Here’s to another month of recommended listening!
I was linked to Los Campesinos! by Derek Tallon’s blog To Be Determined (he summarizes the video pretty well, with observations about “Big Eared Yellow Shirted Guy With A Fun Singing Accent” and “Shy Guy Who is Probably The Drummer.”) When I first heard them my inner cynic was cringing at the fake cheerleader sounds in the background, an effect that’s really overused in indie rock. Once I got over that, I really enjoyed their debut album Hold on Now, Youngster…, which includes highlights such as “Death to Los Campesinos!” and “You! Me! Dancing!” (it would seem that they’re rather fond of exclamation marks.)
Icelandic band Sigur Rós have had worldwide fame for nearly a decade. I’d probably heard the name bouncing around somewhere before, but never actually bothered to sit down and listen to them until they decided to give away a single from their new album as a free MP3. The song is called “Gobbledigook”, and it has a crazy dream-like quality that I absolutely love. I’ll definitely be digging through their back catalogue in the near future.
The Bird and the Bee got a fair bit of Internet attention this month from a Mac enthusiast’s video that featured one of their songs. I was introduced to them a few months ago by my friend Tiff, and rather enjoyed their eponymous debut LP. Their sound has a certain low-fi charm that’s both catchy and subdued, so it’s great computer background music.
Listening to the same music at work every day is getting boring, so please help relieve my boredom by dropping me a comment with suggested listening.
