lets start it off right! Listening Post!

[Mr.HCI]

Then there's c/w for "coupled with" for 45s in the UK, IIRC.

[tinobeat]

let's veer back towards the topic with a list! whoowoo!

Flin Flon - Chicotoumi CD
holy crap this is awesome. that's really all I can say

Destroyer - This Night 2LP
I'm a huge dork and bought the 2LP version even though I own the CD as well. It was on sale though! ten bucks! c'mon!

Oneida / Liars - Atheists, Reconsider split 12"

The Aislers Set - Mission Bells 12"
I've been going crazy over How I Learned To Write Backwards so I had to run out and get this single too..

Sean Na Na - Sean Tillman Is a Fucking Star 7"
Sean Tillman is a fucking self-obsessed chooch. I used to like Sean Na Na so much, but his Har Mar persona has leaked into the Sean Na Na and kinda ruined it.

The Band - Music From Big Pink LP

[Mr.HCI]

OK, then, here's the last 24 hours or so:

Anaal Nathrakh When fire rains down from the sky, Mankind will reap as it has sown
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Nocturama
EyeHateGod In the Name of Suffering
Gi-Napajo Tsantsas
David Kilgour A Feather in the Engine
Pale Nudes Wise to the Heat
Henry Threadgill & Make a Move Where's Your Cup?
Van der Graaf Generator World Record
Cop It Sweet (compilation I picked up for an exclusive Kim Salmon track)

[jef]

Yo la Tengo - Summer Sun

Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine and roses

Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage

[pizzarockstar]

yeah!
unwound the future of what
erase errata other animals
sleater kinney dig me out
hi to evrybody!

[dekone]

Disco Punk (http://www.discogs.com/release/124665) compilation
Edwyn Collins : Dr. Syntax
Appliance : Are You Earthed?
The Polyphonic Spree : The Beginning Stages of...
Bent : The Everlasting Blink


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[Mr.HCI]

since last night:

Vera Lynn The Ultimate Collection
Solbakken Pinanti
T. Rex Electric Warrior (remaster)
Las Cruces Ringmaster
Thin Lizzy Vagabonds of the Western World
The Last Gin & Innuendoes

[jef]

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live

Scene Creamers - I Suck on that Emotion

Big Star - Third/Sisters Lovers

Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs

[bitterfruit]

M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent
Microphones - It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water
Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - A Film About Wilco By Sam Jones


Any thoughts on the M. Ward record? I haven't been able to spend a lot of time with it so far, but from what I have heard, I like it.

Microphones are really sinking in a major way. I think I like them for the same reason that I like Neutral Milk Hotel.

[jt. r]

jeff mangum put out one awesome album. phil elvrum has made three albums that i can really stick by and they stick right back. i've been listening to the two just mentioned and mount eerie the past few days.
another album that i put aside and have picked up again is GBV's UTAC. it's a nice throwback not to alien lanes or bee thousand, but to mag earwhig, with a dash of do the collapse/iso drills (those are the weakest numbers). lyrically it's much improved over iso drills, but i liked most of collapse lyrically.

[Ladt]

I love the lyrics of UTAC.
I'm listening to
Brighten The Corners- Pavement
The Last Broadcast- Doves
My own band's EP
Loudon Wainwright- Last man on Earth.

[jef]

Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic (Can't stop listening to this one. Easily the best Power-Punk type record I've heard in years.)

[onedeadjet]

The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified
The Jesus Lizard - Goat
Some cheapo New Wave comp - Devil Inside on repeat...
Sea and Cake - One Bedroom
Devo - Greatest Hits
Public Enemy - He Got Game
Cannibal! the musical

[pabost]

Song Islands - The Microphones
The Magnolia Electric Co. - Songs: Ohia
Blue Screen Life - Pinback
Pig Lib - Stephen Malkmus
The Chairman Dances - John Adams

For the Nashville people: I saw that Dub Narcotic Sound System is playing in Nashville in May at "Ben Smythe's Basement, 922 Acklen Ave." Sounds interesting.

[Mr.HCI]

the last few days:

Graverobbers Soul Parking
Tim Buckley The Copenhagen Tapes
Tim Buckley Dream Letter (Live in London 1968)
Faust Patchwork
Voïvod Voïvod
John Cale Paris 1919
John Cale Vintage Violence
The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp
Höyry-kone Hyönteisiä voi rakastaa
The Malarkies When Every Metal Shines
A Single Book of Songs by Mammoth Volume
The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight
Solbakken Klonapet
Nimal dis tanz
Unida Coping with the Urban Coyote
Overhang Party 4
Alex Chilton Loose Shoes and Tight Pussy
Anaal Nathrakh When fire rains down from the sky, Mankind will reap as it has sown
Chrome Third from the Sun
Made in China CDR demo from a really good local band
Opeth Deliverance
Tim Berne Sanctified Dreams
Nurse with Wound The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion

and right now:

Tim Buckley Lorca

[Ladt]

New Pornographers- Mass Romantic. Still getting into this. Love the first three songs and Letter though.
Superdrag- Last Call FOr Vitriol
A- Live
Flaming Lips- Live

[dekone]

Yo La Tengo : Summer Sun
Manitoba : Up In Flames
Estuary English (http://www.discogs.com/release/129711), a Memphis Industries compilation
Thomas Bangalter : Irreversible soundtrack
The Jayhawks : Rainy Day Music

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[yovan]

Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs "Master EP"
Flaming Lips "Soft Bulletin"
Malkmus/The Jicks "Pig Lib"
Nada Surf "Don't Go"

[dekone]

Tommy Guerrero : Soul Food Taqueria
Sparklehorse : Good Morning Spider
Plaid : Parts In The Post (remixes)
Casino Versus Japan : Go Hawaii
The Polyphonic Spree : The Beginning Stages Of...


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[rmcphedr]

Prefuse 73 - 'One Word Extinguisher'

[earl grey]

The Sea + Cake - Glass EP
Groove Armada - Vertigo
YLT - Fakebook
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
White Stripes - Elephant
Ms. John Soda - No P. Or D.

The new S+C has got some pretty good remixes on it, esp. one by Stereolab. Some cool new songs as well.

Hey is anyone here a fan (or non-fan) of Ben Kweller? I don't really know him that well but for whatever reason, I always assumed I wouldn't be into him. Someone played me a couple songs off of his album though and it was a lot better than I was expecting....

[Ladt]

I have EP Phone home which is pretty good, Falling and Harriet's Got A song are great. Haven't heard much else.

[t.d.]

Fellas,
I just got the Telophono cd that I have been searching for my entire life. My god.

Oh and I don't know about you but I'm looking forward to the new Cardigans record, I am a sucker for the Swedes. And I am also looking forward to the new Blur although I hear that it is pathetic.

[Ladt]

Never cared much from them. The Wannadies however......

[t.d.]

Yeah, the Cardigans aren't that great, but I've gotta waste money some how. And that lead singer is hot, but no Neko Case.

[Ladt]

Funny that, last time I had that attitude I bought New Pronographers. And Superdrag, but that's not as good.

[t.d.]

Being a current resident of Knoxville I have to defend my boys from superdrag. They are all great guys and put on one heck of a live show, and they got Guided By Voices to come to the Knox, where bands usually refuse to play.

Last Call was good, but it wasn't anywhere near as good as 'In the Valley' or ' Head Trip In Everykey'

Also has anyone else noticed that Superdrag and Nada Surf seem to get better with every album while Weezer is heading the opposite way?

[Ladt]

Don't get me wrong, it's a good album, but not as good as the new pornographers, wouldn't you agree. It's probably more consistent but the only high point that gets near the four or five on Mass romantics is baby goes to 11. Not really comparable though.

[Mr.HCI]

Today, so far:

Genesis Archive 1967-75 (disc 4)
Joy Division Heart & Soul (disc 3)
The Heads The Time Is Now!
Black Sabbath Sabotaged (incredible live boot from 1975)
Tin Huey Disinformation
No Trend Tritonian Nash-Vegas Polyester Complex
The Cecil Taylor Unit The Cecil Taylor Unit
Béla Bartók Bluebeard's Castle

[tinobeat]

yesterday, left Cambridge at noon, got to NYC at 6:30PM after hideous traffic, left NYC at 11PM after playing a show, arrived back in Cambridge at 4:30AM. here's what was playing in the car:

V/A - SharkAttackMusic 3.5eps CD
The Clean - Anthology 2CD
Alexander McGregor - Part One: Aguirre Returns CD
The Capitol Years - Meet Yr Acres CD
Certainly, Sir - For Me It Is No Problem CD
Bright - Bright CD
Guided By Voices - Under The Bushes, Under The Stars CD
Silkworm - Lifestyle CD
some Amps For Christ CD whose name I forget
Young Marble Giants - Salad Days CD

on the way to work today on 3 hours of sleep:
Greg Weeks - Awake Like Sleep CD
Sun City Girls - Libyan Dream CD

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by tinobeat
The Clean - Anthology 2CDIt sure is nice to have all that fantastic stuff in one place (I've got all of it on vinyl but my records skip too much when I play 'em in the car).

