Albums for 2007

[sanakan]

two pages was phenomenal.
creating patterns was... err... very different.
and the new one's changing direction (again) to soul? ewww...

/me is very sad

[Sean]

Looks like Meat Beat Manifesto should have a new one out for early summer 2007. I didn't really care for the jazziness of the last one, "At the Center", so I hope this one's a bit more in keeping with my personal tastes.

[patrick]

ya. i just picked up about 10 leaks and they are all golden!.

i think if we look back at the 2006 list though we'd probbly find that it's quite extensive as well?

edit: i meant that as in the people in the 2006 dirty poll who seem to think it was a shit year seem to be always looking forward instaed of rememberign what came out? also: maybe theere were lots of cross overs in 2006 vs. this thread::: portishead and uw are clear ones i remember...

[GforGroove]

check out What's the time Mr Wolf by The Noisettes and Modernaire... Im sure Modernaire is going to be one of the next big things.. they sound amazing but there are only a few tracks around.

Im as always excited about the next Air and new Portishead is just about time!!!

[matt]

yeah, i've now got the little barrie, earlies, air & lcd albums

had the lcd one for a good few weeks now and i love it

only listened to the others once so far - little disappointed with the earlies one but that's only because it's not as upbeat as it was when they played the tracks live earlier in the year - sure it'll grow on me given time

the little barrie album's a lot mellower than the last one too but still sounded really good on first play

and the air one sounds like it could be an absolute stoned-cold classic

[kid cue]

i'm super excited about Deerhoof but i'll wait until it's actually out ... when did this obsession with leaks begin? it seems kind of depressing to me

[dubman]

Originally Posted by kid cue

i'm super excited about Deerhoof but i'll wait until it's actually out ... when did this obsession with leaks begin? it seems kind of depressing to me

begin?

for the last two years the holiday season have seen an embarassment of leaks from many bands and artists. this is almost like part of christmas. the two most notable ones for me last year was TVOTR and mogwai. is this depressing because it sounds like we're more interested in acquisition rather than the music? the fact that we're being horrendously blatant about downloding these things well before they're due and sometimes against explicit wishes of the band? does it seem like we're competing?

you know i buy everything i love, man.
which is why i'm going to keep bugging your LJ friends page with occasional posts bitching about how broke i am! woo! [/beerhelmet]

[kid cue]

it doesn't have anything to do with download vs. buy. i think it's depressing because it's about this age of information overload, and pouncing on leak after leak comes across like trying to scramble to the top of an ever-rising waterfall. i don't often download albums, except at the end of the year, when i'm playing 'catch up', and still i never succeed in catching up. and i know i'll never buy everything i download, even if my intentions are good. and the whole process of placing albums in a download queue, deciding to accept/reject, and then moving on has the uncomfortable ring of data processing. it seems very utilitarian or something, in contrast to how it used to work, where you were faced with these one or two albums you'd bought, and had to feel your way into some kind of relationship.

i'm not against digital by any means, i'm ultimately all for it, but there has to be a happier medium IMO.

it seems like for everything we turn our attentions to, we have to willfully turn away from something else. it's always been this way, but the feeling has never been more visceral.

[Dirty0900]

I can never understand why there announced so far in advance. UW's last album was leaked i think about 3/4 months early. Explosions In The Sky and Bloc Partys albums arent due to feb, but there now both on my iPod.

I will buy them as i do with all my music!

[kid cue]

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