lets start it off right! Listening Post!

[Futureman]

Liars--They Were Wrong So We Drowned
Walkmen--Bows and Arrows
Guided By Voices--Bee Thousand
Animal Collective--the double CD thingy
Enon--Believo

[tinobeat]

Spiritualized - Complete Works Vol. 1 2CD (one of the best things I've gotten in months, damn)
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Take it from the Man! CD
Brian Jonestown Massacre - And this is our Music CD
Tom Carter - For 4 C's CD
The Warlocks - The Phoenix Album LP
The Clean - Syd's Pink Wiring System CD (thanks HCI for the heads up on this one!)
Trans Am - Liberation LP (not nearly as bad as everyone says it is. quite the contrary, I think its fuckin great)

[jef]

Brian Wilson - "Smile" Live 2/20/04 @ the Royal Festival Hall

[earl grey]

Originally posted by tinobeat
Spiritualized - Complete Works Vol. 1 2CD (one of the best things I've gotten in months, damn)


yeah i might even go as far as to call it my favorite SPZ release. it's like 'lazer guided melodies' times 2. the "feel so sad" suite is unbelievable.

[tinobeat]

yeah, absolutely stunning. the "Feel So Sad" group, "Medication" all that stuff...

its kinda sad because as much as I still like newer SPZ stuff, this highlights how he's slowly lost his touch. I can't stop listening to it though.. yow!

[earl grey]

totally. i like 'amazing grace' much more than 'let it come down', but you're right - 'the complete works' reminds you how amazing pierce used to be. yeah the new version of "medication" is ace. "anyway that you want me" rocks pretty hard too.

[Headhunter]

The Langley Schools Music Project
They Might be giants (Lincoln)

[nosferatu man]

Xiu Xiu - Support Our Troops

[vesper]

Jay-Z, The Black Album

I spent most of the day tearing through the slide-library and turning in papers so I haven't been able to listen to many albums. I am taking a shit load of cds with me to NYC but I have no idea which ones yet. See you kids in 2 weeks or so.

[johansen smith]

Psychic by Buffalo Daughter
Instruments of Action by Forget Cassettes
the Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
Get Away From Me (STILL! god I love this album) by Nellie McKay
This is My Story, This is My Song by Sonny Smith

[earl grey]

the aluminum group - morehappyness
yo la tengo - and then nothing turned itself inside-out
television - marquee moon
out hud - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
electrelane - power out
the ganja kru - super sharp shooter EP

pulled out 'and then nothing...' for the first time in quite a while ... forgot how much i love that album. i never used to like "tears are in your eyes" but i saw them perform it w/ david byrne last week and i have newfound appreciation.

this aluminum group album is quite good, and i'm enjoying it more with each listen. i wish it picked up the pace a bit in spots, but it's like the album i wish the sea and cake put out last year (not 'one bedroom'). and i'm cursing myself for missing them when they opened up for TSAC....

[beekeeper]

Apples in stereo--Fun Trick Noisemaker
Amps--Pacer
Wire--Pink Flag
ChavezRide the Fader
Olivia Tremor Control--Dusk at Cubist Castle

[the Pawnbroker]

Saturday:

Dylan -- Blonde on Blonde
Rolling Stones -- Beggars' Banquet
The Shins -- Chutes Too Narrow
Yo la Tengo -- Fakebook

Sunday:

Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds
Miles Davis -- Sketches of Spain
Rolling Stones -- Aftermath

Just got a new stereo so I was focusing mostly on the SACD discs that I already had. Of course, a friend of mine pointed out that the new stereo may not do a whole lot for Vampire on Titus.

[the Pawnbroker]

Originally posted by jef
Brian Wilson - "Smile" Live 2/20/04 @ the Royal Festival Hall

Can I ask where (in the most non-copyright infringing manner) you got a hold of this?

Is it as good as some are saying or is BW's current voice just not cutting it?

[johansen smith]

it's on Sharing the Groove.

[jef]

I got mine off Soulseek and it sounds fantastic. His is a little off at some points naturally, but when he blends with the other guys it sounds great. The music sounds just like on the album.

[Dayne1234]

"The Rat" by The Walkmen, that song is killer! The drums are amazing.

[Paul]

Originally posted by Dayne1234
"The Rat" by The Walkmen, that song is killer! The drums are amazing.

See also: U2's first album Boy for more of the same.

[Dayne1234]

Thanks, but I already own "Boy"...great stuff indeed! But when it comes to U2, "Achtung Baby" is my fave. That is a solid album all the way through. Haven't even come close to it since.

[Paul]

Didn't mean to presume you hadn't heard Boy...just that "The Rat" sounds as close to a song from that album as we're ever going to hear again (from anyone).

must...fight...urge...to...criticize...Achtung...B aby...

[johansen smith]

C'mon Miracle by Mirah
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Bite 'Em by Weird War

[bitterfruit]

C Rayz - Ravipops (The Substance)
Matt Suggs - Golden Days Before They End
The Clientele - The Violet Hour
The Clientele - A Fading Summer EP
Superchunk - Crowding Your Visual Field
The Microphones - Live in Japan

[Ladt]

Ah, it's been a while.
Fountains Of Wayne- Welcome Interstate Managers- (finally borrowed this of someone, will buy it eventually, going to see them in London tonight! Wooh.)
The Stills- Logic will break your heart (great album)
Elbow- Cast Of Thousands
BSP- The decline of BSP (don't really like this)
Tobin Sprout - Demos and Outtakes 2LP

[earl grey]

ghost - hypnotic underworld
franz ferdinand - franz ferdinand
LCD soundsystem - singles (CDR)
cujo - adventures in foam

this ghost album is pretty awesome - prolly one of my favorite '04 releases so far. proggy as hell, and i don't always have the patience for the two instrumentals that start it, but i dig.

[bcleland]

Lambchop: Aw c'mon and No you c'mon
The Walkmen: Bows and Arrows
Triplets of Belleville: Soundtrack
Calexico: Feast of wire
PSOI: Monsoon

[jef]

Sonny Sharrock - Monkey-Pockie-Boo
Darrell Banks - Is Here
Destroyer - Your Blues

[jef]

Crime - San Franciscos Doomed
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
Planxty - Planxty
Shane MacGowan & the Popes - The Snake
Allen Toussaint - Collection
Mirah - C'mon Miracle

[satcho]

A Silver Mount Zion- He has Left us Alone, but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms...

the only thing i am listening to today.

[Paul]

Originally posted by jef
Allen Toussaint - Collection

Big ups on that one...dude is *seriously* underappreciated.

My small list:
The Sleepy Jackson / Lovers
The Long Winters / The Worst You Can Do Is Harm
John Cale / Hobosapiens
George Harrison / Living in the Material World

[earl grey]

Originally posted by Paul
John Cale / Hobosapiens

how's the cale record? a friend of mine was raving about it last year but i never got around to hearing it.

[Paul]

I'm still wrapping my head around it, but it's the best "rock" record he's made in years and years.

[otto midnight]

lp- the ponys laced with romance (in the red)
cd- preston school of industry monsoon (matador)
7"- bantam rooster mexican leather (big neck)


i like the bantam rooster best.

[Futureman]

Rachel's--Systems/Layers
Yo La Tengo--Paninful
The Walkmen--Bows & Arrows
The Desert Fathers--The Spirituality

[johansen smith]

Hang On Mike by Candy Butchers
Shutdown the Sun by Oranger
Wig in a Box by Various Artists
Instruments of Action by Forget Cassettes
Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens

[yovan]

The Walkmen: "Bows + Arrows" - Very good, although I keep thinking they could do so much more

M83: "Dead Cities, Red Cities & Lost Ghosts - okay, not really my cup of tea, I guess

Matt Pond PA: "The Nature of Maps" - Enjoyable so far

And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: "Source Tags & Codes" - ummm, not so sure

Outkast: "Aquemini" - their best album in my humble opinion

Tribe Called Quest: "Midnight Marauders" - classic

[vesper]

Bought some of these in NYC and brought some of these to NYC.

Jay-Z, The Black Album
New Order, Power, Corruption & Lies
Brian Eno, Here Comes the Warm Jets
Van Hunt, Van Hunt
Enon, High Society
Weird War, If You Can't Beat 'em, Bite 'em
Non Prophets, Hope
Kanye West, The College Dropout
Animal Collective, STGSTV/Danse Manatee
Mission of Burma, Vs
Sleater Kinney, One Beat
Electrelane, The Power Out
Olivia Tremor Control, Dusk at Cubist Castle
Xiu Xiu, Fabulous Muscles
The Walkmen, Bows and Arrows
Pere Ubu, Dub Housing
The Unicorns, WWCOHWWG?
Gastr Del Sol, Camofleur
Deerhoof, Reveille

shooh.

[Salman]

Deerhoof - Milk Man
Shellac - 1000 Hurts
Helms - McCarthy
Joni Mitchell - Blue
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Brian Wilson - Smile Live, February 20, 2004

[Futureman]

How's the new Deerhoof, Salman?

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by Salman

TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes

goddamn this album is good. I wish all music could be as great as the last track.

[vesper]

Originally posted by johansen smith
goddamn this album is good. I wish all music could be as great as the last track.

So far, this album seems to be the one everyone says is spec-fucking-tacular. It's certainly the best I've heard so far.

[Futureman]

How the hell do you guys get copies of the CDs before the release dates? Are all of you reviewing music for various zines?

[vesper]

Aaahahaha, no. Well, I can't speak for everyone but I imagine soulseek is the general answer. I do review some, though TV on the Radio hasn't come my way.

