A few things I've picked up recently...
Hank Williams III - Damn Right, Rebel Proud. It's shit-kickin' music: raucous and loud and raunchy, big attitude. Though he shares the legend's name, 3's his own man, for sure. About the only musical connection to Sr's legacy are in lyrical references: he likes to call out people who did Sr. wrong. He's definitely not trying to emulate that sweet, subtle poignancy of Sr's songs.
Screaming Females - Ugly. The way the singer puts a lot of energy and attitude into avoiding singing in key reminds me of really early Throwing Muses. But the Muses have better songs.
Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series #4 (live @ Royal Albert Hall, 1966). I'm slowly growing fond of Mr. Zimmerman. Took me a long time. I've always heard he rarely plays his songs live the way he originally recorded them. But that must be a recent change - they're all pretty much straight, here.
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls. 60's soul, 70's Stones with hints of the Walkmen and maybe a touch of Black Keys. Very nice. Great singer.
Heard anything you need to tell the world about?
Album of the year for me so far is “A+E” by Graham Coxon. It’s superb! I urge you to give it a listen. Check this out:
http://youtu.be/PuKFsGHyLgs
Love it. I need to learn that riff.
don’t see that on iTunes. there are 9 other records by Coxon, but not that.
is it very new?
ah, not out in the US till the 24th.
And another one.
http://youtu.be/CNTjHbwIZeE
Blows away the cobwebs.
Buying that Alabama Shakes album RIGHT NOW.
I got the new Coxon the other day but haven’t listened to it all the way through. So far so good. I am going to get The Alabama Shakes next. I also have the Black Keys in my queue as I kind of skipped over them until now (I was just as late with the White Stripes for some reason). Otherwise my recent obsessions have been going through the respective discographies of The Jesus Lizard and Unsane.
The Jesus Lizard is one of my favorite band names, ever.
Mostly am listening to myself and John, lately. (I liked the Alabama Shakes tunes a lot, thanks for posting them).
A video a friend sent me that seems like it belongs on a cleek “Listening To” thread, Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces