Cds for 10.28

So here we are again. Chatting up CDs that might be on your radar. It's a good day to go shopping.


Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Cardinology
The man is sober and it shows. Strong and focused music and lyrics. Does anyone else miss the crazy drugged up drunk guy? Yeah me too sometimes but this Cd makes me smile.

The Cure 4:13 Dream
Pure Cure. Plan and simple. Well the Cure were never plain and simple but this cd is. They don't mess with a winning streak.

Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
A "welcome back" cd. Fun and Smart rock. Strange that this cd is coming out now as I've always felt that the Chiefs had more of that Summertime Thing feeling going.

Snow Patrol - 100 Million Suns
Does it matter what I say? Probably not and like the Cure cd this cd will make their fans happy. I still feel that "Final Straw" was their best.

Bloc Party - Intimacy
Just like Snow Patrol I feel like Bloc Party's intro cd was their best. "Silent Alarm" was pure focus. "A Weekend in the City" expanded the playing field but not always in the best way. "Intimacy" firmly sticks a foot in each cd.

Also take a listen to or keep in mind:
So let's say you are in the mood for a bit of the JAMC well you should check out Crystal Stilts. Oh and like "Wolf" last year there are a ton of "Crystal" bands coming our way. Covers you say well then Jesse Malin's US release of his cover album is something for your ears. Want crazy, gypsy rock? O'Death is your new favorite band.

More later
Bro


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Now playing: Morphine - Early to Bed
via FoxyTunes

An idea

I got this interesting email from John a NEXT listener. John said, "I have an idea for a reality TV show where you come in and update some 30 something's music collection and throw out the CD's they've been listening to since college." I like the idea. I have never made video for YouTube but something like that just might work.

Which actually brings up another idea. So I was in a work cubicle and I noticed that there was a VHS or BETA picture up...so being the music geek I am - I inquired. Turned out it was someone else's photo but she asked "What do they sound like?" I said, "a bit like the Cure". By the look on her face I could tell that she didn't know The Cure. Then I guessed that she was 24. Turns out she was 22 and I gave her homework...which was to go home and listen to some Cure. I hope she liked it. So the show could work both ways. Turning on the twenty something’s to the Old stuff that helped bring about the NEW and of course John's idea.