I have so much stuff to listen to!
I'm just now sinking my teeth into Toddle's [i]Dawn Praise the World[/i], and still listening a little bit to Bloodthirsty Butchers' [i]Guitarist wo korosonaide.[/i]
Jemapur's [i]Dok Springs[/i] has found a solid place in my car's playlist.
http://keikaku.net/reviews/161
It's really great chillout music with a hint of glitch. I want to ride a bike around my neighborhood at night at listen to it...but wearing headphones on a bike is generally a bad idea. But at night, I guess it wouldn't be so bad.
My friend just introduced me to Venetian Snares (album: [i]Rossz Csillag Allat Született[/i])...really really fucking brutal drill 'n' bass with some good strings instrumentation. Sort of like Aphex Twin's rougher stuff from the Drukqs album.
I just realized I had Boom Boom Satellites' album [i]On[/i] on my other computer, so I rescued that and am enjoying it pretty well.
And then yesterday I discovered that Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a new E.P out called [i]IS-IS[/i], The New Pornographers have a new album out called [i]Challengers[/i], and Stars have a new album out called [i]In Our Bedroom After the War[/i]. So I downloaded all three.
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Kocorono. I dunno what it is about the Butchers, but they create such amazing riffs that are... It's hard to explain, they fit the melody really well, but they're like second lead guitars, and it's just... crazy. Like, for instance, in Birdy, you have the lyrics and the guitar (the one that opens the song) and like, right before the chorus they do this crazy awesome thing in the left side of the speakers (now would be one of the times I wish I was musically literate, at least term-wise.)