The Drift - Memory Drawings
Thomas Function - Celebration
Hate Eternal - Fury and Flames
LITE - Filmlets
James Pants - Welcome
Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
Takako Minekawa - Cloudy Cloud Calculator
Russian Circles - Station
James Newton Howard - The Lookout OST
Belong - October Language
Exillon - The Keening Dithers
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant

The Peacocks “Its Time For”

Just got the new Man Man and Colin Meloy live disc.  Very cool ...

I’ve really been digging the new Fleet Foxes album. At times, it’s a little too reminiscent of My Morning Jacket, but that doesn’t really make it any less lovely.

I’ve also really been enjoying the new Cut Copy disc (my review).

Soundtrack playlist on shuffle.

Right at the moment Drink it Down by L’Arc~en~ciel.

Dag Nasty “Wig Out at Denko’s”
Me First & the Gimme Gimme’s

The Declining Winter - Goodbye Minnesota
I’ve been a big fan of Hood ever since I heard The Cycle Of Days And Seasons. Their music as of late can roughly be divided into two categories: long, meandering pastoral post-rock songs that evoke Bark Psychosis, Talk Talk, and Flying Saucer Attacj, and experimental electronica that blends glitch, hip-hop, and ambient. Last year, Chris Adams (one of Hood’s founding members) put out We Know About The Need under the Bracken moniker, which fully explored the more electronic aspects of Hood’s music. And now his brother Richard has released Goodbye Minnesota, which explores the other side of Hood’s music. Sure, there are electronic beats and programming, but the focus is on acoustic guitar, dulcimer, piano, strings, and various horns—all of which sounds like they’ve been gathering dust in some attic for the last five decades. It’s all rainy day gloom, melancholy, and nostalgic, in the best Hood tradition. MySpace

Au Revoir Borealis - Dark Enough For Stars
In 2001, Au Revoir Borealis released the Tienken EP, which was a lovely little slice of melancholy shoegazer. And then the band went on hiatus, with the members pursuing other projects (e.g., For Wishes, The Great Fiction, Man’s Last Great Invention). But they’re back with a full-length, and it’s a gorgeous work. Yeah, it falls under the whole “shoegazer” tag, and while there are plenty of swirly guitar sounds and layers of noise, the music has a stronger emotional heft thanks to Stephenie McWalters’ gorgeously world weary vocals. “The Winter Room” is one of my new favorite songs, beginning with a slowcore motion that’d make Low proud, the guitars pooling around McWalters’ voice before exploding and creating in slow-motion glory. MySpace

Sweeny Todd, Film Soundtrack.

Just awesome and full of power.

Replaying the Youssou N’Dour scored bits of “Kirikou” till I memorize it…
That’s a hell of a catchy tune he’s playing with!

After switching jobs, I’m now working in central London, no longer do I cycle for 45 mins to work! I now have the luxury of being able to walk to the station and get the train to work, listening to music and reading instead of dodging pscho car drivers!!

Current faves:

Dears- Missiles
Swans- White Light from the mouth of infinity ( monumental alt rock, deep, heavy, multilayered both musically and lyrically)

PWEI (pop will eat itself)- This is the Day, this is the hour.... The 80’s/early 90’s best commentary on multimedia consumerism and pure pop culture distilled into 50 mins of samples, rock guitars, hip-hop beats and quirky funny lyrics ever...... wise up suckers.....! Clint Mansell, singer/guitarist with the Poppies is now THE Clint Mansell Film soundtrack composer par excellance, check out The Fountain

The Fountain OST- Mogwai meets the Kronos Quartet in a dark alley for a bit of epic roughing up!

Mogwai- The Hawk is Howling... some good epic songs inthe trad post rock Mogwai stylee, still early doors for an overall decision on how good this is, so far so good.

MGMT- Oracular spectacular .... a psychadelic funkin masterpiece, this album is gathering momentum for album of the year/ cult status

Fleet Foxes- LP.... fantasic fusion of beach boy harmonies and epic folk storytelling, an amazingly beautiful album

These Arms are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Zozobra - Bird of Prey
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
White Rainbow - Sky Drips Drifts
Lights Out Asia - Eyes Like Brontide
Toxic Holocaust - An overdose of Death…

currently on my ipod

Caribou - Andorra
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Go!Go!7188 - Best of Go Go
Justice - †
Lykki Li - Youth Novels
My Mourning Jacket - Evil Urges
Nina Kinert - Pets & Friends
Sara Bareilles - Little Voice

and some other stuff…

My most recent are:

I’m A Man - Black Strobe
Canon Rock - Jerry C
New Soul - Yael Naim
Paper Planes - MIA
Bruises - Chairlift

it may sound corny - but I still comb through Myspace for bands off the beaten track. and it usually doesn’t disappoint. today i’m listening to three bands that seem to be content in their own obscurity:

DOI - this is an ambient indie band from Copenhagen. You can hear Sigur Ros, Jeff Buckley, Massive Attack and Spiritualized all mixed in there. haven’t been getting tired of the 5 songs on their page yet after 3 days. http://www.myspace.com/doimusic

These Arms Are Snakes - not really “obscure” by any means on the national music scene, but regular joes would never run across them. this is older, pummeling post-punk with influences like Jesus Lizard, Faith No More, and Helmet.
http://www.myspace.com/thesearmsaresnakes

The Voices - a british shoegaze outfit that pull from My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, and a little Bjork. It’s like being on the scene in 1991 all over again.

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Overkill? heh...i like writing about music.