If you’re anything like me you are always looking for good, new music. It’s easy to find good music (just read through any Top 100 albums-of-all-time list) and it’s even easier to find new music (just turn on the radio), but it is increasingly hard to find both. Well, I’ve had a pretty good run recently so I thought I would share six new albums that I’ve come across that I literally cannot stop listening to.
Feist – The Reminder
Leslie Feist has an incredibly beautiful voice and this album really shows off her strong jazz roots on top of solid folk-rock rhythms. My favorites are: “I Feel It All”, “1235”, “Past in Present”, “My Moon My Man”, “The Park”, and “Brandy Alexander.”
Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
I had never heard of Andrew Bird before this album, but the moment I heard “Imitosis,” the second track on Armchair, I fell instantly in love with his music.
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
I fell in love with this band after their previous release, Gimme Fiction. This album is even better. Spoon has a very minimalist approach to instrumentation and production and yet some really catchy hooks. This album is great from start to finish.
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
This Ivy League-educated group has quickly become one of the most talked about new indie bands. Critics have started to label their unique, and relatively simple sound as “Afro-pop.” Each of the tunes on this album is full of energy with bouncy keyboards and sunny guitar riffs. As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer this album sounds better and better.
Jose Gonzalez – In Our Nature
It's just him and his acoustic guitar. He's Argentinian-born, but lives in Sweden, which makes for an interesting blend of textures and sounds. One reviewer put it best when he said, “quiet is the new loud.”
Cat Power – Jukebox
This is not so much a “cover album” as it is a tribute album. Jukebox does feature some fairly traditional cover songs where the lyrics, music and melodies have some similarity to the originals (Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” and Dylan’s “I Believe In You”). But the majority of tracks are very loose interpretations of the music that influenced Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat Power).
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