12-02-2007, 01:10 AM
Thanks, everyone, keep 'em coming. If you can pare those megalists down to 3-5 top picks it would help me find a place to start. A lot of this stuff seems old to me, but there are some good reminders of things I liked that I never got my own copies of, and a few old bands I like that might have something new worth a listen.
I do have the new Radiohead . . . mick e gave it an absolutely perfect review on another forum-- at the risk of misquoting, I think it went like this:
"it sounds like a Radiohead album."
Glad to have it but I tend to not want anything less than 320k, 192 at the very least in my collection. I think . . oh, what's it called . . . King something blah blah, the one that goes "there there", on their (last?) album, is one of the best songs ever made.
I do like Pete Yorn an awful lot; I can listen to his studio stuff again and again, although I saw him live maybe 4 years ago and there was like no charisma or presence whatsoever . . . it was like the "Strange Condition" video where he turns invisible whenever he's not wearing his guitar-- but for the whole concert, in spite of his guitar ;-)
Guster and the Wallflowers were on the same bill, with someone named Shemkia Copeland opening. It was a free outdoor concert . . . the producers seemed to think Pete Yorn was the big draw, followed by the Wallflowers, but it was very clear that most had come primarily to see Guster . . .
I did try Pandora when it was new, but it kept giving me the same song over and over again, or things that were totally not my taste . . . I may have given up rather quickly. I was also slightly turned off by the feeling that it favored "big label" bands; call me a spoiled urban snob, but I can't shake the feeling that the best stuff is going to be indie . . .
Some other stuff I like-
Dandies (a little sick of 'em already)
Stereolab (the stuff that has a little more personality)
I'm completely leaving out about 300 70s, 80s, and 90s bands I like because that's not the direction I'm looking for at the moment.
I do have the new Radiohead . . . mick e gave it an absolutely perfect review on another forum-- at the risk of misquoting, I think it went like this:
"it sounds like a Radiohead album."
Glad to have it but I tend to not want anything less than 320k, 192 at the very least in my collection. I think . . oh, what's it called . . . King something blah blah, the one that goes "there there", on their (last?) album, is one of the best songs ever made.
I do like Pete Yorn an awful lot; I can listen to his studio stuff again and again, although I saw him live maybe 4 years ago and there was like no charisma or presence whatsoever . . . it was like the "Strange Condition" video where he turns invisible whenever he's not wearing his guitar-- but for the whole concert, in spite of his guitar ;-)
Guster and the Wallflowers were on the same bill, with someone named Shemkia Copeland opening. It was a free outdoor concert . . . the producers seemed to think Pete Yorn was the big draw, followed by the Wallflowers, but it was very clear that most had come primarily to see Guster . . .
I did try Pandora when it was new, but it kept giving me the same song over and over again, or things that were totally not my taste . . . I may have given up rather quickly. I was also slightly turned off by the feeling that it favored "big label" bands; call me a spoiled urban snob, but I can't shake the feeling that the best stuff is going to be indie . . .
Some other stuff I like-
Dandies (a little sick of 'em already)
Stereolab (the stuff that has a little more personality)
I'm completely leaving out about 300 70s, 80s, and 90s bands I like because that's not the direction I'm looking for at the moment.