What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

listened online



A bit disappointed with this. Had not heard of him before but saw his association with Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst as drummer so I gave it a try. This is his debut as a solo act. A little too socal laid back for my current mood I guess. A few promising tracks that I'm sure would grow on me, but overall I couldn't get into it. Hardly nothing available for clips.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Getting Healthy (Good Luck)

Best Track - Hustlers Son

1) Black Waves - 1.5
2) Hand Of God - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Hand of god - Jason Boesel
3) French Kissing - 1.5
4) Burned Out and Busted - 1.0
5) New World Mama - 1.5
6) Miracles - 2.0
7) Hustlers Son - 2.5
8) Getting Healthy (Good Luck) - 1.0
9) I Got The Reason - 1.0 - audio
YouTube - I Got the Reason #1
10) Was It, Man - 1.5
11) Winking Eyes - 1.5

[JonG]

Created for tidy up

What are these posts? Are you trying to retake your top-poster status? :wink:

Bear In Heaven - Wholehearted Mess from Beast Rest Forth Mouth [Hometapes, 2009]

[Tiggi]

No Mate,

I used them to merge all the "Listening To" threads, and to change the titles to a common wording.

I'll delete them later you cheeky young Whippersnapper...

As for keeping up with Music Head, no chance of that methinks. He's invincible !!

[Music Head]

listened online



Sometimes known as Final Fantasy, a tribute to the video game. Canadian one man violinist band. With a background in the classical field, he is attempting to transform that base into another dimension I would say. He has helped write arrangements for Arcade Fire. Interesting to watch as he creates all these sounds as he performs, then plays them back as he adds to them. I guess there's some technical term for the process, but I'm not up on all that. I just listen. I like weird but this is a little too out there for me.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Red Sun No. 5

Best Track - Lewis Takes Action

I got a message for the acolytes, I am your man in a bloody fight
I got a thirst for liquid gold, I'll bludgeon 'til the body's cold
The stony hiss of cockatrice has cast us into serfdom
I close my eyes and spur Imelda down the mountainside, for a liberated Spectrum!

I took No-Face by the beak, and broke his jaw, he'll never speak again
I took No-Face by the beak, and broke his jaw, he'll never speak again
My every move is guided by the bidding of the singer
The night is split by the whistle of my amber whip, and the fire from my fingers!

1) Midnight Directives - 1.5 - live
YouTube - Owen Pallett - Midnight Directives
2) Keep The Dog Quiet - 1.5 - live
YouTube - Owen Pallett - Keep The Dog Quiet
3) Mount Alpentine - 1.0
4) Red Sun No. 5 - 1.0
5) Lewis Takes Action - 2.0 - live
YouTube - Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Action
6) The Great Elsewhere - 1.5
YouTube - Owen Pallett - The Great Elsewhere
7) Oh Heartland, Up Yours! - 2.0
8) Lewis Takes Off His Shirt - 1.5 - live
YouTube - Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett) - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt - Live At Hillside Festival In Guelph
9) Flare Gun - 1.0 - live
YouTube - Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett) - Flare Gun - Live At Hillside Festival In Guelph
10) E Is For Estranged - 1.5 - live
YouTube - Owen Pallett - E is for Estranged live at the Mod Club, Toronto (Jan 12, 2010)
11) Tryst With Mephistopheles - 1.0
12) What Do You Think Will Happen Now - 1.5

Average Rating - 1.4

[Music Head]

listened online



My first must buy of the year. I have heard these guys before but I don't remember anything this impressive. Album eight and I may have some back tracking to do. I guess the only permanent member is Mark Everett with some rotating band members. He goes by E, which I just found out, I have the album A Man Called E Which I didn't know was this guy till now. Always learning. Already two singles off of here, Little Bird and A Line In The Dirt which is my favorite, although a few tracks compete for that. A couple of throw aways listed as tracks of just talking (Apple Trees) and rain (High and Lonesome). Thanks for that waste of time. I did not grade those. Just an outstanding album.


