Most Recent CD Purchased??.....

[Davey]

I think the only one I've actually bought since the beginning of December is the last Leona Naess CD that I've recently talked a little about. Kind of fell in love with her after seeing her close out the Letterman show with the Ballerina song from this CD. Completely mesmerizing and totally adorable. I picked it up at Best Buy for under $10 and can't say I'm totally satisfied, but it really is a good album and I'm liking it more and more with each listen. Maybe it sometimes ventures a little closer to the sound of someone like KD Lang than I normally like to go, but that's OK.....she's got some Tori Amos sensibility mixed in to keep it interesting. Call it 3.5/5 and rising.

But if I were to ignore the "buy" stipulation in your post, I'd go with the latest from The Moonbabies that I've been raving about. The Orange Billboard. Haven't bought a real copy yet, but will before too much longer. That one would be a solid 4.5/5 for me. Love it.

[Slosh]

Did you ever get the latest Califone album? I almost picked it up today (mostly because they were selling the LP for $7.99) but decided against it for now since I did buy BHP 3 (finally) and didn't want two somber-ish things at once. Didn't find anything else I wanted, though

I was also looking for The Decemberists The Train EP but I guess it hasn't been officially released yet. Black Sabbath-influenced Decemberists has got to be interesting. Actually I can see them pulling it off. I always thought "Odalisque" sounded like a metal song - minus the effects pedals.

[tentoze]

I was also looking for The Decemberists The Train EP but I guess it hasn't been officially released yet. Black Sabbath-influenced Decemberists has got to be interesting. Actually I can see them pulling it off. I always thought "Odalisque" sounded like a metal song - minus the effects pedals.

Insound seems to have it. I just read about it there this AM, but figgered I'd look locally first...............and I agree that the description of the style does sound like quite a trick to pull off.

http://insound.com/annex/search.cfm?query=the+tain

[Davey]

Did you ever get the latest Califone album?

No new Califone for me. I did hold the LP in my hands down at Stinkweeds a little while before the CD came out, but held off. Supposed to be a good one, at least according to the critics. J said a couple weeks ago that he listened to it as his first Califone album and only thought it was OK, but Califone doesn't really strike me as a good fit for him as they're more of a sound band than a song band. But sooner or later I'm sure it will wind up in my player or my turntable. I already have 4 Califone CDs plus some downloaded stuff so there's bigger fish to fry right now.

Hey, speaking of Black Heart Procession, I've been listening to some cool stuff lately. First there's the whole Three Mile Pilot thing that Pall and Tobias had going on with Armistead Burwell Smith IV (who later went on to form Pinback, another pretty cool band) before BHP. A couple pretty solid albums and most of it available online. Been looking to buy the Chief Assassin To The Sinister one that came out right before Geffen signed them, which Geffen then released with extra tracks before dumping the band, but it's now OOP in that version. It includes a cool song called Inner Bishop that I really like. Anyway, to make a short story into a long one, I checked with a couple people that have it for sale on half.com but they are selling the indie version on Headhunter. Guess I'll keep looking. The one after that is supposed to be very good too. And of course all the BHP stuff is excellent, but the Three Mile Pilot is more rocking. Pinback is cool too, kind of a Sunny Day Real Estate sound. Their Some Voices EP was very hot, hopefully the upcoming in August?? album will be too. Didn't hear the lastest EP yet.

Also BHP just did one of the In The Fishtank series releases with Solbakken that is due out Tuesday. I'd no idea who Solbakken is but aparently they are a Dutch prog band and I did listen to one of the songs that's available for download at http://www.stayfun.co.uk/recommends/fishtank.asp called A Taste of You and Me and it's pretty fuckin' darn cool too. Definitely one to check out. Way too much going on in the music world for my little hands to grab on to.

[Stone]

Hey, speaking of Black Heart Procession, I've been listening to some cool stuff lately. First there's the whole Three Mile Pilot thing that Pall and Tobias had going on with Armistead Burwell Smith IV (who later went on to form Pinback, another pretty cool band) before BHP. A couple pretty solid albums and most of it available online. Been looking to buy the Chief Assassin To The Sinister one that came out right before Geffen signed them, which Geffen then released with extra tracks before dumping the band, but it's now OOP in that version. It includes a cool song called Inner Bishop that I really like. Anyway, to make a short story into a long one, I checked with a couple people that have it for sale on half.com but they are selling the indie version on Headhunter. Guess I'll keep looking. The one after that is supposed to be very good too. And of course all the BHP stuff is excellent, but the Three Mile Pilot is more rocking. Pinback is cool too, kind of a Sunny Day Real Estate sound. Their Some Voices EP was very hot, hopefully the upcoming in August?? album will be too. Didn't hear the lastest EP yet.

I have a couple Three Mile Pilot CDs, but I can't even remember which ones I have (although I don't think either one is Chief Assassin to the Sinister). Good stuff, though. As you said, much more rocking than BHP. Is Pinback all instrumental?

[Davey]

I have a couple Three Mile Pilot CDs, but I can't even remember which ones I have (although I don't think either one is Chief Assassin to the Sinister). Good stuff, though. As you said, much more rocking than BHP. Is Pinback all instrumental?

Pinback isn't instrumental. I don't know if it's Armistead Burwell Smith IV or Rob Crow on vocals, or maybe both. Good stuff. Did you get the Absolutely Kosher sampler with your copy of The Meadowlands? It has a Pinback song on it from the EP.

[Stone]

Pinback isn't instrumental. I don't know if it's Armistead Burwell Smith IV or Rob Crow on vocals, or maybe both. Good stuff. Did you get the Absolutely Kosher sampler with your copy of The Meadowlands? It has a Pinback song on it from the EP.

I did get that sampler, but I only listened to it once and I can't remember what Pinback sounded like. I'll have to pull that out and listen to it if I ever get to go home.

[audiobill]

I think the only one I've actually bought since the beginning of December is the last Leona Naess CD that I've recently talked a little about. Kind of fell in love with her after seeing her close out the Letterman show with the Ballerina song from this CD. Completely mesmerizing and totally adorable. I picked it up at Best Buy for under $10 and can't say I'm totally satisfied, but it really is a good album and I'm liking it more and more with each listen. Maybe it sometimes ventures a little closer to the sound of someone like KD Lang than I normally like to go, but that's OK.....she's got some Tori Amos sensibility mixed in to keep it interesting. Call it 3.5/5 and rising.

But if I were to ignore the "buy" stipulation in your post, I'd go with the latest from The Moonbabies that I've been raving about. The Orange Billboard. Haven't bought a real copy yet, but will before too much longer. That one would be a solid 4.5/5 for me. Love it.

sounds like someone my wife might enjoy (I mean that in the best possible sense, Dave).
She is a big KD Lang fan and I'm not (although I am warming up to the duet CD with Tony B.); but, I am a big fan of Tori Amos...so, Leona sounds like a perfect match.
thnx for the preview,
Bill