What are your current favourite cds?

Currently playing lots:

Scritti Politti's "Cupid & Psyche 85" (total landmark album)

Missy Elliot - "Get Ur Freak On" (CD Single)

Pulp - "His N Hers" (finally seems to be at mid-price!)

Disc 1 of The Best Of Death Row records (gets a bit wearing but it's all good stuff)

I'm going to respect Simone's thread and not list my favourite MP3s.

oh, don't worry about the thread, I should have written "music" instead of "cds". Feel free to list as many MP3s as you wish...

Currently on heavy rotation are :

Air - "Moon Safari" (looking forward to the new album) Daft Punk - "Discovery" (can't live without it) Underworld - "Dubbnobasswithmyheadman" (just got around to buying it) Husker Du - "The Living End" (loud) Ladytron - "604" (yep, more analog synths) Wire - "Pink Flag" and "Chairs Missing" Section 25 - "Key of Dreams" (spooky!) Zombies - "Oddessy and Oracle" (now that the cricket season is here) Madder Rose - "Panic On" (they should have been huge) Radiohead - "Kid A" (damn it - I LOVE this album!)

Van der Graaf generator "The Box" Alan Hovhaness "Celestial Gate" symphony Posies "Frosting on the Beater"

Are what's doing it for me @ the moment.

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Avalanches "Since I left you"
Fifth Dimension "Up up and away"
Sophia "de nachten"
Destiny's Child "Writing's on the wall"
Unrest "Malcolm X Park"

NIGHTTIME by Killing Joke, DRUMS & WIRES by XTC, SPIRIT OF EDEN by Talk Talk, THE GOOD SON by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, SINGLES GOING STEADY (I know, it's a compilation) by Buzzcocks, VICTORIALAND by Cocteau Twins, WHITE NOISE by Cop Shoot Cop, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY by Firewater, NO MORE HEROES by The Stranglers, MOON SAFARI by Air (nice one, Dr.C), DESTROYER by Kiss, FUNHOUSE by the Stooges, NO SLEEP `TIL HAMMERSMITH by Motorhead, IT'S ALIVE by the Ramones, KICK OUT THE JAMS by the MC5, WHAT'S THIS FOR by Killing Joke, LONDON CALLING by the Clash, (I'm) STRANDED by the Saints, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD BOYS by the Dead Boys, MARQUEE MOON by Television, EIGHT LEGGED GROOVE MACHINE by The Wonder Stuff, PSYCHOCANDY by the Jesus & Mary Chain, INVISIBLE HITCHCOCKS by Robyn Hitchcock, JUNKYARD by the Birthday Party, FANTASTIC SPIKES THROUGH BALOON by Skeleton Key, GROUP SEX by the Circle Jerks, PEGGY SUICDIE by Julian Cope, ONCE UPON A TIME-THE SINGLES (I know, it's a best-of) by SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES, AURAL SCULPTURE by the Stranglers, BLACK SEA by XTC, PARANOID by Black Sabbath,....and loads more.

Alex - The Saints!! "I'm Stranded" is fantastic, as is "Eternally Yours". I must dig these out. Been thinking of getting the "Wild About You" box for a while too.

69 Love Songs.

Kim Hiorthoy - Hei (warp-acoustic-improv-type-thing) / New Air / Usher - Pop ya collar / Playhouse compilation - Famous when Dead / Losoul - album / Mouse on Mars - Idiology / Circulation - Colours / New Daft Punk / I-F - dunno, just stuff / Souls of Mischief- 93 til infinity / Avalances / Jay-Z / Tummy touch compilation (alright for a laugh) / Bobby Conn (thats enough CDs, ed)

Fleetwood Mac, "Tusk".

