Tool - Lateralus.
Waiting for a new album... We have time and enough tool music to digest... waiting... Biggest rock band on earth.

Radiohead - COM LAG (compilation for JAPAN)
Nothing really new here. AMAZINGGGGGG printing quality - printed in Japan. AMAZING QUALITY, I wish I got my design printed like this.

The Tea Party - Interzone Mantras
Not as relevant as the first Cd's from this canadian band, but a good album.

Well. I guess this thread is back in action. Now I'm sampling, using my iTunes playlist: Todd Rundgren, old Stones, always Pat Metheny Group, always. New Tears for Fears. Again, Pat (One Quiet Night CD -- beautiful). Then, John Mayer's "Covered In Rain" from the live "Any Given Thursday" CD/DVD. I've got 7th row seats for his upcoming summer tour...

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros- Streetcore (****)
Hot Water Music-No Division (****)
Johnny Cash-The Man Comes Around (****)
Calamateur-The Old Fox of '45 (Honorable Mention)

The Clash-London Calling (****) Can't forget London Calling

iTunes has just opened in the UK, but there doesn't seem to be much there.
I just started searching for stuff but none of the tracks I was looking for was available.
Some of it was quite old and/or obscure, but even current and well known stuff was thin on the ground.(No Red Hot Chili Peppers?)
Was it this poor at first in the US?
Is it likely to get better over here, or am I going to have to get myself a US credit card?

Do you really need a US credit card to use the itunes store?

Check out www.emusic.com. I'm a big fan. Not sure about the Credit card issue though. It's subscription based on a 30 day cylce making even the basic plan far cheaper than itunes. itunes is .99/song (I'm assuming its similiar in the UK). You can cancel anytime without penalty. you can even sign up for the free 50 and cancel immediately.

Basic Plan: $10 USD - 40 MP3s/month
Plus: $14.99 USD - 65 MP3s/month
Premium: $19.99 USD - 90 MP3s/month

they add lots of new artists and labels every month, but its stronger on small to medium sized independent labels, which I've been happily surprised by. You can search artists here: http://emusic.com/genres_popular/

http://www.itunesperipod.com/
http://www.downhillbattle.org/

Turbo Negro "Apocalypse Dudes"
Ex Models "Other Mathematics"
New Brutalism "A Record of American Fury"

Careful, the links point to mp3s. Not necessarily from the albums mentioned.

Ah, yes it's all starting to crystalise.
Thats what's been missing on the typohile forums... Turbonegro

Yeah, all this high-brow needs some low-brow for ballast.

>>Do you really need a US credit card to use the itunes store?

Thats what they say - it has to have an American billing address. I asssume its because the licence deals they've worked out are country specific. I'm also assuming that's the reason why the selection on the UK's version is smaller.

>>Check out www.emusic.com.
Cheers, I'll have a look

>>even the basic plan far cheaper than itunes
Depends how much you buy though...

I got hooked on Franz Ferdinand because of the first video, I like their changes in pace.
I'm also listening to Mugison: Lonely Mountain. Mugison is a great one-man band from Iceland, if you ever get the chance go to one of his shows, it'll blow you away and you'll understand what I mean by one-man band.
http://www.mugison.com/

Keepintime: A Live Recording
Excellent music by some of the best DJs and L.A. session drummers working together, recorded live for the DVD and remixed for the CD.

DJ Shadow In Tune and On Time, Live
A live performance in London. Great album/DVD set.

Le Tigre Le Tigre
Kick-••• angry grrrl rock with a drum machine beat. Good for keeping up your energy and firing up your political side.

Chris:

That KeepInTime DVD/CD sounds really interesting. Repetitive, or no?

Thanks,

Dylan

Joy Division - Substance

Rush: Counterparts
Rage Against the Machine: Evil Empire
Tool: Opiate

Dylan,

Definitely not. There are moments of repeating sequences, but the rhythyms and variations keep it from getting dull or annoying (like listening to some dance music when you're not in the club).

The DVD has a short (about 12 minutes) film from the original photo shoot with them playing around a bit, and a 53 min film of the resulting live jam session that later took place in front of a large crowd (along with other extra tidbits, including the original video for Midnight in a Perfect World). This music is much more organic and evolutionary than the tracks on the CD. Personally, I think it's great. Lots of energy, etc. Maybe not so good for just sitting and watching, but I sometimes work with it in the background on TV.

