Haha, you're right Boston, this looks just like a bomb...

the new LCD Soundsystem isn't bad, but exam week most certainly is.

A year-end best-of list might be forthcoming, if I have the time and/or willpower.

K-Os - Born to Run (Atlantis - Hymns for Disco, 2006)

Birchville Cat Motel - Lay Thy Hatred Down (Our Love Will Destroy the World, 2006)

Nope, I didn't die, although for a couple of days this week it looked like a close call, what with all the shit due before Thanksgiving. Nothing much has happened since my last post, just the occasional show here and there. Maybe I'm becoming crotchety in my old age, but it seems like Charlottesville hasn't hosted many exciting bands this fall. Regardless, this past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend one of the best concerts I've ever seen. I am, of course, referring to Daft Punk's performance at the Bang music festival in Miami. Granted, the set was only slightly changed from their Coachella show this spring, as was the lighting, but they were new to me, and damn was it incredible.

Yeah, that's him.

Tim Hecker - Palimpsest I (Intro for Chimeras) (Harmony in Ultraviolet, 2006)

Tim Hecker - Chimeras (Harmony in Ultraviolet, 2006)

Tim Hecker - Blood Rainbow (Harmony in Ultraviolet, 2006)

Download if you like: Fennesz, William Basinski, or the production on Ris Paul Ric's Purple Blaze

The Octopus Project - The Adjustor (One Ten Hundred Thousand Million, 2005)

The Shocking Pinks - Us Against the City (Dance the Dance Electric, 2004)

The Shocking Pinks - In the Labyrinth (Dance the Dance Electric, 2004)

What you're getting: a darker, lo-fi/budget !!!. Do it.

Bloc Party - Song for Clay (demo) (unreleased, 2006)

Endure the intro, and you'll hear some solid shite...

Akron/Family - Lightning Bolt of Compassion (Meek Warrior, 2006)

Akron/Family - Blessing Force (Meek Warrior, 2006)

Supersystem - Prophets (A Million Microphones, 2006)

Supersystem - The Lake (A Million Microphones, 2006)

Somehow I missed this one last month. It doesn't stray too far from its predecessor, but the overall tempo has been lowered a bit.

Hmm, time'll tell with this one...

Fuck yes. Song of the summer, if not year.

Ratatat - Wildcat (Classics, 2006)

The rest isn't bad either, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left (Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs, 2005)