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1. martellion 02.12.07 / 12am

   the thermals, silversun pickups, tokyo police club, the new beirut ep, new shins, new clap your hands…
2. tommyslax 02.12.07 / 3pm

   new: earlies, shins, dinosaur jr., lcd soundsystem, good bad queen

   old: can, slowdive, velvet underground, nobukazu takemura
3. Matty H 02.14.07 / 6pm

   New albums this month (to me at least):
   Thermals, new Clap Your Hands, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Asobi Seksu, new Arcade Fire, Hot Chip, Elf Power, Camera Obscura, Zero 7, Jenny Lewis, Tom Waits, Hole, Jens Leckman, The Blow
4. Matty H 02.14.07 / 6pm

   There’s a new Beirut EP?
5. jj 02.15.07 / 1pm

   The new Earlies is this year’s ‘alligator’ for me.
6. jj 03.27.07 / 1am

   Dr. Dog – We All Belong
7. jj 04.01.07 / 7pm

   Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Ole Tarantula
8. martellion 04.02.07 / 12am

   Y’all might be interested in last week’s sound opinions show which was on elephant six. http://www.soundopinions.net/
9. jj 04.03.07 / 2pm

   Good listen – yeah – they reference the new Apples in Stereo as a classic on par with the two NMH discs. I’ve been listening to it for the past few weeks – it’s good. There’s this ever-present tinge of the ‘cutesy’ that makes it hard for me to fall for completely – but it’s a very whole album. More so than many I’ve heard lately.

   Mangum plays drums on track 12, was it?
10. martellion 04.09.07 / 5pm

    i do like that ole tarantula, but the later tracks don’t do it for me much. i like the new lcd soundsytem and the new ponys album. there are some jesus & mary chain and spacemen 3 similarities on the ponys album. also like the besnard lakes.
11. Matty H 04.12.07 / 10am

    New Kings of Leon is good (not as good as past efforts), and surprisingly, I can’t stop listening to the new Chevelle album.
12. tommyslax 04.12.07 / 10pm

    pitchfork just reviewed the twilight sad’s new lp. it’s good, but their self titled ep is better. also really really good: the aliens. i can’t stop listening to this record.
13. Dana 04.13.07 / 9am

    Nothing because my ipod died
14. Joe 04.15.07 / 10pm

    Lots of the new National, some of the new Electrelane, some of the Good the Bad and the Queen…
15. tommyslax 05.03.07 / 1pm

    sneaky thieves, john lennon, screaming trees
16. Niles 05.03.07 / 6pm

    Earlies, New Dungen, Malajube, Tim Hecker….
17. Dana 05.06.07 / 8am

    New Feist is really good. Almost a Cat Power quality to some of the songs.
18. tommyslax 05.07.07 / 3pm

    Feist > anything Cat Power’s done in the last few years
19. tommyslax 05.24.07 / 6pm

    jesus and mary chain – stoned and dethroned

    really, really good record. wish i’d heard it in 1994.
20. jj 06.10.07 / 7am

    New Caribou sounds like a Beta Band album. Good stuff.
21. jj 06.18.07 / 9am

    Back to my comments about the new ‘Apples in Stereo’….it’s very, very good. Tea party or not – the album is a must listen.
22. Matty H 07.28.07 / 4pm

    Picked up the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s new eepee yesterday. Holy effing shit I can’t stop listening to it. I haven’t been so in love with an album like this since Coral Fang.

    I also want to give a shout out to my friend Ryan Groff of elsinore who put out a solo EP last month. It goes national next week and hopefully will get some airplay outside Champaign.

