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I have Elephant on vinyl. It is a double album so there are 4 sides of music. 3-4 songs per side. Sounds pretty damned good. Taking into account the length of the songs, each side falls well under 18 minutes. I have never critically compared the two releases against each other, so I can't give a...

I love this release. The sound is pretty killer, great documentary, good picture. Extras are also quite good. I would definately reccomend picking it up.

Well everyone will inevitably have a problem with these kinds of things, and my beef lies with its bias towards 60's and 70's "classic rock". No daring choices in the top 100, just the same revered albums that these types of lists always pick. It dissapoints me that truly great albums like...

The Shins - Chutes to Narrow...probably the best thing i've heard all year. Nick Drake - Pink Moon (older, but fits your tastes i think) Eliott Smith - XO, Self Titled, Either/Or Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights Bright Eyes - Lifted

I think this is the best CD of the year.

I am interested in purchasing DVE for the DTS tones and rear center speaker tones, but I am worried about all these problems people are having with the LFE channel. Are there any other good calibration discs with DTS tones (I suspect that for some reason my channel levels are incorrectly matched...

I reccomend, Daydream Nation, Sister, Murray Street...in that order. Daydream Nation is one of the best albums ever in my estimation. Those reccomendations for The Pixies and My Bloody Valentine I also second.

I really don't think it is an issue of being "more sensitive" to the DTS mix. I mean, the surrounds are really overpowering. For example, in Gladiator, in the dolby digital mix when he enters the colliseum for the first time, the surrounds pick up the sounds of the crowd all around him, but are...

After calibrating my system using Video Essentials (not DVE), my system, when played back in Dolby Digital, sounds pretty damned good. Everything sounds very well balanced. However, when I play a DVD using DTS, it is invariably much too loud in the surrounds. It is too the point of distraction...

Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True, This Year's Model The Rolling Stones - 40 Licks, Exile on Main St. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People Those are the best that I have heard from those bands. But...they all have pretty extensive discographies. I personally disagree with the "greatest hits"...

Bands I have seen live of some note: The Strokes The White Stripes (2) The Faint Bright Eyes The Vines The Flaming Lips Interpol (2) The Roots Ben Kweller Upcoming: Television Radiohead The Strokes All Tomorrow's Parties (featuring: Eliott Smith, Spoon, Built to Spill, Sonic...

Micahel, I've had the pleasure of seeing The Flaming Lips live at the Warfield when they came to SF. You're right, they are definately best live. One of the craziest, most enjoyable and overwhelmingly positive concerts I've ever been to. The Flaming Lips are definately a band that loves and...

Is there any website out there that reviews vinyl releases of new albums, in terms of both musical content, and also sound quality? I am more interested specifically in a site that deals with sound quality of new pressings. Thanks.

I think any Weezer fans would definately dig Built to Spill. Similar styles, and both are very catchy. Check out "Big Dipper", "Cleo", "Twin Falls", or "Reasons", all of which are off "There's Nothing Wrong With Love", which pitchfork ranked as the 11th best album of the 90's.

There is still a lot of great rock out there...though most of it originated in places where the average Led Zeppelin fan wouldn't bother to look. Some of the really good bands right now, who are semi-popular and trendy, like The Strokes or Interpol, have their roots in bands like The Velvet...