Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
M.I.A. - Kala
The New Pornographers - Challengers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion (single)
Mary Lou Lord - The Pace of Change

Imperial Teen-The Hair, The TV, The Baby and The Band
Rilo Kiley-Under the Blacklight
The Radio Dept-Pet Grief

I love Mary Lou Lord, shame to hear that she won't be releasing anything more.

Hole - Live Through This
Tori Amos - Welcome to Sunny Florida

Ooh Kala. Good choice.

what does Sonic Youth stand for that is negative? They do not alienate people with an "inder than thou" approach. There is always a trace of pop in their material especially Goo, Dirty, and so forth. Personally I am a fan of their mid 80s work with Sister and EVOL topping my list.

Don't feed the troll

Makesmewantto, I enjoy Daydream Nation immensely as well as Dirty and Sonic Nurse; they've always had great pop instincts. Their hooks are usually a bit more complex or grafts of guitar work instead of vocals (Pattern Recognition) but it is there.

no. i think you're misconstruing what i've said. for me, they represent the whole no noise, arty, and art noise movement that was growing in the 80's. along with the riott girrl movement. for me anyway. i've associated them with that particular movement ever their self titled debut. and that type of scene/music isn't something i like. in fact a lot of it i loathe. a very sort of art school type of music and crowd. it's not my thing. and i really just don't like it. it tends to come off as pretentious. though sonic youth isn't. it's my own hang ups about that particular scene and me associating sonic youth with that. i never did get into that. i like sonic youth enough to own their last 3 cd's and the daydream nation deluxe edition remaster. but yet i am on the fence with this group. i've tried to get into them more and the best i can do is be a casual fan who somewhat likes them, but is more on the fence.


which i feel is a very sad thing because this is an important band in the history of music and if you like alternative music then you must like sonic youth or so it seems. they feel like one of those artists that you have to like and if you don't you are seen as weird for not liking them. like dylan or the beatles for example. of course it may be me. i just have a bit of a hard time getting really into them. i like them well enough on some songs, but i'm bowled over or impressed enough to be a bigger fan. i'm still not seeing the pop thing, but then that may be also be me and my definition of what makes up pop. i find liz phair to be pop. especially on her self titled. i also feel that artists like suzanne vega, the sundays, 10,000 maniacs, juliana hatfiield, mary lou lord, elliott smith, and others are pop. i guess to me pop is something that has a clear defined melody and hook with clear music and often without a lot of "noise". something that even the stupidest of music listeners can get into. the best of pop music has to transcend boundaries and age. i don't feel that sonic youth does that. and that's why i don't think they're pop. but that is due to my definition.

they've seemed to be all about the "noise" which, again tome, goes against what pop music is. wheres as thurston moore's new record is actually not about the noise. it has a very lush sound without all the usual trademark sonic youth touches. it relies a lot on strings which to me is a first for thurston moore record. i've been swamped with a lot of stuff. both musically and not musically. so i haven't been able to give daydream nation the time it really needs. i hope to do that as soon as possible. this may be the sonic youth record that turns me around.

I've still to make it past the first four songs of Daydream. Is it me, or are they difficult to break into? They're quite good though.

hey babe came today. shall spin it later.



hey me too!

My order is this: Globe, self-titled, Wildflower, Tuesday Night Music Club, Cmon C'mon. If yours is the same then hurrah.

My order is: The Globe Sessions, self-titled, Live from Central Park, Wildflower, C'mon C'mon, Tuesday Night Music Club (I've just never really gotten into TNMC)

I never purchased the live 'un. Allmusic said it's bad. Is it?

I really dislike C'mon C'mon, although it has a few great moments. It's just so annoying. And the music videos for the singles are just ghastly - sheryl looks worse than Liz does in the extraordinary video (bar the bits with liz wearing that sparkly cardigan and black skirt. she looks lovely there).

I don't think the live album is bad, there are a lot of cool guest appearances on there. It's also got a lot of her best songs and some neat covers as well.

There are songs on C'mon C'mon that I really hate. But the songs that I love make up for it. I agree, I loathed Sheryl's image change for that album. I felt embarrassed for (and a little bit embarrassed of) her.

Me too. What made it worse is that she looked completely unsexy.

I love a few songs off of C'mon C'mon as well: Over You, Hole in My Pocket, Weather Channel and Missing.<3

I don't think she looked that bad.

I was very indifferent about C’mon C’mon, but I do find myself listening to most cuts.

Steve McQueen is just balls out fun and Weather Channel is indeed gloriously morose. Quite possibly one of her best songs in my opinion.

Agreed.

