top 30 records of 08 at this point...
 

well, were almost half way through another year. what are the 30 records that have blown your mind most at this point.

no real order:
kayo dot-blue lambency downward
secret chiefs 3-xaphan:book of angels volume 9
kevin drumm-imperial distortion
sissy spacek-the french record
fursaxa-kobold moon
boris-smile
kk null-[bayro genesis]
spiritualized-songs in a and e
farmer's market-surfin the ussr
new humans-aka new humans
black mayonnaise-unseen collaborator
inhalant-audio terror
twodeadsluts:onegoodfuck-s/t
autechtre-quarstice
nadja-bliss torn from emptiness
gnaw thier tongues-an ephiphanic vomiting of blood
the rita and is-".."
sissy spacek-california ax
lsd march-nikutai no tubomi
experimental dental school-jane doe loves me
carlos giffoni-eternal noise
government alpha-tune of oblivion
john zorn-the dreamers
melvins-nude with boots
striborg-autumnal melancoly
earth-the bees made in the lion's skull
fecalove-erection
jason spaceman and sun city girls-mister lonely


more noise than usual...
prurient and kevin drumm-we are all guests in the house of the lord

o fuck, remove one of them and add new black pus

fursaxa has a new album?

i'm so not informed this year...

yeah, its nice

I don't know about the 30 bests, but the Mahjongg and Fuck Buttons albums are both my #1 so far.

i haven't heard 30 albums this year

I've only got one album of this year, as I do most years that the Fall have a record out. One day I'll get round to liking this new-fangled music again...

Sun Kil Moon - April
Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
{{{ Sunset }}} - Bright Blue Dream

Just some albums I've enjoyed so far this year.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secrets
Holy Fuck - L.P.
Thurston Moore - Sensitive/Lethal
Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Feeder - Silent Cry
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls, And Marches
Various Artists - Juno O.S.T

I don't know how many that is... it's not 30 but, meh.

i don't think i even listened to 5 releases this year.

Haha. I'll wait.

1. fuck buttons
2. portishead
3. sparks
4. the fall
5. mudhoney
6. elf power
7. thurstons sensitive lethal
8. polysics
9. daemian frost
10. einsturzende neubauten
11. nick cave and the bad seeds
12. prurient
13. no age
14. wire
15. this will destroy you
16. experimental dental school
17. spiritualized
18. autechre
19. do make think say
20. monade
21. awesome color
22. clark
23. tall firs
24. the wedding present
25. thee silver mt zion memorial orchestra.....
26. jason pierce / sun city girls
27. secret cheifs 3
28. stephen malkmus and the jicks
29. farmers market
30. free kitten

just edging out is blood red shoes, the notwist and the kills

even further down is the first half of crystal castles, be your own pet and foals... highly disappointing albums.....

sidenote.. by the next 24 hours hopefully, the list will have a new entry at number 1... it being stereolab!

btw.. holy fuck was mid 2007.....

Just out of curiosity, how many of you own these 30 records in physical format, and how many of you are talking about things you've downloaded mixed with records [/CDs/ tapes] you physically own?

The reason I ask is that new releases tend to retain around the £15 mark, and 30x15 isn't a massive amount of money, but it's still an amount of money.

its not a massive amount of money if you have it!!!!!

for the record.. i own probably 75% of the ones listed above

Yeah, I'm frankly amazed that there are 30 albums released this year that are worth owning, let alone ranking in a top 30.

this year is probably better than last year for new releases and to be honest last year was great.

Yeah, I mean, I could afford to own more than that. And I'm not being Dave Pious 'records are real music'. I just find with new records that I'm pissed off for paying the inflated 'new' price and I fucking hate having shit records sat about and I don't like a lot of new music (what a prick, eh?).

hey glice.. 100% agree with you. im one of the lucky ones tho, my mate manages a record shop so if i buy and destest (and i have to detest a record before i return it) he will take it back in no questions asked....

downloading is just a modern day double tape deck recorder...

I don't want to make a top 30 but I loved new neptune, zs, experimental dental school, thank you, farmers market, boris, daemian frost, secret chiefs 3, the fall, autechre, kayo dot, polysics... the new stereolab's out?!?!

So far, a good year for muzak.

Oh, also, the new scissor shock album should be done very very soon, I'll get that to whoever wants it. should be on many people's top 30 lists. no kidding, it's the best thing we've ever done!