[maroonwalrus]

Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything 2xLP
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 2xLP
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um LP
Les Savy Fav - Emor: Rome Written Upside Down CDEP
The Sea and Cake - Nassau CD

Also:
- Lithops mix tape that I won from Thrill Jockey Records
- The four self-titled Led Zeppelin records

If any one of you is ever in the San Francisco Bay Area sometime, you should check out this place: The Record Man (http://www.recordman.com/introduction.html)

It's this small two-story house with every room (except the kitchen, office, and bathroom) packed floor to ceiling with records. There are literally millions of LPs in there. Not a place for hipsters, as the new material consists of only a few CDs - but the place is a collector's dream, and a widely unknown one at that. You just have to be willing to pay the price - it can get a bit expensive.

[fuzztony]

Today/Tonight

The Decemberists - Her Majesty The...(new to this, good eh?)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
Sea Change - Lay Of The Land
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves

Saw MMJ in Sydney last night. Wow, ok now I'm loving It Still Moves, had to play it twice today, loud.

[Salman]

Originally posted by Futureman
How's the new Deerhoof, Salman?

The new Deerhoof is great although I like Apple O' better. The instrumental tracks are my favourites so far. I like Deerhoof's more noisier elements then there pop sound. Solid album.

Originally posted by johansen smith
goddamn this album is good. I wish all music could be as great as the last track.

Your damn right. I've been playing it non-stop all week. I'm really loving "Ambulance" right now.

Originally posted by Futureman
How the hell do you guys get copies of the CDs before the release dates? Are all of you reviewing music for various zines?

Oddly enough, I bought my TV on the Radio CD last week at my local record store. I downloaded the Deerhood album though.

[fuzztony]

Been listening to a couple of 2003 MP3's from The Russian Futurists - It's Actually Going To Happen - and - A Telegram From The Future.

It's really good stuff. Am seriously considering getting the full length - Let's Get Ready To Crumble.

[Paul]

Deerhoof / Milk Man (w0w!)
Lucero / That Much Further West (again, w0w!)
Thomas Newman / Meet Joe Black original motion picture score (some of the themes here are mind-meltingly gorgeous)
The Mountain Goats / We Shall All Be Healed (Darnielle can do no wrong)

[earl grey]

luomo - the present lover
deerhoof - apple o'
triple r - friends
colder - again
sea ray - stars at noon
TV on the radio - desperate youth, blood thirsty babes

itching to hear that new deerhoof record.... i'm pissed they're playing NYC (with cass mccombs no less) on the same night i have tortoise tickets.

[Paul]

Originally posted by earl grey
itching to hear that new deerhoof record.... i'm pissed they're playing NYC (with cass mccombs no less) on the same night i have tortoise tickets.
I would be too, since Tortoise is fairly boring in a live setting.

[Futureman]

Speaking of Deerhoof, the drummer simply cooks. I *love* the way his snare sounds. I'm listening to L'Amour Stories right now.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by Paul
I would be too, since Tortoise is fairly boring in a live setting.

i saw tortoise on the standards tour and thought they were great, actually. a little looser than expected, but still very solid. i just love watching john mcentire.

[vesper]

You gotta hear "This Magnificent Bird Will Rise" from Reveille if you like Greg Saunier's drumming, Futureman.

Deerhoof, Reveille
Pere Ubu, Dub Housing

60 min tape I made as a b-day present for my friend

side a:
Noise for Pretend - "It's Oh So Quiet"
Astrud Gilberto - "Stay"
Ananda Shankar - "Streets of Calcutta"
The Chi-Lites - "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)"
Heatwave - "Put the Word Out"
Aural Exciters - "Spooks in Space"

side b:
New Order - "Age of Consent"
Electrelane - "Only One Thing is Needed"
Chris Clark - "Love's Gone Bad"
Otis Redding - "Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa (Sad Song)"
The Zombies - "Hung Up on a Dream"
Bedhead - "Lepidoptera"
Last Town Chorus - "Change Your Mind"
The Prisonaires - "Just Walkin' in the Rain"

[satcho]

current rotation:

modest mouse- the fruit that ate itself
air- moon safari
idlewild- the remote part(ok, it's poppy, but i don't care)
cat power- you are free(vinyl for this one)
fugazi- in on the kill taker.

so i'm not listening to anything very new(at least not to anybody else) but oh well.

[fuzztony]

Lotsa time for listening today:

Electrelane :: The Power Out (quite lo-fi, keeps getting better)

The Decemberists :: Her Majesty...(can't get the choruses out of my head)

Clare Bowditch :: Autumn Bone (stunning new Australian release -check it at www.clarebowditch.com)

New Pornographers :: Electric Version (um, wow)

Sea Change :: Lay Of The Land (def. a grower)

Augie March :: EP, Thanks For The Memes
Grandaddy :: Under The Western Freeway
Sparklehorse :: It's A Wonderful Life
Mogwai :: Young Team

[satcho]

Originally posted by fuzztony
New Pornographers :: Electric Version (um, wow)


uhuh.

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by satcho
uhuh.

Next stop, Mass Romantic.

[vesper]

Animal Collective, Sung Tongs (an absolute triumph)
Fennesz, Venice (great so far)
CocoRosie, La Maison de Mon Rêve (pretty great)
Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters (solid but not amazing if the first 3 tracks are any indication)
DM + Jemini, Ghetto Pop Life (how did these two not own more 2k3 lists?)
Deerhoof, Reveille (you crazy motherfuckers)

[johansen smith]

the tain by the decemberists
send you home by suntan
dead child stars by stars
new hope for the ape-eared by scharpling and wurster
before and after by the wannadies

[Futureman]

Animal Collective, Sung Tongs

I've been trying to find out about this release. Is it new material? When is the official release date? How the heck did you get a hold of it?

[satcho]

Originally posted by johansen smith
the tain by the decemberists


is it good?

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by satcho Originally posted by johansen smith
the tain by the decemberists

is it good?
quite.

[vesper]

Originally posted by Futureman
I've been trying to find out about this release. Is it new material? When is the official release date? How the heck did you get a hold of it?

FatCat is releasing it in May but I don't have an exact date. It's floating around on p2p, though. I'd say it's their best work since STGSTV and it's just a little less accessible than that album. It sounds like a more structured Campfire Songs put in the studio and some, not all, of the wails have been replaced by Beach Boys-esque vocal arrangements. It's like pop perfection thrown in to all of the woodland madness. This track "Winter's Love" might be the best thing they've ever put to tape. Gimme another 2 or 3 weeks with it and it might take TV on the Radio out of the top spot. I'm going to look around and see if there is a distributor offering pre-order.

[earl grey]

linval thompson and friends - whip them king tubby!
v/a - dubwise + otherwise
triple R - friends
DJ koze - all people is my friends
michael mayer - fabric 13
x-wife - feeding the machine

a bunch of dub and kompakt today.

[Mr.HCI]

Jucifer War Bird EP
Calamus A Few Lines in Mind EP
Factrix Scheintot
Abwhore Abwhore EP
X Evil Rumours (disc two)
Kung Pao Sheboygan
Eddie Hazel Jams from the Heart EP
The Art Ensemble of Chicago Fanfare for the Warriors
Renaissance Greatest Hits Live (Part 2)
The Lapse Betrayal!
Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall

[jef]

Happy St. Paddys Day:

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
The Pogues - If I should Fall from Grace with God/Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
Planxty - s/t
Undertones - s/t
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
Them - s/t

[vesper]

This Heat, Deceit

I'm seeing Rahzel (beatboxer of The Roots) tonight and *hopefully* partying with him. I doubt he'll want to kick it with some college dweebs, though.

[tinobeat]

Greg Davis - Curling Pond Woods LP
Royal Trux - Thank You LP
Electrelane - The Power Out LP
Electrelane - "I Want To Be The President" 12"
V/A - Wanna Buy A Craprak? CD

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by tinobeat

Electrelane - "I Want To Be The President" 12"

this EP's good stuff indeed.

s/t by Hawaii
Volume VII by Super XX Man
Julie Doiron / Okkervil River Split
MGM Endings by John Vanderslice
Over the Sun by Shannon Wright

[fuzztony]

Liars -- They Were Wrong So We Drowned
Fantomas -- The Director's Cut
Electrelane -- The Power Out

Am getting into the new Liars. I know this is all over other threads, but the willful obscurity seems cohesive rather than messy. I admire them for making this album more than I liked them before.

Have just received, but not heard a copy of Beulah's The Coast Is Never Clear LP. Any of you folks like/heard this?

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by fuzztony

Have just received, but not heard a copy of Beulah's The Coast Is Never Clear LP. Any of you folks like/heard this?
I have that album, I enjoy Beulah in small doses.

[pabost]

I think it's a great album.

[jef]

I like that album. But I prefer the Heartstrings album.

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by johansen smith
I have that album, I enjoy Beulah in small doses.

Yeah, kinda know what you mean. First listen - nice but not earth shattering. Will keep listening to it though, it's promising.

[9000]

yesterday's purchases:

chromatics - plaster hounds
neil michael hagerty - the howling hex (finally!)
cocorosie - <french title>

so far, i'm digging the chromatics album. anyone else?

as for nmh: really like parts of the hh, but boy do i miss the trux.

[9000]

i checked the drag city site after my last post and uncovered some cryptic information about the status of rtx: the band picture indicates j. herrema and a new line up, minus neil hagerty.
http://www.dragcity.com/bands.html

[vesper]

Did our very own Paul Cox take that picture of Scott Walker?

[yovan]

Modest Mouse - the moon & antarctica
TV on the Radio - desperate youth, blood thirsty babes
Electrelane - the power out

I don't share everyone's enthusiasm with tv on the radio yet...It's still early though...

On the other hand, this is my first MM record and I'm very happy w/ it...

[Paul]

Originally posted by vesper
Did our very own Paul Cox take that picture of Scott Walker?