I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Unhinged

Best Track - A Line In The Dirt

1) The Beginning - 3.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 01 - The Beginning
2) Gone Man - 2.5 - audio
YouTube - Eels - Gone Man
3) In My Younger Days - 3.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 03 - In my younger days
4) Mansions Of Los Feliz - 3.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 04 - Mansions of Los Feliz
5) A Line In The Dirt - 3.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels A line in the dirt
6) End Times - 3.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times
7) Apple Trees - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 07 - Apple Trees
8) Paradise Blues - 2.5 - audio
YouTube - Eels - Paradise Blues
9) Nowadays - 3.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 09 - Nowadays
10) Unhinged - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 10 - Unhinged
11) High And Lonesome - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 11 - High and Lonesome
12) I Need A Mother - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 12 - I need a Mother
13) Little Bird - 2.5 - video
YouTube - EELS - Little Bird - from END TIMES - out now!
14) On My Feet - 3.0 - audio
YouTube - Eels - End Times - 14 - On my feet

Average rating - 2.7

[Music Head]

from my library



Debut album from British ska band. Only lasted for 2 albums in the original lineup. Reformed in 1994 but fizzled out. This album was a top 5 hit in the homeland but not so much in the states. Pauline Black (love her energy) had most of the lead vocal chores who later went on to an acting career.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Black And Blue

Best Track - On My Radio

I bought my baby a red radio
He played it all day a-go-go a-go-go
He liked to dance to it down in the streets
He said he loved me but he loved the beat

But when I switch on I rotate the dial
I could see it there driving him so wild
I bought my baby a red radio
He said he loved me but he had to go

It's just the same old show on my radio
It's just the same old show on my radio
It's just the same old show on my radio
It's just the same old show on my radio
On my radio on my radio on my radio

I bought my baby a red radio
He played it all day a-go-go a-go-go
He liked to dance to it down in the streets
He said he loved me but he loved the beat

It's just the same old show on my radio
It's just the same old show on my radio
It's just the same old show on my radio
It's just the same old show on my radio...

I bought my baby a red radio
A red radio a-go-go a-go-go
A red radio I rotate the dial
A red radio driving him so wild
A red radio he had to go


1) On My Radio - *** - live
YouTube - The Selecter On My Radio
2) Time Hard - ** - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - Time Hard
3) Missing Words - *** - video
YouTube - The Selecter - Missing Words
4) Danger - * - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - Danger (Peel Session 10/9/1979)
5) Street Feeling - * - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - Street Feeling (Peel Session 10/9/1979)
6) My Collie (Not A Dog) - ** - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - My Collie (Not A Dog)
7) Three Minute Hero - ** - live
YouTube - The Selecter Three Minute Hero
8) Too Much Pressure - ** - live
YouTube - the selecter too much pressure
9) Murder - ** - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - Murder
10) They Make Me Mad - * - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - They Make Me Mad (Peel Session 10/9/1979)
11) Out On The Streets - ** - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - Out On The Streets
12) Carry Go Bring Come - ** - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - Carry Go Bring Come (Peel Session 10/9/1979)
13) Black and Blue - * - audio
YouTube - The Selecter - Black and Blue - 1980
14) James Bond - ** - audio
YouTube - The Selecter JAMES BOND

3's - 2
2's - 8
1's - 4

Rating - 1.9

[CMB1888]

from my library

I really like this album - 3 minute hero and missing words are brilliant songs also. It's not that inventive or masterful but yeah - great energy!!

[Music Head]

listened online



Texas band formed in 1994. Up to their 7th album, each one with slightly better success than the previous. Early comparisons were with Sonic Youth and the Pixies. Sacred ground there. Can't vouch for that. Nothing close to that now. First single is Got Nuffin which is very good but Written In Reverse got my vote, which there is an excellent live clip for. The other live clips ain't that great.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Is Love Forever

Best Track - Written In Reverse

I'm writing this to you in reverse
Someone better call a hearse
I can see it all from here
From just a few glimpses
Now that light bulb's gone off
And it's pulling my wincin'
And now the light bulb's gone off

I've seen it in your eyes
I've seen you blankly stare
And I wanna show you how I love you
But there's nothing there

I'm not standing here
Oh I'm not standing here
And I'm writing in reverse
You know it could be worse
I'm not standing here
I'm not standing here

I'm not standing here
I'm not standing here
and I'm writing in reverse
I know it could be worse
And I hear that famous song
And I hear that can't be wrong

No nothing was planned
You just can't help yourself
Some people are so easily shuffled and dealt
If there's only one of us you truly felt
We're gettin' you raw
And it feels real good
Although only briefly
Like high school poppers would
Will you lose a bit of yourself?
Will you lose a bit of yourself?

