What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report

Loomis
I too like Trace better than any other Son Volt effort. I've seen them plenty of times and the shows are fun. But I do also feel they are "monochromatic" and so though I have most all of their titles, I rarely listen to any of them anymore. And I was a die hard fan of the Alt Country movement; Uncle Tupelo another great band I loved at one time. I also think that Trace is much better than Wilco's first effort. But Wilco did indeed branch out and I do enjoy looking back at a number of their records.

I'm with Ghosthouse. I'm bored with a great deal of music I hear as of late. I did find one record I like a lot and it was in part due to Mr. GH. He recommended an internet radio station, which I listed to maybe a half dozen songs on and found Andrew Bird, Are You Serious in those few tracks. Was immediately taken by the title track. I really like the later half of the record from "Serious" on to the end. The record has "something new and something old" and it catches my fancy. Funny, GH isn't really into it.

pokey, i think tweedy's a smart guy and a good writer, but i tend to respect wilco's craftsmanship rather than genuinely embrace its soul--there's an overly-clinical and cerebral quality to it, whereas farrar, albeit less musically ambitious, is all heart. likewise richard buckner.

with respect to new music, it's inevitable that most stuff starts to sound like a retread/rehash of influences. to which end i was disappointed in the latest from aimee mann and rela estate (two artists i much admire), although the latest by robyn hitchcock (s/t) and wire were surprisingly good.

Arbouretum - from Coming Out of the Fog, Track 6 World Split Open...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTouXuVkYhk&ab_channel=DomagojValjak

and Track 7 Easter Island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOR6WJIt0FY&ab_channel=Arbouretum-Topic

From the Jan 2013 Premier Guitar review by Andy Ellis -
"...an improbable collision of Fairport Convention, the Velvet Underground, and early Jefferson Airplane [  ]...party music it ain't."

Loomis,
I think that J Farrar is all heart too. That maybe in part is what drove the duo apart. I sure wish I could have seen Uncle Tupelo.

I too like Richard Buckner. I have a few of his records and really like "Since"; still sounds pretty amazing after all these years. "Devotion & Doubt" is also pretty good as well.

Just got done listening to Andrew Birds "Are You Serious", the last five tracks. I'm doing it again now. This one is anything but boring to me.

That’s one problem with getting old(er) loomis---more and more new stuff sounds a little too much like something you already heard years ago. A genuinely really significant new artist doesn’t come around all that often; there are only so many Hank Williams’, Howlin’ Wolf’s, Bob Dylan’s, Brian Wilson’s, Leonard Cohen’s, Richard Thompson’s, John Hiatt’s, Iris Dement’s, etc. alive and working at any one given time. To enjoy some new stuff one must be willing and able to lower his expectations a little!