Nope, but my name is all over the place when it comes to UK-based rock photography. In high school, I had Cure and Red Lorry Yellow Lorry posters with his/my name at the bottom.

[johansen smith]

A by Cass McCombs
Carbon Glacier by Laura Veirs
Laced With Romance by the Ponys
Sings Greatest Palace Hits by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

[Paul]

Arthur Russell / Calling Out of Context (what?! too bad he's gone and I only heard about him 12 years after his death, because this is mindblowing.)
Asobi Seksu / Asobi Seksu (seriously, after the YYYs, this is the best NY band recording music today.)
Yasume / Where We're From the Birds Sing Pretty Songs (understated glitchy beauty...yum.)
Feist / Let it Die (I think she's a part-time member of Broken Social Scene or something, but this is so quirky and beautiful I'd be willing to forgive her.)

[johansen smith]

oh, and the new Frankenixon album arrived today, hooray!

[Paul]

Originally posted by johansen smith
oh, and the new Frankenixon album arrived today, hooray! I know nothing about this band, but, boy-o, what a name!

[johansen smith]

I know, isn't it wonderful? their sound is kinda like a mix between chamber pop and prog rock, and the vocals are female, but sound like a guy trying to do a falsetto voice. their first album, Depth Perception, was one of my favorite albums of 2002.

[earl grey]

paul - has the asobi album made it to the P2P's already? i've yet to hear it. they had a release party a couple weeks back but are only selling it at their shows till may i think.

johansen - that cass mccombs album is awesome. it's weird because the songs don't seem to ever go anywhere special, and they just sorta end abruptly. but the haunting melodies and production blow me away ... every song seems stuck in my head, and i love the way the notes just hang in the air. great stuff.

[vesper]

Fennesz, Venice (he sings?!)
The Moonbabies, The Orange Billboard (just got this to review...wonder if I'll have anything nice to say...)
The Turn-Ons, East
Emma Bunton, Free Me

[tinobeat]

I have nothing nice to say about the Moonbabies, unfortunately...

Today:

Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic CD (for review)
I don't usually think much of them, but the new one kicks.

Arthur Russell - The World of Arthur Russell CD
I'll go against the grain and say this: "Arthur Russell: Overrated." the quieter stuff sounds like it should be in The Lion King or something. the dancier stuff is uncharmingly dated sounding. I need to listen to it more though.

The Ponys - Laced With Romance CD
The Chicago Ponys (http://www.theponys.com) are waaaaaaaaaaay better than the Maine Ponys (http://www.theponys.net). which is too bad, because I kind of know the Maine Ponys and they're sweet guys and its sad to see them being schooled so thoroughly by their namesake twins.

Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain CD
sweeeeeet...

Greg Weeks - Awake Like Sleep CD
creepy, lovely, ahhh..

Franz Ferdinand - s/t CD
Franz Ferdinand = worth the hype.

[vesper]

You really think Franz Ferdinand is worth the hype? I haven't heard their entire CD but that EP/single whatever just annoyed me.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by vesper
You really think Franz Ferdinand is worth the hype? I haven't heard their entire CD but that EP/single whatever just annoyed me.
there are four or five songs that are just INSANELY catchy, and the rest of the album is passable. those songs make me understand and accept the hype.

[otto midnight]

Originally posted by tinobeat

The Ponys - Laced With Romance CD
The Chicago Ponys (http://www.theponys.com) are waaaaaaaaaaay better than the Maine Ponys (http://www.theponys.net). which is too bad, because I kind of know the Maine Ponys and they're sweet guys and its sad to see them being schooled so thoroughly by their namesake twins.



if you liked the lp you may want to search out the 7"s, i like them a whole lot more than the album (which is pretty good on it's own). and check them out when they hit the hub spec bebop, they are great live.

[tinobeat]

pretty much what johansen said, but I'd say the rest of the songs that aren't INSANELY CATCHY are more than passable. I actually think "Take Me Out" is in the lower/middle of the album if ranked by quality. the closer, "40 ft" is fucking amazing.

[Paul]

Originally posted by earl grey
paul - has the asobi album made it to the P2P's already? i've yet to hear it. they had a release party a couple weeks back but are only selling it at their shows till may i think. It has, but it's a poor quality rip. I talked to Dan at Friendly Fire (http://www.friendlyfirerecordings.com) (the label) and he said he's filling mail orders for it prior to the actual release date&mdash;12 bucks, including shipping. I sent off my check last Saturday.

[Salman]

Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
Destroyer - Your Blues
The Left Banke - The Left Banke, too
The Aislers Set - Terrible Things Happen

Oh, and, I downloaded that Shannon Wright album, Over the Sun, and its great. Thanks johansen smith.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by Salman
Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
Destroyer - Your Blues
The Left Banke - The Left Banke, too
The Aislers Set - Terrible Things Happen

Oh, and, I downloaded that Shannon Wright album, Over the Sun, and its great. Thanks johansen smith.
hey, glad you like it! and kudos on the Jens Lekman EP too.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by Paul
It has, but it's a poor quality rip. I talked to Dan at Friendly Fire (http://www.friendlyfirerecordings.com) (the label) and he said he's filling mail orders for it prior to the actual release date&mdash;12 bucks, including shipping. I sent off my check last Saturday.

sweet - i'm on that. i've had bad luck with their shows lately so this will be much more efficient. i was all ready to buy my tickets to their show this saturday and then i found out dave chappelle was doing stand-up the same night.

[t.d.]

I am currently listening to:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Soundtrack
-I think that this soundtrack is just outstanding, and that Beck song is great.

Weezer (1994) Deluxe Edition
-Mostly a total waste if you already have access to Jamie and Susanne; but their demos are really good/interesting.

Franz Ferdinand

Beach Boys- Smiley Smile/Wild Honey
- Can't stop listening to this, of course the Wild Honey half isn't the best.

[Paul]

Originally posted by tinobeat
Arthur Russell - The World of Arthur Russell CD
I'll go against the grain and say this: "Arthur Russell: Overrated." the quieter stuff sounds like it should be in The Lion King or something. the dancier stuff is uncharmingly dated sounding. I need to listen to it more though. You're totally hearing the wrong record, d00d. That comp is a bunch of the stuff he produced and whatnot, but very little of his own minimalist cello work. I went ahead and downloaded both World of Echo and Another Thought, both of which are due for re-release this year or next. My gawd! I'd like to pretend I was hip to Russell all along, but I won't. This is some of the best new/old stuff I've heard in a long time.

[jef]

"Beach Boys- Smiley Smile/Wild Honey
- Can't stop listening to this, of course the Wild Honey half isn't the best."

NO WAY! First of all "Smiley Smile" pretty much sucks compared to what was supposed to be released, and "Wild Honey" is Amazing. The most underrated Beach Boys album. What's so hard to like about "Country Air", "Let the wind Blow", "Darlin", "Aren't you glad", "I'd love just once to see you", the title track. Some of my favorite songs.

[vesper]

Devendra Banhart, Rejoicing in the Hands
Jolie Holland, Catalpa (damn, i still love this)
Angels of Light, Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home

[Paul]

Originally posted by vesper
Devendra Banhart, Rejoicing in the Hands
Jolie Holland, Catalpa (damn, i still love this)
Angels of Light, Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home Vesper's obviously on the Young God (http://www.younggodrecords.com/) payroll. j/k

[tinobeat]

vesper's totally going to marry Gira. not kidding.


me? I'm gonna marry Dan Bejar... but not in a gay way or nuthin...

[earl grey]

moonbabies - the orange billboard
sun kil moon - ghosts of the great highway
cass mccombs - A
franz ferdinand - franz ferdinand
deerhoof - milk man

"40 ft" is my jam on the FF album as well - love how they sneak in the melodica. it's the new deerhoof record, though, that's really blowing me away - wow.

[Paul]

Tino hates the Moonbabies record and I love it. Where do you stand, earl grey? Pick a side!

[tinobeat]

yeah, tea man! who's gang you gonna join? paul "kinda lame" cox or me: tino "pretty rad" beat?

or you gonna start your own "Moonbabies are nothin special, but nice enough" gang?

[johansen smith]

I've had the Moonbabies record for a few months now, can I lay claim to my side too, Paul?

[earl grey]

Originally posted by tinobeat
yeah, tea man! who's gang you gonna join? paul "kinda lame" cox or me: tino "pretty rad" beat?

or you gonna start your own "Moonbabies are nothin special, but nice enough" gang?

i'm not too into the sing-songy boy/girl vocals - reminds me of rainer maria. but the music i really enjoy - the songs take some great twists. the last one especially, when it just dissolves into noise.

so option C - i guess i'm an MOR kinda guy. so there. and i know johansen wants to join my team.

[johansen smith]

Fuckin A by the Thermals
I by the Magnetic Fields
Satanic Panic in the Attic by Of Montreal
Blueberry Boat by the Fiery Furnaces
Margerine Eclipse by Stereolab

[earl grey]

how's the magnetic fields album? and the fiery furnaces? very curious about both of those. i have listened to the song "blueberry boat" a few times and am really into it.

[johansen smith]

the Magnetic Fields album is WAY too uneven, but maybe it will improve with repeated listens. as for the Fiery Furnaces, the key word on the album is that it is looooooooooooooooong.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by johansen smith
as for the Fiery Furnaces, the key word on the album is that it is looooooooooooooooong.

that's certainly the case with the title track though i do enjoy the whole song quite a bit. i've heard the record has some pretty ambitious moments on it though.

[johansen smith]

I recieved a lot of albums today, and I haven't had the time to give the Fiery Furnaces album it's due consideration. or, like, even had time to play it all the way thru.

and, not to start a gang war on the board again, but the upcoming Matt Pond PA album is just absolutely beautiful and everything wonderful about music.

