Yes, if you listen to the radio.

No, when you put the effort into finding and supporting talented artists.

I say this because I was just thinking today about the slew of standout albums released since 2009

Maxwell -- BLACKsummersnight

Janelle Monae -- The ArchAndroid

Jill Scott -- Light Of The Sun

Mayer Hawthorne -- A Strange Arrangement, How Do You Do

Talib Kweli -- Gutter Rainbows

Erykah Badu -- New Amerykah Pt. 2 -- Return of the Ankh

The Stepkids -- The Stepkids

Raphael Saadiq -- Stone Rollin'

Van Hunt -- What Were You Hoping For

TV On The Radio -- Nine Types Of Light

Me'Shell Ndegeocello -- Devil's Halo, Weather

Bilal -- Airtight's Revenge

Newer artists like Empress Hotel, Electronica artists like Miguel Migs, and other hip-hop artists like Big Boi, Tanya Morgan, and several other artists not listed have made good music during that time. And that's just the music I've listened to; there's more to be mined.

List yours if you like.

Benjamin Biolay. La superbe.

Madonna - S&W Tour CD/DVD

Megadeth - Endgame (and the upcoming Th1rtE3n)

Adele-21

Kiss-Sonic Boom

Lady Gaga-The Fame

Lady Gaga-Fame Monster EP

Lady GaGa-Born This Way

Bryan Ferry-Olympia

Prince-LotusFlow3r

Prince-20Ten

Eminem-Recovery

Sade-Soldier of Love and Best Of

pretty average

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namepeace said:

Me'Shell Ndegeocello -- Weather

That's out?

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RKJCNE said:

Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

wow, I forgot that album even existed, don't get me wrong, I'm not sayin' it sucks but it has been a complete bomb (in terms of sales); don't worry, it IS the criminally underrated R&B album of the early 21th Century, just as Roisin Murphy's Overpowered was the criminally underrated electronic album of the early 21th Century...

JoeTyler said:

RKJCNE said:

Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

wow, I forgot that album even existed, don't get me wrong, I'm not sayin' it sucks but it has been a complete bomb (in terms of sales); don't worry, it IS the criminally underrated R&B album of the early 21th Century, just as Roisin Murphy's Overpowered was the criminally underrated electronic album of the early 21th Century...

I don't know that it bombed in terms of sales, was it expected to do that well? For an artist with no radio support I think she got alot of puplicity and alot of respect.

150,000 isn't bad for an artist who hasn't even charted a single.

RKJCNE said:

JoeTyler said:

wow, I forgot that album even existed, don't get me wrong, I'm not sayin' it sucks but it has been a complete bomb (in terms of sales); don't worry, it IS the criminally underrated R&B album of the early 21th Century, just as Roisin Murphy's Overpowered was the criminally underrated electronic album of the early 21th Century...

I don't know that it bombed in terms of sales, was it expected to do that well? For an artist with no radio support I think she got alot of puplicity and alot of respect.

perhaps in certain major cities of the USA, but that's all

namepeace said:

Yes, if you listen to the radio.

No, when you put the effort into finding and supporting talented artists.

I say this because I was just thinking today about the slew of standout albums released since 2009

Maxwell -- BLACKsummersnight

Janelle Monae -- The ArchAndroid

Jill Scott -- Light Of The Sun

Mayer Hawthorne -- A Strange Arrangement, How Do You Do

Talib Kweli -- Gutter Rainbows

Erykah Badu -- New Amerykah Pt. 2 -- Return of the Ankh

The Stepkids -- The Stepkids

Raphael Saadiq -- Stone Rollin'

Van Hunt -- What Were You Hoping For

TV On The Radio -- Nine Types Of Light

Me'Shell Ndegeocello -- Devil's Halo, Weather

Bilal -- Airtight's Revenge

Newer artists like Empress Hotel, Electronica artists like Miguel Migs, and other hip-hop artists like Big Boi, Tanya Morgan, and several other artists not listed have made good music during that time. And that's just the music I've listened to; there's more to be mined.

List yours if you like.

Top 40 Music is getting gradually worst.

