Eels – Hombre Lobo
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Mark E and twelve songs of desire. If you’ve been following what he’s been doing with Eels, it has always been about it in most of the songs. It is what has kept me going back to these albums – I sensed the blues and sincerity. The music is often so simple, I can often figure out how to play them on guitar in two takes. But it rocks. And when it’s a ballad, it’s like he sat down next to us and expressed it from the bottom. It’s also why I sometimes have to make a step away.
All songs on this album are what he imagines would be a soundtrack to the emotions of Dog Faced Boy, being a grown up werewolf, as he seeks the affection of a girl he’s in love with. It’s the longing and fresh blood of an ordinary man whose timing may be off.
the band’s myspace page contains interesting text and videos
Sigur Rós – Með suð I eyrum við spilum endalaust
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I’ve been listening to Sigur Ros a lot lately, their ice music works well during the long working hours.
I couldn’t find the latest album in any other format then m4a, if anybody knows of an mp3 or flac torrent please tell me.
Jack DeJohnette ft. Lester Bowie – Zebra
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Found this little gem, recorded 24 years ago, from a drummer that I know from the Keith Jarrett Trio.
The music on this obscure LP was used as the soundtrack for a video program. Jack DeJohnette is heard on synthesizers and is usually joined by trumpeter Lester Bowie. The performances are moody and has its colorful moments although most of it does not stand alone without the film all that well. Superior background music. – allmusic
Mastodon – Crack The Skye
Crushed by the work lately, it’s hard to find the time to collect all the recent impressions into more than a handful of words. I’ll just say that this is by far the best metal album that I’ve heard in a year or so.
Fever Ray
Fever Ray is a solo debut of Karin Dreijer Andersson from the Swedish electronica band The Knife. It’s still slightly distorted electronica, but with way more subtle vocals, slow and atmospheric. If you need a feeling of an upcoming fall in the night.
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
As one might expect, this is some dark, slinky jazz music that mixes lots of organic instrumentation (including guitar and some particularly effective trombone and cello) with mostly subtle programming. The opening track of “The Nothing Changes” is particularly effective, as a skeletal rhythm consisting of sparse upright bass strums and simple percussion provide a shakey backbone while tendril-like horns and strings wisp around repetitive and eerie guitar.
Well, I couldn’t have said it better myself. Spooky jazz.
Static-X – Cult Of Static
Haven’t heard these guys since the days of Machine. Well, it seems everything is in place, Wayne’s hair is still upwards, the sound crushing and soulfully soulless. Here’s to all the pain.
John Coltrane – Interstellar Space
Heavy free jazz improv here. Coltrane and drummer Rashied Ali only, making enough noise for a dozen.
The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
My only fear before hearing this album for the first time was that perhaps The Decemberists‘ Colin Meloy has run out of good ideas, that the poetic moments such as those on Picaresque, which was my first encounter with the band, will begin to repeat in a parodic familiarity. None of this is fortunately the case, as The Hazards of Love sees them moving on and stretching in a brilliant… rock opera. Yes, and there’s nothing wrong with that, because it works. Totally recommended.
