Favorite albums so far this year...

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

And I don't know who Old 97's are, so I win!  (The loser contest.)

[Martin]

I also bought the new Portishead, but have yet to listen to it in earnest.

Yeah, that's where I'm at too.

[Gilly]

I'm with Beth, the new Portishead isn't good. But, I never have really liked Dummy either.

I liked The Heavy Circles and Clinic new ones too but once again I didn't love them. Everything except for Vampire Weekend, Santogold and Magnetic Fields I listened to once and I doubt I'll listen to them much again. Usually by this time I've found at least 10 albums I love. Hardly anything sounds fresh and almost everything sounds mopey.

[jbissell]

The Dodos - Visiter
Bun B. - II Trill
The Weird Weeds - I Miss This
The Shivers - Beaks To The Moon
{{{Sunset}}} - Bright Blue Dream
Portishead - Third
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
Crystal Castles - S/T
The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP
Autechre - Quaristice

I'm mostly really looking forward to the new Spiritualized album.

[Martin]

Autechre - Quaristice

Haven't really gotten into this one yet. But I will.

[andrew in philadelphia]

man man - "rabbit habits"

carlos guitarlos - "straight from the heart." released in '03, but it's one of my favorites i bought this year (so far.)

[yesno]

crimestick is so right! The new autechre is great- less "anal" than their past series of albums.

[TL]

I avoided Santogold for a long time because of all the annoying bloggy hype, and when I finally caved and checked it out the annoying bloggy backlash was already beginning, but I am FULLY on board with that being one of the best records of the year so far - I friggin' LOVE it.  Gilly - you should check out her earlier band, Stiffed.  Their records were produced by Darryl Jennifer (Bad Brains) and they're more along the late-era Ruts upbeat punk w/dub production side of things - really good!
I had the same thing happen with Robyn.
(Don't judge!  I'm a sucker for that classic house beat with a good hook on top of it...)
[youtube]3vfLvZCdT9g[/youtube]

[Gilly]

Thanks TL, I'll check that out. I wish Robyn would put out another album instead of releasing the same one a million times.

[bobby.]

ten, sans order:

Islands - Arm's Way
So Cow - I'm Siding With My Captors
Why? - Alopecia
Jape - Ritual
David Turpin - The Sweet Used-to-be
El Guincho - Alegranza
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride

[Martin]

I had the same thing happen with Robyn.
(Don't judge!  I'm a sucker for that classic house beat with a good hook on top of it...)
[youtube]3vfLvZCdT9g[/youtube]

I'm not a big fan, but I can't deny that song. It's a powerhouse.

I met Robyn a couple of weeks ago. She is really, really short.

[Beth]

ten, sans order:

Islands - Arm's Way
So Cow - I'm Siding With My Captors
Why? - Alopecia
Jape - Ritual
David Turpin - The Sweet Used-to-be
El Guincho - Alegranza
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride

Alopecia and Alegranza are both 2007, but they're two of my favorite recent releases.

[bobby.]

Alopecia and Alegranza are both 2007

Let's lock horns about this one!

[Vambo]

I got two so far:

[dave from knoxville]

I had the same thing happen with Robyn.
(Don't judge!  I'm a sucker for that classic house beat with a good hook on top of it...)
[youtube]3vfLvZCdT9g[/youtube]

I'm not a big fan, but I can't deny that song. It's a powerhouse.

I met Robyn a couple of weeks ago. She is really, really short.

The first 40 seconds of that are like Kate Bush's Seconds of Pleasure, a very slow trifle, set to a pounding beat. Very Bushy.