This year = awesome.

[RedStratocas]

Im stunned really. This year so far has been better than I thought it would be. The first 3 months of this year's music has been better than ALL of last year's music. The Shin's album was great, the new Modest Mouse album exceeded my expectations by a lot. I just got the new Arcade Fire album and I cant stop listening to My Body Is A Cage and Keep The Car Running. The only even slight disappointments this year so far are the new Bloc Party album (so shoot me) and the new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album, neither of which were really that awful. Both just Sophomore slumps, really. And there's more to come! Radiohead are mixing their new album, Foo Fighters are recording right now. The new Maximo Park single sounds promising and The White Stripes are recording too. There's defiantly some that I'm missing. RATM could POSSIBLY come out with an album if they write fast.

I am so happy. It wasen't till the new Arcade Fire album when I really realized how good it is.

[summer]

yeah it's been alright. yes, bloc party's was a bit of a disappointment (the second half of it anyway). maximo park's album is pretty good from what i've heard, arctic monkeys new one is out in four weeks and there's much more to come, such as a new kooks album out in autumn time.

[uh huh her]

well madina lake's album is released today, next month theres the academy is... then in may the fall of troy are releasing their new album. then the one i'm looking forward to most, paramore's on june 12th, although thats the american release date, but i'll order it of fueled by ramens webstore and get it delivered over here.

[distraction]

the last two years have been excellent imo. this year has been brill so far.

[Browney]

I was surprised at how good it's been too.

[velocity]

i have to get so much music, i cant afford it.

[YoManGo!]

Menomena's new album is meant to be good. I have to check it out.

[Orange Invader]

Not as good as last year, or the year before that either. So far The Blackening by Machine Head is the only noteable release.

[samsaBEAR]

like amy, i cant wait for paramore's new album
+linkin park's in may. it should be good.
++panic! at the disco's new one, whenever that is out

[uh huh her]

like amy, i cant wait for paramore's new album
+linkin park's in may. it should be good.
++panic! at the disco's new one, whenever that is outpanics! is out in august.

[samsaBEAR]

o ty
tbh i really cant wait
i actually love them loads.

[RedStratocas]

Last year was pretty bad in my opinion. Just nothing really great came out, only a few good albums. This year has been just awesome, and it seems like its only going to get better. Maybe its just my music taste specifically, I dont know.

[samsaBEAR]

imo i think last year was pretty good
but this year is better already. fall out boy, madina lake, bloc party+klaxons.
all amazing albums

[summer]

last year wasn't bad, with the exception of arctic monkeys album, which i thought was absolutely immense. kasabian, the kooks & razorlight's albums were good too, along with others such as lily allen, lupe fiasco etc.

muse's was so overated though.

[Orange Invader]

Last year was by far better

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Stadium Arcadium
Muse-Black Holes & Revelations
Slayer-Christ Illusion
Lamb Of God-Sacrament
The Killers-Sam's Town
Mastodon-Blood Mountain

This year however....

Machine Head-The Blackening
Queens Of The Stone Age-Era Vulgaris
Foo Fighters-TBA
Metallica-TBA
Megadeth-United Abominations

[samsaBEAR]

o yeh, arctic monkeys new one should be good hopefully

[YoManGo!]

this year is awful because latterman went on a break, the descendents won't tour, joe lally cancelled his birmingham gig and there's no good shows till may. in fact the only two good new things ive heard are maths and everybody out. that said id rather have a dead pets reunion than listen to everybody out, but whatevs. not like im one to complain.

[RedStratocas]

Last year was by far better

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Stadium Arcadium
Muse-Black Holes & Revelations
Slayer-Christ Illusion
Lamb Of God-Sacrament
The Killers-Sam's Town
Mastodon-Blood Mountain

This year however....

Machine Head-The Blackening
Queens Of The Stone Age-Era Vulgaris
Foo Fighters-TBA
Metallica-TBA
Megadeth-United Abominations

Meh. RHCP's album wasent very good looking back at it. Muse's wasent very good either. It was okay. Sam's Town was a bit eh. And I still need to get Blood Mountain. My favorite album last year was a 10 song pop-punk album.

[samsaBEAR]

sam's town was weak tbh. i didnt like it at all
black holes and revelations was alright, it was anything special. it was incredibly overrated+over played. every twenty minutes, muse would come onto mtv2.

[RedStratocas]

sam's town was weak tbh. i didnt like it at all
black holes and revelations was alright, it was anything special. it was incredibly overrated+over played. every twenty minutes, muse would come onto mtv2.

No one's ever heard of Muse over here, haha.

[summer]

sam's town i hated for ages, but i got into it towards the end of last year. takes at least 10 or so proper listens and it's still never anything near as good as hot fuss.

