The Coral's self titled album. Especially I Remember When. That song is perfect for my current mood.

Your album chronology is impeccable. However, the term 'trip hop' was first applied to DJ Shadow's work, according to the music hacks who reviewed the reissue of 'Endtroducing...' for a variety of music periodicals. Apparently he doesn't like the term. Tough titty teabags, really.

Has anyone heard anything about Portishead's third album? Last I knew they just had to get Beth's vocal on it and it was all but finished. That was about two years ago. Trip hop 'Chinese Democracy', anyone?

I had a dose of Queens Of The Stone Age today - self titled album - and I'll have Desert Sessions 9 & 10 for the way home. I do like a bit of stoner.

I'm not sure how accurate that is. I'm sure Portishead, Massive Attack and Tricky were being called 'trip-hop' before Shadow. 'S a Bristol thang, dawg. Don't know if I can prove it, though.

That tricksy Portishead album. Frankly, I don't know it could ever live up to ten years of expectations. However, Mr. Barrow has this label, right, and there's this band on it who've just got an album out. Crippled Black Phoenix sport a Mogwai member and some awesome tunes.

Don't actually have my mitts on the album yet. My trick is getting stuff imported from the States, usually for about £7 including P&P, 'cause the dollar is so pathetic. The CBP album hasn't had a Stateside release yet, though. Plus I'm poor. My primary concern right now is getting the new Matthew Dear and Colleen albums.

Anyone else love Iron & Wine? Fancy a listen to his new song, Boy With A Coin? It's absolutely bloody gorgeous. Naturally.

^ That's a great find, thanks for linking to it. Lead on, late September!

Listening to the new Emperor X single and waiting for the idiot to release his new album so I can obsess. (spieltier)

^ Le gasp! Another Emperor X fan. Jolly good. I didn't even know he had another album in the works, but I am now salivating on cue. I recently acquired his 2006 EP "Dirt Dealership" and will listen to it shortly.

Right now, however, I am listening to EEVIAC: Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices by Man Or Astro-man?, which is just a fantastic album. Fantastic band, too.

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Recently, I have been listening to Xihilisk, Escape The Day, Gotham! by Radio 4, Fields, A Call And Response by The Longcut and as many Does It Offend You, Yeah? releases as I can get my grubby mitts on.

There.

Yeep! *pokes to make sure he is real* If you are wanting more, check his label website--discosmariscos.com and there are piles of free bits.

I am listening right now to a big packet of music from there, actually. My Toy Heart, who is a girl who whispers with a guitar and should be a lot better. Maybe she will grow on me.

Inky, did you know about this? I completely missed this being announced.

I am excited, in my pants, to purchase it.

^ Don't forget about the Patton-flavoured Eyvind Kang album due next month!

This week, my favourite Nine Inch Nails album is Outside by David Bowie. Mmmm. Industrial Bowie.

I have also been enjoying Radiohead b-sides (particularly Cuttooth and Banana Co.), Thom Yorke's The Eraser, and the brain-shaggingly immense and strangely pretty Altar by Sunn O))) and Boris. The Sinking Belle is an exceptionally gorgeous song that should be listened to by everyone with ears.

Cut that out, you filthy thing.



Props to you, good homie! I was having a good ol' space-out whilst listening to that the other day.

I, in a shocking turn of events best described with the headline "MAN ON 'TOO MUCH' SMACK HORROR", have only listened to one song so far today! And that song, for the record, was My Baby Is Black by Stationary Odyssey. Post-rock scrumptiousness.

One thing I think we can agree on regarding trip-hop, Wookiee, is that whoever made it, Bristol owns it.

I had Counter Culture 06 on again today (Crystal Castles suitably motivates my feet), Counter Culture 05 on yesterday (not as good as 06, but with a couple of real treats, including two hilarious tracks - 'Munchausen' by No Bra, which sound like the old marketing guy from Music Zone meeting himself (granted, you won't get why that's funny to me, but the track is genuinely good) and David Shrigley's 'Don'ts'). Soon, I will have 04 as well, so my past, present and future belongs to Rough Trade. Joy.

FU - I had no idea about that. Now I'm literally excited with excitement.

I had an impromptu at-home DJ session last night (as much as one can DJ from one CD player - Perhaps a more honest portrayal was me sat in my pants in front of the hifi, rummaging through the enormous and untidy pile of CDs that teeters next to it).

