stuff to check out: january albums, etc.

This is not a list. This is not comprehensive. Just some of the music I enjoyed the most over the last month.

albums released in January


Black Mountain, In the Future
www.myspace.com/blackmountain


The Magnetic Fields, Distortion
www.myspace.com/themagneticfields


Times New Viking, Rip It Off
www.myspace.com/timesnewviking


Evangelicals, The Evening Descends
www.myspace.com/evangelicals


Killer Mike, Ghetto Extraordinary
www.myspace.com/grindtimeonline


favourite jam

Killer Mike - Gonna Go to Ghana

[original post]

. . . and when I get there. . .
Ooh, I'm gonna dance. Dance. Dance. Dance.

That's some sweet repetition. Pure joy distilled down into two basic components: rhythm and movement.

Killer Mike seems to have had American malaise in mind when he wrote this song about packing up and heading for West Africa, but Edmonton weather for the last week has been so goddamn cold, that the prospect of dancing in tropical weather really hits home for me.

favourite songs posted on blogs in January

old songs:
Anthony Hamilton - Do You Feel Me
via soul sides [original post]

Candi Staton - Too Hurt to Cry
via soul sides [original post]

Arthur Russell - Another Thought
via moistworks [original post]

Nagisa Ni Te - Yesterday's Story
via said the gramophone [original post]

The Dove Shack - Summertime in the LBC
via passion of the weiss [original post]

new songs:
Atlas Sound - Quarantined
via i guess i'm floating [original post]

Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (feat. Antony Hegarty)
via motel de moka [original post]

Flowers Forever - Dirty Dollar Bill
via marathonpacks [original post]

Gnarls Barkley - Run
via sit down stand up [original post]
-roughly 7000 blogs have already posted this track in the last 2 days, so no need for me to up it and drain my bandwidth. Hint: Just follow the link.

Thao Nguyen - Beat (Health, Life And Fire)
via paper thin walls [original post]