    Finally, I’m done with grad school and am moving back to Chicago next week! Hopefully I’ll see some of you guys soon. Anybody going to Clap Your Hands on Friday or Lolla on Sat?
23. tommyslax 07.31.07 / 3pm

    not going to either of those shows, but all of you should buy tix for the aliens @ schuba’s sept 25. jj, emily and niles are going already. additionally, gruff rhys (mr. super furry animals) is playing there on sept 27. both should be excellent, fun and weird shows.
24. LB2 07.31.07 / 3pm

    Eh, the Aliens suck.
25. tommyslax 07.31.07 / 4pm

    you suck.
26. tommyslax 07.31.07 / 4pm

    let me rephrase: you like the decemberists.
27. tommyslax 07.31.07 / 4pm

    also, you’re mean.
28. LB2 07.31.07 / 5pm

    I once killed a man for saying that I was mean……

    urrrrrgh.
29. Joe 08.25.07 / 2pm

    I like the Papercuts’ album, and I bet you would too.
30. tommyslax 09.04.07 / 3pm

    windmill-puddle city racing lights.

    also, just burned a bunch of old reggae and funk from vinyl to mp3. max romeo, the upsetters, the meters, lee perry, aswad, etc. good shit.
31. tommyslax 09.04.07 / 4pm

    and let me just say this: if you don’t like “john allyn smith sails”, the last track off okkervil’s new record, there’s no hope for you.
32. Dana 11.21.07 / 3pm

    Now that the cold gloomy weather has set in, my playlists have looked a lot different.

    I have really been enjoying Arthur & Yu’s “In Camera”

    Kind of Castanets-esque but a little lighter and poppier.
33. LB2 11.28.07 / 5pm

    I’ve been a little music crazed as of late and been buying a ton of new cds so this is what I’ve been into lately!

    Pela
    Ravens & Chimes
    Yeasayer
    Arthur & Yu
    David Vandervelde
    White Rabbits
    New Animal Collective
    Feral Children
    Datarock
    Jaime T
    Les Savy Fav
    New Okkervil River
    New Beirut
    Los Campesinos!
34. Dana 01.18.08 / 4pm

    Ok, It’s official. I am obsessed with the new Animal Collective album.

    At first I was like “yup, sounds like Animal Collective. Fun. Great.”

    Now it is the first thing I put on everyday!
35. Dana 02.01.08 / 12pm

    I downloaded Vampire Weekend last night. I had heard one of their songs on KEXP a while back and wrote it down as something I liked. However, listening to it now, it sounds like a mix of the Police and the Shins, and not in a good way… I guess I will give it a little more time, but as of now I am NOT a fan. I know Dan just downloaded it too, so maybe he can give an opposing viewpoint.
36. martellion 02.01.08 / 12pm

    i just d/l’d new albums from times new viking, vampire weekend, destroyer, stephen malkmus, black mountain, blood on the wall, magnetic fields and last year’s white rabbits, no age, and blitzen trapper albums. i’ll let you know if any of them pan out. anybody found the new man man?
37. martellion 02.01.08 / 1pm

    btw, the pitchfork reviewer of the vampire weekend album went to northwestern. his knowledge of modern music dwarfs anybody i’ve ever met, AND he’s a pretty nice dude, too. he worked overnights with murph at the computer lab, and he worked at the UC press with mueller.
38. tommyslax 02.01.08 / 2pm

    I don’t really like Vampire Weekend. Too jittery. Maybe it’d go well with coffee or a punch to the face or something. I like the new Malkmus, love the new Destroyer, and also have been listening to Ruby Suns, Helio Sequence, El Guincho, and a bunch of Lee Perry stuff.

    My jury is still out on the Black Mountain.
39. Matty H 02.08.08 / 3pm

    I recently unearthed an old CD wallet that I used to carry around circa 2000-01. Evidently, I was listening to a lot of heavy metal, Urge Overkill, Soundgarden, Menthol, and some other random things. So, lately, I’ve been going through that and living down memory lane. It’s strange listening to brutal death metal with a smile of nostalgia on your face and a twinge of bygones in your heart. Then you realize that true death metal has no room for pansy thoughts like that and you return to head banging.
40. Matty H 02.08.08 / 3pm

    oh yeah, and Vampire Weekend is way overrated. Tonight I’m going to see some much better Brooklyn rock – Yeasayer and MGMT. Anybody else going out to that show at Schubas? I’m going to the early show and then trying to see Diplo at midnight at smartbar.
41. Dana 02.08.08 / 3pm

    Leah will be at yeasayer MGMT tonight…
42. LB2 02.11.08 / 10am

    I went but I was at the late show. I was really fucking impressed with Yeasayer! Great show.

