In the last couple days...

Spoon
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Ultramagnetic MCs
Beat Happening
Propagandhi
Lyrics Born
Jorge Ben

[QUOTE=Robert Crumb]In the last couple days...

Spoon
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Ultramagnetic MCs
Beat Happening
[B]Propagandhi[/B]
Lyrics Born
Jorge Ben[/QUOTE]

That's kind of surprising coming from you.

Brainiac

[QUOTE=Happymeal]That's kind of surprising coming from you.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I know. They're playing a show in town this weekend. Contemplating going.

So, anything ill?

[QUOTE=NachoChez]Nas - [i]Illmatic[/i]
Sufjan Stevens - [i]Illinoise[/i][/QUOTE]

You guys and Stfu Stevens, it's comical.

[QUOTE=biografiend]I've been hearing good things about this band and album. Who do they sound like? Is the album worth checking out?[/QUOTE]
Think a mash of Tindersticks-baritone & Interpol's atmosphere. It's fantastic stuff, definitely worth checking out. Here are a few links to give it a listen.

[url]http://www.beggars.com/us/thenational/player/[/url]

[url]http://www.americanmary.com[/url]

[QUOTE=NachoChez]Brilliant album. Second best of the year, even if you uneducateds don't think so.[/QUOTE]

Nothing Stfu does is brilliant. You fan boys, oi.

[QUOTE=no peros calentes]You guys and Stfu Stevens, it's comical.[/QUOTE]
What don't you like about 'Stfu' Stevens?

[QUOTE=NachoChez][i]Sackcloth 'n' Ashes[/i] is really solid. [i]Secret South[/i] is better-written I guess, but I prefer to listen to the former.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I got a hold of [i]Sackcloth 'n' Ashes[/i] and I'm digging it. Also:

K'naan - [I]The Dusty Foot Philosopher[/I]; I'm starting to think that this is my favorite release of the year thus far, but I don't wanna speak too soon.

[QUOTE=asymm]What don't you like about 'Stfu' Stevens?[/QUOTE]

Everything about his music sucks nards.

I've seen him live and it was terrrible; however, it was fun heckling him.

For someone with such strong opinions, you don't ever say much to support them.

[QUOTE=asymm]For someone with such strong opinions, you don't ever say much to support them.[/QUOTE]

That's more than enough.

I don't need to write an essay to say that his music is terrible. It's just terrible. When I listen to it, it makes me want vomit. It makes me wish whoever had spawned him hadn't had sex that day. It makes me loose complete faith in the future of music. I can't stand the fan boys that continually jizz over this moron. It just doesn't make sense.

If I wanted to write a review of his album or his music I would, but I don't have the time nor am I going to waste more time on this site to do so.

[QUOTE=no peros calentes]I don't need to write an essay to say that his music is terrible. It's just terrible. When I listen to it, it makes me want vomit. It makes me wish whoever had spawned him hadn't had sex that day. It makes me loose complete faith in the future of music. I can't stand the fan boys that continually jizz over this moron. It just doesn't make sense.[/QUOTE]
I would say a 'to each his own' approach would be more beneficial when you attempt to justify things in this way.

[QUOTE=DogInTheSand]K'naan - [I]The Dusty Foot Philosopher[/I]; I'm starting to think that this is my favorite release of the year thus far, but I don't wanna speak too soon.[/QUOTE]

What's it like? I might have to check this out at some point.

[QUOTE=asymm]I would say a 'to each his own' approach would be more beneficial when you attempt to justify things in this way.[/QUOTE]

I don't. It sucks, wake up or clear his jizz from your eyes for being a good fanboy.

[QUOTE=NachoChez]Yeah that's great and all but you're missing the main point, which is that the album rules.[/QUOTE]

Rules at sucking a[SIZE="2"]ss[/SIZE].

:) I'm not particularly a Sufjan Stevens fan to begin with.

Today:
Sonic Youth - [i]Sister[/i]
Guided By Voices - [i]The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet [EP][/i]

And Joe fulfills his word of the day quota.

Guess which.

[QUOTE=asymm]:) I'm not particularly a Sufjan Stevens fan to begin with.

Today:
Sonic Youth - [i]Sister[/i]
Guided By Voices - [i]The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet [EP][/i][/QUOTE]

It makes no difference to me, you should be destroyed like the rest of them.

[QUOTE=morrissey]And Joe fulfills his word of the day quota.

Guess which.[/QUOTE]

Nards.

[QUOTE=Robert Crumb]What's it like? I might have to check this out at some point.[/QUOTE]
He's got a fantastic flow, a high pitched voice(but not to the point of being annoying), and is accompanied with very good mix of African, old school-ish, and world beats. He's from Kenya, and a lot of the subject matter in his songs are about his home country. I've listened to it several times over the past couple of days and have yet to get tired of it. Highly recommended.

I dug out Use Your Illusions 2 today, I love this album.

She has a new album? I've never even heard mention of it.

Then again I did see this second-rate "Because of You" video on TV the other night. Is that on the album? (I don't know the title of the song just that it echoes every "my childhood sucked" songs I've ever heard)

[QUOTE=NachoChez]Brilliant album. Second best of the year, even if you uneducateds don't think so.[/QUOTE]

Meh. It's a good album.

But no one can deny it drags on way to long.

Half the songs are exactly the same, and the stupid interludes are pointless.

If the album was 40 minutes long it'd be brilliant.

[QUOTE=asymm]Think a mash of Tindersticks-baritone & Interpol's atmosphere. It's fantastic stuff, definitely worth checking out. Here are a few links to give it a listen.

[url]http://www.beggars.com/us/thenational/player/[/url]

[url]http://www.americanmary.com[/url][/QUOTE]
I like Tindersticks. I like Interpol. I will be checking out soon.

Today:

Massive Attack
Feist

I am in love with Leslie Feist's voice, and if I were a man, I would be in love with her body, too.

The Pixies

The mother freakin' Go-Betweens!

I'm really into Woody Guthrie. Musically, he was Bob Dylan's grandpappy. Old school folk.

If you like Woody Guthrie ccccheck out Billy Bragg and Wilco's [i]Mermaid Avenue[/i]. Guthrie lyrics with Bragg or Wilco music.

Three birds with one stone

Black Flag

The Minders

The Buzzcocks