My Top 5 CD's for this week.
Week one of March 2006

1. The Giraffes
I know i've already mentioned them recently but I can't help it. I love this band. They are playing tomorrow night at 14 below then again next week with Von Iva at Cinespace in LA. I'm looking forward to seeing them again.

2. Sabrosa Purr - Music from the Violet Room

Sabrosa Purr have been my favorite for quite awhile. They each have this amazing talent that works well with each other. Everytime I see them they seem to impress me even more. This band is everything that I enjoy about music. They Jam, they play and write great songs, they are catchy in a good way not in an annoying way, they are metal at times, straight up rock most other times and they have the drones and screams down! I can't help but smile as I type this. fucking fabulous, I tell ya!

3. Peter Walker - new 4 song ep for young gravity

I recently saw Peter Walker at Spaceland and it was a great show. He is a really good singer songwriter. I enjoyed listening to him play. He's got a blues rock 'n roll style. It's not as boring as It may sound. I'm sorry I just can't describe him. Check his website out and listen to him on myspace. You can find anyone on myspace these days, it's a good thing.

4. Rhett Miller - The Believer
I'm sorry to have to report this but this CD sucks! Rhett is beautiful and seems like a nice guy but this just sounds like it was thrown together without much thought. I take that back because that would mean it was raw and most of the times raw is good. This just isn't good. Some of the songs are just okay. Others sound like he just changed the words and kept the melody from some old 97's songs. (he did!, listen for yourself) they put some songs on there that were previously released but maybe did a slightly different way or something and the worst track is a Jon Brion song which he just butchered. It's so awful I can't even listen to it all the way through. It's not because I've heard Jon do it live about a million times it would be awful if i'd never heard the original. I was surprised at how much I dislike this CD because the last time I saw him live at the Largo I heard him play some new songs that were more "Bowie-ish" and thought the new CD would be cool like that, but nope. Anyone wanna buy a CD? Did I mention how pretty Rhett is?

5. Joy Division - Substance I've been on a Joy Division kick for a little while. I bought Substance awhile back and I feel that it doesn't really start to punk out (I mean that in a good way) until about the 9th or 10th song. That's the sorta punk rock that I love. I never got into New Order, to me that just wasn't my cup of tea - it was kinda pussy music, i don't know I just didn't like it. I borrowed the box set of Joy Division called Heart and Soul from my friend and have yet to listen to it. The story about Ian Curtis is a sad one. I can't believe it's been over 25 years since his death. The music still holds up. If you've never seen the movie called 24 hour party people then I suggest you watch it. I was never really hardcore into the kind of music in the movie at the time it was popular but I really appreciate it. The movie was fantastic, funny and sad all at the same time.