Stupid Tuesday Thread

[Mike]

Mostly mellow stuff from me

Animals That Swim - Best Of
Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
Bedouin Soundclash - Sounding A Mosaic
DCFC - Plans
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die

I'll have to check out that band Miracle Mile you mention Dave they sound interesting

Cheers
Mike

[nobody]

Been listening to a bunch of reggae lately...

Toots and the Mytals: Funky Kingston
Black Uhuru: Red
Culture: 2 Sevens Clash
along with a few more...

Agree with the praise for Ryan Adams: Cold Roses. I listen to this one a lot these days and like it more over time. One of my favorites from the year so far.

Also spun Beck: Sea Change for the first time in a while and enjoyed it greatly.

Plyed an old funk gem from Buddy Miles called Message to the People that I don't think ever made it to CD, but is fantastic, if you like that 70 funk/rock vibe.

Also really enjoyed a CD of Brahms violin sonotas, put out by EMI as part of their Great Recordings of the century series, which I have a couple other things from that I have enjoyed.

Spent a day listening to The Drifters and The Platters a bit ago, which made for a really nice afternoon.

The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan has been getting a lot of play in bursts when I'm in the car lately.

I'm forgetting stuff I'm sure, but that's a bunch of it.

[Slosh]

Agree with the praise for Ryan Adams: Cold Roses. I listen to this one a lot these days and like it more over time. One of my favorites from the year so far.

So how does this compare to Heartbreaker? I like that one a bunch. Have it on 180 gram vinyl and SACD even. Then when Gold came out I checked it out of the library but other than a couple of songs here and there I found it mind-numbingly boring so Heartbreaker remains my only Ryan Adams album.

NP: Grandaddy - Concrete Dunes

[nobody]

So how does this compare to Heartbreaker? I like that one a bunch. Have it on 180 gram vinyl and SACD even. Then when Gold came out I checked it out of the library but other than a couple of songs here and there I found it mind-numbingly boring so Heartbreaker remains my only Ryan Adams album.

NP: Grandaddy - Concrete Dunes

I really like Heartbreaker a lot too. It's one of my favorite albums in that style.

I'd say Cold Roses is his best since that stunning debut, although it doesn't surpass it. It is stylistically, more similar to Heartbreaker than any of his other albums. It's got the same rootsy, country-rock vibe throughout. I think there is maybe a bit more variation to the songs on Heartbreaker and a couple more catchy moments to latch onto. If Cold Roses suffers from anything, its a bit too much of the same thing throughout, although the more you listen, the more the subtler variations start to stand out.

If you're a vinyl fan, Cold Roses comes in a great 2 LP, embossed Gatefold set with a really good extra track at the end (a more uptempo, rocking type of song that is really a good addition and seems to me would have made the cut over other tracks on the CD). Sound is very good. If you like Ryan Adams and vinyl, I'd really say its close to a must-have set.

[Mike]

I'd say Cold Roses is his best since that stunning debut, although it doesn't surpass it.

I'd have to agree with that it's his best for a long time. Although I also like his more poppier releases such as Gold, Demolition and even Rock n Roll which got blasted by most preople. His work with Whiskeytown is still the best with me I just find all those albums are timeless.

I'm a big Ryan Adams fan in spite of all the flack he gets. I don't read much about him but I do enjoy his music, but from what I have read he's pretty obnoxious and a pain in the arse at times.

One thing though I wish he would be more selective in his output. Take for example his latest, trim it down to say 12 songs and it would make a far better album IMO. On top of that I spotted he has yet another release due in late September with the Cardinals entitled Jacksonville City Nights.

Cheers
Mike

[ForeverAutumn]

I spotted he has yet another release due in late September with the Cardinals entitled Jacksonville City Nights.

Cheers
Mike

I believe that he's supposed to have three releases scheduled for 2005. Since Cold Roses was a double disk, I'm not sure whether that would count for two out of the three or whether we should expect yet another release at the end of the year.

[Mike]

I believe that he's supposed to have three releases scheduled for 2005. Since Cold Roses was a double disk, I'm not sure whether that would count for two out of the three or whether we should expect yet another release at the end of the year.

Ah yes that rings a bell I remember reading somewhere he was having a busy year.

On another note FA you still enjoying the Kaiser Chiefs? they just missed out on the Mercury Prize recently which was a shame. If you still like them another UK band you might like are Maximo Park with the album Certain Trigger worth checking out if you get the chance.

Ooh and I almost forgot - I like Sister Hazel too!

Cheers
Mike