I bought the soundtrack to The Triplets of Belleville. If you can get over the fact that (a) it’s in French and (b) nearly half the album is variations on one single song* (“Belleville Rendez-vous”), it’s a very wonderful album.
*Another swell soundtrack album, O Brother Where art thou?, had a very similar problem.
Split Lip Rayfield, “Never Make it Home”
I like it a lot. Thanks to whoever recommended the band.
I meant to say their last album before Elephant. White Blood Cells. (I just looked on the back of my Elephant CD.) Then there’s their self-titled debut (as you mentioned), and De Stijl.
Anyhoo…
Since we’re broke, we got this CD on loan, but:
Lucinda Williams’ “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.”
Fantastic. The more I listen to it, the better it is, and there aren’t any low spots on this CD. She has a great voice – range and tone similar to Sheryl Crow’s – with great tunes and lyrics to show it off.
She’s great for folky, kinda country stuff. And for those longing for Louisiana, she mentions either that state or Mississippi in every song on the CD. 
I love Tom Waits too. Although he’s scary as all get-out, isn’t he? 
“The ocean doesn’t want me today.” eeep.
Mrs. Furthur
U2, War. Recommend absolutely- I was hooked from “Sunday Bloody Sunday”. this was actually a replacement disc- the original collection was stolen back in high school.
Whoa! And how could I forget Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue?” That’s truly amazing, although I like the first CD better than the second.
Woody Guthrie was the king, and they do his lyrics so very, very well. My four-year-old is completely addicted to “Hoodoo Voodoo.”
Mrs. Furthur
I haven’t heard much of their stuff, but what I’ve heard I like. I might download Dear Catastrophe Waitress for my next album.
Incidentally, we did a review of Morcheeba not too long ago. The newspaper advisor commented on how his 14-year-old son now wants to go here since the newspaper has articles about sex and drugs.
Agreed that it’s an amazing album.
I think that’s very unfair. I ended up on the back of a truck with Chumbawamba during a Stop the City protest way back when in London and have always kept an ear out for them. They get a lot of stick for trying out different styles but with this album I think they do the pop thing very well - and get very strong messages across.
If you don’t like, you don’t like, but it’s not awful.
Last CD bought? Stranglers - “Norfolk Coast” - and it is a blinder. Anyone who has given up on the band should think again. All the power and musical suss the band had in the late 70s is back – and to very good effect.
Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains of Wayne…I heard them play on “Austin City Limits” and fell in love with the song, “Valley Winter Song”(or “Winter Valley Song” I can never get that straight)…They are very light pop…reminscent of Simon and Garfunkle, well in my opinion, anyway.
“Stacy’s Mom” is on that one, but that’s not the reason I bought it.
I would buy it again and recommend it to people who want something different than the usual hard rock. Don’t get me wrong…I like groups like “Jet”…I have many moods.
Opeth’s “Damnation.” It’s the softest, most melodic work they’ve put out, and it still kicks ass; they’re a band I recommend wholeheartedly to anyone with eclectic musical tastes.
I will post a shameless plug for the last CD I bought: The 2CD set of Julian Lloyd Webber’s “Gentle Dreams: the best of Julian Lloyd Webber.” Julian is great, and most places are selling this at the cost of a single CD (I got mine for $16 at Borders). Most people have never heard of him, but Julian is a classical cellist who deserves more recognition. Unfortunately, he has the problem of being overshadowed by his hugely successful older brother.
If you are on eMusic, you should also try some of Clem Snide’s stuff.
The last cd’s I bought were about a week ago, and they have been in heavy rotation ever since.
I picked up The Evaporators “Ripple Rock” with bonus tracks by Thee Dublins.
Nardwar the Human Serviette is a stinking genius.
I also got a cd copy of The Paybacks from Detroit. Wendy Case has an amazing Rock & Roll voice. The album sounds like Cheap Trick’s pop sensabilities mixed up with Alice Cooper’s power chords.
WOnderful Wonderful stuff.
Yep, that’s a fantastic album, but I don’t see anyone who picks that up first getting into the back-catalog.
Along the same veins is Porcupine Tree’s In Absentia, the last CD I picked up that I would recommend to anyone else.
Heartily seconded. I got “The Ghost of Fashion” and “Your Favorite Music” for Christmas (asked for them), and they’ve been favorites in my CD rotation.
My own most recent purchases (all bought on the same day, so I can’t really leave anything out):
Elbow, “Cast of Thousands”: I’m waiting for it to grow on me a bit, but it’s not what I’d hoped and I wouldn’t really recommend it. Feels like it’s falling apart. “Lay Down Your Cross” is a great song, but that’s not enough to carry the album.
Air, “Talkie Walkie”: Nice floaty not-concentrating-on-the-music music. Not bad for concentrating on, either, now I think about it. “Alone in Kyoto” (also appears on the Lost in Translation soundtrack) is the song that got me to buy the album and it’s still my favorite.
Elliott Smith, “either/or” and self-titled: Elliott Smith is (was, I guess) amazing. I can’t trust myself to talk about his music without raving for ages, but I’d recommend any of his albums. Each has a lot to offer.
All that being said, for the past few days my head’s been dominated by the higher energy stylings of…
Franz Ferdinand (self-titled): Buy this album. Buy it now. Good lyrical sensibility, pretty strong musicianship…driving disco beats? Whatever, it works. All of the songs feel like they’d go nicely in Trainspotting’s clubbing scenes. “Come on Home” and “Matinee” are my current favorites, and the songs I’d recommend to anybody who wanted to get a good feel for the sound without having to listen all the way through.
Erm…I do go on a bit. But someone gave me an excuse to talk about my music purchases. I can’t be held responsible.
Anonymous 4, “American Angels,” purchased after seeing them in concert.
If you think you would like early American hymn and shapenote music performed by an unusually pure-voiced a cappella female quartet, then yes, I’d recommend it highly.
Ah, great great CD. I got that CD for Christmas as well (well really my brother did, but I nicked it from him. tee hee.) Anyway, that cd rocks. Have you got Abbey Road?
Ah yes. I haven’t bought it yet since it isn’t out yet, but on March 23rd the band Weezer is releasing a DVD and The Blue Album Deluex Edition, with b-sides and such for it. They are working on their 5th CD, and hopefuly it will be out fall-next spring
Catch Twenty-Two - Keasbey Nights
I would indeed recommend it. It’s a great ska record all-around. I really enjoyed how, instead of the usual trumpet-trombone ska horns section, they threw a saxophone into the mix. It added quite a bit of depth to some of the songs. I thought the last track was absolutely awesome: it’s a normal song and then, over a killer bass line, the band starts thanking people. 4 or 5 minutes later, it ends. It just felt really cool and graceful. The vocals and musicianship were both good (not spectacular, but nice) and I liked it on the whole.