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My favourites so far, although most have been mentioned already:

The National - High Violet

The Black Keys - Brothers (Their best since Rubber Factory!)

The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt

Titus Andronicus - The Moninter

LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

Spoon - Transference

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today

Middle of the pack, but definitely enjoyable:

The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack

Band of Horses - Infinte Arms

The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever

Dissapointments:

Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void -- It just sounds like an Eric Earley solo album for the most part. I love the first two tracks, but after that, it kind of wallows in acoustic-y ballads that just aren't as compelling as the last record.

Delta Spirit - History from Below -- Not bad, just not great. Disappointing because I was hoping for more because of their phenomenal debut.

Still need to hear:

Joel Alme - Waiting for the Bells, Surfer Blood - Astro Coast, Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (Heard them for the first time at Sasquatch and they blew me away.), Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can, Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring, probably more. These lists are a good place to start. I'm pretty excited about the new Belle and Sebastien record coming out this October.

Here's my final submitted list:

1. Big Star – Radio City

2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

3. The Beatles – The Beatles

4. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

5. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True

6. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run

7. Television – Marquee Moon

8. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

9. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

10. The Replacements – Tim

11. The Clash – London Calling

12. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

13. Nick Lowe – Jesus of Cool

14. Neil Young – After the Goldrush

15. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday

16. Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin’ On

17. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

19. T. Rex – Electric Warrior

20. XTC – English Settlement

21. The Zombies – Odessy and Oracle

22. The National – Boxer

23. The Beatles – Rubber Soul

24. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver

25. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin

26. The Black Keys – Rubber Factory

27. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis

28. Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

29. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers

30. The Band – The Band

31. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Jacksonville City Nights

32. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers

33. Sloan – Never Hear the End of It

34. Talking Heads – Remain In Light

35. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited

36. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

37. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation

38. Pavement – Wowee Zowee

39. Paul McCartney – Ram

40. The DB’s – Stands for Decibels

41. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin

42. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

43. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl

44. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water

45. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over the Sea

46. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless

47. The Velvet Underground – Loaded

48. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One

49. House of Freaks – Tantilla

50. Joni Mitchell – Blue

Here's the list I'm working with right now (mostly out of order other than the top few albums):

1. Big Star – Radio City

2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

3. The Beatles – The Beatles

4. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

5. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True

6. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run

7. Television – Marquee Moon

8. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

9. The Replacements – Tim

10. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

11. The Clash – London Calling

12. Nick Lowe – Jesus of Cool

13. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

14. Neil Young – After the Goldrush

15. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday

16. T. Rex – Electric Warrior

17. Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin’ On

18. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

19. The Zombies – Odessy and Oracle

20. XTC – English Settlement

21. The National – Boxer

22. The Band – The Band

23. The Beatles – Revolver

24. The Black Keys – Rubber Factory

25. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver

26. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis

27. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Jacksonville City Nights

28. Sloan – Never Hear the End of It

29. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers

30. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over the Sea

31. Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

32. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl

33. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers

34. Paul McCartney – Ram

35. Talking Heads – Remain In Light

36. Pavement – Wowee Zowee

37. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

38. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin

39. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin

40. The DB’s – Stands for Decibels

41. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

42. The Velvet Underground – Loaded

43. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water

44. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless

45. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One

46. Grandaddy – Sumday

47. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation

48. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited

49. Beck – Sea Change

50. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque

51. House of Freaks – Tantilla

52. Okkervil River – The Stage Names

53. The National High Violet

54. New York Dolls – s/t

55. Neil Young – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

56. Japandroids – Post Nothing

57. Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation

58. The Beach Boys – Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

59. Joni Mitchell – Blue

60. Whiskeytown – Stranger’s Almanac

61. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model

My list is forthcoming.

I personally thought it was a pretty great episode. Obviously, it didn't reach episode-of-the-series heights like "The Constant" and wasn't as packed full of information as the premiere. The absence of the Locke story was a bit frustrating, but there were some great scenes.