[Paul]

Jimi Tenor - Higher Planes CD -->f*cking amazing!
Dogmatics - 1981-86 CD
The Warlocks - The Phoenix Album CD
Metal Flake Mother - Beyond the Java Sea CD
Alexander "Skip" Spence - Oar CD
This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears CD

[jef]

Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a man

Saturday looks good to me - All Your Summer Songs

Beachwood Sparks - Once we were trees

Husker Du - Candy apple Grey

[Mr.HCI]

today:

Ax Genrich Wave Cut (90s solo album from original Guru Guru guitarist)
Railroad Jerk Railroad Jerk (finally tracked down a copy!)
Throttlerod Eastbound & Down
Praxis Sacrifist
Scene Creamers I Suck on that Emotion
Ruins Tzomborgha
Frank Lowe Black Beings (my coworkers "loved" this one)
Saccharine Trust The Great One Is Dead
Black Label Society The Blessed Hellride

[Salman]

Lately:

Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage
M. Ward - End of Amnesia
Julie Doiron - Heart and Crime
Cat Power - What Would the Community Think
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the
The dB's - Repercussion
Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace

[gerglegergle]

For the past few days:

Carolyn Mark : Terrible Hostess
Cat Power: Covers
SM & Jicks: Pig Lib
Fugazi : The Argument
Change of Heart: Steel Teeth
Neko Case: Blacklisted
Sleater-Kinney: All Hands on the Bad One
Marlene Dietrich: Greatest

[johansen smith]

the new Set Fire to Flames 2XCD.

[mac]

these days:


Sunburned Hand of the Man Headdress
Angus Maclise Thunderbolt Pagoda & Oklahoma
Shadow Ring Hold Onto to I.D.
The Fall Grotesque

[Paul]

Bought today:

El Guapo - Fake French CD (Dischord, 2003)
Chicago - VII CD (Columbia, 1974) <-- da bomb!

Listening:

Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
The Monks - Black Monk Time
Sahara Hotnights - Jennie Bomb

[bitterfruit]

Archers of Loaf - Vee Vee
The Magnetic Fields - Charm Of The Highway Strip
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs, Vol. 3
Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks
Bedhead - What Fun Life Was
Microphones - Mount Erie
Destroyer - Streethawk, A Seduction

[jef]

Fm Knives - Useless & Modern
Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Devo - Duty Now for the Future/New Traditionalists

[Mr.HCI]

last 24 hours or so:

The B-52s Wild Planet
The Pentangle The Pentangle
Black Label Society The Blessed Hellride
Attila Attila (Billy Joel's two man hard rock band from the late 60s)
Death The Sound of Perseverance
Cecil Taylor Love for Sale
The Goo Goo Dolls Jed
The Vandermark 5 Airports for Light
Emperor Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire & Demise

[earl grey]

lately:

Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Spiritualized - The Complete Works Volume 1
The Minus 5 - Down with Wilco
YLT - Nuclear War EP
The Velvet Underground and Nico
King Tubby - At The Controls

[dekone]

The Clean : Anthology
T. Rex : Electric Warrior
Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Fever To Tell
Spacek : Vintage Hi-Tech
Hot Hot Heat : Make Up The Breakdown



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[beekeeper]

Minders--Cul-de-Sacs & Dead Ends
Dressy Bessy--Pink Hearts Yellow Moons
Guided By Voices--Bulldog Skin single
Chavez--Ride The Fader
My Bloody Valentine--Loveless

[johansen smith]

the new Folk Implosion album hasn't left my stereo in some time. very, very good CD.

[pabost]

Blur - The Great Escape
The White Stripes - Elephant
Arvo Part - Te Deum
Danielson Famile - Tell Another Joke . . .

[bitterfruit]

Superchunk - Art Class EP
Portastatic - The Nature of Sap
Damien Jurado And Gathered In Song - I Break Chairs
The Swimming Pool Q's - The deep end.
YLT - Painful
Microphones - Mt. Eerie (track2 - again and again)

Ordered "Summer Of the Shark," the new Portastatic album from Merge. Can't wait to get it. Anyone heard it yet? YLT and Mac Macaughan seem to have a theme going here having released albums with the word "Summer" in it.

[Mr.HCI]

today:

Opeth Still Life
Brain Donor Too Freud to Rock'n'Roll, Too Jung to Die
Burning Brides Fall of the Plastic Empire
No Trend Early Years/Teen Love
Hans Werner Henze Voices
Hanatarash 2
Dulcimer . . . And I Turned As I Had Turned As a Boy
Alan Vega New Raceion

[tinobeat]

and for me today:

Pavement - Wowee Zowee 2LP
Trans Am - Red Line 2LP
The Ponys - Shi Shi Mu Mu 2LP
Erlend Oye - Unrest CD

that's been about it, I guess...

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by bitterfruit

Ordered "Summer Of the Shark," the new Portastatic album from Merge. Can't wait to get it. Anyone heard it yet? YLT and Mac Macaughan seem to have a theme going here having released albums with the word "Summer" in it.

Got the new Portastatic album and it is undeniably the best album of the year that I have heard so far.

I feel like I have been in a rut lately with records. I've been so dissapointed by the "lacklustre" releases that have come my way. This is the release that I have been searching for.

[earl grey]

I keep on hearing more and more good things about the Portastatic record ... definitely something I'll be getting hold of.

Lately for me:

YLT - Summer Sun
Amon Tobin - Permutation
Console - Rocket in the Pocket
Clinic - Walking with Thee

I had always dismissed Walking with Thee as an inferior rehash of Internal Wrangler, but after many months away it sounds a lot better than I remember it.

Console was a random pick-up in a $3 bin this weekend, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Never heard much about them before. Of course, the one track featured on the front ("14 Zero Zero") is also I think the worst one on the album....

[jef]

Meat Puppets - No Strings Attached

Chet Baker - Best of Chet Baker Sings

X - Unclogged

Exploding Hearts - Guitat Romantic

Black Eyes - s/t

[pabost]

Jef -

How's the Exploding Hearts record? I hadn't heard of it until the pitchfork review, which piqued my interest. I heard a track on KXLU and it sounded pretty good.

- Paul

[Mr.HCI]

last 24 hours or so:

The Malarkies 1
Martin Denny The Exotic Sounds Of Martin Denny
Allan Pettersson Symphony No 13
Suicide America Supreme
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Pig Lib
Electric Wizard Dopethrone
The Bats Silverbeet
Vágtázó HalottKémek Az Éden Visszahódítása 1
Tom Jones A-Tom-ic Jones
The Electric Eels The Eyeball of Hell

[Funk]

Today:

Funkadelic Uncle Jam Wants You LP
Various Miami Sound CD
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell CD

[tinobeat]

how you like that Miami Sound disc?

there's some pretty fantastic stuff on it, some stuff's just "eh" though.. the fake "Mustang Sally" song is pretty funny.

[jef]

Paul, the Exploding Hearts album is definately one of my favorites this year. All 10 songs are great. Looking at the cover, and insert you might be reluctant to pick it up(They dress like modern day Pistols, or Ramones) but the songs are brilliant. Remind me of the Clash(Mick Jones' songs), & 70's Power Pop. I don't know, just get the album.

[jef]

Mr HCI, I was listening to that Electric Eels album yesterday. Great band.

[Mr.HCI]

The Electric Eels were pretty damn great! I've been a fan since I picked up the Cyclotron/Agitated 45 from a collector catalogue about 15 years ago just 'cause I'd heard they were supposed to be great. I've gotten every compilation of material that's been (legally) released since then and all are fairly indispensable, even though there's plenty of overlap. My favorite title of the four I've owned is God Says Fuck You (released on Homestead in 1991 or '92).

[Funk]

Originally posted by tinobeat
how you like that Miami Sound disc?

there's some pretty fantastic stuff on it, some stuff's just "eh" though.. the fake "Mustang Sally" song is pretty funny.

"Cadillac Annie"! It's so shameless in its appropriation you can't help but love it! But yeah, I agree, it's only an okay compilation. "I Get Lifted" and "Funky Me" are mindbogglingly great, though.

[t.d.]

Blur- Think Tank
This album is really good, totally different without Coxon though, but definately worth buying. I believe that this is one of the top three albums of the year and could give Broken Social Scene a run for its money as the best album I've heard in a while.

White Stripes- Elephant
Good, but not all of that great. It seems as if I can only tollerate three White Stripes songs at one sitting. Ball and Biscuit is great though.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever To Tell
I think that this is much better than the two ep's they have released and this band has real promise. I do get sick of hearing all of her moans and stuff though, but otherwise this is good.

The New Pornographers- Electric Version
Much better album than "Mass Romantic" as a whole. Much, much easier to grab ahold of.

Cardigans- Long Gone Before Daylight
This is just total radio friendly pop. It does have guest appearances by Howlin Pelle Almqvist (Hives) and the guy from Soundtrack of Our Lives. Has one of the better songs that I've heard this year on it, "Live and Learn". This is totally different from that 'Loverfool' stuff.

Spoon- Telephono
This is just classic.

[mits]

today:

Bonnie Prince Billy- Master & Everyone
Stephen Malkmus- Pig Lib
Tortoise- Standards
The Afghan Whigs- Gentlemen
Oblivians- Soul food

[dekone]

Blur : Think Tank
Goldfrapp : Black Cherry
Faux Jean : Dead Lover
Four Tet : Rounds
OMD : Architecture & Morality remaster
Prefuse 73 : One Word Extinguisher
Wire : Send
Broadcast : Pendulum EP


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[tinobeat]

some stuff I've already mentioned, but now with commentary!

New Pornographers - Electric Version CD
Man, Dan Bejar is the king! I know he only has three songs, but on the first couple of listens, his songs really stand out of the Carl Newman gang of songs. The other stuff's great, its just going to take some more time.

The Ponys - Shi Shi Mu Mu 2LP
the Ponys are a wonderful band from Portland, ME, and their debut just got released on the inimitable Time-Lag Records (http://www.time-lagrecords.com) on some heavy-ass vinyl and with a beautiful gatefold cover. A wonderful record in every way.

Comets on Fire - Field Recordings From The Sun CD
holy balls! I wish I had picked this up sooner! this is what I always hoped Acid Mothers Temple would sound like but never did/do. some intense shit.

Death Cab For Cutie - We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes CD
got it when it came out, listened to it, yawned and said "eh, indie rock at its most boring." Now after a few years, I can't stop listening to it. Some great songwriting here.

