*is totally seeing Sigur Rós at Latitude next month*



Currently listening to the new Interpol album which I remain undecided about...

I remember listening to Mother's Milk when I was about 14, and being in utter awe. It's still one of my favourite albums of aaaaaalllll time.

Today I have made a Happy Clappy Summery Tuney playlist, consisting of Chihiro, Propeller Heads, Regina Spektor, Little Barrie, Joy Division, The Beastie Boys, and a little bit of Sigur Rós. So far, I have washed and dried (in the sun) two loads of washing. Screw you, rainy songs!

I hope you get mugged by a crusty old hippy.

Seriously though, the lineup for Latitude urinates mightily on most other festivals this year. I'd love to go, so I am mightily jealous. Enjoy it for me!

It's a lovely day
With Beck's 'Odelay'

^__^

'Slain By Elf' by Urusei Yatsura has just popped up on random. If I told you how much I loved this tune, I wouldn't have time to listen to it.

At this moment, there has been a discussion on what makes appropriate breakfast music. I suggested 'Breakfast In Love' by Corduroy - nice bit of bossa-flavoured chipperness. However, the man in charge has chosen, for reasons best known to himself, 'Smack My Bitch Up'. Utterly wrong, but it certainly gets the blood pumping in the morn.

I have a SLEW of MSI going - 'Never Wanted To Dance' and 'Stupid MF' being the repeat tracks. They suit my party-ish mood, despite it being three in the morning.

Ah, what better way to spend the first morning off than listening to Gedgian musings? I'm listening to Wedding Present's "George Best Plus", which is like the original "George Best" album with all the corking tracks thereon (such gems with great titles, like "What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?", "Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft", "Give My Love To Kevin" and "You Can't Moan, Can You?" ) but also includes other such goodness which only ever appeared on EP, such as "Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?", the very French version "Pourquoi Es Tu Devenue Si Raisonnable?" and their better-than-the-Beatles version of "Getting Better".

Wedding Present listening is a fine way to spend your day, sir. I, however, have chosen to spend my time with Gruff and the boys - it's a Super Furry Animals day, starting with 'Rings Around The World'.

Work is really going to shit today, so I need this. Lift my spirits, my Welsh friends!

Count Bubba. A Gordon Goodwin classic.

Beethoven's 5th, Yngwie Malmsteen version.

Ratatat - Classics. Thanks, Vic!

The Fall - 'Blindness'. Pure strut music.

Lots and lots of VNV Nation - stompy electro-industrial-ish music with lyrics sung in a butch voice about war, love, and loss. It's all a good giggle really.

After ripping the last of my Boards Of Canada CDs to my comp, I decided to celebrate with an all-Boards playlist. Marvellous tunes all round.

All I need to do now is pick up 'Twoism' and the 'High Scores' EP, and I'll have all the readily-available stuff. This excites me more than I can say.

I love The Fall. Nothing more needs to be said.

Today, I have been listening to the new Sigur Rós album. It is awesome, and is sliiightly as though they are playing music that could have been made by The Arcade Fire.

A liking of the Fall happens to all people of taste. It's so inevitable that it's best to just lie down and let it happen.

I've got my copy of the new Sigur Ros, but I won't be listening to it til next week. Why? Because I'm building up a stack of tuneage to fill the two days that I'll be alone in the house. Thus far I also have the 'Rephlexions!' and 'That's Proper Folk' comps and the Crystal Castles album, with 'Stereotype A' by Cibo Matto and a comp called 'The Delivery Room' on the way too. I'm trying to resist buying more, but I think I may fold and get 'Can't Help' by Pulszar - the only thing they released that I don't own. Well, they only ever had three releases...

EDIT - That didn't take long. I bought it, and a copy of Camille's 'Le Fil'. I blame you for that, Daria...

/me bows
It was dirty but you felt so good doing it, huh?

I'm listening to Does It Offend You, Yeah? Another band you should have a listen to, InKy.

I obey...

*uses Amazon link at bottom of page...*

Actually, perhaps another time. I want some decent time with the albums I have already, especially as I have some I've not listened to, and I'll be due a Rough Trade Album Club delivery soon-ish. Yays!

On another note, feel like trading home-made comps some time, Daria? We seem to have a lot in common musically, but I'm sure we could still teach each other a thing or two.

Yes! But I have an awful track record (no pun intended) with sending out the damn things. Or posting anything, actually. I'll try!

I've not been great at it myself in the past, but I've improved recently. If I make one now you may even have it by Christmas. Drop me a PM with your address and the kind of stuff you'd be interested in and I'll see what treats I can dredge up from the mire.

On another note, I was pleased to discover this morn that I'd forgotten ordering the soundtrack to 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?', my memory only being jogged when it arrived with 'Delivery Room'. That's another one for the pile next week.

