Always interesting to hear what other people are listening to, sadly not much for me this week apart from a few gems

Josh Ritter – Hello Starling
Had this for a while but never really sat down and listened much before, well I did this week and I’m glad I did. It’s mainly acoustic stuff with a few upbeat tracks but really beautifully recorded, the sort of recording where you just want to turn it up loud and all of a sudden he’s there in your room. If you like singer songwriter ‘folk’ you’ll like this.

Butterfly Jones – Napalm Springs
Formed from the remnants of Dada (but Dada fans will know this already) I picked this up locally and it was so cheap it was daylight robbery. What a classy piece of pop rock this is, just good melodic songs brilliantly performed and recorded, and for guitar fans there’s plenty going on in the mix.

Peter Gabriel – Hit
A 2 disc compilation disc 1 covers most of the hits and disc 2 covers minor hits and others. I have a few Gabriel albums and I’ve always liked his stuff but this comp especially disc 2 is really good.

Snow Patrol – Final Straw
This apparently came out in 2003 but it’s been re-released with a few bonus tracks after a single has been getting a bit of recent airplay. I bought it on a whim and it’s a bit of a shame I did, they have a Feeder/Coldplay sound to them which is ok but nothing special.

Cheers
Mike