is sleepy jackson any different from luscious jackson? who the heck are they and why is everyone so excited?

Really great, super lush, beautiful, orch pop.

oh i've been waiting for this for a while actually. domo.

well, then it's a good thing i've already got 70% downloaded

I have a feeling you'll like it.

i can recommend that Lily Allen album. it's better than i first thought.

YOINK! Nice work squire, have been listening to her demos all day.

Hearing "LDN" out in the sunshine was eighteen epochs of erection enducing euphoria.

The first Sleepy Jackson album had some great songs but was a little bit hit or miss for me overall. From what I've read about it, this new one sounds pretty interesting.

Goddamn work and their ban on downloading MP3s, huh?

So as someone who gets alot from this site and really wants to give back, but is never in the loop enough to score this kinda stuff first, should I at least just try to RE-UP stuff whne I can?

I dont wanna just be a leechy prick.

just do whatever. there's a Why-S-EYE page where you can put other shit. dont worry bout it and do what you can

Same thing's happening to me.

'Inducing', but that's not so alliterative.

It's all about the Mungo Jerry for me, in terms of sunny music. Or early Incubus. But I guess there's a thread for this anyway...

Ha, There's nothing like alliteration to make me forget how to spell.

More people here should be listening to Lily Allen.

Her album is better than a lot of the recent leaks.

I'm just not feeling the Lily Allen thing, I must be missing something. The songs of her MySpace do nothing for me.

To be fair, I think she's the one missing something.

She's Finlay Quaye 2K6, even down to the 'I have a famous relation' gimmick...

Nah, Dr. Jimmy's right again. Album's very good and the singles are excellent. The Keith Allen thing doesn't really enter into it for me, it's not like she's not talented anyway and he left the house when she was four.

I think what she's missing is the extra little oomph that makes someone like M.I.A. or Rachel Stevens so enjoyable, Lily is pretty bland.

Lyrics are much funnier, more witty then that bland clothes-horse Rachel Stevens and the thrilling instrumentals M.I.A. spoils with her voice.

I guess we'll agree to disagree here. Rachel Stevens is about twenty times more exciting than Lily Allen.

Rachel Stevens music is fine and exciting but her robotic delivery is nothing special what so ever and none of the lyrics have had me laughing heartily like Ms. Allen's have.

Fair enough, maybe I need to give them another listen and pay more attention to the lyrics - I doubt thats going to be enough to change my opinion though.

There probably not that funny unless you live near London to be fair though.

Not heard the album, but the singles are pretty damn poor thus far.


Nor for me. Just pointing out the similarities.


It is.


Aww.

And I don't find the lyrics that funny, either. It's all a tad cod-Parklife, and I wasn't a fan of that at the time.

Is it worth listening to the albums if I'm not a fan of the singles?

And current popstress continuum:

Annie>Rachel>MIA>Robyn>Gwen>Madonna>Lily>Corinne

Lily's got waaaay more personality than Rachel Stevens. It really comes through.

And the songs are hooky. 2nd day in a row I woke up with "LDN" running through my head (imagine that, Danielson & Lily Allen are currently ruling my brain).

At first I dismissed her lyrics as being too juvenile, but now I like them. She's got a kind of naive irony that works. I don't think she's funny, but I enjoy her trying to be funny.

Loving "Everything's Just Wonderful" lately. A little Pizzicato Five-ish? I'm bad with references.

could anyone re-up this? i just read the review & am curious...

I've never been too keen on Annie or Robyn over th course of a whole album, maybe a joint one like The Beatles Vs. The Four Tops would interest me more. I just find having a connection to the lyrics with Lily Allen gives it an avantage in that I can make a connection, however small, with the music. Plus I like me some ska-inflected pop over the heavily processed and compressed beats of M.I.A which have I never had anything more than a grudging admoration for. I know Arular is good but I've never been that keen on actually listening to the whole album, doesn't do much for me.

If you don't like the singles, then the album isn't probably worth the bovva. A couple of demos ("Nan, You're a Window Shopper") are better then the worst tracks on the album. I'm thinking that it's a bit like the Gnarls Barkley album (in my mind anyway) 4 or 5 really good tracks and the rest not quite as good but not filler.

The Plan B album knocks seven shades of shit off it though.

Has Who Needs Actions When You Got Words leaked?

It's not like I've listened to her album or anything, but from listening to her myspace, Lily Allen just comes across as neo-Parklife bollocks, for people who like to 'embrace' working class culture without venturing too far from their Cafe Nero lunch break. She's a poor man's Nellie McKay at best.

By the way, thanks for the Plan B album. He's always seemed a bit gimmicky for my tastes, but I'm not against giving his album a try. I like the title, anyway.

That's true, but Rach has better songs. And is hotter.

Gwar have more personality than Meshuggah - they're not better.

Basically, Robyn and Nellie McKay win the thread.

Personally, I think Robyn wins the female pop-awesomeness. Then Annie, then Lily Allen. All three are excellent though. I haven't listened to any Rachel Stevens, so I can't comment about that, but the other three are well ahead of any of their more popular contemperaries (Madonna, Britney, Gwen, etc.).

There is an element of that but, as with anything, some people like stuff which isn't shit but for shitty reasons.

Oh Great!

Anyone got Peaches' new album (Impeach My Bush) - been trying to download it off the bird without much success....

Or any Peaches, for that matter...

The LA album is quite enjoyable. throw away but fun

not sure when Rachel Stevens became a pop genius though.....

Xenomania however are.

And at least LA has some basic tunes with her humour - somerthing that was lacking for the Streets latest release IMHO.

Exactly. Nothing to ignore.

I think someone was looking for the new AFI,

http://rapidshare.de/files/22371817/ADFUI.rar.html

So I'm really liking this Lily Allen. A lot.

Has that unpretentious feel that made me fall for Natasha Bedingfield two years ago.

don't know who natasha is, but i agree. good stuff.

A really crappy version of the new Muse album leaked. It's all one giant file at this point, so I'm not going to bother getting it, but I'd imagine a better one (or at least one with the files separated) is coming soon.

new M. Ward leaked.

i should have it up here in a bit. downloading it off teh oink.

I don't think the quality is that bad on the Muse. Certainly not a great rip, but it sounds better than a webrip. I think I'll just listen to this once or twice and await a better rip.

I'm getting an m4a copy right now -- if someone has an mp3, I'd be oh, oh, oh, so grateful.

I could convert the m4a's to mp3 if you want? The quality may suffer slightly though. Otherwise if you wait a few days or a week or whatever a non-transcode mp3 version will probably come out.

*anxiously awaits*

You guys rock.

M Ward "Post-War"
(m4a files...my appologies)


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