Ok new-ish. My favourite record last year, and the new record I listened to the most, was Vampire Weekend, but then I do love 'Graceland'. The sound is great, the lyrics are, at least, interesting / quirky, but what makes it such a great album is that the songs are fantastic - short, catchy, what pop music should be . Mind you, their cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'Everywhere' did not cover them in glory.
The Very Best who are Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit, two east London based producers, made a fantastic mixtape, which you can download for nowt at their http://www.myspace.com/theverybestmyspace Not so sure about the artwork - perhaps it's tongue in cheek but it looks very much like something you would see printed on a towel on sale at £5 at East St market. And their name is funny. Their music is a cross between traditional 'world' sounds (or maybe Malawian) for want of a better word, and rockin de dancefloor. It is superb. Check it out. Here's their cover of Vampire Weekend's Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa http://sharebee.com/33b0e676
There's also a great version of MIA's Boyz on there.
The Very Best who are Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit, two east London based producers, made a fantastic mixtape, which you can download for nowt at their http://www.myspace.com/theverybestmyspace Not so sure about the artwork - perhaps it's tongue in cheek but it looks very much like something you would see printed on a towel on sale at £5 at East St market. And their name is funny. Their music is a cross between traditional 'world' sounds (or maybe Malawian) for want of a better word, and rockin de dancefloor. It is superb. Check it out. Here's their cover of Vampire Weekend's Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa http://sharebee.com/33b0e676
There's also a great version of MIA's Boyz on there.
I've been feeling pretty excited about the new Animal Collective album. I realise I'm not alone in this, at least among the hipster section of society. I actually own four Animal Collective albums but have always felt a bit let down by them. Especially Strawberry Jam - I was expecting that to blow me away. But that's what happens when you believe magazine reviews.
Anyway I've read lots of reviews of their new album Merriweather Post Pavilion, and again I'm believing what the press is telling me. Will I ever learn? Probably not, but this time I have good reason to believe as I've heard the track 'My Girls', which actually has the semblance of a tune allied to the dynamics & general sonic weirdness that AC have always shown. It was so good that I went and bought the Panda Bear solo album Person Pitch. And I love it. It's a record you can spend a lot of time with. Lots going on on different levels but never getting too complex for complexity's sake. I think this is the best track, 'Bros'. I don't know if it's a paen to the Goss Bros. Unlikely.
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