The usual 'is it a shit year for music' argument has broken out on a music bulletin board I frequent. As usual there are people arguing for both sides of that particular argument. Personally, it's been a bloody great year for music already - and there's still the best part of six months to go. This is, as you may already be realising, simply a good excuse for a list.
Already this year I've grown to love:
Maximo Park - Our Earthly PleasuresAlready this year I've grown to love:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Crowded House - Time On Earth
Air Traffic - Fractured Life
Grinderman - Grinderman
The Bees - Octopus
The Aliens - Astronomy For Dogs
Lavender Diamond - Imagine Our Love
The Dials - s/t
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers
Feist - The Reminder
Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars
B.C. Camplight - Blink Of A Nihilist
Cherry Ghost - Thirst For Romance
Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
The Strange Death Of Liberal England - Forward March!
Bjork - Volta
Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
Hamfatter - What Part Of Hamfatter Do You Not Understand?
Ash - Twilight Of The Innocents
Editors - An End Has A Start
Mark Ronson - Version
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Gruff Rhys - Candylion
The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
Tracey Thorn - Out Of The Woods
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
And...
The two stand-outs thus far
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
and
Maps - We Can Create.
Won't say any more for now, but if you look into even one of those albums, I'll be pleased.
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