Tuneful Tuesday

[audiobill]

Many discs this week are new-to-me listening firsts.

Death Cab for Cutie -- Transatlanticism
On Air -- Library
Pinback -- Summer in Abaddon
Iron & Wine -- The Creek Drank the Cradle
Old Canes -- Early Morning Hymns
Clinic -- Winchester Cathedral
Brighter Than Sunshine -- Britpop Comp
The Earlies -- These Were the Earlies
Hem -- Eveningland
Interpol -- Antics
Kate Rusby -- Underneath Stars
Stone's -- 2004 Comp

My two favourites from the above, currently, are: the Death Cab for Cutie & the Earlies' discs. But, they are truly all good.

Big thanks to my RR friends, JC and Mike for turning me onto some really fine music.

[Mike]

Mostly comps for me including Davey's Monkey Bone thing and a couple of decent ones from FP Rip You A New One discs 1&2, disc 1 is especially good (am I the only one who likes FP's comps?) Cheers Finchy

Also dragged out Davey's A Decade of Alt Country for a friend who wanted a copy

Also still listening to some new stuff...

Iron and Wine - Woman King
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Bravery - Bravery
Pitty Sing - Pitty Sing

And some older stuff
Freddie King - Burgular (what a voice)
David & David - Boomtown (anyone remember that, sounds a bit dated now but still ok)
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia

Cheers
Mike

[ForeverAutumn]

Iron and Wine - Woman King

Iron & Wine -- The Creek Drank the Cradle

Funny, I had never heard of this band until this morning, when I received an email from Amazon.ca about Woman King. Now, I see that Mike and Audiobill are both listening to this band.

I went onto Amazon to listen to a few samples, but I find that the 30 seconds of each song that they have, isn't enough to make a proper decision on.

The email was sent to me "as someone who has previously ordered Chutes Too Narrow, by The Shins...."

Are The Shins a good comparison? It didn't sound like it from the 30 seconds of each song that I heard.

Tell me more!

[audiobill]

Hey, FA.

I don't think that The Shins analogy is an apt one.
Personally, I don't think this is an album you'd enjoy, since it has a ton of folky twang and melancholy........remember your reaction to Lucinda Williams?? I think your reaction will be the same.

Just be careful with this one.........I absolutely love it, but then again I adore Lucinda.

Cheers,
Bill

[QUOTE=ForeverAutumn

The email was sent to me "as someone who has previously ordered Chutes Too Narrow, by The Shins...."

Are The Shins a good comparison? It didn't sound like it from the 30 seconds of each song that I heard.

Tell me more![/QUOTE]

[ForeverAutumn]

Thanks Bill. I suspected as much. The 30 second bits that I heard didn't sound very Shins-y.

Speaking of The Shins...I responded to your email this morning...you in? Email me.

[Mike]

[QUOTE=ForeverAutumn]Thanks Bill. I suspected as much. The 30 second bits that I heard didn't sound very Shins-y. QUOTE]

Don't be caught out by Amazon there's no connection with the Shins sound for me.

For Iron and Wine think NickDrake/Elliot Smith i.e solo acoustic artist namely Sam Beam, if you want to try (for me) his most approachable album try Our Endless Numbered Days I think it's his first proper studio album and it's a good un'

Something you might like though is that Pitty Sing album which I got from FP it has a real Keane sound to it (though not as poppy) which you said you like.

Cheers
Mike

[Stone]

For Iron and Wine think NickDrake/Elliot Smith i.e solo acoustic artist namely Sam Beam, if you want to try (for me) his most approachable album try Our Endless Numbered Days I think it's his first proper studio album and it's a good un'

Man, that guy just keeps putting out great stuff, doesn't he?

I think Mike's right on with the ND/ES comparison. I wouldn't use the Shins as a comparison, either, and other similar artists are Devendra Banhart and Sufjan Stevens.

I also think FA should start with Our Endless Numbered Days, but it's his second album (The Creek Drank the Cradle being the first and my favorite of his releases).