What is spinning in your CD player right now?

[dirno2000]

Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux

as for jack johnson (flac, you've never heard of jack johnson?), the new one is really good, and actually less acoustic stuff. slightly different than his past stuff but still good. he's not an amazing musician or lyricist, but his music is just chill. i could put in one of his CDs and drive around, going nowhere, for hours.

You're right about it not being as acoustic. I was a little dissappointed by that. Not because it's not good but I was hoping that a new Jack Johnson album would inspire me to pick up my guitar again.

As far as lyrics, I always thought he was a pretty good writer. Especially for what he does.

[Big Boy Laroux]

yeah, he's a good writer. basically i was saying he's not an amazing writer or musician. there's not one thing he does that he really really excels at, that stands out. but i still love his stuff.

[fluid.forty.one]

I wasn't planning on getting his new one.. but if it's different (not as acoustic) as the other ones I just might.

[Big Boy Laroux]

personally i prefer the acoustic stuff. now, know that it's still slower music, just not acoustic.

[untitled]

Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins (Good psych-pop album from a band that's not afraid to be a little weird every once in a while.)

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (I think I'm finally starting to "get" this album, which I've heard so much about. It's so accessible that its depth isn't readily apparent, but upon repeated listens it really starts to come together.)

Okkervil River - various (You ever like a band/album so much that all you want to listen to is that band/album, but you're worried that you'll quickly burn yourself out, so you force yourself to refrain from pushing the repeat button over and over? Yeah, that's where I am with Okkervil River. I either need to put them away for a while or get some more of their material.)

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness (It took a while, but I finally get what all the hoopla was about when this album came out. The production is sparse and the songs slow and dark, but as a whole it's incredibly moving... and haunting.)

[adirktotheheart]

Tears for Fears - Songs From The Big Chair

Audioslave - Out Of Exile

The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock

The Subways - Young For Eternity

[SaltwaterChaffy]

BBL,

second the Band of Horses disc, good stuff.

My favorite recent CD is probably MGMT's "Oracular Spectacular."

untitled,

I've been spinning lots of Of Montreal lately, I hadn't listened to Hissing Fauna since the beginning of 07 when it first leaked. It's great stuff.

[dirno2000]

The Cool Kids - Totally Flossed Out EP
Paul Simon - Suprise

[fluid.forty.one]

I finally got some Okkervil River cause you guys are always promoting it... and it's pretty good so far.

[SaltwaterChaffy]

The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society

[bernardos70]

Rockell - In a Dream
The Apex Theory - Apossibly
Tenacious D - Beelzeboss
Souls of Mischief - 93 til Infinity
Mozart - Lacrimosa

Oh yeah! I Just took you from early 90's Disco through 90's alternative through Classical! Take that!

[untitled]

LOVE the Kinks, Chaff.

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
The Animals - Most of the Animals
Menomena - I Am The Fun Blame Monster! (This little album has been in my collection for a while now, neglected until a few days ago when I decided to give it a try. It's prettay, prettay, prettay good. Mind-blowing, actually. It's hard to describe, kind of like a mix of Massive Attack & Radiohead, with some indie-pop thrown in. I think I've found something to help pry me from my Okkervil River addiction.)

[fluid.forty.one]

chris thile's new band - punch brother's new cd "Punch" is really good. I picked it up at his show in tacoma last night.

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by untitled

LOVE the Kinks, Chaff.

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
The Animals - Most of the Animals
Menomena - I Am The Fun Blame Monster! (This little album has been in my collection for a while now, neglected until a few days ago when I decided to give it a try. It's prettay, prettay, prettay good. Mind-blowing, actually. It's hard to describe, kind of like a mix of Massive Attack & Radiohead, with some indie-pop thrown in. I think I've found something to help pry me from my Okkervil River addiction.)

rep for the curb reference

[fluid.forty.one]

The Duhks - The Duhks

[untitled]

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights (Amy Winehouse, Nicole Willis, and Sharon Jones - 2007 was a GREAT year for soul music)

[fluid.forty.one]

Darol Anger & Mike Marshall - Woodshop

[dirno2000]

Daft Punk - Discovery; they weren't on my radar before Kanye sampled them but I'm kinda feeling this album

Erica Badu - Amerykah Part One (The 4th World War)

[fluid.forty.one]

daft punk is legit. I love them.

