Look, I'm the first to admit that my musical tastes are oftentimes, um, "odd." However, here are a couple of things that I'm really loving these days.
"The Book of Right-On" by Joanna Newsom from the album The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
Okay, here's the thing. You have to listen to this song at least twice. On first listen you will only hear a deranged lunatic harpist singing like some sort of retarded Bjork. Upon further visits I think you'll find it to be a beautiful, inspiring piece of songwriting. Or perhaps you'll continue to think I'm insane. This album really seems to be divisive. As I mentioned yesterday, I love it.
"I Know I Know I Know" by Tegan & Sara from the album So Jealous (2004)
This one should have much more universal appeal. Tegan & Sara have really grown with this album. Produced by New Pornographers producers David Carswell and John Collins and featuring added instrumentation from Matt Sharp of Weezer and The Rentals, "So Jealous" is a broad leap from their Ani leanings toward a really unique sound of their own.
Posted by mikewolf at December 28, 2004 12:22 PMthe party report is up... with PICTURES.
Posted by: Daniella on December 28, 2004 07:35 PMnice holiday hair daniella, linus, even you mike. just say no, to that hat....uuuugggghhhhh....
yay hair!
Posted by: deano on December 28, 2004 11:49 PMThe lesbians sound like they're stuck in 1991. Good tune, though.
Posted by: Frankenstein on December 29, 2004 08:27 AMhmmm.
*deciding whether to take the crazed lesbian bit personally.*
*ok. i won't.*
i don't much like tegan and sara. reminds me too much of the college birkenstocked days.
btw, i heard the harvard-radcliffe acapella choir sing indigo girls' ghost the other day, speaking of crazed lesbos. (don't ask.)
Posted by: z on December 30, 2004 04:18 PMLOL. No, Zeebah. Far from it. The "crazed" tag certainly applies to Tegan & Sara, though. I wrote that after watching the doc on their CD. The bickering and drama those two generate is crazy.
Posted by: mrw on December 31, 2004 01:37 PM