What I've Been Digging Lately

[Little Man being Erased]

Michael Jackson - Thriller


Awesome x2

[JonM]

I might have to check out their new stuff.I'd just like to add my name to the list of people who encourage you to do this.

As for myself, I'm diggin' the new Tom Petty album. This is really the year of the surprisingly good solo album, between this, Thom, and David Gilmour. Are there more that I'm forgetting?

[Rejd]

The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia
Not bad. Had low expectations for some reason.

Jorge Ben - Negro É Lindo
Jorge Ben - Africa Brazil
Jorge Ben - Ben
Gilberto Gil - S/T

[Dog]

went back to Hank Williams III's Straight To Hell. This is about as good as country gets.

Yesterday I dug Patti Smith's Easter and Fear Of Music by Talking Heads. Pretty underrated 'Heads album, I think.

[Chanandler Bong]

Pedestrian - Ghostly Life


I saw these guys once in concert abd I've been a fan since then.

[Robert Crumb]

Tv on the Radio. New album is nice and all, and it's growing on me. But it's still not that great. Tunde is pretty much my favorite vocalist, though. He should make a solo album. Except it would probably pretty much sound like this.

[moosepirate]

Dream Syndicate- The Days of Wine and Roses
Polvo- Today's Active Lifestyles

[Zebra]

Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow

[JonM]

Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, et al.

Sense a theme?

[Sepstrup]

I'm majorly digging Tom Waits. It's basically all I listen to these days. I keep buying more albums. I'll have all of them soon enough.

[Tangy zizzle]

Cobra Khan
The Datsuns - Stuck Here For Days ep
Mastodon - Remission

[Dice]

Matisyahu - Youth / I have a feeling he's from Israel, I'm not certain. But he does Reggae which is really cool and laid back.

Pressure 4-5

Shapeshifters - Sound Advice / A cross between Electronica & Jazz I guess.

Styles Of Beyond - 2000 Fold / A hiphop group from around the 90s, I really only discovered them lately, and I think they're great.

[Tangy zizzle]

the **** does that mean?

[Zappa]

Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, et al.

Sense a theme?

Jaco and Victor will warp your mind! No one likes the lead-bassist. Listen to Ray Brown and Scott LaFaro.

[br3ad_man]

That was new, so I win twice.

Did you get that from JB or what?

I saw I Heart Hiroshima, Iron On, Sekiden and Jump 2 Light Speed today. Best local show I've been to in ages.

digging;

Caspian - You Are the Conductor EP
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
M. Ward - Transistor Radio

[indy_undy]

I was also there and thus have been digging IHH. I've also been listening to some stuff I got for my birthday, especially The Roots' Things Fall Apart and Brian Wilson's Smile.

[pixiesfanyo]

1 Modest Mouse 52
2 Philip Glass 20
3 M. Ward 18
4 Saul Williams 16
5 John Fahey 15
6 Brian Eno 14
7 The Vidablue 12
8 Damien Rice 10
8 maudlin of the Well 10
10 Thom Yorke 9

[BringHomeTheBacon]

1 R.E.M. 22
2 The Beatles 14
3 Elliott Smith 12
4 Radiohead 8
5 Miles Davis 5
5 Weezer 5
5 Sunny Day Real Estate 5
5 The Zombies 5
9 Pavement 4
10 Manic Street Preachers 3

Also Fugazi- 13 Songs
Bass isn't my main instrument but it's fun playing it along with Fugazi. I hear Joe Lally is releasing a solo record soon, might be interesting.

[Zappa]

1 Walter Gieseking 31
2 Wire 29
3 Frank Zappa 21
4 Liz Phair 18
5 Black Moth Super Rainbow 14
5 Theoretical Girls 14
7 matchbox twenty 12
7 Richard Hell and the Voidoids 12
9 Cocteau Twins 10
9 Weezer 10

That is schizophrenic.

[masada]

Asobi Seksu 49
Bedouin Soundclash 44
Manic Street Preachers 39
Jim O'Rourke 36
Regina Spektor 33
Glenn Branca 30
The Incredible String Band 30
Fiona Apple 30
The Specials 28
Elliott Smith 25
Shpongle 23
M83 23
Autechre 21
Alanis Morissette 21
John Frusciante 20

[Robert Crumb]

1 Caetano Veloso 30
2 TV on the Radio 20
3 Scott Walker 11
4 Linton Kwesi Johnson 7
4 Rick James 7
6 Lee "Scratch" Perry 6
7 Stereolab 5
7 Mission of Burma 5
9 Glenn Branca 4
9 Rita Lee 4

[masada]

Wanna be Branca Buddies?

[Robert Crumb]

Sure. Branca twin powers, activate!

[Rejd]

1 Jorge Ben 51
2 Frank Zappa 25
3 Thiollier, Francois-Joël (p) 21
4 Tom Waits 18
5 M. Ward 17
6 Caetano Veloso 14
6 Gilberto Gil 14
8 Jorge Ben Jor 12
9 The Dresden Dolls 11
10 Suicide 10

[Zappa]

I am more Branca than either of you, because my computer music professor was in his group.

[masada]

la-ti-da

unless you wanna be branca tripletz

(when was he in the group?)

[Zappa]

For the Symph 8&10 album.

[masada]

Ah okay.

I only have up to 6.

[ATM]

1 These Arms Are Snakes 10
2 Bathory 7
2 NESkimos 7
2 Straw 7
2 Super 8-Bit Brothers 7
6 Iron Maiden 6
6 Ol' Dirty Bastard 6
6 Oh No! Oh My! 6
9 El-P 5
9 DJ Danger Mouse 5


I was out and about a lot this week.

[masada]

Bathory \m/

[Tangy zizzle]

Betchadupa - My Army of Birds & Gulls ep
The Drones - The Millers Daughter
The Make-up - Save Yourself

[ATM]

Bathory \m/


\m/ this week was the first time I came across them, good stuff

Pavement - Cream Of Gold is such a great ****ing song

[sketchyjoe]

The Bouncing Souls - The Gold Record

[ATM]

Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels To Be Something On

Holy hell this album is awesome.

[Little Man being Erased]

Did you get that from JB or what?

