For me the biggest thing about this list is that it points me to things I need to investigate. There's no telling how many discs I wouldn't have without Audities, but it's safe to say that it's a bunch. And now this little mid-year thread is adding more to my must-hear list. So thanks, those who have weighed in so far. I don't have time to pull together the mini-reviews, but here's my best of so far. Green Day - just damn. Antony & the Johnsons Asobi Seksu Eels Franz Ferdinand Cracker IAMX (former Sneaker Pimps front Chris Corner) Jets Overhead The Luxury Metric The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Phoenix Snowsera Superdrag The Soundtrack of Our Lives Trembling Blue Stars U2 -- _______________________ *Sam Smith* * » RazzberrySync Mobile, Inc. * *: Principal* * » Black Dog Strategic * *: President* * » Lullaby Pit * *: Editor* * » Scholars & Rogues * *: Editor* *voice:* *303.229.0619 /m* *skype**:** * docsammy22 *usps**:* 5132 Grey Wolf Pl. Broomfield CO 80023 *aim:* lullabypit *e-mail:* sam@estreet.com /"...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing from your heart." - John Millington Synge /