Josh Holloway's acting on that dock scene was quite a moving display of range, showing off Sawyer's newfound emotional maturity. I also liked how Kate stares in the mirror a la Jack in the premiere. Hmm.... The Jack/Sayid scenes were great too. I especially liked Sayid's Han Solo-esque return from the torture table: "They didn't even ask any questions."

Yeah, the episode was slow moving, but it seems to be setting up a pretty exciting Locke episode next week (Also digging the parallel centricities to the first season). In the context of the series as a whole, I think this episode will be looked back upon more favourably.

Just got through the first hour of the premiere. Where is Desmond?!? Also, the plane landing at LAX had me inexplicably sobbing...

haha, that reminds me of Faraday inexplicably sobbing at the sight of the wreckage of 815 on tv.

Great episode though. I think I'm going to have to watch it again tonight before posting my thoughts, but I will say this: I really liked how MIB sort of eulogized Locke when he was talking to Ben. I feel like it somehow gave him a little more dignity.

This is really unfortunate and sudden. He was a talented musician and seemed like a great guy. Best wishes to his friends and family.

Here's the link to my band's page: http://iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?ID=142048. I just uploaded a studio demo we recorded in November. We'll be recording our first E.P. in January.

I've been rewatching the series with a few friends who have never seen it before. Everytime I notice something that ties in to a later episode, it's a struggle to bite my tongue. I really like some of the parallels that I've been picking up on on my 4th? 5th? time through. For instance, in the pilot, pt. 2, the group of survivors who hear the French woman's signal agree that they'll have to lie to protect the others just like Jack et al in season 4.

I love this show.

I didn't read the whole thing either. I noticed that the analysis only looked at popular albums from groups that were formed between 1970 and 1979 (American groups only I think). So... Doobie Bros, Steely Dan, America, Bread, Talking Heads, Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, CSN/Y, and what not. I wonder if Big Star made the radar. Or Little Feat. Or The Ramones. The factors would be a lot more interesting with some actual data!

I think the article mentioned that 48% of the artists included in the research were American and the other 52% were almost exclusively British artists. At least in terms of U.S. record sales, the article stated that American artists tended to have a greater chance of "success".

Interesting article. I definitely agree though, this would be a lot better with specific data.

This was ridiculously hard to narrow down. I don't think I can go with any less than these 11:

Carole King

Joni Mitchell

Dusty Springfield

Patti Smith

Cat Power

Jenny Lewis

PJ Harvey

Nina Simone

Sharon Jones

The Kills

Viva Voce (Anita Robinson DESTROYS on guitar and sings about half the time)

My band just recorded some studio demos for our upcoming E.P. sessions in January. We should have the masters of the demos by the end of the month so I'll definitely post them then. Great idea by the way.

Here's my quick take with a list of studio albums:

The White Stripes

De Stijl (2000)

White Blood Cells (2001)

Elephant (2003)

Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

Icky Thump (2007)

Wilco

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

A Ghost Is Born (2004)

Sky Blue Sky (2007)

Wilco (The Album) (2009)

The Hold Steady

Almost Killed Me (2004)

Separation Sunday (2005)

Boys and Girls In America (2006)

Stay Positive (2008)

Blitzen Trapper

Blitzen Trapper (2003)

Field Rexx (2004)

Wild Mountain Nation (2007)

Furr (2008)

Spoon

Girls Can Tell (2001)

Kill the Moonlight (2002)

Gimme Fiction (2005)

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)

The National

The National (2001)

Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (2003)

Alligator (2005)

Boxer (2007)

Ryan Adams

Heartbreaker (2000)

Gold (2001)

Demolition (2002)

Rock N Roll (2003)

Love Is Hell (2004)

Cold Roses (with The Cardinals) (2005)

Jacksonville City Nights (with The Cardinals) (2005)

29 (2005)

Easy Tiger (2007)

Cardinology (with The Cardinals) (2008)

Stephen Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus (2001)

Pig Lib (2003)

Face the Truth (2005)

Real Emotional Trash (2008)

Okkervil River

Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See (2002)

Down the River of Golden Dreams (2003)

Black Sheep Boy (2005)

The Stage Names (2007)

The Stand Ins (2008)

Sam Roberts

We Were Born In A Flame (2003)

Chemical City (2006)

Love at the End of the World (2008)

Argh, I always spend way too much time thinking about these sort of lists. So here we go: quick, painless, one take:

Big Star - Radio City

The Beatles - White Album

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

I think I could live with that. Except for the whispers, constantly reminding me of albums from my past... This Year's Model... Ziggy Stardust... Sweetheart of the Rodeo... Born to Run... Separation Sunday...

