Heard any music today or yesterday?

[mvd]

I've heard:

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go (I might give it an A+! It's not nice and tidy folk, but it is beautiful and quite emotional)

The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity (I'm a fan, and this is the Cardigans at their best - A+)

The Lemonheads - self-titled (just enough change of pace to make this a great power pop CD - A or A+)

I started TV On The Radio's Return to Cookie Mountain and will finish today - while some songs seem like they need to be fleshed out more, the concept is coming together. It's at least a good CD, and unique.

Heard these at Full Album Listening Party:

The Killers - Sam's Town (while not quite as good as Hot Fuss, the Springsteen/U2 sound is combined with their new wave touches, making this more than a copy. The end of the CD is a little weak, but there are quite a few gems. B+)

Beck - The Information (maybe it's just not my style as much, but the CD seems a bit disoriented. Still some fine Beck moments, but the hit radio goes down with all these songs. B)

[bif]

1. As Tall As Lions

Pretty good new group. I downoaded a bunch of ttheir tunes. Some nice vocals--catchy melodies.

[mvd]

2. I will try them out

We've exchanged recommendations for quite a few artists. :hi:

[bif]

3. I read about them on Filter's site

And you're right. We have exchanged faves in the past. I also like Cibelle and Ane Brun, a couple of female vocalists I've discovered lately.

[mvd]

20. I also like Ane Brun a lot

Haven't heard Cibelle yet. I heard all the samples from As Tall As Lions's new self-titled CD - sounds a little like the Flaming Lips? But better IMO - thanks for the recommendation.

[izzybeans]

4. Broken Social Scene -You forgot it in People at the moment

I went and saw Mark Kozelek last evening. He had me in tears with some of his old Red House Painters stuff.

[Mutley]

5. The last song I heard was

"Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Love that song.

[RedStateShame]

6. Brendan Benson "Alternative to Love"

He's in the Raconteurs, Jack White's supergroup, and he's the reason that supergroup's any good.

[GirlinContempt]

7. I don't believe in music.

[mainegreen]

8. Liar liar pants of fire. nt

[GirlinContempt]

9. I don't.

Much like the tooth fairy.

I guess you believe in the tooth fairy too, huh?

Freeper.

[mvd]

12. No music!? That takes away much of my life

:cry: :hi:

[idgiehkt]

10. I just keep watching this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiWvCQAuqLU

somebody please help me...

[conscious evolution]

11. Donna The Buffalo

One of the few bands I listen to anymore.


" Push comes to shove"

ALL you wall street blood-suckers
thinking your so swell.
You make nothing to eat,
nothing to wear,
nothing to sell.

"Everyday "

Stopped up by the wrong police
Debating my philosophy
Battles wtih puny brain
Weakens my chi

everyday,we feel the love
everyday

[ornotna]

15. Good choice

Great band. Can't wait for New Years Eve.

[conscious evolution]

18. Cant wait for suwanee

[ghostsofgiants]

13. I was introduced to a pretty cool metalcore band called Every Time I Die

http://www.myspace.com/everytimeidie

[greendog]

14. The Little Willies

I bought the CD this afternoon. I like it.

[ornotna]

16. Right now

I'm listening to Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Born in Chicago

[idgiehkt]

17. I'm listening to Daddy Yankee...reggaeton

Gasolina and Oye mi canto.

I wish I knew more about it, I really like it more and more.

[Broken_Hero]

19. a few...

chevelle-comfortable liar

Staind-Epiphany

Slipknot-People=#$%!

Fear Factory-Zero Signal

Life of Agony-Love to let you down, Black Seed, The Stain Remains, Otherside, River Runs Red, Tangerine, and Drowning...thats about it...:)

[mvd]

21. OK, today I haven't heard much

I finished the TV On The Radio - definitely a good CD, but not quite as praise worthy as Yo La Tengo's new one.

I also re-listened to 5 songs from Meg & Dia's Something Real (because they are pop/rock,) but they didn't sound any better this time. I did like "Nineteen Stars" - the arrangement and melody fits them much better. They have to re-structure their music to become as good as The Veronicas or Lillix.

[Initech]

22. Beck's new album The Information

I like it, it's much better than Guero, if a bit disorienting at times!

Right now I'm listening to John Frusciante's album "Shadows Collide With People".

[mvd]

23. I don't think the Beck is bad

It just has a LOT of funk this time, and some more rapping - I'm not a fan of that style. Still, "Soldier Jane" is pretty, and "Think I'm In Love" is classic Beck.

