this week I have mostly been listening to..

[thisisexploding]

there's a thread like this on pretty much every forum I've ever visited (regardless of whether it's about music, football or slightly dodgier things), the idea is that you list what you've been listening to lately (so of course it turns into either A) a big nostalgia trip or B) one big muso show-off session *koff*

@ home

Soulwax - Any Minute Now
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
The Wedding Present - Take Fountain
Lou Barlow - EMOH
Ed Harcourt - Strangers
Snow Patrol - Final Straw

@ work

Doves - Some Cities (good)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (bloody fantastic)

[Paulo]

I've heard a few Bloc Party tracks... and been distinctly underwhelmed... hype over substance again?

[thisisexploding]

nope, honest guv.. they're damn good (would I lie to you? well, possibly but that's beside the point).. that's only my opinion of course.. very 80's but it's not as obvious to pick out the influences as it is with the Killers though..

[hulk]

I thought I would see what I have listened to. Last week itunes playlist was.

Hora, sem bon!
Add N To (X) Loud Like Nature
Kanye West The College Dropout
Prefuse73 The '92 vs '02 Collection
cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD
Ghost Dog Ghost Dog Voice Track
Sigur RÛs ( )
The Gourds Rough Trade Shops: Country 2
Otis Redding Otis Redding - Definitive Collection
Muhammad Ali Speeches
Liz Phair Exile In Guyville
Sage Francis Personal Journals
cLOUDDEAD Ten
Consolidated Business Of Punishment
Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
Beck Mellow Gold
Bic Runga Beautiful Collision
Kid Koala Zen: A Retrospective (Disc 1)
Hot Chip Coming On Strong
Aidan Smith At Home With Aidan Smith
Manu Chao Clandestino: Esperando La Ultima Ola...
Kay Starr L.A. Confidential: Soundtrack
Simon & Garfunkel The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
The Beastie Boys EP's
Elvis Costello The Very Best Of Elvis Costello [Disc 2]
Cypress Hill Cypress Hill
Beth Orton Various - Acoustic
The Concretes The Concretes
The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
The Streets Original Pirate Material
Dilated Peoples Expansion Team
Joy Division Substance 1977-1980
The Beta Band Heroes To Zeros
Django Reinhardt The DJango Reinhardt Collection
Ice Now, Listen!
The Pixies Surfer Rosa & Come on Pilgrim
Guns N' Roses Grosse Pointe Blank
Nigo Ape Sounds
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine
Butter 08 Grand Royal A Sampling
Cake Fashion Nugget
Daniel Johnston Kids: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Eels EP's
Eminem The Eminem Show
Leonard Cohen Greatest Hits (1975)
Morphine The Night
Rosenbert, Paul "Bunyan" The Marshall Mathers LP
The Streets A Grand Don't Come For Free
Terrorvision Help
Bubba Sparxxx Deliverance
The Raveonettes Chain Gang Of Love
Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime - The Best Of
LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem [Disc 1]
Best Fwends
Portishead Dummy
Brett Dennen Brett Dennen
Brazil Brazil Voice Track
Ghost Dog - Soundtrack
Bill Hicks Rant In E-Minor
Bullmark (for Activision) Interstate '76 Original Game Soundtrack
Consolidated Friendly Fa$cism
Have I wiped ?
Dialogue Kill Bill Vol.1
The Kingswoods FabricLive 07: John Peel
Bill Hicks Flying Saucer Tour Volume 1
The Perfect Disaster Alvin Lives (In Leeds): Anti Poll Tax Trax
The Jazz Jury Swingers
Pere Ubu Rough Trade Shops Rock and Roll 2
Bill Hicks Arizona Bay
Wu-Tang Clan Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Pulp Various - Acoustic
Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness' First Finale
Sugar Copper Blue
Tricky F/ Ambersunshower Blowback
Mercury Rev All Is Dream
Jim Ford Country Got Soul Volume Two
Kasabian Kasabian
The Pixies Doolittle
Faith No More Angel Dust
The Broken Family Band Rough Trade Shops: Country 1
The Big Sleep voice track
Safe As Fudge
Bill Hicks Dangerous
Tomahawk Tomahawk
Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde
Outkast The Love Below
SinÈad O'Connor Help
David Byrne Grown Backwards
The Fall 458489 A-Sides
Michael Kamen, The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London Brazil
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies Rough Trade Shops: Country 2
Kings Of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak
The Wonder Stuff EP's
The Stone Roses Help
G. Love & Special Sauce G. Love And Special Sauce
The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
Kings Of Leon Youth & Young Manhood
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication
The Bravery The Bravery

[Paulo]

hmmm, i think you need a bit more variety in your music...

[thisisexploding]

hulk said:

I thought I would see what I have listened to. Last week itunes playlist was....

damn.. now there's a varied list of stuff, and some wee gems in there too (the Concretes album is very good indeed, and Stu will probably ask to borrow/purloin a copy of the Safe Francis CD off of you good to see Django making an appearance as well.. don't suppose you've got any Tal Farlow have you?

[thisisexploding]

this week it's been..

crowded house - live @ the town & country club bootleg
finn brothers - everyone is here
the decemberists - her majesty
the decemberists - castaways & cutouts
feist - let it die

[hulk]

No Marley though, ska yes, Marley NO NO. If you like sage francis you can have clouddead and DPD. Concretes I love, great pop.

[PompeyScot]

Hi all,

Just joined the forum on Dave's recommendation ;D

What have I been listening to this week? Well as usual with me, it's been tending towards German bands.....Rammstein, Empyrium (gorrrgeeeouuusss), along with Cradle of Filth and a bit of Stone Roses.

Have also been listening to a couple of tracks by The Bees (have literally just discovered them this morning courtesy of Soccer AM). Any thoughts on them?

[Paulo]

The Bees? Are they the ones who do the Monkey, Chicken song? If so that's quite a good track, don't know nowt else about them though... aren't they fairly local, or am i thinking of someone else?

[Shuey]

I think the tune is called Chicken Payback or summink. I really like it. Heard of them ages ago but only really caught snippets of their stuff. I may have to investigate further. Oh, they're from the Isle of Wight by the way.

Here is a link to the Website with a full length video for Chicken Payback....it's quite bizarre ===> www.thebees.info/indexExpandNews.html

[Brandonshero]

This week ;
1. Spear of Destiny - loadstone
2. Ezio - all
3. Rilo Kiley
4. Antony & the Johnsons
5 Wedding present
6 Everyone telling me how great my compilation is.

[hulk]

I have the first album which I loved and still like. Then I saw them at the wedgewood rooms for their new album and we ended up leaving early cause they were so self indulgent and boring quite frankly. The new stuff sounds to me like Chas and Dave.

[thisisexploding]

hulk said:

No Marley though, ska yes, Marley NO NO.

No, not Marley (who is still alive and well according to those wags at the BBC) but Tal Farlow. As you like Django you may well like Tal; I don't know much about him other than from a documentary I caught late one night on Channel 4, but I like what I've heard.

hulk said:

I have the first album which I loved and still like. [....] The new stuff sounds to me like Chas and Dave.

I must admit I didn't really recognise it as being the same band when I first heard the new album, especially as the first has that latin american feel whereas the second outdoes The La's for sixties-sound-a-likey-ness. It definitely grew on me though, probably as Stu had on in his car for months when it was released last year.

[thisisexploding]

mostly this week I have been enjoying the new White Stripes CD (rather fine it is too) get thee behind me Stanley!