You will have to excuse me for getting my impressions of these latest CDs from the small excerpts you get on itunes store, but hey i wont buy an album if the exceprts are crap will I
ok lets kick off with
Hayley Westenra - tweedy voice, poorly envisaged - not good - 3/10
Corinne Bayley Ray - well i thought she would be good after her one good hit in the charts but unfortunately a little too pop-y for my liking - some say she has beebn likened to billie holliday - shame really 4/10
Gotan Project - "Lunatico" nice change from other albums out there - some very nice spanish/puerto rican tunes - a useful addition to your colelction to salsa to 7/10
Streets The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living - i wonder if the only good song was the one in the charts recently about being famous but im sure the rest of it will grow - at last you can get to hear all the swear words edited out by aunti beeb 8/10
Daft Punk - Musique Vol 1 - although a general hater of "best of" albums this offering isnt that bad - quite a few memorable tunes that i didnt know this band brought out - to me its 6/10 but to daft fans then at least a 9/10
Calexico - Garden Ruin - Western meets easy listening meets Belle and Sebastien - good for ironing to - 6/10
THe Organ - Grab that Gun Surprisingly good album by Vancouver based girl band heavily influenced by the Smiths, Cure, and must be some placebo there too - all this and i still dont want to garrot myself with piano wire after listening to it! - 8/10
Placebo - Meds =when i first looked at this i thought oh no not another crap attempt to be as good as the first album with all songs in the same key and him singing the same interval above the bass all the time - but for once refreshingly original - well done 7/10 (ps he still smacks of marc almond on a bad day but there you go excellent cock music)
THe Vines - Vision Valley - hey welcome back to the fold - i never thought they would make it back after covering the Stones' Paint It Black but hey here we go again - good driving music for the summer if you have a soft top 6/10
Yeah yeah yeahs - Show your bones - a little to busy for me and the second album in a year which makes me think they arent putting much effort into it 4/10
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops - now this one wins my album of the week - quite bowie-esque but then ambient at the same time - if you like Sigur Ros you wont hate this too much spesh with it being in english and all that 8.5/10
More music next time guys
love J x
