The last two posts added a few albums to my ever expanding wishlist on RYM :(

I also had bob.'s Oblivians on my wishlist from last week, I think I was perusing some random person's 2013 list on RYM.

EDIT: I just looked through your latest wishlist ads, and saw a few that I really like: The Sorrows, Tages, and Juno. Fantastic! I've only heard the British Smoke (album It's Smoke Time), not the American one.

Just listening to the new Vampire Weekend album, Modern Vampires of the City. It is pretty good. More of a "Chamber Pop" effort than their usual stuff. Encouraging, and a grower I am sure.

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The Builders and the Butchers - Western Medicine (2013)

Gothic Country/Americana type deal apparently. Hopefully it's pretty great.

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Vinyl reissue of MX-80 Sound's "Hard Attack" album from 1977. Art-punk band from my hometown.

I didn't know they had a new album out, thanks! If this one doesn't do anything for you their 2009 album Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well is my favorite out of their discography.

I was listening to that album earlier and it is very good. Have the new one on now and it is equally good. Feels a lot more grand.

Builders and the Butchers are soooooooooooooo Decemberists. So naturally, I enjoy them.

Can you send me a link if one is available?

Ramshackle Glory & Ghost Mice - Shelter
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I've been waiting for this to come out for months and it is amazing. Two of the best folk punk acts around together on one split. Reminds me of why I love the genre so much.

Contra > MVTC > Vampire Weekend

They aren't a memorable enough band for me to really care that much, but I certainly have it the other way round if I was pushed.

Pushed?

I definitely get the John Martyn vibe from a lot of his songs. Not sure about your comparison to the other two artists, but it's a very good listen nonetheless. The title track is wonderful. What did you think of the track "It's Always Been You" ?

Pretty much what I thought too. I didn't get a Buckley or Dylan vibe in the vocals or the songwriting, but Martyn I understand.

I rather enjoyed it too but I think I need another listen to really form an opinion.

That surely isn't a British-ism?

If you forced me to say which one I liked more I would say the reverse order to yours.

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Cryptograms - Deerhunter

It's actually kinda boring me. Not Deerhunters best.

The last album I brought was Slash, love it could listen to it over and over!

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Boduf Songs - Burnt Up On Re-Entry (2013)

Finally got round to this and it's great. More Psychedelic Rock elements that any of his previous albums, which are generally more stripped down.

I'm on a R&B kick at the moment after listening to The Dream's 4 Play.

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Quadron is more avant R&B, some would even say Folk Soul.

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There's definitely more going on on this album than any of his prior ones but I do think it holds up well, despite having a bit of a lull towards the end.

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Spiritual Front - Open Wounds

finally came in the mail :)

very impressive packaging.....really it's mainly two cds of re-recordings of the bands older tracks with a few new songs....but changed enough to create an entire different feeling....so far well done

I wish I had muscles like that :(

Gonna check it out.

it is really a perfect mixture of their old more folk based sound and their newer more sleaze pop sound.....

Never listened to them before. Will be interesting.

i highly suggest the album Rotten Roma Casino....their opus in my opinion

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Soundtrack - The Source Family

Acid rock & cult chants, a bizarre collection of music from Father Yod & members of the Source Family. Missed the film when it showed here a couple weeks ago but hope it comes round again soon.

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V/A - Enjoy the Experience : Homemade Records 1958-2004

Excellent double disc set collects tracks of psych, funk, folk, jazz, lounge & other genres from private press albums. Very nice packaging for this album as well.

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - ...LIKE CLOCKWORK (2013)
Brilliant. Strikes a good balance between radio-sounding singles and big, dirty riffs. Their best for a while, possibly since Songs for the Deaf.

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AT THE GATES - TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE (1994)
Amongst the first death metal I heard, revisisted today alongwith 'Slaughter of the Soul'. Much more melogic time in the bands career when compared to their earlier stuff, and damn good.

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NAAM - NAAM (2009)
I band I heard but didn't actually see at a festival recently, as I was mostly preoccupied and distracted, and this band served as somewhat of a wind down inbetween bands I knew and really wanted to see. What a mistake. Fresh, ripe, heavy psych stoner metal, with plenty of vocal harmonies and softer, more grander, mellow moments. Very, very good.

The album art alone makes me want to check it out but too bad I'm squeamish about death metal.

NAAM is more up my alley though and will be listening to that album if I can find it.

What is it dislike about death metal? If you can get past vocals, then it may still be worth a try. That album is far from brutal.

The vocals are what's keeping me from liking death metal. I can't get past it.

I felt the same way long, long, long ago. Then I realized that the vocals are by far the least important thing in most death metal. They're basically the equivalent of atmospheric keyboard washes.

Recent CD purchases:

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^ First heard Efisio Melis playing the launeddas, a Sardinian pipe instrument, on the excellent Roots of Drone compilation (above), which led to this purchase. Though it might be grating for some, I love the sound of this instrument, which is somewhat like a Sardinian bagpipe - without the bags. :)

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Eptic - Mastermind EP.

I will definitely check this out. Thanks for posting it.

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No I've not gone mental.
This has her Bond theme and her cover of Man Who Sold The World (Which is the best version IMO) on it.
I think Marc Bolan played guitar on it too but I may be thinking of someone else.

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I have some Def Leppard to go through. I found some cds that a friend of mines didn't care that I take because he was just going to throw them out anyways.

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Camera Obscura - Desire Lines (2013)
I'm a bit disappointed by this despite having high hopes. The album seems flat, plodding and lacks the immediate stand-out tunes of their past albums. However with their previous albums some of my favourite songs emerged after multiple listens so a few more spins might reveal more. I do like that they did away with the string and brass sections and stripped the sound back to the core a bit, I just wish they could have made the most of it.

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These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013)
I was unimpressed my their previous album Hidden but this is far more enjoyable. From what I remember of Hidden it was more rhythm-focused and got slightly under my skin. This album feels far more relaxed, free-flowing and far more interesting. Some of the sparse, loose drumming and gentle, sweeping synths remind me of later-era Talk Talk but at the same time something a bit different. Seems like a good album to chill to on a lazy summer evening.

Such a good album.

Bought amongst others:
Pop Will Eat Itself - The Looks or the Lifestyle
U2 - Boy
Trinity Roots - True

Listened to:
Baths - Obsidian
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Burial meets Tricky. Sorta.

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Hip Hop, Jazz, Funk, House, Chillout, Reggae and many more genres in a lovely sticky mess. Quality.

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A compilation of quality Alternative Pop that Pedestrian may dig for starters. Found a few gems on the album already.