The Rundown

I've been hearing a lot about the new album releases this week. Now, I don't know if there's a reason for that or if I have just been paying more attention than usual. Or, maybe with the whole writer's strike, people have been tuning in to music more than usual for entertainment. Hmmm, whatever.

Anyways, I don't have one specific band to write about today. Today, I'm going to just kind of give a rundown of a couple of the new releases and my brief opinion on them. Keep in mind, it's only an opinion! So, let's get on with it!

The beautiful and photogenic Cat Power has a ton of fans and publicity at the moment. I think I've heard and seen more advertisements for her new album Jukebox than any of the others. The music has kind of an old feel to it. Well, I guess her genre description of lo-fi and folk would explain it. While I understand why many people enjoy the sound, it just doesn't do it for me. Almost, but not really.

Vampire Weekend's self titled album on the other hand, is really fun! Their first song I heard (also the first track on the album) was "Mansard Roof." I honestly didn't pay very much attention to it. Nothing stuck out, I guess you could say. It wasn't until I heard "A-Punk" that I thought differently. It caught my attention! Now, instead of thinking they were just another "so-so" band, I think they're great after giving them another chance. Though all of their songs are quite short, other favorites from the album are "Oxford Comma" and "Walcott." Also, they use bad words and talk about Cape Cod a lot.

Uh oh. It wasn't until after I was done raving about Vampire Weekend that I realized their album isn't released until NEXT Tuesday, the 29th. Oh well, at least I gave ya the heads up! Go grab it!

If you're a fan of Matt Costa's debut album Songs We Sing, you won't be disappointed with Unfamiliar Faces. Or, if you don't know because you haven't heard any of his stuff, think Jack Johnson. Both work together and are great friends and supporters of each other's music. Also, Costa is under label Brushfire Records, which is co-founded by Johnson. Though it's not on this album, "Lullaby" is a good duet featuring the two of them. It appears on Jack Johnson's Curious George album. I do like Matt's jams, but it's one of those "sit back and relax" and maybe "throw in some pretend guitar" kind of albums. But, there's nothing wrong with that.

That's all I got for today. But, an added note: MGMT's new album Oracular Spectacular which I wrote about awhile ago (here) has finally been released, too!

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