I saw I Heart Hiroshima, Iron On, Sekiden and Jump 2 Light Speed today. Best local show I've been to in ages.
No, I got it from my crappy old local record store in Mackay. And boy do I wish I could have gone to that show.


Duggage:

Michael Jackson - Thriller
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Belle & Sebastian - Storytelling
Pulp - We Love Life

[JonM]

I still wish last.fm could count tracks from your iPod.

1 Charles Mingus 14
2 Caetano Veloso 12
2 Tom Petty 12
4 Bob Marley & The Wailers 10
5 Quasimoton9
6 Grails 6
7 Matisyahu 5
7 Odawas 5
9 Jorge Ben 3
10 OutKast 2

[Daniel!]

The Cows - Taint Pluribus Taint Unum plus all this crap:

1 Bomb the Music Industry! 67
2 Ruins 32
3 New Bomb Turks 27
4 The Strokes 20
5 Bad Brains 17
6 Cows 14
7 The Devil Dogs 13
8 The Sonic Rayguns 10
9 Butthole Surfers 9
10 Minutemen 7

[sketchyjoe]

1 Butthole Surfers 210
2 Immortal Technique 130
3 Against Me! 77
4 Apocalypse Hoboken 33
5 Two Gallants 31
6 Dillinger Four 24
7 Fleshies 22
8 A Radio With Guts 21
9 Steinways 20
10 The Unlovables 17

[pixiesfanyo]

Ydni Halda

[Tangy zizzle]

Still on my Dimmer trip. I have to get it outta my waters.

[br3ad_man]

No, I got it from my crappy old local record store in Mackay. And boy do I wish I could have gone to that show.

I wish you could have too. It was a cool show. I got the new EP plus posters!

1 Mogwai 81
2 M. Ward 29
3 The Magnetic Fields 16
4 Bob Dylan 13
5 Caspian 12
6 Cat Power 11
6 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 11
8 The Smiths 9
8 The Cranberries 9
8 Underoath 9

Listening to BTBAM at the moment but I think I'll go back to The Magnetic Fields in a minute when I start writing a friggin drama essay.

[Interstate]

1 Elvis Presley 16
2 Depeche Mode 14
3 Azure Ray 12
3 Butch And The Let's-Go-Out Tonites Walker 12
5 The Knife 11
6 Emma McGlynn 10
7 Thom Yorke 9
8 Blind Lemon Jefferson 7
9 Sonic Youth 6
9 Do Make Say Think 6

Listened to loads of albums driving to and from my girlfriends yesterday:

Bear VS Shark - Right Now You're In The Best Of Hands
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
Herbie Hancock - Man-Child
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Hot Water Music - Caution!
RATM - RATM
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free

[Bukowski]

Beat Happening
Unwound
Spacemen 3
Ween
Naked Raygun

the 5 bands I'm into a lot just now. And Sonic Youth as ever.

The Cows - Taint Pluribus Taint Unum


That's their first album right? I hear it's crazy noisy stuff, I could never find that one on soulseek though. The Cows reign supreme.

[masada]

I still wish last.fm could count tracks from your iPod.

http://www.last.fm/tools/

[JonM]

I heart you.

[Happymeal]

Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels To Be Something On

Holy hell this album is awesome.

I like that loads more than Diary.


Dino Jr. - Bug
Chin Up Chin Up - We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers

Chin Up Chin Up's vocalist tries to be Scott McCloud from Girls Against Boys, and it works out more often than not.

[JonM]

I'm digging Deerhoof's Holdy Paws intensely. I love the production on the vocals. They treat that crazy woman's voice exactly the way they should. They double the tracks, so the voices are always slightly out of tune, which makes her sound more insane, and then they turn up the gain just enough so that it makes absolutely no difference what the lyrics are, which is good, because they're ridiculous. The band just ROCKS.

[ATM]

Hm I'll have to keep an eye out for that one. That sounds good.

My diggage:

People Under the Stairs - The Next Step
Gym Class Heros - For the Kids
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Totally Radd - Shark Attack Day Camp
V/A - Radiodread
Sleep - Dopesmoker

[Daniel!]

That's their first album right? I hear it's crazy noisy stuff, I could never find that one on soulseek though. The Cows reign supreme.
Yep. I found it on soulseek a few days ago, only one guy had it. I'm liking it more than [I]Cunning Stunts[/I, which is the only other one I have. If you want it my soulseek name is DanielN.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I've been alternating these three for the past couple of days:

Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Kaizers Orchestra - Ompa Til Du Dor
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come

[Interstate]

Today:

Eazy E - Eternal E
Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship, The Landlord Is Dead

[tearyan]

Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

[Kyle the 2nd]

1 At the Drive-In 26
2 The Dresden Dolls 14
3 Guns N' Roses 13
4 Portishead 9
5 Alice in Chains 7
6 Thom Yorke 6
7 Jack Johnson 4
7 Bedouin Soundclash 4
9 Murder by Death 3
10 The Cure 1

[The Great Decay]

Last couple of days:

Ampere – All Our Tomorrows End Today
Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and Hate
Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith – Figure 8
Elliott Smith – Roman Candle
The Decemberists – 5 Songs
Sole – Bottle of Humans

[ATM]

Does Battle of Humans have Year of the Sex Symbol on it?

[The Great Decay]

Yep.

It's "Bottle of Humans", I made a typo.

[sr800bkBassist]

i used to not like Defiance, Ohio's new CD (The Great Depression) very much.
but now i'm really enjoying it. anybody else dig it?

[ATM]

Yep.

It's "Bottle of Humans", I made a typo.

Oh ok, cool. I really love that song.

I can't stop listening to Sunny Day Real Estate.

[The Great Decay]

I just downloaded LP2 recently, but I haven't listened to it yet. I already love Diary and How it Feels..

[The Great Decay]

I'm going to give a listen as soon as this Sole album is done.

[sr800bkBassist]

LP2 is sometimes even better than Diary. It's so formless and awesome. The songs aren't really structured, it's just a big blob of different melodies.

Endserenading to Diary's Power of Failing, if you will.
the only song off LP2 i've heard is Rodeo Jones, and i love it. are the other songs as good as that?

