What Are You Listening To?

[Tiggi]

The Dears - No Cities Left



Superior Alternative Rock from Canadia.

Sounds very Morrisseyish at times, but that's purely about Murray Lightburns' vocals...

[JonG]

I haven't listened to the Dears in a little while. Maybe I should take some of their albums off the shelf. I saw them in concert two albums back.

Animal Hospital - And Ever... from Memory [Barge Recordings, 2009]

As discogs.com says: electronic, rock, abstract.

[Tiggi]

This is my first toe in the water of The universe according to The Dears.

They've been on the Buy List for so long that I've forgottten how they got there in the first place. Prolly a recommendation from you on MD Mk 1...

[Tiggi]

Smashing Pumpkins - Machina / The Machines of God



Baldy Corgan & co strike again.

The music's good, but the production warrants comment. This album has a dense, powerful sound that very successfully emulates the sound of a live band.

Don't know if that was the intention...

[Music Head]

listened online

Every Avenue - Picture Perfect - 2009



Michigan band formed in 2003 out with their 3rd release. First I have heard them and it came across pretty good. Another pop/rock/alt/indie. I stuck 'em here.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Finish What You Started

Best Track - Tell Me I'm A Wreck

I could have been easier on you
I could have been all you held onto
I know I wasn't fair, I tried my best to care about you
I know I could have been a better man
But I always had to have the upper hand
I'm struggling to see the better side of me
But I can't take all your jabs and taunts
You're pointing out my every fault
And you wonder why I walked away

When you tell me I'm a wreck
You say that I'm a mess
How could you expect anything less?
You latched onto me then cried that I strung you along
I told you when you asked
I knew this wouldn't last
At least I could be honest about that
And now you're telling everyone
How I only did you wrong
I guess you never knew me at all

Remember on my 21st birthday
You took me where we went on our first date
We stayed till closing time, after 4 glasses of wine
You started with a pointless argument
You said that I forgot to compliment
The dress you wore that night
That I've seen a thousand times
But I think we just want different things
I want space, you want a diamond ring
Whatever made you think we were meant to be?

When you tell me I'm a wreck
You say that I'm a mess
How could you expect anything less?
You latched onto me then cried that I strung you along
I told you when you asked
I knew this wouldn't last
At least I could be honest about that
And now you're telling everyone
How I only did you wrong
I guess you never knew me at all

You tell me I'm a wreck
You say that I'm a mess
How could you expect anything less
When you tell me I'm a wreck
You say that I'm a mess
How could you expect anything less?
You latched onto me then cried that I strung you along
I told you when you asked
I knew this wouldn't last
At least I could be honest about that
And now you're telling everyone
How I only did you wrong
Still I see you standing there
Waiting 'round for me to fall
Girl you must be crazy
Still believing you and me belong
I guess you never knew me at all.


1) For Always Forever - ** - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - For Always, Forever (Lyrics in Summary)
2) Mindset - ** - audio
YouTube - Mindset- Every Avenue
3) Tell Me I'm A Wreck - *** - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - Tell Me I'm a Wreck [HQ]
4) Picture Perfect - * - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - Picture Perfect (Lyrics)
5) Happy The Hard Way - ** - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - Happy the Hard Way [HQ]
6) Girl Like That - *** - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - Girl Like That [HQ]
7) Saying Goodbye - ** - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - Saying Goodbye [HQ]
8) Finish What You Started - * - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - Finish What You Started [HQ]
9) I Forgive You - ** - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - I Forgive You [HQ]
10) The Story Left Untold - *** - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - The Story Left Untold [HQ]
11) Clumsy Little Heart - * - audio
YouTube - Every Avenue - Clumsy Little Heart [HQ]

3's - 3
2's - 5
1's - 3

Rating - 2.0

[ambernector]

21 Guns by Green day

[Music Head]

listened online

Avett Brothers - I And Love And You - 2009



Damn, I got some catching up to do. First time I've heard these guys and this is their 6th release since forming in 2000. I'm lovin' it. I actually purchased their previous album Emotionalism, as a download a couple of weeks ago, and it's still sitting there waiting for me to listen to it. Not enough hours in the day, even being retired. North Carolina boys with roots in folk and bluegrass. Although those are recognizable here in some tracks, as a whole I don't think you can really call this either. This is their first for a major label and the legendary Rick Rubin picks up the production chores. Has already reached #16 on the charts with no mentioned singles.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Kick Drum Heart

Best Track - I And Love And You

Load the car and write the note.
Grab your bag and grab your coat.
Tell the ones that need to know.
We are headed north.
One foot in and one foot back.
But it don’t pay to live like that.
So I cut the ties and I jumped the track.
For never to return.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Are you aware the shape I’m in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
When at first I learned to speak.
I used all my words to fight.
With him and her and you and me.
Ahh, but it's just a waste of time.
Yeah it’s such a waste of time.
That woman she’s got eyes that shine.
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes.
She asked to dance I said it’s fine.
I’ll see you in the morning time.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Are you aware the shape I’m in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Three words that became hard to say.
I and Love and You.
What you were than I am today.
Look at the things I do.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Are you aware the shape I’m in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Are you aware the shape I’m in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Dumbed down and numbed by time and age.
You’re dreams that catch the world the cage.
The highway sets the travelers stage.
All exits look the same.
Three words that became hard to say.
I and Love and You.
I and Love and You.
I and Love and You.


1) I And Love You - *** - live
YouTube - The Avett Brothers "I and Love and You" Late Show with David Letterman 09-28-09
2) January Wedding - *** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - January Wedding
3) Head Full Of Doubt - *** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - Head Full Of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise
4) And It Spread - ** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - And It Spread
5) The Perfect Space - ** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - The Perfect Space
6) Ten Thousand Words - *** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - Ten Thousand Words
7) Kick Drum Heart - * - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart
8) Laundry Room - *** - live
YouTube - Craig Ferguson 10/6/9E Late Late Show The Avett Brothers
9) Ill With Want - ** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - Ill With Want
10) Tin Man - ** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - Tin Man
11) Slight Figure Of Speech - ** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - Slight Figure Of Speech
12) It Goes On And On - ** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - It Goes On And On
13) Incomplete And Insecure - *** - audio
YouTube - The Avett Brothers - Incomplete And Insecure

3's - 6
2's - 6
1's - 1

Rating - 2.4

[Miss Fortune]

Dashboard - Modest Mouse

Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

[Music Head]

Dashboard - Modest Mouse

Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

love this album

[Tiggi]

That Avett Brothers album made an impact on you Ed, I'll be checking it out !!

And as you've both recommended the MM, that'll get a checking out too...