Albums for 2007

[Dirty0900]

Originally Posted by kid cue

i mean, it's basically marketing by now, isn't it?

Yer, but your more mainstream bands will always sell to a core audience. So if i was ever gonna illegal download anything and not pay, it would be from a mainstream label as they can afford the advertising. Gotta support the independent labels.

[dubman]

yup. except you're getting the whole product.
i'd agree with you if i was doing this via soulseek or something, but i do it mainly off of messageboards, so there's a lot of interaction going on as everyone is downloading the sendspace and megaupload. it's basically clicking a couple links and forgetting about it until it unzips on yr computer 20-30 minutes later, then you add it and listen to it and discuss at will. i think there's certain steps in place that still require you to care and not feel like you're just staying on top of a heap.

duran duran have a new album?

[kid cue]

no, but Duran Duran Duran does

[dubman]

eggz on my face.
this is what old is going to be like.

"bob dylan has a new album? isn't he dead?"
"no dad, BLOB dylan."

[kid cue]

speaking of which, have you heard the new Duran Duran Duran yet?

[Dirty0900]

Originally Posted by kid cue

speaking of which, have you heard the new Duran Duran Duran yet?

No! Any good, im expecting it to be totally bonkers like.

I played Year of the Monkey on my raido show at uni and people thought it was Duran Duran gone all weird. Haha!

[kid cue]

dunno, i was asking you -_-

i have a couple of his 12"s, wasn't too into his last LP.

[absolute zero]

Air, Arcade Fire, Portishead(?), The Good, the Bad & the Queen (though the album's probably online already)

[Bargo]

Both of the Hartnoll brothers from Orbital have their own albums coming out this year. Phil Hartnoll and Nick Smith will be releasing Madness and Me under the guise of Longrange, and Paul Hartnoll's finished off a solo album too, according to Loopz.

[Scott Warner]

Quick observations:

New LCD is roughly equivalent to their first full length: it's okay but they obviously crush much harder on 12"s.

The new !!! is shockingly good. If killing Out Hud was necessary to get us this record, REST IN PEACE.

The new Air is shockingly boring. Guess we'll never get another 10,000hz Legend.

Not quite sure what to make of the new Menomena yet. Songwriting is pretty good but it feels as though the elements that made their debut so fun are now missing in favor of song craft.

The new Arcade FIre single feels... meh. It's definitely The Arcade FIre sound but it's lacking energy.