T’is the season….
and tensions are high at the North Pole. Everything has to get done in 6 days!!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHmuH8k-dI0[/youtube]
and tensions are high at the North Pole. Everything has to get done in 6 days!!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHmuH8k-dI0[/youtube]
This is not my list for favorite albums of 2007. I’m still working on that as we speak.
This list is kind of a 2007 listening road map for me.
*Some songs may have been released in ’06, but I heard them for the first time this year. As well, they are in no order whatsoever.
Pioneer To The Falls by Interpol. Get it from Your Head’s Not Right.
Down The Line by Jose Gonzalez. Check MOKB.
Bodysnatchers by Radiohead. Check Rocksellout.
Casualty by Look See Proof. Exitfare has it.
Superheroes/Human After All/Rock’n’Roll by Daft Punk off Alive.
Northwestern Girls by Say Hi
Videotape (Acoustic) by Thom Yorke. Get it at Good Weather.
Hljomalind by Sigur Ros. Get it at the Sound Of Marching Feet.
Your English Is Good by Tokyo Police Club
Good To Sea by Pinback. Check Neiles Life.
Phantom pt. II (Soulwax Night Version) by Justice
Damnit Anna by The Morning Benders
Lake Michigan by Rogue Wave
Let’s Dance To Joy Division by The Wombats
Pop Rocks by Saturna
Weighty Ghost by Wintersleep
Sandy by Caribou
Forever Heavy by Black Moth Super Rainbow
Hold Your Secrets To Your Heart by Miracle Fortress. Get it from Matt.
It Will Find You by Maps
West Coast by Coconut Records
1 2 3 4 by Feist
Oh, The Boss Is Coming by Charlemagne
Sing! Captain by Handsome Furs
My Body Is A Cage by The Arcade Fire
Nothin’No by David Vandervelde
Anti-Anti (Stutter remix) by Snowden. Thats a tricky one to find, check iTunes.
Take Your Medicine by Cloud Cult
Music Now by Frightened Rabbit
Winding Watch by Rebekah Higgs
Went to see Jose Gonzalez play an instore at Sonic Boom last week and I was reminded how great the acoustic guitar can totally captivate an audience. Feeling the same about what I’ve heard of from next up on the filter, Fink.
Maybe a shift from what normally comes out of Ninja Tune, Fink is the work of three guys from Brighton; Fin (Guitar and vox), Guy (Bass), Tim (Drums). Sounds like it fits on the ipod with artists like Magnet, Jose Gonzalez and Adem. Got his chops on the road with Zero 7 and he’s currently touring France and England. Wonder if there are any North American dates next year?
For the record, I’ve only heard about the Mastercard Ad, haven’t even taken a look yet. I’m guessing, another artist has found their way to an audience through licensing. I’ve been saying this in work for a while; its the new radio.
[audio:thisisthething.mp3]This Is The Thing by Fink. Video below. Head by the myspace for more.
[flv]http://www.ninjatune.net/flvvideos/the_thing.flv[/flv]Head here or to iTunes for Fink stuff.
I didn’t accomplish much when I was a teenager. The best I could do musically was play bass in a band called The Daily’s, win a battle-of-the-bands at the El Mo and put out a two song tape with studio time we won from the show. If I had the mp3s handy, I’d post Kidnapped Girl and Camel, songs which I’ve found did not stand the test of time. On the other hand, if we had the talent of the kids in Spiral Beach, who knows where the band could have gone.
Spiral Beach is a Toronto foursome comprised of teenage folkie offspring; Daniel and Airick Woodhead, bassist Dorian Wolf and Maddie Wilde. They just released their debut LP Ball on Sparks music and they’ve still got that buzz. Actually, people have been buzzing about them here in Toronto for years. I’ve seen them a handful of times and I’ll admit, I initially couldn’t get into it. I came around though. Now I can appreciate their songs and their incredible ability to perform and write well beyond their years.
The band has recently toured with Sloan and The Hidden Cameras (Mike Olsen, cellist for The Hidden Cameras, engineered and co-produced the record). Go see them live, you’ll be impressed.
Here’s the video for Made of Stone. Grab the mp3 here. Super catchy and infectious.