What's In Your Ears?

Can't get over all New Zealand garge bands and punk from 1980's, Chris Knox with the Tall Dwarfs, The Bats and most of all The Verlaines have been on my playlist for a few months now, great stuff!!!!!

The Setting Son - debut on Bad Afro Records

The Red Plastic Buddha - Sunflower Sessions

House of Fire - debut

Looking forward to reading (and purchasing) your book. Read the article from a magazine lifted from SW Air.

Ham Pants & The Glory Hole (A Rock Opera) by Ashtray Pussy

PS The band broke up but Kim is of course alive and well and still making music.

The Fastbacks, any and every CD. I suggest "On Your Hands" and, in honor of the tour, "Meet the Author." Two women, two men in this Seattle band (RIP). Bass player/lead singer Kim Warnick!

I heard a song that I loved on 92.5 called, "The High Road" and found out it's by a new duo: James Mercer, lead singer from The Shins, and Brian Burton from Gnarls Barkley. They are called Broken Bells and the song is on their first cd, release date, March 9. Fortunately, by pre-ordering the cd on www.brokenbells.com, I was able to get a free download of the song. I can't wait to hear the rest of the cd.

I'm not even gonna lie, I love listening to Adam Lambert. I was home with a newborn when his season of American Idol was on tv and though I had been too pretentious to watch the show before, being trapped on the couch under a constantly nursing baby made me weak, and Adam, O Adam, he captivated me. When he sang "Whole Lotta Love" I actually lactated, which was kind of awesome. My boobs had a boner for Adam Lambert! His cd is kind of corny in parts but I love how a lot of the songs seem to be about the awesome gay sex he's going to do to you.

I also had Kid Cudi's cd on repeat for most of the past few months. My husband calls it EMO RAP and is not feelin' it but I am, totally. The chorus of "Soundtrack to My Life" is so earnestly emotional and simplistic that I want to roll my eyes at it but instead I turn it up and am like, yes. YES.

I can't take the Old Crow Medicine Show concert out of my DVD player -- these guys are fantastic. I've also been scouring YouTube for clips of Julian Lage playing guitar -- the prodigy has turned into a genius.

Vampire Weekend; Noah and the Whale; Fanfarlo; Florence + The Machine

Steve - I caught your Dave Grohl interview excerpt in the Southwest Airlines mag this week and it kept me entertained on my 20min flight. I may check out your stuff even when I am not captive...Thanks

always having a good day with Patty Griffin in my life.

Right now I can't stop listening to K'naan, Stars, PJ Harvey, Lupe Fiasco and Uncle Tupelo. I am getting anxious even trying to limit my current favs - because what about CAKE or Wyclef or Neko Case.

While my general taste in music stays static, my obsessions change. This is why I recommend if not a monthly, at leat an annual cd of what I am into right now. That way you can chart your musical obsessions.

Avett Brothers!

Yes ! I'm looking for that Pepper Tree Candy bar also, have you found any. Kathy

In my top rotation right now: Frightened Rabbit, The National, The Avett Brothers, and Hayden. Among many, many others. Excited to say that I have tickets for three of these in the next little bit.

I have been listening to Destroy All Monsters from Detroit's late Seventies, Love from Los Angelos in the Sixties, and the new releases by Franz Ferdinand and Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks.

Well, when I can spare a minute away from the acoustic and lyrical genius that is Taylor Swift *cough* I find myself absorbed in the magic of Them Crooked Vultures and, of course, Bob Marley.

Right now I'm in-between musical obsessions--not unlike it used to feel being between relationships. 2009 was all about Fever Ray and The Knife, and I loved every second of it. Not sure what's next.