Albums Listened to Today

[Si82]

 

"No Cities Left" - The Dears

" You're a Woman, I'm a Machine" - Death from Above 1979

"Transformers: The Movie" - Various Artists

[PLAGIARISM!]

I have a deep personal affinity for the Transformers soundtrack. I quite like No cities Left as well, it's a grower.

[Giuseppe Zangara]

Good as it is, almost every song on No Cities Left goes on about a minute too long; I like it better than Gang of Losers, though, as that runs out of steam in the last third.

[PLAGIARISM!]

Yeah, I think I classify it as a grower because I had to persevere with it. I think it gets stronger in the second half as well.

[Giuseppe Zangara]

When I saw them a few months back, they played all the best songs from NCL, so that was nice.

[Zorin Industries]

Last few days:

 

[Smartly Pretty]

Listened to The White Stripes "De Stijl" last night, around 3 in the morning, so I guess it counts as today. Really good opening couple songs, You're Pretty Good Looking and Hello Operator, it kind of trails off though. "I'm Bound to Pack it Up, A Boy's Best Friend" and "Sister do you know my name" aren't really good, like at all, but then it picks back up again. I liked it a lot, excluding those three tracks.

[Jaxxson Mayhem]

[luke-o]

 

Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers

Radiohead - OK Computer

Gossip - Standing in the way of Control

Various Artists - Clerks OST

Ol Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please

Kerbdog - On the Turn

[PLAGIARISM!]

That Kerbdog album's pretty good I seem to recall, though I haven't heard it in years.

[The Man in Blak]

For the Friday morning doldrums (so far):

 

 

Maybe it's whiplash from the Sun Ra, but Jamboree is mostly shit, indie "twee" cred be damned. The Tapes 'n Tapes has been fun, though, for a first listen.

[Giuseppe Zangara]

Beat Happening were awesome and Tapes 'n Tapes blow goats. Back to the drawing board for you, Steve.

[luke-o]

That Kerbdog album's pretty good I seem to recall, though I haven't heard it in years.

 

Its actually fucking awesome and its so underated.

[Anorak]

 

Mark Lanegan - Field Songs

American Music Club - California

Nina Nastasia - On Leaving

Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities

Jay Reatard - Blood Visions

The Clientele - Strange Geometry

[Failed Bridge]

Shadow Gallery's Carved In Stone. Been at least a year since I last listened to this and I forgot just how good it is.

[Guest kresh]

Municipal waste - The art of partying

 

municipal waste is gonna' fuck you up [sounds of beer cans] YEAAA

[JohnnyBlaze]

Listened to Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins today, as well as Good News for People Who Like Bad News - Modest Mouse, and Game Theory - The Roots.

[Garth]

By default I've had to listen to the new Kings of Leon album, my annoying housemate has been playing it non-stop in the room next to mine.

[Giuseppe Zangara]

 

The Monkees had some great singles, but they were a pretty forgettable album act. Nothing bad on Headquarters (their third lp; first to be entirely written, played and produced by the band itself)—some real good songs, even—but most of it floats by so wispily that I can't recall what I heard mere seconds after hearing it.

[Jaxxson Mayhem]

 

Pretty damn good.

[The Man in Blak]

Beat Happening were awesome and Tapes 'n Tapes blow goats. Back to the drawing board for you, Steve.

 

If you say so. I haven't heard anything from the rest of their catalogue, but 75% or more of Jamboree seems to go like:

 

while (songlength < 2:00)
{
Drums.play("thump-a-whack-a-thump-a-whack-a");
Guitar.playSingleStringOfNotes(3);
DudeThatSoundsLikeThatDudeFromCrashTestDummies.lyricize("teenage love, like maybe the Wonder Years");
Guitar.playSameSingleStringOfNotes(3);
}

 

I mean, there's "Indian Summer" and the car crash of a "song" that ends the album does manage to work somehow as a closing track, but so much of the rest of it comes in flat for me. The sensation reminds me of my general distaste for Pink Flag, but even I can objectively see the appeal behind that one. Jamboree, I dunno. Is there some kind of context behind the album that I'm completely oblivious to? Is there a better place to start with Beat Happening?

 

I will concede, however, that Tapes 'n Tapes loses a lot of that "fun" on the second go round. "Like Drums" still has some zing to it, but the rest of the album just completely stalls out in flight after initial exposure.

[luke-o]

 

Faith No More-Angel Dust

Led Zeppelin-III

Alice in Chains-Alice In Chains

 

That be 3 good albums right there.

 

On my ipod yesterday:

 

Stone Temple Pilots - Thank You

Wilt - Bastinado

[Henry Spencer]

 

Fugazi - The Argument

Prince - 1999

The Psychedelic Furs - s/t

[Obi Chris Kenobi]

Got back from work and I've made my way through the Incubus back cat. Took me years to finally get around to listening to them, but my mate shared his CDs and they're awesome.

[Mecha Mummy]

 

Thelonious Monk - The Genius

 

 

 

The White Stripes - De Stijl (which I have apparently been misspelling for like a year now, uh)

[Guest George's Box]

The new Feist album. It's enjoyable, but in no way memorable. Have you ever fallen asleep in the car with your headphones on? You know you heard something, but you don't recall exactly what you heard. It's like that.

[Henry Spencer]

 

Guided By Voices - Under The Bushes, Under The Stars

Melt Banana - Bambi's Dilemma

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum

 

Aesop Rock - Float

[Guest The Minor Threat]

Has anyone else illegally downloaded the new Bad Religion album? It's not their best work, but some of the songs are deserving of mention.

[Henry Spencer]

 

Melt Banana - Bambi's Dilemma

Charles Manson - Lie: The Love & Terror Cult

Morrissey - Your Arsenal

 

John Mayer - Continuum

 

You're better off not even asking about that last one.

[Henry Spencer]

Naw, Master Of Reality.