Top 10's of 2005 and upcoming releases.

It's still an official 06 release.

-AC

Originally posted by Darth Revan

It was definitely a disappointment after The Fragile.

Agreed, but it would have been a disappointment after many albums. I wasn't particularly 'disappointed' because I am sure I was the single person not only not expecting a lot, but expecting a bad album.

Originally posted by Darth Revan
I swear that they have the same song on there at least twice. I know it wasn't released in '05, but it was a big disappointment

I'm loathe to call them a bankrupt man's GYBE, because they don't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath, and it's only laziness that leads to the comparison.

They're a one-trick band, and the trick is both derivative and poorly imitated.

1. Eels - Blinking Lights
2. Cage - Hell's Winter
3. Dredg - Catch Without Arms
4. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
5. Zion I - True And Livin'
6. Gorillaz - Demon Days
7. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
8. Dark Tranquility - Character
9. Chemical Brothers - Push The Button
10. DJ Muggs Vs GZA - Grandmasters (Tied With) OneBeLo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.

Honorable mentions for SOAD, Kanye, Reef, Edan and The White Stripes.

Looking forward too:

Cannibal Ox
Muggs Vs Deck

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Abandoned Pools - Armed To The Teeth
Enya - Amarantine
Sigur Ros - Takk
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Sons and Daughters - Repulsion Box

Those are some I enjoyed a lot this year.

i thought the new The New Pornographers CD was a huge disappointment

Oh! There are so many hoops to jump through, but I shall try...

Out Of Exile - Audioslave (This is how to rock!)
Demon Days - Gorillaz (Funky beats and weirdly warped)
One Tree - Mishka (Acoustic, soul reggae)
Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley (Reggae to make Bob proud)
Make Believe - Weezer (Tune after tune after tune)
Late Registration - Kanye West (Hip-hop cannot be shinier or slicker)
The Mouse & The Mask - Danger Doom (It's all about the beats and rhymes)
Amos Lee - Amos Lee (Music to melt your lady)
In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson (Post-surf perfection)

Biggest disappointment? Arular by M.I.A. just because all the reviews I read were masturbating over it, but I thought it was only OK. It's her voice...ugh.

Biggest suprise? Sigur Ros' swirling music scapes.

This year, I have high hopes for new material by Radiohead, K-OS, The Beautiful Girls, Dr. Dre and perhaps a reformed Fugees - although it could quite easily be so, so, so bad. Too many guests would certainly spoil the broth.

Is there anything else I have to do to get a bone?

F*ck it! I don't want one now anyway.

Originally posted by Wolf Dog
I think First Impressions of Earth by The Strokes is officially an '06 release jaden but i'm guessing you have the leaked version.

nope...bought from play.com last week

1) My Morning Jacket - Z
2) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3) Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
4) The Decemberists - Picaresque
5) System of a Down - Mezmerize
6) The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
7) Spoon - Gimme Fiction
8) Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
9) Animal Collective - Feels
10) Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Worst: NIN - With Teeth

Biggest Dispointment: The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

Originally posted by Lana
Will do!

then get The Photo Album

I thought FTM was disappointing at first but it grew on me. I'm guessing you like the first 3 tracks though right?

Originally posted by Refused
I thought FTM was disappointing at first but it grew on me. I'm guessing you like the first 3 tracks though right?

well, I don't really like any of the tracks. I mean, they're not bad, but they're forgettable. I haven’t listened to FtM in months.

I guess my expectations were too high; I was anticipating much more than what I actually got.

<shocked> I don't know man, you need to give it a second listen cos you HAVE to like Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus. One of their best hands down.

Originally posted by Refused
<shocked> I don't know man, you need to give it a second listen cos you HAVE to like Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus. One of their best hands down.

I wouldn't say it's one of their best. My favorite song on FtM is Cassandra Geminni.

Oh, and this year I'll be looking forward to, well, Radiohead and Tool obviously, but I've also heard The Postal Service will have a new release by the end of the year, really excited about that 😄

I'll also be checking out the new Flaming Lips album, and I think Wilco and Mogwai are both coming out with albums this year.

There's also been talk about new albums from The Pixies, Sonic Youth, The Arcade Fire, and Modest Mouse (i really really hope)

hopefully it'll be a good year for music

but I've also heard The Postal Service will have a new release by the end of the year, really excited about that

Oh I really hope that is true, love the music.

Originally posted by MildPossession
Oh I really hope that is true, love the music.

yeah, I know

at first I wasn't sure if they were even going to make another album, since it was only a side project, but given the success of their first album, I find it hard to imagine that they WOULDN'T make another one!

but Gibbard has confirmed that they will make another one, it's just a matter of when. Hopes are set for late in the year, but perhaps early '07.

Well I know for a fact it's going to be a great musical year for me due to my tastes, it may not be for others though.

-AC

Hopefully me too...
Because New Tool CD means a New Tool tour,
and I'm allready making plans for seeing Dream Theater, as well as the Deftones/Dredg Taste of Caos tour, convieniently ending in my hometown... Although there are way too many shit bands touring with them.

best:
1. Mars Volta - Scabdates
2. Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
3. Coil - Age Of Naples
4. Fantomas - Suspended Animation
5. White Striples - Get Behind Me Satan
6. Gorillaz - Demon Days
7. System of a Down - Mezmerize
8. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
9. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
10. Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In a Digital Urn

Biggest Surprise and Biggest Disappointment and Worst: Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

next year
Tool
Radiohead
Cure
The Faint
Nine Inch Nails (supposedly)
Autolux

The Shins are coming out with a new album this summer 😄