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Hmm I posted that about Black Moon recently, I'll have to listen to both of them to determine their respective degrees of muzzle-ness.

Brilliant, O' Rourke-esque track.The 2:26 point gives me some serious goosebumps.

Black Moon reminds me of a slowed down Muzzle of Bees...which happens to be my all-time favorite Wilco track.

Capitol City's the one you're thinking of. Though the middle of the album (Born Alone until Standing O) is noticably weaker, I'm still very relieved to hear the whole record turned out infinitely better than I expected. I never could have dreamed it'd be on par with Sky Blue Sky. I knew I wasn't the only one hearing a hint of a glimpse of Black Eye (the Sunken Treasure version, that is). For me, Black Moon was an instant love but I can see why it wouldn't be for some people. I'm really hoping I can get into Born Alone and Open Your Mind, but I'm not optimistic.

Truth.

Thanks man, euhm, mam.

1. Iron & Wine – Passing Afternoon 2. The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt 3. Stars – Changes 4. Wilco – Far, Far Away 5. Woods – Time Fading Lines 6. Bright Eyes – Spring Cleaning 7. Bright Eyes – Train Under Water 8. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can 9. Laura Marling – Blackberry Stone 10. Sparklehorse – Eyepennies 11. Emmy the Great – City Song 12. Sparklehorse – Piano Fire 13. Blind Pilot – 3 Rounds and a Sound 14. The Tallest Man on Earth – Honey Won't You Let Me In 15. Sparklehorse – Junebug 16. Wilco – Jesus, Etc. 17. Sparklehorse – Heart Of Darkness 18.

I haven't listened to enough recent releases for this list to have any amount of credibility at all but here's what I liked so far this year (in order): 01) Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean Fav track: Rabbit Will Run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGt-pnvK53Y 02) The Decemberists - The King Is Dead Fav track: June Hymn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KusWM9AKfZg 03) Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts Fav track: Benediction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wllPXb4lkI 04) EMA - Past Life Martyed Saint Fav track: The Grey Ship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWcjmsk-0_

(Streaming) http://www.4shared.com/audio/YrjVF7i0/AA_Bondy_-_Im_On_Fire.html

My thoughts exactly.

This makes the slow-coustic/lo-fi enthusiast in me very happy...nice echo too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luf8d7ZSZkY

01. IATTBYH 02. Hell Is Chrome 03. Radio Cure 04. Muzzle Of Bees 05. Forget The Flowers 06. Ashes of American Flags 07. Pieholden Suite 08. Remember The Mountain Bed 09. Via Chicago 10. Poor Places 11. Less Than You Think 12. When You Wake Up Feeling Old 13. Hesitating Beauty 14. In a Future Age 15. Someday Some Morning Sometime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v-yxUna4T4

So shattering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4bm-91Wq4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjrxcDNNk_A

Not exactly my cup of tea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoGHGaN_HQs 08/16/1988

^wow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YTW6zj6G-I

^I got this recommended to me recently and it is a great one indeed. I like this one too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79PffDsRp88

I put together three twenty-song mix tapes recently of all covers, and this is by far my favorite of them all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvxIbLf-7ig

At the moment, I think Laura Marling tops my most talented female artists creating today. Slightly more low profile, Emmy The Great really can't do much wrong in my eyes either. If we venture into "of all time" territory, Aimee Mann would take the cake, no doubt about it.

I'm flying solo for the Antwerp gig tomorrow evening, if anyone wants to meet up (or take my spare ticket off my hands), let me know. Concerning the new album, I was underwhelmed by the lead-off single Down By The Water but luckily it's one of the weaker songs on the album, in the up tempo department it's easily outshined by Rox in the Box. I definitely think Rise To Me is the highlight of the album, very Hazards of Love that one (my favorite album of theirs). Don't Carry It All reminds me of another Hazards track, namely Wager All. Even the alt-country sounds of All Arise! is carried wel

Great! Looking forward to seeing them on Sunday.

Pigs they tend to wiggle when they walk...

I'll be looking forward to this, Good Morning Spider has some of my all-time favorite tunes with a prominent mention of sparrows. Picking a favorite with "horse" in the lyrics is a whole other and substantially harder mission .

Okay, so everyone is reading this book? So many blog entries about it and now here, it'd disturb the natural order if I didn't pick it up at some point.