sit and listen to the rain.

1. the pipettes. your kisses are wasted on me (video). (demo, 2006)
2. tilly & the wall. fell down stairs. (wild like children, 2005)
3. whiskeytown. sit and listen to the rain. (pneumonia, 2001)

ranting and raving. it's cold and wet and the flu still lingers above me. a bit quiet on the new music front but still some gems to be found...

4. the mountain goats. first few desperate news. (tallahassee, 2002)
5. field music. you can decide. (s/t, 2005)
6. tapes n' tapes. insistor. (the loon, 2005)

this tapes n tapes album is pure unadulterated indie goodness fromstart to finish. a truly satisfying experience and an early candidate for end of year lists...

7. espers. dead queen. (espers ii, 2006)
8. colin meloy. turpin hero. (sings trad., 2006)
9. porcupine tree. last chance to evacuate planet earth. (blog)

so many bands so little time...

10. the greenhornes. patterned skies. (sewed soles, 2005)
11. arab strap. there is no ending. (the last romance, 2006)
12. page france. chariot. (hello dear wind, 2005)

i love the new arab strap single... something happens when a horn section comes into a song and just explodes... maybe a brass media is in order?! and how hot are the greenhornes right now? miaow!

13. patrick phelan. favor. (cost, 2005)
14. jens lekman. pocketful of money. (oh you're so silent jens, 2005)
15. eels. i like birds. (live @ town hall, 2006)
16. tv on the radio. dirty whirlwind. (return to cookie mountain, 2006)
17. misfits. i turned into a monster. (walk among us, 1982)

18. be your own pet bunk, trunk, skunk. (s/t, 2006)
19. pink mountaintops. newdrugqueens. (axis of evol, 2006)
20. ¡forward, russia! four. (b side of "twelve" cd single, 2006)
21. clinic. tusk.
22. pavement. platform blues. (terror twilight, 1999)

23. loose fur. apostolic. (born again in the usa, 2006)
24. parts & labor. a great divide. (s/t, 2006)
25. magenta lane. broken plates. (blog)
26. drones. shark fin blues. (wait long by the river and the bodies of your enemies will float past, 2005)
27. you am i. deliverance. (deliverance, 2002).


don't forget about the mountain goats - and ....

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