[el doctor]

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

I was at summer program at Brown for a week and I was listening to this in the library. I put the finishing touches on my final assignment and just as I walked out the doors and into the open air and sunlight, the heavy part of "Soma" kicked in. Pure awesomeness.

Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

I'm seeing them Thursday. I'm pretty mixed on the album, although "Knights of Cydonia" is a great song (Ennio Morricone meets Rush?).

Lou Reed - Transformer

I had this with me today in the car, during lunch, and outside by the pool. It's just that good.

The Format - Dog Problems

This one's been in constant rotation for a few weeks now. It could easily become my favorite of the year thanks to tracks like "Time Bomb" and "Dog Problems".

[asymm]

1 The Knife 47
2 Phonophani 25
3 Taylor Deupree 18
4 The Kinks 15
5 Mission of Burma 14
6 The Police 13
6 The National 13
8 Liars 12
9 Suicide 11
9 TV on the Radio 11

Nice musical week. Now this week I can invest all my time into the amazing things I bought at the festival.

[asymm]

It was a nice haul, for sure. The best part was when I had time to browse through the record crates. Those were the best deals.

CDs
Codeine - Barely Real EP
The National - The National
The Sea and Cake - Oui
Various Artists - Ghostly International - Idol Tryouts Two

Vinyl
New Order - Substance (2xLP $10)
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap (LP $5)
Talk Talk - It's My Life (12" $4)
The National - Cherry Tree (10" Red Vinyl $10)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (LP $5)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (LP $3)

I would've liked to pick up a few shirts, but I couldn't buy a $15 shirt when I could pick up three full length albums for the same price. Just couldn't pass up the records.

[mr_jackalope]

Nice on all the National asymm. Definitely one of my favorite bands, though their s/t is a little weak.

I've been listening a lot of Califone, Boredoms, and Parts and Labor in addition to the listed stuff.

1 Supersilent 25
2 Spacemen 3 19
3 The Durutti Column 15
4 Phonophani 13
4 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 13
6 Broadcast 11
6 Brian Eno 11
6 Mission of Burma 11
9 TV on the Radio 10
10 The United States of America 9

[mr_jackalope]

Future listening: Tom Waits live in Asheville this Wednesday. Can I get a hell yeah?

[YDload]

First nacho gets a name change, and now a postcount reset? Jeez why dont you just get a new join date so you can hide from your vet status :rolleyes:

[Robert Crumb]

Arthur Russell and Young Marble Giants. I played the latter on the radio today. \m/

[Well_Respected_Man]

Nice on all the National asymm. Definitely one of my favorite bands, though their s/t is a little weak.

I've been listening a lot of Califone, Boredoms, and Parts and Labor in addition to the listed stuff.

1 Supersilent 25
2 Spacemen 3 19
3 The Durutti Column 15
4 Phonophani 13
4 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 13
6 Broadcast 11
6 Brian Eno 11
6 Mission of Burma 11
9 TV on the Radio 10
10 The United States of America 9

Supersilent is ace ace ace improve

[mr_jackalope]

So true. I absolutely adore them. So much so that I ordered their DVD and it should be arriving soon!

[asymm]

So true. I absolutely adore them. So much so that I ordered their DVD and it should be arriving soon!
Damn, you're in for a treat. 7 is unbelievable. I waited so long for it to be put out in the NTSC version instead of the original PAL. One of the best music DVDs I've seen.

[The Great Decay]

I Hate Myself – 2 Songs
Radiohead – OK Computer
At The Drive-In – Vaya
At The Drive-In – In/Casino/Out

[JonM]

MARCUS MILLER MARCUS MILLER MARCUS MILLER

O=o

[ATM]

MARCUS MILLER MARCUS MILLER MARCUS MILLER

O=o

Word, he played a show at the music store I work at. It was really funny, all the bass players were knocking on the door before we even opened. And every single one of them had their bass with them :lol:

Anyway, I've listened to How It Feels To Be Something On by Sunny Day Real Estate at least 5 times in the past 2 days.

[JonM]

I actually decided that I don't really like Marcus Miller's music. I'm impressed enough by his playing to keep listening to it, but I don't think it's good music, per se. Amazing, but not enjoyable.

[Zappa]

Hi, I played with Miles Davis.

[The Stig]

Just Purchased The Eraser and I love it. I've been listening almost nonstop since yesterday.

[JonM]

Hi, I played with Miles Davis.What?

[misternich]

What?

he said "Hi, I played with Miles Davis."

[JonM]

Oh, okay. I understand now.

[Zappa]

We are playing $25,000 Pyramid, and the category was "things Marcus Miller might say." You lose.

[JonM]

We are playing $25,000 Pyramid, and the category was "things Marcus Miller might say." You lose.Oh. Good thing I knew that beforehand.

Everything I heard of Marcus with Miles SUCKED. I'm beginning to agree with you on the lead bassist thing.

[mr_jackalope]

ok even better diggage

The National - Alligator

This album is so good. I really wish they could have pulled it off live, but they didn't do it for me. Maybe it was the festival setting.

edit: "Lit Up" and "All the Wine" are like the two best songs of 2005.

Best album of 2005 what? And probably 2004 too. And you've really gotta hear the b-sides, they're as good as anything on the album.

(It's my natural reaction to respond as quickly as I can to any post mentioning The National in any way.)

Is the non-faded copy of YLT's new one available yet? I'm dying to hear that in full, I really like the messed up copy.

[ATM]

Failure - Fantastic Planet

[Kyle the 2nd]

Failure - Fantastic PlanetI havn't listened to Failure in a good while, might check them out again later.

Been diggin' David Bowie today. With emphasis on the Aladdin Sane era.

[ATM]

I havn't listened to Failure in a good while, might check them out again later.

Been diggin' David Bowie today. With emphasis on the Aladdin Sane era.

Fantastic Planet is an amazing album, try and find it.

[Zebra]

Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad

This is the greatest new-wave album of all time.

[Sam]

Kool Keith - Black Elvis/Lost in Space
The Locust - Plauge Soundscapes

[mr_jackalope]

Guillemots are definitely awful. I completely don't understand the good reviews that album's getting, everything they've ever released has been overlong, Coldplay-esque tripe.

