# It's that time again: What new music have you gotten recently? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-what-new-music-have-you-gotten-recently/495384 "2009-05-05T03:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-what-new-music-have-you-gotten-recently/495384/41 "2009-05-09T15:12:20Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#): > > I just recently discovered Mongolian throat-singer Okna Tsahan Zam; his vocal abilities are completely amazing. As far as I can tell he only has one album, [Shaman Voices: A Journey In The Steppe](http://www.amazon.com/Shaman-voices-journey-steppe/dp/B0014EO688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1241672624&sr=8-1), available on Amazon, but only by download. Definitely worth checking out; his style is strangely enchanting, and forms just one more testament to the incredibly diverse musical power of the human voice. > > [The song in this YouTube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw), “Edjin Duun,” is probably my favorite, and that video was also how I first encountered Zam’s music. The video is pretty awesome in itself; it records the traditional Mongolian practice of hunting wolves using golden eagles. :eek: > > ETA: You can also preview other tracks in the “Shaman Voices” album [here](http://www.deezer.com/en/okna-tsahan-zam/shaman-voices-a-journey-in-the-steppe-A43087.html). \*Golden eagles: all the awesomeness of dinosaurs, now with 65 million years more evolution! \* Seriously, thanks for that video (and all the other cool ones that links to). Living in the 21st century it’s so easy to forget that life is, on the whole, mindblowing. As for music, the last couple of days I’ve been really enjoying some [Deer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Htjj63Gdc) [Tick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTDQthv4vlk) playing great covers on youtube. I also have their album War Elephant and I really recommend anyone who ever thought “whatever happened to folk music in the last twenty years?” give it a listen. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-what-new-music-have-you-gotten-recently/495384/42 "2009-05-09T18:20:37Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I am a 30 year old straight male… and I love the eff out of Lady GaGa. I picked up her album after a similar thread on here around the beginning of the year (best albums of 2008 theme) and still have it in rotation. Great pop/dance stuff. The last track on the album (Summer Boy?) reminds me of Bow Wow Wow, of all things. I recently got the DVD/CD combo of Sara Bareilles’s live show, Adele’s 19 (same complaint about the guitar sound as **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** , but damn do I love her voice), finally picked up Robyn’s self-titled album (hate the ballads, _love_ the dance tracks). Lenka’s self-titled album has been on a lot lately, even though I’ve had it for a while. Recently picked up Kelly Sweet’s album We Are One, but haven’t warmed to it yet, though I find it humorous that a lyric in her song Raincoat mentions a “rusty trombone.” I’ve been trying to find one album unsuccessfully for a few months now: “Kiss and Tell” by Emelee, released by Barak Records, a small label out of Detroit. Google reveals a storefront for Barak Records which appears to have been untouched since 2007, and all other retail outlets show the album as being deleted or unavailable. I’d rather have a physical record or CD than the iTunes album, but no luck thus far. At any rate, I’ve heard a few mixes of her song Head Over Heels showing up various places (at the gym, on Pandora, mixed in at clubs) and really dig it so far. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-what-new-music-have-you-gotten-recently/495384/43 "2009-05-09T19:31:53Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I am a 30 year old straight male… and I love the eff out of Lady GaGa. Yeah, I’d like to poker face. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-what-new-music-have-you-gotten-recently/495384/44 "2009-05-09T19:39:06Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > I’m digging the new discs from the Thermals and Metric. I’m also digging the new CD from The Thermals. ‘Now We Can See’ played on the finale of Chuck, which motivated me to look 'em up. Said song is now my earworm of the month. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-what-new-music-have-you-gotten-recently/495384.md?page=2)