[rabbitproof]

daft punk's "around the world" brought me into the darkness. much love for french house.

i am feeling:
- black uhuru
- sasha n digweed

[fluid.forty.one]

vampire weekend is 1000000x better than I thought it would be. Usually I don't like bands with that much hype...

It's like a mix between Paul Simon, Kings of Leon and the Shins.

[mkat]

Standards - Jimmy Smith
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
March 4, 2005 - Jeff Tweedy
Hard Rain - Bob Dylan
I'm Not There Soundtrack

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

vampire weekend is 1000000x better than I thought it would be. Usually I don't like bands with that much hype...

It's like a mix between Paul Simon, Kings of Leon and the Shins.

just finished listening to this for the 2nd time through... I'm absolutely blown away. This CD is amazing.

[Five-ofan]

stephen speaks-a mixture of both of their cds. If you would like some music to listen to with your girl this is definitely a band you should listen to. Out of my league is their best song.

[bernardos70]

Ride The Lightning........ FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain. So far so good, I need to listen to it more often, I could definitely get into this.

[Just211]

Moros Eros - okay, my son loves it. kinda off beat

[Flacolaco]

Foo Fighters - Echos, slice, patience and grace

I'm gonna try that vampire weekend based on your guys's's's's recommendation. It better be good...

[Flacolaco]

Alright....I like this vampire weekend...but I have some...err...criticisms.

If they need to borrow a REAL kick drum mic, I have a nice Shure kick drum mic they can borrow. They can't REALLY want it to sound like that can they?

Is this guy using a fretless bass? There's something off about it. There's a time and a place.

Other than the production values, which are either poor bc it's their first album, or poor bc of some pretentious stuck up reason and they think they sound "raw" or "real" or "natural" or some bs....they're pretty good.

I like it.

[untitled]

The Clash - London Calling
The National - Boxer

Re: Vampire Weekend, I must say that I do not get what the big deal is. It's incredibly accessible and catchy, but I'm not a big Paul Simon fan and their sound definitely emulates his on occasion. I've listened to it 6 times through now, and towards the end I'm always waiting for the album to wrap up so I can listen to something else. Also, unlike Flaco, I felt that the production was too thick. I did not get the impression that they wanted to sound "raw", quite the opposite, actually. I'll continue to revisit it occasionally, but I don't think this album has the legs to keep my attention for much longer.

[bernardos70]

Isn't it the band MTV has been hyping up for a while?

It sounds like they must be subscribers to the ongoing trend of lo-fi recording, like The Black Keys, The White Stripes, etc.

[sike]

Have only heard the two songs VW did on SNL this past weekend....but got tiredhead so fast it made me tired.

[sike]

One of my all time favorite bands is rocking me right now....

Luxury - "Health and Sport"

Go to iTunes right now and check Luxury out....for $.99 each purchase "Black Books", and "Diary Standard", and "Strange Flowers"....let me know what you think.

however the best song is an 11 minute track called "Shake more hands, give more hugs"....genius.

[fluid.forty.one]

Just started listening to Jedi Mind Tricks.

[sike]

Originally Posted by sike

One of my all time favorite bands is rocking me right now....

Luxury - "Health and Sport"

Go to iTunes right now and check Luxury out....for $.99 each purchase "Black Books", and "Diary Standard", and "Strange Flowers"....let me know what you think.

however the best song is an 11 minute track called "Shake more hands, give more hugs"....genius.

someone spend a couple bucks and let me know what they think of Luxury.

[SaltwaterChaffy]

[Big Boy Laroux]

is that zooey deschanel, salt? if not, looks a LOT like her.

how's that new gnarls barkley?

really liked that first raconteurs CD. didn't know they had a new one coming out!

[Windmill360]

Idiot Pilot - wolves:

Elephant

[dirno2000]

I'm loving that new Gnarles Barkley

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by dirno2000

I'm loving that new Gnarles Barkley

Yup, it's pretty good. Not on the level of St. Elsewhere because it has a few songs I dislike, but it's darn good.

[SaltwaterChaffy]

BBL,

Yes, it's Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward, they released an album together under the name "She and Him." She's a pretty capable singer.

New Gnarls is pretty good, but not as good as St. Elsewhere. "Run" is a fun song, but it doesn't work as well for me without the video. Nothing on here touches "Crazy" or "Smiley Faces."

The new Raconteurs is awesome