Mr. Heartbreak Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Many of you know I don't buy much brand new music -- hell, wait a year or two and you can buy Fox Confessor Brings the Flood or the new Dr. Dog for about six bucks on Amazon -- so when the end of the year gets closer, and everyone is ready to post their impressive "Best of 2007" lists, I have to sit on the sidelines like some sort of stone broke cyber-loser. Consequently, I'd like to invite people to post a list of stuff they've gotten this year, new or otherwise. Not too many 2007 releases made my list, but there are a couple on here. In no particular order: Beatles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Brian Eno & John Cale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 The Warren Zevon cd is great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wilco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airtaco Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I actually did the same type of list last year. It's a lot of fun! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I don't need Wilco. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Sir Stewart Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Oh well, I'm sure y'all had a good run! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Hey they can redeem themselves if they put out a good album next time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Warren Zevon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Hi Bridget, hi Louie.Yeah, the Warren record has some great stuff on it. In fact, my only complaint is that there's too many demo versions of known songs and not enough previously unreleased songs. I could have lived happily with two discs' worth of "new" material. Maybe there's a part two in the offing.I'll definitely continue to support Wilco in the future, and I'll be there for their next show in my area. I just wish they had done something else musically. I actually like LNGCA and ITTTIG better than pretty much everything on the album, but that's still not saying much. Maybe the next one will blow me away, though.Has anyone else gotten that Lindsay Anderson disc? It's kind of "chill out" music, I guess. I seem to be picking up a lot of mellow stuff with female vocalists lately. Even that Hank Dogs CD is pretty mellow, and I've been thinking about getting the Feist disc too. Weird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 New for 2007 that I like very much: David Bromberg, Try Me One More TimeMavis Staples, We'll Never Turn BackRickie lee Jones, The Sermon on Exhibition BoulevardRalph Stanley, The Essential MastersCharlie Louvin, Charlie LouvinSon Volt, The Search Older "new" ones I picked up and like a heap: The Black Crowes, Lost CrowesRalph Stanley, Songs of the Carter FamilyEarl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Rickey Skaggs, The Three PickersJerry Jeff Walker, A Man Must Carry OnMartin Sexton, SeedsPete Townshend, GoldRay Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra, Ray Sings, Basie SwingsSam Bush & David Grisman, Hold On, We're Strummin'Solomon Burke, Make Do With What You've GotA few discs from my new Age boy, Medwyn Goodall. He's good for the head. And a lot of live stuff, like a Todd Snider and Jack Ingram show I got yesterday. There's always great live stuff to dig into. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 New for 2007 that I like very much: Mavis Staples, We'll Never Turn BackRickie lee Jones, The Sermon on Exhibition Boulevard Two of my favorites right there. I'd also add new one's by: The New PornographersThe WeakerthansKevin DrewMary GauthierPatty GriffinWilcoSharon Jones & the Dap-Kings older one's:Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy in SwedenLoudon Wainwright III - A Live One (plus a few other older ones)Warren Zevon - 2 reissuesTownes Van Zandt - a few reissues of the early records There's a lot more, I think I'll stop for now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Nice list.Let's see i I can sum my fave purchases all up in the same way: Caesaria Evora - RogamarAnother winner from the diva of Cabo Verde. I said the same thing about Van Morrison, but I feel the same about Ms. Evora: her voice is like magic -- everything she sings in instantly beautiful. For those of you not familiar with her, it's African island music, that has a bit of a samba touch. (Cabo Verde was also a Portugese colony.) Steve Ison - The Stars Are Never Really Distant British bedroom pop. Just one great pop songa after another. Dogbowl - FlanI had this on vinyl long ago, but finally got around to picking up the CD. Weirdo freakout masterpiece -- tells the story of Flan and his post-apocolypse search for his true love, aided by his pet fish Ginger Kang-Kang and Michael the Human-Headed Dog. Weird and wonderful. Roy Wood and Wizzard - Archive Series Collection The man from The Move, and his less-commercial track than former bandmates who went on to do ELO. A pretty solid collection. Joe Pisapia - DaydreamsI talked abou this in another thread. Had a burn, and felt the need to buy a "real" copy to support the artist. Ray Davies w/ Yo La Tengo - Live, Aug., 2000 (bootleg)Doesn't the title really say it all? Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (remaster)Never owned it until I bought this. Of course, I knew a couple of the songs already, but the whole thing is great. Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies to GodMay be the best power pop record of the 1990s. Love their version of Gene Clark's "Why Not Your Baby?" Martin Newell - A Summer TamarindThe new one from the godfather of British bedroom pop. And a return to pure pop after a 3-album foray into more jazz-inflectted territory. I like this Martin better. Tom Z Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Ray Davies w/ Yo La Tengo - Live, Aug., 2000 (bootleg)Doesn't the title really say it all? This really intrigued me so I started surfing around the web to learn more about it and I stumbled across this:http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1446804/2...avies_ray.jhtml Apparently, they were recording together in the studio too. Some of the songs referenced in the article made it onto the album that he released last year. I really liked that album, but I dont think YLT recorded the album with him, right? Also, this article is from 2001. I know he had been working on the album for awhile, and that health issues sidelined him for awhile. Does anyone know anything more about this? Did he start recording with YLT, then get sick and stop, and then get healthy and decide to use different recordings for the solo album? Sorry to hijack the thread. Anyone know? I had no idea there was such a strong connection between Ray Davies and YLT. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TemplePilot Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Bought a ton, but stand outs for me include Okkervil River - The Stage NamesTwo Gallants - The Scenery of Farewell EP/Two GallantsKings of Leon - Because of the TimesWilco - SBSRyan Adams - Easy TigerLocal H - Local H Comes AliveSpoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga GaBurning Brides - Hang LoveModest Mouse - We Were Dead... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Sorry to hijack the thread.Not a problem. I do it all the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Looks like I don't partake of much New Music anymore. Badfinger --- No Dice, Straight Up, Wish You Were here...A cautionary tale of the way a band can be sodomized by the music industry. Wonderfully tuneful, tightly crafted power pop of the first order. Warren Zevon --- Stand in the Fire...The guys was on fire that night. One of the best live recordings EVER. Bruce Springsteen --- Magic...this one is powerful in its examination of the alientation and loss of innocence of America. Gypsy Biker is sublime. NEU! --- NEU!2 ... as important a band as has ever recorded. Kraut rock at its finest. Wilco --- Sky Blue Sky...don't care what you say...I still like this one Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League--- The Longest Meow Gloriously Sloppy Bare Jr. --- Boo-tay...Loud guitars. Can you say 'Cow-Punk"? You blew me off indeed. Faces --- A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, Ooh La La... they self destructed in the wake of singer Rod Stewart's exploding (and ultimately disappointing) solo career. These guys were more Stones than the Stones in 1973. So Stonesy that two faces became stones. Stonesy swagger without the self congratulation. Woods, McLagan and Lane easily held their own writing material and Kenny Jones was the perfect drummer for this band. Gloriously sloppy. Ryan Adams --- East Tiger Loose Fur--- Born Again in the USA Queens of the Stoneage --- Era Vulgaris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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