This past May has been a ridiculously good month for new
music from established bands. Say what you will about them but, the new Vampire
Weekend is great, the new Daft Punk is, hate it or love it, the NEW Daft Punk,
and in my humble opinion , the National's new album is infinitely better than
their last. Having said that, the release
that I have been super into, and listening to the most is Savages. They
are a new English post punk group with a French singer who's style amalgamates the
best parts of Siouxsie Sioux with a little bit of Karen O, combined with some of
the verbiage that's reminiscent of Ian Svenonius. This is a band I'm really
excited about. If I'm honest, the sexist part of me wonders how great they
could be if they were technically better (read:
male) musicians. But for what they lack in skill (full disclosure: I have
no musical talent to speak of) they make up with raw intensity. I'm truly stoked
about these girls.
i've got a stack of cds sitting in front of me that i'v yet to file away. bought them all on Amazon. so this is a good random sampling of shit i've been diggin lately. note the hip-hop actually outnumbers the black metal. ;)
darkthrone - the underground resistance jay z - reasonable doubt coliseum - sister faith (my album of year. i think you'd dig!) hooded menace - fulfill the curse beast in the field - the sacred above the sacred below caina - hands that pluck jay z - the blueprint magazine - real life lupe fiasco - food and liquor part II kraftwerk - Autobahn (awesome! you'd dig)
this is actually pretty good stuff. i'd like to hear more. thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by 'actually'?! There's more out there than droves of black metal my man! :) lad you liked it
ReplyDeletei've got a stack of cds sitting in front of me that i'v yet to file away. bought them all on Amazon. so this is a good random sampling of shit i've been diggin lately. note the hip-hop actually outnumbers the black metal. ;)
ReplyDeletedarkthrone - the underground resistance
jay z - reasonable doubt
coliseum - sister faith (my album of year. i think you'd dig!)
hooded menace - fulfill the curse
beast in the field - the sacred above the sacred below
caina - hands that pluck
jay z - the blueprint
magazine - real life
lupe fiasco - food and liquor part II
kraftwerk - Autobahn (awesome! you'd dig)