CortezTheKiller

Same story here. Late to the party but I've been digging this over the past few weeks. And I completely agree with your Wilco AGIB comparison. Great stuff.

You are the fuckin' MAN! Many thanks how.

Yes. Also love Will's solo album Vultures Await.

Other than the "used" part, this is my story. However, I, too, am a fan of the junk. Space, that is.

I am an on and off runner. Perhaps this can serve as motivation to get back on.

It wasn't easy getting past the spelling of his 1st name. But, I made it!

You needed your own sandbox? Did Patches shit in the other ones in the park?

1) Neil Young 76.2% - Excellent in the 60's. Essentially flawless in the 70's. Borderline unlistenable in the 80's. Rediscovered the muse in the 90's. Hit or miss since. Mad props for diversity & longevity. Long may he run. 2) The Rolling Stones 63% - Really hit their stride in the late 60's. Beggars, Bleed, Sticky, Exile is the greatest album run in the history of rock and roll. Spotty since Exile with the notable exception of Some Girls. In it for the $ for the last few decades. 3) Bruce Springsteen 69.8% - Some really impressive highs (Darkness, BTR, Greetings, TW,TI&TE

I believe Barbe has produced every DBT studio album except Gangstabilly and Pizza Deliverance. And he was a Screwtopian. And before he started producing records, he was the bassist in Sugar. He also has a couple albums of his own (which I highly recommend).

Who wrote that tired sea song Set on this peaceful shore You think you've heard this one before I love Steely Dan and Aja. I'm not a yuppie. I've never done coke. I've never been on a yacht. And the album in question (Kaputt) bores me.

1. Our Blood/Richard Buckner 2. The Harrow & the Harvest/Gillian Welch 3. Candidate Waltz/Centro-matic 4. El Camino/The Black Keys 5. Mount Moriah/Mount Moriah

CDM - No harm intended, but I just couldn't resist. tp - Been well. The fall was busy as usual (actually even busier that usual this year). How've you been? My baker's dozen for 2011: 1. Our Blood/Richard Buckner 2. The Harrow & the Harvest/Gillian Welch 3. Candidate Waltz/Centro-matic 4. El Camino/The Black Keys (Jock rock meets glam) 5. Mount Moriah/Mount Moriah 6. Scandalous/Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 7. Down on the Bikini Line/Jonny Corndawg 8. Mirror Traffic/Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks 9. Strange Love/The Deep Vibration 10. Go-Go Boots/Drive-By Truckers 11. Sever

Thankfully, we have bands like Dawes that are easy to get into and bring a fresh, original perspective to the table.

1. Slow Show/The National 2. Afraid of Everyone/The National 3. Down in the Bowery/Alejandro Escovedo 4. Roll On/Son Volt 5. Closing Down My House/Will Johnson 6. The Wrestler/Bruce Springsteen 7. Boggis, Bunce and Beans/Alexandre Desplat 8. Low Life Kingdom/Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard 9. American Empirical Pictures/Alexandre Desplat 10. Mr. Fox in the Fields/Alexandre Desplat 11. The Only One/The Black Keys 12. Swim/The Glands 13. No Turning Back/Son Volt 14. Bean's Secret Cider Cellar/Alexandre Desplant 15. Stunt Expo 2004/Alexandre Desplant 16. Maybe I Can Paint Over That/Guy Clark 17

Candidate Waltz/Centro-matic Scandalous/Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears Mount Moriah/Mount Moriah Strange Love/The Deep Vibration Tell Me/Jessica Lea Mayfield

Right now this is my favorite album of the year. It's not even close.

Awesome! I just placed an order. Thanks for the heads-up.

Rockin in the Free World (SNL) OR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDzL_WU3mmE

I've been dying to see him for a while, too. Thankfully the wait ends this June. Centro-Matic/Will Johnson Tour Dates As far as Will Johnson albums go, I LOVE Vultures Await and really like Fort Recovery, but, for me, this is the pièce de résistance:

I've got about 4 listens in thus far and really like it. It's quite a departure from when they first started out with Tonight at the Arizona, but it sounds good to my ears.

1. Trace 2. A Ghost Is Born 3. Being There 4. American Central Dust 5. Straightaways