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What were your favorite CD's this year and why?

Favorite CD?

Favorite New Artist?

Favorite Indie CD?

Favorite Major Label CD?

Most Original Artist?

Favorite Concert Of The Year?

Best Live Performance?

That Dude wrote:What were your favorite CD's this year and why?

Favorite CD?

Favorite New Artist?

Favorite Indie CD?

Favorite Major Label CD?

Most Original Artist?

Favorite Concert Of The Year?

Best Live Performance?

You beat me to posting it this year. XD

Favorite CD this year is tough, but I'd have to say the overall winner is "Brother, Sister" by mewithoutYou.

Favorite indie CD is Edison Glass' "A Burn or a Shiver" that came out much earlier this year.

Favorite major label CD is probably The Blood Brothers' "Young Machetes."

Most original artist this year was The Sound of Animals Fighting.

Favorite concert I saw this year was probably The Showdown here at Sector 7-G. They let me sing Josh Scogin's part on From the Mouth of Gath Comes Terror. =D

Best live performance this year that I saw personally? Emery at The Tabernacle. Best one that I didn't get to attend? OK Go at the MTV Music Awards.

Let's see....I can answer at least a few of these questions. XD

Favorite Album...Either House of Heroes's "Say No More" or The Format's "Dog Problems". And I can't forget about Copeland's "Eat, Sleep, Repeat" either, of course. XD

Uhm...Hmm. I think that's all for now. XD

Well, seeing as how I haven't heard very many albums this year, I'm going to have to go with mewithoutYou's Brother, Sister. That CD is a masterpiece.

Favorite CD? I'm going to go along with the others and say MeWithoutYou- Brother, Sister.

Favorite New Artist? I don't know why I posted this when I can't answer it. Hundred Year Storm is good though.

Favorite Indie CD? I think that I'll go with Norma Jean - Redeemer.

Favorite Major Label CD? Can't answer this one.

Most Original Artist? Die!!Die!!!Color!!!

Favorite Concert Of The Year? MeWithoutYou at the Blacksheep. I got to eat with them and hang out for about three hours before the show.

Best Live Performance? It's a tie between seeing MewithoutYou and He Is Legend.
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What were your favorite CD's this year and why?

Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat: Had me listening to it 24/7.
The Killers - Sam's Town: They grew up! :3
The Roots - Game Theory: Too much shoulder leaning = bad back.
Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit: No other cd makes me feel like a 21 year old actress making it in LA.
Damien Rice - B-Sides


Favorite CD?

Tie!
Eager Seas/Watashi Wa - People Like People/Eager Seas
(Did this come out this year? Probaly not but since I finally found it this year it's been my favorite since.)
&!

Damien Rice - 9


Favorite New Artist?

Brandi Carlile and KT Tunstall. Both talented musicians but only KT got full media exposure, what the heck?

Favorite Indie CD?

Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche- Outtakes and Extras From The Illiois Album

Damien Rice - 9


Favorite Major Label CD?

The Killers - Sam's Town

Most Original Artist?

Tie between The Streets and Sigur Ros.
What I cant like english rap and Icelandic hymns? =P

Favorite Concert Of The Year?

Cartel put on an awsome show when i saw them this year.
Why is it my fave? Remember in the end of their video for "Honestly" when he flicks the pick? Well he tried doing that and it just fell into the crowd ensuing a near riot when the tweens put down their cell phone cameras enough to pay attention.

Twas awsome.

Best Live Performance?

Tie again!

Red Rover (Lead singer of Incubus's brother leads the band.)
After the show i talked to the keyboard dude and found out he's a Mac geek!

Powerman 5000

They played that worlds collide song. instant win.

That Dude wrote:What were your favorite CD's this year and why?

Favorite CD?

Favorite New Artist?

Favorite Indie CD?

Favorite Major Label CD?

Most Original Artist?

Favorite Concert Of The Year?

Best Live Performance?

My Chemical Romance appearing as The Black Parade in "The Black Parade"

Jack Johnson (New to me)

Dont have any Indie CD's yet

See the first answer

My Chemical Romance

Journey (only because there was no Rush concert...and you gotta love the classics!)

My Chemical Romance

NOTE: I'm a fanboy...in case it wasn't obvious enough

I forgot to say that Edison Glass is also my favorite new artist. They are amazing. Extremely talented musicians...check them out.

That Dude wrote:What were your favorite CD's this year and why?

Favorite CD?

Favorite New Artist?

Favorite Indie CD?

Favorite Major Label CD?

Most Original Artist?

Favorite Concert Of The Year?

Best Live Performance?