[Initech]

37. I really like the album, and the do-it-yourself cover is pretty cool.

[buddhamama]

24. i am listening to the Smashing Pumpkins

Siamese Dream "Mayonaise"

I like The Information, it's not my favorite Beck but, it's good.

[Taverner]

25. Cheap Trick

Good old school rock

[bbernardini]

26. Kronos Quartet, Puffy AmiYumi, Ringo, Harry & The Potters, The Who nt

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

27. I remain obsessed with Joanna Newsom's 'Ys'

Pitchfork's error has certainly made me a convert (I didn't - & still don't - think much about The Milk-Eyed Mender) and I look forward to owning a legitimate copy next month.

Currently playing Tom Waits' The Heart of Saturday Night which you can't really go wrong with!

[mvd]

28. Does her voice sound better on Ys?

I couldn't get past that voice when listening to samples from The Milk-Eyed Wonder.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

39. Much better IMO

Her vocals throughout are more tempered (well, you know what I mean) & when she does become screechy or sharp it (generally) services the song, rather than just coming across as unnecessary. Worth giving her another shot when it comes out.

[mvd]

45. I'll give a listen based on your advice

:hi:

[catmandu57]

29. I heard a great song, Man of God

Eliza Gilkyson from her new cd Hotel Paradise.
http://elizagilkyson.com/music.htm
If you buy any new music get this one.

[mvd]

30. You mean Paradise Hotel?

She's intriguing - will definitely check the CD out. :hi:

[catmandu57]

40. Yes I did

senior moments that come too frequently these days.

[mvd]

41. No problem

Thanks for the recommendation - the album sounds wonderful! I saw from the album review on iTunes that she's also a big Democrat.

[RevolutionaryActs]

31. I'm not at all sure how I feel about the new Killers CD.

I'm a little disappointed really, I loved their whole New Wave thing on Hot Fuss. The new stuff just seems lacking to me. :(

[mvd]

33. It took a few times for me to like it

The more I listened, the more it just sounded like a modification and not a change. Now I'd like to buy it. :hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

34. I'll have to give it another listen then.

I only listened to it once yesterday. :D

[tuvor]

43. Bought it yesterday. I think it might well be a grower.

Hell, I hated "Somebody Told Me" when I first heard it, because it struck me initially as so very derivative of New Wave (one of my favourites now, LOL), and the whole of Hot Fuss took its time for me to really start to enjoy.

And with Sam's Town, here we go again. I didn't care for the new single at first, but now I'm starting to really like it. And the rest of the album isn't turning me off so far.

Typically my desert island albums are ones that I couldn't stand or "didn't get" at first. So we'll see how the new Killers pans out.

[wildhorses]

32. still listening to Todd Snider "East Nashville Skyline" and

his "That Was Me '94-'98"


I get on this kick where I just get onto one artist's stuff and just go all introspective:shrug:

[MoseyWalker]

35. Ah, Beck

Most enjoyable!

I'm going to have to lock this thread now. Or maaayyyyybbbeeee.........not!

[HughBeaumont]

36. NP - Edward Bear - "Last Song"

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

38. Right now I'm listening to "Sweet Dreams" by Tori Amos

"lie, lie, lies ev'rywhere," said the father to the son
your peppermint breath gonna choke 'em to death,
daddy watch your little black sheep run
he got a knives in his back ev'ry time he opens up
you say, "he got be strong if he wanna be a man"
mister i don't know how you can have

sweet dreams, sweet dreams

land, land of liberty
we're run by a constipated man
when you live in the past
you refuse to see when your
daughter come home nine months pregnant
with five billion points of light
gonna shine 'em on the face of your friends
they got the earth in a sling
they got world on her knees
they even got your zipper between their teeth

sweet dreams, sweet dreams

you say, you say, you say that you have 'em
i say that you're a liar
sweet dreams, sweet dreams

go on, go on, go on and dream
your house is on fire
come along now

well, well, summer wind been catching up with me
"elephant mind, missy you don't have
you forgettin' to fly,
darlin', when you sleep"
i got a hazy, lazy susan
takin turns all over my dreams
i got lizards and snakes runnin' through my body.
funny how they all have my face

sweet dreams, sweet dreams

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. Steely Dan, Steely Dan, Steely Dan, the Stones, Steely Dan, Miles Davis...

Yeah, I'm stuck in a rut. So what? :P

[martymar64]

44. Today I heard "No Myth" by Michael Penn

What if I were Romeo in black jeans?
What if I were Heathcliff, it's no myth?
Maybe she's just looking for . . .someone to dance with.