New one called Microcastles. If any of you are still into that Loveless kind of thing, this isn't quite as layered and gauzy (nor quite as epic sounding) as My Bloody Valentine, but it does scratch an itch that I wasn't fully aware needed scratching right now. Nice record, probably more along the lines of something from Ride. Gotta admit that I had hoped the sound would be a little better, recorded at the Rare Book Room in Brooklyn like a couple other great sounding analog recordings of the 90s (love the sound of Silver Jews American Water), but kinda lo-fi, which honestly isn't much of a detraction when talking about this type of music since none of the shoegazin' stuff sounds all that good after you layer in those many mixes. The drums always seem to suffer most, though at least this one doesn't sound underwater like on Loveless

Probably better than some, and it does actually open up at times on the simpler mixes and sound pretty good. Reminds me a little of the Autolux record from a couple years ago that I liked quite a bit, partly because it harkened back to some of the great underappreciated psychedelic pop bands of the 70s.

Anyway, this one has been pretty much on repeat with me for the last few days. This Tunesday is gonna be a trip to the airport, followed by a trip to the voting booth (which hopefully won't be preceded by a long wait in line) and then a trip into work day for me, so this is the weekly music news. Post your distractions and doldrums and discoveries here. We're all listening ...