Wellington's more compact, more cosmopolitan, more scenic, much better street & nightlife. I pretty much hate Auckland. A spread out suburban nightmare.

I can't remember the last time I played this. A fine soundtrack.

Oh my.

The Beth Orton is a grower. Seemed pretty boring on a distracted first listen. But it was very solid on subsequent plays with lots of little musical and lyrical nuances coming through. And I'm always going to love that voice. Maybe it lacks the highest highs of her other albums, but is probably more consistent all the way through.

Meanwhile, easing into the morning...


And on a completely different note...

You gotta love those European 50 year copyright laws, so all of that proto-rock, pre-1955 greatness can be compiled in one place (118 songs, 4 CDs, 5+ hours, 60 pages of liner notes, $22)

i def enjoy it more than the last one, but still doesn't quite touch those first 2 for me

A batch of music just arrived from BMG:





Cliiford Brown and Max Roach: at Basin Street
Wes Montgomery: Full House
Hank Mobley: Straight No Filter

Butch Walker: Letters
The Stooges: Fun House
The Libertines: Up The Bracket

and sum'tin for the little lady ...
Electric Light Orchestra: The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

We may be good enough friends for me to forget the ELO record inclusion...

ash - 1977

i haven't decided on the rest of today's listens, but this is holding me over pretty well so far.

Don't blame me. I did it in the name of love ... you know, what with Valentines approaching and all like that!

Well I guess that's better than it's got a good a beat and you can dance to it..

+

The Eseential Electric Light Orchestra >>> Fun House

as much as i love this, can't wait to hear the final thing

Still undecided about this.

From their website:

the bodingtons

What started as a solo project for singer/songwriter Mark Gerard Helbock has turned into a new rock band made up of members of the Lemongrass band, the Badlees and the Cellarbirds.

Mark, Casey Pesce and Phil Pesce who were part of “the lemongrass band” have joined forces with Bret Alexander and Paul Smith of the Badlees/Cellarbirds to form a new rock sensation called "the Bodingtons".

The Grass had made national and international noise between 1998-2001 first with the release of the EP “Eight Feet And Rising” and then with the full length “Good Day”. Touring with Phish, Marshall Tucker Band and From Good Homes to name just a few and recording with legendary producer Paul Hornsby.

The Badlees scored two Top 10 singles in '95 with "Fear of Falling" and "Angeline Is Coming Home" for Polygram Records and their latest project The Cellarbirds - "Perfect Smile" was one of the most highly praised independent label releases of 2001 on S.A.M. Records

The Bodingtons self-titled debut CD will be released to the world January 2006. The sounds on the disc dig back to the early days of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers as well as stealing some thunder from newer bands like Fountains of Wayne. The Bodingtons have put together 10 pop/rock classics for their debut disc including the first single "Hold On Me" which has a distinctly "beatle-esque" feel to it.

primal scream - evil heat
nirvana - in utero
the features - exhibit a
the sultans - ghost ship

that artwork is pretty amazing.


wrens- meadowlands.

What a great reissue!

It's cool that Petey listens to the Motors.

i just read a review for that record. jeff lynne pre-ELO, right? should i just buy it or beg for YSI?

inspired by Sickpup's thread

fucking aye not much touches "Pattern Against User". that part (even just the two guitar notes) before the "and if this clock keeps ticking away" along w/ the bassline and walking guitar line, fuck me. one of my favorite musical passages of all time.

tortoise/oldham

what a weird record.


jack rose - kennsington blues

he is the new john fahey...

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Petey only listens to good music.

Yes, it is Jeff Lynne and the Move w/ their final record before ELO. It has an early version of "Do Ya", and a track that was later covered by Cheap Trick (and probably better known ), "California Man".

Just beg for the YSI! (I'll try to post it in the next day or two)

^^ even tho i'm not as big on this one compared to the first (it's still really good tho), that cover is ace.

The cover is one of the best I've seen in years.

I was hoping the album would get better with repeated listens, but I guess the album is going to sit right next to Glamour. A couple of brutally great songs and a whole lot of pleasant stuff cushioning the awesomeness. It's so frustrating when "Cavalry" could be my favorite song of the year thus far.

okkervil river - down the river of golden dreams
white stripes - elephant
saint etienne - too young to die

i'm gearing up for next week's saint etienne show. and yes, that delays cover looks very cool.

besides maybe 2 songs i loved everything off of Glamour. i must not be hearing the same thing as a few of you guys, cuz Cavalry def isn't my fave song off this new one at all (top half prolly tho)

Looks like Ben's in a gleep blorp click mood today. Nice. Maybe I'll join ya after I finsih listening to:

This record kills. My fave of 06 so far.

came out in '05

Pfork just finally reviewed it tho

edit: nm, i see the US release is '06. still was surprised they waited until now to review it, it was getting rave reviews on a lot of sites last fall.

I dismissed this quite quickly when it was released, but going back and listening to it again it ain't so bad after all. Still not up with their best, but I can live with it.

Thanks Burzum and the Metal Thread!!!