I must say, having seen your name in Guitarwar (is that right? maybe somewhere else) I was surprised at your topic. Yes I am a bastion of good taste (this was meant to be a bit of humour, but it comes across fairly arrogantly in this post, I was trying to be a bit sarcastic), but there is a helluva lot of great music being made out there in the world. Aside from the great Jazz bands playing in smaller venues, larger acts are doing good stuff; it just depends on whether you like them or not. Interesting aside: I went into a CD shop the other day and, having heard some of it before, decided on impulse to buy the DJ Shadow album "Endtorducing". Maybe not too many hear would like an album where the artist's name starts with "DJ", but has anyone else listened to his stuff? Not sure how big he is in the states, but he does some good stuff. I try to listen to different things as often as possible, and as long as you don't come at an album with preconceived ideas, it's remarkable how much you can take from albums in genres you would normally steer clear of.

[Edited by Bardsley on 01-31-2002 at 12:33 AM]