Just a great block of radio programming today by Steve Lamacq, who played three songs that are new to me and one that I'd not really concentrated on. All are worth talking about so read on, reader, read on.
First up, a new track from Damon Albarn. I've always been a fan of his voice and have been quite amazed by the sheer scale of his musical output. He's been in the business for well over twenty years, has worked with loads of different musicians on many different projects, to the point that now Blur just seem like one project out of many. Despite that, the album that comes out at the end of this month, Everyday Robots, is his first solo one, and I have to say I've liked what I've heard so far. This song is a good example of how Albarn is able to be musically quite diverse -- the only giveaway that it's a track by him is his voice, otherwise musically it's not obviously a Damon Albarn song, cos he doesn't necessarily have a signature sound (..., well that is admittedly debatable, but I'm not going to go into it now). Check it! And if you follow the link above to his website you can see the quite trippy video to the song Everyday Robots.
Brian Eno and Karl Hyde (of Underworld) are going to release a collaborative album next month called Someday World. Kind of an exciting partnership, maybe, or it could be complete rubbish, but I do like the song I heard today. I don't really hear the Eno part of it, but I like that it's quite poppy and happy, and not the kind of thing I'd expect from Karl Hyde, who usually seems to be a bit darker and weirder in his work. I like his singing, reminds me a bit of the guy from Doves (who's also just released a solo album):
Next tune is by a band I don't know too much about, the Hosts. Sadly they only have a facebook page and there's not much info on there that I can see. I do like this song though; I usually don't like music that is too much of a throwback or pastiche, but I enjoyed this, I think because of it's enthusiasm. Seems like Richard Hawley has been involved in producing them (not surprising if you listen and compare to this track of his), and their debut album came out in February of this year.
Lastly, an enjoyable Pavement track. Gotta say, there's something about hearing these songs on the radio, while doing whatever else, that cannot be recreated by searching for and listening to them individually on the web. I really like radio, including the DJ banter -- sometimes the DJ banter is better than the music! I'm so glad that the internet means I can stay connected to good radio.
First up, a new track from Damon Albarn. I've always been a fan of his voice and have been quite amazed by the sheer scale of his musical output. He's been in the business for well over twenty years, has worked with loads of different musicians on many different projects, to the point that now Blur just seem like one project out of many. Despite that, the album that comes out at the end of this month, Everyday Robots, is his first solo one, and I have to say I've liked what I've heard so far. This song is a good example of how Albarn is able to be musically quite diverse -- the only giveaway that it's a track by him is his voice, otherwise musically it's not obviously a Damon Albarn song, cos he doesn't necessarily have a signature sound (..., well that is admittedly debatable, but I'm not going to go into it now). Check it! And if you follow the link above to his website you can see the quite trippy video to the song Everyday Robots.
Brian Eno and Karl Hyde (of Underworld) are going to release a collaborative album next month called Someday World. Kind of an exciting partnership, maybe, or it could be complete rubbish, but I do like the song I heard today. I don't really hear the Eno part of it, but I like that it's quite poppy and happy, and not the kind of thing I'd expect from Karl Hyde, who usually seems to be a bit darker and weirder in his work. I like his singing, reminds me a bit of the guy from Doves (who's also just released a solo album):
Next tune is by a band I don't know too much about, the Hosts. Sadly they only have a facebook page and there's not much info on there that I can see. I do like this song though; I usually don't like music that is too much of a throwback or pastiche, but I enjoyed this, I think because of it's enthusiasm. Seems like Richard Hawley has been involved in producing them (not surprising if you listen and compare to this track of his), and their debut album came out in February of this year.
Lastly, an enjoyable Pavement track. Gotta say, there's something about hearing these songs on the radio, while doing whatever else, that cannot be recreated by searching for and listening to them individually on the web. I really like radio, including the DJ banter -- sometimes the DJ banter is better than the music! I'm so glad that the internet means I can stay connected to good radio.
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