I’ve been listening to some new music. Some of it has just been released and some of it is new to me.
Interpol‘s Our Love to Admire: I really, really like this album. In some ways I think it’s stronger than Antics. I haven’t made it through the entire album but track 6 (Pace Is The Trick) and track 7 (All Fired Up) are great tracks. It’s more of the same Interpol recipe but a little more mature.
Mark Ronson‘s Version: This is a fun album with covers of Britney Spear’s Toxic, The Charlatan’s The Only One I Know, Radiohead’s Just and more but with horns and a more upbeat sound added. It doesn’t have a great deal of repeat listenability.
Pharoahe Monch‘s Desire: My friend Ben Ricker introduced me to Pharoahe Monch and I love it. More than half the album is great with the remaining tracks being good but not my style.
Yeah Yeah Yeah‘s Is Is EP: Fun fun fun. Rockers To Swallow rocks, the rest of he songs are great. I love the beat in Rockers To Swallow.
Air‘s Pocket Symphony: Good stuff, standard Air album. Nothing jumps out at me yet as “amazing” but Lost Message gets close. More listening needed. Even if this album isn’t great I had to have it..
The Chemical Brothers’ We Are The Night: I was expecting that this would be like The Chemical Brothers’ last 20 albums but I think they’ve moved ever so slightly to a more fresh sound. I really like it.
Gogol Bordello‘s Super Taranta!: I love Gogol Bordello, endless energy coupled with accordian accordian and fiddle make for fun, infinitely listenable music. This album kicks it up a notch. My favorite in all the albums I bought.