Coldplay's Viva la Vida and the Goobi Music Awards!

Coldplay's new album "Viva la Vida or Death and all his friends" is out! And it is awesome!

I was afraid that I might not like this one cause there was a lot of talk this one having 'a new sound' with Chris Martin taking to more of a bass voice than his regular falceto tone. But boy does this one deliver. Each track is refined and polished, with some amazing tones. And he does a little bit of falceto as well!

I have just got the album and can't really say which tracks are the better off the lot. All I can say this is the best early birthday present ever! 

And with that, I will now announce the Goobimama Music Awards 2008, or in short, 'the goobies'.

The Goobimama Music Awards 2008.

Let me take this opportunity (What opportunity? It is my blog after all!), to announce the winners of the Goobimama’s Music Awards. There will be a direct torrent/mediafire link to download some of these tracks (look for the linked ones). Winners will be given the prestigeous “Goobi” award.

Best Album of 2008
Nominees:
Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
Alter Bridge - Blackbird 
Dashboard Confessional - Shade of Poison Trees
Collective Soul - Afterwords
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace. 
Radiohead - In Rainbows 

And the winner is...
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace!
Coming on heavy on a little heavy on their first single, “the pretender”, one who likes soft music might steer away from this album. But don’t! There’s some really awesome tracks in here. The rest of the tracks are much more mellow than ‘the pretender’. Hot favourites: Home, Statues, Long road to ruin, Summer’s End.

Track of the Year
Nominees:
Alter Bridge - Before Tomorrow Comes 
Foo Fighters - Home
Lifehouse - From where you are 
John Mayer - Say 
Radiohead - House of Cards
Dashboard Confessional - Shade of Poison Trees

And the winner is...
Alter Bridge - Before Tomorrow Comes (Blackbird)
Their latest album is a real stunner. Almost all the tracks are unique and awesome. This album should have won the best album award, but due to some stupid criteria it didn’t make it. Before tomorrow comes is something out of this world. I’ve been listening to this track almost everyday since I got it and still haven’t tired of it. Best track for riding, a ringtone, and playing loud.

Best New artist
Now while this technically doesn’t mean the artist has to be ‘new’. Just that I have discovered them this year.
Band of Horses
The Flashbulb 
James Morrison
Nitin Sawhney
Bob Dylan

The Winner is....
The Flashbulb for Soundtrack to a Vacant Life.
This guy offered his music on torrents for free and created quite a racket. So I downloaded the album just to see what the fuss was about. A really cool instrumental album which varies from soft sounds to hard grunge riffs, all in a seamless flow of sounds. Must listen to the entire album.


Lifetime acheivement award for a track
Alter Bridge - Before Tomorrow Comes
Snow Patrol - Run 
Moby - Porcelain
Coldplay - Speed of sound
Green Day - Time of your life (Good riddance) 
Jimmy Eat World - 23 
Travis - Driftwood 
U2 - Original of the Species

And the winner is...
Alter Bridge - Before Tomorrow Comes. This track is just too awesome. I’m usually more inclined towards Coldplay, but this one just stands out among the rest. Of course, the nominations are all really awesome tracks as well.

All time greatest Artist

Coldplay
Alter Bridge
Travis
Snow Patrol
Foo Fighters
Lifehouse
Oasis

Coldplay! By a clear margin! I’ve been listening to all three of their albums over and over again for so many years now yet I don’t tire of Chris Martin’s amazing vocals and Johny Buckland’s super cool guitar licks. That sound is just out of this world. I salute you, Coldplay.

Notable mentions
Pentagram - Voice 
Goldspot - Friday
Glen Hansard - Falling Slowly (OST - Once)
Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun’ 
Dream Out Loud - Its raining now 
Poets of the fall - Carnival of Rust
The Verve Pipe - Colorful