Comps by JC and Davey have figured pretty largely in my listening week. Having disposed of Jim I'm working on the resident gloom meister at present. After the first listen through I thought he should be put on suicide watch but the collection is now revealing it's treasures. That Mark Lannegan track has major schwing factor (and we're not talking moose schlong here), but it ends kinda funny. I want the extended remix version.

Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won. Borrowed from the library, 3CD's, 20 minute versions of Dazed and confused, Whole Lotta Love and Moby Dick. I haven't yet dared to explore the extended stuff but the first CD is simply great... to my huge suprise.

Shapeshifter - Riddim Wise. A local Drum and Bass outfit that plays live instruments and is generating a big following here and lots of hype. Had high hopes but it sounds generic and lame to me.

Papa M - Hole Of Burning Alms. If you like David Pajo's music, which I do, you'll certainly enjoy this too.

Mighty Diamonds - Right Time. Burnt copy of a vinyl recording, thanks dude. What a great suprise, what a great record. I may try my software skills and clean this up a bit.

David Kilgour - Frozen Orange
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow.

KEXPMF. I've had The Books - Thought For Food on my wish list at Amazon since Dec 2002 so somebody must have been talking about here. Should I pull the trigger?

Chris.