My Internet connection is being about as bitchy as a typical fifteen-year-old girl today, so there's a decent chance that this post will be lost, but I'm crossing my fingers and toes and forging ahead. Believe in hope, ya'll.
Thanks to generous friends, a very affordable e-music subscription and free downloads, I've somehow managed to let my hands on quite a few new albums this month, and there are more than a few that are good enough to blog about. We'll see whether or not any of them make my "best of 2006" list, but for now here's a sampling of some of my favorite new albums from the month of November:
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
I know that this one's been out for a little while, but it's new to me and I'd like to give a very sincere thanks to those of you who recommended it. (And I'm especially thankful to one little lady in particular who bent the law a bit so I didn't actually have to purchase it. Bad pirate!) I've been in love with Everything All the Time recently, and I see it as a clear runner for making one of my favorite albums of 2006.
Joanna Newsom - Y's
At the risk of sounding pretentious I must admit that I've jumped on the Y's bandwagon. Like Beirut, Joanna Newsom isn't someone who I would recommend to everyone. I see her to be like anchovies, and while I like anchovies, I fully appreciate the fact that many people do not. Nonetheless, Y's is poetic, multilayered, and incredibly beautiful despite (because of?) Newsom's warbly voice, and it just reinforces how much I've always wanted to learn to play the harp.
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
I don't know what it is about Texas, but it seems like every other new band that I've fallen in love with this year is from the Lonestar State, and I'm adding Midlake to the that list. The Trials of Van Occupanther, with undertones of Fleetwood Mac and Neil Young, sounds like it could have been released in 1975, and while that may not necessarily sound complimentary, I mean for it to be.
And finally,
Inlets - Vestibule EP
This EP, put out by Sebastian Krueger who is a part of Sufjan Stevens's crew, is being offered as a free download over at luv sound, so while I don't really consider myself to be a big Sufjan Stevens fan and I haven't really listened to Vestibule enough to strongly recommend it whole-heartedly, I thought I'd let you know. I know that some of you like Andrew Bird and Beirut as much as I do and comparisons have been made, so you may want to head over there and check it out.
And if you were actually able to read this, that means that my connection had held out and blogger hasn't lost my post like I feared it might. Oh technology, you are a tricky and temperamental mistress...
Thanks to generous friends, a very affordable e-music subscription and free downloads, I've somehow managed to let my hands on quite a few new albums this month, and there are more than a few that are good enough to blog about. We'll see whether or not any of them make my "best of 2006" list, but for now here's a sampling of some of my favorite new albums from the month of November:
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
I know that this one's been out for a little while, but it's new to me and I'd like to give a very sincere thanks to those of you who recommended it. (And I'm especially thankful to one little lady in particular who bent the law a bit so I didn't actually have to purchase it. Bad pirate!) I've been in love with Everything All the Time recently, and I see it as a clear runner for making one of my favorite albums of 2006.
Joanna Newsom - Y's
At the risk of sounding pretentious I must admit that I've jumped on the Y's bandwagon. Like Beirut, Joanna Newsom isn't someone who I would recommend to everyone. I see her to be like anchovies, and while I like anchovies, I fully appreciate the fact that many people do not. Nonetheless, Y's is poetic, multilayered, and incredibly beautiful despite (because of?) Newsom's warbly voice, and it just reinforces how much I've always wanted to learn to play the harp.
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
I don't know what it is about Texas, but it seems like every other new band that I've fallen in love with this year is from the Lonestar State, and I'm adding Midlake to the that list. The Trials of Van Occupanther, with undertones of Fleetwood Mac and Neil Young, sounds like it could have been released in 1975, and while that may not necessarily sound complimentary, I mean for it to be.
And finally,
Inlets - Vestibule EP
This EP, put out by Sebastian Krueger who is a part of Sufjan Stevens's crew, is being offered as a free download over at luv sound, so while I don't really consider myself to be a big Sufjan Stevens fan and I haven't really listened to Vestibule enough to strongly recommend it whole-heartedly, I thought I'd let you know. I know that some of you like Andrew Bird and Beirut as much as I do and comparisons have been made, so you may want to head over there and check it out.
And if you were actually able to read this, that means that my connection had held out and blogger hasn't lost my post like I feared it might. Oh technology, you are a tricky and temperamental mistress...
5 Comments:
I'm glad you love Band of Horses. I've been listening to it non-stop lately, so my love for it has grown greatly. Definitely high on my list.
But Joanna Newsom? Fingers on chalkboard. My god, I just want to rip all the strings out of her damn harp.
I'd be interested in Midlake- I like what I've heard so far.
Yeah, I pretty much figured I'd be all alone on the Joanna Newsom thing. I think a large part of it is my orchestral music background. I can't help it; it's been burned into my subconscious. For what it's worth, her voice is A LOT less annoying than it was on Milk-Eyed Mender.
Band of Horses, yes. Definitely a contender for my top album of the year (I can't wait to write my lists, but I'm trying to be good and hold off for a couple more weeks. I don't want to be like the people who have their holiday decorations up on Nov. 1.)
Still trying to get into the new Newsom, but her first one really grew on me, so I assume this one will, too. (I really like "Sadie" off the debut.)
I saw Midlake play in Brooklyn -- they put on a GREAT show. To be honest, that was my first exposure to them, and the album sounded a little flat after that. But that's the danger in seeing someone live, I guess.
I'm babbling. The main reason I'm commenting is because I've lost many posts to the temperamental mistress of technology, so now if I'm writing something that's long, I do it in Word, constantly saving, and then transfer it into Blogger. That's my nerdy tip for the day...
That is a very sensible idea about writing posts in word, JMW. I will do that. And I'll try to stop BUI while I'm at it. :)
Blogging in word: Also good for when you want to look like you're being productive at work without actually doing actual work.
And I have also been geekily mentally writing my year end music posts. As if anyone really cares whether I put Band of Horzes above or below Decemberists or Tapes n Tapes- I could really probably spend less time thinking about this...
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