Seal
The Hellacopters
Jim Croce
Styx
Sparta
Rilo Kiley

I'm actually growing to like the White Stripes quite a lot, though I have foolishly distanced myself from all my newest purchases for the next week, and so can't listen to them. I don't like the Dresden Dolls much, perhaps because a former flatmate of mine was so insistent on my listening to them, but they're not bad. Girl Anachronism and that one about a jeep are good, for example.

I don't really see the grounds for comparison anyway, though.

1 The Beatles 65
2 Winnebago Deal 39
3 Minutemen 37
4 Blur 28
5 Brainiac 16
6 William Shatner 11
6 Wire 11
8 Baby Huey 10
9 The Meads Of Asphodel 8
10 The Knack 7

Another disjointed list from me, since I was away from my computer for several days this week. And I'm quite sure I listened to an entire Meads album or two, anyway.

I'm glad to see someone else has found a love for the Nightmare Before Christmas.

1 NoMeansNo 65
2 Mischief Brew 61
3 New York Dolls 54
4 fIREHOSE 38
5 The World/Inferno Friendship Society 33
6 The Slackers 30
7 Morphine 26
8 Nas 25
9 Dr. Octagon 24
10 Funkadelic 19

I listened to Wipers - [i]Is This Real?[/i] yesterday and i've not loved an album on first listen as much as this for a long long time. I can see myself listening to nothing but Wipers for a while.

Roots Manuva - [I]Awfully Deep[/I]

reeeally good

[QUOTE=OrbDragon]Dresden Dolls > The White Stripes[/QUOTE]


Mmhmm. Very much so.

But the Stripes get more hate than they deserve.

[QUOTE=OrbDragon]
The Dolls' are one of the fost fun interesting bands out there right now.[/QUOTE]

I don't typically have "fun" listening to Dresden Dolls. Maybe I'm the only one who finds the lead singer's narratives incredibly gripping.

They're a very good band but fun isn't the first word I'd use to describe them.

[quote=Spat Out Plath]He is a girl. He's a vegetarian for god's sake.[/quote]I guess I'm a girl too, then. [/provoking Zmev and NPC]

The Slits - [i]Return of the Giant Slits[/i]
No-Wave mix tape my friend gave me. I don't know who's on it, but its nice.
Death Cab - [i]You Can Play These Songs With Chords, The Photo Album[/i]

Sufjan Stevens - [I]Seven Swans[/I]
Fall Out Boy - [I]My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue[/I]
Ryan Adams - [I]Love Is Hell[/I]

[QUOTE=NachoChez]Get [I]Over the Edge[/I] and [I]Youth of America[/I] too. They're amazing albums.[/QUOTE]

I'll be sure to do that, thanks.

Os Mutantes - [I]A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado[/I]

Pretty sweet Brazilian psychadelic rock. I have had 4 of their albums for years now, and only ever listened to the self-titled. The one above is just as good.

[QUOTE=Zappa]Os Mutantes - [I]A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado[/I]

Pretty sweet Brazilian psychadelic rock. I have had 4 of their albums for years now, and only ever listened to the self-titled. The one above is just as good.[/QUOTE]

I've heard they are similar to the Mars Volta.

[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo]I've heard they are similar to the Mars Volta.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't say that at all.

Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore

Lately I've been listening to alot of shoegaze (My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive), post-rock (Mogwai -- Mr. Beast ftw!, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), indie pop (Belle & Sebastian, Rogue Wave), noise rock (Boris, Lighting Bolt, Deerhoof, Sonic Youth), and old Brazillian music (Caetano Veloso, Os Mutantes, Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil). Stuff like that.

Endtroducing today. Probably the perfect pitchblack record. It's such a organic monster and your brain can just drift to all sorts of conculsions.

[QUOTE=TheMook]Lately I've been listening to alot of shoegaze (My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive), post-rock (Mogwai -- Mr. Beast ftw!, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), indie pop (Belle & Sebastian, Rogue Wave), noise rock (Boris, Lighting Bolt, Deerhoof, Sonic Youth), and old Brazillian music (Caetano Veloso, Os Mutantes, Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil). Stuff like that.[/QUOTE]

damn son, thats a lot of music. is there even enough time in one day to listen to that much post-rock?

