The Saints vs Billy Corgan

I'm listening to an MP3 of The Saints' album Live At Pig City. It's the one recorded back when Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey getting back together - to celebrate the launch of a book, even! Wow, didn't know the press could still excite such emotion - a couple of years ago, replete with a hard-nosed brass section clearly schooled by Kuepper to cut shapes of oblong and trapezoid in the balmy night air.

The Bats vs The Go-Betweens

Look. I've been sent the new album from The Bats. Frances threw it in with the new Plan B, a speech bubble pasted on top stating that she was sending it on on the condition I should write about it somewhere. Where to write about it, though.

Camera Obscura vs Ray Rumours

It's rare that I listen to music these days. Isaac doesn't enjoy it all the time. When we're in the car (which is one of the rare occasions when we can listen to music, un-intimidated), we need to turn the music down so we can hear his chatter from the back. If we're smart, and remember to announce before listening to a new CD that it's "his new CD" then it becomes easier. We got away with playing the new Camera Obscura album that way, but forgot to fade in Ray Rumours appropriately.