Erlend Oye - Unrest CD
I listened to it a ton when I bought it, and then forgot about it a week later and misfiled it for weeks on end. Now I've found it again and also found a brand new love for it in my heart.

[earl grey]

Hey dekone - how's the new Four Tet album? Hadn't heard him until recently with Dialogue but I'm really hooked on that album now ... how does Rounds compare?

[dekone]

Originally posted by earl grey
Hey dekone - how's the new Four Tet album? Hadn't heard him until recently with Dialogue but I'm really hooked on that album now ... how does Rounds compare?


I really dig it. I only have the last one (Pause) to compare it to, and it's pretty much more of the same. It's very warm and floaty, with the usual great mix of electronics and acoustic instruments. I'm really digging the drums on it -some of the rhythms are fab. What's got me even more excited is that just today I found out that both Four Tet and Manitoba are opening for Prefuse 73 in a couple of weeks...sounds like a fantastic show!

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[george]

martin:

would you ever consider performing solo under the name "the magnificent martin pavlinic"?

[Futureman]

Gang of Four--Entertainment!
The Minutemen--Double Nickles on a Dime
Modest Mouse--The Moon and Anartica
New Pornographers--Electric Version
The Notwist--Neon Golden

[mac]

so far tonight:

Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Jason Loewenstein - At Sixes And Sevens
Matt Elliot - The Mess We Made
Dredd Foole - In Quest Of Tense
Dead Raven Choir - Amoured Wolves

[Paul]

Kaada - Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable Time CD
Strapping Fieldhands - Gobs on the Midway: Singles 1991-95 CD
Faith No More - Angel Dust CD
Fischerspooner - #1 CD
Polyrock - self-titled LP (MP3s)

[Funk]

Lee Dorsey The New... LP
Otis Redding Otis Blue (mono) LP
various- Nuggets 2LP
Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. 2LP (second record only)
Railroad Jerk Raise the Plow LP
Mystery Machine Glazed CD
Moonshake Dirty & Divine CD
Sportsguitar Fade/Cliche CD
a CD-R I made for myself
a cassette I made for someone

[ný batterí]

right now on my playlist.....

cat power: he war.
mogwai: take me somewhere nice.
slowdive: losing today.
skywave: don't say slow.
minus the bear: monkey!!! knife!!! fight!!!
sigur ros: ny batteri (personal favorite of mine).
the cure: why can't i be you?
the smiths: bigmouth strikes again.
the faith: danse macabre (the album).
sonic youth: drunken butterfly.
delta dart: don't go away.
le tigre: first album...

[Ladt]

not much other than gbv radio!

[pabost]

I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
26 Mixes For Cash - Aphex Twin
Insignificance - Jim O'Rourke

By the way, the Jim O'Rourke album is fantastic. The others are really impressive too, but this album totally took me by surprise. I guess it's been out for a while, and I just kind of assumed it wouldn't be as immediatly accessible.

[jef]

Yeah, I really like that Jim O'Rourke album too. I was quite surprised with it, as well as Eureka.

[jef]

Tall Dwarfs - The Sky Above The Mud Below
the Clean - Vehicle
Stereolab - Sound Dust

[pabost]

Jef -

Forgot to mention that I got the Exploding Hearts record last week. I'm really enjoying it. Critical statment: it has a refreshing lack of pretension.

[jef]

Glad you liked it. They're supposed to be playing down here soon.

[Mr.HCI]

The Chills Submarine Bells
The Black Keys thickfreakness
Lawrence Welk Dance to the Big Band Sounds of Lawrence Welk
House of Large Sizes House of Large Sizes
Los Zafiros Bossa Cubana
The Feelies Crazy Rhythms
Tim Buckley Honeyman
Eastern Youth (the title's in Japanese but I think it's their most recent, from 2001)
Hex Error Hex Error

[Futureman]

Currently in the disk drive:

Broken Social Scene-YFIP
Microphones--Mount Eerie
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists-Hearts of Oak
Unwound--Leaves Turn Inside You

Damn there is some great music out there.

[tinobeat]

Oneida/25 Suaves - Street People split LP
Oneida - Each One Teach One 2LP
Laddio Bolocko - The Life and Times of... 2CD
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come LP
Matt Valentine - Tonight! One Night Only! MV & EE in Heaven LP
Various - 300% Dynamite 2LP
John Cale - Vintage Violence LP
Lilys - Better Can't Make Your Life Better LP

now that I don't drive 40 minutes in each direction every day to work anymore, I can bust into the vinyl again... mmm...

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by Futureman

Damn there is some great music out there.

Amen brother.

[Funk]

These are from the last few days.

Pavement Westing... LP
Pagans Shit Street LP
Beach Boys Pet Sounds LP
Squarepusher Hard Normal Daddy 2LP
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet Savvy Show Stoppers CD
The Beginning of the End Funky Nassau CD
Neil Young S/T LP
Monks Black Monk Time LP
Black Flag Wasted...Again LP
Moonshake Big Good Angel EP

[earl grey]

Silver Jews - American Water
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher

The P73 and Decemberists albums are really outstanding ... every Decemberists review I've read has the Neutral Milk Hotel comparison (almost like Interpol/Joy Division). It's dead on though ... they're almost like a sequel. I'd call it derivative if the songs weren't so great ... absolutely stands on its own.

[mac]

these days :


Aesthetics - OFF (Mental Telemetry)
The Blithe Sons - We Walk The Young Earth (Family Vineyard)
Jad Fair and Jason Willet- Superfine (Public Eyesore)
Jason Loewenstein - At Sixes And Sevens (Sub Pop)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (Matador)

[pabost]

I finally got "Cherry Peel" by Of Montreal and have really been enjoying it.

Can't spend too much on records now, because I finally bought a new Jazz Bass last night. It was an impulse buy if there ever was one (damn Lakers).

[jef]

Johnny Cash @ San Quentin
Johnny Cash - Greatest Hits
Johnny Cash - IV Man Comes around
(RIP June)

[dekone]

400 Blows : The Good Clean English Fist
The Flying Lizards : The Flying Lizards
23 Skidoo : Seven Songs
John Foxx : The Golden Section
Scritti Politti : Songs To Remember


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[vesper]

I've been listening to...

New Pornographers - "Mass Romantic" and "Electric Version"
Wilco - "Summerteeth"
Jim O'Rourke - "Insignificance"
Nina Simone - one of her Great Hits comps
Stan Getz w/ Astrud Gilberto - just mp3s

[philipmarlowe]

Shriekback-The Y Records Years
The Ex-Dizzy Spells
Wire-Send
Enon-High Society
Fugazi-In on the Kill Taker
Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic
Sondre Lerche-Faces Down
The Sound-From the Lion's Mouth
Metallica-Ride the Lightning

[Mr.HCI]

so far today:

Bad Brains Attitude: The ROIR Sessions
Government Issue Make an Effort EP
Government Issue Boycott Stabb EP
Cobra Verde Easy Listening
Aerosmith Aerosmith
John Coltrane The Heavyweight Champion (disc one)
Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Concerts
Tim Berne's Bloodcount Memory Select
Slapp Happy Live in Japan - May, 2000
The 3D's Hellzapoppin

[jef]

Beach Boys - Smile
Government Issue - Strange Wine ep
Carter Family - Wildwood Flower
High Llamas - Retrospective, Rarities, and Instrumentals
Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition

[Futureman]

nice tunes, earl grey. My wife and I saw the decemberists the other night. They are very good musicians and put on a nice show. Unfortunately there were only about 50 people there, and I think the band was quite surprised. I hope that didn't sour them on the idea of coming back to Cleveland.

[Dave]

Futureman, I don't see how anyband on the level of the Decemberists could be anything but pleased with 50 people in Cleveland. They are hardly a household name and they haven't done that much work in the way of touring yet. It is also not exactly prime touring time for the lesser known bands as most colleges have already wrapped things up (or are in the process of doing so) for the semester. Not coming back would be one of worst mistakes that they could make. Where did they play?
Dave

[jt. r]

now playing:
dead meadow-shivering king and others (they killed at irving plaza, but were great at the troc with better lighting; better still-i got to chat with the lead from endless boogie). jesper and mark be advised that this gentleman promised me a show in philly, and this time i really wanna hear "mighty fine pie."
sm + jix-pig lib
iran-moon boys
replacements-hootenanny

[earl grey]

Hey jt.r - how does the Dead Meadow album compare to their live show? Their Irving Plaza set blew me away ... I wonder how much they were jamming/expanding on the album with all the solos, effects, etc.... Really looking forward to hearing it though.

Futureman - yeah I wanted to catch the Decemberists when they played NYC but had to miss out. I think they just reissued the album on KRS though so hopefully another tour is in the works....

[dekone]

Elefant : Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band : A Special Album
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives : Gimme Five EP
Prefuse 73 : One Word Extinguisher
Ikara Colt : Basic Instructions EP
Soulwax presents Hang All DJ's Vol.1


silence is a rhythm too (http://www.geocities.com/mss_35/TheRezidence.html)

[jt. r]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by earl grey
[B]Hey jt.r - how does the Dead Meadow album compare to their live show? Their Irving Plaza set blew me away ... I wonder how much they were jamming/expanding on the album with all the solos, effects, etc.... Really looking forward to hearing it though.

it's really great and makes me feel silly for not having purchased their live disc at the show.

[Futureman]

Dave,

Perhaps you're right. But they (and Jeff Hanson who is touring with them) seemed surprised by the turnout. In any case, they were *really* good. They played at the Beachland Tavern. The ballroom next door was hosting Dick Dale.

I did exchange emails with Collin Meloy, who said they would *definitely* be back to Cleveland. I'm thrilled.

By the bye, they have another album coming out this Fall, so expect them to keep touring.
________________________________

jt.r., how do you like the new 'Iran'? I have not been able to find it in stores so I just ordered it from the tUMULt page.