There was a little Octopus (mid nineties indie eight-piece - top board game themed packaging to their 'A To B' album), some LCD Soundsystem, sniffs of ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, and a touch of Leftfield. Then I got bored, and listened to Pavement's sublime re-release of their seminal 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain', followed by the Tilly And The Wall album I picked up the other week.

This morning was dedicated to my newly-arrived Rough Trade 'Counter Culture 04' - especially Go! Team's 'Ladyflash' (which I already knew and loved) and Cobra Killer's 'L.A. Shaker' (knew the band, but not the tune - now loving it).

I am rather envious of your alliterative Counter Culture collection, sir.

I was listening to Pere Ubu's brilliant 1977 album The Modern Dance. I even like the track called Sentimental Journey which mostly consists of the lead singer smashing bottles on the floor and yelling drunkenly, which is only different from the rest of the album because the rest of the band aren't joining in.

Also, also! Was listening to Het Zweet (I wrote that severely lacking artist description, so you can thank me for there being any info at all) and am now listening to some more Staalplaat artists - Deutsch Nepal and Zoviet France.

My playlist at the moment consists of;

Jarvis Cocker, The National, Arcade Fire and Patrick Wolf

It is goooood

^ is responsible for 3 of the above

listening to the As Tall as Lions that snoo sent me as well as the three of the above I sent her and the decemberists >_>

Wytukaze - more by accident than by design, I'm working backwards through the Counter Cultures. It all started with the 30th anniversary 'The Record Shop' comp, which is pure ear gold. You can't beat a Rough Trade comp for quality and diversity.

Indeed, I had some more 04 on today, and especially enjoyed the disturbingly sleazy Ten Minutes With My Dad tune, whilst worrying that I may be irreversibly addicted to the Cobra Killer track. It's tres funkay.

Got my White Stripes and Queens Of The Stone Age CDs through yesternight, and am delighted to say that, whilst neither band has delivered a personal best, they have not crapped on their legacy a la Manic Street Preachers. Thank chuff.

After that, I dropped some more Pavement on the stereo - 'Wowee Zowee' this time, which, if anything, I love even more than 'Crooked Rain...'. God bless those 2CD Pavement reissues and all who sail in them

Give 'em time Inky. I'm not huge to WS as it is, but either could mysteriously have a member disappear (*cough*Meg*cough*) and go all pansy on us and eat Too Many Pies.

I hear your point, but I still don't see the Stripes peddalling pie-fuelled dadrock any time soon.

And leave Meg alone. She may be a little more than bog standard drummer, but she's lovely as poppyfields in the springtime. Plus, she looks a bit like my wife.

I dunno. I think Jack White would benefit from a pie or two.

Oh! But, re: Queens - Josh Homme is awesome. He wins at wives. Speaking of - anyone know anything about the new Spinerette project? Have they actually produced noise yet? I loved me some Distillers.

Lots of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The new Modest Mouse album (you guys were right, it's great) Fratellis, The Holloways, some techno, and Alison Krauss. It's an odd combination, I know.

The National's Boxer, Moon Safari by Air and an awesome compilation CD Mhari made me/ us.

That's the second time is recent memory that someone has mentioned Air. I may have to dig my 'Moon Safari' out. Or maybe 'Talkie Walkie'. Oh, decisions decisions...

I so enjoyed my little bit of ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead the other night, I decided to stick one of their albums in my ears this morning. 'Worlds Apart' was one of my favourite albums of 2005, and still rocks my sleeves.

voices - you know who to trust for music recommendations now, doncha?

Matazone Forums - not just for the bad things in life...

GHOSTBUSTERS!

Oh, no. Wait...

New Tomahawk streaming on their MySpace, by the by.

I've got MTV|2 on with the delights of "Spanking New Music"

It's playing Bats for Lashes - What's A Girl To Do? at the moment, it has a pretty good video. Oooh now it's the volvic advert!

ForUnk - oddly, that's what I thought when I was reading my post back to myself. Was going to change it, but thought naaaaaaaaah. Ghostbusters is liquid win, anyway. God bless Ray Parker Jr.

Radio is playing a clean edit of Jay Z's '99 Problems'. I love that song, but this edit renders it all but nonsensical. It's urban swiss cheese, damnit. I hate clean versions of rap songs...

