Tuesday, April 25, 2006
edible audibles
Some music worth checking out.
The guy who introduced me to this described it as Norah Jones on acid - apt.
He also opined that not listening to Frank Black beyond the Pixies constitutes several mortal sins.
It is gorgeous and while I'm not into counting sins I think that Norah Jones-Hoffman would agree.
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs I've heard all year - and one of the saddest things I've seen on TV in just about as long.
Jose Gonzalez is a Swedish solo guitarist (12 string acoustic) and vocalist of Argentinian descent.
As one does when promoting a music career he agreed to play on Top of the Pops (directly after some noisy pop nobody). He was all but ignored by the clueless audience pining for Pete Doherty.
The presenters, equally clueless, nodded solemnly when the song ended. fuck em'.
Crap name but All Sparks (and accompanying video) is a killer.
I totally get the criticism about channeling Ian Curtis though.
And something that I've not heard but am told is the shit is The Arcade Fire which has had the critics salivating. I've never seen Pitchforkmedia give a 9+ rating (except for Kanye West's Late Registration).
[1] No the image here isn't the cover of Honeycomb - but it looks much nicer and has Francis B. looking particularly ruff.
The guy who introduced me to this described it as Norah Jones on acid - apt.
He also opined that not listening to Frank Black beyond the Pixies constitutes several mortal sins.
It is gorgeous and while I'm not into counting sins I think that Norah Jones-Hoffman would agree.
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs I've heard all year - and one of the saddest things I've seen on TV in just about as long.
Jose Gonzalez is a Swedish solo guitarist (12 string acoustic) and vocalist of Argentinian descent.
As one does when promoting a music career he agreed to play on Top of the Pops (directly after some noisy pop nobody). He was all but ignored by the clueless audience pining for Pete Doherty.
The presenters, equally clueless, nodded solemnly when the song ended. fuck em'.
Crap name but All Sparks (and accompanying video) is a killer.
I totally get the criticism about channeling Ian Curtis though.
And something that I've not heard but am told is the shit is The Arcade Fire which has had the critics salivating. I've never seen Pitchforkmedia give a 9+ rating (except for Kanye West's Late Registration).
[1] No the image here isn't the cover of Honeycomb - but it looks much nicer and has Francis B. looking particularly ruff.
// posted by werner @ 2:30:00 pm 
