Yeah, I jumped the gun. Actually I know "Autumn Almanac" and probably have heard the others as well.

I was mainly wondering if the sound was improved at all?

Sorry I haven't clicked on here for a day or so.

Yeah I've heard and can hear the Smiths stuff. A friend of mine saw them supporting Bloc Party last year. Said they were as good as BP that night. "You've Given Me Something That I Can't Give Back" went top 40 last year.

Might actually go see them supporting Morning Runner in Reading next month. Will try and get the EP from the show.

Current spinning some demos and EP's from bands whose debuts I'm looking forward to.


This went top 40 last week and I'm enjoying the early demos a lot. It's that well ploughed Gang of Four stuff but it's got an extra sense of urgency in the vocals.

I'll be YSI stuff over the weekend but for now http://www.forwardrussia.com/music.htm

The fantastic Guiellemots, one of my picks for 2006 and these two EP's have me anticpating the new single and a full album.





Another fantastic single from the end of last year. I can't wait for the next single from these guys, let alone the album.



This I would have voted for last year If I had heard it. Think it's getting re-issued on a larger label soon.

Broken Social Scene, one of those glorious mess of a record

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness: Fear Is On Our Side
This is actually pretty good

yea indie rock. i like this too. "according to plan" is my jam right now.

can't really speak to how well the sound is. sounds like it was recorded in the mid-60's in Swinging London they all sound pretty good to me.

speaking of jumping the gun, i'm currently listening to this:



The Kinks ~ The Kink Kontroversy

i'd mentioned something on the old board about the first half of the album relatively sucking. now, i don't think that that's true. sure, the first half is a little overshadowed by the second half, but the second half of the album has three of my absolute favorite songs of theirs: "The World Keeps Going Round," "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" and "It's Too Late." Other standout tracks on the record: "When I See That Girl Of Mine," "I'm On An Island," "Ring The Bells" and "Till The End Of The Day," i guess, although it's a bit derivative of the "You Really Got Me" / "All Day And All Of The Night" archetype.

i love the Kinks.

Finally picked up this reissue. Oh yes.

i like these guys a lot.

Finally got around to ripping the Iron Maiden discography, and it's now on shuffle on my iRiver. Bliss.

i just love 'em so much...

"But when you think I’ve
had enough from your sea of love
I’ll take more than another riverfull"


"Eleanor put those boots back on and
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt"


"Oh where I come from, I just don't conform
Get me out of here!"


"It's like a later Tom & Jerry when the two of them could talk"

This Can song is amazing...I can hear a bunch of artists being influenced
by this one track.. everyone from Prodigy to Wilco.
Always wanted to get into stuff by Can and Neu! but never knew
where to start.

Reliving the college years right now...




Hey Mitchell, is there anyway you could YSI any of that Guillemots stuff? I've heard "Trains To Brazil" and its fantastic, I'd love to hear more.

Will do at the weekend.

Is this new? a leak?

Yeah, new and recently leaked. I don't have it yet, but it popped up on the torrent sites within the last week or so.

versus




archers of loaf win, hands down...

I don't know about that. Braid's 7" comp (Movie Music Vol. 1) kills the collective AoL output, but All the Nation's Airports probably beats out any of the Braid proper LPs. Braid always put their best stuff out on 7 inchers.

Good point. I remember trying to track down all the 7"s before "Movie Music" came out. Like if you were rocking "Frame and Canvas" in '98 but you had never heard "Strawberry Ann Switzerland" you weren't really getting the full effect.

Two great great '90s bands either way.

Very true on all counts. Braid was one of the many reasons I loved being in Champaign for college in the mid to late '90s. Getting to see them, Hum, Poster Children, Menthol, Sarge, and a whole host of others on a regular basis was a treat. And Bob Nanna was/is probably one of the nicest and most down to earth dudes.

I need to get back into the Loaf more, its been a long time since I listened to them. But Nation's Airports was a staple of mine when working in studio.

yep. it's friday.

