*furrowed brow*
has anyone but me ever noticed that times are just way more interesting in 24-hour format than they are in regular old united-statesian 12-hour time? I just like the way numbers dance across clocks all day I suppose
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so, here's the catch from yesterday (after sampling about 25 used CDs at the counter!):
Jess Klein - Draw Them Near
alt-country singer-songwriter stuff. Lots of pedal steel guitar and 6-string acoustic. Very dark, sultry voice. The stuff you might expect to hear walking into a bar on Broadway in Nashville on a Saturday night.
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
I'm assuming you know more about these guys than I do. Everyone I know tells me about them. Semi-dark sparse guitar riffs over lots of cymbals and light drums. Driving, intense, but still restrained sound. Nice, nice stuff.
The Donnas - Spend The Night
ok, now you should know this for sure. Girl-band, a little less dark and Indie than Sleater-Kinney, closer to straight up rock and roll. The songs all kinda sound the same, but they all rock, and I was sold on any band with the following lyrics: "I'm on my second drink, but I've had a few before. I'm trying hard to think, and I think that I want you on the floor. . ." And yes, I know it's totally irrelevant, but I was very pleased to find out that the really cute one was the drummer and not the vocalist; that's totally hot.
Modest Mouse - Building Something Out Of Nothing
An album by MM that I didn't even realize existed until a couple of weeks ago. It may well be my favorite album by them. It's got the sparse, hollow
melodies of Lonesome Crowded West, but it's a better, more coherent composition that almost rivals Moon & Antarctica in it's cohesion and flow. The tempos and drumming are often driving and energetic, and this has a couple songs that are more danceable than even their newest, more pop-friendly (apparently) singles, but most of the album is on the downtempo side, and even features a couple of sweet duets with female vocals added.
Pixies - doolittle
a classic that I needed my own copy of. In my humble opinion, the best Pixies record. I finally found it cheap. : )
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Yeah, Built To Spill are considered classics among the indie set. Gotta love 'em.
Ha...I'm glad you're happy with your Donnas discovery. Although I prefer SK, I like them, too.
I downloaded a few MM songs a year or so ago, but have no idea what album they're from, so I don't know if I've heard anything from this one or not.
And yes, Doolittle is amazing. I always really liked Trompe le Monde as well, but no one seems to agree with me on that one.
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