best album uve bought/acquired in the last 12 months

**tiktok** · 06/04/2005, 8:29 AM

Originally Posted by Gareth

Brings me to something I start wondering writing this. What bands use Piano and use to well. I always think of Lady Madonna and Imagine when I think of Piano in a song!!

Keane have gone past the point of boring me too, "somewhere only we know" will still hold my attention but that's about it.

I don't mind Coldplay's use of piano, but then it's peripheral, Ben Folds Five were about the only band I can think of at the moment who used piano well.

Loving the Rilo Kiley album at the moment

**Peadar** · 06/04/2005, 8:52 AM

Originally Posted by Thomo

safe middle class nancy boy music

That's me!

**Eire06** · 06/04/2005, 8:58 AM

Originally Posted by Babysis

The wolftones did a small gig in brighton a few years abck. Absolutely loved them after that. got the collection they released a while back, great stuff.
Have Greenday American idiot, Killers, and Willie Mason waiting at home for me.

Wouls love to see them live but have never had the chance always something else on when they are here

...

Love the Killers album
Stereophonics new album is good too

**Lionel Ritchie** · 06/04/2005, 9:18 AM

Jinx Lennon -Thirty Beacons of light for a land full of spite, drug slugs and energy vampires

Grandaddy -Sumday

Wedding Present -Take Fountain

Giveamanakick -Is it okay to be loud jesus?

**noby** · 06/04/2005, 9:29 AM

Originally Posted by Gareth

Brings me to something I start wondering writing this. What bands use Piano and use to well. I always think of Lady Madonna and Imagine when I think of Piano in a song!!

While there are plenty of good piano-based songs, there are a lot less bands that predominantly use piano, and as you say use it well.

One of my favourite artists is Nick Cave, and, being a piano playing singer songwriter, most of the bad seeds songs use piano.

**Peadar** · 06/04/2005, 9:32 AM

Paul Brady - The Island

**Risteard** · 06/04/2005, 9:34 AM

John Spillane - Hey Dreamer
Aziz Ibrahim - Lahore To Longsight

**sadloserkid** · 06/04/2005, 11:30 AM

Something Corporate are the top piano rock band about at the moment.

**dcfcsteve** · 06/04/2005, 12:36 PM

Surprised no-one has mentioned 'Mylo - Destroy rock n' roll'. Mild dance music (i.e. won't give you a nose bleed) with some great tunes in there.

Just got 'Thunder Lightning Strike' by 'The Go! Team' . An absolutely superb album. Infectiously lively and uplifting music from start to finish - sounds like the soundtrack to a cartoon super-hero film (imagine an album full of tunes in the vain of 'Self Preservation Society' from The Italian Job). Mild dance with a complete mix of loads of different influences - would inject energy into someone in a coma.

A bit wacky, but get it - you won't be disappointed....

Click here to listen to a few tunes on their site : http://www.thegoteam.co.uk/layout.html

Listen in the following order : 3, 4, 2, 5, 1.

To hear more than 3 tunes you have to register, but it's literally a 10sec job.

**ken foree** · 06/04/2005, 1:23 PM

for something further afield, the band Sightings have this amazing record 'arrived in gold' - what a clatter, the songs sound half-formed and bizarre, imagine a demonically possessed fridge trying to play a guitar

for something sunnier and unrelentingly groovy, it is difficult at present to top M.I.A.'s 'arular' - great london/sri lankan lass incorporates grime, bhangra, and lotsa vocal undulations for the sexiest political record ever

**sylvo** · 10/04/2005, 3:17 PM

Originally Posted by Babysis

Now you see, I really liked thier album. Got me through my dissertation. Think they are a bit of a marmite band though - You either love them or hate them.

Hate em with a passion.

**Neish** · 10/04/2005, 7:53 PM

Off the top of my head

1 The.Kings of Leon-Aha shake heartbrake
2.Ian Brown- Solarized
3.Kasabian-Kasabian
4.Greenday- American Idiot
5 The Killers-Hot fuss

**carrickharp** · 12/04/2005, 2:36 PM

Green Day: American Idiot
Def Leppard: Hits

Music was far better back in my day, my one wish is that Faith No More would reform

**Neish** · 12/04/2005, 3:03 PM

Originally Posted by dublinharp

my one wish is that Faith No More would reform

Top band. I love everythings ruined escapes me why it was never imcluded on the greatest hits abum

**Beavis** · 12/04/2005, 5:25 PM

Ian Brown - Solarised (his best so far, and the others were very good. Cant wait for him at Oxegen)
Killers - Hot Fuss

**tonycuna** · 12/04/2005, 8:50 PM

My favs are:

Mark Knopfler - "Shangri-la"
Judas Priest - "Defenders of the faith"
Queen - "News of the world"

**Neish** · 13/04/2005, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by Beavis

Ian Brown - Solarised (his best so far, and the others were very good. Cant wait for him at Oxegen)

Me too, seen him 2002 when he supported Manics in the point but didn't know much of his solo stuff then. So really looking forward to him.

Strong rummors that the Stone Rosses expierence(formely the complete stone roses) are playing too. Senn them a few years ago as close as you get to the real thing

**James** · 13/04/2005, 8:25 AM

Originally Posted by Neish

Me too, seen him 2002 when he supported Manics in the point but didn't know much of his solo stuff then. So really looking forward to him.

was that the time when someone threw something at him from the crowd and he threw a hissy fit or was that more recently
tbh i thought he was v dissapointing at that gig

**Beavis** · 13/04/2005, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Neish

Me too, seen him 2002 when he supported Manics in the point but didn't know much of his solo stuff then. So really looking forward to him.

Strong rummors that the Stone Rosses expierence(formely the complete stone roses) are playing too. Senn them a few years ago as close as you get to the real thing

They do a great gig and seem to always sell out in Dublin. One of the best gigs I've ever been to was The Complete Stone Roses at the Olympia two Christmas' ago. Played This is the One for about 10 minutes!

I'll be hoping for announcement of their addition to the bill. Fingers crossed.