Okay everyone, here's something to chew on...

I recently checked out the band "Godspeed You Black Emperor!" signed to Kranky Records (www.kranky.net) and this is seriously some of *thee* best music I have *ever* heard. Maybe it doesn't fit online-dj in essence since they even state that no keyboards are used. It's a combination of three guitarists, bass, violins, cellos, two percussionists, tape loops, and a variety of other stuff. The music moves about from experimental-ambient to melodic and mellowed out rock music (often called "krautrock" from what I remember) and is just *great.* None of my stupid words can possibly describe this band. No vocals either, but some tracks have sampled monologues and dialogues.

Hop on Napster *right* now and grab the tracks "Moya" and "Dead Flag Blues" to get an idea of their sound. I can't wait until December 2nd when I'll be seeing them in the capital. Supposedly their live shows are 75% improvised and they even add extra sessions to their "album tracks."

This is so good. I just bought "Slow Riot For New Zero Canada" today, and it's two tracks clocking at I think 28 minutes of amazing sound. If I wasn't broke I'd buy their other disc tomorrow. For the past two days, with my total of four mp3s, this is the *only* band I've been listening to. It is *that* good. If there's one CD you buy this year, make it *anything* by GYBE.

Additional note: I probably cursed twenty times in the past three paragraphs, but had to clean it up since I remembered I'm the moderator, hah.

- Daan