[Paul]

Felix Da Housecat's new one just leaked onto p2p. "What She Wants" features Mr. DFA James Murphy on vocals. It's been on repeat all day.

Why do I listen to so much dance-oriented music, being a non-dancer and all? Right after "what's the meaning of life," I guess that's the question for which I'd most like an answer.

[satcho]

lately:
The Stills- Logic Will Break Your Heart
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists(most of it is solo, why are the Pharmacists included?)- Tell Belgeary, Bullgary is Dead
Modest Mouse- Sad Sappy Sucker.

I'm not on the cutting edge of indie music. How sad.

[9000]

Originally posted by johansen smith
I recieved a lot of albums today, and I haven't had the time to give the Fiery Furnaces album it's due consideration.

can you order the new FF album somewhere already? i got to see them live the other night: fucking awesome.

[Mr.HCI]

Hans Werner Henze Doppio concerto per oboe, arpa ed archi
I.D. Company I.D. Company (side two)
The Incredible String Band The Incredible String Band
Hans Werner Henze Fantasia für Streicher
Krzysztof Penderecki Violin-Konzert
Hope for Agoldensummer Hope for Agoldensummer
Black Sabbath Sabotaged (boot)
NG Live compilation
Slipknot Slipknot (digi-pak version with all them bonus trax)
MX-80 Sound Live at the Library
King Crimson THRaKaTTaK
The Forty-Fives Fight Dirty
Old The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak
Hans Werner Henze Sonata per archi
3d5spd Radial Quartet EP
John Cale Paris 1919

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by satcho
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists(most of it is solo, why are the Pharmacists included?)- Tell Belgeary, Bullgary is Dead


The title track is a single off Hearts of Oak, which has all the Pharmacists, and all the solo tracks are technically b-sides.. so maybe because the "a-side" ("Tell Balgeary...") is full-band, so is the credit on the CD...

or something.

I love that EP though..

[vesper]

I can't wait for the Fiery Furnaces album.

Jolie Holland, Catalpa
Magnetic Fields, i

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by 9000
can you order the new FF album somewhere already?
I don't think so, at least not yet. I have an ex girlfriend who interns at a prominent music magazine, and she sends my way any of the good promos she comes across. the Fiery Furnaces album was one of several discs I got from her.

[fuzztony]

Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set - Autumn Bone
Beulah - The Coast Is Never Clear
Liars - Fins To Make Us More Fish Like EP
Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned
Electrelane - The Power Out
Meshuggah - Destroy, Erase, Improve
John Frusciante - Shadows Collide With People

Just got the latest John Frusciante to review. It's actually great. Anyone into his first album, For Clara i think it's called, should really like this.

[vesper]

Olivia Tremor Control, Dusk at Cubist Castle
Olivia Tremor Control, Black Foliage...
Olivia Tremor Control, Those Sessions

It's one of those days. Does anyone know if material by the Black Swan Network is worth seeking out (even if it is OOP)?

[earl grey]

cocorosie - la maison de mon reve
deerhoof - milk man
!!! - !!!
the casual dots - s/t
v/a - branches and routes (fatcat records comp.)

still deciding how i feel about the cocorosie album as a whole, but some of the individual songs are fantastic - really haunting stuff. this may be a stretch, but it sorta reminds me of 'the triplets of belleville' - like it's being broadcast on some distant french radio station.

[Paul]

Man, I really wanted to like that Casual Dots album, but it's just kind of "meh." Still love the name, though.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by Paul
Man, I really wanted to like that Casual Dots album, but it's just kind of "meh." Still love the name, though.

yeah it's nothing spectacular. more like a quick snack before the next sleater-kinney album.

[vesper]

Jolie Holland, Escondida
Jolie Holland, Catalpa
Angels of Light, Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food
of Montreal, Satanic Panic in the Attic

I know that Tom Waits was one of Jolie Holland's cheerleaders last year *snicker at Waits with pom-poms* but I think she is starting to feel his influence. She still sounds like Billie Holiday on an Appalachian porch but there is a carnival madness to some of the songs. What does it all mean? Escondida is even better than Catalpa. *faints*

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by vesper
Jolie Holland, Escondida
Jolie Holland, Catalpa
Angels of Light, Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food
of Montreal, Satanic Panic in the Attic

I know that Tom Waits was one of Jolie Holland's cheerleaders last year *snicker at Waits with pom-poms* but I think she is starting to feel his influence. She still sounds like Billie Holiday on an Appalachian porch but there is a carnival madness to some of the songs. What does it all mean? Escondida is even better than Catalpa. *faints*

88.5 in Atlanta has been playing Ms. Holland quite a bit. I first heard her on the station and was immediately in suspense.

How's the rest of Catalpa?

[vesper]

I stumbled across Catalpa in a stack of CDs I was reviewing last year and was immediately floored by it. The entire album sounds removed from 2003 -- "Alley Flowers" has a vocal melody more suitable to a chain-gang and "Mule on Demount" sounds like a bayou cotillion from a Tennessee Williams play. The vocals are pretty low in the mix too (I think it is a bedroom record she was hawking at live shows until Anti- picked it up) but I could listen to the quality of her voice all day. She has a soft lilt that I initially mistook for southern, but then I found out that she is from California and contributes to the Be Good Tanyas (who I have yet to hear). I highly recommend Catalpa and the new one, Escondida, which will be released domestically on April 27th.

Michael Goldberg, Neumu editor, wrote a column (http://www.neumu.net/drama/2003/2003-00007/2003-00007_drama.shtml) on Catalpa. She reminds me of Billie Holiday, Devendra Banhart and, recently, Tom Waits. It's funny to think that she is on the same label as The Locust.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by Paul
Felix Da Housecat's new one just leaked onto p2p. "What She Wants" features Mr. DFA James Murphy on vocals. It's been on repeat all day.

this song surfaced on fluxblog today and it's funky as hell - pretty awesome. i don't think murphy can do anything wrong at this point.

[jef]

Tom Waits - Mule Variations
All Night Radio - Spirit Stereo Frequency
The Dirty Looks - s/t
Bonnie Prince Billy - Sings the Best Palace Music

[otto midnight]

on the turntable at home- so sentimental 7"- the ponys
in the car- kick out the jams cd- mc5
in the computer at work- tougher than leather cd- run dmc

[johansen smith]

the Last Laugh by Aroah
s/t by the Ladybug Transistor
Plays One Sound and Others by Knife in the Water
and a live set by Jens Lekman that's showing me his upcoming full-length will be even beter than his EPs.

[earl grey]

well, i've listened to this felix da housecat/james murphy song about six times in the last hour. but other than that, the day so far:

four tet - pause
spacemen 3 - playing with fire
the velvet underground - white light/white heat
elefant - sunlight makes me paranoid

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by 9000
can you order the new FF album somewhere already? i got to see them live the other night: fucking awesome.

Glad to say I discovered Fluxblog (thanks to this rather excellent board of people), and this new Fiery Furnaces track, Blueberry Boat, is a mind-bender. Great though, I feel like I'm listening to The Residents in part.

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by vesper
I stumbled across Catalpa
Michael Goldberg, Neumu editor, wrote a column (http://www.neumu.net/drama/2003/2003-00007/2003-00007_drama.shtml) on Catalpa. She reminds me of Billie Holiday, Devendra Banhart and, recently, Tom Waits. It's funny to think that she is on the same label as The Locust.

She has Catalpa streaming from her website. I played it today while I was working in an adjacent room so that it audible but not distracting.

When I first heard her, I couldn't decide if she was being serious or just fucking around. After a couple of minutes, it was obvious that she was very sincere.

Some of it almost wants to *big swallow* make you tear up.

[Paul]

Re: Catalpa

I wasn't sure when "Alley Flowers" started playing, but beginning with "All the Morning Birds" the album turns into a beautiful, pure, confessional thing. Wish I'd have been paying attention last year...

[earl grey]

felix da housecat - devin dazzle and the neon fever
the decemberists - the tain <-- this is GREAT
electrelane - the power out
the rapture - echoes
bjork - debut

the james murphy cut pulled me into the felix da housecat album, but i don't even think it's the best tune on there. i don't love the whole thing, but the highlights are really strong - VERY 80's-sounding, more so than expected.

[Paul]

Originally posted by earl grey
the james murphy cut pulled me into the felix da housecat album, but i don't even think it's the best tune on there. i don't love the whole thing, but the highlights are really strong - VERY 80's-sounding, more so than expected. Same here. Out of 15 cuts, though, I think a good 12 or 13 are really strong. I especially love the over the top 80s-ness of "Neon Human." Sounds like incidental chase sequence music from Knight Rider.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by earl grey

the decemberists - the tain <-- this is GREAT

this is maybe the only release in recent memory that simply everyone loves. I'm trying to decide if having an EP in my end of the year list is allowed.

[tinobeat]

I don't love it...

but then again, I think the Decemberists are pretty godawful. but I don't really talk about that. carry on with the love...

[earl grey]

i adored 'castaways and cutouts' when it first came out, but it got really old for me. so i basically ignored 'her majesty' (for better or worse). this one has me back in their camp though. on one hand i wish it was longer, but on the other i think the new focus might be why i like it so much. once you got used to 'castaways', the songs seemed to drag on a bit....

[Futureman]

earl grey--my sentiments *exactly*. Loved C&C for a while, and then the album just went cold. I heard one track from "Her Majesty" and thought "meh. same ol' same ol.'"

I really like the new one.

Oh--just picked up Weird War. Heh heh. What fun! I like it!

[johansen smith]

so, after digesting the forthcoming Fiery Furnaces album, I am still torn. it's either an overly ambitious disaster or simply one of the very best albums I have EVER heard.

