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Best of 2005

sideshowbob

sideshowbob

Champagne fascia aficionado
Well, it's the time of the year when lists must be made.

My 5 records of the year:

1. Rova:: Orkestrova, Electric Ascension. ROVA improve Trane. This is not easy to do.

2. John Coltrane, One Down One Up. Live at the Half Note, 1965, the best year for the classic quartet live (all the of the recordings I've heard from that year are stunning). Absurd that it took 40 years to get an official release.

3. The Fall, Fall Heads Roll. Not just nostalgia, the current incarnation of The Fall is one of the best ever.

4. Alex von Schlippenbach, Monk's Casino. All of Thelonious Monk's tunes, some in pretty radical reinterpretations. The kind of record that reveals new things every time it's played.

5. Ectrogram, Electric Deckchair. Welsh psych-pop, 2 guitars and a splendid drummer.

Reissue of the year:

Naked City, Complete Studio Recordings. One of the joys of living is that you get to hear Naked City.

Book of the year:

James Meek, The People's Act of Love. Modern reimagining of Dostoyevsky, really very good.

Film of the year:

I can't think of a film released this year that I would bother to watch a second time

-- Ian
 
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"I can't think of a film released this year that I would bother to watch a second time"

I can, "Sin City" - best film I've seen for a long time.
 
sideshowbob said:
Film of the year:

I can't think of a film released this year that I would bother to watch a second time

-- Ian
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Downfall is pretty good.

Most of the music I have been listening to this year was recorded ages ago, and in some case bought ages ago. Top of the list of stuff that finally perculated to the play pile (and was bought in September 2004) is:

Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew.
 
# 1
Monolake - Polygon_Cities
Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music

# 2
Marc Leclair - Musique Pour 3 Femmes Enceintes
Mutek Rec.

# 3
Danieto - Cirugía Casual
U-Cover

# 4
Subway - Empty Head
Sunday Best Recordings

# 5
Vince Watson - Sublimina
Headspace Recordings

# 6
Ferenc - Fraximal
Kompakt

# 7
Solar Fields - Leaving Home
Ultimae Records

# 8
Gaudi:Testa - 1105
Em:t Records

# 9
Norken - Our Memories Of Winter
Combination Records

# 10
Canartic - Headphone Test
Dank Disk

# 11
Off The Sky - Gently Down the Stream
Databloem

# 12
Maetrik - Casi Profundo
Treibstoff Recordings


only electronica this year ;)
 
"I can't think of a film released this year that I would bother to watch a second time"

2046 / A History of Violence / Million Dollar Baby
 
My 2005 stuff is a bit thin on the ground, spent more on catching up via secondhand purchases... but favourites this year -

Face The Truth - Stephen Malkmus. Just a fun record.

Kidnapped By Neptune - Scout Niblett. Sounds like Cat Powers' hormonal niece.

John Peel Sessions/Fall Heads Roll - Agree with SSB, I hadn't bought a Fall record since the very patchy "Middle Class Revolt", but the new stuff is right up there. And the Sessions box set is a fascinating sine wave of what's right/wrong with The Fall - mostly right.

Cuts Across The Land - The Duke Spirit. My Jesus & Mary Chain replacement finally arrived.

And do I have to mention The Woods - Sleater-Kinney again? Oh, I have. The best band I saw too, by miles.

Most crushingly depressing moment was being asked "What's a cassette?" by our ipod-toting apprentice at work. Just make me feel old why don't you.

All the best and hope Santa brings you what you wished for.

Kev.
 
Nils, top list, no Dad Rock!

I got the 'Monolake - Plumbicon live in Osaka' during the week. I often listen to Polygon City, but not as much as to Merzbuddha.

Do you like Eulberg / Jonson / Trenemoller too?

DS
 
hi dss, good to hear from you. I'm a bit drunk righ tnow, so I'll try not too sound like an asshole. if I do, I exduse me. I do not know the live event you are speaking of, but you got me keen, would like to hear it. I don't know Merzbuddha , neotither Eyurlborgh HJonson ..... but Trentemöller I do oklnow..... grreat groovyt tech house!!!

pEACE!!!
 
Not too bad a year for me, and in no particular order:

Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel: a return to the mode I grew up with after the sabbatical that was exciter. Needs playing loud.

Goldfrapp - Supernature: back to the 80's electronic stuff - Numan fans would like this.

Richard Thompson - Old Kit bag (thanks JonR): this was the years grower, brought round to mine by a mate, and initially left no impression. But like I said, a grower, and again another 'play loud' one.

Deep Dish - george Is On: reminds me of when i saw/listen to em at Cream years ago - more dancy trany stuff.
 
I love end of year lists but they can be expensive.

I really like the Deep Dish album.

Here's my list, posted on another forum:

In no order:

- Hard-Fi : Stars of CCTV

- Arcade Fire : Funeral (ok it was 2004 in the US, but it was 2005 over here)

- Roots Manuva : Awfully Deep

- Employment : Kaiser Chiefs

- Pornography (Re-mastered re-issue) : The Cure

- The Stooges (Re-mastered re-issue) : The Stooges

- In The Heart Of The Moon : Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate

- Noumena : The Drift

- In The Reins : Calexico/Iron and Wine

- Teenage Fanclub : Man Made

plus other good stuff from The Editors; Ryan Adams; Bright Eyes; Devendra Banhart; Sleater Kinney; Kraftwerk; Goldfrapp; Deep Dish; DCFC; Fourtet; Susumu Yokota/Rothko and about 5 million others.
 
My big music revelation was

-MIA, Arular..by far the freshest thing on the Mercury list IMO
..others..
-Arcade Fire..could have been a Great lp but for the odd weak track;but vv good
-Joanna Newsome's debut..original and polarizes opinions,so a great one.
-The Hanson Brothers, Gross Misconduct..best punk lp ever-I just got so does that count?
Happy xmas-capt.
 
The year has not ended, and I am still purchasing new tunes. More soon. In the meantime:

Best comeback- nickl
Best comedian- Linnik
Best contrarian- Bzlebub
Best retailer- B-Diddy
Best obscure music freak- joel ("it's my favorite recording of tribal Perusian wedding hymns" etc)
Best attitude towards hifi- sideshowbob ("stands don't matter", dishcloth speaker stuffing, etc)
Best hifi thread- any started by HT-Naimee, tied with 10+ threads by imperfectcircle re: "putting together a basement system"
Best scary thread- What are you wearing right now?

:)

Overall a pretty good year for PFM, particularly in the Music room.
 
Hmm. Must admit I've bought mostly older music this year. But these albums really did it for me (in no particular order):

Robert Plant: Mighty Rearranger
Kraftwerk: Minimum Maximum
Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth
New Order: Waiting For The Sirens' Call
Mew: And The Glass Handed Kites

The "Playing The Angel" album was supposed to do it for me. It didn't. I believe it might be this years disappointment. Why did they have to mutilate the music and think they should be Trent Reznor ? I don't get it... The "very" small melodies hidden behind the hideous production are actually quite ok. Nothing like Violator though. It might be good listening to the tracks before the producer f..... it all up.

Oh well...

/Mirland
 
One of this year's I keep coming back to is The Wedding Present's Take Fountain. Probably the best thing David Gedge has ever done.
 
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