Tuesday- The Forgotten Ritual Spinnage Thread

[tentoze]

When there's even been a Tuesday thread of late, I haven't posted in it. So here's to tradition, even if it's on life support.

Holopaw/ Quit +/ or Fight- 2nd release from the Gainesville, FL boys. The arrangements seem a bit more fleshed out than on their excellent 2003 debut, with that same fractured, quirky take on lyrics. If Sam Beam would learn how to breathe, Iron & Wine would be this good. Maybe.

Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez/ Red Dog Tracks- Twangy folkie tunes done very well. As long as Taylor has been around, surprising this is the first time I've ever heard him.

Graham Parker/ Songs of No Consequence- an old dog finds renewed bite. The Figgs as backing band are excellent.

Pearls Before Swine/ The Wizard of Is- So I'm the only person in North America that gives a flip about this- double cd of unreleased demo tapes and live recordings from 1967-76 from Tom Rapp's personal collection. Stunning at times, wonderful always. Bless his cotton socks for sharing.

[ForeverAutumn]

A short list this week:
Simple Minds - Good News From the Next World
Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood
XTC - Black Sea
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
David Gray - White Ladder
Amanda Marshall - S/T
Blue Rodeo - Are you ready
The Imaginary Bowie Collection - a 2 CD comp that I made a couple of years ago.

The new disk from The Trews is released today. I'll be sure to pick it up before the day ends. I'm very excited. :D

[Stone]

Most of my CDs are in boxes, but I kept a few out, and mostly I've been listening to the self-titled debut from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. This album is hard to describe, but I can't seem to get enough of it. It starts with a circus/carnival song and is filled with catchy songs. Sometimes I hear a little Modest Mouse, sometimes some Talking Heads, and then they'll throw in a harmonica part or what sounds like a toy instrument for good measure. Great stuff.

[newtrix1]

got into some older stuff last week for some odd reason. it's all good tho :)

U2 - War
Kinks - Low Budget
Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints
Supertramp - Free as a Bird
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (odd & interesting)
Cowboy Junkies - Best of (a snoozer for the most part)
Grateful Dead - In the Dark
The Music - Into the North (fans of Janes Addiction might like this. A bit poppier & more radio friendly than JA, but hard to deny the similarities).
Eagles - Hotel California
Santana - Best of (1998 release)

Music DVD:
U2 Live at home, Slane Castle

[richmon]

Four new purchases this week:
Pink Floyd 'Meddle' - suprised that the recording quality isn't up to the Floyd's usual quality. Glorius psychadelic jamming that needs a remastering.

Steve Hackett 'Darktown' - a little unfocused and meandering, the new To Watch the Storms is a better choice than this. It sounds a little unfinished and cobbled together to these ears. I was mislead by a glowing review I read of this.

John Coltrane 'A Love Supreme' - been meaning to check this out for years, glad I finally bought it, right up there with Take Five, or Kind of Blue in the essential Jazz recordings.

Kino 'Picture' - Mixes Arena and Marillion influences into a fresh new sound, I like it a bunch.

[audiobill]

A good week in music. It keeps the crypt warm.

Four Tet - Rounds
Grey Delisle - The Graceful Ghost
Constantines - Shine A Light
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines
Johnny Dowd - Pictures From Life's Other Side
McLusky - My Pain & Sadness Is More Painful Than Yours
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlaticism
Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
Chappaquidick Skyline - s/t

Sloshmix - Mid-summer Set (A BIG thank you Sloshster!!) - That opening Stephen Malkmus track "No More Shoes" is pure bliss as is the Album Leaf's "Eastern Glow"

CRSv. 10 -Man that Bloc Party is infectious, Mike & ForeverAutumn every time that Rheostatics tune "The Tarleks" comes on I get a huge grin (I'm a big Wkrp fan. Nice sequencing Davey)

Cheers,
audiobill

[Mr MidFi]

By far, the most spinnage on my systems (home and auto) this week has been from Slosh's mid-summer Sloshmix comp...a very listenable and enjoyable affair. Nice job indeed. Especially the Wayne Robins & the Hellsayers track.

I banged out a comp of hangin-out-on-the-porch-late-summer songs, which I sent to Slosh as reciprocation, but after listening to it a couple of times...I think I could have done a little better with the concept. So I prolly still owe you one, Patrick. You might like the Frank Black track, though.

Speaking of owing people comps, you should be seeing something soon from me too, Jar. Sorry it took me a while to get that 1980 disc to you.

