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This was a very good year for new music. 

1. viagr aboys- viagra boys: this is by far my favorite album of the year, i love it. clever, catchy, humorous. the epitome of their weird post punk style. 

2. instant holograms on metal film- stereolab: picks up right where they left off 15 years ago. their classic synth-pop sound with good melodies and beautful soundscapes. 

3. private music- deftones: it's not new or innovative, but it sound exactly like deftones should sound in the year 2025. 

4. helldorado- spiritworld: this is a weird one because i love the heavy slayer-esque songs but don't like the other half of the album's death western sound. i like the heavy songs enough that it got a lot of listens. 

5. welcome to the civilized world- ghostwoman: excellent psych blues album. they are a duo but make a lof of noise and have some good riffs. 

6. the scholars- car seat headrest: it's a concept album, a college rock opera. it has all the signature sounds of the band with catchy guitars and dense lyrics. i think it's a really solid album that seems to have been overlooked...at least i haven't seen much talk about it this year. 

7. sable/fable- bon iver: an upbeat happy bon iver album. it's a bit of a different sound while still sounding exactly like bon iver. 

8. cutthroat- shame: angry british post-punk with some humor and experimentation. some great tracks on here. 

9. the bestiary- castle rat: fantasy/doom metal. great riifs, killer vocals, a really great sounding album. 

10. is- my morning jacket: some classic mmj tracks on this one. firmly in their dad rock era but the soaring vocals and layered guitars work. 

honorable mention:

the pattern speaks- skloss: hypnotic, droning psych rock

trash classic- frankie and the witch fingers: garage rock/heavy psych 

tron ares soundtrack- nin: the 4 songs with lyrics are really good. 

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6 minutes ago, stc said:

1. viagr aboys- viagra boys: this is by far my favorite album of the year, i love it. clever, catchy, humorous. the epitome of their weird post punk style. 

 

I love these dudes

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1.  "Price of Admission" Turnpike Troubadours.  Some of their finest songwriting to date.  My favorite band of my generation just keeps slaying.

2.  "Bleeds" Wednesday.  I love everything about this band/extended scene.  "Pick Up That Knife" is my song of the year.

3.  "Big Ugly" Fust.  Part of the Asheville scene as well.  One of the most straight up "alt country" albums in a minute.

4.  "Snocaps" Snocaps.  Basically a Waxahatchee record.  Which is awesome for me.

5.  "Getting Killed" Geese.  A fucked up train wreck with inexplicable hooks.  Like the best indie stuff of the past few years, I feel like it's chasing Ditch-era Neil Young.  In particular "Vampire Blues".

6.  "Black Dog & The Wandering Boy" James McMurtry.  Took me awhile to accept this wasn't quite Horses & the Hounds level, but there are some incredible songs here.

7.  "Little Crosses" Joe Stamm Band.  These dudes just keep doing excellent heartland rock.

8.  "Bad Reputation" Lance Roark.  Turnpike's understudy with a batch of impossibly catchy, well, heartland rock.

9.  "Corn Queen" Hailey Whitters.  Stupid catchy country that's just polished enough to get radio play, but the songwriting is so far beyond anything else on the radio.  She writes about the rural Midwest as well as anyone.

10.  "Snipe Hunter" Tyler Childers.  I don't think it's his masterpiece, but it is undeniably the most fun record he's ever put out.  If you can't jam "Eatin' Big Time" or "Bitin' List", we can't be friends.

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Viagra Boys are great.   I didn't get super into this record.  Need to give it a few more times.

One of my buddies turned me onto them, and if we're hanging out it's not uncommon for someone to puncture a moment of silence with "WEINER DOGS".

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7 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

5.  "Getting Killed" Geese.  A fucked up train wreck with inexplicable hooks.  Like the best indie stuff of the past few years, I feel like it's chasing Ditch-era Neil Young.  In particular "Vampire Blues".

his voice is the only thing keeping me from enjoying that album. it's definitely interesting though. 

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2 minutes ago, stc said:

his voice is the only thing keeping me from enjoying that album. it's definitely interesting though. 

It reminds me of someone that I absolutely cannot place.

I've watched some clips of them live, and it just intrigues what they're doing.  Nothing about it should work, but it definitely does.  For me.

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