The last music you acquired thread

Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 889 Location: The Yay Area

deosilmau wrote:

I most recently picked up Yoshimi Battle the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips. It's intesnsely good stuff and it makes my ears happy to hear it.

The next cd I plan to buy will be the new Death Cab one coming out soon (Aug 30 I believe?) unless something bright and shint distracts me first.

Yeah, I just bought two Yoshimi EPS, fight test and ego tripping at the gates of hell, some really good remixes and new material on them, and I got them cheap. I also bought ( ) by sigur ros and White Light/ White heat by The Velvet Underground.

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:52 am

Ooh, ( ) by Sigur Ros might very well be the finest cd made the last few years (or ever).

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:37 am

Top Loading Dingo wrote:

OMG Boorishly likes CLUTCH!

They guaranteed my rock satisfaction! How could I lose?

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:47 am

Boorishly P. Foundry wrote:

Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds

That is, BY FAR, my favorite Elvis collection (I'm not sure it's an album proper). Kentucky Rain! Any Day Now! Wearin' That Loved On Look! Don't Cry Daddy! True Love Travels on a Gravel Road! In the Ghetto! Long Black Limousine!

SO GOOD!

Only complaint - for some reason, the bass is mixed WAY too high.

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:05 am

I bought it based on things you said earlier, Steve! Also: Inherit the Wind! Stranger in My Own Hometown! Gentle on My Mind! Freakin' Suspicious Minds! And basically every other song on there.

Suffice to say: it was a little expensive, but I am not disappointed at all!

Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1442

Elvis is pretty ok, but In The Ghetto might be the coolest song of all time, if not this month!

I've listened the hell out of it! Also, it's really fun to sing along to on guitar. I get to bust out my sexy Elvis impersonation

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:09 am

OH RIGHT! Gentle on My Mind! Good lord, that is a great album.

Also, on the second disc, check out his version of Hey Jude. I love how he does perfunctory versions of McCarteny's yelps and howls and Ju-Ju-Ju-Judie-Judie-Judie-Now's. It's like, "Hey Elvis, you don't have to do it verbatum, man."

OH MAN! Also, Rubberneckin'!

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:10 am

Welshy wrote:

Elvis is pretty ok, but In The Ghetto might be the coolest song of all time, if not this month!

I've listened the hell out of it! Also, it's really fun to sing along to on guitar. I get to bust out my sexy Elvis impersonation

Kentucky Rain is a Steve Carey karaoke special.

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:21 am

A Carey-oke special? Eh, eh. Get it?

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:22 am

You rascal!

Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1442

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:18 pm

Last CD acquired: Absolutely Kosher sampler CD! It's FREE if you sign up for their e-mail list. And that is pretty nice!

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:26 pm

StannisBaratheonIII wrote:

Ooh, ( ) by Sigur Ros might very well be the finest cd made the last few years (or ever).

Im with you on that one and I agree that it is one of the most kick back and listen albums I have ever owned.

I bought arcade fire at the same time and i like that too but i think it is a bit repetitive.

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:36 pm

I sometimes can't tell which song is which! I expect to hear "Laika" on half the tracks.

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:42 pm

I have this problem where I keep all my CDs in a big case and pile the actual CD cases in the corner never to be used again. Whenever I mention a band someone inevitably asks "oh, do you like name of track?" and I have to explain that I have no idea because I just listen to the CD without looking at the case and so have no idea what the songs are called and often even the album.

I will not change though because it is handy and i am better than you.

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:47 am

Oh man, I do the same thing. in fact, to combine the last two posts, just this week someone mentioned an Arcade Fire song, and I didn't know the name, but when she sang a few lines, I knew exactly which one!

Since Saturday I've gotted:

Liam Titcomb: (Self titled)
Richard Laviolette: Mary Carl
Sigur Ros: ()
The Greenhornes: East Grand Blues
Snow Patrol:(I forget the CD name, but it was 2.99 unopened at a thrift store. Couldn't say no)
The Unicorns: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:23 am

Andrew,

That Unicorns CD is the best thing you'll ever buy.

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:37 am

It's certainly looking that way so far. God damn is it ever fun.

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:53 am

That CD was my effin' JAM a year ago. I was obsessed.

And I never got tired of it, which says alot!

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:59 am

I don't think it's possible to get tired of it! I'd listen to it constantly, but I won't because I'm afraid I might get tired of it.

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:11 am

I dont even know who the unicorns are, in fact Iv noticed quite a few bands that iv never even heard of before but thanks to this thread I will try out, the power of the internet!

Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 5464 Location: dino zone

Holler wrote:

Last CD acquired: Absolutely Kosher sampler CD! It's FREE if you sign up for their e-mail list. And that is pretty nice!

That thing's pretty kickin', especially for no money.

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:04 pm

I just acquired an unreleased album by a lovely band called The Dead Science. It comes out Oct. 25 but it leaked a couple of days ago. They're really jazzy but also not. I saw them in April wow, they are amazing live. In their I think like 20 minute set, the bassist used a stand up, a 5-string fretless, a normal guitar and a normal bass. The drummer had probably 5 sets of sticks/mallets/etc. that he was using and hit every part of the drums, including the drum casings and walking all the way around the set to hit the bass drum himself. They're very... focused. Their song are sometimes kinda of haunting I suppose. They kind of meander through each one, but not in a boring way. ANYWAY, their new album is Frost Giant and it's amazing.

Oh and PS they are on Absolutely Kosher records.

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:10 pm

boo_ninny wrote:

Holler wrote:

Last CD acquired: Absolutely Kosher sampler CD! It's FREE if you sign up for their e-mail list. And that is pretty nice!

That thing's pretty kickin', especially for no money.

It has to be, Boo! I dunno, for me if a record label joins the ranks of the RIAA, they have to start doing cool shit like that in order for me not to be bitter at them. WHAT I'M SAYING IS I THINK THAT THEY DID THIS FOR ME.

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:19 pm

Holler wrote:

It has to be, Boo!

Frank Sinatra wrote:

It had to be Boo!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:26 pm

I love Boo, just the Boo looks tonight.

Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 16347 Location: TaBB Graveyard

The Pet Shop Boys - Discography

It's pretty okay!

Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 70

Recently:

The indigo soul mix summer chillout album. Not bad, but really lacks a great deal of soul, and a great deal of chill.
The new white stripes album, get behind me satan. Dissapointing, four tracks I enjoy, everything else seems recycled from previous songs.

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:26 pm

Mogwai "Young Team"
Arcade Fire "Funeral"
Kings of Leon "Aha Shake Heartbreak"

Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 5464 Location: dino zone

Holler wrote:

boo_ninny wrote:

Holler wrote:

Last CD acquired: Absolutely Kosher sampler CD! It's FREE if you sign up for their e-mail list. And that is pretty nice!

That thing's pretty kickin', especially for no money.

It has to be, Boo! I dunno, for me if a record label joins the ranks of the RIAA, they have to start doing cool shit like that in order for me not to be bitter at them. WHAT I'M SAYING IS I THINK THAT THEY DID THIS FOR ME.

I like how pretty much 50% of the bands on that label are Rob Crow side projects.