I went on a downloading rampage the other night, and scored some new albums, some which have not been released yet. Brief synopses:

The Methadones This Wont Hurt... - Another solid effort from Chicago's finest power-pop outfit. Simple, catchy stuff.

Between The Buried And Me Colors - It sounds like Mr. Bungle's Disco Volante, The Mars Volta's De-Loused In The Comatorium and Mastodon's Blood Mountain all got thrown in a blender together, which is fine, if you're into that sort of thing. I however, couldn't get halfway through the record.

Les Savy Fav Let's Stay Friends - More emphasis on hooks on the indie rockers' comeback album, which is a good thing. Recommended.

The Weakerthans Reunion Tour - Canada's version poppier of Wilco returns as well, with more adventures from Virtue The Cat as well as some sythns and studio trickery thrown into the mix.

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame.

http://www.TheCommittedIndian.com/

it's a good thing you don't have their album Alaska. the first song has like 40 different guitar parts.

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@audioidkid

I do, and it gave me a headache.

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame.

http://www.TheCommittedIndian.com/

see...
i love that kind of shit.

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@audioidkid

I'm not a musician, so I guess I can't appreciate it to its fullest extent.

Heh, I just Hubbed myself about music.

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame.

http://www.TheCommittedIndian.com/

Me too Doug.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

i'm a songwriter, so i can't either. i don't mind "jams" for the most part, but i don't know...i love dream theatre, but can't stand phish, or a lot of the dead's jam stuff, or dave matthews' jam stuff either.

i remember doing a jam album with my friend, it was like an hour long session that we recorded...we tried listening to it and were like...uh, no.

BTBAM is a guilty pleasure for me, I must admit. I think they try to hard to write crazy songs with bizarre tempo changes, but they pull it off well enough for me to spin it every now and then.

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anyone listen to "HORSE the Band?"
those guys are pretty awesome. get 'the mechanincal hand' and 'R. Borlax'

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@audioidkid

Is Larry on vox?

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame.

http://www.TheCommittedIndian.com/

Big thumbs up to the new Weakerthans.

If you liked TV on the Radio's Return to Cookie Mountain, run, don't walk, to Soulseek for Celebration's The Modern Tribe. Great stuff here.

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Okay, here's everything I've heard from this year. If you want any quick thoughts or recommendations on any of these, I'll be happy to oblige. Just not right now, because I'm tired.

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Blind Cave Salamander
Blues Control - Puff
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Celebration - The Modern Tribe
Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Feist - The Reminder
Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
Immaculate Machine - Fables
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
National - Boxer
Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers
The Postmarks
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Six Organs of Admittance - Shelter from the Ash
Son Volt - The Search
Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Fire Escape
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
Vive La Fete - Jour de Chance
Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
White Rainbow - Prism Of Eternal Now
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Windmill - Puddle City Racing Lights
Witchcraft - The Alchemist
Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters

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