The Arcade Fire: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

At rateyourmusic.com the album Funeral ranks as the second best album of 2004. So far I only know this one song by the band, but they definitely sound like they are worth checking out.

New album added to my CD-Collection:
Elliott Smith: From A Basement On The Hill

I won't make any "best-of-2004" lists, but it's no secret that (so far since I haven't heard them all) I'd pick American Idiot by Green Day as the album of the year. Best single is (probably) Gravity by Embrace.

Fans Of Kate: Tape 23

Only one song on the list today. But what a song it is!!!!
This is a fantastic, catchy and utterly brilliant song by new band Fans Of Kate.

U2: Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
No wonder this is the next single from the new album. So far (to me) it's clearly the best song on How To Dismantle...

Athlete: Wires
Thirteen Senses: Into The Fire
Those two are my current favorites!

Bloc Party: So Here We Are
Kings Of Leon: The Bucket
The Music: Breakin'

The project "getting-to-know-the-new-U2-album" has kicked off. The album contains surprisingly nice and melodic songs, though it's not Achtung Baby. But that's probably to much to demand!

Stay tuned for more comments.

Cause & Effect: Real? / Leaded

Today's picks are two great songs from the almost unknown, but nonetheless superb band Cause & Effect. Both songs appear on the 1999 album Innermoststation. However I'd recommend the earlier albums Another Minute and Trip if anyone is tempted to check them out!

Survived the Christmas party this Friday without hangovers. Thank you :-)

Bought tickets yesterday for the Keane concert in Vega, Copenhagen on 1 April 2005. Told you those guys were going to get big!

I didn't take the car for work this morning. Instead I hitched a ride with a colleague, because we have a Christmas party tonight.
Hopefully we all know that driving and drinking is bad combination - right!?

Anyway - I listened to a couple of great songs last night and thought I'd recommend them:

Thirteen Senses: Into The Fire (what a wonderful song)
Elliott Smith: Pretty (Ugly Before)

Ordered albums this morning by both artists!

Sometimes I decide to buy an album simply because it has received great reviews or because it's in one of the many "best of all-time album" lists.
One of those albums is Screamadelica by Primal Scream, which is especially loved by the readers of Q Magazine.
I bought it a few years back, but I have only listened to it sporadically. So gave it another try this morning, but to be honest, I do not know what to think. It's not bad by any means, but is it really that great to deserve high entries on those "best of" lists?
Maybe I will make up my mind someday, so I guess for now my verdict is: Undecided.

Doves: The Man Who Told Everything / The Cedar Room

The Lost Souls album stayed in my cd player for several days. I especially enjoyed listening to the two tracks mentioned aboved. Didn't exactly make the wait for the new album any easier.

The La's: The La's

OK - maybe Lee Mavers didn't like the album and frequently refers to it as sh!t. However this doesn't change what I think of it, because not only does it contain the fantastic There She Goes. The rest of the album is nearly as good, which is quite an accomplishment!

Inspired by my suggestion yesterday, I dusted off yet another old CD this morning. So the 40 minutes car ride to work was spent listening to Lost Souls by Doves.

According to www.doves.net their new album called Some Cities will be released on 21 Febuary next year. Guess I don't have to say that my expectations are high??

And my favorite band Kent will release a new album on 15 March called Du & Jag Döden. If possible, my expectations for this album are even higher!

So plenty of reasons to be looking forward to 2005!

Flickerstick: Welcoming Home The Astronauts

I think I bought this album 3 years ago, but I've never really listened to it. Shame on me, because know that I've listened to it I realize that this is really a great album!
Guess it's time to "dust off" some of my old CD's and give them another listen. Taste do change over the years, so maybe I'll be able to find a hidden gem or two?

U2: Achtung Baby (Fantastic album!)

Still "preparing" myself to listen to How To Dismantle.... More about that one some other time.

Paul Weller: Wild Wood / You Do Something To Me / Brand New Start

I guess it's okay being a little bit nostalgic every once in a while?

Green Day: Wake Me Up When September Ends

Collective Soul: Counting The Days
Thirteen Senses: Thru The Glass
The White Stripes: Jolene (Brilliant cover version)
Yellowcard: Only One

Drengene Fra Angora: Jul I Angora (A novelty I know, but can't help loving it!!!)
Gene: Let Me Move On (Wonderful, wonderful song)
The Calling: Anything
Keane: Something In Me Was Dying (Hundreds of bands would love to switch any of their songs with one of Keane's b-sides!)

