The Federation’s debut album (Hyphy is the new crunk) everything I can find by the Pipettes
Scott Walker’s “The Drift”
OMD’s Peel Sessions 1979-1983
Sparks - “Kimono my house”
Bob Dylan - I Want You
Robert Earl Keen - For Love
Jack Johnson - Flake
Little Feat - Willin’
Robert Cray Band - Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
I love KCUV. I’ve bought eight or 10 CDs in recent months because of new artists (and artists that are new to me) I’ve heard on the station. It’s on the Internets, too.
Some local stuff: Sydney bands Faker, who have had an album and some great singles out for a while, and Van She, whose debut EP I just picked up today. Also Melbourne band Moscow Schoolboy.
I’m also giving The Flaming Lips’ At War With The Mystics a good thrashing, as well as Belle & Sebastian’s The Life Pursuit (which I’m a bit addicted to), and We Are Scientists’ With Love And Squalor.
And having been in love with Antony & The Johnson’s I Am A Bird Now for a while, I’ve just started listening to their first album, which is just as amazing.
I’ve been listening to two particular albums a lot lately:
Amberhawke–“Made Behind the Bar” album (especially “The Hills of Connemara” and “Rambling Rover”) Corsairs–“The Gold One” album
Amberhawke is Irish trad with a twist (Amber is from Trinidad, and thinks bagpipes and steel drums go splendidly together), and the Corsairs are an a cappella group that does sea shanties and pirate songs. I may a bit odd, but I’m never at a loss for a drinking song.
I’ve been listening to They Might Be Giants a lot lately. I’m between apartments, so my stereo equipment is in storage. The only place I can listen to music is on the net and on my car CD player. On a recent trip across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, I listened to several albums of theirs several times:
Apollo 18
Factory Showroom
They Got Lost
Dial-a-Song (anthology)
Venue Songs
The Venue Songs CD comes with the DVD, which has videos for their venue songs. The venue songs were written during their 2004 tour. They wrote a song to celebrate each venue they played in, and the best ones they did studio versions of and made videos for. I wouldn’t recommend this one for the casual fan; it’s probably better suited to hardcore They Might Be Giants fans like myself. You can’t buy the venue songs in stores, so says their web site, but you can buy them on their website
I’ve also been listening to their clock radio, which you can download from this site.
I also listened to The Sundays’ album Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, too, which I haven’t played in years. Love that Harriet Wheeler’s voice. I’ve been missing it, especially the first side. (I originally owned this one on vinyl, so I think of it in terms of sides. If you don’t know what this is, ask your parents. Or grandparents. They’ll probably remember.)