[Mr.HCI]

Last 24 hours or so:

The Malarkies 10,000 Back Doors
The Black Keys thickfreakness
Erasure Cowboy
The Holy Ghost Color Sympathy
The Malarkies 1
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Pig Lib
EyeHateGod 10 Years of Abuse (and Still Broke)
Chris Lee Plays & Sings Torch'd Songs, Charivari Hymns & Oriki Blue-Marches
Slayer God Hates Us All
Wayne Kramer Citizen Wayne

[bitterfruit]

The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
The Decemberists - 5 Song EP
Jay Bennett & Edward Burch - The Palace At 4AM (Part 1)
The Clean - The Clean
Superchunk - Late Century Dream
Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty
Belle and Sebastian - Sing...Jonathan David
Yo La Tengo - And The Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
The Delgados - Hate
Elf Power - A Dream In Sound
His Name Is Alive - Stars On ESP
French Kicks - One Time Bells


Fuck Pitchfork. The Jay Bennet & Edward Burch album is beautiful. And they don't give the French Kicks nearly enough credit.

[vesper]

Bitterfruit, I agree with the stuff about The French Kicks. They played with Denali on my campus back in late November and I thought they were a very fun band. It was cool to see a lead-singer/drummer.

[tinobeat]

I fuckin love that band. They definitely don't get enough props, at least not where I go to catch up on props being dealt out.

anywho, they just got a new drummer so that the old drummer could pull a phil collins and step out from behind the kit and become a proper frontman.

I've yet to see that incarnation live, but I really loved them when they had him singing and drumming up front...

[bitterfruit]

Their entire album is totally fi-fi.

[dekone]

Zongamin : Zongamin
The New Pornographers : Electric Version
Channel 2 : a compilation of Output Recordings
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives : Extended Revelation
Disco Pogo For Punks in Pumps Vol.6 (http://www.discogs.com/release/138242) : free with Jockey Slut

silence is a rhythm too (http://www.geocities.com/mss_35/TheRezidence.html)

[earl grey]

Four Tet - Rounds
Wilco - Being There
The Sea and Cake - s/t
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Velvet Underground - 1969 (live)

I've always loved the first two VU albums but have been less into the post-Cale stuff (though I haven't listened to it a ton). But I got the live 2D set a couple weeks ago though and it is revelatory ... hearing them in a totally new light and really just blown away. New takes on old songs, tight, expansive jams ... fantastic stuff.

I know not everyone here is into Radiohead, but I like the new album. The production is excellent and I think pulls up songs that otherwise aren't up to par. Very strong highlights, but overall it's not as consistent and dynamic as their past albums. Much more of a holding pattern compared to the leaps forward of the past few. Still early though, their albums have all grown on me....

[jt. r]

jt.r., how do you like the new 'Iran'? I have not been able to find it in stores so I just ordered it from the tUMULt page. [/B]

not quite as random and original as the debut (nor is the cover art), but still good. the lyrics are almost immediately decipherable; some of it's like gbv meets xiu xiu...and it's not so bad. basically it's more straight ahead conventional. i'm hoping they tour sometime this year on the east coast.
of course, i'm still waiting for billions to announce dates for new pornographers and the fall in philadelphia. [hint]

[t.d.]

Manitoba- Up In Flames
Liam Lynch- Fake Songs
Walt Mink- El Producto
Chavez- Ride the Fader
Spacetwins- The End of Imagining

[jabber_meow]

the matthew herbert big band

-goodbye swingtime


he opened some shows for Bjork last summer and has collaborated with her and many other artists of high acclaim to date. the guy's a genius; you must check him out.

www.magicandaccident.com is his site

[lenny]

Hey it's cool to see people from Portland!
I'm listening to these right now:
--Sugar-copper blue
--Dismemberment Plan- !
--Belle and S- If you're feeling...
--Pavement- Spit on a stranger ep
and--Enon- Hocus Pocus

[gwai]

broder daniel "cruel town"

[Mr.HCI]

Goatsnake Dog Days EP
Angel Helluva Band
Death Spiritual Healing
PainKiller Talisman
Grateful Dead Aoxomoxoa
Godspeed Ride
Tenko At the Top of Mt. Brocken

[Paul]

The Hidden Cameras, Smell Of Our Own
The Concretes, The Concretes
The Stills, Logic Will Break Your Heart
Guided By Voices, Earthquake Glue
Papa M, Live From A Shark's Cage
Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs (vol. 2)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Armed Forces

[vesper]

What do you think of The Hidden Cameras disc, Paul? I like it *okay*, but I don't have much of a desire to listen to it frequently.

Clinic, Walking With Thee
British Sea Power, The Decline of British Sea Power
Metric, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now
Keith Fullerton Whitman, Playthroughs
Fennesz, Endless Summer
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Frog Eyes, The Golden River
Tim Hecker, Radio Amor
Viktor Vaughn, Vaudeville Villian

[fuzztony]

My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Lisa Miller - Version Originale
Dinasour Jr - Bug
Sun - Sun
Interpol - TOTBL
Polyphonic Spree - Beginning Stages of...

Only first listen of new MMJ, but have to say, a little disappointed so far... More "classic rock" - along the lines of Allman Brothers, Lynard Skynard, than the last two albums.

[maroonwalrus]

Teenage Fanclub - 4,766 Seconds (A Short Cut to...)
Matmos - The Civil War
Posies - Frosting on the Beater
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Wilco - Being There
Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle

[Paul]

Originally posted by maroonwalrus
Teenage Fanclub - 4,766 Seconds (A Short Cut to...)

Don't mention that name around here. Gerard HATES them.

[Paul]

Originally posted by vesper
What do you think of The Hidden Cameras disc, Paul? I like it *okay*, but I don't have much of a desire to listen to it frequently.
I've only been spinning it for the last three days or so...it's probably too early yet to make a definitive statement. But, it certainly makes my ears happy.

[maroonwalrus]

Originally posted by Paul
Don't mention that name around here. Gerard HATES them.

Errr...sorry about that. I did not know!

I know I like it, but we're all different, aren't we?

No harm intended, Gerard. Really!

[Paul]

(He doesn't really hate them. It's just a long-standing joke around these parts.)

[maroonwalrus]

Originally posted by Paul
(He doesn't really hate them. It's just a long-standing joke around these parts.)

Good grief, I've been fooled. I suppose I'll have to prolong this bizarre inside joke like everybody else, now won't I?

[earl grey]

DFA records compilation #1
out hud - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
super furry animals - phantom power
M83 - dead cities, red seas, and lost ghosts
spacemen 3 - perfect prescription

after reading a few reviews and hearing a few snippets, i was convinced the M83 would be a little too cheesy and grandiose. but i gave it my first real listen this weekend and it's damn good. surprised at how well it works.

i adore spiritualized but have managed to mostly ignore spacemen 3 up until now. perfect prescription is great though - not quite as good as early SPZ for me, but up there for sure. the original "walking with jesus" is a beautiful, beautiful song. (though i think the version on it might not even be the original - anyone know?)

[cyann&ben]

decemberists-mix of both albums (not 5 songs)
cyann&ben-spring
sigur ros
violent femmes-hallowed ground

waiting for cornelius-fantasma to arrive in the mail

[jabber_meow]

Just a friendly reminder that a very kick-ass album is released tomorrow. I got a copy a while back from Chris after it was mastered, and I have to say it totally rocks!


WIG IN A BOX:
The Songs from Hedwig & the Angry Inch


Check out the details:
http://www.offrecords.com/wig.html

More importantly, BUY THIS RECORD. It has many of the artists you all write about all the time.

Cheers

[Paul]

Oh, cool. I've been waiting to hear this since I first read about it many months ago. I'd imagine that Sleater-Kinney and Fred Schneider on the same song is worth the purchase price alone. The rest is gravy.

[jef]

Emmitt Rhodes - s/t
Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle
Music Tapes - First Imaginary Symphony for Nomad
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Television Personalities - And Don't the Kids Just Love It
Robert Wyatt - Shleep

[lightswitch owl]

the fucking Shins: Chutes Too Fucking Narrow.






Fuck yea.

[vesper]

Vashti Bunyan, Just Another Diamond Day
Tim Hecker, Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again
The BirdTree, Orchards and Caverns
Ogurusu Norihide and Aoki Takamasa Come and Play In Our Backyard
Fennesz/O'Rourke/Rehberg, Return of the Fenno'berg
Nobukazu Takamura, Animate

[dekone]

Yo La Tengo : Today Is The Day
Laika : Wherever I Am I Am What Is Missing
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros : Streetcore
The Rapture : Echoes
Basement Jaxx : Kish Kash
The Stills : Logic Will Break Your Heart
Twilight Singers : Blackberry Belle
Shuggie Otis : Here Comes Shuggie Otis / Freedom Flight (remaster)
Talib Kweli : Quality
David Bowie : Lodger (remaster)
David Bowie : Scary Monsters (remaster)

silence is a rhythm too (http://www.geocities.com/mss_35/TheRezidence.html)

[Arkady]

The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

Been pretty steadily listening to it since lunchtime. Don't know how it compares to Oh, Inverted World, but I will say the damned thing is infectious as hell.

[Mr.HCI]

Allan Petterson Symphony No. 16
Allan Petterson Symphony No. 5
The Darkness Permission to Land (got my tickets this morning for their Baltimore show next month)
Motorpsycho It's a Love Cult
Split Enz Mental Notes
Manoeuvres D'Automne Un Peu Air!
Pelican Pelican EP
Trephine Surgical Preparation EP
Thin Lizzy Jailbreak
Voice Crack Below Beyond Above
VPN Small Wire
Opeth Damnation
Univers Zero 1313

[Paul]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI

Split Enz Mental Notes
I was listening to this the other day and decided that I definitely prefer post-Judd Enz. More power to you, though.

Been spinning...