The CD is a series of remixes by people in and associated with the group that performed with the drummers. The sound is very diverse. It's not all hip-hop-y, or a lot of complicated scratching tricks. The songs are a very unique blend of music that's hard to describe, but definitely transcend the traditional limits of funk, jazz, hip-hop, and any other influence mixed in. I highly, highly recommend it. Even those not typically into hip-hop can find something in it for themselves.

Elvis Hitler

Ah, Moses Guest. A band from Houston. Check out "Intro Jam" from their recent live CD. Tasty. Then again, I just bought a Chet Atkins collection. All available on iTunes Music Store.

Cheers, all.

hmmm what was it i just bought... oh yes, it was wilco's new one � a ghost is born. not quite as good as Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, IMO, but it fairly decent, i'll hafta give it a few more listens to see how i really feel abt it.
And i thought i was a radiohead fan! I'll hafta check that Japanese one out!

Right now it's only been eurosport radio in the morning for the Tour de France, and in the afternoon, the great KDHX radio station here in Saint Louis, or The Postal Service, Uncle Tupelo, The Streets, and Robbie Fulks.

http://hkkk.fi/~laari/lodger/lodger.html
http://www.theredwest.com/

Can't resist:

NoFX, Aimee Mann, Goldfrappe, Goldfinger and Authority Zero seem to be on loop these days. Also, the soundtrack to The Wicker Man has been dusted off again.

I think that some of the earlier posts here have blatantly made up band names in them, so I have decided to start listening to YvesCalling, Family Bruhn and Burning Hot Coles too.

60's day for me:
-Jefferson Airplane (White Rabbit has to be played twice each time)
-Stones
-Strawberry Alarmclock
-Animals
-Kinks

Asian Dub Foundation ( Keep Bangin' On The Walls, Live )
The Waxolutionists ( Counter Fight )
Various / Stereo Deluxe Artists
Morcheeba
Kosheen

And various others, of course..

Yves, Thanks for the 'Breakbeat Era' hint..
I will take a closer look and listen..

Alessandro: I bought the Red West's CD and really like it. Especially, "At The Door".

Hi Dylan, thnx, I wanna buy it as well.
The drummer is Ryan, his siter is Britanny
and I like her as well :-)
This is not a joke, I happened to meet her,
they are from Carmel, California.

Yves:
I can`t check the streaming :-(
Do I miss some plugin maybe?
I used to do little bit of that stuff (turntablism, Kala-Azar band,
Exsor, www.piacentini.net/rivista/archivio/n_tre/n3p98.htm).
I watched Q-Bert twice (in Milano & Bologna) in the past years:
I know what you mean if that is amazing.

Ah, I see.
I uninstalled it time ago because it was just a bug of files.
I should try again.

Summer has finally arrived and once again I am listening to my favorite "lazy" music, Tim Buckley's "Blue Afternoon" album. Slow, acoustic, lots of improvisation.

What's your favorite "lazy" music?

> What's your favorite "lazy" music?
I dig "Modern day jazz stories" by Courtney Pine.

Following up a heavy beat-laden morning of The World Famous Beat Junkies, vol. 2 feat. DJ Rhettmatic, with the more wistful beats and lyrics of Postal Service's Give Up.

This makes a nice first post.

My playlist is currently rocking the following:
Aphex Twin
The Pixies
Wire
Pink Floyd
Radiohead

Rolling Calf Sinfonette - Earliest Recordings
Braces Tower - Pshhh

And an absolute crapload of Blue Rodeo ... but mostly Outskirts

http://www.porchez.com/music/ My current current playlist, dynamic update during the day.

Chris Rugen,
I futured The Beat Junkies in my last mixtape
dated 1999. Other artists are De La Soul,
Roots Manuva, Saul Williams, Grand Master
Flash live, Mix Master Mike, Dj Pogo,
Kala-Azar (lyrics in Italian), Smif-n-Wessun,
The Roots, Method Man, Special Ed, etc. 90 min.
I did the master with Sound Edit on my Mac
so I have a good one for that. I attach the cover.
I am aware we have all the technologies to build
a play list, but you might be interested in a real
mixtape (some copies have been sold by Dj MK
in his shop in London). If you are interested
I could send you a copy.
Best,
AS