[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo]Go listen to J Dilla if you like Madlib's production.[/QUOTE]

Or even if you don't like Madlib's production.

I haven't listened to any music all day. Except the theme song from Curb Your Enthusiasm. A very bouncy, carnivalesque number, if you've never heard it. I think I'd like more of that. Earlier in the week, I was listening to Centro-matic's new album. I don't know if anyone has coined this term yet, but I call it belt-buckle rock. They're from Texas and I guess they've been around for a while, my first experiences with 'em though. Decent enough, American rock that sounds like American rock. A little too radio-friendly-MOR at times. I guess someone from the Drive-By Truckers likes them, so maybe fans of thems ought to look into that. They've got a couple really nice fuzzy dice songs.

Has anyone heard of the band Dropsonic? I know not many people know them, but I just want to see who does here at MX. I was introduced to thier new album "Insects With Angel Wings" a few weeks ago from a friend and I absolutely love it.

I've also been diggin some Pepper, Matisyahu, Trey Anastasio, At The Drive-In, and Coheed and Cambria along with Dropsonic.

The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower - [I]Love In The Fascist Brothel[/I]

I can't believe I forgot how f[I]u[/I]cking awesome this album is.

Cynic - Focus

It's like Death with bass.

[QUOTE=Zmev]Cynic - Focus

It's like Death with bass.[/QUOTE]

That album is remarkably awesome.

EDIT: Right now I'm listening to [I]Temple of Low Men[/I] by Crowded House for the first time in a long while. Great "adult alternative" type album. Very nice.

[QUOTE=Rockafella]The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower - [I]Love In The Fascist Brothel[/I]

I can't believe I forgot how f[I]u[/I]cking awesome this album is.[/QUOTE]
Is that the album with the dude with boobs one the cover? If so, I almost bought it today =/

I've been digging me some Mars Volta. Its been forever since I last listened to their wankage.

Q-Tip - Kamaal the Abstract

Maybe the tightest album of his and Tribe's career. Funny that it never acutally got released, I think it would've been highly successful.

I like "The W.A.N.D." It's cool.

Also loving some other random songs I downloaded recently. The Zombies, Elliott Brood, Lilys and Annie.

I'll see your "From Me To You" and raise you "Can't Buy Me Love". That's my all time almost most favouritest song.

Frank Zappa (and with the Mothers as well)
Sonic Youth
Cat Power
Belle & Sebastian

[QUOTE=NachoChez]Still listening to Radiohead, because "Killer Cars" has made my list of the most perfectly put together rock songs of all time (ie. the songs that are a constant rush of pure hook-age). In case you're wondering:

Radiohead - "Killer Cars"
Lilys - "You're Getting Closer"
The Beatles - "From Me to You"
U2 - "I Will Follow"

I can't think of any other ones off the top, it's late.[/QUOTE]

Hmm, would "Same in the End" by Sublime fit that category? Or am I tricking myself into believing that it's a non-stop blast because I love playing the bass parts so much?

Anyway I'm diggin [i]Clouds Taste Metallic[/i] by Flaming Lips.

[QUOTE=YDload]Anyway I'm diggin [i]Clouds Taste Metallic[/i] by Flaming Lips.[/QUOTE]
Awsome. Me too.

[QUOTE=NachoChez]No clue, I only know the Sublime singles.[/QUOTE]

Okay, what about the QOTSA singles from [i]Songs for the Deaf[/i]? Are they closer to reaching that sort of awesomeness that you're talking about?

The Smiths - [i]The Queen Is Dead[/i]

At first I thought this sucked, then, a few months later, I thought it was alright. Now, while I don't like all the songs, it's an amazing record for the most part. "Cemetary Gates" is my favourite song.

The band that's had the majority of my ears lately is The Teardrop Explodes. Dunno how known they are, but I hadn't heard of them until recently. Their album [I]Kilimanjaro[/I] is pretty amazing. Catchy psychadelish post-punk new-wave type stuff. Y'know.

Also been listening to Devin Townsend's new album [I]Synchestra[/I]. Probably my favourite album of the year so far, but I've only heard about 5 albums from this year anyway.

Beatles Covers

[url]http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0K8SS6S7VPJ2O3QXLP2FRJPIND[/url]

I think I'm Café Tacuba, but I can't really tell yet.

Flaming Lips - Hear it is
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
Beck - Midnite Vultures

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]The Beatles wrote The Handbook of Underrated Songs, which is often overlooked in favour of their more popular material[/QUOTE]

I fully agree with this post.

I also agree that From Me To You is underrated, as is All My Loving.

I'm digging Bad Brains today.

1 Wire 56
2 X 22
3 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters 17
4 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 12
4 Augustus Pablo 12
4 Feist 12
7 Frank Zappa 11
7 The Police 11
9 Crowded House 10
10 Sergei Rachmaninoff 9

1 Bob Dylan 29
2 Young Marble Giants 25
2 Centro-Matic 25
4 Stevie Wonder 24
5 Beat Happening 16
6 Belle and Sebastian 13
7 Jimi Hendrix 12
7 Os Mutantes 12
7 Peanut Butter Wolf 12
10 Adam Arcuragi 11

Hooray for Last.FM getting back on schedule.

mine only tracked two days worth of listening because apparently my clock got messed up or something on the computer

1 I Hate Myself 47
2 Angel Hair 24
3 Binary Star 18
4 Rockets And Blue Lights 17
5 A Minor Forest 7
5 Racebannon 7
7 Red Sparowes 4
8 Sunn o))) 3
9 The Smiths 2
10 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1

Yes, mine is finally working.

