Sweet. I get a little flustered around here as not much music is discussed and much of it that is isnt what I'm into.
Pitchfork is ok. I check it out a couple times a week. Loved that article on the Satanism scare video from the late 80's. I spend entirely too much time on
www.ihatemusic.com where more mention of sounds I'm into appear. It's sort of the anti ilovemusic which is much more uhh mainstream.. college rockchartish blahhh.
Since your willing I'll send you over to the WFMU website who has excellent shows that are broken down by track so you can skip through them. I like a bunch of stuff on Brian Turners show.
For shopping and samples,
www.aquariusrecords.org is my favorite online music store. I buy a bunch of stuff they have on there. It's updated every other friday, get on the list so you remember then pop over and listen through.
I havent done my err top 10 list but 2 things that are gonne be on there (both samples are over on Aquarius) are
EARTH: Hex or Printing in the Infernal Method (Southern Lord)
This is kinda countryish wild west melancholia guitar/steel guitar/banjo. Very nice.
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice: Buck Dharma (5RC)
Freer form neu folkisms. At first the faux lp noise pissed me off but there is great depth to the recording if you can get passed/used to it.