Howard Hello, Don't Drink His Blood (Temporary Residence)
The Hidden Cameras, The Smell Of Our Own (Rough Trade)
Under Byen, Det er Mig, der Holder Træerne Sammen (Have a Cigar)
UNKLE, Never Never Land (Mo' Wax)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever To Tell (Interscope)
The Distillers, Coral Fang (Sire)

[lenny]

Paul, how is UNKLE, Never Never Land compared to Psyence Fiction? I liked PF quite a bit.

Decemberists- Her Majesty
Fugazi- In on the Kill Taker
Constantines- Shine a Light
Kill Bill vol1 soundtrack
Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion- Orange
Pulp- Different Class

[Paul]

Originally posted by lenny
Paul, how is UNKLE, Never Never Land compared to Psyence Fiction? I liked PF quite a bit.
I thought Psyence Fiction had some really high points, but wasn't consistent. Never Never Land may not reach the same highs, but it's incredibly strong throughout.

[vesper]

Keith Fullerton Whitman, Playthroughs
Polmo Polpo, Like Hearts Swelling
Tim Hecker, Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again
V/A, New York Noise (Soul Jazz)
Dirty Three, She Has No Strings, Apollo
Do Make Say Think, Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn

-edit-

Decided to put on Black Dice, Beaches and Canyons while I study Spanish (so I can actually know what is going on in Madrid).

[bitterfruit]

The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Outkast - Speakerboxxx
Beat Happening - Crashing Through, Disc 6
Bedhead - What Fun Life Was
Calla - Televise
GBV - Earthquake Glue
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Iron And Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle
Microphones - Little Bird Flies Into Big Black Cloud
Nightwalker - In Shop We Build Electric Chairs
Professional Music from Nightwalker 1984-93
The Rapture - Echoes
The Streets - Original Pirate Material

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by Paul
I was listening to this the other day and decided that I definitely prefer post-Judd Enz. More power to you, though.That was my first listen. I liked it but was surprised at how much it (Mental Notes) reminded me of Gabriel-era Genesis (I like that, too). I'd always been curious about the early Enz stuff as I've had Frenzy and True Colours since high school. I used to have Wiata, too, but I sold it in my punk rock phase; I think I need to rebuy it.

Today, so far:

The Darkness Permission to Land
Voïvod Voïvod
Débile Menthol Emile au Jardin Patrologique
Revelation Salvation's Answer

[bitterfruit]

Beat Happening - Crashing Through (box set)
Portastatic - Autumn Was A Lark
GBV - Hardcore UFOs
The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart
Iron And Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle
Outkast - Speakerboxxx
Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
The Rapture - Echoes

[Mr.HCI]

We just drove to Key West and back to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Long trip but a nice playlist:

there:
John Cale Vintage Violence
Here Are The Sonics!!!
The Sweet The Rock Years (nice comp. I picked up for a couple of 45 tracks I needed)
Love Love Story (disc 1)
OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Meat Puppets II
The Best of Peggy Lee: The Capitol Years
Black Sabbath Sabotage
The Raveonettes Chain Gang of Love
Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie soundtrack
Earl Scruggs/Doc Watson/Ricky Skaggs The Three Pickers
ABBA Gold (skipping over the crap)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert soundtrack

back:
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Big Star #1 Record
Dump A Grown-Ass Man
The Darkness Permission to Land
The Nectarine No. 9 Received, Transgressed & Transmitted
Dead Fingers Talk Storm the Reality Studios
The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection
Erasure Loveboat
Carpenters The Singles 1969-1973
Patsy Cline The Birth of a Star
The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette
The Cosmopolitan Marlene Dietrich
Nick Drake Five Leaves Left
The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born

since returning:
Angel On Earth As It Is in Heaven
Subsonics "Voodoo Doll" 45
Jack-o-Nuts "Weird Bath" 45
The Hidden Hand "De-Sensitized" 45
The Stranglers No More Heroes
The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!
Shades of Deep Purple
Erasure Solsbury Hill EP
Erasure Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) EP
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band I'm Gonna Do What I Wanna Do
Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn
YBO² Taiyo No Ouji EP
Gang of Four Entertainment!

right now:
No New York compilation

[Futureman]

I've been in hiding. Here's the latest for me:

1. Guided By Voices--Human Amusements at Hourly Rates.

I'm not a fan of 'Best Of' Compilations. But I'm not too familiar with GBV, and what I have heard has been frustrating due to (what I take to be) their lack of consistency. This album is perfect, along with Bee Thousand, which I *finally* found.

2. British Sea Power--The Decline of BSP.

I don't care what anyone else says. I love this album.

3. The Books--The Lemon of Pink

eh.

4. Hot Snakes--Automatic Midnight.

RAWKS.

[Paul]

Originally posted by Futureman
2. British Sea Power--The Decline of BSP.

I don't care what anyone else says. I love this album.
I imagine there's a few more out there like us. Let's (as Morrissey once said) "unite and take over!"

[Mr.HCI]

Angel Witch Angel Witch
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Strictly Personal
Tim Berne and the Copenhagen Art Ensemble with Herb Robertson and Marc Ducret Open, Coma
Subsonics A Lot to Forget
Mellow Candle Swaddling Songs <-- finally got to hear the original of the song Malkmus covered
Opeth Orchid
Half Japanese Music to Strip By
Death Spiritual Healing

[tinobeat]

hey HCI, tell me more about "Strictly Personal"

I've been really into "Safe as Milk" and "Lick My Decals Off" and some of the stuff on "Mirror Man," but don't know much about the later stuff. Except "Doc at the Radar Station," which I don't like so much. how's "Strictly Personal" compare to any of those?

myself, I've been listening to:
Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence 2LP
John Fahey - Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death CD
Bert Jansch - Jack Orion CD
Currituck County - Ghost Man On First CD

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by tinobeat
hey HCI, tell me more about "Strictly Personal"

I've been really into "Safe as Milk" and "Lick My Decals Off" and some of the stuff on "Mirror Man," but don't know much about the later stuff. Except "Doc at the Radar Station," which I don't like so much. how's "Strictly Personal" compare to any of those?Strictly Personal is the stepping off spot from the "relative ordinariness" of Safe as Milk to the blasting insanity of Trout Mask Replica. One foot is in convention but the other foot has been hacked clean off. It was the first Beefheart LP I purchased as a youngun around 20 years ago and I just picked up the CD version on Liberty UK and it actually sounds better than my vinyl copy (the mud that obscured the vinyl has been washed away to better reveal some nice, sharp edges). BTW, some of the stuff from Mirror Man sort of overlaps Strictly Personal. If you like Safely Licking Off Milky Decals, I think you'll dig it.

I find it interesting that you don't care for Doc at the Radar Station, though. That one is perennially tied with Trout Mask Replica for my favorite CB album. I like to think of it as Beefheart's punk album. I saw him do "Hot Head" and "Ashtray Heart" from that one on Saturday Night Live when I was 17 and it blew my mind. For some reason, though, it took me a few years to actually begin purchasing his stuff.

[vesper]

I've been lovin' on that BSP album for awhile, too. Haven't really heard anyone talk badly about it (aside from the witless Joy Division name-droppers). I like a couple tracks off of The Books latest, but that's all they are really good for.

For today...

Manitoba, Up In Flames
Young People, War Prayers
Jolie Holland, Catalpa (a recent one I've obsessed over. Reviewed it for the college radio and it knocked me on my ass)
The Human League, Dare!
50/60s soul/jazz/r&b playlist (songs on I ripped onto my comp) that has Chairmen of the Board - "All We Need is Understanding", Five Stairsteps - "Stay Close to Me", Otis Redding - "Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa (Sad Song)", Sam Cooke - "A Change is Gonna Come" (favorite song of all time), Nina Simone - "My Baby Just Care for Me", Billie Holiday - "Autumn in New York"
Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash
Tom Waits, Heart Attack and Vine + Swordfishtrombones

[bitterfruit]

I think parts of the BSP album are worth listening, but much of it is too trite to deserve all the applause.

[jt. r]

I like them fine, but thought they sounded a lot more like Echo + Bunnymen than Joy Division. It's inoffensive pop music. I thought they'd be a little less conventional maybe with their stage setup.

what's on now:

shins: chutes...
books: thought for food
the contortions: buy

[winterwooskie]

dean wareham and britta phillips: lavventura. the best album i've listened to in a long time. probably number one on my list of all time favorite albums.

new pornographers: mass romantic. really good even though a at least one song that i can think of at the moment sounds like it was lifted from they might be giants and i'm surprised they haven't gotten sued yet.

stephen malkmus and the jicks: pig lib.

belle and sebastian: dear castrophe waitress. the title song and piazza,new york catcher are the best songs, i can't stop listening to them.

[the staff]

this week...

elliott smith - xo
bright eyes - fevers and mirrors
kinski - airs above your station
the weakerthans - reconstruction site

[Paul]

Rachel's, Systems/Layers (Quarterstick, 2003) - This is my first real experience with Rachel's, but I'm loving it. Anyone know how the older albums compare?

Mogwai, Happy Songs For Happy People (Matador, 2003) - I've been a well-known Mogwai hater for several years. Either this is the best thing they've ever done, or I'm just not an angry person anymore.

The Vibrators, Pure Mania (Epic, 1977) - Great record from one of the day players in the UK Punk explosion of '76/'77.

HIM, Egg (Southern, 1996) - Picked this up last night for a mere 50 cents. It's alright, but would probably be better if I were strung out on some form of opiate.

[earl grey]

b. fleischmann - welcome tourist
the strokes - room on fire
villalobos - alcachofa
junior senior - d-d-don't stop the beat
belle and sebastian - dear catastrophe waitress
menomena - i am the fun blame monster

the villalobos album is excellent ... i struggle with the house subgenres, but it's like a mellowed out daft punk (LOVE the vocoders on track 1) with IDM sensibilities. i believe "microhouse" is the term.

as little as the strokes album offers for a new sound, i still find myself wanting to listen to it again and again. damn catchy.

only listened to the menomena record a couple times, but it's very impressive. really fun + inventive ... would love to see these guys live.....