Other notable spins (that I can remember) include:

The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughn - Dang, this really is a pretty definitive collection. The one to have if you're having only one. (Er, two discs, actually.) If you have the song "Tinpan Alley" in your collection, play it loud and clear in the dark, with all the lights turned off, while you're liquored up. Go ahead. Trust me.

Spoon - Gimme Fiction...Continues to grow on me, to the point where I'm digging this extremely. Brilliant stuff.

Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere...ditto.

Dire Straits - s/t (remaster)...Old fave from yesteryear.

Porky Tree - Deadwing...I spun this to death for the first two weeks I had it, then gave it a rest for a week, then played it again yesterday. The louder you play this, the better.

The Clash - Sandinista...Someday, I'll boil this down to a single disc. With 36 tracks, there's definitely some filler here.

Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark, Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage, Cowboy Junkies - Pale Sun, Garbage 2.0, Patty Griffin - Flaming Red...All on Spiral Play on my 5-disc changer. That was interesting.

And on DVD, Rush in Rio...Good performances, enthusiastic crowd, but too damn long. It just never freakin' stops.

[Pat D]

Bach by Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra. Columbia LP MS 6180. I like some of Ormandy's orchestra transcriptions even better than Stokowski's.

Brahms, Hungarian Dances. I listened to Reiner/Vienna Philharmonic, Dorati/London Symphony, and Bogar/Budapest Symphony, which is on Naxos. I think Bogar wins.

Schubert, Symphonies Nos. 4 and 8 with Kubelik/VPO and No. 9 with Barbirolli/Halle Orch, with Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, which is a very nice work.

Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert, with Mehta conducting. Well, it was on sale cheap at the library (donated for fundraising).

Chris de Burgh, Spanish Train and other stories. My wife got some of his stuff from the library.

Peter Boyer, Ellis Island: The Dream of America. Boyer, Philharmonia Orchestra, with various narrators. Musically not too deep but the readings from letters from immigrants are good.

John Charles Thomas, (1891-1960), An American Classic. Nimbus Prima Voce Series, NI 7838. He was a baritone with a really wonderful voice and he was also quite a showman. He sang some opera but mostly gave recitals and was often on the radio, quite a star.

Chominciamento di gioa, Virtuoso dance-music from the time of Boccaccio's Decameron. Naxos 8.553131

Arnold Bax, Chamber Music. Mobius group. Naxos 8.5545407. Interesting music.

Vaughan Williams, Phantasy Quintet, String Quartets 1 and 2. Maggini Quartet, Garfield Jackson, viola (in the quintet). Naxos 8.555300.

Man, The Measure of All Things, Trumpet music from the Italian Baroque. John Wallace, trumpet; Christopher Warren-Green, Philharmonia Orchestra. Nimbus 5017

The Clancy Brothers Greatest Hits, with Lou Killen. Vanguard VCD 53/54. What was on two LPs fits on one CD. I have seen a sonically refurbished edition, probably with even more items, but this one sounds fine.

Diana Krall, Love Scenes.

[nobody]

I'll just mention a few things...

<b>Riddim: The best of Sly & Robbie in Dub 1978-1985</b>
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A great 2 disc set filled with classics. If you like traditional dub, grab this asap. In addition to Classics like Fisherman Dub and Rizla, it's even got versions of a couple big Bom Marlet hits, namely Crazy Baldheads and Buffolo Soldier.

<b>Willie Nelson: Countryman</b>
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From traditional to bizarre, I couldn't resist grabbing a copy of Willie Nelson's forray into reggae. I love Willie...I love reggae, but I was still more than a little skeptical. However, I gotta say, for me this works much better than some people are crediting it. Most of it is more a blend of country and reggae than Willie playing straight up reggae tunes. Lots of floating slide guitar and harmonica mixed with reggae rythms and Willie's voice. It's actually pretty much a perfect hangover album, by the way.

<b>Philip Glass: Dancepieces</b>
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Isn't modern music like this supposed to be unlistenable? Then why is this so beautiful. Minimal without being boring, this one sparkles and shimmers along until a triumphant finish. I actually played it once and had to go over and play it again. It really blurs lines between a whole mess of genres.

<b>Brian Setzer: Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1, A Tribute to Sun Records</b>
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This one is exactly what you'd expect. No surprises, but extremely well done. If you like Setzer's guitar style and old sun records, you'll be happy here. Yeah, many of the originals are better, especially in the energy department, but they're well played versions of songs the guy loves and cut his chops on. If you think you'd like it, you will. Does vol. 1 imply more of these?

