Listening To... #7
Posted on April 30th, 7:49PM , 2010 by chris in
  • The Kings of Drum + Bass
    • 2-Disc compilation of old-school dnb by 4Hero and DJ Marky. Good stuff. 
  • Jónsi - Go
    • Former lead singer of Sigur Rós doing something much happier - or at least with much more range of emotion, and bouncy beats. We're going to see him at Terminal 5 on May 9th.
  • The Church - (nearly anything they've produced)
    • We went to see them at City Winery for their 30th anniversary tour, and they were awesome. They played a song from every album in reverse chronological order, roughly. Show was nearly 3 hours with short intermission and 3 encores. Hard to believe they've been playing and releasing albums since 1980 - 18+ albums, various bits and pieces, side projects, etc... And most all of it is good, if not great - or in the case of Starfish and Priest=Aura, absolutely amazing. Steve Kilbey's voice and lyrics are something special, and the layered guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Wilson-Piper always beautiful. The latest release, Untitled #23, is quite good and grows on me more every day.
  • Trama D&B Sessions
    • A few years old, but still a sweet compilation of soulful, jazzy, Brazilian-influenced dnb tracks, put together by Patife and Mad Zoo - most of them are remixes by one of them. I only know one or two words of portugese, but it's still beautiful to listen to it sung. A good followup to The Drum & Bass Fiesta from the year before.