Hi again. There's a couple new albums out now that I downloaded that are pretty notable:
"Dear Science" - tv on the radio - A fantastically, funky Prince-meets-Beck creation that is really unique. Highly recommended. I caught on to them via NPR. Hey, it may be the "liberal media elite", as they say, but I betcha Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity aren't listening to cool, new music like this!
"Re-Arrange Us" - Mates of State - Married couple Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel put together a collection of songs with a poppy Lush/Blonde Redhead sort of sound. Very happy and boppy, but endearing. Apparently they've been around for a few years, providing a track for an AT&T commercial as well as the house band for the touring version of "This American Life" with Ira Glass (another NPR staple). They caught my interest from an ad on my facebook profile. Damn popups!
"Way To Normal" - Ben Folds - If you're new to Ben Folds, this is no masterpiece, but if you're a pretty ardent fan of his like me, you'll still appreciate this album. Some of the tracks (almost all are labeled "explicit") seem to have curse words in them just for mischief's sake, but there are a few moments reminiscent of the genius of "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner" (e.g. "Cologne"), as a well as a great live track entitled "Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)" which sounds like a bizarre fusion of "Private Eyes" by Hall & Oates with "Benny & The Jets" by Elton John.
Enjoy!
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That's funny. I was just going through my cd's the other day and thinking about all of the discs I've lost over the years, Lush being one of them and a band that nobody else has heard of. My brother introduced me to TV on the Radio and they're awesome.
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