[yovan]

The Strokes "Room on Fire" - yea, I'll go ahead and give it a thumbs-up... I really wasn't expecting any monumental change anyway.

Shins "Chutes Too Narrow" - Now this one I'm drawn to unlike their first effort. I thought Oh, Inverted showed flashes but Chutes is much tighter and more enjoyable

Others:

Dizzee Rascal- new one
Silver Jews- American Water
Pavement- S&E
Ghostface Killah- Ironman

[vesper]

Frog Eyes, The Golden River
David Bowie, Hunky Dory
British Sea Power, The Decline of British Sea Power

I picked out these 3 without any ulterior intention when I woke up this morning but realize that's a little funny since they are all vocally similar.

About to listen to...
Maxeen, Maxeen (McGathy tells me to keep The Police, The Pixies, and Afghan Whigs in mind as I listen.)
Slomo Rabbit Kick, Bass Monster Lives in the Bass Forest (Don't know anything about this but I'll avoid the obvious guesses for now.)
Slipstream, Transcendental (Mark Refoy's -of Spiritualized/Spaceman 3 fame- project. McGathy namedrops Robyn Hitchcock, Luna, and Echo & the Bunnymen...all of which I'm wary of. Besides, McGathy compares every group to Spaceman 3; I'm sure they masturbated over this one.)
Cex, Maryland Mansions (Know about Cex and don't really have a developed opinion on him yet, but I'm not really looking forward to this one, either.)

[tinobeat]

hey HCI, thanks for the tip on the Beefheart stuff.. I'll have to give ...Radar Station another listen. I haven't listened to it in a year or so.

my current listening pile:

Landing - Passages Through CD
Neil Michael Hagerty - Introducting The Howling Hex LP
Clear Horizon - Clear Horizon CD
Bloodthirsty Lovers - s/t CD
The Animal Collective - Campfire Songs CD
The Animal Collective - Here Comes The Indian LP
Growing - The Sky Runs Into The Sea 2LP
Oneida - Anthem of the Moon LP

[fuzztony]

Listening this week:

Grandaddy - Sumday (this is just great after weeks of constant listens - could be my album of the year).
Built to Spill - Keep it like a secret
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Broken Social Scene - You forgot it in people
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever (like some,


...Arriving in the mail soon I have Shins, Chutes ...along with, Bonnie Prince Billy's Master & Everyone album, BSP and Iron & Wine both recent releases...very excited.

Is it time for an album of the year thread - or should that be Jan?

[jef]

Today:
Swell Maps - Trip to Marineville
Steve Earle - Just an American Boy (Live)
Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
Crowsdell - Dreamette

[TheSadDebaser]

Originally posted by yovan

Shins "Chutes Too Narrow" - Now this one I'm drawn to unlike their first effort. I thought Oh, Inverted showed flashes but Chutes is much tighter and more enjoyable


THANK YOU.

About time someone said that.

[jt. r]

Originally posted by fuzztony
Listening this week:

Grandaddy - Sumday (this is just great after weeks of constant listens - could be my album of the year).
Broken Social Scene - You forgot it in people
...Arriving in the mail soon I have Shins, Chutes ...along with, Bonnie Prince Billy's Master & Everyone album, BSP and Iron & Wine both recent releases...very excited.


grandaddy for album of the year? don't you find the pacing to be a bit tedious. i thought almost all the songs on there were at the same tempo.

if i were picking from those you mentioned i'd either go with broken social scene or bonnie prince billy. but truth be told i can really figure out an album of the year this year. there are a lot of new bands i got into and a few older bands that weren't quite what i hoped for, making it very difficult.

but i'll check back in january.

[Mr.HCI]

Yura Yura Teikoku CD single from the 3x3x3 album and some early live tracks from a compilation
Angel On Earth As It Is in Heaven (side two)
Roxy Music For Your Pleasure (side one)
Burning Witch Crippled Lucifer (Seven Psalms for Our Lord of Light)
Anaal Nathrakh When fire rains down from the sky, Mankind will reap as it has sown EP
Alan Vega Jukebox Babe/Collision Drive (twofer CD)

[Salman]

In the last little while:

Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place [Temporary Residence]
Miles Davis - Bitches' Brew [Columbia]
Directions - Directions in Music [Thrill Jockey]
Quasi - The Sword of God [Touch and Go]
Palace Songs - Hope [Drag City]
Helium - Pirate Prude [Matador]
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour [Capitol]
Lambchop - What Another Man Spills [Merge]
Kent 3 - Stories of the New West [Super Electro]
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Strawberries Mean Love [Big Beat]
The Shins - Chutes too Narrow [Sub Pop]
The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 [K]

[mac]

last couple days:

Dead C. - The Damned (Starlight Furniture Co.)

Super Furry Animals - Phatom Power (XL)

Charalambides - Unknown Spin (Kranky)

Yo La Tengo - Today Is The Day! (Matador)

Richard Buckner -Devotion + Doubt (MCA)

[jt. r]

Originally posted by Salman
In the last little while:

Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place [Temporary Residence]


what's the good word on that one? it's on a very nice double vinyl for less than 11 dollars. i find it really enticing.

meanwhile:

shins: chutes
ramones: s/t (reissued vinyl)
ylt: today is the day
books: thought for food

has anyone listened to books: lemon of pink yet?

and what about the new do make say think record?

[maroonwalrus]

Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power (the weird David Bowie mix on vinyl)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Tortoise - A Digest Compendium of the Tortoise's World
Gastr del Sol - Upgrade and Afterlife
Phish - Farmhouse (gotta represent!)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Slowdive - Souvlaki

All over the map, I guess. It's a busy time of year.

[Futureman]

Enon--High Society
Interpol--TOTBL
Rocket from the Crypt--Hot Charity/Cut Carefully & Play Loud
Broken Social Scene--You Forgot it in People
Joy Division--Substance

[vesper]

Originally posted by jt. r
what's the good word on that one? it's on a very nice double vinyl for less than 11 dollars. i find it really enticing.

[...]

has anyone listened to books: lemon of pink yet?

and what about the new do make say think record?

Highly recommend the new Explosions in the Sky. I think it's their best yet and $11 on vinyl is a steal...less means you have no excuses.

The Books is only meh. I get bored w/ them after a little while so I can't really give you an accurate gauge of how it compares to Thought for Food. I never listen to either for very long.

And on the other side of it, I also highly suggest the latest DMST. I suppose I'm something of a fanboy of them, though. If you enjoyed & Yet & Yet, I think you'll definitely dig this'un. They've such a great sound and they run like hell w/ it.

-edit-

Listened to...

A Problem of Alarming Proportions, H-Hov-Hover
The Star Spangles, Bazooka!!!
Sam Prekop, Sam Prekop
and...
Q and Not U drop down on of the best live sets I've seen this year (still have Le Tigre, Out Hud, Ex Models, and The Rapture on the list, though).

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by jt. r
grandaddy for album of the year? don't you find the pacing to be a bit tedious. i thought almost all the songs on there were at the same tempo.

if i were picking from those you mentioned i'd either go with broken social scene or bonnie prince billy. but truth be told i can really figure out an album of the year this year. there are a lot of new bands i got into and a few older bands that weren't quite what i hoped for, making it very difficult.

but i'll check back in january.

Yeah it's funny. I've had other people mention that and for some reason the similar tempos on Sumday don't tire me. Something soothing, almost comforting in the songs. Could be just ...umm...me.

Re this year's albums - absolutely could be Broken Social Scene, but agree lets check back in Jan.

And...

Bonnie Prince Billy - Master & Everyone
Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

...have arrived. And it's a good week.

[Salman]

Originally posted by jt. r
what's the good word on that one? it's on a very nice double vinyl for less than 11 dollars. i find it really enticing.



You should definetly buy this one. Its my favourite Explosions album. The vinyl is pretty sweet. There's etched artwork on side 4. It looks very nice.

[tinobeat]

I'll add another voice to the chorus of "The new Explosions in the Sky 2LP is really effing awesome."

see them live if at all possible. monstrous!

me? I've been listening to the Clean for two days straight.

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by tinobeat
me? I've been listening to the Clean for two days straight. I just got the new live one, Syd's Pink Wiring System, and it's most excellent. I've seen David a couple of times here in Atlanta (and it's been wonderful) but every Clean tour seems to avoid us like the plague. At least I got to see them in NYC back in 1990 when we played with them at CB's. They were amazing.

[tinobeat]

where would one find this new live Clean thing? I haven't seen it around, but is it easy enough to get a hold of?

I'd looooooove to see them live...

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by tinobeat
where would one find this new live Clean thing? I haven't seen it around, but is it easy enough to get a hold of?

I'd looooooove to see them live... They released it themselves. I ordered it direct from New Zealand from www.SmokeCDs.com but I just checked and they don't have it listed anymore. :( However, I just checked Echomusic, another on-line store in NZ, and they have it listed here (http://www.echomusic.co.nz/index.isams?page=detail&pid=60330). BTW, there's also a live EP called Slush Fund that came out in 2001. There were only 500 made but it's definitely worth seeking out. David plays piano instead of guitar on several songs. Here's (http://www.arc.org.nz/arclife/info.html#theclean) some info on it.

[tinobeat]

found it!

got it today at Newbury Comics, which sometimes has weird stuff in like that..

they had two copies, but one of them felt distinctly empty. strange..

two listens so far earns it an "AWESOME!"