[distraction]

my top three albums of 2006;;

01. brand new;; 'the devil & god are raging inside of me'.
if you looked up growth in the dictionary, you would see this album cover. such an amazing album. not only is the music good but the lyrics blew me away, lacey has always been a great lyricist but this album can be sad, angry, confused, mournful yet managing to eerie the whole way throughout. and also, limousine is one of the most haunting and beautiful songs ive ever heard. i can listen right from jesse's mournful vocals at the beginning of sowing season to the screeching guitar at the end of luca (reprise) enjoying every minute of this album and i am not usually fond of instrumentals. only time will tell before this ends up one of favourite albums of all time because it truly is a masterpiece and deserves all of the critical success it has been receiving. brand new are no longer the whiny teenagers on 'your favourite weapon', they have leaped out of the emo genre and dived right into something much deeper.

02. jenny lewis with the watson twins;; 'rabbit fur coat'.
this album is just lovely. i am huuuge fan of jenny and rilo kiley, so when i bought this album it was no surprise that i loved it from the very first listen. i can listen to this straight through in the summer, just close my eyes and enjoy every minute of it listening to jenny's sweet voice. the watson twins really compliment lewis' vocals and make this album special. they star in 'born secular' and jenny forms an indie supergroup featuring conor oberst and ben gibbard on 'handle with care' but the highlight of the album is the wonderful 'melt your heart. only lasting just under three minutes it is one of the shortest songs on the album but far and away the best song on it and even though this album only came out last year melt your heart would feature in my top 50 songs ever. i can listen to it all day.

03. amy winehouse;; 'back to black'.
i must admit, i never knew about 'frank' or anything to do with la winehouse until rehab was released. it was one of my favourite singles last year but i didn't buy the album until 'you know i'm no good'. it is wonderful. the lyrics are in your face and honest, the music is retro and flows so well. i have been listening to it everyday for the last three months. i cant get enough of amy right now. she has such an amazing voice, it's a pity she cant get off the alcohol and the drugs. highlights on the album are the three singles and the infectious 'tears dry on their own' which samples 'ain't no mountain high enough'. it is in my opinion the best use of a sample since sugababes' 'freak like me' and [B]needs to be fourth single. i am glad she is breaking america because this album really deserves to be huge. amy is one of the best british acts around and will be here for years to come... that is of course if she doesn't overdose.

[RedStratocas]

My favorite album last year was "The Blood, The Body, The Machine" by The Thermals. I hadent heard of them till August, and their album was incredible. 10 short pop-punk songs, almost all of them were great. They got a good review from Pitchforkmedia.com, which was a site I was just getting into, so I checked it out and it was amazing. Now I check Pitchfork every single day to see if there's anything ill love as much.

[Seren]

Funeral For A Friends album should be pretty good and Lost Prophets are trying to get a new album out near the end of the year.

The Offspring have an album comming out, as do The Calling.

Angels And Airwaves shoukd have one comming out near the end of the year aswell.


Story of the year I think are writting their new album now aswell.

I wanna hear The Used's new album the most though.

[distraction]

methinks that 2008 will be even more amazing than 2005, 2006 and 2007 combined <3.

[summer]

Funeral For A Friends album should be pretty good and Lost Prophets are trying to get a new album out near the end of the year.

The Offspring have an album comming out, as do The Calling.

Angels And Airwaves shoukd have one comming out near the end of the year aswell.


Story of the year I think are writting their new album now aswell.

I wanna hear The Used's new album the most though.
eugh, the used released a single off the new album on iTunes last week called "the bird and the worm". it's awful, really bad.

[benjamin]

sam's town i hated for ages, but i got into it towards the end of last year. takes at least 10 or so proper listens and it's still never anything near as good as hot fuss.
yeah, i got it and said it wasn't nothing special - you said to me it took you a while to get into, and it has for me too. i lovee it now.

[louder]

i didn't think much of the shins' album.
+ i might see bloc party, dno yet tho.

[RedStratocas]

i didn't think much of the shins' album.
+ i might see bloc party, dno yet tho.

It wasent as good as Chutes Too Narrow, but I liked most of it. It was pretty good.

[Ezzie.]

One word: Muse

Their newest album is amazing, they've really come into themselves [yes that sounds rude but blerugh]

[summer]

One word: Muse

Their newest album is amazing, they've really come into themselves [yes that sounds rude but blerugh]
if you mean bh&r, i was disappointed. there's a few good tracks, but it's been rather overhyped/overated by pretty much everyone.

[velocity]

if you mean bh&r, i was disappointed. there's a few good tracks, but it's been rather overhyped/overated by pretty much everyone.
Its a good ablum, but your right.

[hobo]

im dreading the used's now more than looking forward to it.

can't wait for linkin park's or the arctic monkey's though :}