Fatboy Slim - You've Come a long Way, Baby
Mercury Rev - Boces

[QUOTE=cheeto-t]L - Holy Letters

I dig this a lot. Its very good.[/QUOTE]

You're the one that reviewed Six Organs right?

The title track on Holy Letters is fantastic. Wish I understood the lyrics though.

Prefuse 73
Tapes 'n Tapes - [i]The Loon[/i]
Sun Kil Moon - [i]Ghost of the Great Highway[/i]
Aesop Rock - [i]Labor Days[/i]
Sage Francis - [i]A Healthy Distrust[/i]

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - [I]Shake The Sheets[/I]

the third eye blind song?

that was like my favorite song when i was like seven or eight

[QUOTE=NachoChez]I'm trying to learn all the words to "Semi-Charmed Life" so my band can cover it. This is a massive undertaking.[/QUOTE]

I love that song. Nothing better than driving on a summers day listening to a bit of Third Eye Blind*

*preferably in a convertible

i used to know all the words

Alias & Ehren - Lillian

Lillian, Alias's third full-length and first collaborative instrumental album (with younger brother Ehren), conflates the two directions by pairing the hip-hop beats of Muted with a more linear and atmospheric style compared to its predecessor. Though there are occasional voice samples, Lillian eschews the aggressive attack of MCs for elegant melodicism.

Upon hearing Muted, Ehren, armed with flute, alto sax, soprano sax, and clarinet, flew to Oakland to join Alias for what would hopefully become a fruitful collaboration. The 57-minute result is anything but a sloppy exercise in nepotism. On the contrary, Ehren (still only a teenager and younger than Brendon by eleven years) holds his own as a credible instrumentalist, even if his contributions more colouristically blend into the overall fabric than dominate with robust soloing.

Though it includes pretty interludes (“Sunfuzz” and “Moonfuzz”) and a few sketchy pieces, for the most part Lillian's compositions dramatically move through crescendos and diminuendos and gradually escalate towards climaxes. “Back and Forth,” for instance, begins in melodic electronica mode with a softly meandering clarinet line floating over subtle pitter-patter; then, as happens in many pieces, Alias's roaring beats appear halfway through, elevating the intensity, in this case capped by Ehren's soprano which waxes freely before taking a rather Arabic turn (a similarly exotic scent wafts through the dubby “Narrowed Iris” with its free flute playing and dark, swooping strings).

The album includes its share of dreamy moments: named after their grandmother (who died of cancer in 1994), the lovely title piece unfolds gently with sparkling washes deepened by Ehren's sax musings; “52nd & West” conjures a sunny vibe from surging strings, thrumming beats, willowy flute lines, and bright synth streams; and “Most Important Things” merges skittering beats with smooth sax playing over a bed of warm electronic glistens. The album's most impressive outing, “Miso Stomp,” builds gradually, its stuttering backing joined by dreamy clarinet playing and, eventually, thrumming beat splatter. At album's end, the brothers include a scratchy duet of sax and out-of-tune piano, Alias and Ehren perhaps serenading (or memorializing) their grandmother with an old standard—a sweet and graceful coda.

[QUOTE=Little Man being Erased]So who did you murderize?[/QUOTE]

I wish it were for muderization. That would have been much better than CANNIBUS POSSESION UNDER 20 GRAMS.

auburn lull

good shoegazey stuff

[QUOTE=Robert Crumb]It's my fave, too.

Listening to Magazine for the first time. I went out to hunt for Harmonia, couldn't find it. Got Magazine's first two albums instead, $16. Not bad I think. I've been meaning to look into these guys for a long time.[/QUOTE]

It's a shame that there's no Harmonia at your record store, but maybe not that surprising. Those Magazine albums are fantastic.

Bauhaus - In The Flat Field

[QUOTE=I Was A Kaleidoscope]Bauhaus - In The Flat Field[/QUOTE]

Also a good one.

John Coltrane - [I]Giant Steps[/I]
John Coltrane - [I]Soultrane[/I]

For a while, I only had [I]A Love Supreme[/I] and didn't really get what the big deal about Coltrane was, but now I know.

XTC, particularly Skylarking and Black Sea. These guys could make anything catchy.

I've just started listening to the Beautiful South thanks to some sputnik recommendations. Great stuff.

[QUOTE=morrissey]XTC, particularly Skylarking and Black Sea. These guys could make anything catchy.[/QUOTE]
XTC is too damn catchy. I heard "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" and couldn't get it out of my head for like 2 weeks. Just when you think you forget about them...




