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[mancopter]

What's that? The Shizz is back up? Clearly I need to go on aimlessly about the music I'm listening to again!!!!

So I still buy music like a coke fiend. I've picked up a lot in the last few months, but I'll only rattle off a couple.

Mastadon ~ Blood Mountain
Best metal of the last ten years. Period.

Blood Brothers ~ Young Machetes
Very similar to Crimes, stylistically. They're getting more refined and slowing down, but they still sound pretty batshit. **Trail of Dead and Blood Brothers at the Marquee in late Nov!!!**

Yo La Tengo ~ I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Nothing too groundbreaking for them. Still, it's articulate and dreamy. Plus, it has the BEST ALBUM NAME EVER.

Tortoise ~ A Lazarus Taxon
Best discount box set ever. It's all their obscure stuff: b-sides, early singles, Japanese imports. I was paying top dollar to acquire most of this stuff, and now it's all available (3cds, 1dvd) for $20. Jesus Christ that's awesome.

TV on the Radio ~ Return to Cookie Mountain
Is still my favorite album of the year, easily. Although....

Sparklehorse ~ Dreamt for Light Years...
Completely caught me off guard and wormed its way into my favorites.

And I just learned today that several members of Slint have started a Priest/Maiden-inspired metal band.
Fucking awesome.

And by the way, I bought a new stack of CDs tonight. So I may post about them, like, tonight. Thanks for letting me longwind

[capthfc]

mastodon-blood mountain
isis-oceanic
secret machines-ten silver drops
mastodon-blood mountain
tv on the radio-return to cookie mountain
my bloody valentine-loveless
seam-the problem with me
mastodon-blood mountain

and the super sweet notrious msg

[Big_Poppa]

Hold Steady- Boys and Girls in America

Pretty good if you like that sort of thing. I love the last one, Separation Sunday and the new one is starting to grow on me. I had a chance to see them in Portland last week with Sean Na Na. Great show and I thought you would all appreciate this write up from the local Portland paper the Willamette Week:
The Hold Steady, Sean Na Na

Lola's Room at the Crystal Ballroom | 1332 W. Burnside St., 225-0047 [map]
[BAR ROCK] The Hold Steady is the greatest rock band currently gigging in the world. This does not necessarily mean that you will like them. Some people have problems with lead singer Craig Finn's acerbic speak-sing (à la Sam Kinison) as he tells glorious tales of middle America's crippled youth; others might have problems with Tad Kubler's propensity to insert testosterone-fueled guitar leads (à la AC/DC) into the band's four-on-the-floor joy rock (à la the E Street Band); still others might object to the fact that massive amounts of beer are spilled on the stage/floor/audience while the band turns the club into a pulsing sweatshop (à la C+C Music Factory); then there are those who do not like the Minnesota Twins and find Minnesota-native Finn's onstage boosterism (à la my buddy Mikey) obnoxious; finally, there are those who simply cannot handle the supreme coolness of keyboardist Franz Nicolay's moustache (à la Rollie Fingers). These people are commonly known as "pussies" and have no business at a Hold Steady show, especially this one where the Brooklyn band will be displaying songs from their latest masterpiece of Midwestern fiction, Boys and Girls in America. So, basically, if you are not a pussy, you must go to this show. MARK BAUMGARTEN.- Lola's Room at the Crystal Ballroom. 10:30 pm. $10 advance, $12 day of show. 21+.

[Danosaur]

Brazilian Girls--Talk to the Bomb--this CD is sweet! Montoya introduced it to me on our last little toursy to Cali...we was diggin it the whole way in the van...

Also, on spincycle, Runaway Diamonds and the new Chief Beef CD...freaking great!

[mig50]

bear claw - find the sun

[jesse]

the byrds - turn! turn! turn!
t. rex - a beard of stars
goblin - roller
m. sord - rick mcmann

also, i decided i don't like 'return to cookie mountain'. it just doesn't hold my interest.

i need to check out 'blood mountain', though. i can't imagine it being better than 'leviathan', but i guess there's only one way to find out.

[unluckycharm]

Brazilian Girls--Talk to the Bomb--this CD is sweet! Montoya introduced it to me on our last little toursy to Cali...we was diggin it the whole way in the van...

Also, on spincycle, Runaway Diamonds and the new Chief Beef CD...freaking great!

The previous CD is great too. I think it was just called Brazilian Girls.

[chadk]

lying bitch and the restraining orders

[unluckycharm]

sam prekop (self-titled solo album, very mellow & jazzy, good stuff)

i kinda doubt he'd be on a bill with lying bitch and her restraining orders

[capharnaum]

paperchase - hide the kitchen knives
don cab - world class listening program
slayer - reign in blood

[Jadbgjoka]

2nding the TV on the Radio, just got that album a week ago......fun.


A local band called Les Paiens, Acid Jazz.


Russian Circles............. instrumental and good.


I could post links to myspace pages and the sort, but I won't.

[mig50]

i listened to 'no kill no beep beep' by q and not u about 40 times yesterday.

i'm listening to it again now.

[lkelly]

lyle lovett - joshua judges ruth

[mancopter]

those dead child tracks are great. david pajo is really good. thanks for clueing me in.

Excellent! I'm not alone then. We're alone!!! I'll post as I learn more about them.