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[antoniostrohs]

Yes I think so.I'm getting into a lot more.It took a few spins to get use to.But I'm enjoying the latin rhythms and some of the hip hop beats and cool guitar sounds.Great production by the Dust Brothers.It covers a few genres of music.It might not be for everybody but I enjoy it.

[EC]

Cooolio.  Thanks.  I have never been disappointed by Beck.  I'll get this one, too.  :)

[Specialist]

Beck - Guero
Interpol - TOTBL
QOTSA - Lullabie to Paralyze
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
Paul Simon - Graceland

[CC]

pennies from heaven

an amazing boxset with songs from the 30s

jack jackson, roy fox, lew stone, henry hall, billy merrin & his commanders, carrol gibbons & the savoy hotel orpheans... and much more...

[EC]

Oooooh lovely, Riny!  You should have a dance party at your house and play those songs! :)

[SmoothOprtr]

M. Ward- Transfiguration of Vincent
Bob Schnieder- I'm Good Now
The Secret Machines
Badly Drawn Boy- Bootleg Live

[EC]

M. Ward- Transfiguration of Vincent
Bob Schnieder- I'm Good Now
The Secret Machines
Badly Drawn Boy- Bootleg Live

I'm very excited to announce that I am listening to "Satan is Real" by the Louvin Brothers.  It's also very fitting...  

[Chills]

Jayhawks: Tomorrow The Green Grass
Morrissey: Live at Earls Court
Jimi Hendrix: BBC Sessions

[Enrump]

Eagles of Death Metal - "Death by sexy"
Mars Volta - both albums
Deftones - "Knife party"
And a CD with Flamencojazz I just got from my cousin

[EC]

DeVotchKa - How it Ends

For those who remember me saying, this was the middle band at the M Ward show on Sunday here in Toronto.  This record is unbelievably incredible.  It is utterly beautiful.  My roommate and I were repotting some flowers outside, and played this record, and we kept stopping, rather mesmerized, and talking about how wonderful it is.

www.devotchka.net

Klezmer, Spanish Flamenco, 40s/50s vocals, lovely lyrics ... oh, and rock.  There is rock.

Honestly, it's one of the most ambitious things I've heard, and it is so well done.  They have a very ecclectic variety of influences, but those influences are deep and clearly educated.  

It's really incredible.  Okay, I'll stop now.  :)

Except to list their dates - GO AND SEE M WARD AND NORFOLK AND WESTERN AND DEVOTCHKA - IT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER!!!

04.19.05*
Columbus, OH
Little Brother's
w/ m ward

04.20.05*
Chicago, IL
Abbey Pub
w/ m ward

04.21.05*
Madison, WI
Cafe Montmartre
w/ m ward

04.22.05*
St. Paul, MN
Turf Club
w/ m ward

04.23.05*
Omaha, NE
Sokol Underground
w/ m ward

JUST ADDED
05.06.05 (full band)
NY, NY
Irving Plaza
w/ Gogol Bordello

[Enrump]

I've got a new artist on my list! Regina Spektor - she's got that perfect 30's vibrato on her voice.... Gotta love it!

[urbanboho]

"who will survive? and what will be left of them?"
--murder by death

great album..a bit slow...but great nonetheless.

[Chills]

Loud Fast And Out Of Control.
An amazing box set of 50's Rock & Roll. With Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley and lots of unknown 50's rockers. Great stuff

[Elizanne33]

Roy Buchanan - Live Stock - I listen to this a lot when I'm driving.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan - Always have some SRV in the mix

ZZTop - Greatest Hits

John Butler Trio - a show from 3/12/04 - I just came across this band. I'm going to see them next month, I'm so excited!

Anyone who's seen JBT, how do the albums compare to their live sound? I don't have any of their albums yet, but I will surely be adding to my collection.

[wordawg]

Penguin Cafe Orchestra.



wordawg

[EC]

Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

Oh that's so wicked!  And WEIRD!!  I was just talking about how much I love them yesterday when somebody put on a really, really old mixed cd that I made with "Milk" on it.  I love Penguin Cafe Orchestra!  Yay!

[EC]

"Pieces of the Sky" by Emmylou Harris.  An old favourite, but one I haven't listened to in a while.  It's fun to listen to the production of it.  They sure did make some nice music in the 70s.

[Drunkre]

Holy shite!  That's the best Emmylou Harris album EVER!  I've got that on vinyl at the house, and every once in a while, I'll put it on and waltz around the house with my daughter.

[EC]

Holy shite! ÊThat's the best Emmylou Harris album EVER! ÊI've got that on vinyl at the house, and every once in a while, I'll put it on and waltz around the house with my daughter.

HA!  How lovely!  (Do you get teary when Boulder to Birmingham comes on?  I just keep thinking about how hard it must have been for her at that time.  She's suddenly really popular and thrust into that Nashville world, and Gram's dead, and it must've been really weird.  Especially singing Sleepless Nights, too.  Man.)

Plus, Bottle Let Me Down is one of the best songs. Ever.  

Did Emmylou ever sing it with Merle?  Anybody know?

[Drunkre]

Emmylou Harris is just effin' amazing.  Blue Kentucky Girl is a great album (and has Even Cowgirls Get The Blues on it as a plus).  She's quite possibly my favorite female singer (I know that's sexist) ever.  Right up there with Rickie Lee Jones; Joni Mitchell; Melanie; and Grace Slick (circa "We Built This City (On Rock and Roll)"...I keed.

What am I listening to right now?  The Postal Service.