blog 2010/02/09 - Mid-day curry gorging means I will sleep oh so well all weekend.
Another hectic week, another hectic update!
Bibio - Bones & Skulls: I thought I was going to love 2009's The Apple and the Tooth, but it never grew on me like I was hoping and trying. I never got the hype around Bibio. Some decent stuff, but he's yet to have that breakthrough genius release. Still, some dope dreamy downtempo and a bucketful of remixes means this release will be essential if you were a fan of their debut LP.
Bonobo - The Keeper: New single from Bonobo! It's been a while, but he delivers some wonderful soul once again. The last few years of Bonobo, with his amply talented vocal guests, have always been a delight.
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song: "El Radio" is a fascinating album, and will potentially divide audiences. It is remarkably precious and overwrought, but doesn't trip over itself on those tropes like Patrick Watson does. His sound conjures up Damien Rice as much as Elliott Smith, but with a childlike emotional fragility to boot. I think it's kinda fabulous. Break out the hankies.
Gold Streets - The Wait: Straight-ahead pop-punk from the 2007 album "Looks Like Fireflies".
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory: I already posted some of these guys on the best of 2009, but wanted to drop one more track from "Cupcake Cave". Very reminiscent of Hint, Morcheeba and that late-90s triphop sound.
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss: The J to the K is back! The album "14" hit in 2009 and it is a super downtempo bonanza. Jon sings again on a few of the tracks with such a homey lumberjack warmth that you don't care if he's not Sinatra. He grooves fine on his own beats. But voice be damned, we're here for the beats and the boom, and this album totally delivers that. Jon Kennedy has spent years ahead of the pack, and is one of the slickest jazzy beat producers out there.
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter: I wanted to love the 2009 LP "A Day Late & A Dollar Short", but it's these two tracks that rose to the top of the mixed bag. Eye Cry has a dope beat with great usage of the "cry" sample, and Quarter Water Supporter has that clever punch as well with the feel-good-summertime chorus that you can't help but love. The lyrics of the LP never push the right buttons, but the these two tracks connect just right.
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit): 1984 strikes back! A just-enough-juice approach to rolling out this track again, it's always best to leave well enough alone. Modus operandi: Get the track to the 2010 dancefloor. This should shake some booties.
The Answering Machine - Cliffer: Kinda like a toned-down and cleaner Los Campensinos, I guess? Never heard anything else by them, but this is just some straightahead pop rock.
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime: these are from their self-titled 2009 LP, which I haven't heard yet. My initial impressions remind me of the good parts of earlier The Long Blondes. But when she starts belting it, I swoon at comparisons to Team Dresch or Sleater-Kinney confidence.
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons: from the 2010 Tomorrow, In A Year! OMG SO EXCITED! NEW KNIFE!! NEW KNIFE!!! SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! SO GOOD.
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix): Another classic flipped and rerubbed for the dubstep sets!
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix): What a way to end it! The classic Pixies song reworked in that perfect way I mentioned above... leave all the goodness, and just rework it a tad for the dancefloor. I'll just leave it at that.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bibio - Bones & Skulls
Bonobo - The Keeper
Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
Chris Garneau - Over and Over
Chris Garneau - The Leaving Song
Gold Streets - The Wait
Healamonster & Tarsier - No Memory
Jon Kennedy - Live Test
Jon Kennedy - Tug Boat ft Bernard Moss
Sene & Blu - Eye Cry The Before
Sene & Blu - Quarter Water Supporter
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit)
The Answering Machine - Cliffer
The Balconies - 300 Pages
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime
The Knife, Mt. Sims & Planningtorock - Colouring of Pigeons
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou Remix)
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)
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