New (and not so new) Music

Lately I find myself drawn to the electronic/rock mix of things. This time it started with the Morr Music compilation Blue Skied an' Clear, which then got me back into Ms. John Soda's No P. or D, mainly through the song "Solid Ground," which has a beautiful woody bass. Most recently, I picked up Lali Puna's new album Faking the Books, which starts off with a Radioheadesque sliced vocal sample over a song that has shades of Notwist in it. Rounding things out is Mum's Finally We Are No One. A friend was using "K/Half Noise" on the soundtrack of a project she was working on and I got sucked into the album itself.        

More penguin games

No. three here.

Weekly roundup

This week started with The Walkmen's Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone. Somehow this seems to fall into a similar Velvet Underground influenced rock that informs Interpol and, to a certain extent, The Strokes. I don't have their new album yet, but I'll probably get it sometime soon. Alirio Diaz's Five Centuries of Spanish Guitar Music is recorded by one of the masters of Spanish Guitar. Invited to become assistant and substitute for Andres Segovia in 1957, Diaz spent seven years working with the Spanish guitar master and sharpening his skills. Michel Legrand's score for Les Parapluies de Cherbourg bring back the movie with every note. As the entire film is sung, you could probably follow the entire plot without having seen the movie. If you could speak French. Salif Keita's Mouffou brings it back to his roots. The Malian singer combines African, jazz, funk, Europop, and R&B to fashion his own brand of Afro-Pop.       As far as singles are concerned, I'm listening to a lot of Vienna Teng's songs from her website. It's like a cross between Vanessa Carlton and October Project. Or something like that.

NY Songlines

Virtual walking tours of New York. (courtesy littlerabbit).

New Nickel

The U.S. mint is rolling out new nickels in addition to all the other new money that's coming out.

Spaced Penguin!

Try to get the penguin back to his ship. (courtesy littlefluffy).

Baa Baa black beats

Instead of counting sheep, let the sheep count the beats for you. You can also add keys and bass. I'm just happy with the drum and bass. I wish you could speed up the tempo . . . (courtesy to here knows when).