Right now - "The Remix Experience" - DJ Brother Jules. It's the best Prince mix I own. I've been listening to a lot of Arkangel Shakespeare in my truck, because of a show I'm working on. I'm still on my Trojan binge - listening to the Calypso Box Set and Trojan Document by DJ Andy Smith.
N.E.W.S. - Prince I've just discovered this album after being a huge John Blackwell fan. From what I understand, this album only sold 30,000 copies and was recorded in one day. I can't stop listening to it.
so far i've listened to: tilly and the wall- o shearwater- rook james blackshaw- litany of echoes edit: ^today, that is
The Man Who - Travis Golden Greats - Ian Brown ( ) - Sigur Ros Substance (both discs) - New Order Hard Wired - Front Line Assembly Vanishing Point - Primal Scream Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays Vauxhall and I - Morrissey The Charlatans UK - The Charlatans UK The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy Karma - Delerium Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails Nihil - KMFDM
Manny, I listed it up above somewhere but there is a brand new Charlatans Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jvfexzwjldde Why did the Charlatans give away You Cross My Path on the internet? Because they needed a way to announce that they were back, to grab the attention of onetime fans who had long ago stopped paying attention to the group. Not that the Charlatans ever cratered, losing all their listeners, but rather they sank into a pleasant retro groove, emphasizing their fondness for the Stones instead of the modernist dance rhythms that helped bring them into the spotlight early in the '90s. You Cross My Path acts as a corrective as the band revs up the rhythms and takes risks in their production, all without abandoning the classicist structures they've relied upon since their eponymous 1995 record. That album struck a good balance between modern and retro, with the subsequent Tellin' Stories tipping the balance toward retro, and You Cross My Path follows its blueprint, bringing back that blend of contemporary and classic, perhaps even gently favoring the modern as this does emphasize sound over song. The Charlatans hardly abandon the songwriting craft they've steadily honed over the course of a decade — the songs aren't growers, they're immediate — but what is compelling is the variety of sounds, how "Oh! Vanity" extrapolates a Booker T. & the MG's groove, how "Missing Beats (Of a Generation)" is a circular electronic chant, how "Bad Days" appropriates a bit of a chilly New Order pulse which "Mis-Takes" explores even further creating an icy synthesized vibe that uncannily sounds like a new wave relic without losing the Charlatans signature loose-limbed groove. That's the truly surprising thing about You Cross My Path — the Charlatans are taking risks again without losing their identity. If anything, they're reconnecting to the spirit of their initial series of albums, which is surely the reason why this album first appeared for free on the web: it was the easiest and best way for the Charlatans to demonstrate to all fans, whether they were forgotten or devoted, that they were once again operating at their full powers. I somehow missed Silverchair's Young Modern in 07 but found it last week. I'd recommend it!
Foxboro Hot Tubs(Green Day side project) - Stop Drop and Roll REM- Accelerate Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick Weezer - Red Album
Dubious, Thanks for posting that - that's pretty neat! For some reason, I have been on a Britpop type (with a little Industrial thrown in) kick although some of the bands I have been listening to aren't really Britpop but are indie rock bands from Britain of the mid '90s.
Angel Dust - Faith No More Psalm 69 - Ministry Poem - Delerium 100th Window - Massive Attack Milennium - Front Line Assembly The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry The Land of Rape and Honey - Ministry Leftism - Leftfield Mezzanine - Massive Attack Experience - Prodigy
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy (Unofficial Release) Not going to lie, at first I hated it. But when you accept that you will never get another Appetite For Destruction and take it as an Axl Rose solo album, its not bad at all. More than I expected from him.
Viva La Vida - Coldplay The Red Album - Weezer Forever Changes - Love Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
