I'm late enough to the party that it prolly doesn't matter, dang this Left Coast time zone and no music at work. But anyway, I just gave a 1st spin to A. C. Newman's The Slow Wonder and I really liked this one. The 1st handful of songs reminded me of The Kinks (ok, so shoot me, no doubt there are a bunch of current indie-popsters that would make a better comparison, but I don't know that many). Very kewl music. I especially liked the trumpet that comes in on track 9, The Cloud Prayer, as it was totally unexpected based on the previous toons. Thanks, Stone. Unfortunately, I found out this afternoon that the package that should have gone to you on Wed. got blown off by my irresponsible kid. Be patient, it WILL get to you.

Moved on to a David Kilgour comp from dbi, etc. I like this a lot as well, but at track 4, I can't make even one of my shallow comparisons yet.