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ahhhh TV on the Radio....Return to Cookie Mountain is a nice all around record, better than Dear Science I do believe. Calexico's newest "carried to dust" is a solid southwestern piece. Check for their EP Convict Pool featuring extra spicy covers of Minutemen's "Corona" and Love's "Alone again or".

Well depending on you're taste out there I have recently been listening to and recommend....

Mos Def "The Ecstatic"
Alejandro Escovedo " Real Animal"
and all the bonus laden Pavement reissues out and about.

I could go on for days about this music shit.....
 
My favorites of 2009 thus far are:

1) Fever Ray - Self Titled (Electronica/Awesome)
2) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Rock / Folk Rock)
3) Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms (Pop Rock - Like a Folkier Radiohead)
 
Havent heard 1 and 3. New Grizz Bear is def. enjoyable......i dont think rock/folk rock can properly describe their sound. Then again I have no better suggestions. The video for "two weeks" is very well done.
Any Wilco heads have thoughts on the new record? I would argue that they dont make bad records. I would also argue that their days of less conventional rock records (YHF, AGiB) true alt/country (AM, Being There) and pop melody overdose (summerteeth) were much more interesting than there last two releases. That being said Wilco remains to be the most talented rock band I have ever seen perform in terms of evolving songs into something other than their LP incarnation w/o turning them into self indulgent solo-fests with no real identity (sorry Phish fans).
 
I don't know how to classify Grizzly Bear without driving people away. Chilled out Rock music is how i find them. They are often classified as folk.

If you like that album and haven't checked out the Department of Eagles album from last fall i highly suggest it. It is a side project of half of the group, and i like it as much as this new album.

I have listened to Wilco's new album. I am not huge on them but enjoyed their mini jam sessions that they closed some of their songs with from their previous album. The song One Wing from their new album is a stand out track for me.
 
anyone else use pandora? i use it at work and it really changes up the styles... i enjoy hearing new stuff instead of my itunes on the same crap i listen to every day.
 
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I don't know how to classify Grizzly Bear without driving people away. Chilled out Rock music is how i find them. They are often classified as folk.

If you like that album and haven't checked out the Department of Eagles album from last fall i highly suggest it. It is a side project of half of the group, and i like it as much as this new album.

I have listened to Wilco's new album. I am not huge on them but enjoyed their mini jam sessions that they closed some of their songs with from their previous album. The song One Wing from their new album is a stand out track for me.
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Yes, Dept of Eagles is solid.

Im not sure what you've heard of Wilco but I would start with A.M. and work my way up if you havent already. Their first four records are masterworks to me.

Pearl, I havent used Pandora but know peoples who love it. I generally download mass amounts of music using bit torrent. Dig through it over time and if I feel super.strong about an artist I'll throw them my $$ in support by buying the LP (vinyl lives) or seeing them play. But yeah Im gonna have to give pandora a try.
 
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If you are trying Pandora..

Try entering a few of these as stations, you are bound to find something you like:

