Artist: Blaqk AudioAlbum: Cex Cells (2007)
Check Out: Stiff Kittens, Bitter For Sweet, Semiotic Love
Whatever you would like to call this, electronic, darkwave, gothic, ebm (electronic body musik, apparently a genre now describing artists like Front 242 and Apoptygma Berzerk because you cannot categorize them as both industrial and electronic?), techno, alternative... I would like to call it RRGM, which stands for really really good music. I went to their third concert ever yesterday at the Grand Ballroom NYC, it was definitely worth the half an hour wait in front of the doors then one hour wait on the floor. For those who haven't heard, Blaqk Audio is an electronic project created by Davey Havok (gorgeously beautiful) and Jade Puget (not so photogenic but incredibly stunning in person) from AFI. Basically, this is the type of music you will see blue shirted middle aged glasses-wearing short mom standing from the balcony, blonde Laguna Beach-like girls with glowsticks, a bunch of goth kids, and yourself dancing to. Cexy.
Artist: Rilo KileyAlbum: Under The Blacklight (2007)
Check Out: The Angels Hung Around, Silver Lining, Close Call, Dejalo
Rilo Kiley's fourth full length album, after most of the band members "returned" from their solo albums (Jenny Lewis with Rabbit Fur Coat and Blake Sennett in Sun, Sun, Sun with The Elected in 2006). This new album is a new sound for those who have listened to their previous albums... it the adventurous album. I suggest you purchase this album not only because 1. Jenny Lewis, 2. Sounds like a mixture of Jenny Lewis' solo work, drums, country, folk, yet a little bit of mellow rock, 3. Jenny Lewis... but also because the album's jewel case is tinted purple! What more can you ask for?
Artist: Au Revoir SimoneAlbum: The Bird Of Music (2007)
Check Out: The Lucky One
My new found super mellow indie ambiance meditation music. Just imagine a set of harmonious triplets and while you look at the album art and you will get a good picture of what their music might sound like. Sounds like sunsetting gradually, leaves turning from kelly green to a medium kind of sea green, and summer going by really slowly. Except summer has gone by too quick for me and I need to start writing a paper instead.
2 comments:
i <3 Rilo Kiley.
their new cd seems to sound pretty different from their old stuff. or there's a different vibe to them.
I LOVE RILO KILEY TOO!! I have their old cd, the one that looks like a plane map.
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