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[arkabee]

slink,
"sunspots" is good, but i can't stop listening to "only".

[CortJstr]

I first heard them on Last.fm which is quickly becoming my primary source for new music.

Are you in our Achewood group? It's Underground Vinyl.

[miles]

Not to be shitting all over your parade but the first disc is the only really superb one of the three.  They're all good, though.

I think the project overall is very ambitious with some really high points--in fact many of the songs are among my all-time favorite songs, but all three discs have low points too.

Although my introduction to the band was I Don't Want to Get Over You, and it's still a favorite.

I think that Magnetic Fields' best albums are Holiday and the Charm of the Highway Strip.

[Mr Trout]

I first heard them on Last.fm which is quickly becoming my primary source for new music.

Are you in our Achewood group? It's Underground Vinyl.

Thank you for the tip, I did not realize there was an Achewood group. How novel!

And it's by application only, how exclusive!

think that Magnetic Fields' best albums are Holiday and the Charm of the Highway Strip

Thanks for the tips. Right now I have 69 Love songs, Distant Plastic Trees, and The Wayward Bus. I'll have to keep my eyes out for those other two.

[V-Adore]

As of today, I have in my possession both the Mountain Goats' Tallahassee and Stars' Set Yourself On Fire. I haven't listened yet -- really, I'm not in the mindplace for either today -- but I shall update further when I have.

[jough]

I got the new Spoon album (my first exposure to this band) and it's a'ight so far.  Nothing to lose sleep over.

[antioch]

I had a tremendous urge to listen to "source tags and codes" by ...and you will know us by the trail of dead a couple weeks ago. In the past I have had mixed feelings for this album. Over these last weeks I've been enjoying it alot. I think what lead to my original confusion at the album is the production. The stuff can get really noisey and dissonant, and is layered with this windex sheen that takes some of the edge off. It seems like the vocals are compressed or effected to reduce throatiness. The mix is great, and the production is not so much of a deterent as a sidenote. Still, I would like to hear their earlier music in search of a rawer sound.

[BatzRadio]

I first heard them on Last.fm which is quickly becoming my primary source for new music.

Are you in our Achewood group? It's Underground Vinyl.

Thank you for the tip, I did not realize there was an Achewood group. How novel!

And it's by application only, how exclusive!

Audioscrobbler's a neat little invention, although my most recent updates on there are a little weird-ass because of it being linked to my shoutcasting ventures.

(Applied for the group like the trendfollower I am.)

[arkabee]

woo-hoo, Clutch's Live in Flint is absolutely amazing.  Live at Googolplex is ok, but Flint is a winner.

if noone else likes clutch, i'll stop.

[Max]

As of today, I have in my possession both the Mountain Goats' Tallahassee and Stars' Set Yourself On Fire. I haven't listened yet -- really, I'm not in the mindplace for either today -- but I shall update further when I have.

For Tallahassee sit down quietly somewhere outside where you can watch people from a distance.

If you're not losing serious sleep over the new Spoon you must not be listening right!  That shit is amazing.

I also recently got on the ...And You Will Know bandwagon with that album, Guy Who Said That, and I'm getting pretty into it.  The songs are mostly sort of over-layered, but they all reveal hell of hooks by halfway in.

[Carlos del Vaca]

I got the new Spoon album (my first exposure to this band) and it's a'ight so far.  Nothing to lose sleep over.

I have Kill the Moonlight, which is great, and Girls Can Tell, which is very good.  Haven't picked up the new one yet but will sooner or later.

[antioch]

I also recently got on the ...And You Will Know bandwagon with that album, Guy Who Said That, and I'm getting pretty into it.  The songs are mostly sort of over-layered, but they all reveal hell of hooks by halfway in.

 Hooks deffinitely appear. And the subject matter is aligned with the build-ups. What has become beautiful to me is that the singing and songwriting react against a normal life. Like the band decided that they are going to die next week and that they'd better drop 5 years of mind flab and do something universally significant. The line "Forgiveness - it's just a dream. Forgiveness - it's everything" at the end of Another Morning Stoner struck me the other day. The song alternates requiem and lullabye with verse and chorus. Somehow hope is salvaged in the outro. Parts of the album bore me, but I respect and love that it was someone's everything.  
-GWST

[slink]

Just got a couple of cds from my brother that are worth mentioning.
Particularly, right now, Seasick Steve and the Level Devils. Guy was a hobo for years. It's just, great blues. Kind of the heavier blues from Tom Waits, as the guy's vocals are pretty rough in the same sort of way.

Darko Rundek is really cool too. It's a Czech poet and band, or something, and is... Very cool.

Also a Man or Astroman album, which is cool as I haven't listened to them in a long time.
Those and the new System of a Down album ('I hope your stepson doesn't eat the giraffe') have been getting a lot of play.

[pmcd9]

I saw System of a Down on SNL two weeks ago, and thought, this is pretty good.  I'd probably really dig them if I were 14.

~Paul

[antioch]

System of a Down is great if you are too tired to change the stereo from Mr. Bungle's first album to Dead Kennedys. I used to love that band, but their "politics" totally grate on me now. Steal this album? Way to understand information culture, guys.