What have been your favorite albums of the past couple months? Anything noteworthy? I've resorted to pulling out my old stuff and my record collection to ease the boredom...
This is what I've been listening to recently:
The Black Keys "thickfreakness" and "Rubber Factory"
Autolux "Future Perfect"
Peaches "Fatherfucker" (I'm really anticipating her new album)
The Velvet Underground (their self-titled)
Lou Reed "Transformer"
some MC5, Frank Zappa, etc.
Any suggestions would be helpful.....

Try these two if you are looking for something new.

Teitur - Poetry & Aeroplanes
Ours - Distorted Lullabies

If you want a single to check out, go with...

"Josephine" by Teitur
"I'm a Monster" by Ours

I've mentioned them on here before but never received a response or feedback. Is there anything better than finding something new and embracing it instantly? Maybe, just maybe, pizza.

You probably want new albums, but I've been listening to lots of old stuff too. Among them are:

Repeat When Necessary by Dave Edmunds
Country Life by Roxy Music
Dylan's '60s Albums
Get Happy!!! by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
The Undertones
Pink Flag by Wire
All the Beatles Albums

My daughter has been playing all the eels albums too, so I've been hearing those.

I have went semi-old school recently:

My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves
Spoon-Gimme Fiction and Girls Can Tell
Pulp-A Different Class

But, probably the best albums of the year that I have bought, would be:
Twilight Singers-Powder Burns
Brian VanderArk-Angel,Put Your Face On

I bought The Raconteurs the other day...it was ok, nothing amazing. I downloaded Rather Ripped...wasn't impressed with it. That's how it's been going lately - I can't seem to find anything I can get really excited about.

Has anybody heard Metallic Falcons yet?
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/metallic...sert-doughnuts.shtml
I like Coco Rosie, so that might be a possibility.

Just heard:

Elephant Micah - And the Agrarian Malaise

and I love it. Slightly lo-fi, slightly country songs by a guy from Indiana. This guy is excellent. I'm really surprised he's not on a bigger label.

There is one great album that I have found recently that definitly deserves attention.
Beirut-Gulag Orkestar.

Lately I've been spinning and enjoying:
Old stuff -
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The Stones Roses - s/t

New stuff-
M. Ward - Post War
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
As Fast As - Open Letter To the Damned
SOUND Team - Movie Monster

I've been stuck on:

Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? - Unicorns
Enjoy Your Rabbit - Sufjan Stevens
The Sunset Tree - Mountain Goats
Blinking Lights And Other Revelations - Eels
Monkey Vs. Shark - Thee More Shallows
Being There - Wilco

Anything by Apples In Stereo, Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, Half-Handed Cloud

i've recently just been alternating between four little kicks i'm on (depending on my mood):

my electronic kick:

Manitoba - Up in Flames
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Aphex Twin - The Richard D James Album
Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned

My guitar rock / relatively new (past 10 years) kick:

Spoon - Gimmie Fiction (call me a sap, but i could listen to "I summon you" over and over again for hours on end)

Folk Implosion - Dare to be Suprised (i don't know why i love this album so much...but i always come back to it for some reason. and i'm not even a huge Lou Barlow fan--except for Sebadoh's Harmacy, which is really good).

my older stuff kick:

Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (this is the only album i have of theirs....i really like how disoriented and cabaret-ish it sounds (i've always been a big fan of tom waits)....can anyone suggest any other captain beefheart albums i should check out?)

Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (IMO, this album is better than their self-titled album)

and my just-gotten-into-them kick:

Grizzly Bear - Horn of Plenty



That's all I've got.

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Originally posted by DCFan:
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (IMO, this album is better than their self-titled album)

Agreed 100% I mean not that the self-titled and self-titled with Nico isn't amazing but WL/WH is a defining statement and Sister Ray sounds as fresh as I imagine it did 30 years ago. Mindblowing.

I've mostly been listening to the Talking Heads lately and they're ( as I was expecting) amazing. Remain in Light, More Songs About Buildings and Food, 77, Speaking in Tongues, Stop Making Sense, and The Name of this Band is Talking Heads. The last one is particularly amazing, I mean live Talking Heads at the height of their talent with renditions of their best songs in their best versions, what is not to swoon over?

I'm assuming that you've watched the movie Stop Making Sense. That is (psycho) killer! Also check out Fear of Music because along with Remain in Light, I believe it's my fave Heads album.

talking heads is one of my favorites of all time. and they have such an interesting and amazing development from really poppy (talking heads '77, more songs about buildings and food, etc) into new rhythms and sounds (speaking in tongues, remain in light, etc). obviously, this change had a big influence from brian eno, whom i also love. i mean, you really have a band that has almost two era's.

i'm with mark f on Fear of Music. It's got an amazing song in "life during wartime," but it's also got the song "Mind," which is my favorite talking heads song of all time.

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Originally posted by mark f:
I'm assuming that you've watched the movie Stop Making Sense. That is (psycho) killer! Also check out Fear of Music because along with Remain in Light, I believe it's my fave Heads album.

Ah I knew I forgot something. Uch how could I forget that album? Cities, Life During Wartime, Air, Heaven, Mind, Electric Guitar, wow besides Remain in Light it may be their best album. And no I haven't seen the movie except in parts. The Once in a Lifetime on the CD is the best I've heard. And it's cool the way he performs Psycho Killer with the boombox. That's on my to get list.

Oh yeah. Byrne's Dancing with the Lamp and the Big Suit stuff usually make me cry, not only because it's so perfect, but because the Stop Making Sense Tour was the last concert I took my mom too.

The Stills-Without Feathers
Material Issue-International Pop Overthrow
The Decemberists-The Crane Wife
Andrew Bird-Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
Ted Leo-The Tyranny of Distance
Notwist-Neon Golden
Broadcast-The Noise Made by People
Piebald-We are the Only Friends We Have
Camera Obscura-Let's Get Out of This Country
James-The Best of James

*sorry so long...I have a hour long commute everyday*