El Guincho – Alegranza
admin on Jan 31st 2008
El Guincho – Fata Morgana
You have to feel for El Guincho. As good as his album, Alegranza, may be, this could be one of the most unfortunate cases of bad timing in recent times. Coming hot on the heels of the undisputably brilliant Peson Pitch by Panda Bear, the comparisons were both inevitable and unenviable.
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Song of the Day: Vampire Weekend – ‘One’
admin on Jan 31st 2008
Vampire Weekend – ‘One’
I thought I was pretty much through with Vampire Weekend. Their album had been a fun discovery and all, but it hadn’t take long for my attention to turn elsewhere, resuming the search for interesting new bands without as much as a look over my shoulder. But their super-poppy hooks keep returning for involuntary playbacks within my subconscious so regularly that it has become a downright nusiance – specifically the call-and-response cheerlead of “Blake’s got a new face.” The same goes for the infectious spilling of ‘Bryn’ – damn them!
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A Touch of Soul: Song for a Lonesome Winter’s Night…
admin on Jan 30th 2008
Betty Harris – ‘Cry to Me’
Ah, sometimes there’s an oddly comforting, even perverted, sense of solace to be found in a tune that just wants you to wallow.
“Renowned in deep soul circles for the devastating ballad “Cry to Me,” singer Betty Harris was born in Orlando, FL, in 1941 and raised primarily in Alabama. The child of preachers, her deep church roots conflicted with her desire to sing secular soul music, and at 17 she left home to pursue a performing career…”
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Kelley Stoltz – ‘Circular Sounds’
admin on Jan 30th 2008
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Kelley Stoltz – Mother Nature
I’ve been giving this album repeated spins for the last couple of days, its loose ’60s pop sound allowing me to dream, albeit temporarily, of the onset of spring.
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Song of the Day: Dan Rossen – ‘Too Little, Too Late’
admin on Jan 29th 2008
Daniel Rossen – Too Little, Too Late
A wonderful cover of a terrible song, this hauntingly catchy reinterpretation makes the lifeless, auto-tuned musings of JoJo seem inspired – and that takes some doing. Continue Reading »
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