Listened to Food's Last Supper earlier and am on Coltrane and Monk at Carnegie Hall now. Both're quite quality.

[Zebra]

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

This is really solid stuff. Definitely worth getting if you enjoyed Laughing Stock.

[Little Man being Erased]

Wire - Chairs Missing

[Zappa]

Duke Ellington - Black Brown & Beige

I haven't posted a dig in a while. This is an album I've had a long time, but never listened to much. Ellington is the man.

[asymm]

Mogwai - EP + 2

[Dave de Sylvia]

Buckcherry - Fifteen

I've always had mixed feelings about this band. On one hand, I love glam and perfect pop melodies, but they always seemed to ruin their songs with a boring AC/DC-style plodding rhythm, but this album features a way better band and a real Black Crowes injection.

[masada]

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - We're Only In it for the Money

And also, Hot Rats.

[unComfortablyNumb]

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible

[Interstate]

Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Cocteau Twins - Treasure

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - List of Lights and Buoys
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - The Doldrums
Triosk - The Headlight Serenades

[ATM]

Sage Francis - Road Tested
Sage Francis - Waiting Tables

Some of the best hip hop I've ever heard.

[talk show host]

DJ Shadow - The Outsider

Only my first listen but it's about as far removed from Endtroducing and The Private Press as you can get. There's a definite divide in the album; the first half is full of the hyphy style tracks like 3 Freaks but then from track 9 onwards it changes completely. Lots of different styles but the latter tracks are more in the vein of his work with UNKLE I guess, with Chris Martin impersonaters. I prefer the second half a lot more at the moment.

My main gripe is that it really doesn't flow as an album and sounds more like a random collection of songs. The disparity between the two halves only really enforces this too :-/

[masada]

"3 Freaks" makes Jesus wet his bedsheets.

In horror.

[randomthought9]

I've been getting into Dinosaur Jr. lately.

[JonM]

I'm going back to all my post-rock for the first time in a while. I was so into it for a long time, but for a year or so I've been listening to so much happy sunshine island music that I was never really in the mood for post-rock. But now I'm starting to feel like the world is going to hell in a handbasket again, so I'm busting out all the Godspeed, A Silver Mount Zion, Do Make Say Think, and Explosions In The Sky records.

[sketchyjoe]

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

[Prayer]

M.I.A. - Arular -- I've been digging on this **** for the last five months actually. Not tired of it yet.

[Robert Crumb]

TV on the Radio and Caetano Veloso.

[EightMilesHigh]

Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Inevitable

Awesome swing music. If you like Brian Setzer, check this out.

[Interstate]

Sage Francis - Road Tested
Sage Francis - Waiting Tables

Some of the best hip hop I've ever heard.

Still need to check out this guy. Any tracks to recommend to start with?

[Kyle the 2nd]

Thom Yorke - The Eraser

Here's The Clock being done acoustically, it's orgasmic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L-xPDgDZA8&search=thom%20yorke

[pixiesfanyo]

^ acutally it kind of sucks.

i'm digging mylo.

[Kyle the 2nd]

^ acutally it kind of sucks.Had a feeling that somebody would say that! But I think the vocals are really cool in that version.

[ATM]

Still need to check out this guy. Any tracks to recommend to start with?

Rewrite
Masturbate Your Brain
Inherited Scars
Climb Trees
Sea Lion
Doomage
Gunz Yo

I could go for awhile :)

[Daniel!]

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

The sax solo on The Gumbo Variations makes me a happy kid.

[La Revolucion]

Ride - Nowhere

It's just so good.

[tonlist]

Hoppípolla- Sigur rós from the album Takk.
Noah's arc- coco rosie.

[el doctor]

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

The sax solo on The Gumbo Variations makes me a happy kid.
All three solos on that song are truly awesome.

Ride - Nowhere

It's just so good."Seagull" and "Kaleidoscope" pack the perfect one-two punch.


The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark

My favorite album of theirs by far.

[Zebra]

Ride - Nowhere

It's just so good.

I agree. Hands down the best shoegaze album ever created. I'm gonna go listen to it right now!

[masada]

wrong

it's second best

[Zappa]

For a while I've had this weird stigma against Rain Dogs, just considering it "not that good," after having a few weeks of great affection for it.

But I'm listening to it now, and it's basically "that good."

Do any of you guys ever get that feeling about an album, where for some reason you block yourself from it, after liking it a lot for a while. Then you return to it, and you're like "what was I afraid of?"

[asymm]

Jason Molina - Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go

[asymm]

Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
My first listen through and I'm very impressed. Seems like a big step up from La Foret's occasionally stagnant sound. Definitely a nice branching from Jamie Stewart - it's great hearing him try some new things.

[Well_Respected_Man]

Dagging Autechre and other sci fi snhit

[Interstate]

Rewrite
Masturbate Your Brain
Inherited Scars
Climb Trees
Sea Lion
Doomage
Gunz Yo

I could go for awhile :)

Thanks mate.

[Rejd]

Imogen Heap - I Megaphone

[ATM]

Thanks mate.

No problem, let me know what you think.

[Quirky Turkey]

Muse - 'Black Holes And Revelations' - awsome album,
The Knife - 'Silent Shout' - Wierd pop but totally briliant
M.I.A - 'Arular' - tribal beats + electro = genius
The Guillemots - 'Through the Windowpane' - Epic tunes

[LostChild]

I've been digging Thom Yorke's The Eraser.

[Zebra]

Cake - Prolonging the Magic

[Little Man being Erased]

I've been diggin' my avatar.

[Interstate]

No problem, let me know what you think.

I'm downloading A Healthy Distrust now. Can't wait to play it.

[ATM]

I'm downloading A Healthy Distrust now. Can't wait to play it.

Nice, thats a good one to start with.

[asymm]

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hyæna
Very, very nice. I'm surprised I don't hear more talk of this group around here.

[team_racket]

shellac and drive like jehu.

[Little Man being Erased]

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Good stuff.

[pixiesfanyo]

The National - Alligator

"Lit Up" doesn't really get old, ever.

