Thought it might be cool to keep a record of what I’ve been listening to this week. I won’t do the weekend because I think I’ll be fairly busy and probably won’t be listening to that much.
Mon 12th May, 2008
V/A Nanoloop 1.0 - oh my gosh I cannot stress just how addictive this album is. It’s no longer available so I was very lucky to get it. Various electronic music artists, some well-known, others not so, get together and make music using the synth on a Nintendo Game Boy! How rad is that?! So it’s got that chiptune sound that just makes it so fun. Reminds me of when my most recent ex actually liked me. Feck, that was long ago.
Thom Yorke, The Eraser - okay, so if you like Radiohead, chances are you’ll love this, and it doesn’t disappoint. Lush, soothing, and glitchy. Yum. I played it straight after the album above to ‘wind me down’ (the above being high-energy stuff, hehe).
Jan Jelinek, Tierbeobachtungen - haven’t given this much of a chance despite this being by one of my favourite electronic music artists. Glitchy, minimalistic electronica that hypnotises. It’s the sort of music that washes over you. Nice for listening to late at night (which is exactly what I’m doing now).
Portishead, Dummy - me and housie were testing (non seq. thank you SO MUCH Rob for fixing my laptop) a Foobar feature. Man, it’s been forever since I listened to this album. I was a young’un when it first came out…I think my first boyfriend bought me my copy.
Tue 13th May, 2008
Boys Noize, Oi Oi Oi - yeah, yeah, I know I keep crapping on about it but it’s really wicked. The best description I can think of is that the artist sounds similar to Daft Punk, whom I’m not overly keen on (and must be the only person on the planet who seems to feel that way too…gosh, you should hear them crap on about them at work)
Luomo, Paper Tigers - zomg, Vocal City was tha shiznit. The Present Lover wasn’t too bad either. But I can’t say I’m a big fan of this album…maybe I need to give it another chance, and maybe Luomo needs to stop riding the success of ‘Tessio’.
Portishead, Third - I need to listen to this album by the seminal trip-hop act more. Man, it only took them eleven years…sheesh.
Future of the Left, Curses - woo hoo, some members of mclusky! Cursory listen, so not much to say at this point.
Einsturzende Neubauten, Silence Is Sexy - my ex put me on to these guys, and I’m glad, I really like what I’ve heard of them. They have an industrial lilt.
Julie Doiron, various tracks - supposedly a ’sadcore’ artist. Beautiful, haunting folk, with generally pared down instrumentation. She sings in French and English.
Wed 14th May, 2008
The Rapture, Echoes - debut album produced by the DFA - it rocks, I reckon, though they do sound very ‘arty’ for rock, and sometimes wimpy - but I dig that kind of thing.
Peaches, The Teaches of Peaches - I first saw this when I was in the UK in 2002 and because of the cover, said “hmph, why are they flogging this girl band shit?!” - uh, I was an IDIOT. It’s not girl band shit at all. In fact hypersexual electro is where it’s AT. Woo.
Thu 15th May, 2008
Klaxons, Myths of the Near Future - initial impressions are not good…thought I would like this a lot more. Probably need to give it a chance.
The White Stripes, Elephant - the only White Stripes album I own. Can’t figure out if I prefer this or White Blood Cells
The Bravery, The Bravery - fantastic EP. Kind of electro-rock.
Pilot of the Future, 1 - chiptune-inspired music! A duo from Brisbane who have this whole album available for free download on Last.fm which is where I got it from and found out about them. Go 8-bit go.
The Rapture, Echoes - yep, again!
The Soft Pink Truth, Do You Want New Wave, Or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth? - electro versions of punk songs! It’s really, really good, the songs are so damn catchy and very provocative, as one can imagine. This has seen a lot of play in my car and my various residences.
Internet radio tagged ‘gamba’ on Last.fm - I’m really missing my early music CD collection, need to collect some stuff from my parents’ place. This is the best I can do for now. So far they’ve played some absolutely rapturous Tobias Hume and John Dowland. Thought it would be good music to have playing while I read some poetry.
Violent_Kitten | 25-May-08 at 10:03 pm | Permalink
I might have to look Peaches up. I’ve only heard her on Chicks on Speed - We don’t play Guitars…love that song.
Grace Notes @ Snarkattack | 27-May-08 at 6:21 pm | Permalink
I love Chicks on Speed - and if you like them, you will DEFINITELY like Peaches, though she is a little, um, explicit on the album I mentioned above…which I love, hehe.