Day 6

Ok it's been a week since I managed to feed any music to the lil ripper. Had to travel down to Jakarta earlier in the week and been too tired/lazy after getting back from work the rest of the week. Anyway, it's the weekend again so time to get things back on track ... instead of continuing with the back catalogue, I decided to upload a bunch of new CD's that arrived in the post from amazon during the week (who doesn't like getting stuff in the mail right?). Here's what showed up in the goody bag:

From left to right (top row down):

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong
The Raveonettes - Raven In The Grave
Young Knives - Ornaments From The Silver Arcade
The Wombats - This Modern Glitch
Ladytron - Velocifero
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
Jonny - Self Titled
The Charlatans - Us And Us Only (Deluxe Edition)
Those Dancing Days - In Our Space Hero Suits
Maths And Physics Club - I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do
Maths And Physics Club - Self Titled
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

So where do I start? ... The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (I'd buy their album on the strength of that name alone!) is a 4-piece indie pop band from NYC. Their music is dreamy, reverb-drenched and filled with saccharine sweet melodies. Add the wispy vocals and fuzzy guitars and you have all the hallmarks of a perfect shoegazing album. "Belong" is their second full length album and it is produced/mixed by the dream team of Flood and Alan Moulder (Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Curve etc). So far, I have only managed to listen to it once through on the way to work and it sounds brilliant. If you're a fan of Ride, Jesus & Mary Chain and fuzzpop - drop your burger and go buy a copy now!

Next up is The Raveonettes. The Danish duo are definitely one of my favourite bands. They could be described as a darker reincarnation of Jesus & Mary Chain but their songs do vary from one end of the spectrum to the other; from lush poppy harmonies to all out fuzzbox distortion fests. Whatever they do, their music is consistently melodic and I was lucky enough to catch them earlier this year when they performed as a double bill with The Flaming Lips at MBS. Sharin (who plays the bass) is just too cool ... "Raven In The Grave" is the bands' 5th studio album. I haven't had the chance to listen to it yet so I shall save a spot in one of my future entries ...

There is so much more good music to write about but my tummy is rumbling so I'm gonna take a break and run out to grab some grub.

And the count so far is:

105 album
1,253 songs

Hungry ...