[Tunage] Laundry Lists

[jon_chaisson]

Currently Own and Have on Heavy Rotation

--Coldplay, Viva La Vida, or Death and All His Friends (damn, this album ROCKS.)
--Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid (right up there with Cast of Thousands...really good album, this)
--Ben Folds, Way to Normal (h58, I think you need to hear "Effington" :p )
--Beck, Modern Guilt (one of his non-hit, weird-but-great albums)
--Sigur Ros, (random Icelandic lettering here) (louder SR, but still great!)
--Rob Dickinson, Fresh Wine for the Horses (reissue, but still awesome from the Catherine Wheel singer)
--Duffy, Rockferry (yeah, what can I say, she's my girlfriend. ;) )
--Wire, Object 47 (YES. New Wire sounding like Ideal Copy-era Wire. SWEET.)
--Goldfrapp, Seventh Tree (very mellow compared to the last few, but really good)
--Hooverphonic, President of the LSD Golf Club (I LOVES me some Hooverphonic!)
--The Gaslight Anthem, That '59 Sound (I can't tell if I'm listening to Springsteen or the Replacements, but I LIKE IT)

Currently Need to Buy/Download

--UNKLE, End Titles...Stories for Film
--Mogwai, The Hawk is Howling
--Weezer, Weezer (the red album)--I can't believe we don't have this yet.
--The Replacements, random Rhino reissues


I still feel like I didn't listen to enough music this year. And it's a year ending with 8, dang it! I need more suggestions for great albums before the year's out, people!!! Help a guy out here!! :p



Oh, and might I add that eMusic is still the best $29 a month I've ever spent for 100 songs? ;)

Comments

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of the eMusic. Constant influx of songs... I didn't plan on becoming a Guided By Voices completist, but I have been.

I see Mogwai and wonder how you're doing in terms of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Much fondness for "Lift yr Skinny Fists to Heaven"

I can't remember if you've heard either of New Radiant Storm King's latest? Both available on eMusic, both superb.

When you run out of songs for the month you can always go and download a few off www.thejamesrocket.com. Unless you have them all already. Not as good as the above, but what the hell, it's mine.

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

A lot of the newer stuff from this year was snagged from eMusic, the rest have been random downloadings from Amazon and elsewhere, but I still have a waiting list of stuff to download from there. Including the entire main ELP discography! w000t!


As for GYBE, "Lift Yr Skinny Fists" was actually the first album I picked up from them, and quite like it. Pity we haven't heard from them since 'Yanqui UXO'...but I'm trying to keep my eyes and ears out for more post rock/experimental stuff like that, since I find it really good background for writing sessions.

And I keep meaning to swipe some of your stuff--I should go do so! :)

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

It's not swiping, 'cause I'm giving it away! I'm crazy!

Explosions in the Sky are a very good GYBE substitute. To be fair, they also have their own thing going on, but there's ground for comparison between GYBE's "Dead Flag Blues" and EitS's "Have you passed through this night?" in terms of chillingly beautiful music with heartwrenching spoken word atop.

I don't remember if it's on eMusic, but you might check out Jessamine. "Long Arm of Coincidence" is superb. Long on the atmospherics, like other Kranky releases like Low.

If I were doing more long writing sessions (I will go back to school with a spear in my back, nothing less) I'd still probably find my go-to music was Eno's Music for Airports and his Apollo soundtrack, the latter I haven't heard lately since I only have it on cassette...

I've been listening to a mess of Beulah, and a mess of Apples in Stereo.

[ying-ko-4.livejournal.com]

The Coldplay sounded better to me than I thought it would. The Duffy album is Amy Winehouse not on drugs or with a bad attitude...and it's great stuff...the Goldfrapp album is my personal favorite. Her voice is amazing. I have a Gaslight Anthem EP that I found on Amie St. Music that I quite like. I'll have to check out some more.

You should look into Nicole Atkins. Simply stunning writing and singing. And as soon as I get off my current Jazz kick, I'll be checking giving some of my newer stuff some serious spinnage.

(Coltrane, Davis, Monk, Sonny Rollins, Di Meola, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins...oh yeah...)

[emmalyon.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I said about Duffy v. Amy!

We actually have a freebie CD of Nicole Atkins around somewhere. I heard something or other of hers an dliked it very much.

[ying-ko-4.livejournal.com]

If you look at my Last.fm page, you'll see that Nicole Atkins is one of my favorite artists, period...

Duffy is a stellar example of a gifted artist who has room to grow.

[madhatte.livejournal.com]

Another good GYBE substitute is Jessamine (same label even!). Good stuff!

Also: try Mainliner. H E A V Y

[madhatte.livejournal.com]

WHAT HO! Another recommends Jessamine! I guess I shoulda read the whole back-and-forth!

Meanwhile: new Firewater is AWESOME. Also new DeVotchKa. Also new Trail Of Dead.

[head58.livejournal.com]

How did Ben Folds put out an album without me hearing about it? I mean, I'd heard that horrible song with that Regina Spektor woman, but I didn't know there was a whole album.

And new Wire? Dammit.

I've got somebody to recommend for you: Rachel Yamagata. I keep hearing stuff from her on Launchcast and really digging it. This one in particular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdQ_1JcVABQ

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

The Ben Folds cd came out this past Tuesday. If anything, I hadn't known about it either until I...er...stumbled upon it. ;)

The Wire album is interesting--it's got a hard sound like Send did, but it's very melodic like their late-80s stuff. A nice mix of new and old. It's only three of them now, as Bruce Gilbert left (I believe is pushing into his 60s right now...he was a good deal older than the other guys). I like it, though!

I'll have to check Rachel out. I've heard of her but never actually gave her a listen...