so far, apart from a rather dull
Arcade Fire album, there's been an incredible amount of great music so far. where to start?
even though i've always loved her voice and her early eighties work, I kind of lost interest along the way and so was even happier to find that
Tracy Thorn's latest offering is actually, well, really good. gotta admit that i got sorta tricked into listening to it. there's a cover version of the
Pet Shop Boys' king's cross on it (on the itunes version that is). really stripped down, finally a well-done pet shop boys cover version (don't need a whole hand to count those. please someone prove me wrong). most of the album produced by
Ewan Pearson and cagedbaby's tom gandey. when will there be a new
Cagedbaby album, btw?
then there's
Low. drums and wires. reinvented themselves. again. sort of. what a surprising album. i'd already got bored of them and decided to ignore their further output. good thing i didn't. bleeps and whiney guitar-melancholia combined in a not-exclusively-lo-fi indie way or whatever. this is not indie disco. this is cool.
ahh, indie disco. my hometown.
!!!.
LCD Soundsystem.
Simian Mobile Disco. !!!'s latest is as great as their first try. less instrumental, more pop. shifting away from that noisy, krauty sound. taking quite the same path as
Out Hud. hopefully !!! do continue dancing. looking forward to simian mobile disco. their dj sets are always great and their new single with the
Go! Team's lead singer on vocals makes me wish it was june already. a 2006 release in some parts of the world but not mine, there's fujiya & miyagi. some obvious krautrock-influences, blended with minimal-house. they're at their best when they do exactly that (which they don't). a surprisingly refreshing album nonetheless.
somewhat similar in their approach, but taking even more ingredients and mixing them with different chemicals are
Suns Lungs. their spacey self-titled debut album is soon to be released and there's hope they're coming to a place near you. otherwise you'll have to settle for the record. which you really should get.
no blog post about 2007 without mentioning the most interesting band germany has had to offer since, hmm,
Kraftwerk. tada, i've said it.
Polarkreis 18. although it doesn't really do them justice all you folks into
Sigur Ros and yeah
Radiohead should listen to their debut album which has finally been released this year. worth a visit to germany alone, as they're playing all over the country this summer.
other records.
Blonde Redhead's "23", which is just amazingly beautiful.
Deerhunter's wonderfully mesmerizing drone-shoegazer-"cryptograms".
Camera Obscura's "let's get out of this country" was released last year, but i missed it. how could i? i'm listening to it all day now to make up for it.
what else did i miss? and don't say
Maxïmo Park. ;) my favourite track off their debut was "acrobat". it's not on their second album. i should have known.