Tunesday Confessions

[Davey]

What did you listen to in the last week? Here's my steaming pile....

Spoon - Girls Can Tell (near-perfect fusion of Elvis Costello and Wire, with just a hint of Kurt Cobain and Pavement-style indie rock - shoulda gone double platinum and been the subject of one of those silly VH-1 specials)
Tracy Chapman - Matters of the Heart (still my personal fave of Ms. Chapman)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (before they were platinum MTV darlings, they were even better)
Songs:Ohia - Didn't It Rain (maybe the best Neil Young album in the last decade )
Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum
The National - Cherry Tree (5 brilliant songs may not make a career but it sure makes for a freakin' great EP - plus a couple bonus tracks that don't suck)
David Kilgour - Frozen Orange (David Kilgour music doesn't get much better than this, and that means it must be one damn fine album)
The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (still my favorite of 2004 - wacky, entertaining, fun, literate, melodic, and oh so seriously good)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (some of the initial glow may be wearing off, but this is still one fine debut album with lots of Bowie influence)
Califone - Roomsounds (junk drawer country-folk-blues classic)
The Honeydogs - 10,000 Years (who wants sci-fi rock operas in 2004? everybody should when they're this good)
The Notwist - Neon Golden (modern indietronica classic and that's no fooling)
The Reindeer Section - Son of Evil Reindeer (still new but liking this more all the time - just a bit too twee sometimes but pretty good overall)