King Khan & The Shrines
Nick Drake
Arcade Fire
Death Cab For Cutie
Sun Kil Moon
Cat Power
Pela
Lily Allen
Heartless Bastards
Tokyo Police Club
Sufjan Stevens
Iron & Wine
Levy
Stars
Albert Hammond Jr
The Kooks
Phoenix
The Decemberists
Bob Dylan
The Flaming Lips
The Sea And Cake
Yo La Tengo
Matt Pond PA
Galaxie 500
Matt Costa
LCD Soundsystem
Arctic Monkeys
Glen Hansard & Marketta Irglova
Electric President
TV On The Radio
Silversun Pickups
Nations By The River
Jessica Lea Mayfield
The Spinto Band
Cold War Kids
Gorillaz
Jose Gonzalez
Spoon
Ray LaMontagne
Red House Painters
Elvis Perkins
Bedouin Soundclash
Kings Of Leon
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Interpol
The Black Keys
Radiohead
Ryan Adams
The Bravery
The Freddy Jones Band
Calexico
Ben Harper
Wilco
Johnny Cash
Rogue Wave
Doves
Pedro The Lion
Luna
Creeper Lagoon
Grand National
Man Man
Film School
Muse
Dispatch
The Dodos
The Harbours
Built To Spill
Beastie Boys
The Shins
Josh Pyke
The Samples
The Helio Sequence
Peter Gabriel
Sigur Ros
My Morning Jacket
Delakota
Beck
Elliott Smith
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
Tarkio
Weezer
Sonic Youth
David Garza
The Whigs
Fleet Foxes
Damien Rice
Band Of Horses
Sound Team
Wolf Parade
Brad Sucks
Beirut
MGMT
Mazzy Star
Bon Iver
Zero 7
The Killers
Ruckus
Josh Ritter
The Perishers
The Strokes
Jurassic 5
A Tribe Called Quest
The Detroit Cobras
Annuals
Blitzen Trapper
Snow Patrol
Neil Young
Modest Mouse
Andrew Bird
I'm From Barcelona
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Blood On The Wall
Okkervil River
Chris & Thomas
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Paul Michel
Revival
Gomez
Neil Finn
Pepper
Pixies
 
Anyone see the new Neil Young Archival box set that was just released on blu-ray? Well out of my price range, but damn its stacked with goodies.......unreleased tracks, live shows, video interviews, news paperclippings etc. First of its kind in terms of format and depth.

J you've got some classic material (both new and old) listed there.....Pixies, Iron & Wine, Elliot Smith, Bon Iver, Modest Mouse, A tribe called quest, Built to Spill, etc etc etc.

I know most people wrote off Pearl Jam years ago (or from day one) but last week I saw Ed Vedder play solo in philly......if you havent listened to the Into the Wild sndtrck you might check that out. You wont be dissapointed unless you're of the soul-less variety. Opening for him was Liam Finn (son of Neil Finn...crowded house/split endz). Great show.
 
pearl said:
anyone else use pandora? i use it at work and it really changes up the styles... i enjoy hearing new stuff instead of my itunes on the same crap i listen to every day.
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yes....Pandora ROCKS!....I use it all the time.

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I know most people wrote off Pearl Jam years ago (or from day one) but last week I saw Ed Vedder play solo in philly......if you havent listened to the Into the Wild sndtrck you might check that out. You wont be dissapointed unless you're of the soul-less variety. Opening for him was Liam Finn (son of Neil Finn...crowded house/split endz). Great show.
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I've heard a lot about that soundtrack but always forget to check it out...😱
 
NHM said:
I generally download mass amounts of music using bit torrent. Dig through it over time and if I feel super.strong about an artist I'll throw them my $$ in support by buying the LP (vinyl lives) or seeing them play. But yeah Im gonna have to give pandora a try.
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Pretty much what i do. I DL and delete about three albums a day. Mostly stuff that is independent and not covered by the RIAA.

If you like Alt Country, have you listened to Cotton Jones - Paranoid Cacoon? And The Papercuts - You Can Have What You Want is another good chill rock album and in my top 5 of 2009. So far, other than a few gems i've been pretty disappointed with 2009. But the fall usually lands the best music.
 
Wow What Music I like...
When working out and riding... But not all ways.

I love all types of music.

Everthing from Anthrax to Led Zep.
Jazz to Ludwig Van Beethoven.
 
NHM said:
I know most people wrote off Pearl Jam years ago (or from day one)...
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Funny, I'm listening to my Pearl Jam Pandora station now. I'm a fan, I think they've done a good job remaining consistent. So if you liked them then you should like them now.
 
ChrisG said:
I'm a huge fan. One of my favorite bands of all time.

I have this on dvd, so I've watched it about a zillion times already.
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I'm a huge GBV fan myself, just didn't see the post. Alien Lanes, Bee Thousand, Isolation Drills, Earthquake Glue -- a lot of great great albums.
 
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