Glad to be of service! You have to check out the video I posted on the "Kids' Rock" thread - it's f**king hilarious. Ever wanted to hear Metallica do "B.I.N.G.O."? Or Coldplay do "Incey Wincey Spider"? Probably not, but it's well worth a look!

king creosote - kcrulesok

Nathan - Key Principles - Canadian Folk/Country band I've just discovered in the last couple of days.

http://www.nathanmusic.ca/homepage.html

Portishead 'Third'. Fabulous.

the 2nd State mag podcast: http://www.state.ie/blog/podcast-2-super-extra-bonus-party-rock-star-behaviour-and-trashing-guitars/

weekend listening:

captain beefheart - trout mask replica
nick cave and the bad seeds - dig lazarus dig (i'm not sold on this album at all)
miles davis - kind of blue
king creosote - red on green

Robert Wyatt- Comicopera
Tortoise - Millions now living will never die
Vampire Weekend - self titled

ivor cutler - jammy smears
camera obscura - biggest bluest hi-fi
mick turner - moths vol 1 - 19

Chequerboard - Penny Black
http://www.chequerboard.net/

The ever excellent & hugely under-rated Elbow - new LP, "Grounds for Divorce"

i heard john kelly play this on friday... i liked it in the context of his show... not sure i was that inspired by it though... may check out the album...

it's a really nice record, I would recommend it.

Got the old "not played in ages" playlist out in media player, highlights so far

Roni Size - Destination - from the album New Forms, talk about an album whose critical stock has totally fallen from "cutting edge sound of now" to a bit dated now. Still good to listen to every now and then, it's a good album, if a little dry, shame the follow up was pants.

The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Pete Hellers Expanded mix) - choon!

Gui Borratto - Beautiful life - I have no idea who this guy is, it's a track thats been lurking in my collection which I probably downloaded and forgot about and only listened to it for the first time, but it's pretty good, sort of an Italdisco/tech-house thing going on if thats not too much dance sub-genre overload..

A lot of yourcodenameis:milo stuff, including the Print Is Dead compilation. I miss those boys.

the evens - get evens
jason molina - let me go, let me go, let me go

jackie-o motherf**ker - fig.5
the mountain goats - tallahassee

Lots and lots of Oceansize - what an awesome band.

Also, lots and lots of Tubelord - a little band from London that are currently blowing me away. A lot.

Bat for Lashes - I was a bit late picking this up, but such a great album.

Berlitz Teach Yourself Italian - I'm going to Italy on honeymoon in 2 months. I can't speak any Italian.

Great band & album names.. funny, though - I can't find them on MySpace.

They ain't on myspace. They're one of these ehhhhhhh anti-everything bands. This month they're anti-technology.

http://www.myspace.com/italiansdoitbetterrecords