people are leaving

wow. I'm not sure what I'd do without SST.

Some of the SST bands were without of doubt, releasing a lot of good material. That being said, I wish felt the need to revisit my Minutemen and Husker Du records.

i suppose it could be, if you don't own any records released by SST, Homestead, Flying Nun, Factory, etc...

still meh

best of the 80's is an oxymoron

 

Six Organs of Admittance

 

2000 Invitation To The SR For Supper 8"

2000 Dust and Chimes

2000 Somewhere Between Her shoulder And God 7"

2000 The Manifestation 12"

2002 Dark Noontide

2002 You Can Always See The Sun EP

2003 Compathia

2003 For Octavio Paz

2003 Trighplane Terraforms No.1 Split

2004 Stephanie Volkmar/Six Organs Of Admittance Split

2004 The Manifestation

2005 School of the Flower

2005 The Honeycreeper Smiles 7"

2006 7" split w / Om

2006 Days Of Blood (LP, Limited edition)

2006 The Sun Awakens

2007 Proem To Empty The Sun

2007 Shelter from the Ash

2008 Goatflower (CDr, Limited edition of 100 handmade copies)

2009 RTZ (Compilation, Recorded 1999-2003)

2009 Luminous Night

Where's a good place to start ?

being there

a.m.

yhf

summerteeth

w(ta)

sbs

Not liking The Beatles is like not liking air.

I wish Bud Powell was a household name.

"The Sound" and his idol "Prez" had the best tone of any of the tenor sax gods.

The only thing that sucks more than cancer is Radiohead.

"Mrs.Miller's Greatest Hits" gives me great joy.

'Crash' is the worst "best movie" selection of all-time

I hate Sheryl Crow. I wish more people knew the real story. See Kevin Gilbert related artists

Robert Pollard is truly a great songwriter, non-sensical lyrics and all.

Colin Moulding should've gone solo years ago.

I'd like to thank Kurt Cobain for putting rock n roll back in the mainstream, but I would also like to give him shit for turning the 90's into a decade of bad songs and cookie monster vocalists.

Clapton is way overrated. (That said, I did see him in the 70's wearing a black t-shirt that said, "No Snow, No show"

Jimmy Page's production was always better than the songs. Ripoff's or not.

Jeff Beck was by far, the most innovative and best of the three Yardbird's guitar players.

People say they hear from God because they know their ideas aren't reasonable and need a trump card.

I've been playing this soon-to-be psych classic all year. GREAT record. The review doesn't even mention one of the songs of the year in Don't Worry Marie.

El Goodo - Coyote

El Goodo combines the mellow and melodious psychedelic sounds of the Beach Boys, The Byrds and Love with beautiful and lush arrangements that call upon the mystical countryside from whence they came. The result is the creation of a mysterious, sweepingly grand, and at times whimsical approach to their already eclectic soundscape. Their intoxicating sophomore release, is both sprawling and hauntingly deserted, evoking a sonic landscape richly cultivated with intense harmonies and darkly articulated instrumentation. “Aren’t You Grand”, “I Saw Her Today”, “Talking to the Birds”, and “Oh, to Sleep” feel cinematic, like a dark western cowboy soundtrack, juxtaposing surfy and at times summery melodies to create an ominous scoure. “Feel So Fine”, “Be My Girl”, and “I Can’t Make It” continue in El Goodo’s knack for beautiful harmonies, but opt for psych-breakouts and breakdowns. Coyote was produced by the band in a deserted theater and is a beautiful piece of darkly rich psych-pop perfection, brought to you by the new breed of Welsh pop wizards.

I didn't realize they had a new record coming out. I'm definitely a fan and will be checking this our pronto. One of their earlier releases, Later Days is verrrrry Wilco-ish and great to boot.

Reigning Sound - A Banker and a liar

Deep Dark Woods - All the Money I had is gone

Yes and yes

reigning sound - love and curses (polly ane)

son volt - american central dust (dust of daylight)

el goodo - coyote (don't worry marie)

robert pollard - elephant jokes (stiff me)

richmond fontaine - we used to think the river sounded like a freeway (you can move back here)

lucero - 1372 overton park (what are you willing to lose)

tim easton - porcupine (broke my heart)

outrageous cherry - universal malcontents (anymore)

neko case - middle cyclone (middle cyclone)

vetiver - tight knit (rolling sea)

boston spaceships - planets are blasted (heavy crown)

cheap star - speaking like an elephant (for saving grace)

dexateens - singlewide (hang on)

telekinesis - telekinesis (all of a sudden)

the heartless bastards - the mountain (the mountain)

justin townes earle - midnight at the movies (what I mean to you)

wilco - the album (solitaire)

m. ward - hold time (for beginners)

eels - hombre lobo (that look you give that guy)

robert pollard - the crawling distance (no island)

hayden - the place where we lived (let's break up)

roman candle - oh tall tree in the ear (modern radio is a-ok)

boston spaceships - zero to 99 (how wrong you are)

boston spaceships - zero to 99

el goodo - coyote

son volt - american central dust

robert pollard - elephant jokes

broadfield marchers - displayed in reflections

neko case - middle cyclone

tim easton - porcupine

reigning sound - love & curses

The title track, "Let's Break Up" and the final two songs "Never Lonely" and "Let it Pass" all instantly felt like good Hayden (also the instrumental "The Valley" is cool). The rest initially felt slight. However, like I said after repeated spins I think it hangs in with the last few Hayden records. It is worth the time, and is an album that can be easily overlooked because it isn't anything dramatic in stylisic shift. The fact that I can name almost all the songs says something, in context of this greater discussion we are having

....unshelving.

