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some music
A few tracks for you to savour. This is what I am listening to at the moment.
1 Swagger / Calla / Collisions / 2005
Calla are a band from New York, who run/ran in the same circles as The Strokes, until they hit the big time, I imagine. They have a similar sounds, only darker. This is the only album I have heard, but apparently this is them trying to do commercial.
2 Iron Woman / Devin Davis / Lonely People of the World, Unite! / 2005
Apparently Devin Davis made this album in his bedroom over a couple of years. Yes, I know, another one. But, this one is good.
3 S.e.p. Ruined My Life / Matson Jones / Matson Jones / 2005
Girly band who seem to rock out using double basses and cellos. Nice sound.
4 A Letter To Dominique / Louis XIV/ The Best Little Secrets Are Kept / 2005
Another young band from the US plundering back catalogues. This time it's glam rock. It's hard being so old. I keep recognising the songs that they have borrowed. To their credit, though, they do it well and they play as if they mean it.
5 Desperate Songs / Wheatus / Too Soon Monsoon / 2005
Brenda Brown is probably one of the best pop writers around. Why is he, and his band, not more famous?
6 February's Quiet / Big Star / In Space / 2005
One of those bands that you keep hearing about. Apparently they made a couple of albums that kick-started the whole power pop thing back in the 70s and then broke up. Well, they're back together, and they sound as if the last 30 years didn't happen. Great stuff.
7 Feelgood By Numbers / The Go! Team / Thunder Lightning Strike / 2004
This band have been around for a while and make curiously filmic dance music.
8 Dead Man's Will / Iron And Wine & Calexico / In The Reins / 2005
What can I say? Iron and Wine make some lovely music. It's difficult to be sure what contribution Calexico made to this album, but it certainly has a fuller sound and more instruments are being played.
9 Turn the Lights On / John Cale / Black Acetate / 2005
I had no idea that John Cale sounded this good. He kind of passed me by. Great album.
mr mcmuffin on 14 Oct 2005 @ 01:39 PM ✲ Permalink
Comments
The john Cale is an M4P not a so can't listen. So far I love the Iron and Wine.
Posted by: jo | 14 Oct 2005 15:20:52
Oh dear, I wasn't sure if it would play, but I thought I would post it anyway. I had a nice little app that stripped the DRM from songs bought from iTunes, but then Apple updated iTunes and the developer is trying to play catch up. The song goes like this...MMM mm MMM mm MMMMMMMMBRRRRMMM mmmmm MMBrRRRmRRRR...or something like that.
Posted by: mr mcmuffin | 14 Oct 2005 15:31:36
Go on then, which 2 or 3 of those do you think I might like, given what you already know I like...?
Posted by: Steve | 14 Oct 2005 18:34:46
Thanks for the loan of some of your music, and for some that Niece requested.
Matson Jones are great. How did you hear of them, they barely seem to be known outside of a few states in America. Great and pretty unique sound.
Didn't like Calla too much, I found them indistinguishable from Arcade Fire, who I was listening to at the same time. They may grow on me (it took a while with Muse & Interpol) but I tend to prefer bands that I love first time out (Placebo, Ravonettes, Matson Jones...)
I though We Are Scientists were truly terrible and I'm shocked that Niece likes them. It takes all sorts I guess.
Thanks again, keep up the good work.
Posted by: Steve | 19 Oct 2005 23:07:00
