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I second that. Built to Spill is an incredible band. I also highly recommend their cover of Neil Young's "Cortez The Killer." Good stuff.

I hope Dr. Dre does some guest vocals...

I seem to be the only person in existance who actually likes digipacks.

That's an incredible video...if a bit disturbing. Their other video for Svefn-G-Englar is quite similar aesthetically...I think it's the same director...but features a bunch of people with down syndrome dancing on this Icelandic coastline. That may sound funny or offensive, but it's actually...

The Leper Affinity

If any of you bought it yet, I'd be interested to hear what you think... I'm on track 4 right now, and while it's really good, it's yet to really have a great musical epiphany that the last album had in spades. However, I've heard that the first half of the album is mellow, and the second...

Pink Moon. Easily. Not that the other two are bad, but the orchestrations of them just don't don't quite allow the beauty of his guitar playing, singing and songwriting to come through as well as it does on Pink Moon. The only problem with getting Pink Moon first is that you may be...

I highy HIGHLY recommend that you find yourself a copy or some mp3s of their newest album "The Origin Of Symmetry." It is, in my opinion and the opinion of many others, far superior to Showbiz. It's bigger, heavier, grander, more melodic, and more epic than Showbiz, and has far less of a...

Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun Hum - Downward Is Heavenward The Microphones - The Glow, Pt 2

Yeah, ...Trail Of Dead is very Sonic Youth-sounding. But if you ask me, they're also far more listenable. Source Tags And Codes is definitley one of the better albums of this year...a total combination of of melody and catharsis. I recommend everyone has a good listen.

I love the Beach Boys. Everyone who has ever passed them off as some simple 1960's teeny-bopper act has to get their ass a copy of "Pet Sounds" and hear some of the most masterful pop music of all time. Sure they put out some crap early in their career revolved mostly around girls and surfing...

Don't worry about it. I do the same to people all the time with my music. I have a hard time shutting up about it. Which reminds me...you should all check out the following: The Microphones' "The Glow pt. 2" The Flaming Lips "The Soft Bulletin" Appleseed Cast's "Low Level Owl pts...

Thanks for the links. I'm going to check out some Amorphis (I've only heard bits and pieces...pretty much samples from Amazon) and Agalloch. As for Porcupine Tree, I downloaded a whole bunch of mp3's last year (during Audiogalaxy's short reign), and I'm not sure where I stand with them...

Holy crap. Absolutely. I love Nick Drake (well...not HIM, but his music. Okay...maybe him too). In fact the mere mention of him has made me just decide to take out Pink Moon to listen to. Right after I posted my enormous post there, I looked at a few other threads and saw someone was...

(Worst subject line ever) SKIP THE FIRST 2/3rds OF THIS POST IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR MY BACKSTORY... I just registered onto this board tonight, but I just want to sort of introduce myself before anyone just automatically hates me or says "Who the hell is this bastard." (I don't usually do...