Music recommendations

Qotsa - Era Vulgaris. Very much worth listening to.

Calvin Harris - I Created Disco
Twiddly electro from Dumfries. Really.
myspace: Calvin Harris
Acceptable In The 80s


Merrymaking At My Place

I recommend:

Phoenix
http://www.amazon.de/Alphabetical-Phoenix/...1639&sr=1-1

Joss Stone
http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_ss_m/303-171...o.y=0&Go=Go

and the all-time classic:

Joe Cocker
http://www.amazon.de/Greatest-Hits-Joe-Coc...1709&sr=1-2

Enjoy!

The Presets, an electronic rock/indie (rocky-dance tune) duo from down under. The album Beam has been out for almost a year now but they just recently had their lives in Germany (unfortunately not Munich) .. most probably for fan of The Rapture, Klaxons, Digitalism
myspace link

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Once: Music from the Motion Picture
Now I'm not one for musicals, but this might have changed my mind.
Once: the official film website plays songs from the film and I'm starting to well up listening to them, absolutely gorgeous and a big thanks to me to the pal who lent me this.
It's The Frames musical and the trailer made me sob too, I'm turning into a big old mushbucket who needs shooting really. Ah well. Great album though.

Like running? Hate treadmills? Nike+ Workout: Mastering the Treadmill with OK Go is probably the best treadmill interval programme I've ever used. The music is great, lead singer Damien Kulash's guidance about the intervals is motivating and fun, plus you can also have the tracks without commentary.
Just when you feel like saying "Bugger this, I'm off" a huge song with the lyrics "It seemed like a good idea at the time..." comes on, you just can't stop after that (although laughing isn't good for your balance...).
Get it off iTunes.

Thumbs up!! awesome band.
I recommend S.C.I.E.N.C.E

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and Make Yourself

[img]http://www.dance-lyrics.com/ama/make_yourself_b0000296jb.jpg[/img]

C'mon, I've got to, haven't I?

It must be 'Life Is A Mirror' by Lee Boyd



www.leeboydmusic.com

I use this Dutch radio site.. VPRO.. selections change roughly every week so get listening
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/

Two Gallants, Iron&Wine, Super Furry Animals, Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), Broken Social Scene, Akron/Family, Turin Brakes, kate Nash and my current 2 favs

Okkervil River "The Stage names"
and
Bettye Lavette "Scene of the Crime"

Regards
P

Up until last night, Biffy Clyro were running away with my song of the year for "Semi-Mental". But only until last night.

The new Turin Brakes album has all the sounds you know them for, some were disappointed with it, personally I think it is much closer to their rockier live sound.
Then I heard "Other Side".
It starts with a guitar straight out of Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here", then the simple lyrics full of beautiful, hopeful, sad words and pleasure in small things, lovely, lovely, lovely.
The slide guitar reminds of "Together Alone"-era Crowded House or "Ray"-time Lemonheads, a big lush, layered sound, thanks to producer Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne and Ryan Adams, amongst others).
Just plain edible.
Myspace/turinbrakes - Track 5 is the one

The BC album, "Puzzle" is well worth a listen and they play Munich on October 3rd. Also getting a thumbs up today:
The New Pornographers - Challengers as it is what Belle & Sebastian's "The Life Pursuit" covered by Sufjan Stevens would sound like. This is a very very very good thing.
My rights versus yours


Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko
Hello little boys, little toys


Yep, the Motorola Razr² advert song. Doesn't make it any less fabulous.

I kinda prefer the old New Pornos albums to the new one, though it is a nice album all in all. Mass Romantic is probably still the best one of them though.

Black Kids

Definitely a band you want to hear before anyone else. Wonderful.

http://www.ledisi.com/



"Ledisi one The Top 10 Faces To Watch in 2007" Billboard Magazine

Stereophonics - Pull the Pin.

I am biased but I think it is 'kin excellent.

Track 3 - "It means nothing" WILL be a #1 hit in the UK.

Track 12 - "Drowning". The drums - the drums - I am gonna have to buy me some drums just to learn this track.

Stuff I've been listening to lately:

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Battles - Mirrored

Two great records, indeed.

Right now, I'm pretty hooked on Grizzly Bear: listen to their Daytrotter Session here

Birmingham's Untitled Musical Project have just released the most Rock and Roll quarter of an hour mini-album you'll hear this year. Like the bastard child of Mclusky and the Sex Pistols, they're brilliant live too.

Myspace
Amazon

The new Sons and Daughters album is pretty fecking good. But it's not out until the end of January

Both great and original, Peacebone and Tonto are respectively two of my favourite tracks this year, both start one way and lead you somewhere unexpected.

Get the only CD of "P"...released in 1995. Best CD I've bought in years. Has Johnny Depp, Gibby Haynes, Flea, Steve Jones...etc.