It's the worst song on that album.

[sr800bkBassist]

Woody Guthrie is great.

[pixiesfanyo]

Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet

so good.s

[Happymeal]

JR Ewing - Ride Paranoia

Hardcore/Emo folks might hate it, but I still think it's ****ing sweet.

also,

Bauhaus - In the Flat Field

I'm liking this a lot more now, hence its ranking on my list.

[Zebra]

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

[masada]

That's such a good album.

[sketchyjoe]

Pop-punk by the bucketload.

[YDload]

Wooo Embrace is awesome! Great post-punk/emo band, Ian MacKaye always knows some good bassists to play with.

[Matt?]

NO MORE ALCOHOL ITS A KOOL AID SUBSTITUTE

classic.

[asymm]

Various Artists - Ghostly International - Idol Tryouts Two: SSM

[YDload]

I hate how there's some crap britpop band named Embrace that gets me confused.

And yet THEY are the first result on allmusic.com! It's a travesty. I'm sure this means I would love Fugazi as well, but I'm not quite ready to jump to them yet. Embrace is good enough for now.

Argh I have another dead pixel on my laptop screen now. It's a white one in the middle of the screen; I already have a red one off to the left that's been bugging me for about a year and now this :(

[Matt?]

fugazi is way better.

i mean think about it

Ian MacKaye owns.

but Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto...

[unComfortablyNumb]

Desert Sessions, Vols. 9 & 10

[Robert Crumb]

Listening to some Mountain Goats. I can't sleep. Great sleeplessness music.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

...and you will know us by the trail of dead - madonna
these arms are snakes - easter

this **** rocks mang

[Interstate]

It's the worst song on that album.

Wrong.

[Mekkalayakay]

The Frogs

It's Only Right And Natural and My Daughter the Broad

[br3ad_man]

I've been diggin' my avatar.

I've been digging that like every morning this week. It's so short that I have time to listen to it before school. The first song has like the coolest riff ever.

I went out with my friend tonight and we listened to The Streets, The Futureheads, covers of songs by The Cure and some other things. I also had a nap to Xiu Xiu this afternoon. That was pretty cool. Listening to Beck now.

[ATM]

Jeff Buckley live from Glastonbury

cover of Kick Out the Jams is nice

People Under the Stairs - Question In the Form Of An Awnser

[biografiend]

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
The Tammys
Yann Tiersen

[asdf]

Listening to some Mountain Goats. I can't sleep. Great sleeplessness music.
Strange, my friend said the same thing the other day. She's been going without sleep but constantly listening to the mountain goats for the past couple days.

[Kurtz]

OK Go
Mstrkrft

[Robert Crumb]

Strange, my friend said the same thing the other day. She's been going without sleep but constantly listening to the mountain goats for the past couple days.

It's pretty much a truism. Especially for the older stuff.

Current listening:

Lithops - Queries
The Smiths - The Smiths

Lithops is one of the dudes from Mouse on Mars. Neat little ambient album.

[ATM]

I can't wait to be diggin on the Idlewild soundtrack.

[asymm]

Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
The National - Cherry Tree EP
Silver Jews - American Water
XTC - Drums and Wires

[ATM]

Ween - Quebec

Awesome stuff.

[br3ad_man]

Radiohead - Hail to the Theif

There isn't a bad song on this.

[masada]

Ya there is.

[ATM]

Your face is a bad song.

[masada]

My face is pretty much a bad movement in suck minor.

[br3ad_man]

Ya there is.

What then? The only not so good song is "We Suck Young Blood" but even that's still pretty good.

[masada]

1. 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)
2. Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders)
3. Sail To The Moon (Brush The Cobwebs Out Of The Sky)
4. Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over)
5. Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased)
6. Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In)
7. We Suck Young Blood (Your Time Is Up)
8. The Gloaming (Softly Open Our Mouths In The Cold)
9. There There (The Bony King Of Nowhere)
10. I Will (No Man's Land)
11. A Punchup At A Wedding (No No No No No No No No)
12. Myxamatosis (Judge, Jury & Executioner)
13. Scatterbrain(As Dead As Leaves)
14. A Wolf At The Door (It Girl. Rag Doll.)

All of them. Actually wait, "2+2=5" is okay I guess.

[Well_Respected_Man]

Shudup Faggot

[Well_Respected_Man]

hmmmm. F+aggot = faggot

thats a really good

you stupide emo faggot!

[YDload]

Embrace- Embrace

Still awesome, I think "Past" is my favorite song right now, but I have to give the album another complete listen. I usually start to tune out after the first few songs of a new album and can't tell if the later tracks are worth listening. But I'm sure they are.

[ATM]

Try some Fugazi!

[Daniel!]

Meat Puppets - Up On the Sun

This is tons better than I remember it. It's like II without all the strange and with better singing.

Try some Fugazi!
Definitely.

[Zappa]

Saw Spit for Athena tonight. They were awesome, even though their bassist was MIA, and now I'm listening to their CD, which I bought after the show.

Not sure how to explain their sound. They're kind of like a poppier Hot Snakes, maybe?

[masada]

Well right now I'm listening to Noisefest '81. Bootlegs are fun.

[Well_Respected_Man]

Try some Fugazi!

FUGAZI

[masada]

Lime green.

[Zappa]

Saw Spit for Athena tonight. They were awesome, even though their bassist was MIA, and now I'm listening to their CD, which I bought after the show.

Not sure how to explain their sound. They're kind of like a poppier Hot Snakes, maybe?

Mm, or like a hardcore Modest Mouse.

[masada]

Sonic Youth + keyboardist = fun times with narcoleptic dolphins

[Zappa]

Sonic Youth used piano some. That kind of music only really calls for piano. You try and insert really any synth patch, digital or analog, and it sounds out of place.

[masada]

Originally they had a keyboardist, but she only lasted a couple of shows. There's this strangely catchy descending keyboard thing (which ends in her basically hitting a bunch of keys at once) in one of the Noisefest songs, and it has some nice groove. They were good with the sparse groove action then.

Oh and also, Don Fleming playing keyboard on "Silver Rocket" is funny to hear. The keyboard had that really cheesy fake-piano sound to it.

