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I've been pretty bad lately about posting any more reviews. So today I thought I'd open it up. What have you been listening to lately?

Me:

• shanshui.zip: 6x3" CDR box from Sulumi's Shanshui label. Contains EPs from Sulumi, Droon, Saw Test, Amnjk, iLoop, and B6. I'm really digging the CDs from Sulumi (Shop for the Insomniac) and Saw Test (Lovely Depression). It's oddly comforting to hear the Game Boy startup "ding!" at the beginning of Sulumi's cd. Unfortunately, my copy of B6's disc is bad; I think they forgot to burn it. I'll have to bring it back to the shop this weekend.
• Xie Tianxiao and Cold Blooded Animal - XTX: A bit too straight ahead for my tastes, but there are some good songs on the disc.
• Howard Hello - EP: Songs titled "More of the Same" and "Even More of the Same" should be a warning sign, but it's exactly what I wanted. Very similar to his last full length, Don't Drink His Blood. Bleeps, bloops, folk guitars, harmonies. Oh so nice.
• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm: Disappointing. These kids have some real energy, but instead of making a good EP they made a mediocre album, and it's so produced there's almost nothing to hold on to. Even still, it's worth listening to just for the first song, "Like Eating Glass."
• The Decemberists - Picaresque: We nerds have to stick together, yo. "We Both Go Down Together" is the happiest song about lovers dying ever.
• Spoon - Gimme Fiction: Exactly what I wanted in a Spoon album. Makes me tap my feet and sing in falsetto.

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