What? No Tuesday listening thread yet?

[tentoze]

Whatcha folks waiting on? I got home from working and was ready to check it out and I was met with a big void. I'll get it posted and fill in the toonage shortly.

What's been filling your ears?

jc

I was gonna start it, but it was a slow week for me. Only 3 new-to-me cd's this week, and I don't even remember what one of them was:

Vashti Bunyan, Just Another Diamond Day- a cult record form '69 or so- British waif-child singing folk songs, backed up by some Fairport Convention guys. Only released on cd in the last coupla years; apparently th lp goes for scads of bucks, or pounds. Dunno what the big woop has been about all these years- pleasant enough voice, and the songs are charming, but no big deal. Gawdawful mastering to cd, too.

Van Morrison, What's Wrong With This Picture- Somewhere around the early 90's, Van The Man turned into a song stylist, IMO. Now, don't get me wrong- I'm as big a VanFan as anyone I know. This new release is very good at what it sets out to do- his chops are as good as ever, delving into some bluesy, jazz-tinged tunes. And the fixation with the pitfalls and "stardom" and all its attendant pains as lyrical theme for a majority of the songs is wearing a little thin. I might expect too much from him, but "very good" is a bit disappointing to me- I'm left still wondering if there is one more GREAT Van Morrison album left in him before it's all said and done.


Slosh's year-end comp is absolutely killer. Thanx, Slosh.

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[Troy]

I like the music on these compact discs. The musicians play instruments and sing on them. It is nice.

[DariusNYC]

I've been digesting the new Strokes album. And it's not too difficult to digest: stylistically very similar to their last one, with that same improbably melodic and laid back fuzzy garage rock. These guys can do woozy decadence better than any band I can think of, and Casablancas' vocals still slay me; it's a really enjoyable listen.

New Outkast has me bouncing around; lots of good and strange candy on this one. But I've only listened to it all the way through twice so I don't have anything more definitive to report yet.

Luna's Bewitched has been my falling asleep and waking up music for the last few days. Languid and hypnotic, with incandescent guitar interplay.

Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming has been spinning a lot this past week. Totally underrated Christian Soul album from His Bobness. "Gotta Serve Somebody" is a great Disco number. The almost-title-track "Slow Train" is a masterpiece. "I Believe in You" and "Precious Angel" are not far behind.

I finally got an iMac (17" monitor version) and iPod on Friday. (Thanks to Mary for the notice of the sale (however modest); I had been planning on getting an iMac for awhile but hadn't taken the plunge yet.) Uh-Oh: iTunes Music Store will not be far behind, I fear. Looking forward to getting some great rap and pop singles off of albums that aren't worth me buying.