Duchess Says, Dum Dum Girls, Grand Ole Party, CSS, The Joy Formidable, Lana del Rey, Marina and the Diamonds, The Good Natured, and The Kills all got their share of time today. Sean, I am enjoying Arcade Fire's The Suburbs more now that I've listened to it more, so I'm happy about that. Still not one I can listen to all of the time, but I'm glad it grew on me.

I've had plenty of albums grow on me like that. Glad you gave it another chance, as it has been one of my favorite new releases.

I put on Marina and the Diamonds yesterday. Do you know if she has anything new coming out soon?

Well, it only took 40 years, but, FINALLY, there exists a listenable recording of "Aqualung," released last Tuesday.

There are lots of nuances to the timbres of acoutic instruments as well as Martin Barre's (sooo underrated) electric guitar sounds. Bonus CD with some pretty cool stuff, including a 7 minute version of "Wondering Alou-how-oud."

You know, I listened to Aqualung this weekend, too. Didn't know a new version was out. Hmm, just checked Amazon and it seems to be backordered.

NPR is offering streaming on REMs complete upcoming two-disc best-of release in case anyone is interested.

I think J.P.'s ears just perked up.

Isn't that a Jethro Tull song?

Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) handled the engineering on this remaster. Think that I will order this right away.

Somehow I missed the previous posts on the new JT release. I've been a fan for awhile. Do I need to post a photo, or is that too predictable?

BTW- Ian Anderson was a d**k to a little kid with a broken arm when he told the kid matter-of-factly "I don't sign casts". One of the only times an artist disappointed me off-stage...usually it was the management and handlers that earned that moniker.

Seems like she's going to do small releases for a while leading up to an album. She put out that "Radioactive" 7-track EP. It's all different versions of the same song, though. I think I remember seeing that she was aiming for a full album next year sometime.