I am a Frisell freak. Love Kenny Burrell! And I am going to add Efterklang (Tripper) to my rotation today - haven't heard it for a while. (One review here for pretty good description... http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/r ... ng_Tripper).
i love Doves! they're an amazing live band...I have to drag that disc out when I get home tonight. Very overlooked in my opinion.. anyone heard the new pharrell disc? Any good? He tends to be hit or miss for me..
The Doves are highly underated. I used to call them "The poor man's Radiohead". "Lost Souls" is a classic album. "One of These Days" on Some Cities hase the most wickkid humping bassline.
Last couple of days: Lily Allen - album Turbonegro - Party Animals Adam Green - one with the yellow cover On the radio: 103.1, emphasis on Jonesy's Jukebox
Doves and Elbow at the Mayan about 3-4 years ago - awesome. Doves with STrokes opening at the El Rey 5 years ago - Doves were awesome, Strokes were horrible. Didn't dig the last Doves album at all tho, much preferred the first one by far!
If you have a music shop with a reliable electronica section you should be able to find these. They are more along the lines of a jazz-electronic fusion,with minimal vocals. For anyone looking for music that is different yet familiar then try these CD's.If you live in San Francisco skip looking at the Virgin MS, they don't know what a real electronica section is , THEY SUCK! Support your local independant music stores !!! Try BOOMKAT on the net, you can even sample , they are the sheeet ! Bola TRIOSK Efterklang Funky Lowlives Fourtet Monolake And the list goes on. If anyone takes the time to listen to my sugestions and is interested in more recomendations just let me know. SHAPE
I was in london last spring, I rented a car and drove some hours to birmingham to see DOVES, and The magic numbers. It was an awesome show!
I dig the new Doves album... can't say there's a partular album I like, but I have my favorites with each album. I've seen them once at the Filmore... great show! When i first saw what the band looked like... they're not exactly what I had in mind though (appearance.. not performance-wise)... nice to hear some Doves love I haven't heard teh new Pharrel album yet... but that first single he had was pretty crappy IMO. I really like "In Search of..." also
Cool. I saw Magic Numbers at Coachella, and they had a great positive vibe - perfect for outdoors on a sunny day. Also glad to hear some Doves love.
Settling in to work on a big project today with: Orbital/The Altogether Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man/Out of Season Alarm Will Sound/Performs Aphex Twin Miles Davis/The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions O.Rang/Field and Waves Adams/Shaker Loops; Light Over Water
shape- heading out to the record store today, will check out some stuff. I really love the fourtet's DJ Kicks album.. Today's list: Charles Mingus - New Tijuana Moods (highly recommended) Tortoise box set fourtet's DJ Kicks (now that i mentioned it) Year Future - first world fever Isis - 03-19-03
tortoise is one of my favorites. One of the best live shows I've ever seen. We went and saw them during a snowstorm because it was within walking distance and there were abut 15 people that showed up. A really excellent night.
Tortoise are playng at the Troubadour in LA next month -I haven't seen em for a few years, and the Troub is my favorite LA venue - maybe I should make the effort to go.
tortoise is amazing live. Generally, i can't stand instrumentally sort of stuff live, but tortoise is an exception. It could be that they're multi-instramentalists and are changing up all the time. The only strange thing about them is how John McEntire stares when he plays... seems he just picks a person out of the audience and stares at them. Just watched the dvd from the new box set; totally awesome. If you don't have that set, you ought to go for it. It's super cheap too, like $30.
Playing today - Slayer - Christ Illusion Sublime - Sublime 10th Anniversary Edition Frogs - It's Only Right And Natural, My Daughter The Broad Down In the Basment (Comp of 78's from the 20's & 30's) We Got Power (80's Punk/HC comp) Cobalt - Hammerfight
Second load of 5 cds today for a little after lunch pick-me-up random play: Fila Brazilia/A Touch of Cloth I Am Robot And Proud/Grace Days Mark Van Hoen/The Warmth Inside You Lamb/What Sound Massive Attack/Mezzanine
geo- i am robot and proud is great! I've loved that fella's music for years. today: Irving Berlin Songbook Primrods - geffen unreleased cd Secret Mommy Sam Prekop - who's your new professor the summerlad - Distance will be swept up Shout Out Out Out - not sayin'/just sayin'
New Exoheads "Marc" and "Bolan" with the TRex heads inspired some glam rotation today (random shuffle): TRex - Electric Warrior David Bowie - Alladin Sane Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes Lou Reed - Transformer Plus, came across this whilst traipsing through the cds looking for the others (great listen - forgotten gem!): Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything (These days, they really DON'T make music like they used to...)
my morning jacket- Okonokos mind eraser- glacial reign fu manchu - king of the road jenny lewis - rabbit furcoat
