Hype Repellent

hahhahaha Ryan Adams is a "shoe in" for starting the alt.country movement, but Jay Farrar isn't? That's hilarious. There are two bands who kicked the whole thing off - the Jayhawks and Uncle Tupelo. It had nothing to dowith Ryan Adams. What an idiotic article.

That was awful.

The Dirty South might be the best record of the decade.

Honestly, I was kind of down on this band after Jason left. I thought they lost the plot with A Blessing and a Curse. I even ripped the sound samples from the new album. But after many spins, I can honestly say it might be the best thing they have ever done. And it *easily* surpasses Sirens of the Ditch. Sirens just sounds like your standard singer/wongriter stuff. BTCD just sounds raw and alive. I'd rank the albums like this: 1. The Dirty South 2. Brighter Than Creation's Dark 3. Decoration Day 4. Southern Rock Opera . . . . the rest....... As for the length, it doesn't matter to me.

Are your giant man tits flopping around as you do so?

Do the research. A good starting point would be " The History or Rock: Art Rock" documentary.

According to Teenbeat....er I mean Pitchfork, the new Okervill River is a superior record to all those.... Agreed. Except I find Shonna's tunes to be the best. I would have cut several songs though - all Patterson tracks: You and Your Crystal Meth Opening Act Monument Valley

The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy Sumday - Grandaddy Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts - M83 Before the Dawn Heals Us - M83 Sea Change - Beck Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips Ys - Joanna Newsom The Salvation Blues - Mark Olson My Own Jo Ellen - Mark Olson The Dirty South - The Drive By Truckers Decoration Day - the Drive By Truckers Funeral - Arcade fire Blueberry Boat - The Fiery Furnaces Boys and Girls In America - The Hold Steady You Are There - Mono Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case Is There Anybody Out There, The Wall Live 1980 - Pink Floyd It's A Wonderful Li

The Shonna songs are stunning.

Did you see the song Radiohead nicked that from? "La ritournelle" by the French artist Sebastien Tellier: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bVA6GPq6GvE

Disc 1 has hooks? Filler.

Clifton Bridge - Mark Olson Diamond Heart - Marissa Nadler Comfy in Nautica - Panda Bear Highways and Cigarettes - Son Volt Oh Mama! - Alela Dianne

It's bad form to convert to mp3 and *trade* the show as if it were lossless. Passing it around strictly for mp3 listening is not bad form. Burning it to CD via MP3 and saying "this is lossless, enjoy" is bad form. Besides, 99% of these shows are crappy audience recordings, so it doesn't matter anyway. "oooh....I lost some fidelity on that guy clapping next to the taper!"

Agreed. Couple really good songs though. Okemah was more cohesive and any album that opens with "bandages and scars" is going to be a winner. I knew that when I wrote it.

Waters is regarded as one of the finest lyricists in rock history along with Pete Townshend, Dylan, Young and Lennon. Anyone can come up with art class gibberish and throw it at a wall. P.S. - Cool Newsom sig. If anyone came close to that kind of greatness, she certainly did on "Ys". Work of art.

Those groups are deified because they are the pioneers, the originators, the great rock bands of all time. They wrote great album after great album after great album. Whereas these days we get some nice albums with some good tracks. Tweedy never wrote a song as good as "Dear Prudence" or "Here Comes the Sun" or "Shine On you Crazy Diamond". He's crafted some really nice songs though, which are more like mood pieces -just not at an "all cylinders cranking" mode in terms of lyrcs, ,melody, dynamic range, playing, etc. The problem with Pitchfork is it's become what it claims to hate.

5. The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter - Josh Ritter 4. Songs III Bird On the Water - Marissa Nadler 3. Digital Shades - M83 2. And Their Refinement of the Decline - Stars of the Lid 1. The Salvation Blues - Mark Olson

It's a good thing that no one is writing songs on the level of "Dear Prudence", "Black Dog", "Wish You Were Here", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Moonlight Mile"?

I'd say the same applies to Radiohead. Their creative peak was Kid A, and the quality of the albums has been on the decline with Amnesiac, HTT and In Rainbows (which is talked about more for it's marketing scheme than the actual music - which sounds like Radiohead trying to sound like Radiohead). The "greatest" bands have *big* ideas and run with them for many records. Radiohead had big ideas and ran with them for two records(Ok and Kid A), while producing a very good record in the Bends (which was fairly uneven, but still had that "it" factor). After Kid A, they kind of entered this quiet d

I gave them the nod due to the live pioneering.

Floyd sold a touch more records than Zep worldwide. Clash don't fit in, neither do the Smiths. Nirvana, like the Clash wasn't aroud long enough. You need masterpiece after masterpiece. I'd say U2 took over from Pink Floyd, which took over from Zep. Greatest bands of all time, in terms of consistency, innovation, originality, and all around craft: 1. Beatles - all time sales leader in rock bands 2. Stones - 300 million + 3. Pink Floyd - 300 million + 4. Zeppelin -300 million + 5. The Who - 100 million + The 90's spawned some cool bands, but none can even come close to that level. Lips,

Sad review by the Guardian. If they are worried about bloated self-importance, they should read their website first. Talk about incredibly self-important and uptight. Awful music taste on that website.