I have been listening to...

Land of Talk. They just put out a 7-song EP and I can't stop listening to it. They've been touring with the Decemberists.



Cloud Cult, the other band we discovered that night. This is the band that tours with live painters. They also happen to write some catchy and unique pop music.



Glint's Lollapalooza contest rivals, Helicopters (if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, I guess). While I wasn't so impressed with them live (no drummer, mostly triggers), their one song "Rotofugi" has become a kind of theme song for my one night in Chicago.



Robert Plant's "new" stuff with the band the Strange Sensation. The music is just so cool... Zeppelin-y but also with some light, very tasteful electronics.



Aaaaand since my iPod doesn't always make it through the 1/2-hour commute to or from work or school, Smashing Pumpkins, because I have an old mix tape kicking around my car. The mellower stuff in particular.



On the more autumn-y days I seem to be "cranking" Vince Guaraldi, too. Maybe it's because some of my favorite tunes by him are associated with Charlie Brown TV specials from around this time of year...