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Best Albums of 2009 (so far)

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"Townes" Steve Earle
Steve Earle is set to release Townes, his highly anticipated follow up to the Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade. The 15-song set is comprised of songs written by Earle s friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt. Townes will also be available as a deluxe two-CD set, as well as double Limited Edition 180 gram vinyl.

Earle met Townes Van Zandt in 1972 at one of Earle s performances at The Old Quarter in Houston, TX. Van Zandt was in the audience and playfully heckled Earle throughout the performance to play the song Wabash Cannonball Earle admitted that he didn t know how to play the tune and Van Zandt replied incredibly You call yourself a folksinger and you don t know Wabash Cannonball? Earle then silenced him by playing the Van Zandt song Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold, not an easy feat due to its quickly-paced mouthful of lyrics squeezed into just over two minutes of song. Their bond was immediately formed. On Townes, Earle and his son, singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle (named after Van Zandt) trade verses on the tune, a song the two of them have been playing together since Justin was a teenager.
 
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Lots of pretty good stuff this year but nothing great yet. Mostly old favorites showing some life:

U2 - No Line on the Horizon
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Century of Self
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
The Church - Untitled #23
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
 
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FrancisSawyer;1487893; said:
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
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Another +1 for Crack the Skye.

Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings. Not just because I love Dream Theater, either. As they get older they're starting to get a song or parts of a song that are "misses", but they've still got my attention. They're my generation's prog legends.
 
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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

By far, the best release that I have heard this year.

I'm a huge Wilco fan, but I'm not as crazy about their latest cd...some good songs, but nothing spectacular IMO. Not a fan of Animal Collective at all, but their latest effort is really, really good. Probably number 2 on my list. U2's newest album is pretty good for them...but that's not saying too much as they haven't released a good album since "Actung Baby". Dark was the Night and Dark Night of the Soul are good albums.
 
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ginn421;1488187; said:
It helps if you get an idea of what the "story" is for The Hazards of Love before listening to it. Here's a link with a pretty good interpretation.

I liked the album, but I wouldn't call it their best one, let alone album of the year.
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The Decemberists could play my grocery list and I'd put it on the Best Albums list for a given year. :biggrin:

Hazards of Love played straight through, live and loud in concert, is really how that album is best experienced.
 
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TexasBuck;1488314; said:
Lots of pretty good stuff this year but nothing great yet. Mostly old favorites showing some life:

U2 - No Line on the Horizon
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Century of Self
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
The Church - Untitled #23
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
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I need to check out the new Sonic Youth disc. I've heard some say it's their best in years.

matz2;1488443; said:
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

By far, the best release that I have heard this year.

I'm a huge Wilco fan, but I'm not as crazy about their latest cd...some good songs, but nothing spectacular IMO. Not a fan of Animal Collective at all, but their latest effort is really, really good. Probably number 2 on my list. U2's newest album is pretty good for them...but that's not saying too much as they haven't released a good album since "Actung Baby". Dark was the Night and Dark Night of the Soul are good albums.
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I've listened to Veckatimest a couple times - overall it doesn't quite do it for me. I enjoy a few tracks though, like "Southern Point", "Two Weeks" and "While You Wait for the Others". Maybe it's a grower for me though.
 
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jlb1705;1488463; said:
I need to check out the new Sonic Youth disc. I've heard some say it's their best in years.

I've listened to Veckatimest a couple times - overall it doesn't quite do it for me. I enjoy a few tracks though, like "Southern Point", "Two Weeks" and "While You Wait for the Others". Maybe it's a grower for me though.
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Yes, the Grizzy Bear album is definitely a grower. After 1-2 listens, I thought that it was too slow of an album...now, I can't stop listening to it.

The new Sonic Youth is also on my list as I have heard good things as well.
 
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matz2;1488443; said:
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

By far, the best release that I have heard this year.
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jlb1705;1488463; said:
I need to check out the new Sonic Youth disc. I've heard some say it's their best in years.

I've listened to Veckatimest a couple times - overall it doesn't quite do it for me. I enjoy a few tracks though, like "Southern Point", "Two Weeks" and "While You Wait for the Others". Maybe it's a grower for me though.
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matz2;1488638; said:
Yes, the Grizzy Bear album is definitely a grower. After 1-2 listens, I thought that it was too slow of an album...now, I can't stop listening to it.

The new Sonic Youth is also on my list as I have heard good things as well.
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[strike]I bought Veckatimest on a complete whim and I like. Its definitely not something that I would have typically been interested in or even have access too - I think I found on an 8 degrees of clicking through of the "people who bought this also bought" links... anyways, very good.[/strike]

Whoa. I was completely off here. I bought Grizzly Bear on a rec. from my brother. Still a good buy... I bought Around the Well by Iron and Wine on a whim and have been very happy. I need to sober up or something :shake:
 
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I'll add these:

  • Spoon - "Got Nuffin (EP)"
  • Camera Obscura "My Maudlin Career"
Also, there was a bonus track with the iTunes presale for Wilco's new album called "Dark Neon". I wanted to give it a mention here because it's quite good IMO. It didn't really fit in with the rest of the songs on the album, but it's a strong track.
 
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