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Is it too early for an "albums for 2012" thread?


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Between Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, Cloud Nothings, Neneh Cherry and The Thing, Death Grips and The Chromatics, this year has been ace and we're only half way though.

Grimes' album was pretty good as was Errors', Mind Spiders' and Santigold's respective albums, but just solid albums rather than classics.

Sleigh Bells really dropped the ball with their new one and should go to their rooms and seriously think about what they've done.

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Between Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, Cloud Nothings, Neneh Cherry and The Thing, Death Grips and The Chromatics, this year has been ace and we're only half way though.

Grimes' album was pretty good as was Errors', Mind Spiders' and Santigold's respective albums, but just solid albums rather than classics.

Sleigh Bells really dropped the ball with their new one and should go to their rooms and seriously think about what they've done.

Is it that bad? I never liked Sleigh Bells so personally I think they're incapable of releasing anything even remotely listenable...

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They seem to have forgone any hip-hop influence that was in the first one completely for tired, ironic 'rawk' posturing and it just all sounds a bit thin and hollow. The first album always felt really playful to me, but the formula is stretched too thin. A lot of people like the second album, but I certainly don't think it would change the mind of someone who didn't like the first one.

I can totally believe they'd still be a good live act though!

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Bought the latest issue of Uncut due to Nick Cave being on the cover and have discovered that he has a new soundtrack album with Warren Ellis coming out in a couple of weeks for the film 'Lawless'. I predict this will be ace as their soundtrack work usually is. Mark Lanegan sings on it, giving even more likelihood of ace-ness.

Also, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are back. Can't decide from first listen to the song on the cover CD how good they are going to be but probably still better than most...

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