But in my opinion the indie underbelly of music, has just gotten better in the last 20 years.

Favorite album since 09?

Has to be You Can't Take It with You by As Tall As Lions...

As Tall As Lions combined jazz, Alternative Rock, Pop & R&B in a way I Have never seen before.

Especially when they used complicated rhthmic sensibilities like time metal bands used ala Meshuggah...

Maroon 5 eat your heart out...

This is whats wrong with radio...

they refuse to play this....

Graycap23 said:

namepeace said:

Me'Shell Ndegeocello -- Weather

That's out?

[Edited 10/18/11 9:01am]

No, just anticipating it'll be good. Sorry for the confusion.

It should be out 11.8.11 from what I heard last.

namepeace said:

Graycap23 said:

That's out?

[Edited 10/18/11 9:01am]

No, just anticipating it'll be good. Sorry for the confusion.

It should be out 11.8.11 from what I heard last.

I was about 2 get into scramble mode...............lol.

namepeace said:

Graycap23 said:

That's out?

[Edited 10/18/11 9:01am]

No, just anticipating it'll be good. Sorry for the confusion.

y

It should be out 11.8.11 from what I heard last.

Had me rushing to my Itunes store.

Amy Winehouse really

Lady Gaga- The Fame Monster

Lady Gaga- Born This Way

Kylie Minogue- Aphrodite

Sade- Soldier of Love

Janelle Monaé- The ArchAndroid

Robyn- Body Talk pt. 1 & 2

Marina & The Diamonds- The Family Jewels

Florence + The Machine- Lungs

Kiss- Sonic Boom

Prince- Lotusflow3r

Prince- 20ten

Kelis- Flesh Tone

Lenny Kravitz- Black and White America

Beyoncé- 4

I Blame Coco- The Constant

xLiberiangirl said:

Lady Gaga- The Fame Monster

Lady Gaga- Born This Way

Kylie Minogue- Aphrodite

Sade- Soldier of Love

Janelle Monaé- The ArchAndroid

Robyn- Body Talk pt. 1 & 2

Marina & The Diamonds- The Family Jewels

Florence + The Machine- Lungs

Kiss- Sonic Boom

Prince- Lotusflow3r

Prince- 20ten

Kelis- Flesh Tone

Lenny Kravitz- Black and White America

Beyoncé- 4

I Blame Coco- The Constant

I forgot I blame coco! Otherwise I lists are very similar~

Tall As Lions- You Can't Take It With You

Janelle Monae- Archandroid

Rob Zombie- Hellbilly Deluxe

Lang Lang- Litszt My Piano Hero

Kanye West- My Beautiful, Dark, Twisdted Fantasy

Sade- Soldier Of Love

R. Kelly- Love Letter

Adele- 21

August Band- Self Titled

RKJCNE said:

xLiberiangirl said:

Lady Gaga- The Fame Monster

Lady Gaga- Born This Way

Kylie Minogue- Aphrodite

Sade- Soldier of Love

Janelle Monaé- The ArchAndroid

Robyn- Body Talk pt. 1 & 2

Marina & The Diamonds- The Family Jewels

Florence + The Machine- Lungs

Kiss- Sonic Boom

Prince- Lotusflow3r

Prince- 20ten

Kelis- Flesh Tone

Lenny Kravitz- Black and White America

Beyoncé- 4

I Blame Coco- The Constant

I forgot I blame coco! Otherwise I lists are very similar~

They are! same -great- taste I guess.

I have heard LOTS of albums I love that were released in the last three years. My top ten for each:

2011

The Horrors - Skying
Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High
Wild Flag - Wild Flag
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Björk - Biophilia
Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar

Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams
The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
Austra - Feel It Break

2010

Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
Tamaryn - The Waves
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Goldfrapp - Head First
The Like - Release Me
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
Robyn - Body Talk

2009

The Horrors - Primary Colours

The xx - xx
The Joy Formidable - A Balloon Called Moaning

Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom
God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
Company Of Thieves - Ordinary Riches

I must admit i don't really follow the current music anymore, because the lack of quality seems to depress me.. lol.