Just Bought:

Emily Haines: Knives Don't Have Your Back
and
Charlotte Martin: Stromata

You've just invested in 2 great albums!

mary lou lord - got no shadow
battles - mirrored
trey anastasio - horseshoe curve

I've almost died listening to a few tracks from Stromata, so I am very excited to get the whole thing. The Emily Haines record was more of a whim, it comes with a huge reccomendation from LY, and you as well apparently

knives is the best rekkid of 2006, fo' me

wooden have you ever been stuck behind enemy lines in audio land and everyone s like adio everey day they wear levis and still claim audio and if you wear black flys they ship there packages fed ex just to pss you off. passport get your passports here!2

fub, heres a potent chance to communicate with Lucky! use it well.

yo cherubs how are youuuuuuuuuuuu ass this is true being band from the internet at first very humbling but then again it is quite relaxing even frogies head quarter has been taken over back breaking work for those with knives my momma cut my hair for court oh boy what a desaster judge asked is he here hm. social outcast is going fine trying to keep the volume low.

hey lets talk everyone is gone again. boo who. well maybe this time they can start something that will not bug me. goose I'm a big fat goose give me my passport noW. please take a # IF YOU WANT TO INSULT ME. theres quite a long line/.. but really all these bees and gs and a's. a break would be nice tickets are already bought? comprom ise by sticking my left hand in the dirt withmy watch on so they don't think special.

I need to listen to the new PJ and the relatively new Juliana Hatfield albums!

one of the best of 2007 for me (yes it was released in 2006 originally but it wasnt released here till June this year). hope you love.

today i bought:
eisley - combinations (it was in hmv yay!)
fleetwood mac - the very best of (2-disc edition)

Kate Bush - Aerial

based on my love of King of the Mountain.

So far, the packaging and booklet are very, very nice.

Abra Moore - On the Way

Listening to it now. I like this album a lot so far.

i knew you would. she really has crafted the best record of the year. plus she's a fellow texan. i think it's one of her best. what songs do you like?


as for new music i splurged and got radiohead's airbag/how am i driving? ep and eisley's combinations (special edition).

fleetwood mac - say you will

thus far i'm unimpressed. i think i may stick to buying their 70s work and just downloading their other stuff...

If you go with 70s Fleetwood Mac, don't forget the albums that came before Lindsey and Stevie joined the group.

Mystery to Me is one of the albums that my older brothers had and I got that about a year or two ago. I like the group when Bob Welch was with the band.

Of course, your mileage may vary and you may be totally discounting everything that I say.

I don't see myself liking the bluesy Fleetwood Mac, to be honest. I'm sticking with the Nicks/Buckingham lineup.

Fair enough.

For me, I like the cuts Hypnotised and For Your Love from Mystery to Me. I also like several of the songs that feature Christine McVie from this time. I really think that Christine McVie was highly underrated as both a singer and performer.

I've always wanted to find "The Legendary Christine Perfect" CD, which was her solo album. Perfect was her name before she married John McVie.

I really like Christine too. She deserved praise every bit as much as Stevie did.

I'd welcome a sampler of Fleetwood Mac pre-Nicks, if you'd like to. Can't knock it 'till I lick and see.

The cuts that I really like so far are:

• Into The Sunset
• Sugarite
• On The Way
• I Believe (my favorite cut off the album)
• Birthday Sone

What I sent was actually more of a subset rather than a sampler.

sugarite's my favorite. largely because of the great guitar solo in it.

Excellent guitar in that cut.

I Believe is a favorite of mine because it's upbeat and catchy lyrics. There's really a lot of goodness on this album.

if you get a chance check out her excellent masterpiece strangest places.

Dwight Yoakam - The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam

Not everyone's cup of tea, but I like him

I'll try to go down to Waterloo Records and check it out. My guess is that they'll have it and probably not any of the other places that still carry CDs around town.

If not there, then probably online.

get everything changed. that's actually her best, if not certainly the closest in sound to strangest places. plus it has the song "i win".

The Juliana Hatfield Three - For the Birds (single)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs ----- Show Your Bones - Very Good ----- Is Is (EP) Excellent !!!

strangest places is her strongest and best work. while everything changed is equally stunning it's not as close to strangest places in terms of greatness. definitely get strangest places.

i recently bought:

michelle shocked - to heaven u ride
laurie anderson - big science (25th anniversary edition)
tracy chapman - where you live
against me - new wave

i meant "the closest to on the way"
D'oh

ld lang

i'll be there this weekend.

lavender diamond - imagine our love

Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of the Beach Boys

The Beatles - Revolver (British version, per label)

Kate Bush

The Sensual World and The Dreaming are both on their way.

I'm excited.