinda Williams - Blessed

Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Singing Adams - Everybody Friends

White Denim - D

Metronomy - The English Riviera

Okkervil River - I Am Very Far

Ron Sexsmith - Long Player Late Bloomer

Drive By Truckers - Go Go Boots

Panda Bear - Tomboy

[seadragon]

Into The Murky Water was pretty instantaneous for me, but I've had session versions of "You Can Keep Me Talking" and "This Phantom Life" kicking around for AGES, so some of it felt very familiar already.

Anyone else heading along to their Barbican show in December? Backed by a 30 piece orchestra, it should be something very special.

[RedRockRick]

I don't know about the Barbican show yet (probably!) but in case anyone is in London tomorrow the Leisure Society are bandstand busking at the Arnold Circus bandstand at 3pm

ps it's free!

http://bandstandbusking.com/arnold-circus-busk-july-10th/2011/07/06/

[RedRockRick]

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[Fat_Buddha]

Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat – Everything’s Getting Older

It is a masterpiece

[seadragon]

This is typical. Had the busking happened today, I could have gone straight there after The Tree Of Life finished. The Barbican show frankly sounds very fondue. I never like it when bands start feeling "significant", and feel the need to complement themselves with orchestras: My Morning Jacket lost me in their life cycle when they did that. The LeisureSociety will have to make do with with parrots in September.

[perfectpassion]

Owch...so do I, as I have bought tickets for LS @Barbican! Shame we had to miss the bandstand busking, I would have liked to see Jessica Hoop, at least I think she was playing?

I am eargerly awaiting the new Danny & The Champions of the World album, out nxt monday.... I wish that they were playing EoTR, would love to hear "Henry The Van" with a singalong...."Yes This Is The End of The Road!"

[Better Late...]

Top 20 so far...roughly in order. Will no doubt change a fair bit over the next 6 months.

Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys...

[seadragon]

Owch...so do I, as I have bought tickets for LS @Barbican! Shame we had to miss the bandstand busking, I would have liked to see Jessica Hoop, at least I think she was playing?