Happy Birthday!
Well, it's about 12:43 on Sunday morning and I've got to go to bed. I didn't do a whole lot today but I am happy with what I did do. I drove up to Lou's Records in Encinitas and purchased Rogue Wave's Descended Like Vultures, Hem's Rabbit Songs and No Word From Tom and The Concretes' Layyourbattleaxedown (which is for Elenna since it's her birthday tomorrow - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!). Needless to say, the records I bought for me, are really good.
Hem's albums are really melodic and orchestral in a folk/alt-country way. And they sound phenomenal. Rabbit Songs was recorded on all-analog gear which, to a guy like me, is like saying you scaled Mt. Everest with a butterknife. I get impressed by that stuff since I'm such a gear-head and I'd like to think I'm able to hear the difference between digital and analog recordings. Kind of like how people say that vinyl LP's sound "warmer" than cold, hard, digital CD's. Anyway - it's such a warm record. It makes me think of sitting out on a porch swing while the sun is setting in some midwestern town. Call me sentimental and straight-up goofy, but it's very soothing. Like I said, they got a country kind of feel to them, but they're very similar to a Neko Case record or something Whiskeytown might've done. Not exactly "country" albums but they've got that back-home feel to them. Oh, and Sally Ellyson, who sings lead vocals, is completely outstanding. One of the best voices in music, period. Here's a download of "Half Acre" which is just beautiful, off of Rabbit Songs and "Jackson" which is a cover of the famous Johnny Cash song, off of No Word From Tom(click the links to go to a yousendit site where I've uploaded them):
Hem - Half Acre
Hem - Jackson (Johnny Cash Cover)
Rogue Wave's record is really cool too. From what I've read, it's basically some guy named Rogue who has a couple musicians sit in with him while he records his albums. But his newest album is really rich and hooky. His music is some kind of Beatles/Pinkerton-era Weezer/Shins/Modest Mouse mishmash. Really layered and poppy. But he doesn't get too indulgent - all the songs are just that - songs. Just a lot of quality songwriting on his LP. Here's my favorite track so far from it:
Rogue Wave - Publish My Love
Also, here are my favorite tracks from Elbow's Leaders of the Free World and The Magic Numbers' album:
Elbow - Great Expectations
The Magic Numbers - Don't Give Up The Fight
Anyway, so I bought a couple CD's today. That was fun. Then I came home and watched Capote and was thoroughly impressed. I was enveloped in it! So well done, and the acting from Philip Seymour Hoffman was completely outstanding....I hope he wins the Best Actor oscar. Go Philip! And now I want to read "In Cold Blood"....if only I knew how to read!!!! Doh!
Hem's albums are really melodic and orchestral in a folk/alt-country way. And they sound phenomenal. Rabbit Songs was recorded on all-analog gear which, to a guy like me, is like saying you scaled Mt. Everest with a butterknife. I get impressed by that stuff since I'm such a gear-head and I'd like to think I'm able to hear the difference between digital and analog recordings. Kind of like how people say that vinyl LP's sound "warmer" than cold, hard, digital CD's. Anyway - it's such a warm record. It makes me think of sitting out on a porch swing while the sun is setting in some midwestern town. Call me sentimental and straight-up goofy, but it's very soothing. Like I said, they got a country kind of feel to them, but they're very similar to a Neko Case record or something Whiskeytown might've done. Not exactly "country" albums but they've got that back-home feel to them. Oh, and Sally Ellyson, who sings lead vocals, is completely outstanding. One of the best voices in music, period. Here's a download of "Half Acre" which is just beautiful, off of Rabbit Songs and "Jackson" which is a cover of the famous Johnny Cash song, off of No Word From Tom(click the links to go to a yousendit site where I've uploaded them):
Hem - Half Acre
Hem - Jackson (Johnny Cash Cover)
Rogue Wave's record is really cool too. From what I've read, it's basically some guy named Rogue who has a couple musicians sit in with him while he records his albums. But his newest album is really rich and hooky. His music is some kind of Beatles/Pinkerton-era Weezer/Shins/Modest Mouse mishmash. Really layered and poppy. But he doesn't get too indulgent - all the songs are just that - songs. Just a lot of quality songwriting on his LP. Here's my favorite track so far from it:
Rogue Wave - Publish My Love
Also, here are my favorite tracks from Elbow's Leaders of the Free World and The Magic Numbers' album:
Elbow - Great Expectations
The Magic Numbers - Don't Give Up The Fight
Anyway, so I bought a couple CD's today. That was fun. Then I came home and watched Capote and was thoroughly impressed. I was enveloped in it! So well done, and the acting from Philip Seymour Hoffman was completely outstanding....I hope he wins the Best Actor oscar. Go Philip! And now I want to read "In Cold Blood"....if only I knew how to read!!!! Doh!
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