OK...listened to a few more things, but that's enough for now...see ya next Tuesday.

[newtrix1]

I was wondering when some comments on this album would pop up here. I heard a song on the radio and liked it. Might pick this up, thanks for the comments.

<b>Willie Nelson: Countryman</b>
<img src="http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg900/g906/g90675vlfau.jpg">
From traditional to bizarre, I couldn't resist grabbing a copy of Willie Nelson's forray into reggae. I love Willie...I love reggae, but I was still more than a little skeptical. However, I gotta say, for me this works much better than some people are crediting it. Most of it is more a blend of country and reggae than Willie playing straight up reggae tunes. Lots of floating slide guitar and harmonica mixed with reggae rythms and Willie's voice. It's actually pretty much a perfect hangover album, by the way.

[Dusty Chalk]

Haven't forgotten, just don't need to come in here as often.

Lots of Fax stuff -- Dark Side of the Moog X, Koolfang III, etc.
Vangelis, Alexander -- on par with 1492: Conquest of Paradise, but a little bit rehashed. Of course, with Vangelis, that's okay.
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
Grey DeLisle, Iron Flowers
Mike Oldfield, Killing Fields
Dani Joss, Liquid Photography -- cool ambient EP

[Davey]

When there's even been a Tuesday thread of late, I haven't posted in it. So here's to tradition, even if it's on life support.

Holopaw/ Quit +/ or Fight- 2nd release from the Gainesville, FL boys. The arrangements seem a bit more fleshed out than on their excellent 2003 debut, with that same fractured, quirky take on lyrics. If Sam Beam would learn how to breathe, Iron & Wine would be this good. Maybe.
In the interest of tradition, where was I when you talked about the new Holopaw? Gimme more. Is it holding up to repeats? Still lots of sparkle in the background, or don't you notice all those discreet electronic textures and embellishments as much with these guys? Gonna have to stop off and snag me a copy of that one some time this week. Haven't quite made the leap with Micah (Michah?) yet. What song is your favorite on that one? Gonna give it some more listening time this week. Intriguing stuff.

[tentoze]

In the interest of tradition, where was I when you talked about the new Holopaw? Gimme more. Is it holding up to repeats? Still lots of sparkle in the background, or don't you notice all those discreet electronic textures and embellishments as much with these guys? Gonna have to stop off and snag me a copy of that one some time this week. Haven't quite made the leap with Micah (Michah?) yet. What song is your favorite on that one? Gonna give it some more listening time this week. Intriguing stuff.Unfortunately, have only been able to listen to it a couple of times; spent most of the last week on vinyl. I do like it a lot. It sounds like a logical progression, musically, to me. The acoustic elements are better integrated with the "sparkle" than the first one, I think. The drums also seem to be much more in the front than on the first one. Can't speak much to the lyrics, other than they initially strike me as being similarly constructed as the first, from broken pieces that somehow fit together nicely in the whole.

Track 11 is my favorite on the Hinson disk- raw and immediate, building to a pretty stormy climax.

[Dave_G]

Letsee...

1) Rush - Moving Pictures VHS concert video. This is frikking excellent. Neil is way over the top on this one. Way killer.

2) Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34. Ambient weirdness, save your dough.

3) Blackfield - Pseudo PT music, pretty good, actually.

4) Tribute to Freddy Mercury concert VHS tape. This is excellent stuff, all bands kick it out on this special night. Extreme are/were an excellent band. I tell you though, Guns and Roses rock, but the long hair tough looking dude playing keyboards simply does not fit the GNR image - he looks way out of place and in general stupid up there, all tough and this and that playing a synth. Brian May - holy smokes he is an excellent guitarist, I never paid him notice.

5) Neil Young - Greendale - typical Neil Young music.

6) Styx lp marathon - played Pieces of Eight, Paradise Theatre, Cornerstone, and 1 other I can't recall at the moment, enjoyed it immensly.

Dave

[Davey]

Unfortunately ... spent most of the last week ... building to a pretty stormy climax.
Thanks for the info about the storm. And since Dave G already gave it a renewal, no need to waste a good thread. Some old and new for me the past week ...

Played that Light So Dim comp I've been hawking around these parts recently. Played it a lot while making copies and addressing envelopes and drinking beer and ...

The National Alligator cause it is really good and kind of fits in with the mood of the Light So Dim comp. In fact I was gonna sneak something from this one onto that comp, but the last EP got comped pretty heavy by me and my buddies here. And the comp also led to some ...

Pinback Blue Screen Life because I've been in a Black Heart Procession cycle lately and so pulled out this great one by their sister band and also dug out one from their common predecessor in ...

Three Mile Pilot Chief Assassin to the Sinister. And that put me in a mood to hear some old Neil Young, but a good substitute is ...

Eleventh Dream Day Beet, the recent reissue which I just picked up at Djangos along with one that I've had on my notify list for a very long time and finally got the email, a not too long ago Dusty Chalk raving favorite ...

Matt Elliott Mess We Made and it does seem like a nice one. And since I made a post about the new one ...

Super Furry Animals Radiator came out to play. I love furry animals, and I'm a little excited to hear the new one, but this one is just so outstanding ...

And been working on getting to know some comps better from Jar and Mike and Slosh. And a bunch of other odds and ends. But that's enough for now.

[-Jar-]

got a couple great comps from Mr. Midfi.. that 1980 comp.. wow, what a great bunch of music. Music from that period is just so exciting, ya know? Tense and anxious and exhuberant all at the same time.. the first 3 songs are just killer.. "Twilight" by U2, "Tattooed Love Boys" by the Pretenders and "Rocket from a Bottle" by XTC. What a kick off. Some Squeeze and some Bowie and later some Devo and even some Rush and Dire Straits... all very forward-looking music, lots of energy and.. well maybe I'm going a bit overboard, but a fine comp. Also listened to Sir MidFi's PORCH comp as well, lots of good tunes there to relax to in the sun. Never complain about a little Wilco and Son Volt, plus some classic rock by Dylan and The Stones never hurt no one. Thanks!

what else.. Slosh's Midsummer Set and Guerillas in the Mix..

I got out the turntable and ripped some stuff to digital last week, that was some fun. I got a nice copy of A.R. Kane's SIXTY-NINE.. it will be nice to listen to that a bit more than I have had a chance to recently. I also burned a pretty mint vinyl copy of Husker Du's WAREHOUSE: SONGS AND STORIES to cd as well. 4 sides, 4 tracks. My original copy from 1988 was pretty worn, but not bad. I picked up this sucker on ebay a few years ago. An advance copy that looked like it got played maybe once or twice, so it's in really good shape. Even though it's a pretty crappy sounding album I admit (though, i can't imagine it sounding any different, ya know?), at least I can listen to it a little more clearly, definately better than the cd issue, that's fo sho.

-jar

[Hyfi]

Couple of oldies but goodies

Steeleye Span- Now We Are Six..great folk rock

Mountain- On Top.. a Best Of but with many tunes from Climbing....Why can't anyone make music like this today?

Mettalica- S&M...still dig this after many spins.

Many Skins Of Bruford Kit 2...one of my own comps

And last night I played Genesis- Trick Of The Tail...One of the all time great prog-rock albums. The arangement of all songs and flow are incredible as is Phil Collins druming and vocals.

Also on Sunday we went to a Side Porch Jam party at Rolley Brown's house. Rolley has been a national Flat Picking Champion and has several CDs. His latest includes many Jazz/Blues Standards. At this party were several local musicians. Soprano Sax, 2 Fiddlers, 6 or so acoustic guitars, drums, and electric bass. One of the musicians was Singer Songwriter MaryBeth Weber who is opening for Roy Clark at the Sellersville Theater next month. What a party!

Hyfi

[Slosh]

Pretty much the same old same old for me but next week should be a bit more interesting. The new SFA SACD shipped from the UK yesterday plus I have preview :rolleyes: copies from DCFC and CYHSY coming. Oh, and just got Davey's Light So Dim in the mail today. Hey, I put "Confederate Cheerio Call" on a recent comp too. Do I have the get the comp police after you or something? :p

I've been spinning Mr MF's alt/country tinged Porch quite a bit since I got back from the shore last weekend. It's a good one for sure. Much of it is new to me even though I have albums from a lot of the artists represented. Hmmm, many holes in my collection it seems. :(

NP: Shack - Waterpistol (Sounds good to me on the virgin spin. No instructions needed here ;) )

[Davey]

...just got Davey's Light So Dim in the mail today. Hey, I put "Confederate Cheerio Call" on a recent comp too. Do I have the get the comp police after you or something? :p
Just call me Toon Robber. And I guess you'll have to throw in Custom User Title Robber as well since my buddy tentoze already snatched that one. Just don't call me P Davey. And keep the cops out of it!