New Missy Elliot songs; Aaliyah - Try Again (Riddim Blendz Mix); Cleptomaniacs - All I Do (Bump & Flex's Dancehall Dub); The Hive - Curiosity Flow; Stanton Warriors - Breezeblock Session; Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K & D Sessions; Armand Van Helden - 2 Future 4 U; Aerial M - S/T; Deep Dish - Junk Science; Madonna - Erotica

Mark Kozalek's What's Next to the moon, Jeff Buckley's cover of Mama you've been on my mind,, Palace Bros. - Arise Therefore, hmm what else - a bit of Goldfrap, a bit of talvin singh's ha, the cd from sadness is in the sky #16 - check out the zine - tis way cool; Tortise - Standard and Lou Reed's bitter "baton Rouge"

Astounded (MJ Cole Master Mix) - Bran Van 3000 featuring Curtis Mayfield; Has it Come to This? - The Streets (Locked On); Hi-Teknology (album) - Hi-Tek (Rawkus); Leave Me Now - Herbert (Soundslike/!K7); Mentally Ill to Kill - DJ Hype (Naughty); My Red Hot Car - Squarepusher (Warp); untitled - Moodymann (no label); We Come 1 (Wookie Remix) - Faithless (Cheeky)

Avalanches: "Since I Left You"; Radiohead: "Amnesiac"; David Bowie: "Lodger" and "'Heroes'"; Beta Band: "Hotshots II" and "To You Alone" single; the Missy Elliot single; Plaid: "Trainer"; The Shins; Clearlake: "Lido"; Soul Jazz's Studio One compilation; Modest Mouse: "Sad Sappy Sucker"; the Kinks; Ladytron: "604"; the first two Roxy Music LP's; Oranger: "The Quiet Vibration Land"; the Dismemberment Plan.

HOTSHOTS II?!? scott, please, do tell!!

what i've been listening to lately:

ol' dirty bastard: _return to the 36 chambers_

ll cool j: _mama said knock you out_

public enemy: _apocalypse '91_

black sabbath: _paranoid_

the stooges: _fun house_

iron butterfly: "inna gadda da vida"

sonic youth: _sister_

morrissey: _bona drag_ (yeah, i've come around here too. "lucky lisp" is my favourite right now).

the birthday party: _live 81/82_

pandit bhimsen joshi: _classical vocal_

tapes of m.s. subbalakshmi concerts in pittsburgh and toronto in the early 80s

All the various No-Man and family tree related stuff I had the pleasure of picking up this past month, which in large part prompted my Tim Bowness interview. I especially recommend Alias Grace's _Embers_ to all and sundry, which you can pick up directly at Burning Shed's website (http://www.burningshed.com/).

The Gladiators: "Trenchtown Mix Up"

Ash Ra: "Tropical Heat"

The Starseeds: "There Is Enough For Everyone"

Stevie Wonder: "At The Close of a Century"

Pinkie Maclure: "Favourite"

Ween: "Pure Guava"

Dennis Brown: "Money in My Pocket (Anthology)"

Hugh Mundell: "Africa Must Be Free/ Africa Dub"

Detty Kurnia: "Coyor Panon"

You're all wonderful people, I'm gonna save this thread on my hard- drive.

Beta Band "To You Alone/Sequinsizer" Dismemberment Plan "The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich" (just that one song) Cheap Trick "Cheap Trick" Magazine "Real Life" Julian Cope "Jehovahkill" Damien Youth "Sunfield" Tom Waits "Raindogs" SFA "Mwng" Barry Adamson a comp tape that I found in a drawer. And mixtape of Wire, Buzzcocks, and the usual characters.

oh yeah... and that Can "Tago Mago". Almost left that out. Wait. Wrong thread.

* La Casa Azul - el sonido efervescente de

* Amon Duul II - Wolf City

* Neil Young - Harvest

* California Oranges - Self titled

* the Happy Balloon - the Fine Art of Ballooning

* Megadeth - Cryptic Writings

* Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjum

I read this great book called Reggae Routes recently, so I've been listening to Desmond Dekker - Rockin' Steady: the Best Of; Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music; This Is Ska; Toots & The Maytals, Funky Kingston as well as Reggae Greats; the Harder They Come soundtrack and The Wailers' Catch A Fire.

New: "The Cold Vein" by Cannibal Ox - best hip hop album of the 21st century to date. Old: Shuggie Otis' "Inspiration Information," Tom Jobim's "Matita Pere" and Mike Westbrook's "Metropolis" (Sun Ra meets the Mike Flowers Pops?). The Avalanches naturally go without saying. Destiny's Child? Like staring at the pseudo-skyscrapers when you come out of Old Street tube station - dazzling and undoubtedly impressive, but rather cold and ruthless, not to mention sexless.

psychopharmocology? that's a Paul Westerberg song title. any correlation?

psychopharmocology? that's a Paul Westerberg song title. any correlation? probably not but just asking.

