Took a small, undeserved hiatus last week from the new tunes listings. There were some interesting tracks floating through the interwebs, but not enough to warrant a full buffet of new audio ... then, the week went along and I eventually found myself on a wine tour in Sonoita, AZ.
We (as in I) are back this week with a bevy of new selections. Without further delay ....
Artist Track
Alex Winston Velvet Elvis
Blitzen Trapper Love the Way You Walk Away
Boy + Kite Think in Stereo
Class Actress Let Me Take You Out
Il albanico Songs of Love
King Orchid Trigger Finger
Milagres Here to Stay
Octoberman I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Peter Wolf Crier Settling It Off
Sleeper Agent Get It Daddy
The Echo-Friendly Same Mistakes
The Great Book of John Robbin Hood
Waters Take Me Out to the Coast
Wild Flag Romance
At the moment, I have Boy+Kite and The Great Book of John in the constant spin category. I am trying to scratch a deep itch for more solid rock, guitar-driven numbers (minus the now annoying surf-I-can't-your damn-vocals-because-the-washed-out-delay-is-too-darn high!!). I am also really digging the shimmering, reverb twinkle of the Class Actress track. I find this to be a refreshing number that does the shimmer correctly, without all that crazy delay and reverb (see above) that is omnipresent at this point.
I also draw your attention a bit to the new Alex Winston track. I discovered Alex Winston in an amazing La Blogotheque performance (http://en.blogotheque.net/2011/05/04/alex-winston-en/). Watch it ... find yourself enthralled with the wonderful rhythms and the stellar earthy vocals and harmonies, and then wonder why Alex decides on studio cuts to wash that organic tastiness away with modern electro-tronics. I plan a more in-depth post introducing Ms. Winston to all you readers (a.k.a., no one, with apologies to the voice in my head for not getting a head count).
