The erudite 'What Have You Been Listening To?' thread, empty of invective

[Davey]

Erudite? Empty of invective? These Tuesday rotation threads seem to be getting a little too highbrow for my beer fueled indie rock taste in music. Oh well, let me see if I can focus through my hopefully forthcoming haze of a cheap beer buzz to remember some of the "recorded to four track in a heroin addict's bedroom" indie rock standouts of the past week. Hmmm, guess not.....

But I do remember spinning that new Nick Cave set a lot (Epitaph is still an indie label, right?). Both discs. I already called it beautiful so can't go much higher. Now it's just developing depth and long legs. Hate to jump the gun and pull a line out of my bag of cliches (especially since it appears I'm about to use more than one in this sentence), but this one does have the early sound of a classic. Don't know right now if I've heard anything I would call better this year.

Futureheads rocked me on more than one occasion...and usually stayed around rocking me for more than one spin. Great record in a not so great year of music. Real standout for me, regardless of what some of the "slicker than snot on a hot rail" aficionados might have you believe. And isn't it supposed to be "slicker than snot on a door knob"? What's with the hot rail? I gotta agree with FP on this one!

Love those Flaming Stars and two of their CDs got a workout this week. Sunset & Void has been getting pretty steady workouts for months now but also got in a little time with the new Named and Shamed and it's pretty damn fine as well. Haven't heard the comp that Mark and Jim are raving about but have no doubt it's stellar too. Gotta get me some of that action.