I've got their Deja Voodoo and High & Mighty disc, I like them very much ... nothing from WH solo but it looks as though I will soon.

Thanks for the recommendation Mark!

Still enjoying Emily Wells, Marina and the Diamonds, and Garbage.

Also, here's a new Ben Folds Five track.

Peter, you nailed that. How much reverb can SubPop afford, anyway.

Charles, don't you think the new Garbage sounds like it was produced not by Butch Vig, but by Lady Gaga? Gagagarbage?

A seven year wait, for that! It's not b-a-d, but it sounds like a 2nd album. They should dump that stuck-up modest talent bitch and ask beg Lena Lovitch to join.

JP, there's a new Ben Folds track! Now even the unadventurous have something new to listen to!

I think it's a lot better than their last album. And I haven't really listened to Lady Gaga, so I can't speak to the similarities. Also, what's wrong with second albums? Are they the Maine of albums?

Ooh! Good one!

I just meant that it sounds more like a sophomore effort than a band that's been around for 15 years and 5 albums.

Considering how strong first and second albums tend to be versus a band's later albums, it doesn't seem like too bad of a thing. Ha ha. I know where you're coming from, but I guess I don't require the musicians I listen to to continually plumb greater artistic depths.

Then just keep sending them money, new cd or no new cd. I'll bet they'd all be fine with that. (Kidding)

I've supported tons of artists in my time, but they got keep comin' up with the goods or no deal. Let's see, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Crowded House, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Keane, Prince, George Michael, Elton...

S'like they say about Salvador Dali; he would have been a respected artist, if he had died in 1940.

They keep gettin' on that horse, but they ain't goin' nowheres. Some people actually need to be told when their horse is dead.

Apocalyptica - Cellists performing Metallica. Nice. No ones doing it better than Europe. I'm not going out buying this but you gotta like the idea, effort and musicianship. Finnish metal bands are amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGfaLcF8mAI&feature=related

Isn't it wierd how the hegemony of metal has fallen into Scandanavian hands? Some of those Norwegian ones are crazy people, anarchists who burn down churches, 400 year-old churches! Now that's commitment.