While I was looking up which songs were on "Good News for People Who Like Bad News," I noticed that Amazon has two free downloads up for grabs.

I'm not too in love with these two songs on the first listen, but I heard their latest single yesterday (off the heralded Good News), and it's not bad. I like it more than these two free ones.

Here's my feeling: I'd kind of thought of them as a band liked by people who thought that Indie automatically equalled Good.

Heh. Yeah. For some reason I thought they were an older band, and this was some sort of comeback for them. Am I thinking of a similarly named band? Was there a band called Danger Mouse? Was there Modest Something Else?

Was there a band called Danger Mouse?

Yes, there was. Also, they've been around for a decade or more, but they've never really done anything before now.

people who thought that Indie automatically equalled Good. And then I listened to them. I've only heard Good News, but, damn. It's really really good.

Exactly! It's weird when that happens. It stuns me.

I'm not too in love with these two songs on the first listen

Oh, dude, I totally thought you knew of them. In fact, I thought I'd heard of them *from* you. Huh.

Oh, dude, I totally thought you knew of them. In fact, I thought I'd heard of them *from* you. Huh.

Well, I'd heard of them cause I keep my ear to the underground, but I hadn't heard anything by them until the video last night, and those two songs. You might have heard of them from Dan. He blind-bought the new CD and loved it.

I am the only me, but that's not surprising

Anyone listen to Nellie McKay? I just picked up her major album release.

Anyone listen to Nellie McKay? I just picked up her major album release.

I have a friend who really loves her. She quotes her all the time. I haven't heard anything by her, though. (Have you gotten to hear Snow Patrol yet? If you haven't, get on IM and I'll send you some.)

Sasha Frere-Jones gives her a pretty good review in the latest New Yorker. It's online -- check it out.

Anybody know Modest Mouse?

I can't believe someone finally mentioned Modest Mouse in this thread besides me!!

My favorite albums in order.

The Lonesome Crowded West: Excellent. Rough, genre-crossing deliciousness. The lyrics are kind of a tour through lead singer Isaac Brock's descent into crazyness. Literally. There is a great article in this month's Magnet about how the songs are about the hallucinations he was experiencing at this point in his life. The last album they did on the Up label before moving to Epic. "Jesus Christ Was an Only Child" from this album is my not-country, not-rock song on my Buffista mix.

The Moon and Antarctica: This was their first big studio album and it shows. Simply excellent production. It is their most listener friendly. "Paper Thin Walls" and "Trailer Trash" are great introductions to their sound. They just released a re-mixed version and it's great - but I'd recommend the original.

This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About: I think this an album that is more difficult to get into, personally. If you like what you hear off the others - check it out for sure, though. "Dramamine" is a classic MM song.

Good News for People Who Love Bad News: Their newest and what is supposed to be thier "break-out" album. I like it a lot. But I think it gets dull in the middle. iTunes has a version of my favorite song "The Good Times Are Killing Me" that is not on the album and does not have the production that Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips did - he really added a lot to the track. I'm glad they included his version on the CD.

Everybody and His Nasty Parlor Tricks: A collection of singles from their Up catalog. Worth it just for the song "Here it Comes".

Building Nothing out of Something and Sad Sappy Suckers: only for the hardcore fan. Fantastic but very rough.

Brock also has a very intersting solo album under the name Ugly Cassanova called Sharpen Your Teeth.

I am obviously a pretty huge fan. I couldn't be happier that they are finally getting some rotation on MTV and the radio - but I'm sad they are playing Lollapalooza. They haven't toured in a while and I was hoping to see them in a small venue.

Was there a band called Danger Mouse?

Not a band but a DJ. He started off the mashing of Jay-Z's Black album with other albums craze. (He mashed it with the Beatles' White Album).

edited to fix stuff.

Kickin' review, tina! Now I just wish I still lived near Rasputin's. I've given up order CDs from Amazon's "New and Used" third-party vendors, because the last 3 have been pirated copies.

Now, I'm all for handing the RIAA over to the Army MPs, but if I want a pirated copy of something, I'm not going to be ordering through Amazon. And I'm not going to pay legit copy prices. So looks like I'll be digging for MM albums elsewhere.