I never realised before how much Interpol sound like Xiu Xiu on I Luv the Valley Oh!.
I am also currently listening to Josh Pyke's new album, which is good if a bit singer-songwriterish-familiar, and also some weird weird stuff by a band called Of Montreal. Which escapes categorisation by dint of being so odd.
And then there's new Kings of Leon song, On Call, which I seem to have a crush on, because it makes me quite schoolgirl giggly. The dudes in the band however? Need to wear looser jeans and get haircuts or something, which just reveals how old I am. And the video clip is just rotten. Almost as bad as Eskimo Joe's Black Fingernails Red Wine video, though the song is much much better. Much much. Much.
Other albums I want to buy but don't have the money to right now: the entire Calexico back catalogue, Joanna Newsom's Ys, 9 by Damien Rice, I am not afraid of you and I will kick your ass by Yo La Tengo, Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (I totally liked them before they were hip), Jenny Wilson's album, and... I'm still debating whether or not to buy the new Modest Mouse CD. I think that's it.
So what are you listening to right now? Anything spectacularly ground-shakingly good?
That Yo La Tenga album is good. An album I've been listening too lately is The Free Design's 'Kites Are Fun'. My gentleman friend introduced me to them. They're a band from the late 60s early 70s and they're really sweet and cool. You know the drumstick ad, with all the people doing things in synchronicity at the pool? They sing the song on that ad. It came from they're album 'Songs for Very Important People' which is an album they released for children. Bless!
I really enjoyed Calexico when I went to see them. Such good music....
Posted by: audrey | March 23, 2007 at 09:38 AM
If you like Calexico you might like to check out they did with Iron and Wine.
Posted by: missv | March 23, 2007 at 10:40 AM
I have the entire Calexico back-catalogue -- given it as MP3s. But somehow I've been too lazy to go through it all...
Lately I've been going back through my whole Dinosaur Jr back-catalogue...
Posted by: nick cetacean | March 25, 2007 at 06:43 PM
Just got a new special-release-remastered thingy - a 2 CD 'best of' collection of Lionel Hampton's stuff on Decca (the label). It's nice to have nice quality versions of my favourites, but I had most of it already. But I had no clue he did such interesting bebop stuff.
I'm also enjoying a CD I picked up at a gig by a local band - Mike McQuaid's Red Hot Rhythmakers - hot jazz (circa 1929) for all!
... you make me wish I knew more about modern music.
Posted by: dogpossum | March 26, 2007 at 09:06 AM
Anything by M.Ward I can get my hands on, and I'm still stuck in the world of The Postal Service.
Posted by: ampersandduck | March 26, 2007 at 08:49 PM