人oh人有是的它一个了不起的月或如此为新的音乐。 我不可能相信多少材料我在完全地踢了我的协会的这样短的时间听见了。 我在几乎是这伟大在十年的音乐未看一种恩赐。 不管那里您的口味是可怕的抽签那里。 严重，它是惊人的时光为新纪录。 我有widdled在我疯狂的长的名单下对一些。

材料I喜欢：

声波青年时期: 宁可剥去 -这是反撞力驴子SY以心脏、想法和深刻洞察。 他们仍然保持相关在二十五年以后。

缅甸的使命: Obliterati -这是坚硬岩石乐趣形式波士顿的暴民。 歌曲象“南希里根的头”和“1001个宜人的梦想”是保持足够吸引人保持大家愉快的切菜机。

黑天使: 逾越节 -喜欢老回声& Bunnymen或喜悦分部的人将爱带的蔓延的曲调和droning吉他。 这是伟大的。

Asobi Seksu: 柑橘 -这NYC成套装备组合占星师流行音乐以做一些惊人地抒情音乐的精美抒情诗。

正义: Nazareth水 (EP) -正义是从法国和反撞力驴子用法国电镀物品流行音乐不的那个方式。 他们是大声，嘎吱咬嚼的并且猛击地狱敲打。

Regina Spektor: 开始希望 -您等待什么？ 她是巨大的。 Spektor采取kookiness在钢琴流行音乐外面并且用反语、很好被设想的抒情诗、聪明的概念和精采成像替换它。

Futureheads: 新闻&进贡 -这是没有二年级学生暴跌。 Futureheads轮这里安培和做一些spirited岩石&卷。 他们是易怒和沙哑和确定地新新的声音在英国流行音乐。

其中一件巨大事关于是音乐书呆子是一次在一会儿记录标签和艺术家将补发艺术家的册页与额外凉快的材料和更好的声音。 这是论点为最近补发从治疗和回声& Bunnymen。 如此，当我听见了那，您能想象我的兴奋 耶稣&玛丽链子 后面编目得到补发。 无论如何，做长的故事短小，补发吮。 他们没有额外轨道，仅几录影中的每一。 正他们没有做什么凉快与划线员笔记。 使事态更坏，新的批补发从 导线 并且 Depeche方式 失望。 The DM discs features mixes and tracks that have previously been released elsewhere and don't really offer anything new. The Wire reissues offer somewhat crisper sound, but no extras. What all this bitching and a hollering means is this, caveot emptor when it comes to new reissues. After all, all I really want is extra stuff that isn't anywhere else. An example of how to do it right is the new Regina Spektor CD. It comes with an extra disc of material that has been hard to get recently but are still kind of cool to have for fans. My point is this, labels and bands need to give the music fan out there more for their money with reissues. In this day of downloading it becomes even more important for them to appease the whims of their music hungry public no matter how bad their anal or completist tendencies may be.

Daft Punk are set to release their first ever film, Daft Punk's Electroma later this year.

It has indeed been over a decade since we last heard form Kurt Cobain's favorite band, The Meat Puppets. But fear not dear reader, the band recently announced they have reformed and are recording new material.

Another one of Cobain's favorite bands, The Slits, have also gotten back together. They have a new album due this fall with Tackhead's Adrian Sherwood producing.

Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Beth Orton, Rufus Wainwright and some band called U2 are featured in I'm Your Man, a film from Lian Lunson about singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen. The film features extensive footage from 2005's Come So Far for Beauty Cohen tribute concert which was held in Sydney.

Frank Black will mount an acoustic solo tour for most of the next two months in support of his has release, Fast Man Raider Man.

Let's Rock Again, the ill-fated 2004 documentary about Joe Strummer has finally come out on DVD.

Just when you thought it was safe to be camp again, The Scissor Sisters have returned. Their new album, Ta-dah, is due out on September 18th.

David Bowie, Sir Ian McKellan, Dianna Rigg and Orlando Bloom are just a few of the faces that will be seen in the upcoming series of Ricky Gervais' Extras.

The Decemberists have signed with Capitol Records. Their new album, The Crane Wife, is due this October.

Richard Ashcroft"Words Just Get In the Way."

Air has begun work on a new album for a midyear 2007 release.

Fans of Level 42, and there are millions of them, are eagerly awaiting Level 42: The Definitive Collection which is coming out this fall.

Portishead recently announced that they have actually completed songs for their much anticipated third album.

Bassist and founding member Andy Nicholson has left The Arctic Monkeys.

It has been too long, but DJ Shadow is just about ready to drop some new beats on the world. His new album, The Outsider, should be out by summer's end.

The Klaxons, currently one of the most hyped bands in the UK has released a new single, "Atlantis to Interzone." They are gonna be massive.

Another new it band form the UK, The Long Blondes, who are on the verge of big things, have a new single coming out, "Weekend Without Makeup."

The Ramones seem like an odd choice for a musical, but alas it is true. Gabba Gabba Hey (aka Ramones: The Musical) is now being performed in London with Hugh Cornwall of The Stranglers, Tony James of Sigue Sigue Sputnik/Generation X fame and Tommy Ramone (the one who isn't dead yet) in the lead roles. Billed as the first punk rock musical the production looks to go to Broadway in the next year. This isn't too much of a surprise considering musicals about Johnny Cash, John Lennon and Frankie Valli have already been staged. It is though kind of sad and scary.

Also scary is ex-NKOTB punk Joey McIntyre, who is currently playing Fonzie in the Happy Days musical which is playing in LA.

The genocide in Darfur is tragic and horrible, but not as horrible as the meteoric rise of that talentless mannequin of pop music badness that is Kelly Clarkson. Man she is bad. I rather get a root canal, or hear an entire album of reggae songs sung by Screech from Saved by the Bell then hear that drek she passes off to an unsuspecting public.

Maybe I missed something, but when exactly did Nelly Furtado start dressing like a skanky chick trying to sell records?

Superman Returns really would have been better without the kid and with another actress as Lois Lane. But I did like the effects and how they made him use all of his super powers in a somewhat convincing way. I didn't expect any real acting from Superman to begin with so I wasn't off put by Brandon Routh's performance. Although I can't help but pity poor James Marsden it is really hard to suck in four superhero movies. But he shouldn't worry; there is always the convention circuit.

The latest season of Doctor Who was okay, but I think it didn't really flow as well as the previous season. I didn't mind Tennant so much but the stories weren't as solid or intriguing. I am glad to see Piper leave and hope they take the show in some different directions with the next companion.

The Lake House is everything I hate about Hollywood films. It's schmaltzy crap with bad acting and no redeeming intellectual value.

I thought that Cars was pretty clever and fun. I must admit though that I am one of those weirdos who really like most of what Pixar does. Still, I think the film had some really great creative moments and generally was paced pretty well.

STUFF I'M READING:

The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War. Although Beevor has tapped into this subject before, here he manages to broaden the scope and examine the causes of the conflict and its effect on Europe. Beevor is one of the most readable historians around. His use of narrative is excellent.

The Italian Boy by Sarah Wise. You would not expect a book about body snatching in 1830s London to be so riveting. But it is. Besides chronicling the famous case of a missing boy whose cadaver changed British law, this book is also a really good study in the culture of pre-Victorian London.

Finally, make it a point to listen to some new music and read something interesting. Also, in this ghastly obscene summer of humidity and heat, please make it a point to stay hydrated and look in on your elderly neighbors. I say this because as I write this it is like 200 degrees in the Curmudgeon bunker. So drink more water goddammit!