Tuesday, May 15, 2007

On and On and On

Instead of hitting the books and studying diligently, I've been listening to a plethora of music, 247.

I'm just going to list some albums that I've recently fallen for, with brief 1 sentence reviews of why I love them so.

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (2007)
American rock stylings with songs so well written you'd slap your mother.
Elliott Smith - New Moon (2Disc) (2007)
Unreleased material that would've fit perfectly in Either/Or, Elliott Smith and XO. The Nick Drake of our generation.
Arctic Monkeys - Favorite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Disco-Punk-influenced rock from Northern England with a maturity that wasn't seen in their debut. Reminds me of the UK nightlife.
Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007)
Funk, Soul, Gospel and Rock influences + great pop sensibilities of Maroon 5 = an amazing album.
Blonde Redhead - 23 (2007)
I remember Kam telling me about this band but I never paid attention to his hipster ways. I was wrong to do that.
I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends (2006)
Huge collective from Sweden (Broken Social Scene style) with their happy, european influenced indie rock.
Eric Roberson - Left (2007)
Soul music at its finest, with Roberson writing and performing songs that makes me want to go make a baby.
The Bird & The Bee - The Bird & The Bee (2006)
Electronica and Jazz influenced rock group from California, led by the great vocal stylings of the lead singer, Inara.
Super Chron Flight Brothers - Emergency Powers (2007)
Hip Hop that makes the average music listener go 'WHAT THE FUCK?!'.
Lifesavas - Gutterfly (2007)
Great, great Hip Hop album with so much personality that you'd want to slap yo mama. (I'm not that clever, I know.)
DJ Kawasaki - Beautiful Too (2006?)
Japan puts out some of the best music, and this album happens to be one of them. House music at its finest.
Phat Kat - Carte Blanche (2007)
Straight up Hip Hop from the Dirty District, aka Detroit.
The Souljazz Orchestra - Freedom No Go Die (2007)
This group from Ottawa makes music that Fela would be proud of. Yay for white boys with soul.
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block (2006)
Sweden seems to birth the best happy-go-lucky rock music ever. I should move there. This album is like whoa. Trust me.
Alex Wilson - Inglaterra (2007)
Latin and Salsa vibes from the UK pianist, doing big things with little recognition.
Ben Westbeech - Welcome To The Best Years of Your Life (2007)
This classically trained musician (cello/violin/piano) from the UK branches out into electronica and soul, creating one of the best albums this year. Thanks Gilles Peterson.
Beverly Knight - Music City Soul (2007)
Mmmm MMMMM. This beautiful woman makes beautiful music that could lead to beautiful things, if you know what I mean.

I have all these available, if anyone is interested. Just hit me up or leave me a comment and I shall provide.

There's a lot of quality music out there. Music hasn't died yet mates.

3 comments:

g1 said...

i'm interested in the Ben Westbeech. Can I access it through Peter Gillespie's website?

wow. you know so many albums. impressive.

wendy said...

wilco, elliott smith, arctic monkeys, maroon 5, i'm from barcelona, the bird and the bee, peter bjorn and john, alex, and ben,

if you please =) although i don't know whether i have any more room on my ol' laptop here. i'll have to be more selective, i think.

johnpark said...

you listened to jack johnson didn't you...


muahahaha