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I've been listening the hell out of Devendra Banhart. I've heard "At the Hop" about 5000 times this week alone. On top of that, Black Flag and Preservation Hall Jazz Band have been all I want in life right now.

TheHipCola wrote:Cool! M83 is AWESOME, and the latest album is out: "Before the Dawn Heals Us"...

Which I now have, and I must say that it is suhweet. Very lush. I like it better than Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts.

Currently diggin' on Chroma Key's Graveyard Mountain Home. Written as a score to a public archive film short from the fifties. Apparently he slowed the movie to 1/2 speed and then scored it like that. Great great album.

Almost unbelievably, Kevin Moore (who is Chroma Key) was a founding member of Dream Theater. You would never guess that from listening to this stuff.

Starlight Mints' "The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of". I love this!

Harvest - Neil Young.
The Band - The Band.
Inspiration for 'Dog Boy hits the skids'

Thanks to c.layne and Hip Cola, I picked up M83's older album (a double) from half.com. It's odd, unsettling and "settling" at the same time, and great.
Next I'll have to get the new one.
-bill

yeah, they're pretty fucking rad. i just found about them too. still haven't heard the new one.

in a few short hours, i'll be at a danzig concert. it doesn't get any sweeter.

Punch him!!

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

Right now, I'm digesting Tori Amos' new album The Beekeeper, which came out yesterday. Individually, the songs are fairly polished and straightforward, but they're presented oddly. There's nineteen of them, and the inside of the booklet organizes them into groups of three or four songs each, but those groups have nothing to do with actual album order. It's tempting to organize them into these little "gardens" to see if any new connections become apparent, but I'll hold off on that till I'm a little more familiar with the album. So far I'd recommend it.

Steel Pulse--"Steppin Out" Great song, I'd like to go to every college and tell every white person wearing sandals that there is other Reggae than just Bob Marley's "Legend".

Generic wrote:Right now, I'm digesting Tori Amos' new album The Beekeeper, which came out yesterday. Individually, the songs are fairly polished and straightforward, but they're presented oddly. There's nineteen of them, and the inside of the booklet organizes them into groups of three or four songs each, but those groups have nothing to do with actual album order. It's tempting to organize them into these little "gardens" to see if any new connections become apparent, but I'll hold off on that till I'm a little more familiar with the album. So far I'd recommend it.

Take the little "gardens" and the Tori biography then see if the new connections become apparent (though I believe you also have to have a copy of "God", "Muhammad my Friend" & "Pandora's Aquarium" for full effect. My wife got the biography for Valentine's Day and Tori has a set of songs that go with each chapter- mostly Beekeeper songs. So there is probably a correlation. Probably. But you never know with Tori.

Sounds like a marketing ploy.

Justincombustion wrote:Steel Pulse--"Steppin Out" Great song, I'd like to go to every college and tell every white person wearing sandals that there is other Reggae than just Bob Marley's "Legend".

http://www.reggae-reviews.com/rebelmusic.html

Rebel Music Anthology is a brilliant introduction to the range and scope of reggae that isn't Mr Marley (who's great as well for what it's worth)

j$

iron & wine - woman king
dead meadow - feathers
handsome boy modeling school - white people

In celebration of the news announcing work to commence on OSI 2 in April, I'm listening to O.S.I. right now.

This album cOoXors. (can I say that?)

Sleep - Dragonaut

this song has some of the sweetest riffing ever.

Justincombustion wrote:Steel Pulse--"Steppin Out" Great song, I'd like to go to every college and tell every white person wearing sandals that there is other Reggae than just Bob Marley's "Legend".

I worked a few Steel Pulse shows in the early 80s and that was fun! Even when they called me the devil. Boy, the spliff was sweet, too.

C.Layne's The Sun Will Come Out To Blind You.

This sounds awesome...great job C. I'm really impressed with the sonic qualities of the album as well as the songwriting. You've definitely got your own style.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED~

http://www.magnatune.com

Check out the cool Magnatune business model...great idea.

thanks, man! 8)

I just discovered the Flaming Lips' "Zaireeka", and wow.

It's four cds, all of which are supposed to be played at once. I'm listening to just two of the four right now, and it sounds bizarrely awesome. Everyone should try this.