What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

listened online



Hadn't heard of this band. Former vocalist for Straylight Run who I hadn't heard of either, but that's the background. Not bad for a group debut. Mostly a folk sound. Most of these clips are from a couple of gigs where the audio is terrible, but at least we get to see the band. Love her voice, what I could hear. Nice potential.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Sing My Song

Best Track - Leave The Lights On

1) Don't Forget Me - ** - live
YouTube - Destry "Don't Forget Me" 10.06.2009
2) So Far Away - ** - live
YouTube - Destry "So Far Away" 10.06.2009
3) Leave The Lights On - *** - live
YouTube - Destry "Leave The Light On" Backstage in Dallas
4) Big Mouths - ** - live
YouTube - Destry "Big Mouths" 10.06.2009
5) Trouble - ** - live
YouTube - Destry "Trouble" Live at the Knitting Factory
6) It Goes On - ** - live
YouTube - Destry "It Goes On" 10.06.2009
7) Home Isn't Home - * - live
YouTube - Destry - Home Isn't Home
8) I Made A Mistake - ** - live
YouTube - Destry "I Made A Mistake" Live at The Knitting Factory
9) Sing My Song - * - live
YouTube - Destry "Sing My Song" 10.06.2009
10) Took The Money - **
11) Tearing Apart - ***

3's - 2
2's - 7
1's - 2

Rating - 2.0

[JonG]

Yeasayer - Madder Red from Odd Blood [Secretly Canadian, 2010]

The sophomore album from a band I label "psych-pop". Recommended if you like Animal Collective.

The press release from Secretly Canadian

[CMB1888]

Gallows-Misery

[Music Head]

from my library



My favorite Bowie album. His second album with the unlikely single of Space Oddity going top 5 in the U.K. released to coincide with the moon landing maybe? He had found his career. It was originally released as Man Of Words/Man Of Music in the U.K. then the album was re-released in 1972 to find U.S. success reaching #16 with the title track reaching #15. That release had a different cover of a more recent Ziggy type photo of the man from Mars. Only one throw away here of some weird 45 second thing called Don't Sit Down which was not on the re-release, rightfully so.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Don't Sit Down

Best Track - Cygnet Committee


1) Space Oddity - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhSYbRiYwTY
2) Janine - *** - audio
YouTube - David Bowie - Janine 1969
3) An Occasional Dream - ** - audio
YouTube - David Bowie - An Occasional Dream
4) Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud - *** - audio
YouTube - Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud - David Bowie
5) God Knows I'm Good - ** - audio
YouTube - David Bowie - God knows I'm good
6) Memory Of A Free Festival - *** - audio
YouTube - David Bowie - Memory Of A Free Festival
7) Cygnet Committee - *** - audio
YouTube - David Bowie - Cygnet Committee
8) Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed - ** - audio
YouTube - David Bowie - Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
9) Don't Sit Down - * - audio
YouTube - David Bowie - Don't Sit Down
10) Letter To Hermione - ** - audio
YouTube - David Bowie - Letter to Hermione

3's - 5
2's - 4
1's - 1

Rating - 2.4

[CMB1888]

Al Baker and the Dole Queue - If I was Frank Turner

[Music Head]

from my library



Brief lived Boston indie band founded by Throwing Muses/Breeders Tanya Donnely. This is the second and last album, which failed to match the unexpected success of the debut, Stars. Guess Tanya didn't have much patience. Come on Tanya, I bought it. There had to be some potential.
Tanya went on to pursue solo work while sidekick hardcore Gail Greenwood hooked up with L7.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Super-Connected

Best Track - Seal My Fate

Untame my brain.
Give me a name.
Hear my faith.
Seal my fate.
Unholy and dirty words I gathered to me,
Thinking the point was keep what's mine for me,
While he's laughing.
Hear my faith.
Seal my fate.
And when you breathe, you breathe for two.
And if you think you've finally found the perfect light,
I hope it's true.
Unholy and dirty words I gathered to me,
Thinking the point was keep what's mine for me,
While he's laughing.
On every track I fractured every back,
Thinking the point was step on every crack,
And he's laughing.
Hear my faith.
Seal my fate.
And when you breathe, you breathe for two.
And if you think you've finally found the perfect light,
I hope it's true.
You say you saw him laughing.
I hope it's true.
I'd like to see it happen. I hope it's true
'Cause I can feel it.


1) Puberty - **
2) Seal My Fate - *** - live
YouTube - Belly- seal my fate.-Live
3) Red - * live
YouTube - Belly-Red Live
4) Silverfish - **
5) Super-Connected - * - live
YouTube - Belly Super-Connected
6) The Bees - **
7) King - ** live
YouTube - Belly King live Jan 20th 1995 The Garage London
8) Now They'll Sleep - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlFzWn_-EdQ
9) Untitled And Unsung - ***
10) L'ill Enid - *
11) Judas My Heart - ***

3's - 3
2's - 5
1's - 3

Rating - 2.0

[trbc08]

"Garageland" - The Clash

[CMB1888]

Al Baker & The Dole Queue on myspace

Al Baker & The Dole Queue bei MySpace Music - Kostenlos MP3s anhören, Bilder & Musikvideos ansehen

- folkish and Billy Bragg-ish - just not as earnest

[JonG]

The xx - Heart Skipped A Beat from The xx [XL, 2009]

This album is near the top of a lot of year's best lists. I saw them on tv and liked what I heard/saw. It is pretty good so far.

[JonG]

Midlake - Winter Dies from The Courage of Others [Bellaire, 2010]

Midlake released my favorite rock album of 2006, The Trials of Van Occupanther. I saw them on the tour in support of it. They are finally releasing a follow up! From what I read it is supposed to be more "folk" and "soft-rock" but to me it sounds fairly similar. Which isn't bad, I am liking it.