Members philbo Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 In light of the amount of regular bitching I do on this board about newly released music, I thought it only fair to list a couple of the 'keepers' I've run into lately. Eagles - Long Road Out EdenJJ Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road to Escondido What are some of your recent favorites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Joni Mitchell - shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scud133 Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 anyone heard Mark Knopfler's recent cd? any opinions about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Lately, I've been a "viral messenger," a memetic vehicle, for a bunch of newer artists/CDs, so you may have already heard these from me. I don't claim any of these will rock your world like, say, the first time you heard Bad Company , but I quite like: Kismet, by Jesca Hoop (comes from a Weil-esque, Waits-eque, somewhat electronified cabaret-rock space, but she is a really striking, unique performer who sings like a cross between Bjork and a dowdy English shop girl) Andrew Bird and The Mysterious Production of Eggs Sounds kind of Dylan at the circus. Great stuff. World class whistler! from my son's collection, I've gotten a lot of mileage out of the CD "Elevator" by the Canadian band Hot Hot Heat. Delightful, high energy, early-XTC-inspired quirk pop. Too bad their brand new follow up is such a...well I'm loathe to say disaster, but it is certainly a big whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 I'm liking Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, by Devendra Banhart. It's a jump from his ultra-lo fi roots but it still captures his quirky charm and spikey advernturism and the bigger budget lets him play with more elaborate arrangements. He goes back to his Latin American roots for some of the textures and sounds -- and drops in and out of Spanish through the album. If you haven't heard him, there are all kinds of things going on with him, but probably the best reference would be pre-amplification Tyrannosaurus Rex/Marc Bolan. But while some of his earliest stuff sounded eerily like old Tyrannosaurus Rex, the new stuff falls pretty far from that tree, while still maintaining the oddball charms and intimacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted November 25, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 25, 2007 Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer. He's hillbilly farmer and rock and roller all at once. Levon rocks on the tubs and his signature holler, wail, and heartfelt delivery are all 100% intact. I'm digging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Brightblack Morning Light http://www.myspace.com/brightblackmorninglight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echoshock Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Recently listening to:MuseArctic MonkeysSam robertsonRilo Kiley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members linwood Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 J T's One Man Band. I never tire of hearing these tunes and this cd is great. What a fantastic musician he is. Great player,composer,singer, storyteller. hey...and I don't think he reads. Two points for that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Muse, RHCP, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gris Gris, Brightblack Morning Light, Devendra, etc. are always good to keep an ear out for. I liked some of Jesca Hoop's stuff. Thanks, Magpel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kurdy Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 Great player,composer,singer, storyteller. hey...and I don't think he reads. He's illiterate? As for my picks--the one that stood out most to me recently was The White Stripes' Icky Thump. It's one of those albums that you could just imagine blowing kids' minds back in the '70s, had it existed yet. But since this is 2007, it'll just have to settle for the status of "really good rock album". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Charles Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 Kismet, by Jesca Hoop... I heard an interview with her on NPR and checked her website. What a cool soul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 He's illiterate?As for my picks--the one that stood out most to me recently was The White Stripes' Icky Thump. So the whole album is really good? I like that one song from "Icky Thump" but keep forgetting to check out the rest of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members offramp Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 I've been enjoying the CD from a band of kids, out of New Orleans, called Mute Math. Interesting mix of lo, medium, and hi-fi; some of the tracks are transitional between the bigger pieces, and there's an interesting sound about them that I can't quite put my finger on nor can I put a label on.Which, I suppose, is a pretty good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 Mute Math have an awesome video, with the band performing backwards, but syncing to the music going forward. Really fun. The song's quite good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echoshock Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 It's one of those albums that you could just imagine blowing kids' minds back in the '70s, had it existed yet. But since this is 2007, it'll just have to settle for the status of "really good rock album". I think this is true for so many bands today. Its just such a different world for a band to become superstars no matter how good they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted November 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 Brightblack Morning Lighthttp://www.myspace.com/brightblackmorninglight Pretty spacey stuff - - I like! Very unique... Sort of like 'It's a Beautiful Day' played at 16 RPM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members offramp Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 Mute Math have an awesome video, with the band performing backwards, but syncing to the music going forward. Really fun. The song's quite good as well. I've seen that. Hurts to watch, because I can't get my former video-production-engineer-mindset head around how it was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted November 26, 2007 Members Share Posted November 26, 2007 Herbie Hancock - The Joni Letters. John Scofield - This Meets That Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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