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[slink]

Maybe it'll grow on me, but I was just listening to the Downward Spiral Deluxe Edition before listening to the new one, so there's really little chance the new one could have fared favourably in the comparison.

I agree, it's not The Downward Spiral, but then what is... However, I agreed with someone who commented that this album is Trent rejecting the idea he has to one up anything else he's done. And I mean, Only is just great. And Sunspots, and... Anyhow, it's continuing to grow on me past the 'I dig it' phase.

[jough]

Honestly, the 40 year old with the adolescent posturing just seems very cheesy to me, because it's false angst.

[slink]

Honestly, the 40 year old with the adolescent posturing just seems very cheesy to me, because it's false angst.

I don't know. I don't consider it false. Maybe a bit sad, but then I doubt I'm going to be in any better shape when I'm almost 40 so I can't hold it against him. And I dig the music anyway. The lyrics are certainly better than The Fragile, but then bar a couple of tracks NIN were never about the lyrics for me.

[BatzRadio]

I got the Futureheads and Franz Ferdinand at the same time and sometimes I get confused about which song is from which band, since the singers sound similar (i.e. like early Blur).

The Futureheads songs though seem to be a bit more forced, like they are trying to be hip and *****ic, like Devo before they were through being cool.

In my head I just think, Futureheads = Good Gang of Four ripoff and Franz Ferdinand = Okay Josef K ripoff. Actually, I somehow dodged hearing FF for a long time, but I got hip to the Futureheads through the last year of the John Peel show archives that were thrown all over Usenet after he passed away.

Lately, part of my listening has been steered by WFMU. I got a hold of the Brian Eno Peel Session tracks he did with the Winkies and they were just awesome. Later this week I'm planning on getting the new Glove Compartment CD from a local indie shop. And whenever I find it I'll get the Heartfelt album from the marvelously bizarre Tony Mason-Cox.

Mostly though I've been working on the pet project of listening to stuff that I like enough to play on my off-and-on internet radio station.

[robot_roll_call]

Honestly, the 40 year old with the adolescent posturing just seems very cheesy to me, because it's false angst.

That's the thing...everyone assumes he's still doing the "Prince of Darkness" thing, but this album is very far from it. It's not an angst-filled album. A number of the songs border on optimistic, (All the Love in the World, Only, Sunspots, Right Where it Belongs) and the whole thing just has a feel of maturity that his others don't. It actually might be my favorite album of his for that reason. At the very least, this album is certainly worthy of going next to his others on my shelf.

[slink]

...the whole thing just has a feel of maturity that his others don't. It actually might be my favorite album of his for that reason. At the very least, this album is certainly worthy of going next to his others on my shelf.

Damnin straight.

[CortJstr]

I've been listening to The Used & My Chemical Romance cover of Under Pressure, simply because the radio won't stop playing it.

[antioch]

The Blood Brothers did a cover of Under Pressure a couple years ago, and it beats all. Much panting, screaming, and clapping.

I have been listening to Japanese punk. I need more Systematic Death, bad.

[jough]

You need more Chromatic Death.

[arkabee]

upon constant listening over the past recent period of time, i have come to the objective conclusion that Blast Tyrant is the Best Rock Album of All Time Until The Next Best Rock Album of All Time appears.

for a more accurate analogy:  take all previous Clutch albums, extract the purest extract of excellence from each, and combine that excellence into one album.

for those not familiar with any previous (or later) Clutch work, the best way to describe their music is that sonically it would kick your favorite music's ass but that socially it be all "hey, sorry, didn't realize my own strength, how do you feel about the consequences of aristotle's death in regards to small sea going vessels in the early 14th centry?".

[antioch]

You need more Chromatic Death.

Yeah, because I can't really take any SOD with vocals anymore. The only thing that will salvage Milano's name, as far as I'm concerned, is if he puts out a solo Street Sharks-themed concept album.

[miles]

The Nick Cave B-Sides and Rarities compilation (has this been mentioned yet?) is really good.  I just picked it up (traded in some CDs) and it was pretty cheap.  Three CDs for just about $20.

I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, of course, but highlights so far include a spectacular cover of Running Scared--a long-time favorite of mine (the Orbison version, though I believe Cave covers it on Kicking Against the Pricks, as well), The Train Song, and a cover of What a Wonderful World.  Oh, and the acoustic versions of Deanna and Mercy Seat are also great (Mercy Seat is probably my favorite Nick Cave song).

I haven't heard the most recent Cave & Bad Seeds album (or double album or whatever).  Anyone else?  I wasn't too impressed with Nocturama, but it was OK.

[starlight]

As of this past weekend, it's M83's Before The Dawn Heals Us.
It's a bit cheesy at parts, but I still hear some of the good ol' M83 in the instrumental pieces.... the duet that sounds rather Disney-like has GOT to go though.

[Golfhaus]

Thanks to my girlfriend, I've recently discovered Groove Armada. Giving Vertigo a spin, and playing "At The River" on a track-repeat-for-hours basis.

[Bozack]

I'm a fan of the Nick Cave double. It's spinning like a winner. Recently, I snagged a really old Yo La Tengo album and a rockabilly comp that includes a radio ad for a LP that teaches you how to survive a nuclear apocalypse, and discussions on "beat" with Allen Ginsberg and Margaret Mead.
Did I mention the Virginia Dare album? Did I? Because it's good.