DJLinus

Boy, it's been a while since we've done one of these.

What I'm listening to this week (courtesy of the public library, used CD store, and friendly neighborhood file sharers):

Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Ladytron - Witching Hour
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush
Enon - Hocus Pocus
Enon - High Society*
Enon - Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence
Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
Robbie Fulks - Let's Kill Saturday Night
Petra Hade and Bill Frisell - s/t*
v/a - The Producers (movie musical) soundtrack
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code
Feist - Let It Die
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Old 97's - Drag It Up
Old 97's - Satellite Rides
Old 97's - Fight Songs

*Should arrive from the library soon (hopefully, along with Belle and Sebastian's entire back catalog)

Quick shout out to the DVD Talk Audioscrobbler/last.fm group (which is open to all to join). Even though I founded the thing, I haven't really been a part of it much in the past few months. Ever since I got an iPod, how I listen to music has really changed.

If someone wants to come up with a Question of the Week, feel free.

Andalusia

Your library sounds great! Mine doesn't have a big music selection (but I will say we have the entire Criterion DVD collection).

I recently ordered "Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out" from Amazon, and wasn't disappointed. I'll have to look into her collaboration with Bill Frisell.

SAShepherd

Let's see... what do I have in the desk?

They Might Be Giants - The Spine Surfs Alone EP
U2 - Best of 1980-1990 / B-Sides
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Dixie Chicks - Home
Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors

reverie

Hmm.. I'm not sure if I understand what the thread's all about, but I'll guess and see if I can't make a fool of myself! I usually stare at the cd shelf in the morning, so today's selections (with a few weekend leftovers) are:

Stray Cats: Choo Choo Hot Fish
Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
Stray Cats: Let's Go Faster
Elvis Costello & The Imposters: Cruel Smile
ELO: Flashback (disc 3)
and a compilation cd I made

woofman

The Sword: Age of Winters

Been listening to them nonstop for a week.
I just saw them live last week and they completely destroyed. They were the opener and completely blew away the other two bands. Heaviest thing to hit my ears in a long time. Think vintage Sabbath but 100 times HEAVIER!

On a lighter note,
Nickel Creek: Why must the fire die? Those harmonies just won't quit..

mndtrp

Good call on the Murphys.

Last.fm has a plugin that works with your ipod as well. It's called jscrob, I think, and is found in the forums.


Mogwai - Rock Action
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Judgement Night Soundtrack
Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance
The Crystal Method - London Soundtrack
Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com
Social Distortion - Social Distortion

DJLinus

All of the central Ohio libraries are networked, so you can get pretty much whatever you want (all but 4 of the discs I listed came from the system)...except that Petra Haden/Who disc, which I'm really curious about. Honestly, I don't really know much about her, but that project intrigued me and I'll be picking up the Frisell collaboration today (dying to hear the "I Don't Want To Grow Up" cover). On her official site are her covers of "Thriller" and "God Only Knows" - both cool.

I'm moving back to VA towards the end of the month and am praying that their region's library system is just as good.

I like DM a lot (prefer their more Celtic stuff to their punkier music). A couple of years ago my brother bought their DVD with the intention of giving it to me for my birthday. He decided to keep it. I'll see it eventually.

Thanks for heads-up on the plugin. I've downloaded it, installed it, and done everything in the read me file, but it's not uploading my iPod songs (only my iTunes ones). I'm halfway through the 11 page thread on last.fm dealing with it. Hopefully, I'll figure out what's wrong.

Duh Vuh Duh

I am also jamming that. And if you have never seen them live, do it, absolutely amazing.

Let's see what else am I listening to this week:
The Samples - Rehearsing for Life
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Ben Harper - Live from Mars

Giles

oh excellent, the return of the Today's CD's/listening pile thread - woohoo!

was listening to 'Rent' (Original Broadway Cast) this morning before work.
Steps - 'Buzz'
A-ha - 'Hunting High and Low'

Rocketdog2000

Listened to The Sword for the first time last night. It is pretty crushing, in a good way, isn't it?

