Ok now we're down to business
I recently realized that Neil Young has released two albums since his massive Living With War. Where have I been? To save you the trouble, I'd say that Fork In The Road is definitely better skipped, but Chrome Dreams II actually has quite a lot of depth to it, quite liking it. This track appears on my upcoming California Soft Rock mixtape, if I ever get around to finishing it :)
Also recently bought the Monsters Of Folk (a collaboration between My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes, and M. Ward) album, that's also growing on me like crazy. I think I was listening to it when I got my first speeding ticket ever recently, so unfortunately it kind of reminds me of that. But I love this track.
Last but not least, Mike Stinson just released his third album! Heaven.
(I hope you like mopey country/folk music)
Neil Young - The Way (buy Chrome Dreams II)
Monsters Of Folk - Magic Marker (buy the album)
Mike Stinson - Square With The World (buy The Jukebox In Your Heart)
A quick google search reveals that good things, bad things, and celebrity deaths come in threes. Mp3s are no exception (perhaps as the name implies). Please tell us about your current fav. tunes. More than that, please tells us about the music that you can't get out of your head, the music that defines you in your immortal nowness. Please tell us no more than three tunes per month. Simple?
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
choon
so for quite a while i've been secretly into this music coming out of the deepest darkest clubs of sheffield. or at least that's the way that bassline/niche has been sold on wikipedia. actually wikipedia says the scene is associated violence and gang culture, which is hard to believe for music that is basically super slow R&B vocals and ridiculously heavy sped up basslines. can't really imagine people getting violent while "baby, can you kiss me?" blares across the speakers.
"bassline (dance music)" feels slightly like a guilty pleasure and reminds of reggaeton in it's lazily repetitive (hypnotic) formula - but you also get the sneaky suspicion that one or a couple of tracks could blow the whole thing up rather than consign it to the damned history of weird uk club sub-genres. or at least it's worth keeping an ear out for so you might just end up with a hell of a night out dancing in the right london club.
here's some recent songs, at least one of which shows some promise to stray from the formula:
1. Addictive - Candy Rain
2. Addictive - Right There (Burga Boy Remix)
3. TS7 - End with Goodnight
4. Delinquent - Playing Around (Dub)