[earl grey]

london elektricity - billion dollar gravy
prefuse 73 - one word extinguisher
prefuse 73 - extinguished
the rapture - echoes
menomena - i am the fun blame monster
the ganja kru - super sharp shooter
hieroglyphics - full circle

got the london elektricity album today ... it's one of the better drum n bass artist albums (vs. mixes) i've heard in a long time. rarely are they so consistent. the hieroglyphics is also really cool ... there's a song built around a sample of bjork's "human behavior" that is brilliant.

the menomena album is really excellent. will probably be on my year-end top 10 list. though i think prefuse 73 and the rapture will probably battle it out for the top spot. we'll see ... still a month left.

[vesper]

Probably going to take these all home w/ me for the Thanksgiving break.

The Unicorns, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Young People, War Prayers
Sam Prekop, Sam Prekop
Arto Lindsay, Mundo Civilizado
!!!, Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (a true story) EP
Les Savy Fav, Rome (written upside down) EP
The Rapture, Echoes
The Microphones, The Glow, pt. 2 + It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water
Animal Collective, Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished / Danse Manatee 2xCD

[wut wut]

you should check out !!!'s full length, it is fucking spectacular

i don't know why there isn't more talk about it-- i think pitchfork gave it a 2.5 rating or something

and from the looks of the 'guilliani' single their new effort should be equally, if not more totally awesome, than their s/t

and they seem like they would be an incredible group to see perform

anyways, what i've been listening to the past couple of days:

joy division- substance
ween- the mollusk
stereolab- abc sessions
sonic youth- daydream nation
gorky's zygotic mynci- introducing...
flaming lips- clouds taste metallic
ramones- ramones mania
basement jaxx- kish kash
yeah yeah yeahs- machine ep

the 'machine' ep was put together pretty poorly, but the tracks are pretty decent. i saw them a couple nights ago and it was a blast-- that karen o puts on quite a show

also, the 'machine' ep was printed as a 10"-- but i think it could have fit on a 7". am i just being stupid or did they do this for marketing reasons or personal reasons or what?

[earl grey]

yeah i saw them this summer and was really impressed. been wanting to check out the EP and album since then, but still haven't gotten around to it. i should - also liked out hud live, and i dig their album quite a bit.

i'm a big fan of that stereolab collection, disc 2 especially. love the versions of "international colouring contest" and "cybele's reverie," and the sound-dust songs sound much improved to me.

[vesper]

Yeh, I've been meaning to check out that !!! LP but have remained behind the curve on it. I keep seeing it in the local record store; just never take the time to pick it up.

Also saw Out Hud w/ Le Tigre on the Bands Against Bush Tour (w00t) on Sunday night and they lit up the place. Thank you Mr Knobtwiddler (either Justin Vandervogen or Nic Offer) for giving me dance moves to steal. It was a weird set, though - none of that sweet funk-guitar from S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. or any of the songs, for that matter. Some of the bass lines sounded a little familiar, but they even had singing. Threw me for a curve. [Note: I haven't heard the series of 7"s and 12"s they released prior to their LP, so I just assumed they were an all instrumental band.]

And god-damn, thank you, you weirdos in Animal Collective for re-releasing this 2xCD. "April and the Phantom" from Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished is a prime cut of a song. I haven't even gotten to Danse Manatee yet because STGSTV has floored me so thoroughly.

[earl grey]

i forgot about that - i saw out hud live first, and liked the show enough to get the album. but you're right, there was some singing live that's nowhere to be found on the album. i actually prefer the album to the show - live, it was just about the grooves, and it's still about the grooves on S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. but there's a lot more little stuff going on that they don't pull off live.

i also cannot imagine a more annoying album title to type in.

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by vesper
Yeh, I've been meaning to check out that !!! LP but have remained behind the curve on it. I keep seeing it in the local record store; just never take the time to pick it up.

IMHO, skip it. The music's OK enough, but the singer is the most annoying frontman I think I've ever heard. The lyrics sound like he made them up right before they recorded, but not in a cool off-the-cuff Malkmussy way. Just like "oh, OK, we need lyrics.. um.. this song's gonna be about some asshole I hate.. yeah! OK, let's lay down some tracks!" And they're really high in the mix, so you can't avoid them.

I really like the Out Hud/!!! split 12" on Zum/GSL. Out Hud don't sound like the wannabe party joke band they are now, and !!! have a side-long song that really moves along and evolves nicely. I haven't heard the new 12" on Touch & Go, which I've heard is better than the s/t LP, but as far as I'm concerned, all you need from those bands is that split 12".

that's just me though. I have little/no love left for Out Hud in their current form, and !!! needs to lose the fucking singer, or just bury him in the mix.

And god-damn, thank you, you weirdos in Animal Collective for re-releasing this 2xCD. "April and the Phantom" from Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished is a prime cut of a song. I haven't even gotten to Danse Manatee yet because STGSTV has floored me so thoroughly.

goddamn is right. I got STGSTV when it was released under the "Avey Tare & Panda Bear" name, and fell in love. the two Animal Collective releases before the reissues of STGSTV/Danse, Campfire Songs and Here Comes The Indian are tremendous as well, if you haven't heard them. the former is all acoustic, really pretty in a super fucked up way. kind of like STGSTV without the synth swoops and drums. HCTI is more freewheeling, lots of screaming and droning, no real song structure, but just plain awesome.

I have yet to hear Danse Manatee but I hear its more like the HCTI, than the more songy stuff. I have no idea though. you'll have to let me know. I need to get that 2CD reissue, though I already have half of it. But its the only way I'll be able to get my hands on DM at this point, as the Catsup Plate version of the CD is waaaaaaay outta print.

today's listening
already heard
V/A - SharkAttack Music 3.5 eps CD
Avey Tare & Panda Bear - Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished CD

on deck on the office pile
Star Star Quarterback - Spacious Phrasing CD
Scott Walker - Scott CD
Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes 2CD
Aspera - Oh Fantastica CD

[vesper]

Yeh, I've heard Campfire Songs and own Here Comes the Indian, but STGSTV blows them both out of the water as far as I'm concerned. But I suppose I am being a little premature about this since I just started spending a lot of time with the disc last night. (But, hey, it helped me get through an EE Cummings analysis.)

I'll have to check out that split 12" - is it still in print?

[tinobeat]

I pretty evenly love all the Animal Collective stuff I have.. depends on the mood really. STG.. is for the loveliness, CS is for the droney sleepiness, HCTI is for feeling crazy...

it all has its place

the Zum store has copies of the Out Hud/!!! split for $6. good deal.

clicky click (http://www.zum.bigstep.com/category.html;$sessionid$CRSF3FIAAAFU3TZENUGJPQWPE RWRJPX0?UCIDs=506764%7C1251832).

[johansen smith]

Do Make Say Think Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
Sufjan Stevens Greetings From Michigan
Okkervil River Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You Meet
Michael Yonkers Band Microminiature Love
Soft Canyon Broken Spirit, I Will Mend You
Stephin Merritt Pieces of April (soundtrack)

[Mr.HCI]

Allan Pettersson Symphony No. 9
3d5spd Tracking the Hydroplane
The USA Is a Monster Tasheyana Compost
Monster Magnet Powertrip
The Clean Syd's Pink Wiring System - Live in New Zealand, 2000
Guru Guru Hinten

[jef]

Johansen, Hows that Pieces of April Soundtrack?

[satcho]

Yo La Tengo- Today is the Day EP
Red Animal War- Black Phantom Crusades
Radiohead- 2+2=5 single, disc 2
The Forms- Icarus

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by jef
Johansen, Hows that Pieces of April Soundtrack?

much more successful than the Eban and Charly one. of the ten tracks, only 5 are new songs, but they're all pretty good, and at least one of them is great ("Dreams Anymore").

[bitterfruit]

The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart Forever
Matt Suggs - Amigo Row
Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth
Fruit Bats - Mouthful
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (I'm keeping an open mind)
The Hidden Cameras - The Smell Of Our Own
The Streets - All Got Our Runnins
Beat Happening - Music To Climb The Apple Tree By
Portastatic - Autumn Was A Lark
Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance

[johansen smith]

Sufjan Stevens Greetings From Michigan
the Constantines Shine a Light
Clearlake Cedars

[bmmello]

Originally posted by johansen smith

Clearlake Cedars

That is a great album.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by bmmello
That is a great album.

it really is. it's shaken up my top 10 for the year already.

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by johansen smith
Sufjan Stevens Greetings From Michigan
the Constantines Shine a Light
Clearlake Cedars

The Sufjan Stevens record promises to be really, really good as well.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
The Sufjan Stevens record promises to be really, really good as well.

it's true. "Romulus" is one of the best songs I've heard this year.

[bitterfruit]

I hate to say it, but Pitchfork has had some good calls lately. Sufjan Stevens and Menomena are two that I would not have otherwise thought about getting.

[Paul]

Re: Menomena

I never read the PFork review until I saw the record mentioned here. Hunted it down on [insert p2p service here] and fell head over heels in love with it.

So, I guess I'll be going after the Sufjan Stevens album now...

[bitterfruit]

I didn't run over and listen to the Hidden Cameras record until you mentioned it here. It's really good as well. Thanks for the tip.

I desparately need to find something to carry me for a while. I haven't had a good solid fix for a while.

[bmmello]

Menomena is AWESOME.

And the packaging is way great too. I highly recommend it.

[tinobeat]

Sufjan Stevens is tremendous. I got the CD after reading an interview/article in Sound Collector 8. It gets better with time...

I still haven't gotten any of the older stuff though. I'll have to look into it.

[Paul]

Originally posted by tinobeat
Sufjan Stevens is tremendous.

I concur. I feel the same way about it that Johansen feels about the Clearlake record (which I enjoy in small doses)...it's shaken up my year-end pool.

[bitterfruit]

I'm finding it difficult to listen to the Clearlake record from start to finish. Parts of it sound really good, then I just get bored on the rest.

