Back From Nothing

I went on an unplanned “holiday” from this blog. However, this was hardly a holiday since I was actually home for a lot of it. So what I’m trying to say is that there is no real reason I stopped posting, it’s just once you fall into the cycle of not posting, it just continues. The motivation was there, I just got a bit stuck on Day 2 of Southside. I’m back and I think I will be staying, it’s just so much fun writing, receiving feedback and hopefully getting people to listen to music they haven’t heard yet. This post contains a couple of mp3 I’ve been listening to over the last 2 months.

Wavves‘ second album hasn’t quite caught me yet, however his Animal Collective inspired track, “Mickey Mouse“, definitely has. I cannot wait to watch him perform this december.

A powerful, emotional and epic track from We Were Promised Jetpacks, It’s Thunder and It’s Lightening is centered around a basic guitar riff, but with great production values, reaches soaring heights and comes crashing to a whisper ,magnificently.

So Near is my favourite track from Jack Peñate’s debut, with vigorous echoing guitars and a really catchy piano chorus.

Take a bass line and a drum pattern straight out of Motown and layer over some Daft Punk vocals of Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and you have Metronomy’s take on The Very Best; Warm Hearts of Africa (Metronomy Remix).

I’ve got hold of The Velvet Underground’s discography and have been going through it with great enthusiasm.It’s fascinating to see sounds and ideas which are used so often in today’s “avant-garde” music. Sweet Jane’s head nodding and slightly insane vocals has been my highlight so far.