Speaking of college.

About Centro-matic’s Fort Recovery by Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers:

Centro-matic's music comes on like a sound from a distant dream, something new, yet unmistakably familiar. Clear images adding up to something a little vague, but in such a comforting way. Once as a child, I watched part one of some two-part children's adventure (NBC's Wonderful World of Disney circa 1972, no doubt) and that night dreamt the next week's conclusion verbatim. No one ever believed me and I still don't blame them, not sure I believe it myself, but I know it happened. That's what Centro-matic is like to me. Their music is somehow like something I heard in my head as a child, yet I know I didn't. I find myself singing along with their songs the first time I hear them. They're the best live band in America and know how to make great records. Bunches of them (they're prolific as hell) yet some how they keep getting better. All of this while playing an exhausting 150 shows a year.

At any rate, Fort Recovery is my favorite Centro-matic album. My favorite album by my favorite band. That's a beautiful thing that I hope to never outgrow. One of life's pleasures that I look forward to passing on to my kids. When I was in fifth grade my favorite band was Pink Floyd and my favorite album was Dark Side of the Moon, at fifteen it was Bruce Springsteen and Darkness on the Edge of Town. At one point The Replacements Tim held that position. Big Star's Radio City hovers around there somewhere and lord knows I love plenty of Neil Young and Bob Dylan records. If I could go back in time, The Stooges Fun House and Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti would all make some mystical list.

Centro-matic is my favorite band that is still vital and intact. All four of them together for ten years now. Their brand new album is their best yet. My un-mastered CD copy is my favorite album of 2006 and honestly my favorite new album of the past five years. I have listened to it several times a day for three weeks straight and like those great masterpieces of old I still find new things to love at every listen.

Centro-matic's Fort Recovery is a masterpiece, and I don't use that word often.

give VEE VEE a spin, it's still my favorite LOAF record...

"Mother Sky" is one of those songs I wish would just go on forever.

I take back all the bad stuff I said about Will Oldham. Shit though, I'm going to party for my sister's 21st up at MSU. I need to switch up the tuneage or they'll find me sucking on my exhaust pipe in the morning.

BJM - "...and This Is Our Music"

Now on vinyl! (picked it up at Virgin on my lunch break)

oasis - definitely maybe

tons of great discs not pictured above posted on here today. cheers everyone.

Oh yeah. Forgot to say thanks for this. Not how I expected it to sound (it's better). I'm really digging it.

speaking of Archers, i just got Vee Vee on vinyl today through Alias Records, sadly they couldn't fill my Icky Mettle order, as they JUST ran out

i got a Harnessed In Slums 7" tho too



YIS forthcoming

Oh man. She's outdone herself.

giving Neko a rest before i listen to it all night

i shouldn't really like this so much... but i do...

Awesome, glad you liked it. I think I might start a Can thread soon with YSI's of all the albums. People need to hear this shit.

A Can Week would be fun.

Too much fun.

For the morning commute.

Burzum, that Can thread would kick ass! You have my support.

For the bus ride in the rain...

Caribou's pretty good, I feel like I'm in high school re-discovering Dylan, and The Clientele were made for days like today.

Picked these up in 'Bama.

this is a great record...

yeah, it really is.

i'll post about it in my thread in the next few days...



every move a picture - tracks from untitled debut record (V2)

over the next few weeks, they're posting a bunch of tracks from the just-completed studio sessions on myspace (www.myspace.com/everymoveapicture). his voice is a bit of an acquired taste, but i really like "Heart is a Weapon" -- lyrical gaffes aside.

i had a wonderful day of shopping yesterday. now i'm listening to:

something perfect...



The Kinks ~ The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (3-disc set)

something classic...



Rush ~ Moving Pictures

and my choice for Best Album of 2006, i can guarantee it...



Robert Pollard ~ From A Compound Eye

haven't spun this one in awhile...