[tinobeat]

since I've been poopin on the Decemberists, I'll bring this up too... maybe I should start a new thread though..

ah, fuck it.

Pray tell, people, what on EARTH is the appeal of the Fiery Furnaces? I've been listening to them a bunch lately, sometimes by choice, sometimes not, and I have no idea why people are bustin nuts over this band. Its not bad, but it sure as hell ain't good...

</rant>

[9000]

Originally posted by tinobeat


Pray tell, people, what on EARTH is the appeal of the Fiery Furnaces?

</rant>


fun music, interesting lyrics, unconventional flow...? they sound refreshing compared to a lot of the same old, same old out there. plus they rock out live.

[tinobeat]

I have heard they're great live, and I can even imagine that the songs would be more interesting that way..

I guess I kinda don't like the way the woman sings at all, and the lyrics are sort of embarassing. It comes across as polished blues rock that would be played in expensive bars to rich old people. but a little more interesting instrumentation.

so I wonder why people I know with great taste in music think its hot stuff. I don't know what I'm not hearing in it...

[johansen smith]

I like just wrote a review about this kind of reaction, hahaha. I enjoy the creative alliteration of the lyrics and the entirely unconventional flow of the music and arrangements.

also, if you didn't like the lyrics before, wait til you hear "Quay Cur" off the new album, it has maybe the single most bizarrely tongue-twisted lyrics I've ever heard sputtered out. it's all kinds of wonderful, really!

[tinobeat]

maybe I'll need to listen to it some more, cos I really don't hear anything that unconventional going on.

oh well... maybe I'll get it some other day. or maybe not...

[Salman]

Windsor for the Derby - The Emotional Rescue
Pluramon - Render Bandits
Papa M - Hole of Burning Alms
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
P.G. Six - Parlor Tricks and Porch Tricks
Rodan - Rusty
Cocorosie - La Maison de Mon Rêve

[Mr.HCI]

Hans Werner Henze Pollicino
The Malarkies Broque
Faun Fables Family Album
Sandy Denny Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (disc three)
Patty Waters College Tour
Diana Obscura Diana Obscura EP
The Fall Live at the Witch Trials
Thralldom Beast Eye Opened to the Sky
Kurtz A Metal Heritage for Young America EP
Twittering Machine Breakfast by the Dunes
Kingdom Come Galactic Zoo Dossier
Kurt Weill Die Dreigroschenoper
Gordons Vol 2 <-- pity this'n's never been on CD (pre-Bailter Space, y'all)
Hated Youth/Roach Motel split LP
Paul Flaherty/Randall Colbourne Razor Blue
Alien Boys Doom Picnic EP
Social Decay Life's Not Hard . . . You're Just Soft EP
Amon Düül II Made in Germany

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI

Faun Fables Family Album

how is this?

[satcho]

Elf Power- Creatures
Modest Mouse/764-Hero- Whenever You See Fit(single)
Fugazi- Furniture(single)
The Shins- So Says I (single)
Radiohead- Pyramid Song(single. listening to this because i'm remembering the first time i heard it way back when. and i was blown away)
Death Cab For Cutie- We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes(i admit "Transatlanticism" is a bit much, and this one is better)
The Mars Volta- Tremulent Ep(ATDI haters...i don't care what you think)

I know most of those have been discussed on here before...and i'm going to read what has been said.

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by satcho
Modest Mouse/764-Hero- Whenever You See Fit(single)
Death Cab For Cutie- We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes(i admit "Transatlanticism" is a bit much, and this one is better)

the former:
If I cared, I'd file this under "guilty pleasure," but this 12" was HUGE for me 5 years ago. awesome awesome, no guilt whatsoever. "Guilty Pleasures" are for people who worry about their social standing in reference to their tastes.

the latter:
I just got Transatlanticism a few weeks ago and I don't think its as bad as some people (DCFC fans at that) have said it is. Its got some cringeworthy moments (the title track especially), but when its on, its on. That said, We Have The Facts... is brilliant. In a sense, the epitome of "standard" contemporary MOR indie rock, but its so immaculately crafted... their crowning achievement so far.

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by tinobeat
[B]In a sense, the epitome of "standard" contemporary MOR indie rock, but its so immaculately crafted...

Well said, my sentiments too. The definition of contemporary MOR indie rock, well someone had to nail that mantle I suppose. Just bought Transatlanticism today for a friend's birthday, and copied it first. Some nice stuff on it.

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by johansen smith
how is [Faun Fables Family Album]? Excellent, with one exception: the song "Rising Din" is too silly and breaks the melancholy and somewhat creepy mood of the rest of the album. The best reference point for them is late 60's/early 70's UK psychedelic folk music, especially Comus. I highly recommend it and the previous one, Mother Twilight. I still need to get the debut, Early Song, but I've not been able to track it down.

[Futureman]

past few days:

Yo La Tengo, Painful
Yo La Tengo, ...Inside Out
Rachel's, Systems/Layers
(my wife loves to listen to these while breast-feeding our son)

New stuff:

Modest Mouse, Good News
Franz Ferdinand, s/t
Wilco, A Ghost is Born

[earl grey]

has anyone heard the new sonic youth? i heard the track "pattern recognition" - a kim song that i really liked, and she's been real hit-or-miss for me the last few albums. so now i'm ITCHING to hear the rest. i noticed it pop up on gerard's list in the news update....

for me lately:

krust - through the eyes
triple R - friends
asobi seksu - s/t
v/a - africafunk
songs: ohia - axxess & ace
tortoise - it's all around you

i dig the tortoise, though the first 4 songs seem to blow away the rest of the record.

[johansen smith]

99 Cents by Chicks on Speed
a CDR of Christmas songs by Sufjan Stevens (I just got this sent to me, wish I had it when it was Xmas time)
Old World Underground by Metric
the Triumphs and Trials of Orphan Mae by Laura Veirs

[justin_S]

cat power - you are free
the shins - Chutes too narrow
ball & Biscuit live version - Jack White & Bob Dylan
Discretion - Pedro the Lion(single from their new upcoming album)

[Ladt]

Jason Molina- Pyramid Electric Co. (I hope you're proud of me Troy!)- just read the review of this on pitchfork and it is one of the worst reviews I've read.
Gem- Sunglare Serenades
Lifeguards- Mist King Urth
My album.
That's about it.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by Ladt
Jason Molina- Pyramid Electric Co. (I hope you're proud of me Troy!)- just read the review of this on pitchfork and it is one of the worst reviews I've read.

just wait for the upcoming Magnolia Electic Co. album. the new full-band songs he's been playing live are bar-none some of the best songs I've ever heard, ever. if he didn't screw up recording the album, I'm looking at an instant classic.

[9000]

blues explosion - crypt style (japanese version)
neil michael haggerty - howling hex
playgroup - dj kicks
futurism - city rockers comp
dfa - dance to the underground mix

[Mr.HCI]

Martin Rev See Me Ridin'
The Raveonettes extravaganza: Attack of the Ghost Riders CD single Whip It On EP Beat City 7" That Great Love Sound CD single That Great Love Sound 7" Chain Gang of Love C'mon Everybody promo-only CD single Heartbreak Stroll CD singleDiana Obscura Diana Obscura EP
Trees The Garden of Jane Delawney
The Darkness Love Is Only a Feeling CD single
Gossip Movement

[Funk]

Television Marquee Moon LP
Television Adventure LP
Television The Blow Up 2XCD-R
Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77 LP
Kraftwerk Die Mensch Maschine LP

[Paul]

Originally posted by Funk
Kraftwerk Die Mensch Maschine LP I like Kraftwerk, but I've always wondered if I'd like them more if they were singing in their native tongue. You have a preference at all?

[johansen smith]

I gotta say, that last Raveonettes full-length was a hell of a lot better than the EP, it almost won me over.

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by johansen smith
I gotta say, that last Raveonettes full-length was a hell of a lot better than the EP, it almost won me over. I have yet to hear anything by them I haven't pretty much loved. I still haven't snagged the Attack of the Ghostriders 7" or the Evil LA Girls CD single, but they played both sides of the latter both times I've seen them and they sounded pretty darn great.

[Ladt]

Originally posted by johansen smith
just wait for the upcoming Magnolia Electic Co. album. the new full-band songs he's been playing live are bar-none some of the best songs I've ever heard, ever. if he didn't screw up recording the album, I'm looking at an instant classic.
I still haven't managed to get my hands on Magnolia Electric Co, I'm holding out for the vinyl with the bonus cd. Know of any websites that sell it?

[Funk]

Originally posted by Paul
I like Kraftwerk, but I've always wondered if I'd like them more if they were singing in their native tongue. You have a preference at all?

As I told Tinobeat the other day, when you listen to that album in particular, you realise how much of the album is instrumental, and how little there is vocally even when present (ie, "Metropolis"? No difference between the English and German versions because it's the same word, and the only word in the song). "The Robots" actually sounds really sinister in German, but "Das Roboter" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily if you want to sing along.

J Smith: I gotta say, that last Raveonettes full-length was a hell of a lot better than the EP, it almost won me over.

I'm the exact opposite; I loved the EP and didn't like the full-length at all.

[bitterfruit]

I would recommend downloading the album first on the P2P networks before spending hard-earned quid on Magnolia Electric Co.

[johansen smith]

don't listen to him, Ladt. outside of me, this board is notoriously anti-Songs: Ohia.

[Ladt]

I'd noticed. In fact, I was, at one point.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by johansen smith
so, after digesting the forthcoming Fiery Furnaces album, I am still torn. it's either an overly ambitious disaster or simply one of the very best albums I have EVER heard.

i've listened to this twice so far and i am inclined to agree with you. it'll take a while to digest because there's so damn much going on ... at least an album's worth of ideas in the first 4 or 5 songs alone. right now, it feels a little too sprawling to me. but when it clicks, it's fucking great - the first song being a perfect example. more time is needed.

