Listen Up!

What i be listening to tonight!?

• As previously illustrated there's the new ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - "The Century of Self" -- so far, so good, need to absorb it mucho mas prior to discussion.

• Thanks to Jilly's recommend - I'm on Frightened Rabbits - "The Midnight Organ Fight" . No idea what to make of this just yet... it's good, jangly, concerted rock that has me looking forward to digesting it further... & no, not that kind of digestion. No intestines allowed!

• Then there's Bonobo - "Days to Come" . This is just really really quality downtempo, trip-hoppy, vibing in the best way. Chilled out beats with funky instrumental tweaks.... deep organs, wavy synths, & bugged out sound effects to make you feel like your outside in the grass watching a samurai sword fight on top of steel drums. Cool.....

• In honor of the Oscar win - Slumdog Millionaire: The Soundtrack. This thing really gets my goat. When i saw the movie I was enamored enough... then you mix in some original M.I.A. vocal work & tracks with production by legendary Indian music producer A.R. Rahman & you've got a genre-bending, world flavored, beat party for pretty much any music fan to find something they dig in. Really, if you have any love for world music, abstract Hip-hop, or things of that nature... give a listen. It's super fun.

• Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block --- Sitting at my fave local coffee shop, "the Flying Saucer - 26th & Brown in Philly *ahem - plug!*" on Saturday reading... I hear these wonderfully reminiscient songs that I know I knew but didn't know why or who they were. I sat there for a few minutes listening & enjoying, not wanting to be the guy who asks at the counter.. "Whut R wee listening to?". Instead, I just read my book & enjoyed the tunes. Inevitably, I wasn't the only enjoyer, as another person asked the coffee clerk what was playing. "Peter Bjorn and John"! OF COURSE... I immediately went home pulled out my dusty old hard drive & moved the "Writer's Block" album back into my iTunes for more consumption. A Great listen.

So that's all for tonight. There's plenty more of course, but I don't want to smother you guys. Blitzen Trapper coming up on Sunday so i'll be working their recent album "Furr" in along the way this week. Also trying to soak up some more early Dead Confederate, The Whigs, new Doves on the way, Jens Lekman, new Lily Allen, & the recent & as of yet un-appreciated new Sigur Ros album "fdwe98odijfjipoad89ijdf389ue*F(DU"... at least, I think that's what it's called.

See ya next time.