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My favourites so far, although most have been mentioned already: The National - High Violet The Black Keys - Brothers (Their best since Rubber Factory!) The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt Titus Andronicus - The Moninter LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang Spoon - Transference Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today Middle of the pack, but definitely enjoyable: The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack Band of Horses - Infinte Arms The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever Dissapointments: Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void -- It just sounds like an Eric

Here's my final submitted list: 1. Big Star – Radio City 2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 3. The Beatles – The Beatles 4. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 5. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True 6. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run 7. Television – Marquee Moon 8. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society 9. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 10. The Replacements – Tim 11. The Clash – London Calling 12. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers 13. Nick Lowe – Jesus of Cool 14. Neil Young – After the Goldrush 15. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday 16. Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin’ On 1

Here's the list I'm working with right now (mostly out of order other than the top few albums): 1. Big Star – Radio City 2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 3. The Beatles – The Beatles 4. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 5. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True 6. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run 7. Television – Marquee Moon 8. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 9. The Replacements – Tim 10. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society 11. The Clash – London Calling 12. Nick Lowe – Jesus of Cool 13. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers 14. Neil Young – After the Goldrush 15. Th

My list is forthcoming.

I personally thought it was a pretty great episode. Obviously, it didn't reach episode-of-the-series heights like "The Constant" and wasn't as packed full of information as the premiere. The absence of the Locke story was a bit frustrating, but there were some great scenes. Josh Holloway's acting on that dock scene was quite a moving display of range, showing off Sawyer's newfound emotional maturity. I also liked how Kate stares in the mirror a la Jack in the premiere. Hmm.... The Jack/Sayid scenes were great too. I especially liked Sayid's Han Solo-esque return from the torture table: "They

haha, that reminds me of Faraday inexplicably sobbing at the sight of the wreckage of 815 on tv. Great episode though. I think I'm going to have to watch it again tonight before posting my thoughts, but I will say this: I really liked how MIB sort of eulogized Locke when he was talking to Ben. I feel like it somehow gave him a little more dignity.

This is really unfortunate and sudden. He was a talented musician and seemed like a great guy. Best wishes to his friends and family.

Here's the link to my band's page: http://iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?ID=142048. I just uploaded a studio demo we recorded in November. We'll be recording our first E.P. in January.

I've been rewatching the series with a few friends who have never seen it before. Everytime I notice something that ties in to a later episode, it's a struggle to bite my tongue. I really like some of the parallels that I've been picking up on on my 4th? 5th? time through. For instance, in the pilot, pt. 2, the group of survivors who hear the French woman's signal agree that they'll have to lie to protect the others just like Jack et al in season 4. I love this show.

I think the article mentioned that 48% of the artists included in the research were American and the other 52% were almost exclusively British artists. At least in terms of U.S. record sales, the article stated that American artists tended to have a greater chance of "success". Interesting article. I definitely agree though, this would be a lot better with specific data.

This was ridiculously hard to narrow down. I don't think I can go with any less than these 11: Carole King Joni Mitchell Dusty Springfield Patti Smith Cat Power Jenny Lewis PJ Harvey Nina Simone Sharon Jones The Kills Viva Voce (Anita Robinson DESTROYS on guitar and sings about half the time)

My band just recorded some studio demos for our upcoming E.P. sessions in January. We should have the masters of the demos by the end of the month so I'll definitely post them then. Great idea by the way.

Here's my quick take with a list of studio albums: The White Stripes De Stijl (2000) White Blood Cells (2001) Elephant (2003) Get Behind Me Satan (2005) Icky Thump (2007) Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) A Ghost Is Born (2004) Sky Blue Sky (2007) Wilco (The Album) (2009) The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me (2004) Separation Sunday (2005) Boys and Girls In America (2006) Stay Positive (2008) Blitzen Trapper Blitzen Trapper (2003) Field Rexx (2004) Wild Mountain Nation (2007) Furr (2008) Spoon Girls Can Tell (2001) Kill the Moonlight (2002) Gimme Fiction (2005) Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) Th

Argh, I always spend way too much time thinking about these sort of lists. So here we go: quick, painless, one take: Big Star - Radio City The Beatles - White Album Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds I think I could live with that. Except for the whispers, constantly reminding me of albums from my past... This Year's Model... Ziggy Stardust... Sweetheart of the Rodeo... Born to Run... Separation Sunday...

I'm not the biggest Yeah Yeah Yeahs fan but I can definitely appreciate what they do and there's a few of their songs that I enjoy. I really like that track they did for the Spiderman 3 Soundtrack, "Sealings". I find that they're particularly good at building tension within their songs and this is a great example of that ability. I was really disappointed that they didn't use it in the movie. That said, I was really disappointed with Spiderman 3 in general. Oh and Gobias Industries, I love the username.

When I saw them at Coachella in April, they said they were shooting for a fall release and played a couple of new songs. I think one was called "Eat My Head". I haven't heard anything about a specific release date though.

I'm quite suprised at how many good to great records that have been released so far this year. Usually it's difficult to come up with a halfway decent list until the fall records start pouring in. Here's my favourites so far this year in no particular order: Dark Was The Night - Various(I know it was a compilation, but COME ON!) Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear Why There Are Mountains - Cymbals Eat Guitars Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective Tonight! - Franz Ferdinand It's Frightening - White Rabbits Keep It Hid - Dan Auerbach Together Through Life

Some great stuff already listed here. I'd just like to add Plants & Animals and Black Mountain in terms of music.

Ryan Adams apparently covered The Strokes' Is This It back in 2002 on a fourtrack in his basement. He supposedly redid the album in a bluesy style. I've never heard it though and I'm pretty sure it's never surfaced yet. I would love to hear it though.

How about John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas. He released a great solo record, John the Wolfking of L.A. in 1970 before dissapearing under increasing drug use.

Great choices. "If Only You Were Lonely" is such a killer track. It sounds so unlike everything the Replacements were releasing at that time.

I haven't been able to stop playing this album since its release. I managed to hold off from any leaks and it seems my dilligent efforts have paid off. I actually wrote a review of the album for my campus radio station's website. Here's the link if anybody's interested: http://blogs.civl.ca/blog/2009/01/26/anima...post-pavillion/. It's nice and short too!

I'm in for Thursday night. I feel like I should be studying, but I'm not sure what so I'm just flipping through the encyclopedia...

Here's hoping they'll squeeze in a Vancouver or Seattle date somewhere. There's a perfect spot between the Denver and L.A. shows or right around the first batch of dates in California. I was too broke from tuition to go last time he came so my fingers are crossed.

Ooh, let's see if I can hit 25.... (In no particular order) 1. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True 2. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted 3. Television - Marquee Moon 4. The Clash - The Clash 5. Sam Roberts - We Were Born In A Flame 6. The Band - Music From Big Pink 7. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 8. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 9. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico 10. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield 11. Big Star - #1 Record 12. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 13. The Who - The Who Sing My Generation 14. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left 15. Bruce Spring