Listening to Idaho, too. Not as big on the latest album (The Lone Gunman) as I am on now-one-man-band Jeff Martin's stuff circa The Forbidden EP (the track Goldenseal is probably my favourite song of all time), but this song and video are a pretty good indication of his continuing trend from noisy to near silence.
Django:
And, because they deserved a career they never got, It's Immaterial doing Driving Away From Home:
At Land by 3epkano. They're a Dublin post rock band who started off doing live soundtracks to silent films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. as such the album is less like the usual Mogwai or Sigur Ros rip off's that plauge the genre, it's more like Angelo Badalamenti with the violin work.
Wallowing in shoegaze/nugaze with Panda Riot, Soundpool, Air Formation, and generous old school helpings of MBV, Slowdive, Ride, Chapterhouse, Lush, and more.
"I've never really gotten into Mike Doughty, but he's coming soon. Is he any good live?"
I think he's fantastic live and I've seen every live show I could get to since he was on tour promoting Skittish alone in a rented car. If you ever listened to Soul Coughing you'll recognize the same bizarre but skillfull lyricist who wrote "Circles", "St. Louise is Listening" and "True Dreams of Witchita" but the muscial style is far more minimal as he is often touring alone or with only a few band members.
If you want a better idea of what his new work sounds like live, he has a pretty liberal recording policy for his shows and several of them from the current tour can be found online at places like The Archive.
Been listening to the Babyshambles new one. Good shit, though I don't like it as much as Down in Albion, almost sounds to clean, though I guess that is all relative. Also saw gogol Bordello last weekend so have been listening to them.
We're in the process of getting the first real, heavy snow here in Mpls, so I'm listening to Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila's "May Monday." Because I'm a sap like that. Also, I love accordions.
I just hit the record store last night, yes I still buy cds, so the listening for this weekend is:
Electric Wizard 'Witchcult Today" Bootsy Collins - "This Boot is Made for Fonk-N" Superbad - sound track with Bootsy, Catfish, Bernie Worrell, Jabo Starks and Clyde Stubblefield