New Sade: Fucking Worth It? |
I tell you, I heard "Soldier of Love," the title track from this new web sizzla--seriously, most-hyped new album this year?--and I was ALL EXCITED because it sounded completely new for Sade, with mart...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:35:00 GMT |
More soul searching w/ Patty Griffin |
Right, so on her album of gospel covers she does "Wade in the Water," which you know, and I don't like it as much as song #5.... wait for it.... "If I Had My Way" (aka "Samson and Delilah") even ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:41:00 GMT |
New Eels: Fucking Worth It? |
First song, a slow folkie thing with a sort of pretty tune.Second song, an electrical skiffle shuffle with some cussing and nice percussion. It's pleasant. "I never thought that I should quit/ All t...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:23:00 GMT |
New Liquid Divine--Fucking Worth It? |
It's called, um, Agoraphobic? No no, Autophobia, that's what it's called. I'm really digging it sonically--big ol' elektro backbeat, lots of bouncy synth layers, shimmery synthstring overlay, this i...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:56:00 GMT |
New Vampire Weekend: Fucking Worth It? |
The unanimous verdict from me: YES. Contra, it's called.I like this first one, where the beat kicks in and the choir and the vibraphone or whatever. It's cute, but the beat really kicks. I assume t...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:03:00 GMT |
New Jason Boesel: Fucking Worth It? |
Never heard of this guy. First tune doesn't give me hope--stodgy loping bass-heavy countryish shit. I do NOT buy that he's a hustler's son. Or if he is, he's completely trying to disavow his roots....
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:19:00 GMT |
New Freedy Johnston: Fucking Worth It? |
Consensus: Nope.First song's kind of a snooze--too much energy devoted to setting an evocative mood, or something.Second one's ("Don't Fall In Love With a Lonely Girl"?) a little rockier, and when he...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:40:00 GMT |
This XP8 album is fucking worth it! |
Worth a free promotional download, at least! "Blind" is driving, and concerns the fact that the object of the song is blind--probably spiritually, as opposed to physically. "Want It" is sort of like...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:53:00 GMT |
Where'z Babylon? Ask Plejik! |
He does the drum 'n' bass-- wait, wait! Don't go away! It's good and has, as an added bonus for having made it through a minute-thirty of beats, a little guitar tune that's kind of pretty. Sounds n...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:20:00 GMT |
Where'z Babylon? Ask Don Yute! |
They just keep coming!
Babylon is a place where yutes cannot be free. (Nothing much new there.) This realization leads Don Yute to refrain from judgment, and place all his faith in th...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:21:00 GMT |