[fuzztony]

The Lucksmiths - Why That Doesn't Surprise Me
The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Fourtet - Rounds
Bjork - Vespertine
Wilco - YHF Demos/Outtakes

[tinobeat]

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - No Bones for the Dogs 2LP
Ghost Exits - Cincinnati Riot Blues 12"
U.S. Maple - Acre Thrills LP
U.S. Maple - Purple on Time LP
Scene Creamers - "AK-47" 7"
Scene Creamers - I Suck On That Emotion LP
Spoon - Kill The Moonlight CD
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic CD
V/A - Radio Java CD
Sun City Girls - Carnival Folklore Resurrection Radio 2CD

[vesper]

Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender
Broadcast, Haha Sound
Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die
De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising
Diverse, One A.M.
Madvillian, Madvilliany
Kanye West, The College Dropout alternates + b-sides (I actually like this collection more than the album itself)

What are the Sun City Girls about, Tinobeat? Out of the little I know, they seem like something I'd dig -- will/would I?

[jef]

The Impressions - Keep On Pushin/People Get Ready
The Heats - Smoke
Donovan - Fairytale
Emitt Rhodes - s/t
Clientele - Suburban Light
Buddy Holly - Greatest Hits
Dan Sartain Vs. the Serpientes
Jolie Holland - Escondida
Roy Harper - Sophisticated Beggar

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by vesper
What are the Sun City Girls about, Tinobeat? Out of the little I know, they seem like something I'd dig -- will/would I?

they're about a lot of things... heh.

the readers digest version. two brothers and a buddy of theirs started the band 20-odd years ago, and have released an assload of records. they've traveled the world over with a passion for music from all over the place, particularly southeast asia and the middle east, and the music they make is rooted in that love.

some of the stuff they do is gorgeous and otherworldly, some of it really fucking abrasive, its really all over the place. its hard to pin them down. but they just put up an official website (finally!), and its actually quite thorough with information about them.

http://www.suncitygirls.com/

my favorite SCG album, Torch of the Mystics has been outta print forever, I only have a burned copy.

one of the brothers also runs a label called Sublime Frequencies (http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/), which releases these cool quasi-documentary quasi-collage CDs and DVDs of music from around the world. Luaka Bop it ain't, its some weird shit...

but yeah, they're an amazing though somewhat mysterious band...

[vesper]

40 full-lengths, 23 self-released cassettes, 12 7"s, 9 soundtracks, and I'm not going to bother counting the solos and side projects.

Wotta bunch of lazy motherfuckers.

[tinobeat]

well, a lot of those Full-lengths listed appear twice (such as the 3LP reissues of 330,003 Crossdressers and Dante's Disneyland Inferno appear on the list along with the original 2 CD releases), so really, its only like 33-34 full-lengths...

and some of those full-lengths are reissues of cassette releases..

still mind-boggling though, especially considering the amount of traveling they've done over the years as homemade ethnomusicologists.

I'm bummed I missed them two nights ago when they played in boston. I don't see them coming around again for a long long time.

I think you'd love some of it, esp. considering your love of Animal Collective and other weirdo stuff like that.

Albums I recommend (that may or may not be available, but possibly on P2P):
Torch of the Mystics
Libyan Dream
Superculto
The Dreamy Draw
330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond Rig Veda
Wah
Carnival Folklore Resurrection Radio

The Princess Nicotine and Radio Java "compilations" on Sublime Frequencies are great too. They don't play on them, its just Richard Bishop's mix CDs of weird collages he made from radio stations in other countries...

[fuzztony]

The Wrens, Meadowlands
Loving this.

The Microphones, The Glow Pt. 2
This is fantastic so far.

The Unicorns, Who Will Cut...
Will keep listening, but what the fuck? I swear the cool tune I heard on the radio isn't there! Needs more time...

The Dismemberment Plan, Emergency & I
Wow, this one really took me by surprise, crazy stuff, will have to check out Change, which sounds like it's a quieter, introspective record, which could be better still.

[tinobeat]

Neil Michael Hagerty & the Howling Hex - Section 2 LP
Neil Michael Hagerty - The Howling Hex 2LP
I just got the new limited LP from NMH+HH, and boy is it a stinker. I had to bust out the Howling Hex 2LP from last year to clear the eardrums out. To be fair, the new one is better the second time around, but still screams "throwaway!" Of course I'll still get the third one to complete the set, being a geek like that, but he'd better start trying again, or I'll be disappointed.

Sunburned Hand of the Man - Jaybird LP
Of all the SBHotM releases, this is the most "rock" one. The LP is horribly limited, but luckily this thing is also available on a self-released CDR, with some extra tracks to boot. shoulda gotten that instead, in retrospect. half the price, and more music. alas.. Yes, Funk, they're a "jam band," but this shit's top notch. dubbed out delayed vocals, slow, funky beat, and tons of synths and swoops crowding all sense of normalcy out.

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals - No Bones for the Dogs 2LP
The more recent compilation of old Joe Gibbs productions on Soul Jazz is fantastic, but this earlier comp is nothing short of essential if you want some first-class songy dub. The Soul Jazz release is more of a "stoner" record; long, trance inducing dubs with sparse, hyper-delayed vocals etc. No Bones for the Dogs, however, is all about amazing performances of songs, with the production not taking the forefront quite as much (though its definitely way up there), more just accentuating the parts that need it, rather than drowning the song in excessive tape delay and phase.

Cyann & Ben - Spring CD
Got into these folks when I saw that they consider both M83 and Espers peers. In a way, its like M83 as played by Espers, and in another way it sounds like Radiohead without the expensive gear. Its OK. not as great as I'd hoped, but a very worthy listen.

Sun City Girls - The Dreamy Draw CD
One of the more formless, noodly records, but very peaceful. One of the best of the Carnival Folklore Resurrection series.

re: fuzztony's listenings
we've already discussed the Unicorns and their crappiness, so we'll leave that at that. Emergency & I is my favorite D-Plan release. Change has some of their best songs on it, but as a whole it stumbles a bit. On the quieter songs sometimes they're forcing chord changes and turnarounds that sound really awkward, but not in any sort of successful way. Emergency & I is really that band at their amazing, spastic peak.

[vesper]

we've already discussed the Unicorns and their crappiness

*sigh* At least we'll always have...actually we have a lot of common love.

Emergency & I is my favorite D-Plan release. Change has some of their best songs on it, but as a whole it stumbles a bit. On the quieter songs sometimes they're forcing chord changes and turnarounds that sound really awkward, but not in any sort of successful way. Emergency & I is really that band at their amazing, spastic peak.

Agreed.

Faun Fables, Family Album -- I'm really enjoying this. At times it reminds me of Angels of Light (oh my Gira, baby baby) and other times Fairport Convention. Speaking of folk in 2k4, it's a little weird that 2 of my 3 A+ albums are folk. Speaking of A+ albums in 2k4, the other one is hip-hop.

Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender -- Some people will really hate this lady if they don't already. But I think that it's really, really, really fucking good. Gorgeous even, though I do make a face when she hits those really high notes.

Shannon Wright, Over the Sun -- This is okay. When I first started listening to it, I thought that she responded to Slint's request for a female singer about 13 years too late. I understand that she has some other albums but I doubt I'll bother checking them out.

Jolie Holland, Escondida -- I sounded off about this earlier. I don't think I need to get into it again.

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by vesper
*sigh* At least we'll always have...actually we have a lot of common love.

indeed.. *wink*




Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender -- Some people will really hate this lady if they don't already. But I think that it's really, really, really fucking good. Gorgeous even, though I do make a face when she hits those really high notes.


my first listen to this, I wanted to punch her in the face.

the next few listens I fell head over heels in love. Sometimes the fact that she sings like she rides a unicorn whilst singing to the majickal chipmunks prancing after her gets a little irritating, but holy jeebus, the songs are so wonderful, the record so warm... *swoon*

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by vesper
Faun Fables, Family Album -- I'm really enjoying this. At times it reminds me of Angels of Light (oh my Gira, baby baby) and other times Fairport Convention. Speaking of folk in 2k4, it's a little weird that 2 of my 3 A+ albums are folk. Speaking of A+ albums in 2k4, the other one is hip-hop.Now you need the previous one, Mother Twilight; I think it's even better (and no "joke" songs to spoil the mood like "Rising Din"). Drag City was selling it on-line, last I checked.

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by tinobeat
[b]Emergency & I is really that band at their amazing, spastic peak.

I tell you what, it sure has me nailed!

[Mr.HCI]

While catching up (back to August) in Quicken and doing our taxes:

Probot Probot
Allan Pettersson Seven Sonatas for Two Violins
k. Goldfish
Kingdom Come Kingdom Come (Arthur Brown, not faux Led Zep)
Ivo Malec Doppio coro, etc.
k. New Problems
Robyn Hitchcock Luxor
Pink Floyd Obscured by Clouds
Hans Werner Henze Sinfonia N. 9
Allan Pettersson Viola Concerto
DMBQ The Cold One EP
The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric
Swans Swans 12" debut EP thing
DNA A Taste of DNA EP
Gods Gift Gods Gift EP
Gizzard Kill and Reissue
The Constantines The Constantines
Light Pupil Dilate Cascades
The Hidden Hand Divine Propaganda
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Pocket Symphonies for Lonesome Subway Cars
Pentagram Be Forewarned
Last Exit Headfirst into the Flames
Jean Dubuffet Expériences musicales
Kate Bush The Sensual World
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker Der Abend der Schwarzen Folklore
Tisziji Muñoz River of Blood
Gentle Giant Octopus
Ax Genrich Wave Cut
Hum You'd Prefer an Astronaut

[9000]

chavez- pentagram ring ep
chavez - ride the fader
royal trux- cats and dogs
erol alkan - one louder mix
vladislav delay - demo(n) tracks

[t.d.]