....and thanks.

I just listened to the latest Hayden album from this year for probably the 10th time and you guys are right, it is really starting to click and connect. This was a record that I listened to a few times then put it on the shelf. Oh my.

I'm a fan, and was excited to hear he had a new one coming out so soon. I played it just a few times and other than Let's Break Up, which is great, I shelved it. How does it stack up against In Field & Town? which is pretty, pretty, pretty good.

I've been enjoying his new record for the last month or so. Another one I haven't seen mentioned is Ladies Love Oracle, which technically, is his first solo release. It has that sparse, DIY asthetic, though I remember reading somewhere it was recorded in Jon Brion's basement.

One thing I've discovered over the last year or so, is with so much new music readily available via download, purchase, or ahem, other means, it's ostensibly hard to play my old records. You know the ones I mean. They had the ability to be both moving and give some needed inspiration if that was what you were looking for. If you were lucky they'd tug on a memory and bring you back to that specific time or place when everything was good. I miss that. With little to no extra time in my day, I'll give a record a cursory listen, and if it's not doing it for me I'll move on to the next. The time spent giving a record a fighting chance of becoming transcendent has become less and less. It can take up to ten spins before a record comes together to make sense. It feels like I could miss out by blowing by things to quickly. Lately, just trying to enjoy music has given way to the business of computers, external hard drives and becoming an administrator of my own record collection. As my wife calls it, doing all that "music garbage". Going forward, I plan on taking a different approach. Have less, listen more, live life.

I super dig this record. The whole sinister stuff is awesome.

My copy arrived yesterday. Looking forward to cracking this open later tonite.

Well, the songs that I've heard aren't as good, the vocals aren't as good, the harmonies aren't as good, and the musicianship isn't as good. But they've tapped into something that gets me in my gut. And it feels a bit like a fraud. But I also can't deny that they've hit a sweet spot that I've got somewhere in me. It's totally bizarre.

 

In a weird way, it reminds me of how a movie can manipulate your emotions by adding a song you love to a poignant scene and then you can't tell if it's your love of the song, or the scene that is so poignant. It's cheating. It's not right.

It is.

I wish directors and hollywood types in general could learn to trust their audience a bit more. We would all benefit if they checked their maudlin-isms at the door. As for The Felice Brothers, I can certainly relate. If they're pulling that string, that's all you need to worry about. The sound they're going for is certainly in my wheelhouse. (see Zimmerman related artists)

I dig your avatar.....as well as the last one featuring Declan M.

I heard them talking about this on NPR the other day. The songs sound pretty good actually. I will check it out.

 

LouieB

The track 'Big Sur' is especially good.

I just discovered this band, and I have to say that it's kind of freaking me out. I can almost picture these guys in a pink house. In a way, I love it, and in a way, it disgusts me. I mean, this is just an unabashed ripoff!! And it's not bad! They got the right vibe, that's for sure.

Have you ever paid Big Pink a visit ? I understand how imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but with all due respect, this is downright obnoxious.

Go put on The Basement Tapes and be done with it

I made the mistake of listening to Earthquake Glue on this train this a.m., and in particular, The Best of Jill Hives.

I'm f'd for the rest of the day.

doug's new record is incredible - call from restricted

I'd love to hear this.

the la's - s/t

matthew sweet - girlfriend

velvet crush - in the presence of greatness

guided by voices - propeller

red house painters - s/t

jeff buckley : grace

frank black – teenager of the year

ween – chocolate & cheese

johnny cash – american recordings

the mermen : food for other fish to eat

guided by voices : alien lanes

sparklehorse : vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot

belle & sebastian : if you're feeling sinister

the gourds : dems good beeble

ron sexsmith : other songs

elliott smith : either/or

marah : let's cut the crap & hook up later tonight

son volt : wide swing tremolo

tim easton – special 20.

golden smog : weird tales

peter bruntnell : normal for bridgwater

tom waits : mule variations

damien jurado : rehearsals for departure

Eels - Electro-Shock Blues

Great record, but HARD to listen to.

Off the top of the head (in no particular order):

 

Harvest Moon/Neil Young

Dog Days/Blue Mountain

Homegrown/Blue Mountain

Straightaways/Son Volt

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road/Lucinda Williams

Yes - Yes - Yes - Yes - and...Yes