The Cranberries - No Need to Argue

Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer (1994)

Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns

R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi

UB40 -- Signing Off

It's been too long since I've listened to this album. Many electronic music snobs consider it the greatest ambient album of the 1990s, and I tend to agree with them. This is the first time I've listened to it with my Quad CDP-2 and 12L Actives (now with an ARC LS9 in the signal path). Recreating such a deep ambient piece is asking a lot of desktop speakers, but they're doing an impressive job of it.

Lionel Loueke - Virgin Forest

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

Seeing them in March.

Tom Petty - Wildflowers

I will listen for the third time today this little gem:

Anne Sophie Mutter - Bach Violin concertos, Gubaidulina "in tempus presens"

I attended a few weeks ago a recital of her performing the Brahms violin sonatas, with her regular accompanying pianist Lambert Orkins. I think this lady has learned how to play with a soul, and this disc is a prove of it.

Derek Trucks Band -- Already Free

The New Pornographers -- Electric Version

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Derek Trucks Band -- Already Free

I am warming up the tuner now to listen to a live in studio performance of the Derek Trucks Band on 90.7 WFUV tonight at 9 EST. One of the best stations in NYC and excellent sound quality with a good tuner.

Now I just need to decide whether I hook up one of the Reel-to-Reels and record the performance.

Cecilio & Kapono - Cecilio & Kapono

I am warming up the tuner now to listen to a live in studio performance of the Derek Trucks Band on 90.7 WFUV tonight at 9 EST. One of the best stations in NYC and excellent sound quality with a good tuner.

Now I just need to decide whether I hook up one of the Reel-to-Reels and record the performance.

Why not Jeff?! Should be a nice thing to have available.

OK, now this is different...

If Battles were a jazz band....

Nik B

A.C. Newman -- Get Guilty

Nik B

Erin McCarley - Love, Save the Empty

Alice Smith - For Lovers, Dreamers & Me

No idea where I picked this up so I decided to give it a listen. Nice change of pace so far.

Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky