what 2005 albums are you excited for?

[diesel]

really excited for the following:

lake trout
pearl jam
flaming lips (album and 5.1 soft bulletin dvd-a)
sts9
the duo

... and i guess the slip

[Cleantone]

The Duo record is gonna have some good guests on it too I think...

[tim]

the slip's new one and NYE

lake trout

duo

sts9

built to spill

flaming lips

tool

hopefully schleigho

i'm interested in the new brother's past but i wouldn't say excited.

[casey]

the mars volta - march 1st
the decemberists
flaming lips
built to spill

and the slip obviously

[diesel]

tool and mars volta, nice! are these both confirmed as to come out in 05?

[Jeffro]

New Slip studio stuff definitely
Beck's new one called Guero
Nickel Creek
Trey Anastasio's latest project
Damien Rice

[warmsoftsimplewonder]

the slip's new album
beck's new album
trey's latest stuff
i hope thom yorke/ radiohead do something this year
brian eno reissues of ambient music for airports should be coming out

[tonygaboni]

I was real exicted for the sts9 album until I heard the radio cut of tokyo. You can check it out for free from sts9music.com, but I was real shocked to find myself thinking it sucked. Maybe I should check it out again, or maybe its just cause its a radio cut. Im now curious to see what the rest of the album will sound like. They still rock hard and cant wait to see them again in Feb.

[diesel]

tony, take it easy. i didnt think much of the radio edit either, but it does sound different than the rest of the shite out there, so thats a very good thing. i think its gonna sound really 21st century discoteque if you know what i mean. even if the cd disapoints, theyre still one of the best live acts around.

[tim]

i like what i've heard of tokyo with the exception of the dj scratching at the end. someone needs to tell them that white boys messing around with scratch outros is a way played out cliche.

[headnugg]

this is more just an excuse to make my first post on sliplive, but I used to absolutely love STS, from about 99-mid 2002, I took a long hiatus after that and saw them again in 2003 I believe, they played an aftershow at the Phish show in Worcester and I thought they really sucked. That thought was confirmed again aboard this years JamCruise, where they played 2 boring, ass sets. They just don't do it for me anymore, they really have become disco for the 21st century. just my .02

[tim]

let me be the first to welcome you here headnugg.

i feel the opposite of you. i first saw them in '99 and i always liked them alot but, IMO, the shows have been getting stronger and stronger each time i've seen them. oh well, different strokes.

[Pstehley]

headnugg... welcome aboard... have you checked out lotus??

I like soundtribe.. but I feel lotus is just a little more organic.. with the handdrums through it... my personal opinion...

[sm]

nice... a new built to spill is due! i did not know that... put it on my list!

as well...

the slip
beck
broken social scene
martin tielli (i got my fingers crossed for one official release, and at least 1 of the 2 remaining from his subscription package that was supposed to deliver 4 in 2003! he fell a little behind...)
grand theft bus!!!
joel plaskett

im sure there's more that would excite the living daylights out of me, that i dont even know about yet. good thing. i need my living daylights for the time being...

[sunflower]

tony, take it easy. i didnt think much of the radio edit either, but it does sound different than the rest of the shite out there, so thats a very good thing. i think its gonna sound really 21st century discoteque if you know what i mean. even if the cd disapoints, theyre still one of the best live acts around.

ok i have been listening to the new sector 9 for about a week. and it's
pretty hot. it won't totally overwhelm you, though. Artifact is sublter than
that... these are handcrafted songs & for a group that has just rediscoverd
the studio after years of touring it's pretty amazing.

the radio edit of Tokyo has its faults. the songs on Artifact are highly
composed, and some sections frankly don't do it for me. but that song in
particular contains some of the most intense moments on the album.

i say give it a few listens... you might even hear it, put it away for a few
months & come back to it with new ears. but it's worth hearing.