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Sunday Tunes…

/ Alec

The middle seat on flights goes better with some new music to get lost in. Spent the weekend recovering from the plague and now packing for another week on the road: Chicago, Minneapolis, and CT this week.

New Tunes:

  • Katie Herzig – Apple Tree. Easy on the ears and after one listen I’m in solid like.
  • Anuhea – Anuhea. Think Colbie Caillat crossed with an island/surf vibe sound.
  • Will Hoge – The Wreckage. Reminds me of Stephen Kellogg on first pass.
  • Jason Mraz – Jason Mraz’s Beautiful Mess – Live On Earth. Caught him live in Vegas this year so only fitting to pick up the live album. He does a solid show that is worth catching anytime he is in driving distance.
  • Joe Goddard – Harvest Festival. Apple Bobbing really caught my ear.
  • Lindstrøm and Christabelle – Baby Can’t Stop. This is going to be my new happy music when stuck in the middle seat on a ground hold for two hours.
  • Mishka – Above the Bones. The Reggae sounding brother of Heather Nova. Check out: Guy with a Guitar.

Tunes of late…

/ Alec

Lots of travel of late so I’ve been downloading music most Sunday’s to get ready for the week on the road. As the plane ride is always better with good music.

  • Break Up by Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson. It has legs and some good loops. It has gotten some flack for being too bubbly and shallow but it is good music to bounce your way through being sandwiched in the middle seat on a flight to NYC.
  • Winter by Jon Foreman. It is sparse. Clean and the lyrics are worth a listen. I’m not sure I’d buy the entire album again more likely just the tracks: I Am Still Running and Learning How to Die.
  • Two tracks from Nelly Furtado’s new album: Silencio and Manos al Aire.
  • I’m not loving Get Lucky which is Mark Knopfler new album but to be fair I’ve only given it a shallow listen. The majority of tracks sound flat.
  • Build Me This by Joshua James. Just listen to Coal War. Speaks for it self.
  • Bomb In a Birdcage by A Fine Frenzy. Genius. If you only get one album on this list this is the one to get. I love the song Electric Twist. Some of the old guard aren’t loving the updated sound but I like electronica so this album is nothing but a pleasure.
  • The Scene of the Crime by Bettye LaVette. Caught her live this summer but just picked up her album. Not bad for 63 years young.
  • Etana’s song I Am Not Afraid for a Reggae track.

May you enjoy them from the middle seat 30,000 feet up…

Albums of Late

/ Alec
  • Sia – Colour the Small One : I’m in heavy Sia rotation at the moment. Working back through her albums.
  • Deb Talan – A Bird Flies Out : Liked the Weepies. iTunes labels her as Pop which makes me laugh. Folk/Singer Songwriter who can happen to play well.
  • Kate Nash – Made of Bricks : Go MySpace! This album continues to grow on me as the lyrics demand your ear. Plus I love D******d the hell with the nay sayers. It is honest and it gets me snaping my fingers.
  • Rosi Golan – The Drifter and the Gypsy : The tracks, Come Around and I don’t wanna to wait got my ear, and now the album is growing on me. Plus she was on tour with William Fitzsimmons.
  • Jose Gonzalez – In Our Nature : Intresting sound and voice but I’d skip buying the album and just get track one.
  • Gavin DeGraw – Free : Powerful voice but the lyrics do little for me.