Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
Raising Sand is the collaboration of two of the greatest vocalists of all time, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. This album is hauntingly beautiful. The music is penetrating and overwhelmingly transcendental. The venerable voices of Plant and Krauss blend so perfectly. I have not been able [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 27, 2008
Musical Mysticism
February 18, 2008
Hot Chip
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Hot Chip – Made in the Dark (link removed by request)
Hot Chip released their third studio album earlier this month, titled Made in the Dark. While the album still maintains Hot Chip’s signature blend of indie electro pop it does represent a slight departure from their previous albums. Made In The Dark adds [...]
February 15, 2008
Amplive/Radiohead
It’s been a couple weeks since Amplive’s (Bay Area DJ/Producer) Rainyday Remixes were pulled from the internet due to a cease-and-desist order from Warner/Chappell (Radiohead’s Publisher). I didn’t really see how an album that was available to the consumer at no price that was then remixed and released free of charge could be so bad. [...]
February 11, 2008
Coconut Records
Coconut Records is Jason Schwartzman’s solo project. He is more well known through his acting career, playing roles in Rushmore, I ♥ Huckabees, and more recently Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited. His debut solo album Nighttiming is perfect blend of indie, pop, rock, and folk. I got addicted to this album a while back and its [...]
February 4, 2008
MGMT
I had planned on going to SLC tonight to see MGMT at Kilby Court but we got hit by one of Utah’s bi-weekly snow storms, so I didn’t. Not a very good excuse for missing a good 8 dollar show. MGMT is a relatively unknown band that has come out of the indie [...]