    I had heard Vampire Weekend quite a bit on KEXP before the album came out and I always thought they kind of sucked. And apparently you all agree.
43. Joe 02.12.08 / 1am

    Frightened Rabbit ( http://www.myspace.com/frightenedrabbit ) have some good songs up on MySpace…
44. Matty H 02.19.08 / 5pm

    I was way more impressed with MGMT than Yeasayer. We’re obviously totally incompatable as friends.

    On an unrelated note, sine you are all my dear friends, I’m trying to put together an ad-hoc trip up to Cascade this weekend to do some snowboarding. Any interest? Not sure whether it would be on Sat or Sun, depends on who wants to go. I can fit probably 3 more in my car as of right now.
45. LB2 02.20.08 / 11am

    I guess we are frenemies then! But for the record, I didn’t say that I didn’t like MGMT. I expected to like them so I was not super surprised by their performance. They were HAMMERED at the late show so the performance might have been stronger at the early show for all you underagers. But with Yeasayer, I wasn’t sure if their album would transfer well live since its a bit jam bandy but I was pleasantly surprised.

    I’m trying to save $ since I’m going on vacation soon but if its not too pricey I’d be interested in snowboarding, I haven’t gone at all this season.
46. martellion 02.20.08 / 1pm

    few thoughts here:

    1. can’t go snowboarding cuz i gotta study for a test this weekend
    2. i like the vampire weekend album. funny, but i’ve heard way more anti-hype than pro-hype for it. i agree that it will ultimately be forgettable in a few years, but so is most music anyway.
    3. not much into yeasayer from what i’ve heard
    4. dana and i had fun at the holy fuck/a place to bury strangers show, but as dana said “the crowd ssssucked!”
47. martellion 02.20.08 / 1pm

    …i think they just needed some pharmaceuticals
48. Dana 02.20.08 / 2pm

    If snowboarding is a go for Saturday, I too would be interested (My presence is requested at an Oscars party on Sunday). I haven’t gone yet this year and don’t want to lose my mad carving skills!

    I checked the weather and it it supposed to be sunny with a high of 27 this Saturday (in Portage), so that entices me even further.

    That said, I don’t have a large expendable income so if this doesn’t happen I won’t cry…

    Yes, place to bury strangers was pretty great, holy fuck wasn’t bad, but wasn’t as great. Dan and I were definitely 3 sheets to the wind, and there were definitely a large number of lame-os at the show. Also, despite being sold out it was not crowded at ALL.
49. Lauren 02.20.08 / 2pm

    I like snowboarding too!
    If you get a group together and have room in your car, I’d definitely be interested.
50. Matty H 02.21.08 / 12pm

    ok, it looks like a go for Sat for snowboarding, then. I’ll post more details toinght or tomorrow morning once I figure out the exact head count.

    Yeasayer was way out of it for the early show. They said they were exhausted before then even started. After about 5 songs they said they were dying, didn’t think they’d be able to perform for the late show, and wanted to end the set. But, they played on. It was clear that the frontman was sweating buckets. Maybe he was sick. Maybe it was the two flannel shirts he layered on. Glad to hear/impressed that they put on suck kick-assery for the late show.
51. Dana 02.21.08 / 12pm

    FYI: $74 for rental and lift
52. Lauren 02.21.08 / 1pm

    plus $26 for apres-ski drinks in the lodge. Make it an even hundo.
53. Matty H 02.21.08 / 4pm

