Original video located here. Accessed 30th January 2013
Song title: Antillas
Artist: El Guincho
Year: 2008
Why I like this song:
This has been another album I have been after for a long time but it is only now I'm getting around to it.
This song, and it's parent album, is a lot of fun to listen to. The tech involved may seem simplistic but it has a party atmosphere that other acts can only dream of.
Original video located here. Accessed 28th January 2013
Song title: My Number
Artist: Foals
Year: 2013
Why I like this song:
Funky indeed. It's guitar pop par excellence
Original video located here. Accessed 25th January 2013
Song title: Hoedown
Artist: Beaches
Year: 2008
Why I like this song:
So I got that book, 100 Best Australian Albums, and I had a look through out. And one name stood out to me that I had never heard before: Beaches. Apparently they are a five woman guitar instrumental band. Curious I sought out their self-titled album.
And as it turns out, it's exactly what it was: Whilst not a completely instrumental band Beaches still rock hard - perhaps even better than the fellas - and can put in some great guitar work, combing elements from shoegaze and surf rock..
Given this is right up my alley, I wonder why I didn't hear of them sooner...
Original video located here. Accessed 23rd January 2013
Song title: Gold on the Ceiling
Artist: Black Keys
Year: 2011
Why I like this song:
Some further exploration of the Black Keys has led me to pick up their blockbuster album El Camino.
It certainly rocks hard and plays up to their strengths.
Now that I think of it, can one reach a wider audience without giving up what made them interesting? Its a difficult balancing act but not impossible.
Original video located here. Accessed 21st January 2013
Song title: Fester
Artist: Dutch Uncles
Year: 2013
Why I like this song:
Must be that keyboard figure. It's an earworm and a half
Original video located here. Accessed 28th December 2014
Song title: Stupid Now
Artist: Bob Mould
Year: 2008
Why I like this song:
I listened to Sugar and fell in love with it. So it is only natural that I seek out some more of Bob Mould's oeuvre. And so I came across this, his solo album District Line, having heard some good things about it.
And what do you know, the album is superb. The use of electronics is odd but it works. And this, the opening track, rocks hard. It may sound like Bob has a song-writing formula at work but if that is the case, said formula has yet to disappoint.
Original video located here. Accessed 7th January 2013
Song title: My Delirium
Artist: Ladyhawke
Year: 2008
Why I like this song:
I've been aware of Ladyhawke, through her songs, so I decided to get off my slack arse and get her debut album.
It's pretty damn good, making good use of the electro-pop genre (or whatever it's called) and interesting lyrical themes of alienation. Indeed, it doesn't surprise me that Ladyhawke is on the Autistic spectrum as such themes sound familiar...
It's a pop song par excellence
Song title: Asia
Artist: Kenji Kawai
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
A moody masterpiece that happens right in the middle of the movie Patlabor 2.
Just the thing to listen to when your government returns to martial law.