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lemme revive this thread with a review of his new album: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/finding-the-great-american-rock-album/ really diggin this one.

agree, HIGO has some pretty personal "midlife crisis" kinda stuff going on.

yea, this new one UNDUN is amazing, and this week i reminded myself that the last one (How I Got Over) was really great as well.

good points about the flagwaving.... and promises broken... points i touch on in my review of the song: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/in-depth-political-analysis-of-the-new-bruce-springsteen-song/ check it out, let me know what you think... .and pass on the link if you dig it. thanks!

what's the word on the Patterson Hood record? love DBT, and liked his Murdering Oscar album.... just hadn't heard about his next one... is it older stuff or covers, or new originals?

like "damn, didn't realize i looked so much like Valerie Bertinelli...."

great points. and not only are they one of the best of any genre, that tag is also insulting, cuz while many acts might have a backing "band" for certain appearances, how many live band are there really in hip-hop? so it's a double-edged insult dressed up as a compliment.

so is the new album going to be called Rocky Ground or Wrecking Ball? i'm hearing Feb.20/21 as possible release date.

now there is..... oddly, i did see the legendary Roots crew open for Wilco several years ago. odd mix, but two of my favorite bands so i loved it. great great live band, but also very under-appreciated (and lengthy) catalog of studio classics. then again, i am The Boy Who Cried Roots any other Roots fans here?

hey guys, i wrote a little something about Van Halen.... check it out: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/1510/

dammit... just realized i forgot to include Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears: Scandalous, and Blitzen Trapper: American Goldwing

yea, whether it's Bruce Spingsteen or Ryan Adams... Wilco or Avetts... somehow these online sales (AND pre-sales for "the fans") are a total clusterfuck full of errors and timeouts for all us regular peeps, and yet they can "efficiently" sellout within minutes and somehow, luckily, magically, all the best tickets end up in the hands of the brokers? coincidence? dont think so....

if i HAD to pick just 5: Stephen Marley - Revelation Pt.1: Root of Life Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire The Roots - undun Wilco - The Whole Love Jason Isbell - Here We Rest but i did a Top 15: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/more-best-albums-of-2011/ and a Top 10: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/top-10-albums-that-we-reviewed-from-2011/

agree, great show. (and Mandy Moore walked right by us in the lobby....... yum.)

i made two lists. http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/more-best-albums-of-2011/ http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/top-10-albums-that-we-reviewed-from-2011/ Wilco made one of them.

first, i highly recommend that interview. what a way with words/analogies. dude is oddly interesting/deep and funny. i enjoyed the one listen to the stream.... never got into him, but i've always WANTED to like him. i had swordfishtrombones on a cassette years ago. i always ask what's the best one, or the easiest/best one for a newbie. maybe it's swordfish, maybe it's Frank's Wild Years, a lot of people recommend Mule Variations as the best starting point. i have no clue. but i kinda dug the new one. and he seems cool as hell.

the only TP thread i found was really old, and mostly about him playing the Super Bowl. yesterday was Tom Petty's birthday.... here's a piece i did, looking at his unique career: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/the-curious-case-of-thomas-earl-petty/ btw, his HIGHWAY COMPANION album is stellar, a severely underrated late-career gem. (Mojo is good too)

i'm with Nodep5 and ShakespeareAlley on this one. yea, he's prone to immature hissy fits SOMETIMES... but he's mostly hilarious and odd (and he is actually very gracious and nice if you've ever met him) and all that said WHO CARES. Ashes & Fire is great. loved it on first listen, but it's also a grower, so if you dont think it's all that, give it some more spins/time. Benmont Tench kills the keyboards on this one.... too early to say for sure, but i'd put it up there with Heartbreaker, Cold Roses, JCN, and LiH, as his best albums.

the new one is really really good. review: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/the-hunter-reels-in-a-mastodon-masterpiece/

really? lightyears better than ET and/or Cardinology. way too soon of course, but my guess is this ends up near the top with the best of his best stuff. (obviously i'm diggin it!) and you should dig that it's all analog man!

that's a cool site. they actually sometimes pick up and link to my reviews on their blog-reviews page: http://www.anydecentmusic.com/blogreview/3643/Wilco-The-Whole-Love.aspx

yup. i knew it would be good... not disappointed at all. easily his best since Cold Roses and JCN.

Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/happy-birthday-uncle-bruce-2/

i might be the only one who just doesn't get Automatic. sure, some good stuff, i dont HATE it. but just find it way overrated. i love the first 5 albums, so in general that mid/late mellow style just never worked for me. but i did love Collapse Into Now. but yes: person who said they might need to check out the pre-automatic stuff.... ABSOLUTELY!

sorry for all the shameless self-promotion, but anyone this deep into a Jimi thread will appreciate this one: http://bumslogic.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/nfl-to-exhume-hendrix-for-next-super-bowl-halftime/