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The guy from Califone (what's he called again?) might wrangle something cool out of them.

Brian Deck? I think that could be very cool, they've toured with Califone before and he's a Chicago local so it's not totally out of the question. I'd be all for Jim O'Rourke but I think that's more unlikely.

I'm positive it will be recorded at the Loft, but it wouldn't surprise me if they bring in somebody else to help mix/produce it. The band is totally capable of "shaping a musical moment" to quote Leroy (I miss that guy!), but sometimes having an outside ear is a good thing in the process.

Anti has definitely released some solid material, seems like this would be a good fit for Wilco. We'll see.

I'm definitely interested in what the next album sounds like, but I'm equally curious to see if they sign any bands to dBpm.

Seems like I'll probably be at that Iowa City date...

I'm at work, but is that the same radio that is in the Wilco book? If so it's got a description in there about it.

I don't think I'd heard this one before. Cool little gem.

Home was one of the more overplayed songs last year here locally, to the point where i get annoyed whenever i hear it now.

Definitely, when I was living up in MN that was played all the time.

I think their stuff is okay, but it didn't really hook me and once it started getting overplayed I lost interest.

Finally got around to listening to the stream, and I'm really liking this. The REM influence is definitely all over the album. In general the album feels a lot more song focused and more like the first two albums they made rather than the last couple. Gillian Welch is a welcome addition as well. Nothing super-surprising here, but solid music.

While of late I've been preferring Black Sea to Skylarking they're both great albums. Kind of funny that no one worked to correct the sound issue on the masters before, but cool that they're reissuing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f19GKcZU1vg

ABBA-SOS

I thought Hazards was alright and fit the band well, but I just didn't find that the songs stuck with me as well as much of their back-catalog.

I am excited to see how this turns out and curious to see what Peter Buck's contributions ended up being.

I love in IATTBYH (i think it's Pot Kettle Black) where Leroy is playing keys with one hand and waving a feedbacking guitar with the other.

Me too.

I think he was a great, and very much underrated player in the band.

I haven't gone out to buy it yet, but it's definitely on my list for before the end of the year. I was on a real Sleater-Kinney kick this summer so I was definitely excited to see this and the Wild Flag project (with the rest of SK in it) pop up.

Do yourself a favor and get yourself some Stravinsky, particularly "Rite of Spring" is essential to any classical music collection.

In the more modern classical department Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and John Addams are all worth checking out. In particularly Reich's "Music For 18 Musicians" is probably one of my favorite classical pieces, period.

Beethoven is probably my favorite old-school classical guy, but I like the late classical to more modern Russian composers a lot as well. If you go really old school Leonin and Perotin have some seriously interesting vocal pieces that influenced a lot of modern composers. Pretty much any era there is something worth checking out. Hope that helps a little.

I'm always excited for something Eno related, this is no exception. None of the selections I've heard have been groundbreaking, but they're all very solid work. I'll definitely be picking this up when it gets released!

I was on the fence about this one for a while, but the more I've heard from it the more I've gotten interested in it. Definitely on my list to pick up before the end of the year.

Low is fantastic, I will be interested to hear how they use Nels on their new album (and am excited to hear that a new Low album is on the way!).

It's been a little while since I've posted around here...but I'll chime in on this discussion.

I didn't mind the last two Wilco albums as much as some, but Summerteeth/Yankee Hotel Foxtrot are definitely my favorite two Wilco albums. It's not just because they're noisier or "less jammy." I like them because they're a little less direct in their songwriting, and polished but intentionally frayed around the edges. I think Wilco and Jeff Tweedy in particular escaped from much of the (admittedly bad) emotional tension that surrounded that time period, but that to me doesn't have to mean an end to creating interesting (musical if not emotional) tension in a new album. Wilco has been very solid musically since the new lineup came together, but I think they just need to challenge themselves a little more...do some experimenting (ala some of the exercises in the Wilco book) and try some things maybe outside of their comfort zone.

I am fully confident I won't be disappointed in a new Wilco album, but I'm not sure I'll be ecstatic about it if they continue in the same vein they've been working on. I don't need blips/bleeps/etc. just because, but I'd love to see some (musically) frayed edges, some noisy stuff, and some places that really showcase the musical depth of the band more than in a typical rock setting.

RIP Alex, today is gonna be a Big Star day for me. It's a shame he's gone but his music is one hell of a legacy.

Blur > Gorillaz

But the Gorillaz are a lot of fun, and definitely something I enjoy when a song pops up on shuffle and the like.

“It’s not just a record deal,” said Rob Stringer, chairman of the Columbia/Epic Label Group, a Sony division. “We’re not just basing this on how many CDs we sell or how many downloads. There are also audio rights for theater, movies, computer games. I don’t know how an audio soundtrack will be used in 2017, but you’ve got to bet on Michael Jackson in any new platform.”

I think it's pretty safe to say that Sony did this probably more for the ability to license Jackson songs than for the direct cd sales. Even with for Michael Jackson standards mediocre cd sales on the new material to be released it would still all sell 1 million plus copies with his name attached to it alone, and the radio play it will gain will generate revenue as well. But obviously the biggest fortune is to be made in collecting off of Michael Jackson songs in other ways.

This could be pretty awesome, definitely curious to see what it sounds like.

Talking Heads, definitely brilliant and both the albums he did with Brian Eno I like a lot. Haven't really listened much to his solo stuff but some of the other more esoteric art/music projects he's been involved in have seemed pretty cool too (ie. one where he rigged up a building to be an instrument). He might be a bit egomaniacal but the guys got genuine talent in my opinion and has been a part of some seriously groundbreaking stuff.

Reminds me a lot of:

(Low-Trust)

Definitely looking forward to this, though.

Amp is definitely important, but with that budget you could get a nice electric and a decent small/mid sized tube amp and come out just fine.

I've got a Jazzmaster and Fender Pro Jr. that works nicely for me (even little tube amps can be loud enough to at least jam with). That'd definitely be inside your budget, though you might want a louder amp (mine's mostly used studio style). If I had your budget I'd got for a Fender classic player series guitar (they're made in Mexico, but honestly I think they're pretty solid) and a Deluxe Reverb reissue or a Vox AC15. Telecasters are good all around guitars, but I'd got try some things out (if possible) or at the very least check out some videos of lots of guitars so you have an idea of their sound range.

So I've got some extra xmas money to spend and a birthday coming up in a few weeks so I think it's about time to look at getting some more guitar pedals.

Right now I've got a pretty basic setup (that I actually like quite a bit) either my Jazzmaster or Strat ->Boss DS-1 ->Big Muff ->Line 6 DL-4 ->Fender Pro Jr. There's not a lot of crazy stuff going on there, but I like it. Anyway, I'm looking to get a couple more things. I've lined up a TU-2 from a friend so I can add a tuner into the works and I'm probably going to get an Ernie Ball volume pedal at some point pretty soon, but I'd like to add a compressor and possibly a noise-suppressor/gate (to get rid of some single coil hum).

So in terms of compressors I was mostly looking at the Boss CS-3 and MXR-102/132 compressors, and am not really decided on which route to go. Any advice there would be helpful.

In the noise suppression/gate department I was looking at the ISP decimator, MXR smartgate, and EH XO pedal (leaning to one of the first two since they seem a little more adjustable).

So yeah, if you've got any suggestions/personal experiences that would be awesome.