if everyone was a music nerd...

Alternately:

"Dude, is that the new Autechre???!!!"

vs.

There would probably be more orgies if everyone was a music nerd.

http://www.dustinland.com/dlands/dland.musicnerd.pain.jpg

"I like everything" !

How's that going to play?

yooooooooooooooooooooou

I was v. lucky to meet another music nerd who is so hot.

Bob?

Cosmo.

THE HERBALISER
Same as It Never Was (!K7)
Downtempo vets go live, get funky

Mid-'90s downtempo stalwarts The Herbaliser are back with a new, funkier sound. London's Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba have gone the way of Mark Ronson and recruited a live band for their new release, which seems largely inspired by old-school funk. A major highlight is Jessica Darling, the new young singer who lends soulful vocals to five tracks, including the jazzy 007-esque “Stranded on Earth.” The album also features a few instrumentals and some guest rappers, including Jean Grae. Same as It Never Was isn't a musical revolution, but it is a funky good time. — Dustin Glick

J-LIVE
Then What Happened? (BBE)
Underrated MC keeps it coming

J-Live completely kills it on his new album. J-Live is a NY-bred MC/DJ/producer who has been in the game for more than a decade, garnering plenty of underground props but less commercial success. But if this album doesn't go gold, then either there's not a drop of good taste left in hip-hop fans or there's too much downloading going on. Tracks like “It Don't Stop,” “We Are!” and “The Upgrade” should be mandatory listens for all hip-hop heads this year. Throw in guest stars such as DJ Spinna, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Nu-Mark, Posdnuos and Chali 2na, and you've got yourself a winner. — Dustin Glick

The Outside (Mush)
Gritty analog funkster hits the mark

With his latest album, The Outside, Eliot Lipp brings 12 tracks of beat-fueled, modern trip-hop that make a perfect soundtrack for the city streets. Lipp's analog synth-based sound mixes the urban vibes of DJ Shadow with the glitch-hop stylings of Dabrye and Prefuse 73, adding just a tinge of '80s. His sound isn't strikingly original at first listen, but there is something unique there that keeps evolving with each release. Album highlights are in tracks like “Beyond the City” and “The Area,” which offer up heavy doses of gritty electro-funk that are bound to get heads nodding. — Dustin Glick

HOT CHIP

DJ Kicks (!K7)
Zany upbeat DJ magic
UK dance act Hot Chip has earned a well-deserved reputation of fun-loving groove kings, and their contribution to the popular DJ Kicks series will only serve to further that image. With what is surely the only mix to ever contain songs from both Positive K (“I Got a Man”) and Ray Charles (“Mess Around”), Hot Chip has put together an eclectic mix of music that is guaranteed to make you move. If you're not already a believer in Hot Chip's technical abilities and musical knowledge, just wait until you hear them blend consecutive tracks by New Order, Young Leek and Etta James. Weird? Yes. Fun? Definitely. — Dustin Glick

Argh my eyes please stop.

I hate when people think that I'm a music snob because most snobs have such terrible taste in music.

How could anyone not like supermanning?

lol @ headlines

Gritty analog funkster hits the mark

This clearly needs to be stickman's new user name.

adding just a tinge of '80s.

http://www.itxp.ca/technology/images/headache.jpg

xpost ned I was thinking the same thing

If you're not already a believer in Hot Chip's technical abilities and musical knowledge, just wait until you hear them blend consecutive tracks by New Order, Young Leek and Etta James. Weird? Yes. Fun? Definitely. — Dustin Glick

-- The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:27 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

On first look, Hot Chip's DJ-Kicks has the look of forced diversity, like a record geek (or five) trying to prove a point that isn't exactly crying out to be made: Hey, look, guys, New Order and Young Leek and Tom Zé and Audion and Ray Charles, all in one mix!