Just downloaded Mirage for the Ipod tomorrow. One of the few Mac albums my parents didnt own, I never got to listen to it before now. I love the internet.
Tool - Undertow Failure - Magnified Summoning - Oath Bound Snot - Get Some (will likely get to the 3rd track and switch it off like always) Enslaved - Ruun Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics
Saw Tool last night in LA, 10th show over the past 13 years. Rad as always.
It always comes back to two albums for me: "year zero" by NIN and the album of work the dust brothers did for fight club, it's absolutley amazing. Although I've just got hold of elect the dead, not to bad actually, I expected it to be horrific.
Holy crap, new Portishead? I think I'll wait for a decently recorded studio version though.
I've recently become completely addicted to Sarah Slean. She's almost like a Canadian Amanda Palmer. Alright, slightly less mad. Sarah Slean - "Sweet Ones" Both her albums, "Night Bugs" and "Day One" are utterly addicting.
That and the new Weakerthans album, "Reunion Tour", have taken up most of my listening time the last couple weeks. But I just downloaded Saul Williams' "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!" which I have a feeling I'll be listening to a lot...
The Jelly Jam - self titled. Power trio featuring Ty Tabor of King's X, Rod Morgenstein of the Dixie Dregs and John Myung of the dreaded Dream Theater. Nowhere near as indulgent as one might think and rather beautiful in places.
Solstice - "A New Dark Age" Mahoosive, epic doom/folk metal from Yorkshire. Riffs that want to eat your horse, astride destriers and clad all in plate and gleaming mail.
Gnarls Barkley - "St Elsewhere" Needs little introduction. Fairly decent pop record.
Fall Out Boy - "From Under the Cork Tree" Yes, Wentz, the acronym is "FUCT," very droll. Stump, more pop-rock excellence, well done, boy. Have a house point.
Mandy goes to Med School-Dresden Dolls Singapore-Tom Waits Just-Radiohead Gun-Uncle Tupelo oppression-Ben Harper Johny Hit and Run Pauline-X Strumfinger-Vertical Gin Line Streets Came in MY Window-Red Paintings Bring the Noise-Public Enemy HalfAlligatorHalfMan-Dr Octogon TableTop Joe-Tom Waits Hardly Wait-PJ HArvey Swamp Thing-The Chameleons Love Will Tear US Apart -Joy Division
I've been checking out the new tricky stuff, and his new label has some good shit on it. Laid Black is one of the bands, they're song Burnin is killer. Also the new nine inch nails remix, and saul williams. One more band La Vibora ugly girlfreind is a pretty killer band, here check it out for yourself.
Currently, Jawbreaker - Jinx Removing. Best punk love song there ever were.
More generally, I'm just interspersing tracks between the tracks of Jedi Mind Tricks' phenomenal The Psycho-Social, Biological and Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness while I read The Invisibles. It's one of those nights.
Textures - "Drawing Circles" Marvellous tech/prog/metal, at once grooving, grinding and soothing. Those crazy Dutchies.
Newton Faulkner - "Hand Built By Robots" Great singer, phenomenal guitar player, entertaining raconteur and all round nice chap. I had the unexpected pleasure of doing sound for the play.com staff party earlier this year, unaware of his existence, and he played that gig; i was instantly hooked.
The Fall Of Troy - "Manipulator" Warped post-hardcore/tech/prog/metal/pop. Top smart, like. Reminds me of Rush, Radiohead and The Dillinger Escape Plan, all at once.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators - Keep Reachin' Up Lightnin' Hopkins - The Blues Anthology Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (for Strange Fruit mostly) Onyx - All We Got is Uz Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams Dethklok - The Dethalbum Little Willie Littlefield - Kat on the Keys Toots and The Maytals - Very Best of Toots and The Maytals Mitch Hedberg - Mitch Altogether Ellen McLain - Orange Box (Portal Song) Umbral - Susurro Whisper Julian Lennon - Valotte