What music have you listened to this weekend?

[mvd]

I'll be back posting at times through election day, before I go back to my posting break. I didn't see any "listening to" topics up lately, so this is a good time for one!

I've listened to:

Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler
Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
Vanessa Carlton - Harmonium
B-52s - Time Capsule: Songs For A Future Generation

[Initech]

1. Here is what I have been listening to:

Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass

One of the best of the year. I love when bands mix and match genres like this. There's two Zappa-esque guitar solos on the disc (one at the beginning and one at the end), and then it almost seamlessly blends genres. Great stuff.

Isis - In The Absence Of Truth

I love this band, they were a perfect fit on the most recent Tool tour. And the new album, while it is more of the same, is a good thing. It rocks.

Mars Volta - Amputecture

As much as I love Mars Volta, this album is kinda meh. It's longer and more drawn out than their previous albums (like that's possible), but it's still very good. And the addition of RHCP guitarist John Frusciante to the lineup - awesome.

Liars - Drums Not Dead

Have not had a chance to listen to this one much (considering I just picked it up last night), but I really like their sound. Will review later.

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

These guys surprised the hell out of me. It sounds like they're trying to shed their emo goth image, and it works. It's catchy as hell. And worth listening to on repeated listens.

[mvd]

2. I have the Yo La Tengo (is great) and plan on getting the..

My Chemical Romance. BTW, I highly recommend all four of the CDs I listed.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Second the Yo La Tengo pick.

Great album. :thumbsup:

But this weekend, I played Johnny Cash, "At Folsom Prison" and Tom Waits' "Closing Time" a lot, both fantastic albums.

[mvd]

9. BTW

That is the only Yo La Tengo I have. Which one should I get next? Consider that I don't buy into the most bands only have a few good albums thing.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One.

http://www.amazon.com/Can-Hear-Heart-Beating-One/dp/B0000036X3/sr=8-2/qid=1162762678/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-1108458-0035246?ie=UTF8&s=music

:thumbsup:

[mvd]

14. Thanks

I'll check it out for sure.

[Initech]

13. I dunno, this is the only one I have as well.

I need to check out more of their stuff.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. Check post #12.

[querelle]

3. Lots Of Old Stuff

Guess I'm feeling nostalgic this weekend.

10CC Greatest Hits
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
The Cars - Candy-O
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Led Zeppelin - II
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Cary Simon - No Secrets

A few others that I can't recall at this time, but all 70's stuff.

Q

[datasuspect]

5. first three van halen records

ill communication by the beastie boys

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Portugal. The Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmDFlsXaDe4

http://www.myspace.com/portugaltheman

[cautiouslywaiting]

7. Mostly

Ani DiFranco this weekend. I have very random taste in music.

[mvd]

8. Same here

I only dislike a few genres.

[BuddhaGirl]

10. Just listened to Traffic's

"The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"

GREAT album! :-)

[mitchum]

11. Son House "Death Letter" Warren Zevon "Learning To Flinch"

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

15. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 (rather obsessively)

Air's music, Jarvis Cocker & Divine Comedy bloke's lyrics & Gainsbourgs fantastic voice - top stuff, & 'Everything I Cannot See' is probably one of my favorite songs of the year.

I also dug out Belle & Sebastian's 'Tigermilk' (for reasons unknown) & have spun that a couple of times.

[tinfoil tiaras]

16. Okay, this is my soundtrack lately

Dixie Chicks-Not Ready To Nice
-The Long Way Around
-Lubbock or Leave it
-Voice Inside My Head
The Troggs-Love is All Around
-R.E.M.'s cover of "Love is All Around"
Rilo Kiley-Science vs. Romance
-Portions for Foxes

and alot of other stuff

anyways. why in the hell did i do this list in outline form? I'm not at school... :wtf:

[mvd]

17. As an extra, here are a few more CDs I've heard lately

Kevin Federline - Playing With Fire: F (tied with Paris's CD for worst of the year. He can't rap, recycles beats, and has lyrics that aren't even funny.)

The Who - Endless Wire: B (Not as classic as much of their older stuff, but a workmanlike effort. They can actually get by on the old-time vibe.)

Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 3: B (The more metallic songs don't work at all, sounding like bad cheese metal instead of soulful. And "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" would be useless if it wasn't for Marion Raven, who I love. But much of the rest is pretty tasty stuff, even if there could be more stand outs.)

I liked samples from Natalie Walker a lot.

[mvd]

20. Oh, forgot a couple

Brooke Hogan - Undiscovered: D (yes, she can sing a little better than Paris and has a bit better lyrics, but the beats are even worse.)

Hannah Montana soundtrack: Only heard samples. Miley Cyrus has a good voice, but I'd have to hear more to determine how much I'd like it.

[Left Is Write]

18. Smithereens, All-American Rejects, and Bobby Darin.

[graywarrior]

19. Green Day ~ American Idiot. Over and over and over...

[elocs]

21. I do not listen to music other than on the radio in the car.

Which is odd since in my younger days I was a dj for an oldies station. I'm just not interested anymore.