Both fantastic albums. Must say, 2007 was a great great year for new music.

2008, from what I've heard, is going to surpass it. The new Hot Chip album for instance, is brilliant. If anyone wants any recommendations, drop me a PM.

Mintzkov. If you like dEUS, Moondog Jr/Zita Swoon, you'll dig them.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00128O2S...;pf_rd_i=507846

A Fine Frenzy: Myspace
Tina Dico: Myspace

Both will be in Munich (and other German cities) in April, on the 16th and the 22nd, respectively. Sadly, they're not coming to Spain.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Return-Fabulous-Ho...3521&sr=8-1

This is like going back in time. Not only the music but the way its presented. An album size cover (10 inch actually) with three cd's and one LP (my 13 year old daughter, "What's an LP Dad?")

Remember getting an album home, putting it on and reading the liner notes and looking at the pictures? My daughter sat with me all the way through CD 1 and said "That's a really cool way to listen to a record".

The music is retro but so superbly done. For those of you who don't know, Chris Rea had pancreatitis a few years ago (I had it last year and its so bloody painful). It changed his life in as much as he stopped touring so much and doing the CD's he thought would sell records and started to record the songs he loved. The last two box sets of CD's have been extraordinary value and really worth listening to. Enjoy.

A highly recommended blast from the past: Clannad's 1983 album Magical Ring.

calexico's garden ruin

More a heads up than a recommendation, The Charlatans are also offering their new album as a free download.
Click.

Thanks for the link, Punchbear.


Source : NME.com

You can download the first 9 tracks for free here or $5 for all 36 tracks.

I love NIN, but find Ghosts to be boring as all hell, impressively so.

Nerf Herder - IV ...just came out...good stuff.

Also, Roger Waters - The dark side of the moon live in Chile... has been sounding great lately...

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular. I keep trying to listen to something else but I've been coming back to this album every day for a good few weeks now...thought I'd share it...

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

The Advisory Circle: Other Channels

Just listening to Fekreaddis Nekatibeb on www.addislive.com
Never heard a voice like hers.
It gives me the creeps.

Tangerine Dream's View From a Red Train was released a couple of weeks ago. Lovely stuff.

For fans of Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, Envy, Silver Mount Zion et al.
This Will Destroy You.

Second MGMT - avant pop? Off the wall but great.

The National Bank - bittersweet Norwegian pop.

On a nostalgia trip, soundtrack to my late adolescence, Sugar - Copper Blue.

All hail the mighty Goblin Cock.

Brought back some great CDs from Tanzania. None of them available here, except for:

Rough Guide to Tanzania
http://www.amazon.de/Rough-Guide-Tanzania-...6916&sr=1-1

Ah! I just had my memory jogged a few minutes ago. One of my favorite albums in my collection is Killing Joke's Night Time from 1985; perhaps one of the greatest '80s albums of all and certainly KJ's best. It was an international hit when released and tracks like "Kings and Queens", "Eighties", "Darkness Before Dawn" and the album's title track are just mindblowing. A highly recommended album for collectors of '80s punk & new wave.

Here's my favorite track from the album:

Last Train to Lhasa by Banco de Gaia
Parallel Life by the Starseeds. Be good to your ears. Check em out

Foinn Regan - End of History A young Irish singer/songwriter. Top stuff.




I must admit I really liked the film. Simple and nice. However I've listened to the soundtrack a couple of times, before and after watching the film. It's got some nice songs on it but most of it for me was nothing special.

Just back from my hols on the ranch. Here are my favourite cowboy vibes at the moment...

Beestinger Lullabies - Patty Hurst Shifter
Home Grown - Blue Mountain
Falling Off Lavender Bridge - Lightspeed Champion

And non-cowboy vibes...

Brighter Beat - Michael Middleton

And some free stuff to download

Hugh Cornwall's new album - Hoover Dam
Wolf Music

Richard Thompson - great guitarist and songwriter

http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Thompson/e/B000AQ70GG

Mary Coughlan - jazz with an irish touch

http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Coughlan/e/B000APYYWU

David Lindley - weird and wonderful

http://www.amazon.com/David-Lindley/e/B000...=ntt_mus_dp_pel

Hey, I am quite bored so until i figure out what to do i thought hey i might as well see if i can find some new music. I'm a fan of almost everything, the exceptions being gangster rap and country. Feel free to post all music though, others may enjoy them.

До свидания, Speiluhr

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Thanks a lot, would you happen to know of any groups similar to MGMT (time to pretend and kids) or The Cranberries (Zombie)

K.C and the Sunshine Band?


... thankfully not ;-)

Hahaha well i have yet to hear the similarities between MGMT and K.C. and hey zombie isnt that horrible. Have you heard of "Boards of Canada" or "Deep Forest" both really relaxing artists if that is your type of music

Guillemots - Sao Paolo