what songs and albums stand out thus far?what breakups,reunions,and tours stand out to you?whats the top story for this yr in music?how do you think this yr compares to last yr?how about to to other yrs like 94?

BYOP's album was awesome!! Scissor sisters nu song is great. The fratellis rock.
Was it this yr the distillers broke up? that's annoyin
this yr cannot compare wit 94 - death of kurt, amazing hole album, etc

BYOP
Ballad Of The Broken Seas -Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
The Sleepy Jackson - Personality
YYY's - Show Your Bones/Their tour aswell, I love love love Karen O
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped/Their tour also

+'s
the go! team
sexyback - justin timerlake
sigur ros
the flaming lips
peaches
eagles of death metal
muse

- 's
the yeah yeah yeahs
madonna *yawns*
no new cure album til 2007
emo anything
panic! at the disco <--- emo cabaret fags
jessica simpson cover songs (stop murdering good tunes)

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yay!:
Peaches
New Sonic Youth
Be Your Own Pet
New Zutons (sounding 10x sexier than before)
New Pink - Who Knew is the cutest song

Crap!:
The horror that is Peaches Geldof attempting to forge a ''music'' career
MCR
Madonna
New Paul Simon - meh. boring.
New Keane - they suck twice as bad
Killers - they suck supremely
Maximo Park cos that guy is a dick and they sucked live

Sexiest song of the year so far was Why Won't Give Me Your Love -The Zutons.

they havent released it yet so that doesnt count

Actually i think you may find that yes, they do count, because they are still alive and getting Kerrang! airplay. Sadly

lol, but it's kerrang.

peaches, giant drag, byop, jenny lewis
all about the ladies, actually

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you'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking

well i guess i mean they still play Whitesnake ffs.

Check on it
Peaches
Gawin Degraw
and some brasilians songs

this is probably a stupid question, but who is BYOP????

be your own pet

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you'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking

The year isn't done yet and lots of good records are awaiting to be released (like the new Reverend Beat-Man and Hipbone Slim records, and Sunn O)))/Boris collaboration). I've enjoyed tons of albums this year so far, I cannot name them all. However a small few I've played till near death:

Angelic Process - Coma Waerning CD
A Wonderful ambient drone record about living and dying in a coma.

Wolfmangler - Dwelling In A Dead Raven For The Glory Of Crucified Wolves CD
Open tuned stand up bass with violin bow, distortion, and a Polish Werewolf for a storytelling singer.

Grails - Black Tar Prophecies Vol. II LP

Keiji Haino - Animamima 2XCD
A Japanese ghost space mission meets Sitaar for a Tibetan prayer session.

Boris - Pink LP
Boris - Dronevil final 2xCD
Each CD meant to be played in seperate CD players. Really interesting record.

Sunn O))) - White 1 and 2 Boxset w/ bonus tracks LP (the first time playing experience on this ruled. I was able to feel and hear the music vibrations in my stone walled basement while my stereo was two floors up).

Birds of Maya - S/T CDR

Tours and shows that stand out? Sunn O))), The Monks, and the Touch & Go Anniversary to name a few. Of course I couldn't attend any of these shows sadly, heh....

am i the only person in the world who hates byop?
i think they are so annoying


yes'(s?)
ryan adams (no albums, but great bootlegs and lolla show)
jenny lewis & the watson twins - rabbit fur coat(january seems so long ago)
cat power - the greatest
B&S - the life pursuit
sleater-kinney at lolla
thom yorke- the eraser
MCR - life on the murder scene & the live version of 'Cancer'
neko case - fox confessor brings the flood
raconteurs - broken boy soldiers
EODM - death by sexy
dresden dolls - yes, virginia

no's
afi - decemberundergorund (they used to actually be decent)
Grandaddy splitting
sleater-kinney's hiatus
james blunt
madonna
RHCP (i cant believe they are still trying)
pearl jam (*see RHCP*)

so-so's
rather ripped (didnt love it right away)
YYY- show your bones
graham coxon - love travels at illegal speeds (not sure it has caught me yet)
clap your hands and say yeah (kind of died out quick for me)
flaming lips - at war with the mystics
peaches (i really never liked her, but i heard 2 or 3 songs i actually really liked)
panic channel
paris hilton (cant stop playing the fuck out of stars are blind)

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my heart isn't black, it's just dirty from the floors

good:
the dresden dolls - yes virginia (& their live performance as well)
the pipettes - we are the pipettes
yeah yeah yeahs - show your bones
white rose movement - kick
metric - live it out
scarling. touring again
placebo - meds

bad:
lily allen
placebo at alexandra palace, what a letdown.

im undecided about decemberunderground by afi.i like the songs, but they just don't compare to the earlier stuff.im seeing them next month though, hoping for an awesome show.

AMAZING

Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor

Madonna - The Confessions Tour

Madonna - I'm Going to Tell You a Secret

GOOD

Julieta Venegas - Limón y Sal

Natalia y la Forquetina - Casa

Paul Oakenfold and his latest sexy album

Nelly Furtado - Loose

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

BAD

Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics

and everything that's hip hop.

Sonic Youth-Rather Ripped
RHCP-Stadium Arcadium
Pearl Jam-Pearl Jam.

best releases this year:
ka-sol - fairytales
skream - skreamism vol 1 + 2
the commercial hippies - if you cant stand the heat
digital mystikz - ancient memories
digital mystikz - haunted/anti war dub
digital mystikz - left leg out/blue note
digital mystikz - misty winter/conference
amit - never ending

Off the top of my head, big ups for Muse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Raconteurs, recent Bjork-ish thing.

Special hatred reserved for: lots of people, but especially Wolfmother. One Jet was enough.