Wilco- A Ghost Is Born
-Really good stuff, not as instantly catchy as their other classics, but still really good.

Modest Mouse- Good News...
-I don't know why but I really like this album, again I cannot say that it is as great as their previous works but there is something about this release that I like.

The Minus 5- Down With Wilco
-Mostly good, it has peaks and valleys.

Of Montreal- Satanic Panic
-Excellent.

Superdrag- 8 track sound of...
-Their earliest release, a lot more rough than their polished last albums. Pretty good, not great.

[justin_S]

Post-Parlo Home Series, Volume 4: Bright Eyes/Britt Daniel
Iron & Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days
The Beatles: Revolver
The White Stripes: Destijl

[Eleven O'Clock]

Lee Hazlewood - Requiem For An Almost Lady
Heatmiser - Mic City Sons
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

[Salman]

Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic
Stars - Heart
Soft Canyon - Broken Spirit, I Will Mend Your Wings
The Pixies - April 15, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly
Tortoise - It's All Around You
p:ano - The Den

[lenny]

ive written down every allbum ive listened to in april in its entirety. these are the ones that have clocked in the most listens..................

GBV- Bee Thousand-- 5-- will this ever get old? NO!
GBV- Alienn lanes--4-- did-o!
Mod mouse- good news--9-- middle is soggy but fantastic album
Wilco- Summerteeth--7--- brilliant "like a cloud..."
Flaming lips- soft bulletin--4-- "is that gash..."
Spoon- series of sneaks--3--" catacomb..."
elliot smith--either/or--3 "...it's my life"

and a total of 89 other albums as of 4:10 today

[justin_S]

Originally posted by lenny
ive written down every allbum ive listened to in april in its entirety. these are the ones that have clocked in the most listens..................

GBV- Bee Thousand-- 5-- will this ever get old? NO!
GBV- Alienn lanes--4-- did-o!
Mod mouse- good news--9-- middle is soggy but fantastic album
Wilco- Summerteeth--7--- brilliant "like a cloud..."
Flaming lips- soft bulletin--4-- "is that gash..."
Spoon- series of sneaks--3--" catacomb..."
elliot smith--either/or--3 "...it's my life"

and a total of 89 other albums as of 4:10 today

do you ever sleep??

[Futureman]

After multiple listens, I've decided that the new Modest Mouse is a real disappointment. It's good, but only as a somewhat interesting rock record. It's not the least bit challenging and lacks the substance of past work.

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by Futureman
After multiple listens, I've decided that the new Modest Mouse is a real disappointment. It's good, but only as a somewhat interesting rock record. It's not the least bit challenging and lacks the substance of past work.

I'm still parsing it, but I'm willing to be a bit more charitable toward it than you are. It sounds like they're through being "Modest Mouse" and Isaac's just doing whatever he feels like, which is admirable. Whether the results are good or not though are debatable.

It started at about 4/10, and has worked up to a 6/10. I'm banking it won't go higher than 7/10.

my listenings:
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News CD
Fursaxa - Madrigals in Duos LP
US Maple - Acre Thrills LP
Shedding - Now I'm Shedding 12"
The Fall - Totally Wired: The Rough Trade Anthology 2CD

[vesper]

Originally posted by Futureman
After multiple listens, I've decided that the new Modest Mouse is a real disappointment. It's good, but only as a somewhat interesting rock record. It's not the least bit challenging and lacks the substance of past work.

My girlfriend played it in my car the other day and I thought it was a step up from The Moon and Antarctica. I doubt I'll buy it soon, if ever, though. I'm just kinda fed up with "indie."

Madvillian, Madvilliany (lives up to the hype, people)
DM + Jemini, Ghetto Pop Life
Ghostface, The Pretty Toney Album
Murs, Murs 3:16: The Ninth Edition

[vesper]

Oh yeah, I'm listening to Prince's new one, too.

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by vesper
Oh yeah, I'm listening to Prince's new one, too.

I hear it's a real return to form.

Driving holiday wkend listenings

Tom Waits, Bone Machine
Cat Power, You Are Free
Lucinda Williams, Lucinda Williams
Cowboy Junkies, The Caution Horses
The Wrens, Meadowlands
Strokes, Room On Fire
The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow
Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline
The Microphones, The Glow Pt.2
Interpol, Turn On The Bright Lights
Radiohead, Hail to the Thief

[Futureman]

Today, as I grade papers and hang with my 3-week old son:

Modest Mouse, Good News... (like it, but trying to like it more than I actually do)

Dios, s/t (new buy for me, and although I'm just on the 6th track, I really like it. Very cool).

Of Montreal, Satanic Panic in the Attic (actually, this disk is on deck).

Califone, Quicksands/Cradlesnakes

Red Red Meat (various mps)

[vesper]

You still haven't told us what you are a professor of. C'mon baby, I'm banking on Art History cos I've a monsterous paper I gotta crack. English would be nice, too.

[Mr.HCI]

Dave Longstreth The Graceful Fallen Mango (twice in a row)
Hope for Agoldensummer Hope for Agoldensummer
Hex Error Hex Error
The Psychedelic World of The 13th Floor Elevators (disc one)
Gossip Movement
The White Stripes Elephant
Bert Jansch Moonshine
Dave Longstreth The Graceful Fallen Mango (again)
The Carter Family Country Music Hall of Fame Series
Allan Pettersson Symphony No. 15
Boredoms Super Roots 2
Boredoms Super Roots
The Psychedelic World of The 13th Floor Elevators (disc two)
EyeHateGod In the Name of Suffering
Neil Michael Hagerty Plays that Good Old Rock and Roll
P J Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Musica Elettronica Viva The Sound Pool
Hatfield and the North Hatfield and the North

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
Dave Longstreth The Graceful Fallen Mango (twice in a row)
...
Dave Longstreth The Graceful Fallen Mango (again)


kid is some kinda talented, no? I got that CD a coupla years ago when my old band played a show in a basement with him. He had a tattered lefty classical guitar and his amazing voice, and pretty much made everyone forget everything that came before his set.

He sent me 2 CDRs last year that are pretty amazing, all orchestrated and symphonic, I could never get my head around them, but still need to keep trying. I don't know if either of them are the new Dirty Projectors CD on Western Vinyl (http://www.westernvinyl.com/), which is what he's calling himself these days.

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by tinobeat
[Dave Longstreth] is some kinda talented, no? I got that CD a coupla years ago when my old band played a show in a basement with him. He had a tattered lefty classical guitar and his amazing voice, and pretty much made everyone forget everything that came before his set.

He sent me 2 CDRs last year that are pretty amazing, all orchestrated and symphonic, I could never get my head around them, but still need to keep trying. I don't know if either of them are the new Dirty Projectors CD on Western Vinyl (http://www.westernvinyl.com/), which is what he's calling himself these days. I saw him in Atlanta a few months back (him and an electric guitar) and was mighty impressed. I snagged the CDR and CD he was selling under The Dirty Projectors (http://www.statesrightsrecords.com/thedirtyprojectors/) moniker (Morning Better Last! and The Glad Fact, respectively) and found myself listening to both again-and-again. The new one, Slaves Graves and Ballads, is supposed to be out in June, I think, but I want it now!

[jef]

Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar
Roy Harper - Sophisticated Beggar
Brian Wilson - I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Wipers - Over the Edge
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic...
The Dt's - Hard Fixed
Alasdair Roberts - Farewell Sorrow
Modern Lovers - Precise Order Live
Jolie Holland - Escondida

[beekeeper]

Olivia Tremor Control--Singles and Beyond
TV on the Radio--DYBB
Cornelius--Fantasma
Cornershop--Woman's Gotta Have It

[vesper]

Fennesz, Endless Summer
Fennesz, Venice
Fennesz/O'Rourke/Rehberg, Return of the Fenno'berg
Tim Hecker, Radio Amor

Ambient helps me write papers.

[fuzztony]

Some local

Sodastream, The Hill For Company
from Melbourne

Eskimo Joe, Girl
from Perth, great bent-pop band

Architecture In Helsinki, Like A Call
...Melbourne

Dirty Three, Torn & Frayed
Melbourne, Their debut, and still my fave

Some not

Sonic Youth, Washing Machine
The Libertines, Up The Bracket
Yo La Tengo, And Then Nothing...
British Sea Power, The Decline Of

[earl grey]

Originally posted by fuzztony
Architecture In Helsinki, Like A Call
...Melbourne

how is this? i've heard good things about them, though i'm not totally sure what they sound like. the reviews always mention lots going on. i think pitchfork reviewed them this week too.

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by earl grey
how is this? i've heard good things about them, though i'm not totally sure what they sound like. the reviews always mention lots going on. i think pitchfork reviewed them this week too.

hey earl grey, they're not earth shattering but a really refreshing listen. upside: imagine a happy notwist or fourtet vibe in terms of rhythmic pulses with vibraphones, glocks, subtle beats, pretty melodies, clever songs, sweet vocal melodies.

downside: a little bit twee and child-like. the recording i'd say is better than live. Live they were a bit shambolic and i dunno, like a 1st year university band in being a tad amateurish. But 8 people - guys and gals playing everything from casios to tubas - seems unfair to be too hard on them.