NP: Shack Waterpistol - Marina (Sounds good to me on the virgin spin. No instructions needed here ;) )
Actually, that be Shack the band, Waterpistol the album, and Marina the label. Sometimes I can make even the simplest things look complicated, huh? I sent a copy of that or the Animals That Swim collection to most of you that got the comp. If you missed my recent promulgation on the Shack CD ...

http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?p=97775

[Slosh]

Actually, that be Shack the band, Waterpistol the album, and Marina the label. Sometimes I can make even the simplest things look complicated, huh?If I played it on the 'puter with HACP I would have known that but it's just so much easier to throw it in the CD player across the room. Whatever you call it it's pretty damn good! :)

NP: The Wrens - The Meadowlands

[Swish]

I just finished a comp of my own that I'm calling Fresh Brew IV since there were three before it. I'm not going to offer it up for circulation since it's mostly what I'd call "chick music", with apologies to any chicks out there. It's going straight to the coffee shop and will serve them well there.

Anyway, here's what I've spun lately:

Webb Wilder & the Beatnicks - It Came From Nashville
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (did I tell you I really like this one?0
The Year of Our Lord, 1979 - a maf comp
Shelby Lynn - Suit Yourself
The Standard - Wire Post to Wire
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Stuck in the Eighties - Volume 1 (a Stone comp)
Current Rotation Sampler Vol. 10th. - Listened once & left it in the men's room at
my least favorite local pub

Oh yeah, how could I forget...I also got the new Death Cab For Cutie - Plans, and it's pretty damned good.

Swish

[newtrix1]

I just finished a comp of my own that I'm calling Fresh Brew IV since there were three before it. I'm not going to offer it up for circulation since it's mostly what I'd call "chick music", with apologies to any chicks out there. It's going straight to the coffee shop and will serve them well there.


Swish

...if you show me yours. I recently threw together this quickie "chick" comp for my MP3 player. Usually these MP3 mixes only last about a week or so, then I get bored, delete them, and create a new mini-mix. However this one's still getting playtime after about a month:

1 The Finest Thing - Lori Carson
2 Snow Come Down - Lori Carson
3 Breathe - Lori Carson
4 Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Billie Holiday
5 If This Isn't Jazz - Patricia Barber
6 I'm Thru With Love - Diana Krall
7 Part of the Process - Morcheeba
8 Ruby Lane - Milla
9 Human Nature - Madonna

So come on Swish-Diddy, show us your chicks!

[Swish]

...if you show me yours. I recently threw together this quickie "chick" comp for my MP3 player. Usually these MP3 mixes only last about a week or so, then I get bored, delete them, and create a new mini-mix. However this one's still getting playtime after about a month:

1 The Finest Thing - Lori Carson
2 Snow Come Down - Lori Carson
3 Breathe - Lori Carson
4 Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Billie Holiday
5 If This Isn't Jazz - Patricia Barber
6 I'm Thru With Love - Diana Krall
7 Part of the Process - Morcheeba
8 Ruby Lane - Milla
9 Human Nature - Madonna

So come on Swish-Diddy, show us your chicks!

my comp isn't comprised of female artists. It's songs that are prolly more suited toward females, ok? In fact, the only females on it is Shelby Lynn and the lead singer for OVer the Rhine. Some of the others are Nick Cave, Okkervil River, Shout Out Louds, Edwin McCain, World Party, The Smiths, The Killers, Ray Lamontagne, The Church, Matther Sweet, and Tim Easton.

Swish

[-Jar-]

I think I've met two chicks in my whole life that were into Nick Cave.

[newtrix1]

I think I've met two chicks in my whole life that were into Nick Cave.

I put Caves "Darker With the Day" on a comp for my sis-in-law, but in general, I'd agree that chicks ain't his target audience ;)

[Swish]

I think I've met two chicks in my whole life that were into Nick Cave.

from Nocturama? I'd bet not, but if they did, they would have at least one reason to like Nick Cave. Look, this coffee shop has all female employees, and the atmosphere has to be on the "mellow" side, so they'll appreciate what I burned...they always do.

Swish

[Stone]

I think I remember there being goth chicks who were/are into Nick Cave, but I don't know any personally.

