We Swim You Jump ~ Self titled album
Haven’t heard a album like this in a while now; something other then The Blueprint 3 that gets me excited for sitting in the sand on those long summer evenings I keep hearing about, but never see…
Elliot Smith-alike layered voice, over a hellishly rhythmic and catchy band, We Swim You Jump are light and fluffy and their five track self titled record will happily sit on repeat this summer.
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This entry was written by , posted on December 8, 2009 at 3:41 pm, filed under album, music. and tagged album, elliott smith, music., review, upload. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Kid CuDi ~ Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
Kid CuDi has had a hard time recently. The rapid rise to fame via his cult-to-club hit Day n Night has been rough on the New Yorker from Cleveland. So bad, that he decided he would “rather be dead broke” then to continue in the hip-hop game, announcing his retirement before his debut album had hit the shelves.
Now that his album is out, listening to it makes me think its been going on this way his whole life.
The album tells tails of a lonely kid growing up without his dad, struggling with his vices but bursting with creative confidence. It’s a fresh story for the hip-hop world, told in a unique, genre-bending way.
The album is slow, low and frankly, kind of depressing. But saying that, it already sits among among my favorite albums. The album screams authorship, CuDi tells his own story, in his own way.
There are a couple of tracks that will slip into my summer playlists, – Simple As will be first to top the charts – but in general this is a nighttime-driving album. Listen to it solo dolo, give it a go, even if you don’t recognize hip-hop. This one is a genre-bender to breaking point.
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This entry was written by , posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:52 am, filed under album, music. and tagged album, common, hip-hop, kanye west, kid cudi, man on the moon, mgmt, rap, ratatat, review, simple as, the end of day. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
new album ~ Alabama – Roy Irwin
Roy Irwin is a lo-fi, acoustic musician out of Auckland.
This entry was written by , posted on August 30, 2009 at 9:57 pm, filed under music. and tagged album, elliott smith, indie, music., myspace music, new zealand, roy irwin. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
wolfgang amadeus phoenix
mmmmm – I’m not in love with the album artwork. It works, but there isn’t anything outstanding about it.
BUT I have been listening to the album all afternoon and so far – these things can be short lived, or slow burners so I’ll reserve my judgement, but – its a treat. Hoping they will come down and tour in the underbelly of the pacific.
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