[Zappa]

Yeah, well I don't know anything older than EVOL or Sister, whichever's older.

[br3ad_man]

I saw this keyboard down at the pawn shop before. It was an old Roland that was just called 'electric piano'. It only had 4 sounds (2 piano, 2 harpsichord) but it looked so so cool. It was all wood and had lots of outputs and such at the back. It was $29. I'm not sure if I should buy it or not.

[JonM]

I'm digging that band Califone again. I haven't listened to them in forever, but they're a perfect late-summer-oppressive-Georgia-heat band.

[bmxrunner]

I just got into Jeff Buckley. It took me a while to warm up to him, but now I really like him.

[Zappa]

I saw this keyboard down at the pawn shop before. It was an old Roland that was just called 'electric piano'. It only had 4 sounds (2 piano, 2 harpsichord) but it looked so so cool. It was all wood and had lots of outputs and such at the back. It was $29. I'm not sure if I should buy it or not.

Sounds pretty limited for $29.

[masada]

Oh yeah he just croaked, didn't he?

[nutty_bar]

Very politically correct, Eliminator.

[Kyle the 2nd]

Broken Social Scene
Regina Spektor
Millie Jackson

[Happymeal]

Owls
El-P
Prince
N.E.R.D.

While I was being baked on the beach this morning.

[Zappa]

I'm working on a top 5 list of avant-garde jazz albums for a local music magazine, so I'm digging those albums.

[Robert Crumb]

Post that list when you're done. I'd be interested.

Coincidently, I bought a used copy of Mingus' Let My Children Hear Music today, and it's pretty great so far. I probably have more Mingus albums than any other Jazz artist, although considering my paltry collection, it's not even really worth mentioning. Also got a remaster of Eastern Sounds that came out earlier this year I guess, $7. Been meaning to try some Lateef.

Also listened to Sebadoh's III and heard some stuff from Matthew Friedberger's album. Latter has some really great songs, some really horrible ones. So it goes.

[Anxious]

Yeah, well I don't know anything older than EVOL or Sister, whichever's older.
You should go back and get Bad Moon Rising and Confusion is Sex. Some of the best Sonic Youth ever.

[bmxrunner]

I can't stop listening to Wilco and Metric.

[sr800bkBassist]

You should go back and get Bad Moon Rising and Confusion is Sex. Some of the best Sonic Youth ever.
those are both great. i prefer CiS out of the two.

[masada]

Sonic Youth > Bad Moon Rising > Noisefest '81 > Kill Yr. Idols = Confusion is Sex.

[Anxious]

I need to get Noisefest 81...

[masada]

I could probably upload it and send it to you or something. It's pretty cool, and the sound quality wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be.

[Anxious]

Do you have soulseek?

If not I'd love you if you could upload it.

[masada]

I have soulseek. What's your name?

[Anxious]

cheesewhiz. I'll be on tommrow.

[sr800bkBassist]

Noisefest 81 sounds cool.
any way i could get it without Soulseek?

[Zappa]

Well, I got Confusion is Sex and Bad Moon Rising.

[masada]

I'm uploading Noisefest to yousendit but as the songs seperate.

[Zappa]

You can't post those.

[masada]

shucks

[sr800bkBassist]

You can't post those.
any loopholes? like putting the link on another site, and posting a link to that?

or typing the link in reverse?

[Robert Crumb]

He could email you the links?

Listening to some Orange Juice at the moment. Never heard them before. It's ok stuff. But most of my night was spent digging Let My Children Hear Music. "Hobo Ho" is an amazing song. So is "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive *** Slippers." Whole this is pretty awesome, actually.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

the mulholland drive soundtrack is coooool.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Lords of the New Church - Lords of the New Church
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Buckethead - Colma

[ATM]

Sleep Terror - Probing Tranquility
Alice Cooper - The Best of Alice Cooper
Ween - Quebec
Atmosphere - HeadshotsSeven

[pixiesfanyo]

M. Ward - Post War
Envy - Insomniac Doze

yay. '06.

[Anxious]

Spacemen 3- Taking Drugs to make music to take drugs to
Yo La Tengo- I can hear the heart beating as one ( it has a few terrible songs on it though)
Pink Floyd- Saucerful of Secrets

[pixiesfanyo]

Hey. Nacho. New M. Ward leaked.

[pixiesfanyo]

Yeah. I'm not a fan of the more than four track production. But whatever..

He's ridiculously talented at writing catchy, simple, beautiful songs.

[pixiesfanyo]

I liked Transistor Radio's track layout much more.

My favorite is still The Transfiguration of Vincent that album is amazing.

[Interstate]

Fiona Apple - Tidal
The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

[Zappa]

I finished that top 5 list. Should I post it here? Elsewhere? Nowhere?

[Zappa]

That top 5 avant-garde jazz albums list that I was writing for a local magazine. I just mentioned it because those are the albums I was digging last night.

[Zappa]

Top 5 1960s Avant-Garde Jazz Albums
By Alex Drosen

In the the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, the sounds of bebop were becoming less popular among young jazz musicians. Free jazz emerged, spearheaded by Ornette Coleman, employg controversial concepts of spontaneous composition with no basis in pre-arranged harmonic structure. His passionate improvisations, filled with dissonance, looseness of rhythm, tension and release, and extreme attention to timbre and texture were incredibly influential. Simultaneously, avant-garde jazz developed, still making use of structure and planned harmony, unlike free jazz, but with the same basic tenets to create complex compositions and loose, uninhibited improvisations. These are my personal favorites from that productive scene.

1. Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch [Blue Note, 1964]

To me, it’s the unique sonic texture of Out to Lunch that sets it apart from the pack of avant-garde jazz records. The sounds of these instruments, though all are familiar, blend in a way that is extremely alien and uncomfortably joyous. This exuberant discomfort is one of the most thrilling listening experiences I can think of. When so many “out there” jazz musicians were creating fiery music full of anger, or depressing dirge-like improvisations, Dolphy, whether on bass clarinet, flute, or alto saxophone, sang his feelings of jubilation loud and clear. The thing is, his approach to creating these feelings doesn’t come close to anything I’ve heard before. This album immediately establishes a bright, take-no-prisoners attitude. Dolphy’s bass clarinet and Freddie Hubbard’s trumpet are in the foreground, and a piano-less rhythm section featuring Bobby Hutcherson’s brilliant vibes, Tony Williams’ unhinged drumming, and Richard Davis’ popping pizzicato and sailing arco playing holds down what can hardly be called a “groove” so much as an outerspace landscape of sensitive interaction. There are five tunes here, one with Dolphy on flute, and two each with his reed instruments of choice. The bass clarinet tunes are probably my favorite, simply because I adore the tonality of that instrument, but there isn’t a sour note on this entire album. From start to finish, this is some of the most awe-inspiring improvised music I’ve ever heard.

2. Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady [Impulse!, 1963]

Did someone say “awe-inspiring?” Let’s continue down that road. Though Dolphy’s classic certainly has a character all its own, its dissonant melodies and wild small-group improvisations make it pretty well at home on this list. Bassist-composer Charles Mingus’ The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, on the other hand, has a broader scope, and is distinct from the other albums ranked for a few reasons. For one thing, this is a thoroughly composed and meticulously orchestrated big-band work. Improvisation is an important part of the record, but Mingus had a concrete vision for this ambitious work, and, to the dismay of some purists, utilized overdubbing technology shamelessly to get the sound he wanted. The result is a ballet broken into six movements on four tracks, scored for eleven musicians. Its sound is full of anguish and inner turmoil, so much so that it comes as no surprise to the listener that he chose to include his psychiatrist’s words in the liner notes. Full of broad contrasts between crying alto saxophones and the bellowing depths of the lowest brasses and reeds—complex arrangements of lines so disparate they could only be made for one another—this is a composer’s record in a musician’s medium.

3. Sam Rivers – Contours [Blue Note, 1965]

Next up is a prime example of one of those fiery albums I mentioned earlier. Multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers’ Contours is, for this list, perhaps the most in touch with the bop tradition. Rivers is chiefly a tenor saxophonist, with a tone that can be husky and brimming with energy, or a transparent coil of smoke weaving around Freddie Hubbard’s trumpet lines. Rivers also plays soprano saxophone and flute, these instruments being his preference on one tune each here. The compositions are all Rivers originals, and all are very memorable for their bold melodic themes and as springing-off points for extended improvisations from all involved. It’s been a year since Freddie Hubbard recorded Out to Lunch, and his command of the instrument (which was super-human that year before) as well as his comfort in an avant-garde situation have both been strengthened since. Pianist Herbie Hancock is in rare form here, creating huge blocks of dissonance in the rhythm section and dexterous improvisations during solo sections. Bassist Ron Carter and drummer Joe Chambers round out the quintet. The interaction between all involved is sensitive and sympathetic to Rivers’ compositional intent. This is an album that is full of energy and soul, wrapping the innovative searching spirit of the avant-garde in a more accessible, bop-based package.


4. Cecil Taylor – The World of Cecil Taylor [Candid, 1960]

Featuring only piano, drums, bass, and on some tracks Archie Shepp’s tenor saxophone, The World of Cecil Taylor is probably the “freest” album on this list, having the loosest compositions and improvisations. The focal point of the record is Cecil Taylor’s piano playing. The virtuoso has an approach that is akin to a tormented musician tearing fists full of keys from his instrument. There is so much aggression, dissonance, and free-wheeling craziness on this record, it’s absurd. The driving pulse of the swinging ride cymbal on the first track, combined with bassist Buell Neidlinger’s frantic walking line and Cecil Taylor’s “Thelonious Monk falling down the stairs” type solo, add up to an exhilarating listen. When Cecil and drummer Denis Charles trade improvised phrases back and forth, the whole thing just boils over, in time for the re-interpreted Rodgers and Hammerstein ballad “This Nearly Was Mine” to take over. There’s an air of mystery in opposition with the uninhibited aggression of this album that fascinates me. It’s a fantastic album whose rewards are as plentiful as its eccentricities.


5. Andrew Hill – Point of Departure [Blue Note, 1964]

Andrew Hill and Cecil Taylor are essentially known as the two pianists on the 1960s avant-garde scene. Hill is also a noted composer, and he flexes those muscles to the fullest on probably his most famous recording, Point of Departure. Featuring Out To Lunch players Dolphy, Richard Davis, and Tony Williams, but with writing credits on all tunes going to Hill instead of Dolphy, this sounds less like that album than you’d think. Kenny Dorham’s squawking trumpet and Joe Henderson’s insistent tenor sax playing fill out the lineup to a sextet here. Having such a large group gives Hill a lot of room for interesting interplay in his compositions. Hill’s are uproarious melodies that have a certain cerebral sense about them, as well as a strange sophistication. The improvisations, especially from Dolphy, are also magnificent on these five tunes, with the sounds of invention in every searching chorus. It’s a passionate date, on which emotional improvisations complement off-kilter, intellectual compositions.

[sr800bkBassist]

hey Zappa, can you recommend me some good Bop?

[Daniel!]

The first three Meat Puppets albums.

Walking Boss is too awsome for its own good.

/goes to download the three albums on Zappa's list I don't own

[Zappa]

Bebop:

Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
Charlie Parker - Bird and Diz

Hard-bop:
Miles Davis - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Tina Brooks - True Blue
Art Blakey - Moanin'

[sr800bkBassist]

Bebop:

Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
Charlie Parker - Bird and Diz

Hard-bop:
Miles Davis - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Tina Brooks - True Blue
Art Blakey - Moanin'
thank ya!

[Robert Crumb]

Top 5 1960s Avant-Garde Jazz Albums

Interesting read, Zappa. I only know the last three by name from you mentioning them in the past but I've been meaning to look into them. Really great write up.

[YDload]

Two of the bands that opened for DEP last night were both local bands that beared a strong resemblance to Coheed and Cambria. The first one was Kairos, whose singer had that Claudio-type voice. Their songs also ended with epic buildups similar to the title track of Co&Ca's "IKSSE:3" album. Some guy shouted out "I didn't pay to see Coheed and Cambria" and the singer said "heh... I like Coheed."