Anyway, relatively slow listening week thanks to the continued move/unpacking and traveling to Minnesota for my brother's wedding. I did listen to the following (I finally have the As, Bs, and Cs unpacked):

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t

Built To Spill - Keep It Like a Secret

Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall

Kate Bush - Sensual World

Blue Nile - Hats

Spore - Fear God EP

Replacements - All For Nothing, Nothing For All (Disc 2)

Aislers Set - How I Learned to Write Backwards

[-Jar-]

I put Caves "Darker With the Day" on a comp for my sis-in-law, but in general, I'd agree that chicks ain't his target audience ;)

Let me ammend somewhat.. I think there are chicks that dig Nick Cave, but they're probably the kind that wouldn't appreciate the term "chick" ya know?

And, furthermore, I would bet that there are far more female Nick Cave fans in Europe and Australia than here in the U.S.

-jar

[Mr MidFi]

Glad my mailings have found their way properly. If I had to do that Porch thing over again, there are a number of things I'd do differently. Like including some Cowboy Junkies, for example. Or using a different Whiskeytown track. But whatever...open the windows, open a few cold ones, and get that hammock swingin'.

I spent a considerable amount of time over the weekend playing back tunes from comps I've received over the past 2 years or so, but never had a chance to really absorb. Ended up making one of my "MetaComps" (the 8th one overall), and this one is 100% a Slosh tribute. And it's pretty well dominated by selections from his recent mid-summer mix and Guerillas in the Mix. The result is extraordinarily tasteful, though perhaps not as energetic as my all-Jar MetaComp from last year.

I also distilled a 2-disc Essential SRV compilation into a single disc, which was harder than I thought it'd be. It's not that often I get into a Stevie mood, but whenever I do...well, this one disc will do the trick for sure.

I have to get back to work now. Sorry.

[-Jar-]

I've often thought about making a meta-Slosh comp. One track from each comp by a band that's under-represented in my collection. Though, if I took one track from each comp, that would probably totally fill a cd-r and then some :)

-jar

[nobody]

OK..I'm late...so sue me...

here's a few...

<b>The Raveonettes: Pretty in Black</b>
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Still really liking this one. It's much more diverse than their first two, so I would assume fans to be divided on it. Personally, I like them stretching a bit. Some of the tunes may pay a little too much homage to their heroes. My wife asks me if it's the Everly Brothers every time one track comes on. Still, it's been a great listen that I keep going back to.

<b>Death in Vegas: Satan's Circus</b>
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All instrumentals, mostly of the moody mid-tempo variety on disc one and some more uptempo live tracks on disc two, which feature guitars much more prominently. I'm really liking disc one the most, although it can get a bit repetitive at times, that nature of the electronic beast for the most part.

<b>White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan</b>
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Another one that seems to have the fans divided, but for my money, it's fantastic. It just keeps growing on me. They still drag out some of the rockers, but mostly more delicate tunes with a strong emphasis on piano.

<b>Ike Turner: Blues Roots</b>
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Solo album from Ike in '72, features him laying down some old-fashioned blues tunes with a killer band. Never released on CD, so this one's for vinyl junkies only, but if you see a copy around, and you like old R&B with a heavy blues base, grab this fantastic piece of work. Mostly covers here, but the band's in fine form and so is Ike.

<b>The Kills: No Wow</b>
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I think I'm starting to get a handle on which albums I've really liked this year since there are some that keep getting drug out, even when newer stuff comes in. This is one that keeps getting played. Minimal, stark and dark; perfect for late night listening. Not too many bands pull off the dark thing these days without sounding redundant or just plain silly. This band does it with ease.

<b>Tripswitch: Circuit Breaker</b>
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Electronic stuff with some great world music styled percussion throughout. It never gets too fast paced, but it does start out with some pretty complex rhythms, keeping it moving before gradually getting more mellow. Really excellent stuff if this is you kinda thing. Bass freaks may wanna grab this just for some really powerful stuff down low.

Had a lot of free time on my hands lately, so much more listening actually, but that's enough for now.

[Dusty Chalk]

Matt Elliott Mess We Made and it does seem like a nice one...Whoa!!!

[nobody]

By the way...as far as the Nick Cave thing goes...

funny thing to me is that I've kinda always thought of Nick Cave as being more popular with chicks, just because personally, I've known more female than male fans of his, including a couple girls who were absolute Nick Cave nuts. Weird, I guess it just depends on who you run into.