Love it...love it...love it. The new Bloc Party is nice. You really should have this in your collection. It really is all I have been listening to since Tuesday which is a shame because I really need to dig into the rarities of yo la tengo and Ben Folds Five. Soon. It just reminds me that life without music is a sad and pointless life. Just one man's opinion of course.
I will keep with the animal theme HelperMonkey started. Take this quiz. What kind of dog are you? Click on the Game to find out.
Strong Bad lets you glance at Limozeen.
Tom Waits chats up his 20 most cherished albums.
review of New Beck from KEXP.
Beck - Guero (Interscope) Guero is Beck’s most musically vibrant recording since his groundbreaking 1996 album Odelay. Like that album, this one’s produced by the Dust Brothers, but Guero isn’t simply Odelay redux. While some of the new songs share Odelay’s kitchen-sink dance-party aesthetic, others would sound more at home on other Beck albums, from the bossa nova-flavored Mutations to the down-home folk set One Foot in the Grave. In short, Guero is Beck successfully synthesizing different aspects of his multi-faceted career. Lyrically, the album is also considerably different from the mostly fun, good-times party vibe of Odelay – despite the often-upbeat music, this one’s considerably darker and shares more in common lyrically with downer albums like Sea Change and Mutations. Overall, it’s Beck’s strongest album in quite awhile.
Don Yates
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It comes out next week. Woo and Hoo.
Some current favs of 2005
1. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice)
2. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (RCA)
3. Kasabian-Kasabian (RCA)
4. Tim Booth - Bone (Koch)
5. Doves - Some Cities (Capitol)
6. Low - The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop)
Just a few that should definitely be in your collection. Guaranteed not to suck.
THE LA'S RETURN!
http://www.nme.com/news/111813.htm
THE LA'S have confirmed their first UK dates in over a decade, NME.COM canexclusively reveal.
The influential Liverpool band, which now features Lee Mavers, John Power, JayLewis and Nick Miniski, will warm-up for their performance at Japanese festivalSummer Sonic with three British shows.
The dates are:
* Sheffield Leadmill (June 13)
* Manchester Ritz (14)
* London Shepherds Bush Empire (15)
Paladone Shocking Tanks
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This set of dueling remote control tanks is a masochist's dream come true. The controller is framed with conductive metal and zaps you with electricity whenever your opponent lands an infrared hit. It's an educational toy -- I learned that when my coworkers get shocked, they scream like little girls being chased by bees. And that's on the Low setting. After five or so battles on High (hits count double, but the shock is twice as powerful), I was in so damn much pain that I started holding my controller as if it were a used Kleenex. It's like BattleBots with freaking defibrillators! Soon, the only way I could lure new opponents was to tell them it's called Shocking Tanks because "it's shocking how much fun it is." paladone.com
Simpl Acoustics A1 Headphone Amp
[RETAIL: $150]
When I'm rockin' Billy Squier through my high-end headphones, my iPod's limp output just doesn't cut it. A headphone amp like Simpl's A1 sits between an audio source and a pair of cans, adding a layer of clean power so the signal can cruise at high volume with clarity and finesse. The A1 charges via USB for more than 10 hours of listening, hugs my 'Pod securely with its rubber-bumpered brackets, and delivers what it should: increased volume, refined sonic details, and punchy bass. At 0.7 inch thick, the A1 increases the bulge factor, but that's a minor issue for an audio nerd. One weakness kicked this rig just south of Heaven -- when the source-to-amp jump cable got jostled, which happens often in one's pocket, I was faced with sound dropouts and abrupt Btthhppt! static. simpl.com
The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks--could be the greatest title of a book...ever.
man I thought I had too much time on my hands. Defy gravity.
Those that don't learn from History are doomed to repeat it. Germany fell for the "feel good" furher..
The Post's titles comes from Ryan Adam's "Love is Hell"
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