What I’m listening to…
15 September
Pedro the Lion, Headphones, David Bazan
There’s been a recent rekindling of my love for this guys music. Some sample lyrics (imagine a slightly discordant acoustic guitar strumming in the background): “you were too busy steering the conversation toward the lord/ to hear the voice of the spirit begging you to shut the fuck up/ you thought it must be the devil trying to make you go astray/ besides it couldn’t have been the lord, because you don’t believe he talks that way”
Taraf de Haïdouks’ “Band of Gypsies”
A 12-piece Romanian band with musicians ages 19-78 years old. Amazing.
The Pigeon Detectives’ “Wait for Me” and “Emergency”
Typical post-punk Brit-pop. But it’s still fun!
23 August
Johnny Flynn’s “A Larum”
…If William Shakespeare and Bob Dylan had had a child.
The Charles Mingus Sextet’s “Cornell 1964″
Wildly rowdy and highly refined.
Nico’s “Chelsea Girl”
A bleak and ominous break from her Velvet Underground days.
16 August
Ryan Adams’ “Cold Roses”
Beautiful…sorta.
The Quintet: Live at Massey Hall 1953
Charlie “Bird” Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, and Max Roach
The Filthy Youth demo tapes
Loud Reed and John Cale’s “Songs for ‘Drella”
Paying homage to the master of pop-art.
7 August
Dirty Pretty Things’ “Romance at Short Notice”
British pop as written by Charles Dickens.
John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”
His 1964 masterwork of experimental jazz.
Babyshambles’ “Oh What A Lovely Tour”
Pete Doherty may be a hot mess, but his music is still beautiful.
Soundtrack from the TV Show “Mad Men”
Listen to David Carbonara’s song Babylon.
