Dustin O'Halloran - Piano Solos Vol. 2
Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail
Glenn Branca - Indeterminant Activity of Resultant Masses

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Originally posted by paradox:
Like many other people:

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Menomena - Friend and Foe

These seem to be the big three of the week. I bought these, plus Of Montreal. Funny thing is, what I've been mostly listening to this week is Bitter Tea, by Fiery Furnaces. I bought it when it came out, wasn't crazy about it and put it aside. Now I'm back to it and I think its great!

Denny Doherty - Waiting For a Song
Various Artists - The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk Music

Ok, so after streaming and liking them very much I went and got:
The Shins- Wincing the Night Away
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

I also have The Good, The Bad & The Queen's album, where is the love for that album?

FKA are you liking Menomena?

No sorry Hophead, I dont like it. I have listened to it front to back maybe 4 or 5 times now and it doesn't do anything for me. I totally like the other 3 I have mentioned here but this album seems like a disjointed, disjunct (secondary meaning of the word) mess. There are some individual moments in some of the songs that are rather nice but then it all goes away and I just don't like it. Maybe it also has to do with the band's gay pictures that pop in and out on the streaming website too!

Edit: Haha, oops, I didn't even ask if I could call you Hoppy, there I changed it. Sorry.

I've just got the new Willy Mason album on promo. It's good, slower pace than his debut, but I'm reserving judgement until I've heard it a few more times.

Today I bought:

James Yorkston And The Athletes - Just Beyond The River (just brilliant)
Sparklehorse - Dreamt For Light Years...
Trojan Selecta Vol. 1 (for £3. I've got Vol 2, so I expect it will be of similar standard)

I also got RZA's "Birth Of A Prince". It's probably his weakest album, but it cost me £1! You can't argue with value like that. I couldn't afford NOT to buy it!

"Wincing..." -- Shins
"Hissing..." -- Of Montreal
"The Good, the Bad & The Queen" - GBQ
"Since There Were Circles" -- Bob Lind
"Songs from Before" -- Max Richter
"The Enemy Chrous" -- The Earlies

I was spoiled yesterday . I got my two Scott Walker albums from amazon.com that I ordered and I went out with my friend and bought 5 more CD's.

Scott 3, Scott Walker
Climate Of Hunter, Scott Walker
Be Your Own Pet, Be Your Own Pet
Young Americans, David Bowie
Visitations, Clinic
Ambient 4: On Land, Brian Eno
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, Of Montreal

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? is my first Of Montreal album, I really like them and want to get some more stuff, any suggestions?

used:

David S. Ware Live in the World

Besides the new Shins and Of Montreal...

I got the debut from the Broken West, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On. This is an immediate power-pop classic with a few touches of Grant Lee Buffalo sprinkled about. Highly recommended.

My first big splurge of the year:
Of Montreal- "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"
Menomena- "Friend and Foe"
Six Parts Seven- "Casually Smashed to Pieces"
Hotel Alexis- "Goliath, I'm On Your Side"
Wayne Bergeron- "Plays Well With Others"

I ordered :
The shins
Menomena
Of montreal
Clap your hands say yeah

These 4 are probably going to be in my top 20 at the end of the year.

christ. - pylonesque EP
menomena - friend and foe
venetian snares - rossz csillag allat szuletett
jan jelinek - tirbeobachtungen EP
talk talk - laughing stock
this heat - this is 1

bought over probably a 3 week period (mostly off of i-tunes unfortunately)

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Originally posted by mark f:

I got the debut from the Broken West, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On. This is an immediate power-pop classic with a few touches of Grant Lee Buffalo sprinkled about. Highly recommended.

That's a good one, Mark. I'm enjoying it a good bit. Look for the earlier EP, too, which was credited to The Brokedown.

Hello Saferide - "Would you let me play this EP 10n times a day?"
Nile - "In Their Darkened Shrines"
Tom Waits - "Frank's Wild Years"
The Decemberists - "The Tain"
The Decemberists - "Castaways and Cutouts"

Just bought CYHSY on iTunes, and listening now. Here's a question. I've noticed that lots of people here buy "older" albums. Maybe a year or two old. I hate buying something older than the year in which it's issued. On the other hand, when my son likes a band, he likes to go back and buy the whole catalog. Am I the weird one here? I hate liking an album only to find that it was released in, say, 2002 or something like that. I also barely listen to anything older than 2002 0r 2003.

Sigur Ros - Aegetis Byrjun...or something like that. Great album.

Talking about CYHSY, the new album seems better than the first one. Can Someone second that?

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Originally posted by eggTweedyegg:
Sigur Ros - Aegetis Byrjun...or something like that. Great album.

Talking about CYHSY, the new album seems better than the first one. Can Someone second that?

Yes, I think it's better than their self-titled debut but it gets old quickly.