Aimee Mann - iTunes Originals

Let me guess, another young piano songstress?

She's the lead singer of the Cranberries silly. She might play the piano (A lot of piano on the album) but I'm pretty sure she's just the guitarist?

I don't know much about the Cranberries. There was a song called Zombie that me and my sister liked as youngsters, that's about it.

you like bad music, cherub's...

hahaha kidding.

the cranberries rocked the casbah. they had that song "linger". i'll send you some mp3's.

To Venus And Back
Tori Amos
Especially Bliss, Spring Haze, Datura, Bliss, and Suede.

anna nalick - wreck of the day
anna nalick's debut surprised me. i read some good things about it back when it was released but i always thought it would be too easy listening, to adult contemporary and god, aren't we all tired of those? well, thank god i checked this out anyway. nalick possesses a voice which combines the deeper tones of fiona apple and aimee mann with the soft delivery of sarah mclachlan and natalie merchant. it's a voice which she puts to good use in slow songs like the title track and dreamier ones like "breathe (2 am)". the parts when nalick strays from that and goes to explore the more radio ready uptempo rock numbers are well done but she really just shines more in the ballads. still, this is an an accomplished introduction.

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brian eno - another green world

first thing that came to my mind was my bloody valentine, second thing was slowdive, third was lush and i eventually stopped trying to compare the band to the usual suspects of shoegaze beauty. the year zero deserves it. with a debut this beautiful, this dreamy, this lush, they surely deserve to be loved as their own entity. obviously, they are influenced, from the dizzy guitars looped backwards in "anthem" to the combination male/female harmonies, it's hard to say they're original. but this has some lovely melodies and an overall relaxing mood. yes, it is oceanic and very soft.

The Cranberries are pretty quirky yet accessible. Linger and Dreams were their big singles; Everyone Else is Doing it... is a good record; worth buying.

aimee mann - lost in space

what a perfect album. it's so sad and well written. the melodies are beautiful and the words.... flawless. the arrangements are so rich and clean. finally, her voice is just at its most powerful here.

have you considered submitting your work to a publication or something?

you're such a good writer.. you even convince me that Anna Nalick's debut is good (it's a little too alanis morissette-ish for me but the other comparisions make sense) so yeah.. do that

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that's not by best work...



but seriously, i just don't have a life..

hell freakin' yeah. i still obsess over the themes and stuff..

she and Tori are my two favorite artists, or should i say..2 of my favorite? I kind of need all of them. I do love Tori, but she feels a bit distant to me. It's possibly because she's like a chameleon.


it's ok, i don't either

that,or my life is just..music :-)

Considering I'm feeling really lost right now, Aimee is great


I will check that out..they are definitely fun

haha

no, they are not. they're crazy music, like courtney love's former band, hole but more kick ass.

music & computers
that's basically most people here

good, that comforts me

i secretly think we are all the normal people and all the people who like shitty music (ie are not on this board) are insane.. but that's just me

that's not the case, sadly.
i wanna be normal.
it's really the internet's fault.
i wish i never got my own computer.
it's ruining my purity.

I love this CD. Especially Star Witness, Margaret vs. Pauline, That Teenage Feeling and Hold on Hold on

I love "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" and "A Widow's Toast" at the moment.

Tori Amos - The Beekeeper.

Really loving it today.

SLOWDIVE - SOUVLAKI

the raveonettes - pretty in black

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing

This album is her best.

It officially comes out on Liz's birthday, April 17th.

heeeeeeeey

how did mlv get a hold of avril's best damn thing?

anyway, i am anticipating it.

but has anyone seen the youtube vids of avril being a brat? what a douche.

Seriously... Even I have Avril's new album on my computer.

Seriously... I haven't even heard any of her albums, just the odd single.

Any good?

ass is so underground.

i wanna know if avril's new album is cool too. or at least, listenable.

Im starting to fall for this album like i do wit scarlet, pele, and choirgirl.

is there room in my heart? for you to follow your heart

Nobody, but nobody kicks more ass than Hole.

Oh I haven't listened to it yet. I probably wont. I download things I see on Bit-torrent that I think Red might like.

Whoa, that certainly is a change in pace.

I haven't given Vespertine a good listen through since this winter, in which I overplayed it, drawing all the ice coolness and echoing across the snow around here. I've been listening to some of the b-sides however, which are a little warmer.

i've not given it a good listen for over a year. i should be ashamed.

i still contend that it's her dreamiest album to date and also, her best. a stark contrast to the album that followed, medulla, which on first listenings, i found to be a very difficult album. i do love that album but vespertine, for me, will always remain her unbeatable masterpiece.

I fucking love this album! its so haunting and goth and shit. love it love it.

It leaked. Obviously, I will be buying it, but I was too excited to wait.

I saw that interview. She probably had a bad day, but yes, she was being rude.

good one, whore. love ladytron. kinda obsessed with them now. qp, do you like ladytron? i would think they're just about your kind of thing. anyway, they are. that band is hot and the witching hour is their best yet.

i think avril is always a brat though. grow up, girl.

Either The Beekeeper or Scarlet's Walk.
I've never really given Scarlet's Walk a really good listen until today. It blew me away, it has dethroned Venus as my current favorite.
I love the Beekeeper too, but some songs bug me.
Today I didn't like the songs Cars & Guitars, Ribbons Undone, Ireland and Witness, they bugged me, and they're all pretty close to each other on the album. Everything else I really enjoyed, but those four songs just bugged me for some reason. They might grow on me soon though.
Hoochie Woman is a lot of fun though, didn't expect to like that one.
And I'm obsessed with Barons of Suburbia, I was playing it in my room and doing interpretive dancing involving jumping on and beating up my bed. Freaky, it gives me energy.

That makes me sad. I like all those songs. *tear*

I'm with CC : I like all of those songs too, especially Cars and Guitars.

Never heard of them, I will see if any of my friends has the record because I can't afford it right now.



I love cars and Guitars. I could live without ireland though i think. The shah nah nah nahs are kind of old ladyish.