The other band was 3. They were really weird, the singer had a Claudio type singing voice too, but he also played acoustic guitar. Except he slapped and popped it like a bass, doing a little solo here and there. Very unique.

[mr_jackalope]

The Mekons dominated my stereo last night. Every once in a while I have a day where they're the only thing I can listen to, and last night I ran through Fear and Whiskey, The Edge of the World, and Honky Tonkin'. Such a fantastic band.

Little more Mekons today, with some PJ Harvey and Cat Power for some reason.

Also this album by Finnish folky Islaja called Palaa Aurinkoon is about the most difficult folk album I've ever heard. It's gonna need more listens, most definitely.

[Dog]

The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns

This is good, but every time i listen to "Bonnie Brae" it reminds me of that depressing Garfield YTMND :(

[sr800bkBassist]

Two of the bands that opened for DEP last night were both local bands that beared a strong resemblance to Coheed and Cambria. The first one was Kairos, whose singer had that Claudio-type voice. Their songs also ended with epic buildups similar to the title track of Co&Ca's "IKSSE:3" album. Some guy shouted out "I didn't pay to see Coheed and Cambria" and the singer said "heh... I like Coheed."

The other band was 3. They were really weird, the singer had a Claudio type singing voice too, but he also played acoustic guitar. Except he slapped and popped it like a bass, doing a little solo here and there. Very unique.
i think the singer of 3 is Claudio's brother or something. maybe cousin. but they're related.

[Little Man being Erased]

Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust

Plus some other random stuff over the weekend that I can't remember too good.

[rocknrollstar5]

I cant stop listening to Rock and Roll by the Velvet Underground
or Sheila by Jamie T
or Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

[ATM]

Yea, Rock and Roll is an awesome song.

I'm still diggin' on People Under the Stairs. They are the perfect summer band.

[Anxious]

The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns

This is good, but every time i listen to "Bonnie Brae" it reminds me of that depressing Garfield YTMND :(
Do you have the YTMND soundtrack?


M83 today.

[nutty_bar]

Broken Social Scene's self-titled is new to me, and they are the best band I have gotten into in quite some time. I got one of Wilco's cd's, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." It is sweet. And Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplanes Over the Sea" is reaaally good too.

That's mostly what I've gotten into recently.

[Cygnus Inter Anates]

I'm digging the tracks leaked from Back To Basics.

[Dog]

Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen

Do you have the YTMND soundtrack?

I have a few volumes

[JonM]

I'm digging the music of two Chinese zithers, the zheng and the qin. I've got one really good record of both.

[Interstate]

Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen

I listened to that last night. I like it alot more now.

Rocky Votolato - Makers

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yea, Rock and Roll is an awesome song.
It's one of roughly one Velvet Underground songs I actually like.

[br3ad_man]

The National - Alligator

So good. I've been making a tape for my friend all afternoon, so I've just been listening to a bunch of different stuff plus Alligator.

[ATM]

Broken Social Scene's self-titled is new to me, and they are the best band I have gotten into in quite some time. I got one of Wilco's cd's, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." It is sweet. And Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplanes Over the Sea" is reaaally good too.

That's mostly what I've gotten into recently.

All awesome albums.

For me:

Starlight Mints - The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of

Everyone check it out!

[Kyle]

Cursive - Happy Hollow
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch

[BringHomeTheBacon]

1 Fugazi 46
2 Sonic Youth 29
3 Heatmiser 26
4 Tom Waits 12
5 Sigur Ros 11
5 The Clash 11
5 At the Drive-In 11
8 Jimmy Eat World 8
9 Pavement 7
10 Drive Like Jehu 5

[Kyle]

1 Thom Yorke 25
2 Sex Pistols 21
3 Incubus 20
4 Radiohead 18
5 Bedouin Soundclash 16
6 Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals 11
7 Slayer 10
8 At the Drive-In 8
9 Sonic Youth 5
9 The Beatles 5

Sex Pistols are only there because I was writing a review, I actually hate them.

[superpeer]

1 Therapy? 24
1 Hüsker Dü 24
3 Queens of the Stone Age 21
4 Pixies 14
5 The Beach Boys 8
6 The Offspring 7
7 Aphex Twin 6
7 Placebo 6
7 Radiohead 6
7 Elvis Costello 6

<3 Hüsker Dü

[Anxious]

1 My Bloody Valentine 12
2 Yo La Tengo 10
3 Pink Floyd 7
4 Slint 6
5 Spacemen 3 2


Vacation

[Cygnus Inter Anates]

1 Sonic Youth 180
2 Frank Zappa 94
3 Glenn Branca 37
4 Cheyenne Kimball 34
5 The Smiths 20
5 Patti Smith 20
7 Jim O'Rourke 19
7 Joy Division 19
9 Fall Out Boy 18
10 Elliott Smith 16

[mr_jackalope]

1 The Mekons 38
2 Björk 27
3 Califone 17
4 The Jesus and Mary Chain 14
5 Mouse on Mars 11
5 Islaja 11
7 Parts & Labor 10
8 Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane 9
8 Alog 9
10 Food 8

[mr_jackalope]

I'm digging the music of two Chinese zithers, the zheng and the qin. I've got one really good record of both.

Oh man, you've gotta hook me up with that. Chinese music is astonishinly difficult to find.

[Luxor]

1 On the Might of Princes 51
2 Comeback Kid 49
3 Notorious B.I.G. 29
4 Ten Grand 16
5 Kanye West 15
6 Calexico 14
6 Moss Icon 14
8 Crime in Stereo 12
9 Q and Not U 11
10 Kid Dynamite 10

[Zappa]

Zappa dude, worst avatar ever

reminds me of Aphex Twin

It's Igor Stravinsky + Iggy Pop


1 Spit For Athena 23
2 Duke Ellington 21
3 Tom Waits 20
4 Patti Smith 16
5 Igor Stravinsky 12
6 Cocksparrer 11
7 Joy Division 10
8 Bill Evans 5
8 Cecil Taylor 5
10 The Residents 4

[asdf]

Meat puppets - Meat Puppets II

I've been meaning to download this album since 8th grade. Quite a delay...