What music are you newly consuming in the last few weeks of 2004?

I had a sprightly listen to Debussy's "La Mer" this morning.

I had an ironic, bemused listen to Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good" lp yesterday.

I had a freaky, out-of-body listen to Irr App Ext/Nurse With Wound's "Angry Electric Finger 3" the night before that.

Today I had a thoroughly sincere listen to The Whispers "Headlights" Lp, and a somewhat distracted listen to Herbie Hancock's "Thrust" (I was also reading).

listen, listen, listen

Saloon, 'If We Meet In the Future'
Saloon, 'This Is What We Call Progress'
Aarktica, 'Pure Tone Audiometry'
Auburn Lull, 'Alone I Adore'
It's a Darla fest!

also,
Juliana Hatfield, 'God's Foot', the long-lost 1996 album
His Name Is Alive, 'When the Stars Refuse To Shine', a mix of random noise and acoustic rehearsals of songs from 'Someday My Blues...', plus a cover of Moondance.
Lucinda Williams, 'Essence'
A Girl Called Eddy, s/t - this is SO GOOD. wow.

Faust - So Far

Talking Heads - Remain in Light(WOW and yes, JUST now hearing it)

Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina/Walk Away Renee
between this and the Zombies' O & O I have been thoroughly humbled this year with regard to 60's albums.

Le Futur Pompiste
Atom Heart Mother
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (the Christams Bond soundtrack)
Pop á Paris compilation

sorry ... I got the smartarse àccent the wrong way round ;-)

Moth Masque - s/t CD (BRILLIANT - would have made my year's top ten but came too late)

Matt Valentine - Creek to Creation LP

new David Banner single

that Montgomery Gentry christmas song

Mouthus - Loam LP

Marissa Nadler - all

M Ward - Transistor Radio

derrick - where'd you get that HNIA thing? Time Stereo?

Pedro Almodovar's compilation "Viva la Tristeza!"

Roger, how's the new M Ward?

grimey things, 'the holy bible', and a load of composition, mp3s of afcrican music and stuff from UBU web (kagel, max neuhaus, readings from zappa, cage, kathy acker, baraka, the dada for now LP).

exchanged a few CDs today for others so it will be a busy xmas.

new m ward is beautiful / great. still taking it in - will report more after xmas road trip

rog--do you like the marissa nadler album? it was one of my faves this year..

recent acquisitions:
dead c - eusa kills LP
nonesuch explorer series - indian street music LP
nonesuch - turkish village music LP
folkways - music of the south vol. 5: song, play and dance LP
fahey - broken down empty bottle blues
incredible string band - 5000 spirits or layers of the onion

also new: early days of bluegrass vol. 1 (rounder) and pink floyd 'meddle'

Steely Dan "Can't Buy a Thrill"
Soundtrack of Our Lives "Origins Part One"
Junior Kimbrough tribute album (Stooges, Spiritualized, etc.)
Twink "Think Pink"
Wu-Tang "Iron Flag"
Archie Shepp "Blase"
Li'l Jon "Crunk Juice"

also rog: how does creek to creation stack up vs. ragas & blues? i am going to get one or maybe both from eclipse next time i place an order (later this week.)

xpost: can't buy a thrill = awesome.

Zameer soundtrack
T.I., Urban Legend
Xzibit, Weapons of Mass Destruction
PH10, In Helmut-Vision
Wylde Bunch, Wylde Tymes at Washington High
Ely Guerra, Sweet & Sour, Hot y Spicy
David Rolas, Tatuajes
Ike Reilly, Sparkle in the Finish

another hooray for Can't Buy A Thrill!

Roger: the HNIA is on Time Stereo, but I think it's sold out. I got it off soulseek myself; you can get it off me if you'd like, username 'battersea'. It's a wonderful companion to 'Someday...'.

Various MP3s:
-Reggaeton remix of "Lean Back" (courtesty of DJ /rupture's site)
-Cotton Museum
-some 80s Detroit hard rock
-Usaisamonster, "Anal Lies"
-Human Eye, "Gag on Popular Culture" (live at the Detroit Art Space)

and various WFMU and Resonance FM streams.

re: "Can't Buy a Thrill"

my relatively recent infatuation with Steely Dan has sparked more arguments/annoyed more of my friends than I would've thought possible. It's weird - all my indie rock friends profess to hate it (even the ones who like prog and King Crimson!) Then last night I was with some pro-audio/studio musician types and Steely Dan came up and I got really defensive. Of course it turned out they were all Dan fans, but when I explained that I liked them for the contrast between the evil/ugly/depressing subject matter of the lyrics and the totally crystal-clean pop sheen of the music, I got a bunch of blank looks, "I'd never thought of that before", etc.

fuckin people.

