New records I acquired this week:

1. Beck, Guero
2. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine
3. The Eels, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
4. Architecture in Helsinki, In Case We Die
5. Stars, Set Yourself on Fire

The only one I've really listened to is Beck, and that was only once. It's not as good as the Hell Yes remix from a while back led me to hope.

The Fiona Apple is an as-yet-unreleased record that Sony is giving the full-on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot treatment.

You know the Eels.

AIH and Stars are from Melbourne and Montreal respectively. Both of them work in the "indie pop" arena. It's not surprising that the Canadians are cold and dark and the Australians are warm and sunny.

Anywho - I'll try to form more complete opinions and put up reviews and tracks over the next week.

Also - I'm totally trying to score an advance of the new Hot Hot Heat, Elevator. If you have an in, can you hook a brotha up?