TEN DAYS!!

PLEASE EXCUSE THE ALL CAPS POST, BUT THIS NEW CERTAINLY WARRANTS IT.  RADIOHEAD'S NEWEST ALBUM "IN RAINBOWS" IS COMPLETE AND WILL BE RELEASED IN TEN DAYS!! TEN DAYS!! IN CASE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVING YOUR EXCITEMENT FOR THE PERFECT TIME, THAT TIME HAS ARRIVED, LET THE CALENDAR WATCHING BEGIN.

What am I listening to? Look here. Read, then go listen.

Sea Wolf - Get to the River Before it Runs too Low

Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew - Spirit If....

Jens Lekman - Nights Falls Over Kortedala

mum - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy

Simple Kid 2

Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs

Any other City - Life Without Buildings

these are not my eyes.

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Graduation.

If you know anything about me, you know that rap and I don't mix.  You could even go so far to say that rap and I are at war.  I am constantly searching for rap music that I can wrap my head around and really get into but they always fire back with the same old stuff every week.  Well I think a treaty is in order, or at the very least a cease fire.   Kanye West's newest album "Graduation' is I am going to say the best rap album this year- take that for what its worth considering I have listened to about 10 rap albums this year, but none the less its good.  By far West's most musically ambitious album to date, and also I feel his most accomplished musically.  I feel that this is  the album he has always wanted to make, his previous works simply preludes for his final showcase.   I have always enjoyed Kanye's first albums, but never has his tight grooves and loops been more enticing to me and brought me back for listen after listen.  Lyrically  I feel that he has somewhat fell from his lofty rhymes and quick jabs of "Late Registration" the high points are high, but unfortunately the low points bring it all down a little  more than usual.   Kanye has arrived musically, he has come into his own, and has found the space he needs to truly express his gift.  To say that Kanye is setting the pace of where rap/hip-hop is going would be an understatement.  He has set the bar and is already moving on to his next musical conquest while everybody else is left to figure out how to catch up. 

US Nokia N95? Yes please.

The news hit last week that the highly drool worthy Nokia N95 camera phone will be hitting the US shores.  This phone is basically identical to the one that was released earlier this year, but with one big difference - it now is compatible with US 3G, kind of a big deal.  I have wanted this phone since its initial release and now that a US version is on its way, it has thrown my phone purchase plans into somewhat of a mess.  All I know is that this phone is now my number one phone and will probably stay up there until the iPhone 2 comes out. But unless the second generation of the iPhone comes packing a 5+ megapixel camera, Nokia will more than likely be getting my money for awhile.