i hate the sound of guitars

1. The Capstan Shafts – (still. This week was about giving some love to some of the compilation tracks, like “Brightest Color Shy of a Rainbow” and “Eater of Rainclouds”)
2. The Mountain Goats – (still)
3. The Brother Kite – One of my favorite Rhode Island bands of the moment
4. The Moaners – This guitar/drums duo opened for The Mountain Goats. I liked frontwoman Melissa Swingle’s old band Trailer Bride (often tagged country-goth), but it was drummer Laura King who impressed me most. I think almost all the songs were in 4, but she often moved the kick around from measure to measure. (It didn’t hurt that her kit was set up side-on to the audience, so it was unusually easy to see exactly what she was playing.) It seemed like it would be an interesting band to play bass in (although they’re bass-less).
5. Channels – I’ve been on a little bit of a DC kick lately.
6. Beauty Pill – (ditto)
7. Shoddy Workmanship – Oh dear, this is a bit embarrassing. I saw a friend’s very unabashedly mathy band, [danger: myspace link] Hangman’s Alphabet last week, and got inspired to relive my own attempts to play math rock, which occurred in my brief tenure with Shoddy.
8. British Sea Power – Not just the new one
9. Killing Joke – I just got What’s THIS for…! from Lala.com. I think the one I really want is the self-titled album; between that and Nighttime, that might be plenty. This one was disappointing. Not very tuneful, but not harsh or dense enough to make me overlook the lack of hooks.
10. Times New Viking – (still)

229 unique artists, 533 tracks played.