ciao Sara! great library maybe you could like [artist]Unquiet Nights[/artist]? if you haven't heard of them before here is a free sampler of their first album https://essentialcredential.bandcamp.com/album/21st-century-redemption-songs-album-sampler-2 Rock'n'Roll - Marco

hey, thanks a lot! i got misery and melody...need to grab the first one. melody is really pretty different from 23 and penny sparkle ( the only ones i've previously heard). looking forward to some closer listening!!

so i'm trying to delve a little deeper into blonde redhead and i see you've listened to quite a bit. any recommendations? i don't really get the hate for the last 2 albums, i really like them but then again i'm not acquainted with the earlier stuff.

it deceptively unassuming but quite perfect. i can't wait to get better acquainted with it. just ordered the LP today!

i'm kicking myself for just now getting around the new lotus plaza album. gosh, its stunning!

'She Cries Your Name' is still one of the best film clips of all time. That landscape slays me. She's playing two (soon to be three) sold out shows at an old quarry here in the next week or two. I've been trying to decide if I should go or not, but I think maybe there's too much water under that bridge. Would have been great to see her back then!

And while every lie speaks the language of love, it never held the meaning I was thinking of. And I can't decide over right or wrong, I guess sometimes you need a place where you belong.

Ahoy-hoy! Happy birthday from everyone here at T.I.S.O.M.F's European offices! Hope all is well with you, GD. What's the happs? X

No wait, that was Dexys Midnight Runners, and it was Eileen anyway. Ergh, I blame it on being 1:30am. :)

Yo S! Hope you're not in too much of the path of Irene (no references to J Geils Band songs here). My shout is of a musical nature, however. I wanted to let you know that thanks to your recommendation some time ago, I can happily say that I am madly in love with Lilys and may never have stumbled across them as they are somewhat obscure. Also, Ginger may be one of the most addictive songs of all time. The end!

my playlists on there are such a mess, need a clear out. mostly aren't even playlists; just albums that i wanted to remember to listen to. there's even a 'for sara' playlist; when i started making one for you; but it was abandoned, for being rubbish! x

is it the watered-down version we have now, that they've launched with over there? 'spotify open' - can only play a track 5 times (ever) and have a time limit? used to be unlimited and paid for by ads. think the record labels insisted on play limit before they would let them in to US. If my internet connection was reliable, i'd pay the £5 a month, but it's not :-( Still, it is good, isn't it!

look at you, scrobbling from spotify! i was going to send you an invite, when i realised it was possible, a few weeks ago; but of course, when i typed in your email address for the invite - it informed me that you already had it! of course you did!! you're sara! make me a playlist pretty pretty please!!! x

Oh man! So want to see them!!

I'm good... thanks... hope you doin' well! :)

Track 16: :) http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/resume-vol-2/id431036811

Have you heard the song Jason Lytle did for the Japan relief effort album? Amazing.

Oh really?... :)

Kudos to the Dude! He delivers the goods! I am overdue for an East Coast visit and in particular need to see my mum (who's in Georgia at the moment), so it's all entirely feasible!!

Holy crap!! You get to ring Bill? That's just insane. I had heard he was a bit tricky to interview, but I'm sure you'll nail it!! I can't wait to read it. PS That 'Vs The Greatest of All Time' is some of the best 'Loaf tracks. Freezing Point just sums that band up for me. I hope they tour large, otherwise I may have to make another stateside sojourn! Ahaha.

such a cool film. i was so stoked when they repressed memoryhouse on vinyl. if you like max, you should check out hauschka, arms and sleepers and dustin o'halloran

just fyi, the blue notebooks is one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time!!

That is the single greatest thing of all time!!! Congratulations s, that is so awesome!!! Can you do me a favour and call him 'Uncle Smoggy' for the entire interview? Ahahaha. Can't wait to read it and/or hear about!@~

Some massive swooning going on here. I've yet to listen to it, but all signs point to awesomeness. I'm going to get on that on the weekend. To assist your new day, I present: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaI5bjjy-38

Four dogs in the distance...

Thanks for your support! Yeah, we're not planning on going anywhere.

Anyone who names their last.fm account after a Doves song is a friend of ours.

geez, good question. to be honest, i really haven't come to terms w it yet. and its not for lack of time spent with it. i like the songs, just not sure how i feel about it as an ALBUM. that said i'm still anxiously awaiting its arrival on vinyl. what about you?!

Awww you liked 'em. Yayes! ^_^

*ahem* http://www.gruffrhys.com/u-s-dates/

It's a great album and the best thing he's done for a while. The gig was such good fun and we managed to get seats in the second row. Maybe you'll get lucky and he'll play some US dates!

Yay! You're listening to the new Gruff album - I went to see him play last night and it was absolutely fantastic :D

I'm going to claim responsibility for you listening to Bee Thousand!

Never a problem s-dawg; always willing to share the love when it comes to music!

Yeah, I totally missed them the first time around as well, but then, I think unless you were living in DC in the late 90s, you can probably be excused for it. My life, though, is richer for having stumbled across them. Emergency and I is probably their finest album (hello Pitchfork 10 upon reissue), but, it's probably also the most eclectic and definitely angular. Maybe try and get yourself a hold of 'Change' which was released in 2001; it's still furious and melodious and jaw droppingly beautiful in its uniqueness, but it's perhaps just a little softer as well; particularly his voice.

Well I (and probably he) are the first to admit that his voice isn't that great, and it can sound like it's coming from a whiny place. But oh, the lyrics he delivers, and in particular the music. The music does funny things to my insides and, they sound like no other band I've ever heard. His voice tends to get lost in the mix of angular guitars and jangly synths and the like for me, but, I can also understand how it would jump out. Is there any album you've tried in particular? Or just bits 'n' pieces? I'm kinda jealous they've doing a reunion tour as I believe their live shows are a lot of fun (and I can't justify another trip stateside just for them!)

Smith and Jones....forever. Smith and Jones....FOREVER!

Happy new year S! ^_^

Agreed; it is pure pop (albeit thinking person's pop) perfection! Jason Lytle is a genius.

I've got to get ouuuuuuuuuuuut of hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Great music Sara, so many of my favourite artists in amonst your lists and so many that i've never even heard of! I'm really enjoying Benoit Pioulard and Julie Doiron - both of whom fall into the latter category. Cheers!