Michael Corvin

What kind of music is the Sword? Interesting name & title.

My playlist this week:

Lacuna Coil - Comalies* (just got in the mail today)
Tim Donahue - Madmen & Sinners*
Rhapsody - Live in Canada 2005: the Dark Secret*
Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Pain of Salvation: Be (live)
Frameshift - Abscence of Empathy
Enigma - Voyageur Deluxe


*new ones this week, most of the others are have been a mainstay for a while(Frameshift since spring last year, PoS since last summer)

Cosmic Bus

Recently...

* Centro-Matic, Fort Recovery (aboslutely wonderful new disc from these guys!)
* Aidan Smith, Fancy Barrel (fans of Andrew Bird should track this down)
* Belong, October Language (shoegaze revival, pt. 1)
* The Lassie Foundation, Pacifico (shoegaze revival, pt. 2)
* The Sword, Age of Winters (This, Pearls & Brass, and the Capricorns' Ruder Forms Survive form one hell of a heavy '06 trifecta)
* Pearls & Brass, The Indian Tree
* PJ Harvey, Is This Desire?
* Medicine, Shot Forth Self Living (shoegaze revival, pt. 3)
* Best of Bootie mash-up comp
* Caps & Jones, Certified Bananas mixes from Lemon-Red (lives up to the title: Ying Yang Twins, Styx, Cibo Matto, Juelz Santana, Sabbath and Zep, Simon and Garfunkel, etc... It's insane and friggin' spectacular.)

illennium

Nice! Caps is a good friend of mine.

Gamblor187

Elvis Costello - My Flame Burns Blue
Minus 5 - s/t ("The Gun Album")
Eef Barzelay - Bitter Honey
The Greatest - Cat Power
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -s/t
The Eels - Live With Strings
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
Don't Give Up On Me - Solomon Burke
Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend
Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson - VH1 Storytellers

david12

The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
TVontheRadio - new one
Sophie Zelmani - Sing and Dance
Joanna Newsom - Milk-Eyed Mendor

woofman

Seen em' three times so far and will see them again and again and again.

woofman

YES!, but you should see them live...."Pretty crushing" doesn't even come close. They just announced some new dates:

Mar 29 2006 8:00P
Skatepark Tampa, FL
Mar 30 2006 8:00P
Thee Imperial Jacksonville, FL
Mar 31 2006 8:00P
Back Booth Orlando, FL
Apr 1 2006 8:00P
The Jinx Savannah, GA
Apr 2 2006 8:00P
The Milestone Charlotte, NC
Apr 3 2006 8:00P
Soapbox Wilmington, NC
Apr 4 2006 8:00P
Nanci Raygun Richmond, VA
Apr 5 2006 8:00P
Black Cat Washington, DC
Apr 6 2006 8:00P
Khyber Philadelphia, PA
Apr 7 2006 8:00P
Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
Apr 8 2006 8:00P
The Living Room Providence, RI
Apr 9 2006 8:00P
CBGB New York, NY
Apr 11 2006 8:00P
Icon Buffalo, NY
Apr 12 2006 8:00P
Hi Five Bar Columbus, OH
Apr 14 2006 8:00P
Beat Kitchen Chicago, IL
Apr 15 2006 8:00P
O'Aces Center Stage Farmington, MO
Apr 16 2006 8:00P
High Tone Memphis, TX
Apr 17 2006 8:00P
Rubber Gloves Denton, TX
Apr 19 2006 8:00P
Sanctuary San Antonio, TX
Apr 20 2006 8:00P
Emo's Austin, TX

woofman

[QUOTE=Michael Corvin]What kind of music is the Sword? Interesting name & title.QUOTE]

Think vintage riff-o-rific Sabbath but HEAVIER!

go to www.myspace.com/thesword to listen to three songs off their new CD.

Duh Vuh Duh

Sweet. Three shows for me also and just got tickets to see them in mid-april. How can they get any better. I can't imagine how incredible they will be in the years to come. They just need a live double disc and dvd already!

woofman

Exactly.