Overall though, it's nice stuff. The Like A Call EP preceeds the album release of Fingers Crossed over there, but 2 tracks from it are on the album.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by fuzztony
hey earl grey, they're not earth shattering but a really refreshing listen. upside: imagine a happy notwist or fourtet vibe in terms of rhythmic pulses with vibraphones, glocks, subtle beats, pretty melodies, clever songs, sweet vocal melodies.

sounds like i'd dig 'em ... i'll have to check them out. (though i'm falling behind on my list of things to check out ... i need a rainy day this weekend.) for me today:

deerhoof - apple o'
!!! - !!!
spacemen 3 - playing with fire
triple R - selection 2
v/a - the only blip-hop record you will ever need, vol. 1
the beta band - heroes to zeroes

i kinda lost track of the beta band after the three EP's but this new one is pretty good so far.

[tinobeat]

Tarentel - From Bone To Satellite 2LP
Tarentel - Ephemera: Singles '99-'00 CD
Tussle - Don't Stop 12"
Anderegg - Anomia CD
Greg Davis - Curling Pond Woods LP
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth CD

its been a pretty minimal day over here...

[Mr.HCI]

Korog MP3s at http://www.bahia.hu:2000/zenekar.phtml?id=59
Galie Galie
Judas Priest Sin After Sin
Spaceboy Searching the Stone Library for the Green Page of Illusion
High Tide High Tide
Gossip Movement
Sarax 570.Kythera
Sorten Muld III
S. Process Mnml
Jade Warrior Distant Echoes
Axehandle Axehandle
Knead This Melting Happiness - I Want You to Realize It Is Another Trap
Pleasure Club Here Comes the Trick <-- really regretting ignoring James Hall for the past decade
Budgie Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
The Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead
Krzysztof Penderecki St. Luke Passion
Carpenters Carpenters
Luna Lovedust <-- promo CD single with a cool cover of "Only Women Bleed"
Sunn 0))) 3: Flight of the Behemoth (disk one)
Weirdos We Got the Neutron Bomb
Public Image, Ltd. Metal Box
Gossip Movement <-- again! can't stop listening to this one!
Nick Drake Bryter Layter
Kittie Spit <-- still pales in comparison to Oracle -- at least I got it cheap
Bumblebeez White Printz EP <-- twice, cool shit!
Alchemysts One Eyed Again

[vesper]

Hey Mr HCI, what is Sun 0))) like? Any references?

Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse
TV on the Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Chromatics, Plaster Hounds
Out Hud/!!!, Split EP
ZE compilation, Mutant Disco (disc one)

[Futureman]

Vesper, how did you get a hold of Sonic Nurse? And how is it?

Past two days:

The Black Heart Procession & Solbakken, In the Fishtank
Animal Collective, Here Comes the Indian
Of Montreal, Satanic Panic in the Attic
Slint, Spiderland
Modest Mouse, Everywhere and His Nasty Parlor Tricks

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by vesper
Hey Mr HCI, what is Sun 0))) like? Any references?

I'm not HCI, but I'll bite.

SUNN 0))):
Loud, slow and heavy, but to the point where it stops being "metal" or even "rock," and is more just these crushingly loud, meaty and bassy drones that last forever. There aren't really "songs" so much as beginnings and endings. I have the Flight of the Behemoth which is what HCI listed, and I'm sort of dying to hear the new reissue of that album Void, because I'm curious to see whether it actually takes their MO further.

my listenings:
Kraftwerk - 1 & 2 2LP
Trans Am - Liberation LP
Electroputas - Piano Blooms 12"
Papas Fritas - Helioself CD
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (and how it got there) 3LP

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by tinobeat
I'm not HCI, but I'll bite.

SUNN 0))):
Loud, slow and heavy, but to the point where it stops being "metal" or even "rock," and is more just these crushingly loud, meaty and bassy drones that last forever. There aren't really "songs" so much as beginnings and endings. I have the Flight of the Behemoth which is what HCI listed, and I'm sort of dying to hear the new reissue of that album Void, because I'm curious to see whether it actually takes their MO further.That sounds pretty accurate to me.

my day, so far:

Nico Chelsea Girl
Sunn O))) 3: Flight of the Behemoth (disk two)
This Heat Health & Efficiency 3" CD
Luna Lovedust CD single
Lou Reed Animal Serenade (disc two)
Let There Be Doom II Southern Lord Records sampler
Centipede Septober Energy
De la Soul 3 Feet High and Rising
Ludwig von Beethoven Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Lindsay String Quartet
Ludwig von Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat, Opus 133 (original sixth movement for above), Lindsay String Quartet
The Raveonettes Attack of the Ghostriders CD single
The Bumblebeez White Printz EP
DMBQ The Cold One EP
Fire Engines Fond

[Mr.HCI]

Originally posted by Futureman
The Black Hea[r]t Procession & Solbakken, In the FishtankI love this one! Hopefully, it will gain Solbakken some more exposure here so they can come play in the US.

[earl grey]

deerhoof - milk man
sonic youth - sonic nurse
architecture in helsinki - fingers crossed
colder - again
asobi seksu - s/t

fuzztony, architecture in helsinki is good stuff. not earth-shattering, as you said, but i really like some songs a lot. i really enjoyed my first listen to the new SY too, but too early to say much about it.

[vesper]

Originally posted by Futureman
Vesper, how did you get a hold of Sonic Nurse? And how is it?


Occasionally I get promos. But to hear something this early can only be chalked up to p2p. And I really like what I hear on this album. I was unimpressed by Murray Street so I'm delighted with this one. And some people hate on "Pattern Recognition" for being a return to early 90s format but I think that the track is a winner.

Let it be known that I don't see how "Unmade Bed" has anything to do with late 80s SY. The most immediate reference is A Thousand Leaves. Am I wrong? It's me or Ryan Schrieber, people. Take yr pick.

[vesper]

Originally posted by earl grey
asobi seksu - s/t


I'm taking over the MD position at the college radio and this should be coming in about the time that school lets out (we close the station for the summer). They keep sending promos, though, and I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on this. I hope it lives up.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by vesper
I'm taking over the MD position at the college radio and this should be coming in about the time that school lets out (we close the station for the summer). They keep sending promos, though, and I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on this. I hope it lives up.

i think it's great - it sounds incredibly together for a band that is just playing their first gigs outside of NYC. the guitar sounds are awesome, very MBV-inspired but still their own thing. and most of it was apparently done a couple years ago. (great artwork too, done by the same guy that does interpol's stuff.)

i'm with you on "unmade bed" BTW. reminds of the chiller moments on 'a thousand leaves' far more than "tom violence" or whatever pfork cited. i adore 'murray street' but my early take on the new one is also really positive.

[fuzztony]

Originally posted by earl grey
fuzztony, architecture in helsinki is good stuff. not earth-shattering, as you said, but i really like some songs a lot. i really enjoyed my first listen to the new SY too, but too early to say much about it.

Cool, yeah there's some great stuff going on with AIH's music. It seems kind of understated and not trying to be too much, which is part of its strength methinks.

The word on the new SY just keeps getting better - looking foward to getting my hands on it.

[vesper]

There's something about "The Dripping Dream" that makes me think of Wilco. It might be O'Rourke's squalls that sit underneath of YHF or the complete lack of reverb that is O'Rourke's production, but I think it has something to do with the section between 2 mins and 3.5 mins. Especially that part where Moore sings "Court shadow/Sex meadow" (which may be wrong but totally a Moore-ism, regardless) with O'Rourke backing him up.

[jef]

Of Montreal - Satanic Panic
All Night Radio - Spirit Stereo Frequency
Andre Ethier - w/ Christopher Sandes...
Ennio Morricone - The Legendary Italian Westerns
Elliott Smith - Live @ Henry Fonda Theater 2/1/03

[Salman]

Sonic's Rendezvous Band - Sweet Nothing
OOIOO - Kila Kila Kila
Mirah - Advisory Committee
The Hellacopters - Payin' the Dues
Turbonegro - Ass Cobra
Faun Fables - Family Album
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
Don Caballero - American Don
Young Fresh Fellows - The Men Who Loved Music
Love - Forever Changes

[earl grey]

fiery furnaces - blueberry boat
sonic youth - sonic nurse
american analog set - know your heart
on! air! library! - s/t

this new fiery furnaces album is awesome. there's so much going on that i am hearing new things every time i listen to it. it's just a sprawling, glorious mess ... hooks are buried all over. a little long perhaps, but great stuff nonetheless.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by earl grey
fiery furnaces - blueberry boat

this new fiery furnaces album is awesome. there's so much going on that i am hearing new things every time i listen to it. it's just a sprawling, glorious mess ... hooks are buried all over. a little long perhaps, but great stuff nonetheless.
I agree. It's really one of those albums that as you listen to it, you can feel it cementing itself as one of your all-time favorite albums.

[jef]

Calexico - Feast of Wire
Big Star - Third/Sisters Lovers
Felt - Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty/The Splendour of Fear
Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar
Son Volt - Trace
Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya

[ash]

Labradford - Mi Media Naranja
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
Electrelane - The Power Out
Deerhoof - Milk Man
Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse, New Tour Single
Rachel's - Systems/Layers
Modest Mouse - Float On 7"
GBV - Human Amusements at Hourly Rates

[fuzztony]

happy because

Blonde Redhead, Misery Is A Butterfly
Laura Veirs, A Carbon Glacier
Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun
Clare Bowditch, Autumn Bone
Pink Floyd, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

is beautifying my brain today. My office is still a mess though. The guy singer's performance in BR's Misery Is A Butterfly's song "Falling Man" makes it my song of the year so far. And have you folks heard the Laura Veirs album? Loving it so far. Clare Bowditch I've raved about before. Melbourne girl, best songs.

[johansen smith]

I enjoyed Veirs' earlier albums a lot, but she took a surprising turn with the new one. a lot more overproduced and atmospheric than her previous output.

[Paul]

Spoon, Kill the Moonlight <-- This sounds really good today, much better than it did a year or so ago (which is the last time I listened to it).

Sonic Youth, Sonic