This morning I found an old "compilation" CD, containing a few classic songs:
Ash: Shining Light
Collective Soul: The World I Know
Metallica: Whiskey In The Jar (love this one)

Yesterday I twice had the pleasure of listening to the brilliant album:
Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Stereophonics: Have A Nice Day

Can't think of a more perfect pop song. Even my 2 year old daughter loves it!!!

Green Day: Jesus Of Surburbia

Also listening to older Green Day stuff and Dire Straits (Making Movies)

Manic Street Preachers: A Song For Departure/To Repel Ghosts

Kasabian: Processed Beats/Reason Is Treason

Let Me Move On by Gene is definitely the best song right now!

Delaware: Last Night (album track: ...And Everything Reminds Me)
R.E.M.: The Outsiders (album track: Around The Sun)
EPO-555: Pioneers/Sugar For The War Machine

Kent: Beskyddaren (from the brilliant Hagnesta Hill album - released 1999)

Swedish or not! Kent IS the best band in the world......

The Killers: All These Things That I've Done

Funny how some songs work better as a part of an album than as singles. Recent examples are "Take Me Out" (Franz Ferdinand) and "Somebody Told Me" (The Killers).
Both singles are pretty ordinary in my opinion, but when listening to them as part of an album, they turn out to be great songs!

Still listening a lot to Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day, though the rest of The American Idiot album sure sounds like it deserves a closer "look".

Bought Hot Fuss by The Killers this Saturday, but haven't listened to it so far.

Waiting for the following albums to "arrive":
Manics - Lifeblood
Placebo - Singles
Kasabian

Green Day: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Morrissey: Let Me Kiss You
Delays: Wanderlust

5 months and 25 days since my last post!!!!!

What am I listening to these days?

EPO-555: Le Beat's On Fire and Sophia (both tracks from the album Dexter Fox)
Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (such a brilliant album)
Saybia: These Are The Days (album)
Embrace: Out Of Nothing (album)

This just to mention a few.

Look forward to more frequent posts in the future!

Tøserne

80'S REVISITED

Alan Parsons Project: Eye In The Sky
Icehouse: Street Café & No Promises
Midnight Oil: Beds Are Burning (12" mix)
Alphaville: Universal Daddy
Everything But The Girl: I Don't Wanna Talk About It
Noel: Silent Morning
Trance Dance: Keep On Runnin'
Everly Brothers: Wings Of A Nightingale

Metallica: Whiskey In The Jar

Hoobastank: The Reason
Fefe Dobson: Everything + Take Me Away
Liz Phair: Extraordinary
Blink 182: I Miss You
Rooney: I'm Shakin'
The All-American Rejects: Time Stands Still
Virgo: Bubbles

Fountains Of Wayne: Hung Up On You (the entire Welcome Interstate Managers album is excellent)

Franz Ferdinand: Dark Of The Matinee (and the rest of the brilliant debut album!)
Longview: Will You Wait Here (and the rest of the Mercury album!)
Delaware: Everything Sometimes (and the rest of the "..and everything reminds me" album!)
Muse: Hysteria

Oldies:

Def Leppard: Rock Of Ages
AC/DC: Hells Bells
Big Country: King Of Emotion

Talk Talk: It's My Life

No Doubt PLEASE, PLEASE don't ever cover another song!!!

Another string of my favorite songs of the moment:

Five For Fighting: 100 Years
Hoobastank: The Reason
Matt Nathanson: Sad Songs
Keane: Everybody's Changing
Snow Patrol: Run
The Crystal Method: Born Too Slow
Motorcycle: As The Rush Comes
Easyworld: 'Til The Day (That I Die)
Hilary Duff: Come Clean
Jewel: Stand
Fountains Of Wayne: Hackensack
Kraftwerk: Autobahn/Computerlove/Radioactivity

A list of my current favorites:

Snow Patrol: Run
Keane: Somewhere Only We Know (These guys are gonna be big!!!!)
Archive: Again
Delays: Long Time Coming
FM Static: Crazy Mary
Metric: Combat Baby
York: The Awakening
Air: Cherry Blossom Girl
Jeff Buckley: Last Goodbye

Kent: Spökstad
Tue West: For Blid + The rest of the album
South: Loosen Your Hold
And most of the songs from last week!

I'm currently listening to these songs:

The Crystal Method: Born Too Slow
Vast: Water In My Heart
Crush: King For A Day
Florez: Hold Me Down
Keane: Everybody's Changing
Keane: Can't Stop Now
The Shins: Saint Simon
Tue West: Hun Er Fri
Within Temptation: Mother Earth