[QUOTE=YDload]damn son, thats a lot of music. is there even enough time in one day to listen to that much post-rock?[/QUOTE]

Oh ****, it's only for music we've listened to today?
Well, that's the music I've been listening to (plus many many more artists) the past few weeks.

[QUOTE=TheMook]Oh ****, it's only for music we've listened to today?
Well, that's the music I've been listening to (plus many many more artists) the past few weeks.[/QUOTE]

Well, most of us post in here so much that it does typically represent a day's listening pleasure. However, "lately" extends at least a month, I'd say.

Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era

Just went out and bought it. So far it's awsome.

Lately, I've been digging Wilco, Simon and Garfunkel, and The Cat Empire.

Wilco Downloads
- At Least That's What You Said
- Misunderstood
- We're Just Friends

Simon and Garfunkel Downloads
- The Only Living Boy in New York
- A Hazy Shade of Winter
- Scarborough Fair

The Cat Empire Downloads
- Hello Hello
- The Chariot

Mmhmm.

I finally got to listen to "Casimir Pulaski Day" and was floored. Stevens can really write a great sad song, even when his other stuff is merely "good."

I've been digging...

Vitalic - OK Cowboy
+/- - Self Titled Long Playing Debut
The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands

[QUOTE=I Was A Kaleidoscope]The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan[/QUOTE]
Awesome album. A really great ambient release from the Stars of the Lid man.

Skyphone - [i]Fabula[/i]
[quote=Rune Grammofon]Debut release from Danish trio, probably closest in spirit and musical ideology to Alog and Phonophani in the way they mix electronic and acoustic elements, either sampled or played by themselves. Side by side you can find slow Joy Division type basslines, acoustic guitar pickings, glitch elements and naive melodies only Kraftwerk could have dreamed up. A highly atmospheric, melodic, subtle and detailed soundscape.[/quote]

[QUOTE=asymm]Awesome album. A really great ambient release from the Stars of the Lid man.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it is.
It's one of the most relaxing things I've ever heard, I feel like falling asleep now.

[QUOTE=Daniel!]Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era

Just went out and bought it. So far it's awsome.[/QUOTE]
Buy children of nuggets too. Its just as awesome.

[QUOTE=cheeto-t]Buy children of nuggets too. Its just as awesome.[/QUOTE]
They had that at the store also, but I used the last of my girft cards on the first one.

the editors, the editors, the editors, the editors, the editors...................................................

I prefer Editors. :p

[QUOTE=EightMilesHigh]I think you and I have very similar tastes in music, what with the Beck and the Smashing Pumpkins and the GN'R and the Radiohead and the Dinosaur Jr. and the At The Drive-In and whatnotmy favorite bands.[/QUOTE]Yeah, those are definately some of the bands which I am really passionate about.

Tortoise - [I]S/T[/I]
QOTSA - [I]Songs For The Deaf[/I]
Minus The Bear - [I]Highly Refined Pirates[/I]

Lots of Hot Cross.

At the moment, I'm digging The Minutemen, and they're not a punk band.

And as I said that, the Jackass theme song came on.

They are too a punk band! Well at heart anyway.

I think the problem is that I'm just dogmatically resistant to calling anything I like "punk."

[QUOTE=JonM]I think the problem is that I'm just dogmatically resistant to calling anything I like "punk."[/QUOTE]

Well you're a stupid whore then.

The core of Minutemen's music very much is the definition of punk rock. They write short, fast, angsty songs, often with politically charged lyrics. They have a lead vocalist that either shouts or sings poorly. The drums are loud, and the music is sloppy and loose. They have the spirit of being true to oneself, and they hold the punk rock interest of skimming off layers of excess from the essence of rock sound.

They don't sound exactly like the Ramones or Dead Kennedys, but that doesn't mean they're not a punk rock band. In fact, in a lot of ways that spirit of originality coupled with their "back to basics" approach to creativity makes them even more "punk."

Minutemen were punk as f[I]u[/I]ck, no dispute about it.

Goldmund - [i]Corduroy Road[/i]
Light, piano ballads. Very gorgeous and soothing. Off the terrific label, Type Records.

Julien Neto - [i]Le Fumeur de Ciel[/i]
Also a Type Records release - so it has the very delicate electro-acoustic style. Similarly terrific.