Lot's of new discs recently, what's grabbed my ear the hardest:
Robert Wyatt 'Rock Bottom' - from 1974, just after he was paralized from a fall. Unclassafiable, folky, whimsical, prog rock, world jazz style, the disc sucks you in and holds you till the end. Great songwriting, will be getting more of his stuff, prolly the current one -Cuckooland. Recently re-released after being outofprint for a few years.
Seven Reuzh 'Strinkadenn ys' - the standout from the 15 or so new discs I got. Celtic Prog Rock style, enchanting female vox, tasty guitar playing, it's got it all going on.
Djam Karet 'A night for Baku' - great california band, a bit on the furious side, reminds distantly of King Crim's Red if you need a label. Must get more of their catalog, impressive.
Anekdoten 'Gravity' - along with PTree, one of my favorite bands from the last ten years, this is probably their best so far. Aggressive Viking progressive.
And last but not least, Troy's 'Van Allen Belt' - one listen impressions were postitive, especially liked song #7- '2 of 3'. Some of the tunes remind me of one of my favorite movies soundtrack 'Liquid Sky'. Sounds like Mr Paiva's having a blast with this, wonder if his livelyhood is sidetracked due to the addictive new toy? Zappaesque song titles.
Off Topic-- just got a job after 5 months of searching, now the brakes can come off my CD buying! Yippee! Will have to move to Baltimore, which seems like a pretty cool town tho.