[VeggieTart]

22. Let's see...

The boyfriend and I went to a BNL concert Thursday night in Philly, listned to Green Day's "American Idiot" on the way up and back. Also listened to Veruca Salt's new CD "IV." We also went to see BNL in Fairfax Saturday night. Today on my iRiver, listened to Courtney Love's "American Sweetheart" and Alanis's "Jagged Little Pill" on the way to and from work.

I've got a bunch of songs on my Windows Media Player, so I'm listening to a random collection of stuff.

[bedpanartist]

23. spent the weekend listening to drexel tunes.

in preparation for a lil' tour:

http://myspace.com/drexelohio

[Spirochete]

24. So far it's been

The Blasters Live - Going Home
Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
Anna Nalick - Wreck of the Day
Canned Heat
Oingo Boingo

[Spider Jerusalem]

26. This weekend, I've listened to:

The Cinematic Orchestra - "Every Day"

9 Lazy 9 - "Sweet Jones"

Françoiz Breut - "Une Saison Volée" (French singer who has a sound that's vaguely reminiscent of the Cowboy Junkies...the album has an overall sense of beautiful melancholy, if that makes sense)

Emilie Simon - "Vegetal"

Nouvelle Vague - "Nouvelle Vague" (A French group that does bossanova-style covers of '80's punk and New Wave tunes--their version of the Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk To Fuck" is not to be missed)

Cansei de Ser Sexy - "Cansei de Ser Sexy"

Zero 7 - "The Garden"

[sakabatou]

27. Nobuo Uematsu

[Lautremont]

28. Some new (to me) weird music, mostly:

Compilations of French proto-metal from the early 70s; 60s-70s German psychadelia; Peruvian rock from the same period; Thai rock from the same period; Cambodian rock from the same period; Turkish rock from the same period. I feel like I've been on a crazy globe-spanning musical mushroom trip!

And I listened to "After The Gold Rush."

[leftofthedial]

29. I go in the studio this week

so I've been playing my own stuff and working on pre-production on that

Still, I managed to squeeze in some old faves--Tom Waits, Richard Buckner, Elton John, John Martyn, Kieran Kane . . .

[Bella Pisces]

30. Question, mvd -

is Harmonium anything like her first album? With the exception of the overplayed "A Thousand Miles", I liked Be Not Nobody. Oh, and Begin To Hope is a great album - "Samson" is my favorite track. Yours?

So, I've listened to:

Ane Brun - A Temporary Dive
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Jem - Finally Woken
Santana - The Best Of
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn

[mvd]

36. Harmonium is pretty similar IMO

I still like "A Thousand Miles," but Be Not Nobody had songs that were better than that song. Harmonium has lots of standouts, but maybe not as many that play to radio as much as that song did. It's slightly quirkier on songs like the creepy "She Floats." A little less produced, too.

My favorite from Begin To Hope is hard to choose. "Samson" is beautiful, but I also love the hooky "Better" just as much.

BTW, I like Ane Brun and Jem! If you like Jem, you should check out Lisa Palleschi and Natalie Walker.

[Jean Louise Finch]

31. how do you like that pete yorn record?

I was addicted to musicforthemorningafter for about six months when it came out but haven't listened to it since. And I haven't heard Nightcrawler. How does it rate?

I was studying over the weekend, listening to the new Pearl Jam record, Jurassic 5, and Lamb.

[mvd]

37. I'd give it an A at least

I'm not afraid to give As and A+s to albums I love. You should like Nightcrawler if you liked musicforthemorningafter, but Nightcrawler has more of a power pop sound, with more sweeping but tasteful ballads.

[Ariana Celeste]

32. Björk- Homogenic

Blind Melon- Blind Melon

Blind Melon- Classic Masters

Suicidal Tendencies- Lights, Camera, Revolution

[fizzgig]

33. not much

it was a quiet weekend for me but i did crank up nin - pretty hate machine while i cleaned the house

[Squeech]

34. King Crimson

For a couple weeks I've been obsessing on the song "I'm a Dinosaur," on Thrak. It seems to capture something important about this election.

Here's the lyrics, from the Elephant Talk page:

long ago and far away in a different age
when i was a dumb young guy
fossilized photos of my life then
illustrate what an easy prey i must have been
standing in the sun, idiot savant
something like a monument
i'm a dinosaur, somebody is digging my bones

ignorance has alway been something i excel in
followed by naivete and pride
doesn't take a scientist to see how
any clever predator could have a piece of me
standing in the sun, idiot savant
something like a monument
i'm a dinosaur, somebody is digging my bones

when i look back on the past
it's a wonder i'm not yet extinct
all the mistakes and bad judgements i made
nearly pushed me to the brink
it doesn't pay to be too nice
it's the one thing i have learned
still, i made my fossil bed
now i toss and turn

i'm a dinosaur, somebody is digging my bones

[bif]

35. Mirah, MoZella, Imogen Heap

Paula Cole, Pearl Django, Rosenburg Trio, Brad Meldau, Jackie Terrasson, and a whole bunch of Bjork!