Last week I was mostly listening to…
March 5th, 2012
Or rather, over the last two weeks I was mostly listening to because yes, okay, I missed a week. Not a major problem in the grand scheme of things. It simply means that this week there are double the pictures to look at. Which is nice. Kills another minute or so at least. Longer if you really take the time to study them. Which of course I assume you do. Intently. So you’ll notice the inclusion of some new bands and artists amongst some old favourites. Now at this point, I should really stop being lazy and write some decent posts about them but I can’t promise that I will so instead I’ll highlight them for you here. New albums by Sleigh Bells, Heartless Bastards and Crybaby have all been in fairly high rotation and frankly I can’t recommend them highly enough. All are definitely worthy of some time with your ears and all offer something slightly different. So visit their sites, listen to their music and if you like it, go spend some of your hard earned cash buying their records. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with a few tracks from some of the bands and artists that feature in the above lists.
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Last week I was mostly listening to…
February 23rd, 2012
So this was last week. Slightly earlier than it has been over the past few weeks. Lots of good stuff in that list. A good mix of quiet and loud, brash and contemplative. Not only that but last week saw a few new records creep into rotation. My recent Lambchop listening has continued steadily and I have to say, while I haven’t really given it enough to form enough of a full opinion, ‘Mr. M‘ is proving to be yet another great album from them. As too is Leonard Cohen‘s latest long player, ‘Old Ideas‘. Again, I’ve only given it a couple of listens but I’ve heard enough to know it’ s definitely going to get a fair few more. Elsewhere, Sleigh Bells new one has peaked my attention but is as impenetrable on the first few listens as their debut is. Definitely needs some more listens to get under it’s skin. So things are starting to look up on the new releases front. It certainly seems that after a particular dry start to 2012, the flood gates are about to open and the new music is gonna coming flooding out. In the meantime, here’s some music from some of last week’s most listened to.
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Last week I was mostly listening to…
February 19th, 2012
This is getting silly now. If I get any later at posting these lists, I’ll end up meeting myself coming the other way. Not that this week’s lateness is entirely my fault. It’s merely mostly my fault. I’m not sure if you noticed but this site had a little down time during the week as one or two technical difficulties wiped me out. Or to put it into layman’s terms, I forgot to renew my hosting. So actually, I lied, it was entirely my fault. Not that this is the time to go pointing the finger of blame. Rather, lets take this opportunity to divert attention back to the reason for the post, which is as ever to point out what I was mostly listening to last week. Not that this is exactly last week’s list. No, this is actually the list for the week 6-12th February. Which is coming up for two weeks ago now. Better late than never I guess. As you can see, my listening is still pretty much being taken up with bands, artists and albums that have been in my collection for some time. Six weeks into the new year and I’ve still not really come across anything new that’s even remotely broken into my listening habits. Not to worry though, after all, I am really enjoying listening to all of these old favourites. Some of which, you can hear if you keep reading a little further down.
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Last week I was mostly listening to…
February 11th, 2012
I really am getting a little tardy with these posts aren’t I?! So this was supposed to be posted last monday but for reason of pure laziness, it wasn’t. Quite a varied week all in all with the top 2 positions going to a couple of acts that couldn’t really be further removed from one another if they tried. I guess i was going for all sorts of extremes that week. No major patterns of activity to speak of, though it must be noted that Smog has once again appeared on the list. A little less than the last couple of weeks but clearly my rediscovery of Bill Callahan shows no signs of abating. So too for Mazzy Star who I reckon will feature pretty highly on the next post of this kind as they seem to be nuzzled firmly in my listening at the moment as well. Let’s not pre-empt things to much though. Who knows what will happen on my iPod between now and the next time I get round to posting one of these. For the time being, that’s the list and here are some tracks from some of those that made it.
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Last week I was mostly listening to…
February 4th, 2012
Little late with this one. Should really have posted this on Monday but just didn’t get round to it. Time seems to be slipping away from me at the moment. Lots to do and not enough time to do it all. As you can see though, I’ve still been finding time to fill my ears with lots of musical goodness. While Elliott Smith took the lead last week, I have to say I’ve been indulging in a fair amount of Smog over the last couple of weeks. I hadn’t listened to Bill Callahan’s former moniker in ages so I’ve really enjoyed familiarising myself with his works again. Lovely stuff. As for new music,well same story as the last few weeks to be honest. Not much happening. I’ve got a copy of Lana Del Ray’s album but frankly haven’t yet found the need or desire to put it on. I think media overkill has filled me with a little apathy when it comes to actually seeing what all the fuss or hype is all about. Elsewhere, Jack White’s rather unexpected solo news was a pleasant surprise and the rather understated first single is a lovely little affair that has me all excited about what he’s gonna with that particular project.
Anyways, that was the week that was and here’s some songs from some of the artists that I listened to most.
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