Tuesday list mania gets going early today

[-Jar-]

On Friday I went to the record store with my daughter to pick up some stuff.

Me: Giant Sand Is All Over The Map . . . this is my first Giant Sand album so I have nothing to compare it to but I can say it's definitely top ten material and I'll need to pursue more soon. If you like Calexico, Califone, The Black Heart Procession, Sixteen Horsepower, etc. then this will do good things for you. Fun album that is varied enough in style to remain interesting throughout.

Her: Lamb Of God As The Palace Burns . . . I wrongly assumed they were just another crap nu-metal band since they've been on the more recent Ozzfest tours. Wrong, wrong, wrong! They obviously listened to tons of Slayer coming up. They sound a lot like Slayer but heavier (if that's even possible. hmmm, guess it is ) with a fatter guitar sound and deeper vox. Really superb song writing and I understand they have another (newer) album out already. There can be absolutely no doubt that she's my kid

And I got Davey's new comp on Saturday. Nice job as always. That Old Canes song that opens it up is fantastic! It really does sound like Neutral Milk Hotel, only with Tweedy singing. Funny, I've haven't heard any Appleseed Cast songs that made me want to buy an album but this song is another story an in fact have had it on my wishlist even before hearing a single note. Ya know, I always try to support my local indie stores and have been looking for this album for something like six weeks now with no luck. All have offered to order it for me but I can do that myself so I will. Soon.

Also got JD's Lucinda comp. I've only had time to get about half way through it. Thanks man. The only Lucinda I have is Car Wheels and I've been meaning to check out more but this will hold me over nicely for a while

NP: Jar's "July" comp - yet another new arrival!

My daughter is now big time into Raffi, though she did say this morning she was getting tired of the song "Down by the Bay, where the watermelons grow.." *Shrug* at least she's out of the Barney/Blues Clues phase. Of course, our 18 month old is now just entering that phase, though I'm trying to get her to listen to other stuff. She really seems to dig Bob Marley's CATCH A FIRE and the B52's COSMIC THING. Though, to be honest, "she'll dance to anything" :-) I am going to try to steer her away from the whole Barney/Teletubbies stuff.. yes, I'll make a music snob out of her!

I have a copy of that Lamb of God cd.. it seemed to me to sound kind of harsh, with an exaggerated mid-to-high end and not much bass... I'll give it another try on my big system. It's very frenetic from what I remember.

That new Mastodon is pretty cool man, got through about half of it. As compared to REMISSION, it's more athletic, and more classic "metal" I'd say.. not quite as crushingly heavy or hardcore. Though I was kind of zoned out while I was listening to it on the headphones.. my wife came up and grabbed my foot.. scared the **** out of me..

dang if I'd have known you were curious about Appleseed Cast I could have thrown something in the package for ya.. oh well, I'm sure I'll be sending something else out soon.

-jar

[Slosh]

My daughter is now big time into Raffi, though she did say this morning she was getting tired of the song "Down by the Bay, where the watermelons grow.." *Shrug* at least she's out of the Barney/Blues Clues phase. Of course, our 18 month old is now just entering that phase, though I'm trying to get her to listen to other stuff. She really seems to dig Bob Marley's CATCH A FIRE and the B52's COSMIC THING. Though, to be honest, "she'll dance to anything" :-) I am going to try to steer her away from the whole Barney/Teletubbies stuff.. yes, I'll make a music snob out of her!

My kid didn't start asking for CDs until she was ten so you've got a ways to go yet. I don't really try to steer my daughter's tastes too much. I guess she couldn't help but to be influenced by my tastes so that's a natural starting point and it wasn't long before she started picking up on things on her own.

I have a copy of that Lamb of God cd.. it seemed to me to sound kind of harsh, with an exaggerated mid-to-high end and not much bass... I'll give it another try on my big system. It's very frenetic from what I remember.

Yeah, it's a pretty horrid recording but the music's good and that's what matters first and foremost.

That new Mastodon is pretty cool man, got through about half of it. As compared to REMISSION, it's more athletic, and more classic "metal" I'd say.. not quite as crushingly heavy or hardcore.

Yeah, some old Iron Maiden sounds mixed in there. Me like

dang if I'd have known you were curious about Appleseed Cast I could have thrown something in the package for ya.. oh well, I'm sure I'll be sending something else out soon.

-jar

Nah, not really but thanks anyway. Wait, but what if I like it? Hmmm