2009 - the year of subpar music (1 Viewer)

[MilanPan!c]

Well, ok , there has been a few goodies, but my god how the mighty have fallen.

Artists releasing subpar records in 2009:

M Ward
Annimal Collective
Tortoise
PJ Harvey
Dinosaur Jr
The Flaming Lips
Sonic Youth
REM (of course that's been their thing for 20 years)
Modest Mouse
Manic Street Preachers
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Jack White
The Doves
Conor Oberst
Sufjan Stevens
Mum
AC Newman
Sunset Rubdown
Beck (again, his career has been nosediving for years, but still)
Grizzly Bear

 

[Lili Marlene]

it's your own fault for liking shit bands


(the sunset rubdown album isn't below par BTW)

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

cant wait for 2010, now that you've found a singer and red dog wrote a song

 

[ratmonkey]

We didn't get monkeys chucking bones turning into spaceships in 2001, don't get your hopes up for 2010.

 

[angkorwat]

it's your own fault for liking shit bands

Seconded. Look harder.

 

[robitusson]

it's your own fault for liking shit bands

Close thread.

 

[JunoG]

totally agree..spent most of the year listening to 'old' albums..
was sick of the AC one after a few listens..talk about the emperor's new clothes!

 

[Red_Dog]

cant wait for 2010, now that you've found a singer and red dog wrote a song

Church !!

whats this decade gonna be called? What ever it is I'm all over it !

 

[theoootini]

tweens until 2012. teens after that. god i can't wait till the 20s.

 

[Jill Hives]

(the sunset rubdown album isn't below par BTW)

Agreed.

 

[GrumpyEditor]

Westlife's latest was a bit sh*t and all.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

REM only released a live album in 2009. I haven't heard it but it was well reviewed.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Well, ok , there has been a few goodies, but my god how the mighty have fallen.

Artists releasing subpar records in 2009:

M Ward
Annimal Collective
Tortoise
PJ Harvey
Dinosaur Jr
The Flaming Lips
Sonic Youth
REM (of course that's been their thing for 20 years)
Modest Mouse
Manic Street Preachers
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Jack White
The Doves
Conor Oberst
Sufjan Stevens
Mum
AC Newman
Sunset Rubdown
Beck (again, his career has been nosediving for years, but still)
Grizzly Bear

Maybe 2009 was subpar cos you wanted all your music to sound like it was from 2001 or earlier?

 

[chutneyfarmer]

Well, ok , there has been a few goodies, but my god how the mighty have fallen.

Artists releasing subpar records in 2009:


Animal Collective WRONG!
Dinosaur Jr EXTREMELY WRONG!!!!
The Flaming Lips EXTREMELY WRONG!!!!
Sonic Youth WRONG

Amazed at the inclusion of the Flaming Lips and the Dinosaur Jr albums. Amazed I tell you!

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Well, ok , there has been a few goodies, but my god how the mighty have fallen.

Artists releasing subpar records in 2009:

M Ward
Annimal Collective
Tortoise
PJ Harvey
Dinosaur Jr
The Flaming Lips
Sonic Youth
REM (of course that's been their thing for 20 years)
Modest Mouse
Manic Street Preachers
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Jack White
The Doves
Conor Oberst
Sufjan Stevens
Mum
AC Newman
Sunset Rubdown
Beck (again, his career has been nosediving for years, but still)
Grizzly Bear

most of those artists were past their best about 10 years ago

 

[theoootini]

i reckons xerrox vol 2 is my favourite album of 2009...

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

the manics had an album out?all those bands need to die and soon.also the prodigy,old bastards.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Maybe 2009 was subpar cos you wanted all your music to sound like it was from 2001 or earlier?

most of those artists were past their best about 10 years ago

Is there an echo in here?

 

[Vinnie]

i reckons xerrox vol 2 is my favourite album of 2009...

Just picked this up on yummy double vinyl.

 

[Space]

With Yob's The Great Cessation and Om's God is God among many other fine albums released this year I don't understand how this could be a year of subpar music, unless of course "you wanted all your music to sound like it was from 2001 or earlier".