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What a crazy week for album streams! Try to catch up on “Tomboy” on NPR, and if you miss it, we’ll try to get a review for ya. Or, if you prefer the classics to crazy electronic layering, Paul Simon’s “So Beautiful or So What” is up there, along with Alison Krauss’ gorgeous “Paper Airplane.” Oh, and TV on the Radio follows up their brilliant “Dear Science” (probably one of 2008’s best) with “Nine Types of Light.” We’re not enthused about the Rhapsody website in general, but it doesn’t seem to require a login or anything, so maybe – perhaps – we might change ourRead More →

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Nadia Kazmi – “Strange Song”Zero to One-out now3 / 5 Mondo props to Miss Kazmi for conjuring the idea: take Leonard Cohen’s songs, set them to a guitar rock beat, and just pound the living indie out of them. And when you get something like her smoky, sultry “I’m Your Man,” then there’s no denying that there’s something special in this young singer. Nadia strikes the right amount of sensuality and gloominess, and when that guitar hooks you on “True Love Leaves No Traces,” we’re sure you’ll be smitten by an old white guy’s music. There’s no doubt here that Kazmi adores the old coot,Read More →

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Ray Davies – “See My Friends”Decca Records-out April 53.5 / 5 In the interest of full disclosure, let’s get something out of the way: The Kinks > The Beatles any day of the week (honestly). But seeing a collaboration this big almost evokes those ginormous humanitarian causes celebs sang about in the 80s; also, Davies hasn’t penned a new one here. Coming off of 2006’s brilliant “Other People’s Lives” (and the excellent follow-up, 2008’s “Working Man’s Cafe”), one has to admit “See My Friends” looks like a creative rest for one of rock’s (and punk’s) most influential songwriters. What it boils down to is this:Read More →

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Hello all,We’re taking a break from our break for a brief announcement: record label Thrill Jockey is donating 100% of the proceeds of certain titles in their library to Peace Winds and Civic Force, which are among the recovery efforts in the troubled nation. Here are links to these groups (in case you want to learn more, or directly donate): http://civic-force.org/english/index.htmlhttp://www.peace-winds.org/en And now, onto the music slant of this story. The first link is to an MP3 compilation by David Daniell/ Antiopic Records, with a whopping 64 tracks of great music! All for $15! That’s like three discs of music for (and all of itRead More →