Another rushed post, another short gap. But another excuse!
I am spending this weekend pampering my sweet-heart, so I want to get this out of the way now.
Just don't open this until Friday. It's THAT EASY.
Why the hell do you even read this? This blog isn't a "woah look at me I'm a fancy-pants writer and I write a music blog". No. The writing is purposely rushed, vapid, with random missing words, and numerous spelling errors. All to the effect of getting you to stop reading and focus on listening!
But not until Friday, k?
Ash Reiter - Paper Diamonds: I haven't heard anything new from Metric or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs any time recently, but thanks to Ash Reiter, I don't care anymore! woot.
Daniel Johnston - Mask
Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End: Classics are reworked, voices are strained, crowds are alienated. All that and more on the new album "Beam Me Up!"
If you don't know Johnston's peculiar stylings, give it all a moment to sink in. He's a very precious singer/songwriter. This disc is a good jump-on point for newcomers as it does have some of his most-loved songs, but it's also essential for any fans.
Kenyan Boys Choir - Homeless
Kenyan Boys Choir - Kikererani Lelo (Kapchesan): Funny story. These guys came and sang at Barack Obama's inauguration, and were approached with a local record contract while in the airport waiting to depart back to Kenya. Or so the story goes.
Of all of the fabulous music coming from Africa, this is far from the most boundary pushing. Hell, it's even safer than Ladysmith Black Mambaozo in the 80s. Disney friendly. But they drop a great rendition of the famous track Homeless, and that kind of warmed me to it all. :)
Lady Of The Sunshine - Lady Sunshine
Lady Of The Sunshine - Silver Revolver: Wonderful folk pop, for fans of Fleet Foxes and Iron & Wine. From the 2009 album "Smoking Gun".
Laleh - Simon Says: Straight-up happy pop.
Lenka - The Show: Super cutesy folk for sure, but that's never stopped us before. Shades of Kate Nash and Natalia Lafourcade for sure. Maybe even Sheryl Crow? Forget I said that. Sorry.
Lusrica - From the Chamber Blues: Uplifting downtempo breaks, with a very strong AIM influence going on. Frm the LP "Marvelous Notes".
Metavari - Kings Die Like Other Men
Metavari - Twilight Over Akaishi: I kind of love this album. "Be One Of Us And Hear No Noise" is a bit all over the place, but all the places it visits are delightfully familiar and exciting. Shades of The Books, Lali Puna and even a tad of Sigur Ros. Pretty fantastic stuff.
Mi Ami - Secrets: With a shout belted out like that to kick the track off, you know it's gonna be hot. I miss the golden days of Crass, and hereby salute the future of female ranty punk music!
Nina Nastasia - Cry, Cry, Baby
Nina Nastasia - You Can Take Your Time: I had a hard time figuring out "Outlaster", Nastasia's new album. The moods are often somber, but she brings in a huge backing section that is used so damn well, that it's hard not to get seduced from the get-go. The arrangements vary from poppier twang folk to denser contemporary works that would impress Owen Pallet. But what grounds it all is Nina's emotional honesty in her delivery.
Panacea - Immortal
Panacea - Revolution World Crazy: The new Panacea is "12 Step Program", and while I can't get behind the whole thing, these tracks show that there is some serious flavour to be found. In the realm of conscious hiphop, it's especially important to avoid the cliches, but the music has to be tight up there too. So this is pretty good, but it's no Shad. What's that? Oh yes, new Shad out soon...
The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It: FUCK YES BREAKBEATS! That's my new genre. "fuck yes breakbeats". unnnh. It's like the sexiest parts of eDIT and Bassnectar massaged together by strong-yet-supple hands.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Ash Reiter - Paper Diamonds
Daniel Johnston - Mask
Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End
Kenyan Boys Choir - Homeless
Kenyan Boys Choir - Kikererani Lelo (Kapchesan)
Lady Of The Sunshine - Lady Sunshine
Lady Of The Sunshine - Silver Revolver
Laleh - Simon Says
Lenka - The Show
Lusrica - From the Chamber Blues
Metavari - Kings Die Like Other Men
Metavari - Twilight Over Akaishi
Mi Ami - Secrets
Nina Nastasia - Cry, Cry, Baby
Nina Nastasia - You Can Take Your Time
Panacea - Immortal
Panacea - Revolution World Crazy
The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It
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~CPI
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