Too much plastic R&B / hip-hop incorporating dated euro dance-beats and people mistaking image over talent (Lady Ga Ga). Even the so-called indie-music doesnt seem to excite me anymore: a band like Arcade Fire feels like a bunch of posers / hipsters to me.

The music released in the last years that touches me comes from two singer-songwriters that are far from hip, don't fall into any movement, struggle to have commercial succes, but it doesnt really matter to me.. I happen to like their music.

Teddy Thompson: mixing folk, pop, rock and country. I love his voice and his songwriting is often very strong also (he does some great country-covers also).

http://www.youtube.com/wa...9Lo8tKa93c

http://www.youtube.com/wa...LMDIOUlB1E

http://www.youtube.com/wa...VHvDj_8GvA

Caroline Herring: a texan singer-songwriter mixing blue-grass, country and folk-elements

http://www.youtube.com/wa...U1z3vzt0MI

http://www.youtube.com/wa...-RMxPB7h-w

http://www.youtube.com/wa..._fvHghSczw

Off the top of my dome lol:

Art Slave

It Takes a Major Label to Hold Us Back

Diesel

Turn Me Loose

Strange Arrangement

Leave It All Behind

I Love the '80s (Zo and Tiggalo, aka Phonte)

ArchAndroid

Metropolis Suite I

Is It Love or Desire (though technically a 1976 recording, it was released in '09)

I Learned The Hard Way

Wasting Light

21

That's about it.

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I would like to ad a Danish singer-songwriter, who tends to combine the raw grungieness of the nineties, with the 'perfect pop-song' material of Paul McCartney and Neil Finn: Tim Christensen.

He has been busy far before 2009, but nonetheless i like to mention him, because he is very overlooked:

Wonder of wonders

http://www.youtube.com/wa...rePYzwm8XM

Whispering at the top of my lungs (great use of dynamics)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...mp;ob=av2e

How far you will go

http://www.youtube.com/wa...wntvlhuH38

thanks, keep the great recommendations coming . . . there's a lot of great music out there. We just have to keep looking.

Anything by Lady Gaga or Janet since then

Lotusflow3r- The Purple One

Soldier Of Love- Sade (Highly Underrated)

I think that is about it

I can think of some albums I really liked from the era:

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Lady Gaga -The Fame Monster

My bad, I forgot that the thread asked for music since 2009.

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[Edited 10/19/11 6:53am]

Other orgers have already listed some of my favorites. Here are some other noteworthy releases.

2009

St. Vincent - Actor

Joy Jones - Godchild

Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light

Shafiq Husayn - Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka

Quadron - Quadron

Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

2010

The Foreign Exchange - Authenticity

Hot Chip - One Life Stand

José James - Blackmagic

YahZarah - The Ballad of Purple St. James

Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can

Georgia Anne Muldrow - King's Ballad

Twin Shadow - Forget

The Roots - How I Got Over

Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

2011

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting

Thundercat - The Golden Age of the Apocalypse

Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine

Little Dragon - Ritual Union

James Blake - James Blake

Tune-Yards - Whokill

Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche

Plus, there's more that is still being digested. There's been some really great music.

not at all. I regularly come across some kickass albums that I enjoy from start to finish, especially as far as Synthpop goes. many cool acts out there.

edit: I'd list some albums soon as I'm on my desktop where all the goodies are.

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Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster

Lady GaGa - Born This Way

Prince - LOTUSFLOW3R

B.o.B. - The Adventures of Bobby Ray

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Sade - Soldier of Love

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Adele - 21

1. Prince - "LotusFlow3r"

2. Nas/Damian Marley - "Distant Relatives" (very underrated cd)

3. Lenny Kravitz - "Black And White America"

4. Jay-Z = "The BluePrint 3"

5. Erykah Badu - "New Amerykah Pt. 2"

6. Maxwell - "BlackSummersNight"

xLiberiangirl said:

RKJCNE said:

I forgot I blame coco! Otherwise I lists are very similar~

They are! same -great- taste I guess.

It's just because we are really friggin classy