Big Black - Atomizer
Patti Smith - Horses

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos...I almost forgot how powerful this record is.

I thought that Calla were dreary and boring, but it turns out they're a slick band after all.

edit: Pixies I like the new Coheed as well

DEP is an awesome live band. I doubt I would like any of their songs at all if I hadn't seen them go crazy on stage. Also the singer looks like he's going to kill everyone so I was kind of intimidated into liking them or else :(

Was just looking at the Pixies thread so I think I'll just listen to them for the rest of the day.

Blackalicious - [I]The Craft[/I] (Yessssssss!)
The Paper Chase - [I]Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know[/I]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - [I]Tender Prey[/I]

[QUOTE=Bukowski]Tindersticks are excellent.[/QUOTE]
Yes they are.

Interpol Rocks My Socks!

I'm going to refrain from downloaded the leaked Blackalicious. Because I have willpower.

[QUOTE=Zappa]I'm going to refrain from downloaded the leaked Blackalicious. Because I have willpower.[/QUOTE]

Well, that's what I'm diggin right now (3rd listen today, and that number will probably be higher before the day is over)

EDIT: technically it's not leaked, you can listen to the whole thing on Amazon

Michael Franti and Spearhead - Everyone Deserves Music

Just bought it.

[QUOTE=snidget]Well, that's what I'm diggin right now (3rd listen today, and that number will probably be higher before the day is over)

EDIT: technically it's not leaked, you can listen to the whole thing on Amazon[/QUOTE]

I know that, but I won't listen on Amazon, either.

When is it due out properly?

23rd in the US.

Mobb Deep - [I]Hell On Earth[/I]
Run DMC - [I]Greatest Hits[/I]

I really like the first two songs of The Magic Numbers. Maybe I'll like the rest sometime.

I'm going to listen to the leaked Blackalicious. Because I have no money.

The only full album I listened to today was Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll. It's a really fun record. I knew almost all the songs, too, having seen them last week.

Considering Blackalicious is one of four new albums I really want this month, I'm going to have to live on very little money for the rest of the year.

I'm looking forward to getting back to University so I can start putting large chunks of my food budget towards music again.

That said, the Atheist reissues come out here on Monday, so I might have to conjure up £30 within the next couple of days anyway.

EDIT: As for diggering, I just put [i]Someday My Prince Will Come[/i] on for the first time. Sounding good so far.

What else is on its way, br3ad?

I'm hoping to obtain the first five Talking Heads albums from the upcoming dualdisc release.

BTBAM, Sigur Ros and Arcturus...probably nothing for you to get excited about :p

I don't like BTBAM or Sigur Ros. Never heard Arcturus.

Gary Numan - Hybrid
Faun Fables - Family Album

I didn't know Arcturus had a new album coming out. Is it with Vortex (Simen Hestnaes, or whatever his actual name is) on vocals?

[QUOTE=Zappa]I don't like BTBAM or Sigur Ros. Never heard Arcturus.[/QUOTE]

You might like Arcturus. Tangy hates them, but pretty much everyone else I've shown them to thinks they are cool.

Here's an mp3
[url]http://media.theendrecords.com/arcturus_crossedstar.mp3[/url]

All of their albums are different, the first is symphonic black metal, the second is just wierd and the third (the one the mp3 is from) is cool, I wouldn't know how to describe it.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I didn't know Arcturus had a new album coming out. Is it with Vortex (Simen Hestnaes, or whatever his actual name is) on vocals?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Vortex is on vocals. I'm kind of skeptical of what it will be like without Garm, but we'll see. There are bad quality copies all over file sharing. I'm jsut going to buy it when it comes out.

Here's something I've noticed for a long time about albums, and try to stay with me on this one:

Whenever a band releases two consecutive albums that are by and large considered to be masterpieces, the first album is almost invariably a bit more raw and maybe less defined, but it has a greater quantity of terrific songs. The second of these albums is usually a bit more polished and maybe even more popular (it sells more from riding on the wave of attention of that first album), but there aren't as many great tracks on it. Instead, that second album tends to flow better as a whole, and maybe one or two songs on it are better than anything on the first of the albums.

Does anyone else notice what I'm talking about? The first time I really noticed it was with Aenima and Lateralus, just to use an example of a more popular band, but I'm sure it could apply to bands that I'm not familiar with as well.

Pavement

Pinkerton was much more raw and harsh than the Blue Album. :p

But yeah, I definitely agree with that theory. While there's exceptions to every rule, I think in general that holds true for a quite a bit of bands.

Good, because I was wondering if I should just make a new thread about it, but my thread in Alt/Indie always do so poorly :( :( :(

[QUOTE=NachoChez]edit: Oh and speaking of br3ad's last post, the first two Pavement albums too.[/QUOTE]

Yeah that's what I was referring to.

In other news, "Blue Turning Gray" is my favourite Clap Your Hands Say Yeah song.