I recently bought some Atom and His Package records from a guy selling out of his trunk and have been getting really into that and Ferd Mert, Dillinger Four, etc.

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

This is a great album, i'm pleasantly surprised. Obstacle 1 is a song i could just listen to over and over, it's so amazing.

And i've been listening to me singing over a bunch of Sonic Youth, Minutemen and Reagan Youth songs. Cos i do that.

I've been listening to [I]Skylarking[/I] as well. Its a little flamboyant at times, but too spectacular to not like.

Fantômas - Fantômas
Fantômas - The Directors Cut
The Fiery Furnaces - EP

VA - [I]Nuggets Box Set[/I]

This stuff is so much fun.

The "Riot on an Empty Street" cd by Kings of Convenience.

Couldn't get any more relaxing than this.

[QUOTE=morrissey]XTC, particularly Skylarking and Black Sea. These guys could make anything catchy.

I've just started listening to the Beautiful South thanks to some sputnik recommendations. Great stuff.[/QUOTE]

I was just downloading some XTC the other day, good stuff.

Today I've been listening to

Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds. His new album, just picked it up today, really good.

And The Garden State soundtrack, which is just a collection of amazing music.

The Fugees - [I]The Score[/I]
Grand Puba - [I]2000[/I]

Busdriver

Lake Trout - Another One Lost

Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Show Your Bones

Black Eyes - Black Eyes

Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda

Beta Band - Heros to Zeros

Mod rockers, Magazine and other various new stuff.

Black Flag - Damaged
Black Flag - My War
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo

The Bouncing Souls - Hopeless Romantic
The Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
The Bouncing Souls - Maniacal Laughter
Unbeatable, catchy pop-punk.

Apocalypse Hoboken - Date Rape Nation/Jerk Lessons
Apocalypse Hoboken - House of the Rising Son of a Bitch
Inventive, original punk with tons of attitude.

Dead Things - Because Sometimes You Just Want To Ride Your Bike To The Show
Slightly poppy, furious punk-rock.

The Deviates - Time is the Distance
A good standard punk album.

[quote=Interstate]Busdriver[/quote]GOOD

[QUOTE=AK47]Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo[/QUOTE]Great album. I love the big band sort of feel.

The Velvet Underground - s/t

I looked outside the window and felt the urge to put this on.

Duke Ellington - [I]Ellington Uptown[/I]
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - [I]The Great Summit[/I]
Oscar Peterson - [I]Plays the Cole Porter Song Book[/I]
Count Basie - [I]April in Paris[/I]
Sergei Rachmaninoff - [I]Op.36, Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor[/I]
Maurice Ravel - [I]Left Hand Concerto[/I]

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo]In jail, without the bail. In jail, without the bail

I think the best line on that album is the one about being weak in the knees like Christopher Reeves.[/QUOTE]
So many good lines. "Wolfman Jack" is spectacular. But then, the whole album is.


[QUOTE=Doctor D.]I wish it were for muderization. That would have been much better than CANNIBUS POSSESION UNDER 20 GRAMS.[/QUOTE]
Gaaaay. That sucks.


[QUOTE=Slug]Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Show Your Bones[/QUOTE]
What's that like? I like the single.

Diiiiiigggggg:
Common - [I]Be[/I]
Kanye West - [I]Late Registration[/I]
Binary Star - [I]Masters of the Universe[/I]
Blackalicious - [I]Blazing Arrow[/I]

Mischief Brew - [I]Smash the Windows[/I]
Sonic Youth - [I]Confusion is Sex/Kill Yr. Idols[/I]
Dinosaur Jr. - [I]You're Living All Over Me[/I]

Broken Social Scene - s/t since yesterday.

Hey Happymeal guess what? Weird War are playing here soon, cool huh.

[QUOTE=Little Man being Erased]

What's that like? I like the single.

[/QUOTE]

It's actually really good. Yeah Yeah Yeah's are kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. I know a lot of people hate them.

[QUOTE=Slug]It's actually really good. Yeah Yeah Yeah's are kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. I know a lot of people hate them.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I know what you mean. I'll be interested to have a listen when it comes out.


Diggin' Dylan again. [I]Blonde on Blonde[/I].

The Nation of Ulysses - [I]Plays Pretty For Baby[/I]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - [I]Jon Spencer Blues Explosion[/I]

I still can't figure out why I enjoy that Jon spencer album so much.

Prefuse 73 - [i]Security Screenings[/i]
Atmosphere - [i]Seven's Travels[/i]