guillemots - red [2008]

hi folks. i'm happy to do this post. happy because i will now introduce the best album of 2008 so far (travis will release ode to j.smith sometime in the fall, then we'll decide for sure). happy to introduce the greatest sophomore success since 1997 and "the man who". for anyone who is fans of the music posted on this site, this band will fill serious voids in your recent music library. they may be the most original band to come out of the uk in the last five years. this is not ordinary music, by any means. well, WELL, worth downloading. 

also, if you like this, check out their first release, "through the window pane". amazing. the album starts out with this gorgeous slow strings piece. paul mccartney, praising the originality, said it was "a very brave way to start an album" and stated his admiration for the tracks "beautiful orchestration."  check out "get over it", "falling out of reach", and "clarion".  you're welcome :)

1. kriss kross
2. big dog
3. falling out of reach
4. get over it
5. clarion
6. last kiss
7. cockateels
8. words
9. standing on the last star
10. don't look down
11. take me home

adem-takes [2008]

i posted an album by adem a while ago. great artist. i saw him with badly drawn boy last march and then began to listen to more of his stuff. i haven't really been doing this blog long enough to get too many new albums from artists previously posted so this one makes me kind of excited. we've been together in this blog world for about 8 months now....(tear)....thanks guys. i've enjoyed it. and you, will enjoy this album. booyaa. check out the pinback cover, loro, and the low cover, laser beam.

1. bedside table (bedhead)
2. oh my lover (pj harvey)
3. slide (lisa germano)
4. loro (pinback)
5. hotellounge (dEUS)
6. to cure a weakling chile (boy girl song) (aphex twin)
7. tears are in your eyes (yo la tengo)
8. starla (smashing pumpkins)
9. gamera (tortoise)
10. unravel (bjork)
11. invisible man (the breeders)
12. laser beam (low)

natalie imbruglia - white lilies island [2001]

i am not ashamed. i am secure in my manhood. i am not ashamed. i am secure in my manhood. should i say it one more time? i am not ashamed. i am secure in my manhood. glad we got that over with. in case any of you were wondering i'm not ashamed of this post. i'm also not ashamed to admit that back when i was in high school when this album came out i had a HUGE faarreaking crush on natalie imbruglia. so that was like 80 percent of the reason i bought it. i also had a thing for chick voices. really soft ones--i am not ashamed--and her's is amazing. sure, i may have been the only guy around with a 1200 watt stereo blasting imbruglia through two 10s. but it's ok because i am not ashamed and i'm secure. and she actually has a lot of talent and some of this music is very impressive. not just poppy. really actually good stuff. check out "satellite", "wrong impression" and "do you love".

1. that day
2. beauty on the fire
3. satellite
4. do you love?
5. wrong impression
6. goodbye
7. everything goes
8. hurricane
9. sunlight
10. talk in tongues
11. butterflies
12. come september

flight of the conchords - flight of the conchords [2008]

great album. freaking great show. if you haven't seen it. contact me immediately.

1. foux du fafa
2. inner city pressure
3. hiphopopotamus vs. rhymernoceros
4. think about it
5. ladies of the world
6. mutha uckas
7. prince of parties
8. leggy blonde
9. robots
10. boom
11. a kiss is not a contract
12. the most beautiful girl in the room
13. business time
14. bowie
15. au revoir