2008

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Have any good albums come out/leaked this year? (Yes, I know some have, I could make a list myself, but I want your picks so I can play catch-up).

And what's coming up that might be good?

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Good stuff according to me:
This Will Destroy You (ST) -this is really, really becautiful pop; if people here like minimal techno and ambient electronica then there's no real reason they wouldn't like this. It's wonderfully crafted and leaves me strangely euphoric, despite the fact the music is actually quite sad.
I also liked the new 5ive CD but this is the instrumental metal 5ive not the boyband 5ive so make of that what you will.
As many people have said, Santogold is good. controversially, I prefer the second half but still not quite top-ten-of-the-year material.
Ashlee v good, tick, etc.
Taio Cruz good in a harmless kind of manner. Bit like a cup of tea; very nice but something you feel will happen again
The bits I've heard of the new Cyndi Lauper are really, really good.
As In Rebekkamaria's album, 'Queen Of France' = v good bonkers scandinavian electropop.
Welcome To The Dollhouse by Danity Kane has been discussed at length by various people and is extremely good, full of the same sinister production as 'Press Play.'
New Arch Enemy's good, too. If you liked the In Flames track from the Pop Euro thingy, then you'll almost certainly enjoy it lots.
'I Want You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling' by Kelley Polar is AMAZING in a lot of places and then has this UTTERLY DIRE track called 'A Dream In Three Parts (On Themes By Enesco)' or something, which is so bad it's embarassing.
I like the new Dolly Parton. Not actually sure that it's "good," per se, beyond the title track though.
New Apparat is dead good, although I haven't listened to it much for whatever reason.

The new Ihsahn is very good, too. Black metal might be going a bit far, though.

That's all I can pull from my WMP. The pressing need to write a dissertation drove me into a lot of repeat-hammering of old comfort rock albums and also myself and my metalhead housemate were forced to musically co-exist, so there's been a lot of My Dying Bride and Decapitated that might not have happened otherwise.