We Are Scientists.

Looking forward to Beta Band frontman's solo effort under the King Biscuit moniker. Check out Paul Duncan, Be Careful What You Call Home. Brendan Benson and Jack White collaboration looks good. The Resonators they're calling themselves i think? Or maybe i have that arseways. And the usual stuff that i've been listening to since the dawn of my musical epihanies!

The Kooks Richard Ashcroft Corrine Bailey Rae The Long Blondes The Like Jenny Lewis Magneta Lane Dr. Dog The Village Green Be Your Own Pet Youth Group The Bellrays Blackbud Colin Meloy Duels White Rose Movement The Grates Nickel Creek Plus new material from Belle & Sebastian, Ray LaMontagne, Drive-By Truckers, Beth Orton, Jesse Malin And there should be at least six Irish acts doing something of interest this year, that will result in fine albums

young knives forward russia kooks long blondes semi finalists gogol bordello comanechi s**t disco good shoes

You'll be listening to your mother!

From Glenn To Glenn - I am getting really tired of seeing your name on every thread I come across and seeing that the point you make either ends the thread because it is pure rubbish or that the thread is forced to delve off into another direction about your stupidity. Why do you actually post threads and comments on this website? Am sure that its for the simple purpose of annoying other users, it certainly does not appear to be for the benefit of existing threads which are on going and that you assist the dialgoue with relevant responses. I know Moderators here have no problem with allowing the flow of chat and encourage people to talk about anything which is musically informative or even non musically relevant and they are VERY reluctant to interfere with threads but will do so if they (threads) continue to meander aimlessly, so I am hopefully going to speak for the majority of the users as a normal memeber of Cluas and ask you to either join in the threads where you are welcome or move somewhere else. If I am out of line here then am sure the Moderators will slap my wrists but I really cant remember a more annoying "new member" of Cluas.

Carlsberg...I'd just ignore him/her..like any attention deficit weilding child he/she'll get tired of not getting our desperately craven attention & wander back into the information super highway from whence it came. Ahem. Good call on Long Blondes..quite liking them at d mo.

Cat Power also for me, already gotten an honourable mention I see long blondes too, everyone here seems to be on the same wavelength which is a tad boring.... And I see good old fashioned forum snobbery is alive & well...Carlsberg just take a few deep breaths & let it go....life's too short, just cos someone's annoying you can't really get them moved or blocked or whatever action you deem appropriate OR CAN YOU ??? Is the fact this person is a "new member" relevant to the fact you find them annoying ??

I'm on a retrospective buzz at the mo Eagerly awaiting my rough trade electronic 1 & 2 and post punk 1 compilations to see what hidden little gems there are on it for the discovering!! Also this year I am currently rocking... White Rose Movement Client The Faint The Fall Joan of Ass (seeeeriously warped stuff) Les Georges Leningrad Channel One Humanzi and a few other Irish deadlies!

I'll be listening to: Love Is All I'm From Barcelona Levy Nightmare Of You The Immediate Medea Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Plan B We Are Scientists Math & Physics Club The Oolahs Danko Jones and whatever Bloc Party come up with next I love Jenny Lewis' stuff. Cat Power's cover of Satisfaction is excellent too. LISTEN TO COHEED AND CAMBRIA - they're fantastic and play here in Feb. The BBC 'rising stars' list is always a good one to go by: here's the one for 2006: 1. Corinne Bailey Rae 2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 3. The Feeling 4. Plan B 5. Guillemots 6. Sway 7. Chris Brown 8. Marcos Hernandez 9. Kubb 10. The Automatic

Good call from the BBC on number 5 - Guillemots are pretty damn deadly.

yeah, I've been listening to them now and again for a bit - they don't seem to be hyped that much, but their stuff is really clever and refreshing.

What's Chris Brown New album like?

Ballad of the Broken Seas by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan.

Yeah, heard a track off that Lanegan/Campbell on the new Uncut CD. Voices are wierdly suited. I like a lot.

gar, what's colin meloy up to this year, like?... is it a solo record or tour? longing for the decemberists to arrive on our shores... here's hoping

It's a solo record and tour from Colin Meloy, although the tour is only staying in the U.S. for now. And I think he is selling a brand new EP at the gigs. He also has a cameo on the new Minus 5 album. Stroller, good call on Isobel Campbell. She plays the Sugar Club next month but not sure if Lanegan will be there. The new album is pretty good.

i finally got my hands on the citizen cope album "the clarence greenwood recordings" so i shall be listening to that. also i got South "With the Tides" so that too. off the point i also got Coldplay's first ep "Brothers and Sisters" its not very good at all, but i digress. a new album from Interpol would be great though wouldnt it?

As I'm currenlty down under I don't reckon I'll be able to listen to any Irish acts, although, some Auzzie ones that are good are Missy Higgins and Ben Lee, I might be listening to them

Gar, you heard anything about a Colin Meloy Morrissey tribute album? Some mentioned it to me in passing ages ago but I can't remember.

Unicron, it was an EP entitled 'Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey' released last year. There are six tunes on it and again he only released it whilst on tour. It's as hard to track down as the 'John Byrd EP' by Death Cab.

"We are Scientists"? average enough album i thought, bad news if this is going to be a highlight of the year.

Therapy? are back in the studio since monday morning(ish) for album number 10, i think.however i KNOW im alone in this one. i still like em though.

Top Ten acts for 2006: 1. The Kermits 2. Kick your own door in !!! 3. The urgent reminders 4. Bloated hair 5. The kenbarlo fiasco 6. Adam bomme(feat. Nick Stuff) 7. Matt vinyl & the silk finish 8. Colon Cloggers 9. Death by tic tac 10.Balloon fetish 5000 More later!

2006 the following will shine: The Cinema Brilliant Scientist Spaniels The Waves Edel Shining City Tuner Elizabeth Stonefeather Jesus Tesco