[vesper]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
I'm finding it difficult to listen to the Clearlake record from start to finish. Parts of it sound really good, then I just get bored on the rest.

Agreed. The Clearlakes disc isn't really divided half-good/half-bad; I just get extremely bored w/ it around the midpoint.

I've only heard 2 Sufjan Stevens songs but both were very good. I just don't have the funding to make the purchase.

Menomena is pretty good but they have the same effect as Clearlake w/ me.

-edit-

That said, The Unicorns album has been doing it for me for the past week or so.

[bmmello]

Probably my favourite track in the Clearlake album is the last one, "Trees in the city".

I do enjoy the album in the whole though.

[fuzztony]

Excellent recommendations...thanks will check out.

Menomena is said to be experimental indie, Clearlake along the lines of good british pop/rock(?).

Before i buy, what is the vibe of Sufjan Stevens?

And in local corner, here are some recommended (by me atleast) 2003 Australian releases in case they mysteriously appear in the racks of your record stores:

Architecture In Helsinki - Fingers Crossed (Trifekta)
Bluebottle Kiss - Come Across (Non-Zero)
Machine Translations - Love on the Vine EP (Spunk)
or actually better yet the sublime:
Machine Translations - Happy (2002 LP, Spunk)

The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers (EMI)
Worth a listen, but proceed with caution, most uneven.

AVOID:
Jet (you know the rest I'm sure...)

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by fuzztony

Before i buy, what is the vibe of Sufjan Stevens?


it reminds me alot of an artist you probably aren't familiar with, Adam Acuragi. sort of Damien Jurado meets Matt Pond PA meets Stereolab, if that makes any sense what so ever.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
I'm finding it difficult to listen to the Clearlake record from start to finish. Parts of it sound really good, then I just get bored on the rest.

I think the Clearlake album works tremdously well as a whole, especially everything around "Just Off the Coast."

as for Menomena, I have listened to the album once and wasn't impressed at all. maybe I should go back and listen again.

another really good tip Pitchfork had was the Cyann and Ben album. the only way to order it is from their French Label, but I got it off SoulSeek and will be definitely plucking down the money for an actual copy. it's very similair to the last Rachel's album, except a little more successsful, I think.

[Paul]

Originally posted by johansen smith
I think the Clearlake album works tremdously well as a whole, especially everything around "Just Off the Coast."

as for Menomena, I have listened to the album once and wasn't impressed at all. maybe I should go back and listen again.

another really good tip Pitchfork had was the Cyann and Ben album.
Re: Clearlake. I really like the opening salvo, but, after those first four tracks, it leaves me cold.

Re: Menomena. It's got a lot of slow-growing melodies that, if you take the time to let the seeds be planted, will stay in your head for days. The definition of "a grower."

Re: Cyann and Ben. It's queued in Soulseek as I type this. The fact they're on the same label as M83 hints at good things...

[bitterfruit]

Menomena reminds me of *gasp* Portishead in some ways.

I like the layered nature of the Sufjan stuff.

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by johansen smith
it reminds me alot of an artist you probably aren't familiar with, Adam Acuragi. sort of Damien Jurado meets Matt Pond PA meets Stereolab, if that makes any sense what so ever.

Re: Sufjan Stevens. Thanks, johansen, kind of makes sense, I'm hearing it's pastoral, beautiful, introspective....think I will have to go listen.

Shins - Chutes... is on repeat, can't help it. Like chocolate, I am going to see if I can get sick of it all day long. Hope I don't regret this.Shins - Chutes

[vesper]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
Menomena reminds me of *gasp* Portishead in some ways.

I'm interested in what reminds you of that?

As for me, I'm feeling some Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Five Stairsteps, and Nancy Sinatra today.

-edit-

And what is yr new avatar? It kinda looks like the cover of the Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished/Danse Manatee re-issue, but I know that isn't it.

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by vesper
I'm interested in what reminds you of that?

As for me, I'm feeling some Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Five Stairsteps, and Nancy Sinatra today.

-edit-

And what is yr new avatar? It kinda looks like the cover of the Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished/Danse Manatee re-issue, but I know that isn't it.

The percussion, but particularly the unexpected bass drum parts, soon after a rather sweet melody remind me of Portishead.

Re: the avatar, it's me and a buddy singing karaoke in Japan. It was a rather awkward situation actually. Many sakes into it, we chose to sing "Born In The USA" as a duet. Some of the lyrics which we didn't realize were actually in the song are rather off color, especially when expressed to Asians from that region. Imagine one's embarassment in such a situation.

[Paul Davis]

The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
This is probably my pick for the best album of this year. I loved "Oh, Inverted World" but this has surpassed it now that I've had some time with it.

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Elbow - Cast Of Thousands

[tinobeat]

I just picked up Enjoy Your Rabbit, his 2001 CD.

Its about as different as I could imagine. It seems on listening about halfway through (its about 80 minutes long) that its all instrumental, and all the songs are based on the Chinese Zodiac. horns and keys and all the usual stuff you'd expect, but over a bed of some fucked up electronic squawking that's sort of in Kid 606 territory.

Either way, just a heads up that its really interesting, and further makes me realize that he's just plain super awesome, but its nothing like Michigan.

Also been listening to the Fall Totally Wired 2CD set all day. I'm feeling kinda jittery now..

[Paul]

Yeah. I dl'ed Enjoy Your Rabbit out of curiosity, but don't think I'll be purchasing that one in the near future. Not bad, but not something I'd be listening to with any regularity.

[laterax]

Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
Harry and the freakin Potters - Harry and the Potters
High Llamas - Lolo Rosso
The Ex & ICP & SY - In the Fishtank
Kevin Blechdom - I am Nasty

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by Paul
Yeah. I dl'ed Enjoy Your Rabbit out of curiosity, but don't think I'll be purchasing that one in the near future. Not bad, but not something I'd be listening to with any regularity.

I did the same thing on the very same day even. I have not listened to it yet though.

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by laterax
Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
Harry and the freakin Potters - Harry and the Potters
High Llamas - Lolo Rosso
The Ex & ICP & SY - In the Fishtank
Kevin Blechdom - I am Nasty

JORG!

hi!

howz things?

things are like this for me:
Sufjan Stevens - Enjoy Your Rabbit CD
Animal Collective - STGSTV/Danse Manatee 2CD
Polvo - Celebrate The New Dark Ages CD
French Kicks - Young Lawyer CD

half an inch of snow falls in Boston, the city shits its pants, and my normally 25 minute drive to work turns into a 3-hour slog. The Connection on NPR was a good one though...

[Futureman]

Animal Collective - STGSTV/Danse Manatee 2CD (disk two will take some time...)
Dead Science - submariner (good, but derivative, and some of the hooks are a bit overdone; nice strings on "The Ghost Integrity")
Silver Jews - American Water
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace

On its way from Insound:

Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
That Menomena album.

[Mr.HCI]

Dulcimer And I Turned As I Had Turned As a Boy
Alchemist Austral Alien
Electric Wizard Let Us Prey
The Very Best of The Corries
Yo La Tengo Today Is the Day! EP
Pink Swords One Night High
The Replacements All for Nothing/Nothing for All (disc 2)
Unpersons III
Black Flag Nervous Breakdown EP

[laterax]

Originally posted by tinobeat
JORG!

hi!

howz things?

things are like this for me:
Sufjan Stevens - Enjoy Your Rabbit CD
Animal Collective - STGSTV/Danse Manatee 2CD
Polvo - Celebrate The New Dark Ages CD
French Kicks - Young Lawyer CD

half an inch of snow falls in Boston, the city shits its pants, and my normally 25 minute drive to work turns into a 3-hour slog. The Connection on NPR was a good one though...

Hi!
things are good. i thought you left boston?

Damon & Naomi w/ Ghost - idem
James Mellyshum - Naar de Trainen
Spinvis - Spinvis
The Original Planetman Soundtrack

[tinobeat]

no no, still here. at this rate I'll never get out of here... but I love it.

you know what else I love? Polvo. last night I played at high volumes:

Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles LP
Polvo - Cor-Crane Secret LP
Polvo - Exploded Drawing 2LP

and it was really awesome. Today's Active Lifestyles especially.

and today:
V/A - A Tell-Tale Sign of Earworm 2CD
V/A - Love Peace and Poetry: Brazilian Psychedelic Music CD
The Orange Alabaster Mushroom - Space and Time: A Compendium of... CD
Robert Pollard - Kid Marine CD

[earl grey]

sufjan stevens - greetings from michigan
ricardo villalobos - alcachofa
michael mayer - immer
belle and sebastian - dear catastrophe waitress
spacemen 3 - perfect prescription
v/a - africafunk

d/l'ed the sufjan stevens album after all the recent discussion here. it's quite good ... the damian jurado meets stereolab description is dead on. reminds me of badly drawn boy a bit as well. track 8 - "detroit, lift up your weary head" i believe - is really fantastic.

[Paul Davis]

Lot's of talk about Polvo as of late...I just revisited "Exploded Drawing" and it still sounds awesome.

[satcho]

Her Majesty the Decemberists
Modest Mouse- This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About(i listen to it in the car, seriously)
Neutral Milk Hotel- On Avery Island
Guided by Voices- Hardcore UFOs boxset

I just got "Her majesty..." yesterday...still not sure what i think of it.
"This is a Long Drive..." is one of my very favorite albums of all time.

[jef]

I just recently heard "Her Majesty..." and I think it is much better than "Castaways and Cutouts". I just didn't get into the first album like everyone else, but the new one I like a lot more.

Today:

My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
The Lilys - Eccsame the Photon Band
Against Me - As the Eternal Cowboy
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
The Clash - Busking Bootleg (Acoustic)

[bmmello]

Originally posted by satcho

Guided by Voices- Hardcore UFOs boxset


Just got this on the mail today. I have no words to express how happy am I.