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY is the third album from NYC's Firewater. It hasn't actually been released (pushed back until July), but I managed to get m'self a pre-release copy. Centered around ex-Cop Shoot Cop main man Tod Ashley, Firewater are an ever shifting conglomerate of musicians (often counting members of the Jesus Lizard, Elysian Fields, Soul Coughing and Skeleton Key in its ranks). The band experiments with variety of styles...from klezmer workouts to a barbed cha-cha through to full-out rock numbers. A critic once described them as something akin to LONDON CALLING-era Clash crashing a Jewish wedding. PSYCHOPHARMACOLGY is the band's most adventurous work thus far, and I *HIGHLY* recommend it. For more, check out: www.fireh2o.com. They're great, I promise you!

The ones I'm currently listening to, of course:
Miles Davis - Newport 1958 and Round about Midnight
Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
Cindytalk - In This World
Alejandro Escovedo - A Man Under the Influence
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire (deluxe)
Ron Sexsmith - Grand Opera Lane
Mogwai - Rock Action
Birthday Party - Live 81-82
Swans - Children of God and Soundtracks for the Blind
Faust - Faust/So Far and Faust IV
Moreno Veloso - Music Typewriter
Devo - Live: The Mongoloid Years
King Crimson - Red
Perrey and Kingsley - The Out Sound From Way In
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
The Evolution Control Committee - The Fucking Moon (mp3)

bows 'cassidy' - luke sutherland is incapable of doing anything wrong, this is album of the year for me unless something amazing comes out in the next 6 months. if this is the sound of spain i am moving there tomorrow. cloudboy'down at the end of the garden'-gorgeous, dream music of montreal 'coquelicot...' -i am amazed people can dismiss this as twee with the complexity of arrangements pearlfishers 'across the milky way' my adult contemporary fare ladytron '604' i don't think it is as retro as everyone else does, maybe i haven't heard enough kraftwerk but they never were as pop as this orange peels 'so far' sunny west coast pop modesty blaise'melancholia' epic pop josef k 'endless soul' to me it sounds like the iron curtain fonda 500 'autumn winter collection' pretty voices harper lee 'go back to bed' a new brighter record!

Mouse On Mars, _Idiology_ is the latest. Spoon's latest is still fresh, and I've been all about the Tim Buckley Anthology lately.

Marquee Moon is my favorite *classic* lately, and Ginuwine is my forward-thinker. Right now, however, Pearl Jam is on VH1; lovely.

...holding my breath for _Survivor_.

Destiny's Child cold and ruthless, not to mention sexless? Eh, cold and ruthless is the new sexy, silly. If only Beyonce wasn't so sweet in interviews.

Current favorite songs:

Britney Spears - the Pepsi commercial
Turbonegro - "I Got Erection"
Teena Marie - "Square Biz"
Destiny's Child - "Bootylicious"
Sugababes - "Overload"
Josie & the Pussycats - "Pretend to Be Nice"
Eve - "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
Taana Gardner - "Heartbeat"
First Choice - "Let No Man Put Asunder"
Mensen - "Gotta Get Away"

And a bunch of Moroder.

(Thank you for this thread. I'm more interested in hearing what people like, than hearing them rip on what they don't)

Clinic - Internal Wrangler Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun Richard Buckner - Devotion + Doubt Cat Power - Covers Record Damien Jurado - Ghost of David Twilight - Twilight Singers Gillian Welch - Revival Black Box Recorder - Facts of Life

i look at what's out next to the record player and i feel like the apocryphal old man in the cafe who reads the newspaper from exactly one year ago. or many more in my case... much hip hop coming this summer... i hope...

* get ur freak on of course. is it just me or is the cool mix in the video where the song TOTALLY CHANGES unavailable for purchase??? is that is subtle suggestion that the proper way to hear it is in a dj set? and any truth to the rumor that her new album's called "miss e: the addiction"?

