I. Directional counter balance. To fill my quota of non existence rule, here is a perfectly pop-ish list. Yes, this snark has to end sometimes, but on serious side, I do have to post something less extreme so later I can get away with exotic stuff. I cobble this in about 5 minutes. If it isn’t up to usual lists, use the comment section to complain. eh hmmm…
“Generic Pop List”
01. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
02. Money Brother - Reconsider Me
03. Tapes ‘n Tapes - Insistor
04. New York Rifles - Redlight Suppertime
05. Bobby Baby - Bobby
II. Noteable recent album releases. Since Moka is on vacation, I’ll gobble all the good CD’s and do my mini pre-reviews now. Fuller playlist later.
Bring Me The Workhorse by My Brightest Diamond. A beautiful album done by Shara Worden. She is opera singer by trade, sings with Sufjan Stevens and it shows. Her voice is somewhere between Mia Doi Todd and PJ Harvey, but all her songs are intimate. Strings, guitar, layers, and close mic, very close. This album would be my top choice for Fall. (Release date is August 22)
01. My Brightest Diamond - Disappear
The Avalanche by Sufjan Stevens. Obvious season pick. His usual fare of music, outakes from his last album Illinois.
02. Sufjan Stevens - The Henney Buggy Band
WWI by White Whales. A retro 70’s rock album, in tradition of Led Zeppelin. It’s a familiar work with interesting story to tell.
03. White Whales - The Admiral
S/T by Brightblack Morning Light. A slowcore gospel mixed with California psychedelia. One of my recent favorite.
04. Brightblack Morning Light - Everybody Daylight
Mobile by Glenn Kotch. A Jazz experimental album, percussian work really. It has two tracks I really like. The whole thing is academic, but not without its lyrical moment.
05. Glenn Kotsch - Projections of (What) Might. . .
Image: Gustav Klimt, Serpent I (1904-07)
