My recent obsession would be Tears For Fears. They've been around for a while, but during the last couple of months I have grown rather fond of them. They seem clever and naive at the same time. Favourite songs would be Pale Shelter, The Hurting, Suffer The Children, Advice For The Young At Heart and the more famous Head Over Heels, Sowing The Seeds Of Love, Shout and Mad World. They're quite fun. So that's that.

The months before mainly consisted of The Dandy Warhols' first two albums. Good stuff.

Other bands I listen to at the moment would be U2, Led Zeppelin, occasionally Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beck and Spiritualized.

An album I currently enjoy is Echo And The Bunnymen's self-titled album.

In general, I can say that I listen to a lot of British music and some Irish and American.

I also thought of making a last.fm thread, but that might be too specific. I like the idea of having a general thread, so no one is too restricted. Here's my last.fm profile anyway: http://www.last.fm/user/Colin_in_Mexico

I found this 80s alt rock/new wave/goth page on Facebook and folks post vids from these oldies, so I'm revisiting a lot of stuff I hadn't thought about in a looooong time. Also rediscovered stuff I thought was lost to me forever ('cause I might've taped a tune off the radio and never bought it, you know?). Like this song, "On the Trail," by an LA band called "The Prime Movers" - I just remembered a few snatches of the lyrics but didn't know the song or band's name, and it's haunted me for YEARS until I recently found it! http://www.myspace.com/primemovers/music/songs/on-the-trail-24113384

I also learned, via this FB page, about this really great alternative/new wave online radio station, "Decadence Radio," out of Houston, TX, and have been listening to it a lot: http://decadenceradio.com/Home_Page.php They're also available on the Live365 Web site.

http://8tracks.com/arya/arya-s-fifth-december-2009-mix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8

http://keanuquotes.tumblr.com/post/17225988359/show-me-the-place-lyrics-show-me-the-place-where

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The new Leonard Cohen is overwhelming me.

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Me too :)
But so far I've fallen in love with 'Darkness'.
the rest of them might take some time to get used to ;)

and I've also discovered Tom Waits. Better late than never ;)

but I've read Cohen's poems and novels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpfj30Np41Y

Eli and Fur

Like the Way http://stoneyroads.com/premiere-eli-fur-like-the-way/
Nightmares http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/eli--fur-nightmares
Tonight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxX_OCxYti4
Sea of Stars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0LQ5qgkywU