I love that dinosaur.

As to make this NONspam, I will say just how much I like to listen to Jeff Lewis. Whom I will be seeing on Sunday. He will most likely be eating my mother's cheesecake (and no, that is NOT a euphamism).

Who ya' gonna' call?!?! Excellent

I was listening to Bloodhound Gang's Chasey Lane and it just still makes sense with all the rude words cut out but it just sounds stupid It's obvious what word goes where, I'm not stupid, why do they do it??? WHHHHYYY!

Currently listening to Nightwish in my car and *hangs head in shame* waiting for new Avril Lavigne album to turn up. What?!?

I'm with you on that one, it just makes the swearing more obvious with the *BEEEEEP* or the *SILENCE*, I probably notice it more because when I'm at home I do a lot of cringing when my parents are around and it's censored but if it's not then I just completely blank it.

Also, Chasey Lane is like 80% swearing so what's the point in even playing it if you're going to censor it!

I'm watching highlights from Download on K! TV, it's making me all nostalgic and wishing I was there

The new manager of what used to be Music Zone Hanley looks rather a lot like Bovril Lavigne. This amuses me. But not as much as you buying her new album. I shall point and laugh at the next best opportunity.

I had the new White Stripes on again this morn, but I've now got a hideously crackly Radio 1 snuffling down my right ear. I may have to invest in a digital radio just for work. It's really getting on my tits.

This morning:

Trans-Canada Hiway by Boards Of Canada
Protection by Massive Attack
Unsolved Remained by Masha Qrella

I've no idea why, particularly. Just kinda fell on these things.

Hmm. My favourite Massive Attack album, that one. Though when it comes to Boards, I prefer a bit of 'Music Has The Right To Children'. 'roygbiv' always puts a smile on my face.

My weekend listening may well have been decided in one off-the-cuff post, right there...

The Decemberists, Castaways and Cutouts. Maybe too much. I have to be careful not to over-listen, because then you get sick of something and can't play it for ages. So I'm breaking it up with the National album and Patrick Wolf and what not.

Sigur Ros are fondling my earbits! It's very nice of them.

Well, currently Count Bubba. But I've been listening to a lot of Jack Penate recently, only fair since I'm going to see him on Monday.

Pffft. Can't get too much of Castaways and Cutouts, on account of it being awesome.

Right now, Pixies At The BBC. Perhaps my favourite Pixies disc, simply for psychotic readings of Wild Honey Pie and In Heaven, and, as far as I'm concerned, the definitive version of Hey.

^Levitate me!

Listening to lots of Angelique Kidjo on account of being dead tired and needing to chill.

I am sneakily listening to Tiger MCs, Jeff Lewis and The Budda Cakes via the interwebs. Damn workplace.

The new Linkin Park song. Not sure what it's called unfortunately.

What I've Done?

I'm listening to The Pigeon Detectives and Jack Penate on MTV|2

Nope, the other new LP song.

Listening to Detoura's myspace right now.

Full agreement here. I also love the version of 'Wave Of Mutilation' from that very disc.

Yesterday I listened to Espers 'II' (again) whilst repairing my trousers, then followed it up with Opeth's 'Still Life', thus reminding myself that I enjoy a bit of grunt now and then. I have the same's 'Blackwater Park' in my bag for the voyage home tonight, but I came in to work today with the 30th anniversayr Rough Trade comp in my ears. The opening double-header of 'Pablo Picasso' by the Modern Lovers and 'Read About Seymour' by Swell Maps takes some beating, I tell thee.

I have been listening to Gotham! by Radio 4 (shhh, don't tell Wytu that I like them), the 679 Recordings sampler from 2005 (which basically sums up my music taste), Ruarri Joseph album sampler, Sensational Soul CD, Basement Jaxx- the singles, Mr Scruff- Trouser Jazz and last but not least, The History Of Punk as told by Jeff Lewis.

Isn't King Creosote on that label? I got 'KC Rules OK', which is very good indeed.

Last night I listened to 'Late Developer' by Rhatigan, which my wife asked me to buy for her off Amazon (£2.60! Score!). Good album for them as like lo-fi female-fronted noisy rock - the track 'Not Your Girlfriend' comes with top recommendations.

