i have decided to give new bands a chance instead of writing them off so quickly. so here are some bands i have listened to:

rapture - echoes: unimpressed, too much copying robert smith's sound action going on
strokes - room on fire: unimpressed, album much like last one ..... and i really don't like them
the stills - pretty good, decent
clearlake - cedars: alright, not too bad
rem - best of 1988 to 2003: great stuff, bad day is an awesome song
travis - 12 memories: uneven album but still strong, more invisible band like

on a side note i really hate show whores. example is pigern's friend who goes to every show known to man for who knows why. i guess the sole purpose of being at an event. the most recent example is the elliott smith tribute show next monday at the henry fonda where "Each artist will perform at least one of Smith's songs, and the program will also include a screening of Steve Hanft's bizarro short Strange Parallel, which features the late singer obsessed with an infomercial where he can purchase a robotic hand that will make him the world's greatest guitar player." well this person is going because beck is playing and they like beck. um .... from what i can see all artists are only scheduled to play a few songs and this is an ELLIOTT SMITH TRIBUTE SHOW. come on people. geez. whatevers.


spinning: clearlake - i'd like to hurt you