The Open Door-Evanescence

Flyleaf

Flyleaf

The Open Door, Gosmack IV, Sam's Town- the Killers

Evanescence

Godsmack with Breaking Benjamin

I've heard that Edison Glass was a lot like the little brother indie version of Relient K in sound. Is there any truth to that Jaime?

That Dude wrote:What were your favorite CD's this year and why?

Favorite CD?

Favorite New Artist?

Favorite Indie CD?

Favorite Major Label CD?

Most Original Artist?

Favorite Concert Of The Year?

Best Live Performance?

Favorite Cd - Gravity | Love by Sandra McCracken

New Artist - The Fray

Indie Cd - Gravity | Love by Sandra McCracken and The Morning by Andrew Osenga

Major Label CD - All the Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris as well as Jars of Clay's Good Monsters

Concert of the Year - Andrew Peterson's Behold the Lamb of God tour

Live Performance - Patty Griffin singing anything, literally.

Favorite CD?
Far-less's everyone is out to get us
Favorite New Artist?
The Human Abstract
Favorite Indie CD?

Favorite Major Label CD?
All that Remains : Fall of Ideals
Most Original Artist?Far-less

Favorite Concert Of The Year?
Showdown, Haste the day, Flee the seen
Best Live Performance? Hmm TIE!
August Burns Red, Skillet, Showdown, Spoken, Haste the day

I'm so jelous that you got to see August Burns Red J-dizzle. Seriously!

That Dude wrote:I've heard that Edison Glass was a lot like the little brother indie version of Relient K in sound. Is there any truth to that Jaime?

I think whoever told you that is basically deaf.

Edison Glass is art-rock, a la The Mars Volta. They have textured, angular guitars and soaring melodies and stuff. If anything, they might be better musicians than Relient K, even if I like RK more. Brad Wood, who produced mewithoutYou's Catch For Us the Foxes and Brother, Sister produced Edison Glass' album if that gives you any idea of what they're like.

Ah...Ok. Yeah I heard that Relient K comparison from the Relevant Magazine review of the CD.

That Dude wrote:Ah...Ok. Yeah I heard that Relient K comparison from the Relevant Magazine review of the CD.

Relevant Magazine smokes crack sometimes. S'all good.

Favorite CD = Becoming the Archetype: Terminate Damnation

Favorite New Artist = Family Force 5

Favorite Major Label CD = Red: End of Silence

Most Original Artist = Family Force 5

Best Live Performance = Showbread

If you have yet to check out Family Force 5, do it soon! XD

Terminate Damnation was last year. Try again. Judging from what you like, you might want to give Showbread's new one a nod. ^^

So, I'm gonna do a top ten list since I bought a crapton of records this year. Anyone who wants to follow suit, please do. I'd like to see some stuff I missed on other people's lists so I can have some Christmas ideas. ; )

1. Brother, Sister by mewithoutYou
2. Young Machetes by The Blood Brothers
3. Begin to Hope by Regina Spektor
4. Define the Great Line by Underoath
5. Age of Reptiles by Showbread
6. In al Bocca Lupo by Murder By Death
7. The Always Open Mouth by Fear Before the March of Flames
8. A Burn or a Shiver by Edison Glass
9. Saosin by Saosin
10. Say No More by House of Heroes

Here are the ones from this year that I have heard and liked: (there are way too many for me to pick a best one)

(sorry for the randomness, I'm just listing them as I remember them)

Agalloch: Ashes Against the Grain
Psycroptic: Symbols of Failure
Suffocation: Suffocation
All Shall Perish: The Price of Existence
Arsis: United In Regret
Martyr: Feeding the Abscess
Spawn of Possession: Noctambulant
Altera Enigma: Alteration
Amethyste: Thrown Off Balance
Anata: The Conductor's Departure
Atheretic: Apocalyptic Nature Fury
Dismember: The God That Never Was
Unleashed: Midvinterblot
Communic: Waves of Visual Decay
Andromeda: Chimera
Atrium Carceri: Kapnobatai
Letum: Broken
Cult of Luna: Somewhere Along the Highway
Isis: In the Absence of Truth
Emeth: Reticulated
Dim Mak: Knives of Ice
Gorod: Leading Vision
Draconian: The Burning Halo
Eluveitie: Spirit
Frost Like Ashes: Tophet
Gory Blister: Skymorphosis
My Silent Wake: Shadow of Sorrow
Head Control System: Murder Nature
Wolves in the Throne Room: A Diadem of Twelve Stars
Insomnium: Above the Weeping World
Kalmah: The Black Waltz
Keep of Kalessin: Armada
Mercenary: The Hours That Remain
Misery Signals: Mirrors
Narnia: Enter the Gate
Neaera: Let the Tempest Come
Neglected Fields: Splenetic
Pyramaze: Legend of the Bone Carver
Raison D'être: Metamorphyses
Sulaco: Tearing Through the Roots
The Legion: Revocation
Axamenta: Ever-Arch-I-Tech-Ture
!T.O.O.H.!: Order and Punishment
Electro Quarterstaff: Gretzky
Ceremonial Castings: Barbaric is the Beast
The Faceless: Akeldama
Unexpect: In a Flesh Aquarium
Suidakra: Celdonia


