Iron and Wine’s EP, Woman King. It’s ridiculously good.
Wire’s 154. Pink Flag and Chairs Missing are two of my favorite albums, but I’ve just now gotten around to getting this one.
Otis Redding, mostly. Though that seems to be more because i-tunes seems to like playing him. Otherwise would be him and Queens of the Stoneage
Last few days:
William Shatner Has Been
Soul Coughing Ruby Vroom
AC/DC Live
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros Streetcore
My car CD stacker broke off the mounts (that was some pothole) so it’s radio only in the car for the moment.
Ben Bernie and Bert Lown, 2 of my favorite paleo-big bands.
The Llama Song and Cows with guns.
Monster Magnet–Powertrip
Only twice so far today. I’m too lazy to change the cd. haha.
Nina Simone (I have about 6 CDs, spanning her career, no particular favourite)
Beck- Guero
Gruff Rhys - Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Kasabian - Kasabian
I like mixing my old and with the new.
Southbound, by Doc Watson
I’ve picked up my guitar again after a long layoff and this is a great album to get back into finger picking.
Cats Under the Stars , by Jerry Garcia
A criminally over-looked album (even if it is too short). The theme - “Don’t look back.”
Lark Ascending , by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Sir Neville Marinner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields)
As pastoral and blissful as it gets. Hey, I’ve been waiting a loooonnnngggg time for spring to get here.
Currently in my car’s changer:
Weezer: self-titled (the blue album)
Bad Brains: Rock for Light
Gwen Stefani: Love. Music. Angel. Baby.
Black Crowes: Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
Curtis Mayfield: it’s a greatest hits album; not sure of the title
Neko Case: The Virginian
I’ve been listening to some new Beatles and Jimi Hendrix outtakes and alternate mixes that I just acquired. They all ran at the wrong speed, and I had to pitch correct each track and make a new CD of each.
Sometimes, I like to put a compilation CD on, and play the bass along with the songs I know. So I’ll put in a Time-Life collection, like “1969” and play with the studio guys. It’s a lot of fun. I also have Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan) doing a piano demo of the song “Black Cow”. It’s way cool to play the bass to that recording. Just me and Donald. That’s what I did this weekend.
The Boomtown Rats: The Fine Art of Surfacing
4 out of 5 Doctors: 4 out of 5 Doctors
Revisiting my youth.
Bronze § Too Damn Hot: Dr. Lonnie Smith (2004)
Jazzy, Funk Soul with that (what most consider dated) Hammond 65 Sound. For an old guy, with a new album, I’m quite impressed.
Silver § Wolfmother (Debut EP): Wolfmother (2004)
A (more) hard rock (than metal) band I 1st heard on Triple J Radio Australia. I still have a soft spot for bands that pay homage to Black Sabbath.
Gold § The Right Here is Buck 65: Buck 65 (2005)
This is a must have for anybody (especially wordsmiths) - I can’t see how anyone could dislike it, whether you’re a preference is hip-hop or traditional roots stuff.
In my car I’ve been going back and forth between the newest Sirenia and Mercenary albums and a few rap mixes my brother made for me. Right now at work I’m listening to a band called Shape of Despair. Yeah, I’m in a bit of a funk right now.
Prince, Small Club, The Hague, 08/19/1988
Set list:
Instrumental Jam
D.M.S.R.
Just My Imagination
People Without
Housequake
Kansas City, Here I Come
Cold Sweat
Forever In My Life
Still Would Stand All Time
I’ll Take You There
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Encore:
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, Reprise 1
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, Reprise 2
The Band:
Guitar: Miko Weaver
Bass: Levi Seacer, Jr.
Keyboards: Dr. Fink, Boni Boyer
Drums: Sheila E
Saxophone: Eric Leeds
Trumpet: Atlanta Bliss
Dancing: Cat
The last entire CDs I listened to were “Horray For Boobies” by The Bloodhound Gang and “Die Trying” by Die Trying.
I’ve mostly been listening to MP3s this week though, by bands like Angie Aparo, Athenaeum, Better than Ezra, Beneath Augusta, Ben Lee, Kill Hannah, Kid Dakota, Kent (why yes, I have been listening to things in alaphabetical order)
Currently listening toThrow Your Pennies At Some One Else by Amazing Blue an A Capella group featuring songs by Billy Joel, Beatles, Sarah McLachlan, Blondie, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Indigo Girls and others.
My iPod just finished playing Mike McClellan’s cover of “Mr. Bojangles” and now it’s on “Der Kommissar” by After the Fire.
I’ve just been listening to Nouvelle Vague , which consists of covers of new wave/post punk favourites in bossa nova style sung by French chanteuses (who apparently haven’t ever heard the originals). A strange idea, but it works most of the time. I think my favourite so far is “I melt with you”.
At the moment?
DJ Shadow’s “Endtroducing”