I'm not standing here
Oh I'm not standing here
And I'm writing in reverse
You know it could be worse
I hear that famous song
And I hear that can't be wrong

Look out
All I know, is all I know,
Yes, all I know, is all I know
Is all I know

I'm writing this to you in reverse
Someone better call a hearse
I can see it all from here
From just a few glimpses
Now that light bulb's gone off
And it's pulling my wincin'
And now the light bulb's gone off
I've seen it in your eyes
And there's nothing there
There's nothing there
I wanna show you how I love you
I can see you blankly stare


1) Before Destruction - 1.5
2) Is Love Forever - 1.0 - live
YouTube - Spoon performing a new song :: "Is Love Forever?" | Austin, TX 7.9.09
3) Mystery Zone - 2.5 - live
YouTube - Spoon - Mystery Zone - Holiday Hootenanny - December 12, 2009
4) Who Makes You Money - 2.0
5) Written In Reverse - 3.0 - live
YouTube - Spoon - "Written In Reverse" 1/19 Conan (TheAudioPerv.com)
6) I Saw The Light - 2.0 - live
YouTube - Spoon - "I Saw the Light" (Live at El Cid in Los Angeles 01-18-10)
7) Trouble - 1.5 - live
YouTube - Spoon - Trouble (Live) - April 24, 2009
8) Goodnight Laura - 2.0
9) Out Go The Lights - 3.0
10) Got Nuffin - 3.0 - audio
YouTube - Spoon - Got Nuffin'
11) Nobody Gets Me But You - 2.0 - live
YouTube - Spoon - Nobody Gets Me But You (live) - January 18, 2010

Average rating - 2.1

[Dementia32]

PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

[Music Head]

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lol. Saw this cover/title, thought for sure it was some soundtrack to a kids movie. Minnesota band formed in 1997, 2 remaining members. First release for new label Columbia, and 4th overall. Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 has production chores and those ties are obvious, having toured together. He also worked with them on their second album. I do hear some Fall Out Boy/My Chemical Romance/Weezer. Disappear is the first single, released in November. The album is said to more poppish than their earlier releases, which I haven't heard.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Hysteria

Best Track - Her Words Destroyed My Planet

Maybe you were right after all.
Maybe I'm just bad news.
I've been drowning in memories.
Call it residual blues.
I fell asleep watching Veronica Mars again.

I still futz with that tourniquet.
I tried to squeeze on your dreams.
Slung it on, its a perfect fit.
What do you suppose that means?

My parents keep asking when you're planning on coming around.

If we'd only stayed together
I might not've fallen apart.
But the words you said destroyed my planet.
I stall before I start; I stall before I start...
anything at all.

Got a job at a common ground.
I finally shaved off that beard.
Sold my Xbox to Jimmy down the street.
Hell, I even quit smoking weed.
I'm taking an online course.
I'm learning to speak Japanese.

If we'd only stayed together
I might not've fallen apart.
But the words you said destroyed my planet.
I stall before I start; I stall before I start...
anything at all.

All the things that used to mean so much to me
have gone the way of dinosaurs.
Hopes and dreams and everything.
All I want for you to be is happy...or something.
I guess anything is better than the time you spent hoping I'd get it sorted out!
I sent you a postcard but the post office sent it back.
They said the building's been torn down.
I just miss what I thought we both had!

If we'd only stayed together
I might not've fallen apart.
But the words you said destroyed my planet.
It's all my ******* fault!

If we'd only stayed together
I might not've fallen apart.
But the words you said destroyed my planet.
I stall before I start; I stall before I start...
anything at all.


1) Worker Bee - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 01 - Worker Bee
2) A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help) - 1.5 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - A Life Less Ordinary (Need A Little Help)
3) Her Words Destroyed My Planet - 3.0 - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC_HwM5nSYU
4) Disappear - 1.0 - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-mntwBFHHE
5) Delirium - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 05 - Delirium
6) History Lesson - 1.5 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 06 - History Lesson
7) Stand Too Close - 2.5 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 07 - Stand Too Close
8) Pulp Fiction - 1.5 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 08 - Pulp Fiction
9) @!#?@! - 1.5
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 09 - Atat
10) Hysteria - 1.0 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 10 - Hysteria
11) Skin And Bones - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 11 - Skin and Bones
12) The Weakends - 1.5 - audio
YouTube - Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 12 - The Weakends

Average Rating - 1.8