After looking at lots of ytd faves lists that abound on the net I'll be needing to order up pretty soon.

Mine-

Assemblage 23-Storm. USA's best IDM band by a wide margin. One of the best in the world for that matter.

Robots In Disguise-heavy hitting electronic music with a bent similar to Le Tigre in terms of the robust feminism.

I'd like to check out the Canadian band Stars. Lots of recs for the show and the first album but they had a new one just released in August. Haven't heard too much about this one though and nothing but silence from the north of the border contingent about this band is making me waver ever so slightly on this one.

From the net:

Arcade Fire, OK, primarily from db-eye but I see the name popping up an awful lot. Not that db's rec isn't enough...

Radio 4

The Walkmen-which I confused with the Walkabouts for a very short time. My bad.

Maybe the Von Bodies or whatever. I've enjoyed every track I've heard by this band so maybe it's time to buy?

jc