* "Beep Me 911" the 12"... the timbo remix moves... like an asp. it's aspish. jason nevins mix suprisingly okay.

* "Salsa" by albert cabrera, b-side of something else called Albertracks. on nervous records.

* Mount Florida.

* Painkiller, by "slack". on sabres' septic cuts. i don't know what to say about this besides the fact that it's perfect. A+++++++ just me or is house and techno not nearly this "reverb-y" anymore?

* "One Sock Missing" by the Grifters. do they still exist?

* "Houserockin" and "I Know You Fine, But How You Doin" by the Gories. they definitely don't which is a shame because the demolition dollrods kind of... um, suck. i'm sorry. i don't care how "into it" the hairy tranny who doesn't play an instrument onstage gets.

* the Ladomat 100 compilations!!!! my lord!!!! "1234" by golden boy feat. miss kittin will infect you and then you will be done for.

"let me tell you about my shoes collection even if you just don't care. are you the guy that looks at women's bodies walking down the street? do you like girls? you have to know about fashion too and that's the way it is. yes, that's what i wanted to say. you are the music master."

In case anybody cares to scroll down ;)

Discovery - Daft Punk

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

Digital Nation - Bad Company

10.000 Hz Legend - Air

Pole 3 - Pole

Dub Me 2 Crazy - King Tubby

L'Encroyable Verite - Sebastien Tellier

my daughter rates: Dots & Loops by Stereolab

Leonard Cohen- Best of Beach Boys- Endless Summer GG Allin- Just saw his documentary. I recommend it for no reason.

Currently "Do you like my tight sweater?" by Moloko, Lou Reed's "Berlin", "Pornography" by the Cure, "Music from Twin Peaks" by Angelo Badalamenti and "Curtains" by the Tindersticks.

Strangely (well, perhaps not that strangely), I'm agreeing with The Pinefox and saying 69 Love Songs. It's making a comeback of Lazurian proportions. And the Pinefox himself, as usual.

Mogwai, Rock Action
The Sea and Cake, The Biz
Low, Long Division
"The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich"
Massive Attack, Protection
Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Helicopter String Quartet"
Boards of Canada, Music Has the Right to Children
Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger
John Coltrane, Crescent

the bit at the end of the 'get ur freak on' video is likely part of the next song on the album (or the next single), much as jay- z's 'change the game' video ended with about thirty seconds of 'guilty until proven innocent'.

Underwater moonlight - the soft boys future - the seeds pop off tuesday sun song -sun ra The white lines the modern world - the strokes corky's debt to his father - mayo thompson getting older - the flying nun compilation surburban moonlight - the clientele you think its like this but really its like that -mirah

Yes Ethan and whoever originally asked, it's a bit of "Lick Shots", the next single.

recently:

Skitz, "Countryman"

Destiny's Child, "Survivor" (the album, rather than just the single)

Young Marble Giants, "Colossal Youth"

Simple Minds, "Promised You A Miracle"

Aaliyah, "We Need A Resolution"

Missy Elliot, everything I've heard from "So Addictive"

Human League, everything I've got up to and including "Fascination"

I'm listening to Joe's Bruce Springsteen CD right now if it helps anyone. It's "Born to Run". The song playing is "Night". I'm sure you're all thrilled. I did have in the Manics' latest a while ago but I'm sick of that. Fucking Nicky Wire, man. You can't be cool if you look like that.

Wow, talk about a thread that renews your faith. I would love to have a drink with any of you people, everybody have such varied taste. Who cares if we agree, so long as it's INTERESTING.

My list: 1) My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello 2) The Circle Maker, John Zorn 3) Nipples, Peter Brotzmann 4) Metal Box, PiL 5) Goat, The Jesus Lizard 6) Clicks & Cuts 2, various 7) Duck Stab, The Residents 8) I Should Coco, Supergrass

hey, why not. black crowes, amorica
gram parsons, ...anthology: sacred hearts & fallen angels
destiny's child, survivor
bruce springsteen, nebraska
ramones, ramones mania
velvet underground, peel slowly & see (box)
bee gees, best of..., vol. ii
new york dolls, rock 'n' roll

look at all the shit that was coming out at the same time last year!!