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001 Karate - The Roots And The Ruins
002 Led Zeppelin - Hots On For Nowhere
003 King Khan & The Shrines - Welfare Bread
004 Jason Collett - Out Of Time
005 Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down - Big Kid Table
006 Anders Osborne - Back On Dumaine
007 Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
008 Kings Of Convenience - Love Is No Big Truth
going to stay on this semi-rock track for now with the mixes. fits the season.
karate is no stranger to the house of royale series, though disbanded these guys had one of the most unique sounds. jazz chops with rock-like song arrangements. there’s something jamband-y about them but better. like the lyrics here:
look out for guns.
look out for girls,
just a little something
that could tear apart our world.
lead singer, geoff farina, has moved on to start a new band, glorytellers, which is interesting in itself.
can’t say i’m that into led zeppelin at all, which i guess explains why i would dig a song that is reviled amongst the hardcore zeppelin fans. i heard this track in the awesome documentary ‘dogtown and z boys’ and couldn’t place it. i could have sworn it was a jane’s addiction song. the start/stop intro to this song is bananas.
king khan and the shrines remind me of a more punky version of the bees. this track has that old, analog sound to it. the horns are just right.
i can’t get into ‘broken social scene’ but one of its members side projects, jason collett’s ‘here’s to being here’ is a great album. stripped down roots rock thats had the press comparing it to some of bob dylan and the band’s work.
thao nguyen & the get down stay down’s ‘we brave bee stings and all’ is so far the album of the year for me. you will not find more sugary, sweetly polished pop songs out there. the influences are are easily identified but this is still great stuff.
vampire weekend is the new ‘it’ band and the album is good. this is the stand out track to me. talking heads + paul simon. pretty. contrasts nicely with the kings of convenience track to close, which also has a similar african vibe to it.