1 Kool & the Gang 22
2 Urge Overkill 16
3 Sufjan Stevens 15
4 Stealers Wheel 14
5 Billy Bragg 11
5 Woody Guthrie 11
5 The Jesus and Mary Chain 11
8 Beastie Boys 10
9 Lungfish 9
10 The Birthday Party 8

Yeah, I'm a little homesick.

1 Outkast 52
2 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 34
3 Incubus 18
4 MF Doom 15
5 cLOUDDEAD 12
6 Burning Spear 4
6 The Sabri Brothers 4
6 Bob Marley & The Wailers 4
9 Busdriver 3
10 Sukshinder Shinda 2

1 Off Minor 95
2 Pixies 57
3 Pavement 37
4 J Dilla Jay Dee 30
5 Elliott Smith 26
5 Binary Star 26
7 MF Doom 22
8 Rahsaan Roland Kirk 20
8 Jens Lekman 20
8 Trophy Scars 20

And.. I'm digging White Pony at the minute, which has to be the best nu-metal album of them all.

[QUOTE=NachoChez]Maybe it's just me but Deftones are underrated. They have a lot of shoegaze in them.[/QUOTE]

I think here they are more underrated because they're a popular nu-metal band, so lots of people are like.. it's lame! But the drummer is insanely tight and Chino is one of the best vocalists (not lyricists) in heavy music right now.

1 Muse 16
2 Blur 13
3 The Clash 12
4 Bob Dylan 9
5 Simon & Garfunkel 7
5 Oasis 7
7 Coldplay 6
7 Radiohead 6
9 John Coltrane 5
9 Beastie Boys 5

An early update by Last FM's standards.

1 The Smashing Pumpkins 99
2 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 70
3 Guns N' Roses 46
4 Red Hot Chili Peppers 43
5 Matisyahu 39
6 Mahavishnu Orchestra 30
7 Radiohead 20
8 The Mars Volta 19
8 At the Drive-In 19
10 Velvet Revolver 13

I'm happy with that, but I swear I cut down on my Smashing Pumpkins whoring this week.

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]8 Scott Weiland 12 [/QUOTE]His solo album? how's that working out?

oh em gee last eff em

1 The Good Life 58
2 Devendra Banhart 43
2 Cap'n Jazz 43
4 Belle and Sebastian 28
5 Jamie Lidell 24
6 A Tribe Called Quest 22
7 The Locust 20
7 Ted Leo and The Pharmacists 20
9 Architecture in Helsinki 19
9 Animal Collective 19

1 The Strokes 32
2 Radiohead 31
3 Frog Eyes 28
4 Wolfmother 23
5 The Flaming Lips 17
5 Pavement 17
7 The New Pornographers 15
8 The Locust 14
8 Arctic Monkeys 14
10 The Unicorns 13

1 Johnny Cash 27
2 Therapy? 25
3 Pixies 22
4 Weezer 13
5 Cocteau Twins 12
5 Hüsker Dü 12
7 Queens of the Stone Age 8
8 Elvis Costello 6
8 Hüsker Dü (from "WAREHOUSE: SONGS & STORIES [87]") 6
10 Ska-P 5

I've been digging pretty much anything by The Flaming Lips, mostly there older stuff.

I'm finally going to see the Flaming Lips April 27th...first show in Europe outside UK supporting Mystics.


I currently love the song "Vein Of Stars"

1 Mischief Brew 140
2 Beastie Boys 71
3 Erik Petersen 26
4 The Slackers 21
5 Mission of Burma 20
6 Vic Ruggiero 16
7 Hüsker Dü 15
8 Morphine 13
8 NoMeansNo 13
8 The Hives 13

I've listened to Mission of Burma probably as much as I've listened to Mischief Brew, but it was on my cd player and not my computer.

1 Tom Waits 74
2 Mark Sandman 31
3 Talking Heads 23
4 Daniel Johnston 20
5 The Flaming Lips 19
6 Pavement 18
7 Saccharine Trust 17
7 Drive-By Truckers 17
9 The Kinks 15
9 Hüsker Dü 15

Van Morisson's "Beside You" has been on loop on Winamp and my cd player since yesterday. It blew me away the first time.

Aphex Twin - [i]Drukqs[/i]
I've been loving this as I was drawing a lot today. The contrast between the harsh electronics and the piano interludes is a very nice juxtaposition.

Clogs - [i]Lantern[/i]
Soothing, compelling, and most-importantly, varied post-rock. Includes some members from The National.

1. Elf Power: 23
2. Kelly Clarkson: 21
3. Nick Drake: 17
4. Sonic Youth: 15
5. The Byrds: 14
6. 10,000 Maniacs: 12
7. Neutral milk Hotel: 11
8. Royksopp: 10
9. Agent Orange: 9
10. 16 Horsepower: 8