Following on, I shoved some PJ Harvey into my head this morning. Her '4 Track Demos' album is raw as a sandpapered scotum. Excellent.

He most certainly is, and what a wonderful chap he is indeed. Not One Bit Ashamed is on that CD, which also includes songs by Plan B, DFA 1979, M Craft, Kano, The Mystery Jets and a couple of others who I can't quite remember.

HAHAHA I AM INSIDIOUS.


Last night I was (shamefully) in Second Life showing my sister what all the media's fuss is about when a sometime acquaintance announced he was gonna do a DJ set. So I went and listened. Lots of IDM and noise (lots of it made by SL residents) and it prompted me to listen to lots more Electric Kettle and Venetian Snares than I already do.

Other than that I've apparently been mostly listening to Radio 4 and The National, which makes sense. OH AND. The Real Heat - Hearts Not Innit. They added Daria on the spaces the other day and she made me check them out. And that song is hot. And now I am listening to it again. Someone stop me before I listen again!

Heh heh heh. I've got a bit of that. Top noise.

Daria - sounds like a good sampler. Might have to pop it on my Amazon wishlist. Even though I'm the only one who buys from it. Damn my family for fearing the music they don't know... -__-

I don't see the jazz with them. They annoy me but it may just be my mindset at the moment.
It amuses me, Wytu, that you like to go forward in your exploration of music and I prefer to go backward. Blame Jeff Lewis.

You have evidently not heard me listening to all the Pere Ubu, Agitpop and various other 70s/80s things I've been listening to recently. I am most definitely just exploring, randomly at that.

There is no bad direction to travel in, music wise. The only bad thing to do is stay still. Or listen to Hard Fi. Gack...

Someone recommend me something slow and loud. I'm in the mood for purchasing something that is the musical equivalent of plate tectonics. I've got a copy of '2' by Earth on order, and I've been hearing good things about boris and Sunn O))). Give me suggestions peeps!

Mmm. Venetian Snares thirded right here. I've recently been enjoying last year's Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms. Pwntendo is particularly awesome.

On the subject of electronic music, I've been enjoying the wonderfully insane and pioneering work of Delia Derbyshire (a gorgeous and very limited release called Electrosonic, issued at the end of last year by Glo-Spot - I get very excited for vinyl issues of any Derbyshire/BBC Radiophonic material), the equally pioneering David Byrne and Brian Eno's collaboration My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, and the bewildering and beautiful Selected Ambient Works Vol. II by Aphex Twin. Honestly, Aphex Twin is the bastard child of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Just listen to Ambient II, particularly Window Sill and Tassels (six and ten on disc 2), and imagine it accompanying old Doctor Who or The Tomorrow People.

InKy, Sunn O)))'s White 1 and White2 are immense, and their Boris collaboration, Altar is stunning. You may also enjoy Pink and Akuma No Uta by Boris, which do the massive/heavy/slow thing, but also play the popular game, 'What if Black Sabbath and Iggy & The Stooges got munted and recorded an album in Japan?'.

Have you Oceanic by Isis? If not, why not? One of the best albums by anyone ever. Also, Jesu by Jesu, and The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw by Pelican.

Many thanks, my furry friend. I've had Pelican and Isis recommended to me before, so I may need to make the punt. Good call on Aphex's 'Selected Ambient Works Vol. II' - I lost much of an afternoon to that album and some herbal recreation once. Very pleasant.

In a typically tangental twist, I've been listening to the Corduroy best of 'Something In My Eye' this morning. I'm a proper sucker for bossa nova, but needed something a little more uptempo than the Nouvelle Vague albums that soundtracked last summer for me. Corduroy make soundtracks for films that never existed, but if they did, they'd've been 60s classics, but made in the 90s. Also, their cover of 'Motorhead' is sublime.

Anyone here familiar with David Devant And His Spirit Wife? I'm seeing them next weekend, and I wanted to know if there was anyone I could bobble up and down with glee alongside.

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Why am I incapable of sticking to a plan?

I went to Amazon to order some Sunn O))), but instead I bought some Veruca Salt and two Rough Trade compilations. I'm like that character on the Fast Show. "Better than that..."

I'm such a capricious fool... Still, it's all good stuff. And I did put some Sunn O))) and Boris on my wishlist. So, not entirely a wasted visit.