What music are you listening to?

[Whoo]

The Supervillains - MASSIVE

Just check it out. You could technically file it under ska, but I wouldn't generalize these guys like that.

[New Damage]

I'm pimping Alice In Chain's new single "A Looking in View". Nice and heavy, but yet melodic vocals too. Some one commented that there's no real climax in the form of a solo or whatever which I agree, but the more times I've listened to it, the more the chorus has stood out.

Check it out:

[Mr Evil Guy]

For some reason Wavves by Wavves is the fucking sickest song ever for me the past couple of days. I never liked em, deleted em and shit. Then I saw their daytripping video on Pitchfork where they were doing a show and people were climbing on the roof above the guy and collapsing everywhere and I was like holy shit, this deserves another try. I did so and most of it is shit but that song = the fucking sickest thing. I'm So Bored is alright, too.

+ the new Atlas Sound/Panda Bear collaboration has been getting a lot of listens. With new Islands coming in a little after that. I've tried to get into the new Dodos but I just can't. I am disappointed.

EDIT: and I just figured out Wavves has this new song up on Stereogum. It is wonderful. Different but wonderful!

Edited July 22, 2009 by Mr Evil Guy

[METALMAN]

Listening to Hazards of Love for the second time since it came out. I didn't like it at first but it is actually really quite good.

[GA!]

Muse's new song - United States of Eurasia. It's a mix of Queen and not gay.

[METALMAN]

I listened to Muse's new song there and I'm not at all impressed with it. They seem to be suffering from head-up-arse syndrome and the song is just woeful. The song sounds like Innuendo. It has gay as fuck lyrics and a gay as fuck ending. It seems they're following on from Knights of Cydonia stylistically which is as shit as a song can possibly be. The level of "epicness" just seems forced and plastic, as is the case with Knights of Cydonia.

Maybe it will grow on me. But I doubt it. If I wanted to listen to overblown bombastic wank I have a perfectly "good" copy of Innuendo. But I rarely want to listen to such a thing.

Edited July 22, 2009 by Cnut the Great

[Ananas]

Picked up the new Our Lady Peace record "Burn, Burn" yesterday. Delighted to report that it's their best album in 9 years, and they've finally managed to cast aside Bob Rock blandness. Best songs - Monkey Brains, Escape Artist, Never Get Over You, The Right Stuff (only available on iTunes and the deluxe edition). It's not 90's OLP good or anything, but it's headed in that direction.

[Nerf]

I've really gotten into Hollywood Undead's album over the past few months, whereas before I just sort of 'liked' them. It's quickly becoming one of my favourite albums of this time, though.

On top of that, I'm recycling some old classics in Slaughter, L.A. Guns and Britny Fox.

[METALMAN]

I still love the new Idlewild album. I really do think it is the best thing they've ever done. Even better than the Remote Part which was already one of my favourite albums ever. I'd say that The Remote Part has better individual tunes (i.e. Tell Me Ten Words, Out Of Routine, Live In A Hiding Place.), as did 100 Broken Windows (Actually It's Darkess) and Hope Is Important (When I Argue I See Shapes). However those three albums do suffer from being weighed down by a bit of bumph, particularly the latter two. Post Electric Blues, however, doesn't feature a single bad song, and more than its fair share of very good songs.

Edited July 27, 2009 by Cnut the Great

[antftw]

I'm listening to Colors for the 11234803209047394th time. This is perhaps the best CD in existence.

[livid]

Alaska's better.

Oh and I've been listening to a lot of These Arms Are Snakes lately, specifically their album "Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home".

Edited July 29, 2009 by Livid Soprano

[New Damage]

The Anatomy Of... is better.

[ThePhenom07]

Picked up Kings of Leon Boxed, a set for their three albums: Youth and Young Manhood, Because Of The Times and Aha Shake Heartbreak. Price = £11.42. Bargain.

[METALMAN]

Oh that is good! They're all very good albums as well. Because Of The Times is probably like in my top 20 albums ever.

[Sick N Twisted]

In a bit of a horrorcore mood, so some King Gordy, Grave Plott and GrewSum.

[METALMAN]

I am listening to "Blur". Not Blur. "Blur". The album.

"Blur" the album. Not Blur the band. Although it still is Blur the band. If you get me.

[METALMAN]

My recent fad has been 50s Caribbean folk music. It's so happy and summery.

[ROC]

Lily Allen's latest record.

Fucking awesome stuff.

I did a review of it and I don't remember where it is but it's still about as great as I remember. Great use of electronic music for once in the dreck of electro production in pop, and Allen's like the right mix of sardonic, sweet, and feminist (the "I don't like seeing women objectified" type). It's so cute. Thumbs up.

[RPS]

I downloaded the Grizzly Bear album when it came out and gave it a few spins. However recently, I've been listening to it nonstop. The last month, their album is all I can listen to. At first I found it incredibly boring, but it's got so much depth and versatility. It's a record that really does grow upon multiple listens... and in my view, has three classic points to it. Starts off strong and hits Two Weeks. Than we get some down time and we get Ready, Able. Brilliant fucking song. We get some more great songs and than While You Wait For The Others bring it back to classic territory. So good. Nico is amazing... it's funny because my top two records of the year had arrangements done by him. Fucking guy can do anything.

[METALMAN]

I liked the new Grizzly Bear album for the most part but I found all the songs after "Ready, Able" pretty hard to get into. Maybe I need to give it another few listens.

Edited August 10, 2009 by Cnut the Great