We took Spoon to Rough Trade last night, and whilst there Wytu and I bought a couple five CDs. They are! Easy Star All-Stars "Dub Side Of The Moon" (already knew it was awesome); "This Is Louisiana" (a compilation of "swamp pop and cajun from the Bayou country"), "Dubstep Allstars: Vol.06" (a compilation of Dubstep/ techno mixed by Appleblim); Venetian Snares "Detrimentalist"; and last but not least, Benga- "Diary of an Afro Warrior".

Very tempted by the Dengue Fever new release, but had to stop ourselves at five.
InKy! PM'd

'Dub Side Of The Moon' rocks arse. I used to love putting that on at Music Zone to annoy the old proggers. I adore the original too, but I'm no purist, and who doesn't enjoy a bit o' dub? Old proggers, that's who...

I'd love to actually visit Rough Trade one day. I'd probably need to remortgage first, though.

Daria! PM'd back.

Have done!
Yeah, we have a 5 CD limit because otherwise we will do what we once did in HMV and spent a leetle over £100. Ahh Wytu's student loan. How you shall be missed.

So, today has been introducing Spoon to dubstep, and Venetian Snares. And then some ragga and ska. Yay!

Wow. That's some no-holds-barred musical terrorism - the audio equivalent of a Marmite crumpet. I hope Spoon enjoyed, or at least the eventual musical death was swift.

I thought you didn't like dubstep, Daria? Or has Wytu been working a magical Burial spell on you in your sleep?

Spam aversion! I've been listening to the vids on my Facebook page - most especially Rodrigo Y Gabriella's cover of 'Orion'. Damn that woman can really abuse an acoustic...

I'm warming to it. Ish. It still annoys me, but I guess I was in the mood to tolerate it!

Over the weekend, I have been listening to Sigur Rós, and then at my party there was Tiger MCs, Master Solo, Alto 45 and Orange Threads (aka. Mr E. Spoon). The latter of which rickrolled me live. Yeah.

He wasn't killed by the music! He doesn't think he would go out of his way to buy it or anything, though.

MUSIC. MAKES THE PEOPLE. COME TOGETHER. YEAH.

/spam

Animal Collective "Winter Wonder Land" and "Chores" have been stuck in my head all day, so I'm listening to them until it becomes annoying.

Due to the non-functioning of the server currently (disk upgrades have gone seriously awry) I'm having to listen to music in my head. I've been listening to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" for just over an hour.

But what is odd is that my brain is visualising it being sung by Brian Griffin. Perhaps it's due to the recent watching of that episode - you know, the one where Peter asks Death if he can go back to 1984 to relive his youth instead of spending all his time with Lois, and ends up married to Molly Ringwald? I think it's called "Meet The Quagmires" or something... Anyway, one of the other bits that sticks is Peter dancing in the nightclub to "Axel F". Oh no, now I've got Peter Griffin in my head doing "Axel F"

he he he he he he he he
he he he he he he he
he he he he he he he
and another he he he he he

Please, someone make it stop!

'Le Fil' is brilliant, as it turns out, much as I expected.

I've also been listening to Sonny J's 'Disastro', which was my latest Album Club offering. It's OK, a bit like Beck meets Avalanches, but the free CD that came with it a fantastic. It's called 'Earwax', as it's a bit of a play on the Soulwax TooManyDJs format - just one long mix made of anything that will mix together, and several things that shouldn't. 50 minutes of great.

Finally, I've been listening to my most recent compilation creation, which should be posted and away before the day's end, or soon after. Get yer skates on, Daria...

Jesus man! I have been a bit busy this weekend, and have lots of workworkwork stuff to actually do midweek. I'll try sorting it out asap though!
You know, you should probably not send it to me until you have received mine. It will spur me on to make and send it...
I am listening to The Trip which is created by Tom Middleton. Inky, you need to get this one too.

Perhpas if I send mine now, it'll make the guilt so unbearable that you'll have to send yours out immediately.

I don't mind waiting. I just had a lot of free time over the weekend, hence the swift turnover. I'll be happy with whatever you send and whenever you send it.

So I have got them and they are the sex. They have been in my morning listening-to, as have Led Zeppelin's, Nirvana's and GreenDay's first albums. MmMMmMmm, drums.

Most excellent. Let me know if there's anything in particular you did or didn't like - who knows, there may be more comp-swappage in the future if you're up for it.

This morning was mostly in the hands of Deerhoof's 'The Perfect Me' (given that I was wondering if the CDs had arrived), Death Sentence: PANDA! and 'A+ Cannibal' (great names all round) and Crystal Castles' 'Air War'. Theme of female vocal/mental music. Woo!

I've decided to go all retro and slap Joy Division on the buzzbox.

Amazing mix CD I got in the mail from a McGill chica. It mixes up Devendra Banhart, Tunng, worldy Spanish & L. American music, some Of Montreal B-sides, old-school funk, Emily Haines and Ben Harper, all with impeccable order. I am marrying this girl.

