Music to keep you cool
Hey dudes,
Nice to see a little momentum building again for music club. So far it's been a good year for tunes but as always you need to dig to find the good stuff.
For my part my most recent revelation is the truly awesome Yo La Tengo. They are one of those bands I've always kind of known about but never really given a listen to. Then in Scotland I picked up their 2 disc anthology set for 5 pounds and wow, I was hooked right away. They make what I would call pop music (although attitudes vary on what pop music actually is) but it's very experimental. At times they are like Stars crossed with Dinosaur Jr (i.e. lovely and melodic integrated with fuzz and feedback) and at times it's like Radiohead had forgotten all about all that Kid A stuff and decided to make music with proper melodies and chorus. A good starter track would be Stockholm Syndrome which is pretty much a straight up indie pop tune but it has something about it. Anyway if anyone is interested I can hook you up with the anthology on Mp3.
Other recent faves are:
The Hold Steady - They sound like Bruce Springsteen and the E street band if Bruce was Irish and pissed.
M Ward - Cool voice with some lovely folky/blues tunes who plays in Bright Eyes band on occasion.
Clap Your Hands say yeah - Like Talking Heads all over again
The Lovin' Spoonful - Totally underated 60's band, perfect for summer in the city
oh and about 30 or 40 other bands but hey I'll save it for the next meeting.
Peace the fuck out
Alan
Nice to see a little momentum building again for music club. So far it's been a good year for tunes but as always you need to dig to find the good stuff.
For my part my most recent revelation is the truly awesome Yo La Tengo. They are one of those bands I've always kind of known about but never really given a listen to. Then in Scotland I picked up their 2 disc anthology set for 5 pounds and wow, I was hooked right away. They make what I would call pop music (although attitudes vary on what pop music actually is) but it's very experimental. At times they are like Stars crossed with Dinosaur Jr (i.e. lovely and melodic integrated with fuzz and feedback) and at times it's like Radiohead had forgotten all about all that Kid A stuff and decided to make music with proper melodies and chorus. A good starter track would be Stockholm Syndrome which is pretty much a straight up indie pop tune but it has something about it. Anyway if anyone is interested I can hook you up with the anthology on Mp3.
Other recent faves are:
The Hold Steady - They sound like Bruce Springsteen and the E street band if Bruce was Irish and pissed.
M Ward - Cool voice with some lovely folky/blues tunes who plays in Bright Eyes band on occasion.
Clap Your Hands say yeah - Like Talking Heads all over again
The Lovin' Spoonful - Totally underated 60's band, perfect for summer in the city
oh and about 30 or 40 other bands but hey I'll save it for the next meeting.
Peace the fuck out
Alan
posted by alanm | 10:00 p.m.
1 Comments:
Ok-we definitely need to have a meeting. Some good ole music swapping, ya know! I bought a few CD's in the states too...
The Magnetic Fields - Holiday (the lead singer is from the 6ths)
Aisler Set (very NYC indie rock. If the Strokes were girls kind a thing)
OutHud (indie pop/dance. Very anti-Bush. It's great)
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