A couple of new entries in the magazine this week. Firstly my new Whitest Boy Alive CD arrived and it's a corker - extremely catchy pop tunes with the funkiest bass lines and the sharpest of beats. A super little band now sadly defunct after only two albums but who live on in part through The Kings of Convenience (who are apparently recording a new album). I've played this album over and over this week, and in the car too on a long journey, so there hasn't been much look in for the rest. KOC retain their place of course and continuing my acoustic/americana/nu-folk mood I've slotted Fleet Foxes into hole number 2. Not too sure about the lead singer on their album any more but the harmonies are good.
- Bear's Den - Islands
- Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
- Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood
- Kings of Convenience - Riot on an Empty Street
- Afro Celt Sound System - Further in Time
- The Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams
Matthew E. White is a class act and
Fresh Blood is an effortlessly soulful album. Bear's Den have a knack for some great tunes, lovely Crosby Nash Stills harmonies, and melancholic lyrics. I saw them at a local venue last year and for their encore they dismounted the stage and huddled unplugged in a circle in the crowd to sing an unplugged
Bad Blood, the last track on the album. I highly recommend this talented young band.
Finally the Afro Celts hold on to a position largely due to plans to see them early next month. This week it is the turn of
Further in Time which I think is one of their earlier albums (actually their 3rd - ed.) and features guest appearances from Peter Gabriel and Robert Plant.
Album of the week:
Dreams
About The Author
Eddy Bamyasi
Eddy is a music writer from Brighton, England, named after a Can record. Each Sunday he logs and reviews the albums that happen to be in his vintage Pioneer 6-CD magazine changer, amongst other things.
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