Monday, July 9, 2007

Whitey

Whitey was a pretty random find. I happened to stumble on his single Wrap it Up and I was entranced. He's a pretty crazy electronic solo project. He has toured with both Peaches and Iggy Pop (awesome!) who described him as "a friend of my son's. He's a tattooed biker-drinker-loser guy." I'm still exploring his stuff, but so far he's pretty cool. A lot of his songs are pretty quiet and trancy, which always makes for good electronic work. So try a link:

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

The White Stripes

I was introduced to the White Stripes when their single Seven Nation Army came out a while back. I didn't really like it but I checked out their other stuff and I loved it. Their latest album, Icky Thump, is just like all of their other albums. It has one innovative and daring single that reestablishes Jack White as a musical genius. The rest of the album is Jack and Meg messing around, doing whatever they want. Consequently, every White Stripes album has one really great single, several great mildly experimental songs, and a couple duds.

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TV on the Radio

I have reviewed TV on the Radio once before, but after buying their second full-length album, Return to Cookie Mountain, I felt like I should say something. From their very first release, these guys have been on a path that no one else is exploring or has ever explored. With every release they are getting farther and farther into a beautiful realm of music that no one else has the guts to explore yet. Return to Cookie Mountain goes even farther into the musical future.

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