(currently: Devendra B. with Gael Garcia Bernal, "Cristobal")

Mmm, Devendra. Gotta love the big beardy freako. 'Cripple Crow' was one of the stereo highlights for the late shift at Music Zone. Weirding out the customers was my favourite hobby.

I've had a hearty dose of the first disc of 'Counter Culture 06' in my ears this fair morn. It's a singularly perfect comp, and I recommend it to anyone who likes mellow mixed with odd - this means you, elphaba. The second disc isn't quite as perfect, but it's still pretty farking brilliant, and very noisy and mad. Gotta love that mellow/mental juxtaposition that the CC comps offer the prepared listener.

I just might recreate that illegally! Thanks, Inky.

Also--Music Zone? Obsessively good taste in music? Carefully weeded music selection consisting of thousands upon thousands of tunes?

JOHN CUSACK IT IS TOTALLY YOU I AM CALLING YOU OUT

For any jazz enthusiasts, (I get the feeling they are somewhat few and far between round here?) you should try jazzfusion.tv. It's a collection of (mostly bootleg) recordings of jazz concerts and whatnot.

I'm listening to some Keith Jarrett.

That Handle Bars song. That the radio won't quit playing. Annoying, but I like it. 'Cos he can keep a beat with no metronome, no metronome..

I heard some of the tracks you sent Daria, Inky. I can't remember which ones I liked but there were ones I liked! O-O




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Listening to: Maceo Parker - We're On The Move
via FoxyTunes

For some reason, I woke up thinking about The Darkness. I think I dreamt about it. Either way, I listened to "I Believe in a thing called Love" on repeat for like 3 hours.

elphaba - heh heh. I see the logic, and thanks. However, some days, I was a little more Jack Black.

I am the best - I wouldn't call myself an 'enthusiast', but I likes meself a bit of jazz from time to time. There's a good night on at a pub not far from me that does live jazz, but it always seems to coincide with nights that I just want to have a quiet chat over a few ales. It's still pretty sweet, though.

froggie - I'm not sure whether or not to take it as a compliment, as you seem suprised that there was something you liked... Anyway, I'm glad you liked what you liked, because I like it too.

cheese - woo, old skool mataforum choonage! Follwo that up with 'Pig Latin' by Dillinger Escape Plan (feat. Mike Patton, of course), and you've got a good dose of early iRC obsessive listening.

I've broken my cycle of randomness on the ol' portable tune machine by selecting albums that I love and listening to them in their entirety (or as long as my walk to/from work allows). Yesterday I gave it some ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead ('Worlds Apart' - practically faultless), and this morning I had Mansun's magnum opus 'Attack Of The Grey Lantern', an album I always forget that I love until I listen to it and fall in love all over again.

Ah, AYWKUBTTOD... one of Mark Radcliffe's favourite band names! I don't know if I agree with the "practically faultless" statement, bud. I guess I'll have to put it on again sometime.

But not until I've finished wallowing in the deliciously ethereal mudpool of the Cocteau Twins' "Garlands". They've done some great stuff but, for me, none of it comes as close to musical nirvana than this album. I think it's probably because it's got a harder edge than the likes of "Blue Bell Knoll" and it's not as poppy as "Heaven Or Las Vegas".

Now I'm going to shut up before I turn into one of those pretentious music critics.

That ...Trail Of Dead album was amongst the very short list of albums pretty much everyone in store liked, although you had to be pretty sharp to skip the title track if it went on the stereo (so sweary - and so quickly!). My love for it stems from my latent progginess. I don't own any albums with Roger Dean covers, but I find my favourite stuff has been touched by the hands of prog. I suppose I like tunes that have a touch more to them than simple verse-chorus-verse - not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

I need more Cocteau Twins. I've liked near enough everything I've heard by them, but own little. Perhaps a spot of shopping is in order...

I suspected you had some progginess within you. And I've got to say, I do like the word "progginess". But alas I can't give you a renewed opinion because there's no actual sound coming from the speakers. If I'd not heard it before I'd have thought it was a joke, but because I have, it disturbs me. It appears that these lovely MP3 streaming boxes I have don't want to play nice with this album, but they play other stuff. Most annoying.

So right now I'm listening to the sound of silence. Actual silence, penetrated only by the clicking of the keyboard, the occasional whirr of the fan on my laptop, and my eyes blinking.

I love that sound.

/obscure Simpsons quote spam

^ Induskinner Kybosh.

It sounded funnier in my head. I probably should get that sorted out. Maybe I've still got some chocolate in my ear. Mmmmmmmm, ear chocolate... *drools*

Ew, now I've got drool on my keyboard.

Just a statement of fact I think pleasantly surprisedwould be a better way to put it



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Listening to: The Shins - Caring is Creepy
via FoxyTunes Before that was listening to Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire are Falling From the Sky, A Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir.

Yay ASMZ, Froggy!

Pixies - Doolittle.

Yay pixies!

LCD Soundsystem--self-titled 1