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What's your latest "Discovery"

You know when you buy a new album and it just clicks?! And then you have to play it rather frequently in the mix over and over for the next several days....What's the last album's you bought that really clicked for you?

I just picked up a Jazz trio album that is just a wonderful recording and performance:

It's called "Achirana" on ECM (that label seems to have a lot of great discs!). Vassilis Tsabroplulos, Piano. Arild Andersen, Double-Bass. John Marshall, Drums. Love the 5th cut! That double bass is right there in the room!

Also been enjoying a new classical guitar disc: Julian Bream, "The Ultimate Guitar Collection" on BMG. Great double-disc set. Not that crazy about the recording on this one, but the performance and breadth of the tapestry of work on those two CD's is remarkable.

Any new "discoveries" to share?
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Sufjan Stevens-Come On Feel The Illinoise. Great album and great story behind it. For fans of The Decemberists, Neutral Milk Hotel & Nick Drake.
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That Feist album is tops. Much better than her debut. She's also in the band Animal Collective which is nothing like her solo stuff.
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Zaikesman you probably have heard Sharrock a bunch of times and didn't realize it. He played the theme song from Space Ghost Coast To Coast.
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Sorry. It ran for over 10 years. I thought you had probably seen it at some point.
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Just a few Axiom albums that he plays on but no a proper solo album. You might wanna give the Marc Ribot album titled Y Los Cubanos Postizos a spin...I'm guessing you'll like it.
By the way Space Ghost Coast To Coast would probably just confuse a child. It's pretty subversive humor that is squarely aimed at adults. If you get a chance try to catch some episodes of Sealab 2021 or The Venture Brothers. They may change your outlook on "cartoons". They're total parodies of Hanna-Barbara cartoons from the late 60's/early 70's and specifically one little-known one called Sealab. They actually use the original animation but redub the voices and reanimate the characters.
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