Beach House - Devotion
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
The National - Alligator
Sigur Rós - ( )
Sparklehorse - Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain
Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot

i got sparklehorse recommended to me a while ago so i thought i'd give it a try now. the national and beach house are playing at roskilde festival and i'm going to that so i feel like i have to make an effort and listen to the bands that are coming before seeing them live and people have said good things about both albums so i'm excited to finally hear them :)

I think I was actually the one who recommended Sparklehorse to you when we were into it about Elliott Smith...nice to see you took my recommendation! I would definitely go for "It's a Wonderful Life" as well...beautiful album.

All the other albums are excellent as well...especially Devotion. Beach House has this quality that is so addicting yet I can't really put my finger on it. One of my favorite albums of 08...check out Teen Dream as well it has been one of the best releases this year and if you are seeing them live I bet they will be playing a ton off that album as well.

Eh I wasn't too crazy about the first album...but I think your right, it is worth a download.

And +81, that Tokyo Police album is really good, you won't be disappointed.

EDIT: I gave in and downloaded it along with The '59 Sound because I feel I didn't give it the proper chance.

let me know how this is, I've heard many good things about this band (plus I love their name for some reason)

yeah it was you - thanks :) the albums are a little weird, but i think it'll grow on me.
beach house is really one of the concerts i'm looking forward to the most so i'll definitely look for the album! i've only listened to a few songs, but they've really caught my attention.

Moving Mountains - Pneuma
http://www.mattietk.eu/pneuma.jpg

Unearthly Trance - The Trident
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/5264/foldernj7.jpg

Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle Pt II
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Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I
http://i41.tinypic.com/1z4v3gn.jpg

Astounding album.

This one, too.

http://www.addictmusic.co.uk/wp-cont...rk-300x300.jpg

The Drums - The Drums
I'm listening to it for the second time right now and i'm quite enjoying it. The new songs sound just as good as the songs on their EP and they'll probably be just as addictive. They're not exactly original or anything but who cares when you can write great pop songs like these?

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/2105-no-new-york.jpg

Various Artists - No New York
Decided to download this out of curiosity after reading about it. It's a compilation accounting the New York no-wave scene in the late 70's. I'll give it a listen later.

:thumb:

Post your thoughts on No New York Zero. Love that album got me into No Wave.