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Okay, I needed to free up some space on my account so I took down those mp3s...if anyone REALLY wants em (and I don't see why anyone would...) email me and I'll send em to you. Meanwhile, without the Download section, there's no point in having a separate section for what I'm listening to, so that stuff is here now. To make it easier on me as well, and to allow me to update this more frequently, I'm just gonna list what I'm listening to instead of explaining why I'm listening to it, and leave you to ask me or find out for yourself why this stuff rocks. 06.21.2000 Super Furry Animals -> Mwng Doves -> Lost Souls Placebo -> Placebo All 5 Sleater-Kinney Albums 06.13.2000 Sleater-Kinney -> Sleater-Kinney Sleater-Kinney -> Call The Doctor Sleater-Kinney -> Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney -> The Hot Rock Sleater-Kinney -> All Hands On The Bad One Asian Dub Foundation -> Rafi's Revenge Primal Scream -> Exterminator Catatonia -> Way Beyond Blue Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack Blur -> Parklife Supergrass -> Supergrass 05.11.2000 -> Sleater-Kinney -> All Hands On The Bad One So it's been five months since I've updated this. Part of it is because I've been lazy, but part of it's also because there hasn't been a plethora of outstanding releases lately. Sure, there are a couple gems out there, like the latest from Six By Seven (I probably should have made an entry on them but I've been lazy...), but it's nothing like back in the early/mid nineties when there were several excellent albums being put out every year. Well, at least Sleater-Kinney are still putting out good stuff. After seeing so many of my favorite bands release sub-par albums in the past few years, it's actually a relief to listen to All Hands On The Bad One and realize that it's right up there with the rest of Sleater-Kinney's work. I can't say whether it's as good as Dig Me Out, but it definitely does not disappoint. It's not as restrained as last year's excellent The Hot Rock, and is the first album I've bought this year that I really want to play over and over again. Basically, this album rocks. 01.10.2000 -> Elastica -> 6 Track EP 
Okay, I know this has been out for months, but, being Stateside, I didn't get my hands
on a copy of this til a couple weeks ago, and I still don't think it's been released here, and probably never
will be. I've been listening to this constantly since I got my hands on it, and the main thing
that hit me, and probably everyone else who heard it, is how different it is from Elastica's previous
material. Only one song, "Generator", resembles the trademark Elastica sound, and it's the only song
that Justine Frischman has any vocals to speak of on. Donna Matthews (who has left the band) sings lead on two tracks,
"Nothing Stays the Same" (my personal favorite song on the EP) and "Operate" which was recorded live.
Mark E Smith sings lead on two more, and another track is an instrumental. It's completely different
than their debut album, but this EP has held my attention longer than most albums released in recent memory. |
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