    It’s open from 9am to 10pm. An 8-hour lift ticket is $42. Equipment rental is another $32. 8-hours is more than enough for me knowing how many times I’m likely to wipe out. It’s 2.5 hours from Chicago, so if
    we leave at 7, we’d be there just after it opens. Board all morning and afternoon, grab beer and dinner, and then head home. Whaddya think?
    I’m flexible on the times, but it’s likely to be less crowded early. So far it’s just me and Dona, my ex-gf, who said yes to my general, non DS query. So, if the 3 Bowser gals are in, we can def squeeze into my car. There may be a few others who meet us up there, but I guess they’re driving on their own, if they come at all.
54. Lauren 02.21.08 / 5pm

    That plan sounds good to me.
    Where do you want to meet at 7 am, Matt?
55. Matty H 02.21.08 / 7pm

    well crap…Dona just remembered that she made brunch plans with some out of town friends on Sat morning at 11. That means, she probably wouldn’t be able to leave until 1. That’s still fine with me, we’d be able to ski all late afternoon and during the evening, but let me know how you feel about it. I’m free all day Sunday, too, so we could do it then, but I think Dana said she can’t on Sunday. Anyway…thoughts? Opinions? Hateful rants?
56. Dana 02.21.08 / 8pm

    I have near night-blindness so snowboarding after sundown is not my cup of tea (not to mention it gets colder!) and I have that Oscar on Sunday afternoon, so that might be planning too much for one day.

    If I need to be ditched so it works for the rest of you, so be it. I will only be mildly to very upset.

    If that is the case, could us Bausers maybe plan a jeep theft from the parents? I have at least one Madison friend who said they would meet us there and two who said they would try to make it.
57. Lauren 02.22.08 / 8am

    Dana, if you want to drive up separately, we could look into jeep theft and go a little earlier than Matt and Dona.

    We’d still get to snowboard/hang-out together for a few hours.

    More $on gas tho.
58. tommyslax 02.22.08 / 9am

    STOP TEMPTING GRAVITY!
59. LB2 02.22.08 / 10am

    I’m not the biggest fan of night skiing either so if you two get a vehicle I’m in.
60. Dana 02.22.08 / 11am

    Issues:

    If we were to steal the Jeep, we should probably get it tonight and leave from the burbs in the morning.

    I would be interested in stopping in Madison on the way back and perhaps catching some early din din with friends.

    Matt are we being total jerks and overrunning your trip?
61. Matty H 02.22.08 / 1pm

    You’re being a jerk. Your sisters aren’t, though.

    No, it’s all good. Dona was the one who messed up all the time and stuff. She’s trying to see if she can move her brunch to Sunday so we might be able to leave in the AM now. It sounds like you guys might want to drive separate regardless?
62. jj 04.27.08 / 7am

    What happened to the ‘I’m listening to this’ crap?

    Tom turned me onto the new Islands. The second half of the album is good in an old destroyer sort of way. The first half is more poppy, but still good.

    Also – the new Spiritualized is lovey-dovey-druggy good.
63. tommyslax 08.15.08 / 2am

    Sunset – The Glowing City is tops for me right now. The new Stereolab, Chemical Chords, has been on repeat for a while too.
64. tommyslax 08.15.08 / 2am

    Seriously, every last one of you should find this record.

    The Glowing City.

    by

    {{{Sunset}}}

    It is fantastic.

    Here’s a couple reviews:

    http://www.austinsound.net/2008/08/14/sunset-the-glowing-city-autobus/
    http://tinymixtapes.com/Sunset,6667

    It’s hard to compare it to anything, it has a bit of a Bowie/Kinks vibe, and whoever plays guitar definitely steals a few tricks from Jonny Greenwood, but it’s really jammed with tons of engaging and multi-faceted parts and hooks galore. It’s long, but there’s not much wasted movement or repetition. It’s exactly what a rock record should be, and will probably be my #1 at the end of the year.
65. martellion 02.17.09 / 10pm

    I’m enjoying the new animal collective and robyn hitchcock. anybody else interested in his show on april 18th @ epiphany?
66. Joe 04.18.09 / 2pm

    I’m enjoying the Blind Pilot album.
67. Joe 04.14.11 / 11pm

    Wye Oak – Civilian’s pretty good.