a lot of Elliott Smith lately. i never realized how solid [I]Either/Or[/I] is until now. definitely his most consistent album.

[QUOTE=YDload]So the Pixies (or just "Pixies?") are pretty much an awesome band. :)[/QUOTE]
indeed

[QUOTE=YDload]Okay the Dog Fashion Disco album [i]Adultery[/i] is definitely awesome. Most of the songs are just Bungle/SOAD-like circus metal, but they also threw in "Desert Grave" which is just a straight-up country song. Sort of like how they put "Pogo The Clown" in their last album (a lounge song without any other frills).[/QUOTE]

That's good to know. I'll have to try and find it (and [i]Committed..[/i]) for a decent price, I think.

Anyway, yesterday, amongst others things, I listened to the Nick Drake albums that aren't [i]Pink Moon[/i], and in short I'm glad I got them. First impressions are that [i]Bryter Layter[/i] is pretty good, but not of the quality of the other two; it sounds a little like he's coasting, like he could have made an album of that kind of quality in his sleep. [i]Five Leaves Left[/i] is just great, though.

Two copies of Kid A, 17 seconds apart. Trippy.
Islands - Return To The Sea

Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
Gangstarr - Full Clip
Jimmy Smith - Back At the Chicken Shack
Madvillian - Madvilliany
Cee Lo - Cee Lo Green Is the Soul Machine
Nightmares on Wax - Carboot Soul
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Busdriver - Fear of a Black Tangent

Word

Mute Math - Self-Titled
Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth...(big album name)
We Followed Tigers - And Then We Were Killed

Anyone have any recommendations for stuff to check out? I'm rather new to the alternative and indie genres.

Pixies- [i]Doolittle, Surfer Rosa, Wave Of Mutilation: Best of Pixies[/i]
Built to Spill- [i]Keep It Like A Secret[/i]... Carry the Zero and Broken Chairs sure are great songs!

I think I'll be permanently digging Wilco for the rest of my life, as if they weren't frequently dug before.

Yeah, if you get a chance to see them, see them.

[QUOTE=JonM]I think I'll be permanently digging Wilco for the rest of my life, as if they weren't frequently dug before.

Yeah, if you get a chance to see them, see them.[/QUOTE]

Oh man, I want to hear about this.

What did they play?

The Fiery Furnaces - [i]Bitter Tea[/i]
Too bad, it looks like this record is getting ignored. It's excellent. Lots of variety and some of the best Furnace material to date.

Ben Folds Five - [I]Rockin' The Suburbs[/I]

[quote=ArrestThisMan]Oh man, I want to hear about this.

What did they play?[/quote]Like everything. They played for 2 hours, came back and played FIVE more songs, left again, and came back and played two (or three?) MORE!

I would've seen Wilco if my dad hadn't been retarded about getting tickets for me and him.

The Union Underground - [I]An Education In Rebellion[/I]

This is pretty good, if a little generic at times. I'll be playing this on the way up to see my girlfriend. Rest assured I will be driving some way over the speed limit while this is playing. :cool:

Elliott Smith - From A Basement on the Hill
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire

The Drones - [I]Here Come the Lies[/I]
Boris - [I]Pink[/I]
The Sultans - [I]Shipwrecked[/I]

From Autumn To Ashes - [I]The Fiction We Live[/I]

Meh..I guess this is one of those albums that has to grow on you, on first listen it seems like generic crap.

If I ever had an album that I should actually feel bad about owning and liking, it'd be that.

ok im just gonna write down a few cool bands

panic at the disco
death cab for cutie
razorlight
AC\DC
Nirvana
babyshambles
franz ferdinand
the libertines
placebo
rooney
post~haste
the strokes
the subways
we are scientists
white stripes
kaiser cheifs
green day
red hot chili peppers
the killers

[QUOTE=steeleo]ok im just gonna write down a few cool bands

panic at the disco
death cab for cutie
razorlight
AC\DC
Nirvana
babyshambles
franz ferdinand
the libertines
placebo
rooney
post~haste
the strokes
the subways
we are scientists
white stripes
kaiser cheifs
green day
red hot chili peppers
the killers[/QUOTE]

well there are a "few" cool bands on that list, but not many!

i think Indie music rocks :thumb:

Morricone, maricón.

Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
Frank Zappa - We're Only in it For The Money
Captain Beefheart & his magic bnd - Doc at the Radar Station

Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came!
Black Flag - Damaged

Soulwax - [I]Much Against Everyones Advice[/I]

Surprisingly mellow affair 'tis.

Kings of Convenience - [i]Riot on an Empty Street[/i]

I just got home from a charity walk. It was over 30ks. My legs hurt. This is a pretty soothing album.

I hear by declare M. Ward, [B]king[/B].

smells like teen spirit - nirvana

Pixies - [I]Surfer Rosa[/I]

Frank Zappa - The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life

The reggae/jazz cover of Stairway to Heaven is sooo cool. There's some great songs covered on this live album, and all are entertaining and well done.

^Yea I love that album. The first song is so good.

I'm diggin Meat Puppets - II

Peeping Tom - s/t
David Gilmour - On an Island

Made for a nice late night listen

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

Excellent album, but not their best.

Silver Jews - American Water

Blind Willie McTell - Atlanta Twelve String

Perfect.

So far today:

Silver Jews – American Water
Mogwai – Happy Songs for Happy People
The Pixies – Surfer Rosa
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Beck - Sea Change

[QUOTE=Zebra]Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

Excellent album, but not their best.[/QUOTE]

what is their best? I love that one, but ive not heard any others.

[QUOTE=Bukowski]Frank Zappa - The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life

The reggae/jazz cover of Stairway to Heaven is sooo cool. There's some great songs covered on this live album, and all are entertaining and well done.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's a cool album. There are actually 5 discs from just that tour (which was actually cut short, too!). You should check out [I]Broadway the Hard Way[/I] and [I]Make a Jazz Noise Here[/I] for more classic Zappa material mixed with newer 80s stuff played by one of his greatest larger ensembles.

[QUOTE=Zappa]Yeah, that's a cool album. There are actually 5 discs from just that tour (which was actually cut short, too!). You should check out [I]Broadway the Hard Way[/I] and [I]Make a Jazz Noise Here[/I] for more classic Zappa material mixed with newer 80s stuff played by one of his greatest larger ensembles.[/QUOTE]

hah, i'm actually downloading Make a Jazz Noise Here on soulseek right now, as well as one called Chungas Revenge. I'll check out Broadway the Hard Way as well.

btw, i have a question, and i think you'll know so here goes. I was looking on slsk for the album Lumpy Gravy yesterday, but I got some weird results. Does the album only have 2 songs?

[QUOTE=Bukowski]hah, i'm actually downloading Make a Jazz Noise Here on soulseek right now, as well as one called Chungas Revenge. I'll check out Broadway the Hard Way as well.

btw, i have a question, and i think you'll know so here goes. I was looking on slsk for the album Lumpy Gravy yesterday, but I got some weird results. Does the album only have 2 songs?[/QUOTE]

Yes, it's a single piece in two parts. There are 22 "indexes," 12 in the first part and 10 in the second, but they are not on separate tracks.

If you like [I]We're Only In It For the Money[/I]'s more adventurous moments, you'll love [I]Lumpy Gravy[/I]

Wilderness - [i]Vessel States[/i]
Lou Reed - [i]Berlin[/i]