That last week was amazingly chilled compared to last year. I think I realised that I should get my work done that little bit earlier this year and so actually had time to relax most nights before going to bed. I mean the other day I even got to bed before midnight! That never seems to happen much anymore. Passed two exams, handed in four assignments, did a practical assignment and none of them felt rushed (well, I lie, one did).
Anyway, time to forget about Uni, at least until the 3rd of Jan :(
Christmas, don't really know what…

Well, the last one of the year, here's what I got…

Kate & Anna McGarrigle - The McGarrigle Christmas hour

Yes, that is getting sent back. I can cope with the rest of the family, and Beth Orton and Emmylou Harris but I can't stand those two. It's horrible.

Richard Swift - The Collected Works Vol.1

You get two CDs making you think it'll be a nice couple of hours listening……. wrong! Both CDs added up make about an hours worth of music, however, released on the great Secretly Canadian label you know it's going to be good. To compare…

Sorry to say this, but I went on Pitchfork today to see what they thought of some of my top 50 of the year but came across this instead and basically got distracted and amused. It's a review of the latest OC compilation. Here's a quote that I found really quite stupid…

Somebody's having a lot of fun with this, but it probably won't be the listener. I can't imagine the songs on Mix 5 soundtracking any teenager's life, indie nerd or not; this stuff is better suited to mid-life-crisis sufferers who rely on adult-alternative radio to tell them what's…

Ok, I'm not ordering them just yet as I'm sure I'll get a couple more to add on come Christmas Day, but this is the list I've made of 2005's good albums so far (alphabetical order)…

The 101 - Green street
13 & God - s/t
31Knots - Talk Like Blood
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Athlete - Tourist
Lou Barlow - Emoh
Beck - Guero
Black Cab - Altamont Diary
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
The Books - Lost and safe
Bullet Train to Vegas - We put…

1. Of all the bands/artists in your cd/record collection, which one do you own the most albums by?
Red Hot Chili Peppers - roughly 80 items

2. What was the last song you listened to?
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown traffic, soon to be Jackson C Frank - Bull men

3. What's in your record/CD player right now?
Casino vs. Japan - Whole numbers play the basics

4. What song pretty much sums you up?
Don't know, never really thought about that, may have to come back to that one……

5. What's your favourite local band?
The Alps

6. What was…

It didn't work. Been doing quite well though.

The reason for doing it is headaches. Getting them quite a bit recently and I think it might be because of listening to too much music and not giving my head enough of a rest.

Only things I've listened to today are…

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Let's Go Sailing - All I want from you is love
Kind of Like Spitting - Birds of a feather
+/- - I've been lost
Iron & Wine - Naked as we came
Queen of Japan - Winner takes it all (Abba cover)

…and I…

Ok, thanks to Emusic…

Pinback - Blue screen life
The Black Dog with Black Sifichi - Unsavory Products
Books Lie - Weep
Saxon Shore - Be a bright blue
Calla - Scavengers
Need New Body - Where's Black Ben?
Asobi Seksu - s/t
Yume Bitsu - Auspicious Winds
Yume Bitsu - Golden vessyl of sound
V/A - We could live in hope: A tribute to Low

From Insound…

Low - The Great Destroyer
Ida - Heart like a river
The Books - Lost and safe
Feist - Let it die
Ida - The bottom of the hill
Pelican - The…

Other people's seem to've been working (from what I've seen), mine's not connecting for some reason. Anyone else having problems?

All I've listened to is Hundred Reasons - Shatterproof is not a challenge, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - B-sides & rarities, so I'm not overly bothered, but I always like to sit here clicking on the songs and seeing how many people have listened to them. I find it really interesting for some reason. The 'B-sides & rarities' box of Nick Cave is well worth the money, especially the third disc, favourite track of the box is…

I need some ideas. The 2005 albums that I've missed out on so far this year are…

City and colour
Thrice
Sigur Ros
Jack Johnson
Coheed and Cambria
Oasis

.. so they're all going on the list, but I was wondering if anyone's got any great recommendations that I might've missed from this year (older albums welcome, but I'm trying to sort the list by sorting out what I still want from this year first).

Ok, if you've heard of Final Fantasy, the man who's collaborated with The Arcade Fire by playing the violin, recently he did a solo show and did a cover of Bloc Party's 'This modern love'. I don't know if this is a regular cover or what, but it's quite strange seeing it performed on violin. Unfortunately the sound isn't fantastic (on the vocals especially) but it's still quite impressive, and I always love it when artists use loop pedals and build songs up on their own (although there is a drummer as well here).
Anyway, I suppose you…