I still need to listen to:

Amesoeurs: Ruines Humaines
Eternal Tears of Sorrow: Before the Bleeding Sun
Summoning: Oath Bound
Cloudscape: Crimson Skies
Converge: No Heroes
My Dying Bride: A Line of Deathless Kings
Dark Lunacy: The Diarest
Epheles: Souviens-Toi
Karna: Raven
Via Mistica: Under My Eyelids
Korpiklaani: Tales Along This Road
Runic: Liar Flags
Mylidian: Birth of the Prophet
Disarmonia Mundi: Mind Tricks
Stahlhammer: Opera Noir
Daath: The Hinderers
Red Circuit: Trance State
Shade Empire: Intoxicate O.S.
Diablo: Mimic 47
Moonspell: Memorial
Ian Parry: Visions
Regicide: Break the Silence
Shades of Dusk: Caress the Despair
Novembre: Materia
Madder Mortem: Desiderata
Benighted: Identisick
Altaria: The Fallen Empire
Axxis: Paradise In Flames
Theatre of Tragedy: Storm
Raunchy: Death Pop Romance
Mystic Circle: The Bloody Path of God
Sinamore: A New Day
Deathstars: Termination Bliss
Pharaoh: The Longest Night
Apokryphos: Insight
Verjnuarmu: Muanpiällinen Helevetti
Sengir: Sign of Devotion
Tears of Anger: In the Shadows
Ensiferum: Dragonheads
Vanden Plas: Christ.0
Bal-Sagoth: The Chthonic Chronicles
Requiem: Government Denies Knowledge
Green Carnation: The Acoustic Verses
Winterlong: Metal/Technology
Devin Townsend: Synchestra
Furia: Kheros
Silentium: Seducia

I'll attempt a top ten...I'll probably only get to about 6 though.

1. Brother, Sister - MewithoutYou
2. Define The Great Line - UnderOath
3. Redeemer - Norma Jean
4. Eat, Sleep, Repeat - Copeland
5. Thrill Seeker - August Burns Red

Ok I thought up 5...

Eric wrote:Converge: No Heroes

It's soooooooooooooooooooooooo good. Seriously. Get it as soon as you get the chance.

What's the content like?

As far as I remember, Converge doesn't actually swear and I don't remember any gratuitous sexual content. It's a lot of postmodern poetry kind of lyrics like The Chariot.

That's cool. I might try checking them out soon. I'll probably check them out on Purevolume or Myspace.

Favorite CD? this is definitely "Comatose" by skillet... I cant stop listening

Favorite New Artist?I have ALOT ut my three absolute favourites would have to be "Family Force 5" "needtobreate" and "red"

Favorite Indie CD?uhm... no idea

Favorite Major Label CD?"how to save a life" by the fray

Most Original Artist? Definitely family force 5

Favorite Concert Of The Year? Only went to one.. it was quiet drive... they were at my school!

Best Live Performance? I really dont know

Kazuya wrote:Favorite CD = Becoming the Archetype: Terminate Damnation

Favorite New Artist = Family Force 5

Favorite Major Label CD = Red: End of Silence

Most Original Artist = Family Force 5

Best Live Performance = Showbread

If you have yet to check out Family Force 5, do it soon! XD

and that is so true if you have not heard FF5 yet do it NOW!!

http://www.myspace.com/familyforce5

What Were Your Fave CDs This Year and Why?:

He Is Legend-"Suck Out The Poison" gritty and fun
Underoath-"Define the Great Line" incredible production values
MewithoutYou-"Brother, Sister" thought provoking and thoroughly original
Amon Amarth-"With Oden On Our Side" epic viking battling
Mutemath-"(self-titled)" most beautiful, uplifting, and enjoyable band I can think of
The Elms-"The Chess Hotel" some darn good Rock'n'Roll!

Favorite CD: Suck Out The Poison

Favorite New Artist? Twelve Gauge Valentine and Turn Off The Stars

Favorite Indie CD? Gwen Stacy EP and The 95 Theses EP

Favorite Major Label CD? Mutemath (self titled)

Most Original Artist? MewithoutYou and Showbread

Favorite Concert Of The Year? The Silver Bullet Tour: Haste The Day, August Burns Red, Destroy The Runner, Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Best Live Performance? The 95 Theses