Mostly just to say I'm still alive. Listened to the new Ben Harper this week. Really enjoyable music. More the mellow/soulful Ben. Like the music Lenny Kravitz tried to play when he was channeling Curtis Mayfield...but not like a pastiche but the real thing. Also heard the New Pornographer's latest. I was really excited to give it a listen, especially after hearing new releases from Neko Case, AC Newman, and Dan Bejar since the last New Pornographers release. To be fair I was only able to listen to "Challengers" once, and not REALLY listen to it, but it wasn't as immediately catchy and fun and hooky as I thought it would be. That could either be a really good thing (sometimes the best albums take a few listens to start to sink in and TNP may have possibly leapt to that level with this release) or it could mean it's just a mediocre record. Only time will tell...
In other musical news, my main man BGT has releases his first ever mixtape . It's full of happy, energetic, fantastic music. The kind of music that gets you going. Nothing sloppy or cliche about it. As I told him, "if any radio station played this straight up like you've put it together here, it would be the best_station_ever. A balanced mix of folky, rootsy, indie, and jam, it's a great feel-good in the early sunny fall days mix. You can check it out HERE.
With that, I say Happy Weekend.
Friday, September 7, 2007
And Another
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3 comments:
Jesse,
Challengers is a really good album. That's not a subjective observation, it's truth. I'm sure you'll find that out after a couple of listens. That being said, it is currently off the iPod and in its place is Electric Version.
Thanks for the mixtape plug. For those of you on the mixtape list, I don't care if you download the files from Jesse's link. In fact, that's why it's there. The only thing I ask is that you try to wait till you have an hour (it's almost exactly one hour long) and can hear it all the way through. On Monday or Tuesday I'll provide a songlist and a little background on each song and the motives behind them at mixtapery.
Jesse, I'm with you on this one. Challengers is sort of a dud. There. I said it. It's even more packed with unimpressive mid-tempo ballads than Twin Cinema and the Slow Wonder. I'm sure it will grow on me (as both of the aforementioned albums did... though I would consider neither classics, as I would the first 2 NP albums), but right now, I'm more than a little disappointed with it.
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Dylan, please stop having your own opinion. Didn't you see my non-objective truth above?
Thank you for your time,
ben
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