I'm not the biggest Yeah Yeah Yeahs fan but I can definitely appreciate what they do and there's a few of their songs that I enjoy. I really like that track they did for the Spiderman 3 Soundtrack, "Sealings". I find that they're particularly good at building tension within their songs and this is a great example of that ability. I was really disappointed that they didn't use it in the movie. That said, I was really disappointed with Spiderman 3 in general.

Oh and Gobias Industries, I love the username.

When I saw them at Coachella in April, they said they were shooting for a fall release and played a couple of new songs. I think one was called "Eat My Head". I haven't heard anything about a specific release date though.

I'm quite suprised at how many good to great records that have been released so far this year. Usually it's difficult to come up with a halfway decent list until the fall records start pouring in.

Here's my favourites so far this year in no particular order:

Dark Was The Night - Various(I know it was a compilation, but COME ON!)

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

Why There Are Mountains - Cymbals Eat Guitars

Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective

Tonight! - Franz Ferdinand

It's Frightening - White Rabbits

Keep It Hid - Dan Auerbach

Together Through Life - Bob Dylan

Still need to listen to:

Wilco (The Album) - Wilco (No Spoilers!)

Post-Nothing - Japandroids

The Mountain - Heartless Bastards

Upcoming releases:

Band of Horses

Blitzen Trapper

The Dead Weather

Some great stuff already listed here. I'd just like to add Plants & Animals and Black Mountain in terms of music.

Ryan Adams apparently covered The Strokes' Is This It back in 2002 on a fourtrack in his basement. He supposedly redid the album in a bluesy style. I've never heard it though and I'm pretty sure it's never surfaced yet. I would love to hear it though.

How about John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas. He released a great solo record, John the Wolfking of L.A. in 1970 before dissapearing under increasing drug use.

The Rolling Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (B-side of "Honky Tonk Women.")

 

The Replacements "If Only You Were Lonely" (B-side of "I'm in Trouble.")

 

The Beatles "Revolution"

 

Hank Williams "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (B-side of "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It.")

 

Gene Vincent "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (B-side of "Woman Love.")

 

Rod Stewart "Maggie May"

 

Smiths "How Soon Is Now?"

Great choices. "If Only You Were Lonely" is such a killer track. It sounds so unlike everything the Replacements were releasing at that time.

I haven't been able to stop playing this album since its release. I managed to hold off from any leaks and it seems my dilligent efforts have paid off. I actually wrote a review of the album for my campus radio station's website. Here's the link if anybody's interested: http://blogs.civl.ca/blog/2009/01/26/anima...post-pavillion/. It's nice and short too!

I'm in for Thursday night. I feel like I should be studying, but I'm not sure what so I'm just flipping through the encyclopedia...

Here's hoping they'll squeeze in a Vancouver or Seattle date somewhere. There's a perfect spot between the Denver and L.A. shows or right around the first batch of dates in California. I was too broke from tuition to go last time he came so my fingers are crossed.

Ooh, let's see if I can hit 25....

(In no particular order)

1. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True

2. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted

3. Television - Marquee Moon

4. The Clash - The Clash

5. Sam Roberts - We Were Born In A Flame

6. The Band - Music From Big Pink

7. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?

8. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

9. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico

10. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield

11. Big Star - #1 Record

12. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

13. The Who - The Who Sing My Generation

14. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

15. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings from Ashbury Park

16. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk

17. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

18. The Stooges - The Stooges

19. The Beatles - Please Please Me

20. Tom Waits - Closing Time

21. The White Stripes - The White Stripes

22. The United States of America - The United States of America

23. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

24. Moby Grape - Moby Grape

25. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn