Every music-related forum seems to have a thread like this, so who are we to dispense with tradition?

So what's the last thing you listened to?

In my case, it was Pythia's Beneath The Veiled Embrace. Pythia are a female-fronted power metal band from the UK (unusual enough - most of these sort of bands seem to come from mainland Europe or Scandinavia!), fronted by Emily Ovenden (of Mediaeval Baebes fame). Best described as Kate Bush fronting Iron Maiden, with added Gothic flourishes, they really are fantastically good fun.

If any of this sounds like it might be your bag, give 'em a try:

http://www.pythiamusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/pythiamusic

Most recently I've been enjoying Teenage Fanclub's new single, Baby Lee.

One of the very few classic albums from the 90s. Haven't played one this for years - The Verve's Urban Hymns.

Kings of Oblivion - Pink Fairies
Legend - Legend
Fallen Angels - Fallen Angels
Marbles - Marillion

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon By Bus.

I don't listen to much reggae, but I've always really liked this album. And I still do today.

I'll continue where I left off. So this is the last week or so's listening. Those of you that know me (and Lynda) may be able to tell I've been listening through some of her CDs recently!

Ginger - Valor Del Corazon ~249~
Ginger - Yoni ~304~
Motorhead - On Parole ~359~
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon ~370~
Monstermagnet - Superjudge ~392~
Dio - Holy Diver ~425~
Blues Project - No Rush ~443~
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock ~443~
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood ~443~
White Zombie - Astro-Creep 2000 ~457~
Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker ~466~
Deep Purple - Rapture Of The Deep ~468~
Angel - On Earth As It Is In Heaven ~468~
Black Sabbath - Tyr ~491~
Wildhearts - Coupled With ~500~
Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying ~528~
Datsuns - The Datsuns ~528~
Wildhearts - Landmines And Pantomimes ~569~
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar ~571~
Van Halen - Van Halen II ~576~
Testament - Souls Of Black ~581~
Datsuns - Smoke And Mirrors ~797~
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge ~824~
Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death ~898~
Blind Melon - Soup ~954~
Alice In Chains - Dirt ~1051~
Clawfinger - Deaf Dumb Blind ~1073~
Anathema - The Silent Enigma ~1097~
Deckard - Dreams Of Dynamite And Divinity ~1167~
Clam Abuse - Stop Thinking ~1238~
Dark Tranquility - Projector ~1314~
Amen - Amen ~1424~
Deftones - Adrenaline ~1430~
Catamenia - Halls Of The Frozen North ~1455~
Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast ~1468~
Cradle Of Filth - Vempire ~1469~
Kingfisher Sky - Hallway Of Dreams
Chalice - Back To Back

This evening's listening so far -

Breathing Space - Below The Radar
Mostly Autumn - live 2009 (both discs)
Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven
Big Country - No Place like Home

Next one in the CD player is going to be Robbie Robertson's same named debut solo album from 1987. It's the one with the excellent Somewhere Down The Crazy River on it. Love that song.

I've been doing a lot of driving recently, so most of my listening has been done in the car. Being in a lazy mood, I've set the sound system to "mix", so it's being left to its own devices when it comes to choosing the tracks. For some strange reason, it seems to have developed a love of Jackson Browne

I've tried switching bcak to normal play mode, and then back into Mix, but even so, the vast majority of tracks selected are still from Mr. Browne. Not that I'm complaining, it just seems more than a little wierd...

Jonsi-Go. The new album from the Sigur Ros vocalist.

lots of Reasoning, Ozzy Osbourne, Iona and Kyrbgrinder

Amused to Death - Roger Waters

It is rather fab The Gathering Light and Satellite are both fantasitic albums

Currently listening to some ambient solo bass noodlings for Steve Lawson, streaming from his own website.

Recently-played CDs:

Kyrbgrinder - Cold War Technology.
Prog-funk-metal from the drummer-led power trio I first saw at the Cambridge Rock Festival last year. Rocks hard in places, also more melodic than I remember them being live. Good one,

Suede - Dog Man Star
One of those occasions where I dig out an old album I hadn't played for many years, and find I'd completely forgotten how great it was.

Happiness is the Road - Marillion