The four Billie Holiday CDs on ESP that I ordered back in November finally came and so far I'm very happy with them. I'm baffled that these recordings aren't held in higher regard. There's plenty here that is the equal to a lot of what's in the Verve box set. This is great. If you like late Billie Holiday, buy it!

MIA Diplo / Piracy (yes, I am musically retarded.)
Grime 2 comp

Just ordered a bunch thanks to gift certificates from Hannukah:

Fairport Convention -- Unhalfbricking
Radiohead -- Amnesiac
Books -- The Lemon of Pink
Sam Prekop -- s/t
David Axelrod -- Songs of Experience
Eddie Bo -- Hook and Sling
Advantage -- Advantage
Deerhoof -- Reveille
John Lee Hooker -- Serves You Right to Suffer

That might be the first time I've ever bought a bunch of CDs where the white artists greatly outnumber the black ones.

The Ayler box set, which is far too huge to even begin to absord, and Zigzag: 20 Junkshop Soft Rock Singles 1970-1974, esp. the urban depression of Brian Protheroe and Leo Sayer's "Why Is Everybody Going Home?" which is close to being even gayer than Jobriath.

I didn't like that Gary Lucas album (I mentioned in the first post) much at all. I just don't like the sound of his playing. I thought I might like him more playing old Chinese pop music (not that I'm into that or know anything about it), but he doesn't really sound so different than he did on a CD I'd bought a while back.

de la soul - the grind date
workbench - seeking stasis 5 cass box set
cam'ron - purple haze

Decemberists' "Picaresque". Pretty damn fine.

Steely Dan - Aja, Can't Buy a Thrill
Yes - Close to the Edge
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

All 70s all the time!!!

Hiromi Brain
Morelenbaum/Sakamoto Casa
Traband Hyje!
Al-Yaman Hurriya
Shampoo We Are Shampoo
Jablkon Hovada Bozi
Pond The Practice of Joy Before Death
-123mins. XL Live
PH10 In Helmut-Vision
Terne Chave Kaj Dzas
Brenda Fassie Greatest Hits 1964-2004
Xzibit Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Sadies Favorite Colours
soundtracks to Zameer and Yeh Raaste Hain Pya Ar Ke

Count Bass D Art For Sale
Ludacris Red Light District
Aesop Rock Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives EP
Bobby Humphrey Flute-In
Mcenroe & Birdapres Nothing Is Cool
ODB & Black Rob "High In The Clouds"
Amy Winehouse "Fuck Me Pumps (Mylo Remix)"
Jens Lekman "Julie"
Lil' Flip "I Gotta Get Paid" (ft. Ghost and Raekwon)

The Ghostface rec. YES wow yay "Can't Buy a Thrill", def, but also yay "MEDDLE" and "EUSA KILLS", those recs are good too

Rollie how awesome
is that Bobby Humphrey disc?
As great as it sounds?

Now We've Got Members (fab)
Tencu, OOO (rather fine)
Joel Tammik, Eemal (mm... okey, I guess...)
Hüpnosaurus, Lint No.33 (kiirus 19/mono) (a peculiar blast from relatively recent 'lectronic past, 1991-92 ...interesting)

- Carlos Paredes - O Mundo Segundo Carlos Paredes ("The world according to Carlos Paredes" - 8 cd set including everything the master of Portuguese Guitar has recorded)

- Isis - Panopticon

- Queen - Live Killers

- Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse

The Bobbi Humphrey is pretty solid, great background music. it's from 2000 i think. great cover of 'ain't no sunshine' and one track 'don't know my funk' is full of samples i want to use like the beginning of an aisle at costcos.

Nirvana

aloha: here comes everybody

ultra vivid scene - j.o.y. 1962
lamb of god - ashes of the wake
will to power - journey home

driving home yesterday on cassette:
janet jackson - rhythm nation
tony robbins - personal power

hey that mcenroe and birdapres was actually kinda good