acualLEE
Absolutely perfect records:
 Robbie
Fulks ñ Georgia Hard (Yep Rock)
Spoon ñ Gimme Fiction (Merge)
Really, really great records:
Hot Hot Heat ñ Elevator (Sire)
Josh Rouse ñ Nashville (Ryko)
Eric Matthews ñ Six Kinds Of Passion Looking For An Exit (Empryean)
New Order ñ Waiting For The Sirenís Call (Warner Bros.)
Beck - Guero (Geffen)
Really great records:
Brendan Benson ñ The Alternative To Love (V2)
Ed Harcourt ñ Strangers (Astralwerks)
Kings Of Leon ñ Aha Shake Heartbreak (RCA)
Mercury Rev ñ The Secret Migration (V2)
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (Vagrant)
You should own because theyíre really good (but theyíre REALLY
esoteric picks):
Petra Haden ñ Sings The Who Sell Out (Bar None)
Kraftwerk ñ Minimum Maximum (Astralwerks)
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Dan The
Mayor
My faves so far this year. Or at least what Iím listening to when I
can tear myself away from "The White Album" or "The Batman Theme
Played By The Marketts." (Listed in order of how much I'm playing them
at the time I submitted this.)
 The
Redwalls - de nova (Capitol)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
Hal - Hal (Rough Trade)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
Robbie Fulks - Georgia Hard (Yep Roc)
Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust (Columbia)
Brendan Benson - The Alternative To Love (Yep Rock)
Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept (Pineapple/Atlantic)
Beck - Guero (Interscope)
Bright Eyes - Iím Wide Awake, Itís Morning (Saddle Creek)
Vault Pick:
Fountains of Wayne - Out Of State Plates (EMI) |
Larry
K's list
No real order or thought... just stuff that I've liked from the first
part of the year. I know some of these are 2004 releases, but tough
shit. The White Stripes is probably the year's best so far.
 WHITE
STRIPES - GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN
SUFJAN STEVENS - (Come On Feel The) ILLINOISE
BRIAN ENO - ANOTHER DAY ON EARTH
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS - THE SUNSET TREE
NATURALLY - SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS
RICHMOND FONTAINE - THE FITZGERALD
FIONA APPLE - EXTRAORDINARY MACHINES (the tracks I've heard)
KATHLEEN EDWARDS - BACK TO ME
PETRA HADEN - THE WHO SELLS OUT
CARLA BRUNI - QUELQU'UN M'A DIT
BRIGHT EYES - I'M WIDE AWKE IT'S MORNING
BRIGHT EYES - DIGITAL ASH IN A DIGITAL URN
MADELEINE PEYROUX - CARELESS LOVE
JOHN LEGEND - GET LIFTED
KIMYA DAWSON - HIDDEN VAGENDA
PAUL ANKA - ROCK SWINGS
LEE ANN WOMACK - THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM
MATT SWEENY AND BONNIE PRINCE BILLY - SUPERWOLF
SAM PREKOP - WHO'S YOUR NEW PROFESSOR
MICE PARADE - BEM-VINDA VONTADE
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - OUT OF STATE PLATES
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Jackís
Many Moods of 2005
When I want it loud:
 Robert
Plant and the Strange Sensation ñ Mighty Rearranger / iTunes Session
The White Stripes ñ Get Behind Me Satan
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves ñ The Greatest White Liar
Kings of Leon ñ Aha Shake Heartbreak
Heartless Bastards ñ Stairs & Elevators
Frames ñ Burn the Maps
Kaiser Chiefs ñ Employment
When I want it mellow:
Bruce Springsteen ñ Devils & Dust
Coldplay ñ X&Y
Bright Eyes ñ Iím Wide Awake Itís Morning
Lizz Wright ñ Dreaming Wide Awake
Jack Johnson ñ In Between Dreams
Cowboy Junkies - Early 21st Century Blues
When I want it Alt.country:
John Prine ñ Fair & Square
Los Super 7 ñ Heard It On The X
Kathleen Edwards ñ Back To Me
Shelby Lynne ñ Suit Yourself
Mary Gauthier ñ Mercy Now
When I want a little blues
Tab Benoit ñ Fever For The Bayou
Marcia Ball ñ Live Down The Road
When I want it Re- Issue & Remastered:
Gang of Four ñ Entertainment
T-Rex ñ Born to Boogie
Janis Joplin ñ Pearl
When I want it rap or hip-hop:
Thatís never happened. |