I hear he speaks just like an ordinary guy.

that dude used to come to all my tee-ball games as a kid. i'm serious. geddy lee.

canadian jewish little league?

yes, it is indeed sir gary weinrib

I guess I don't really know what Rush song you were referencing by posting that, and I'm glad I don't know.

i know him & he does

SUBDIVISIONS
in the high school halls
in the shopping malls

totally. his son was on my north toronto select t-ball team.

glad there's that quarterly top five thread cause this has gone completely off the rails.

that's ozzy, not rush

Hey, first quarter's over. Now to get this thing rolling again.

Pretty big update from last time:


Albums

01. The Psychic Paramount – II: 8.5/10
02. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972: 8.5/10
03. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse: 8/10
04. Panda Bear – Tomboy: 8/10
05. Mike Watt – Hyphenated-Man: 8/10
06. Ponytail – Do Whatever You Want All the Time: 8/10
07. Deerhoof – Deerhoof vs. Evil: 8/10
08. Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges: 7.5/10
09. Low – C’mon: 7.5/10
10. Destroyer – Kaputt: 7.5/10
11. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake: 7.5/10
12. Crystal Stilts – In Love with Oblivion: 7.5/10
13. Dirty Beaches – Badlands: 7.5/10
14. Akron/Family – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT: 7.5/10
15. Braids – Native Speaker: 7.5/10
16. The Dodos – No Color: 7.5/10


17. Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place: 7/10
18. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo: 7/10
19. Radiohead – The King of Limbs: 7/10
20. Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise: 7/10
21. James Blake – s/t: 6.5/10
22. Sic Alps – Napa Asylum: 6/10


EPs, Singles, Splits, etc
01. Echo Lake – Young Silence: 7.5/10 (5x)
02. Deerhunter – iTunes Live from Soho: 7.5/10 (4x)
03. Women/Cold Pumas/Fair Ohs/Friendo – Split 7”: 7.5/10 (5x)


Probably going to download Tune-Yards and check that out. Still need to listen to Timbre Timbre (I have it). Will probably download that Yuck album eventually. Going to be picking up the new Times New Viking next week.

really good list. glad to see the panda bear and ponytail so high. ditto on the watt record! although i had this down on my list last year, i'm still feeling my way through this opera, and letting it grow. seeing him play again last weekend set me on another watt/minutemen/firehose kick. i predict the timbre timber and gang gang dance will make a run for your top 5.

Yeah, both songs I've heard from the GGD album are awesome, and Timbre Timbre sounds like a better version of Dirty Beaches (or something).

The more I listen to samples of Tune-Yards, though, the more I think I should just stay away.

I'm also pretty happy with that Low album.

Yeah, agreed. I like the Tuneyards record, but I'm also hesitant to get too close to it.
Also agree about Low, though I've held off buying it, despite being listed at only $15.

I tried that Psychic Paramount album, Drinky but I think I was to quick to judge (as always). It was interesting and fun but I had that feeling of "when the hell am I going to even listen to this?"

I'll try again. I hate that Dirty Beaches record. I tried Low, and I've never been a Low fan really, or even really tried, but the press releases and reviews saying it's their most straight-forward was promising to me. Sounded ok, but uninteresting. This is a band I want to get into eventually though.

I can definitely understand hating the Dirty Beaches record and didn't really think I'd like it.



This strikes me as an odd question to ask yourself while listening to something.

But then that's the kind of stuff I'd listen to almost all the time if I could. If there were a whole bunch of bands out there as good as Don Cab at their peak and Laddio Bolocko/Psychic Paramount, then I'd have a huge collection of that kind of stuff.

Start with one of "Things We Lost in the Fire", "Secret Name", and "Long Division" before diving in with "C'mon".

I've listened to all of those and the only one I still have is "Things We Lost in the Fire"

well for what it's worth, i like the low record more every time i hear it, which i could not say for drums & guns, nor really for the great destroyer, or trust. without trying.

This Okkervil River is pretty excellent.

I wrote up real quick blurbs about my 20 favorite albums from the 1st 1/3 of the year.

http://inawhiteroom.wordpress.com/2011/ ... stand-out/

My new top 5 is probably:
1. Nicolas Jaar
2. Insta:Mental
3. Fleet Foxes
4. Charles Bradley
5. LOL

I haven't really spent enough time with a lot of things to be able to rank them well beyond in groupings. There's a fair amount of stuff I really like this year though.

1. Daniel Romano
2. The Booze
Yep
Kimmie Rhodes
K.D. Lang
Emmylou Harris
Marianne Faithfull
8. Steve Earle
Ron Sexsmith
Eddie Spaghetti
Jill Sobule & John Doe
The Feelies
Joan as Police Woman
J. Mascis

Didn't much care for:

Gang of Four
DBT's
Wanda Jackson

Still need to hear:

Seun Kuti
Insomniacs
Buddy Miller
MMJ
Johnny
Hayes Carll
Middle Brother
New 76'ers

Came across Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip semi-accidentally and I'm surely glad I did. Though I hate the idea of "nu-gaze", I don't really know what else you'd call it.

RIYL: MBV, Lush, Curve

jamaica no problem
smith westerns dye it blonde
anna calvi s/t
the death set michel poiccard
cut copy zonoscope
wild beasts smother
tyler the creator goblin