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Ladyhawke dusts off the musical idioms of the 80s and shows us why we loved them again.
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She Keeps Bees might sound a lot like Cat Power at first blush, but She Keeps Bees is definitely worthy of more attention than that. Nests is full of great bluesy songs, especially the super sexy “Gimme.”
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I went through a really long musical drought. Nothing sounded good. I made a brief detour at Pandora and left unhappy: my digital radio station didn’t introduce me to anything I liked and repeated the songs I didn’t like too often. Honestly I love listening to complete albums. Pandora doesn’t suit me. I don’t like the next song I hear being selected by a computer program. It’s too cold, too calculated. I would rather listen to a podcast that someone has curated with songs he or she has heard and has made an emotional decision to share with me. If you feel the same way, check out Cheryl Waters from Music That Matters. Cheryl has impeccable taste. Cheryl introduced me to Blind Pilot and the drought was over.
Blind Pilot’s 3 Rounds and a Sound is simply breathtaking. The album is so rich I find myself getting lost in the lush melodies, the fidelity of the recording, the brightness of the instruments, and the warm, velvet vocals. Seriously, these guys can sing.
3 Rounds and a Sound vaguely reminds me of more melancholy moments of The Pernice Brothers’ Yours, Mine, & Ours, minus a little pop and electric guitars. Regardless, this album is definitely one of my favorites of the entire year.
From 3 Rounds and a Sound:
“Poor Boy”
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