Category: New Tunes

As the late night / early morning summer movers start to rise to the top over the next month or so I look forward to hearing this along the way. 

 

I seem to be putting a fair bit of Hip Hop on here as of late, but it seems to be in a bit of a purple patch. 

Brothers, may I introduce you to Soul Khan. Basically he’s pretty bad ass. There’s tons of fantastic tracks kicking about the internet that have been a big part of my life over the lastr 6 months. I have been tempted many times to post one on here, but maybe I was just waiting for the right one…. I think this might just be it:

 

On the wedding day of brother Joseph I give him this and look forward to seeing him tie the knot!

 

This is a project that I have been really looking forward to. Album out next week. 

 

I heard this the other night for the first time and it was a game stopper. Really looking forward to this album if this is anything to go by.

 

I’m not sure what you guys have heard about this guy… if anything. I must admit I was a bit 50/50 from write ups about him. Apparently he is really shy and only recorded hgis album in his room, it got some great acclaim…. and then it was re-released by Sony. When I read that I put the reviews on the back shelf and let him be. I stumbled across him again a few weeks ago, and to be honest, I was wrong. I like the guy. 

http://www.keatonhenson.com/look-and-listen.php

I suppose it’s a shame that I was rating the guy on who he has released music with. To be honest if I was and A&R from a major I would want to sign him. He’s very familar but stands on his own at the same time. 

Thoughts?

 

I don’t like the first quarter of each year, musically speaking. There’s not usually that much going on. When something good does come out, I’m never sure if it is that good or if it’s just good compared to anything or nothing else that’s been released recently.

So this popped up on Pitchfork and was badged as ‘Best New Music’ by Pitchfork which means an 8.5 score or above. I was familiar with Perfume Genius previously. In 2010 he released a single of his debut album called Mr. Peterson. An odd little track, piano and voice, relatively upbeat little song … about an inappropriate relationship with a male teacher at school. When you stopped and listened carefuly it turned out to be a beautiful and moving song about a very awkward subject.

This album is better than the first. Much better. 8.5 for me is a poor overall review for this album. No song has an ounce of fat. The album does not have a weak song. It is a collection of relatively short, sparsely instrumented ‘ballads’. The subject matter, on the surface appear to be personal and moving. If you google and dig about in interviews and reviews then you discover more about the subjects and re-engaging with the album and lyrics has bought me close to tears.

I know this won’t be for everyone. It’s not a happy album. If you like people pouring their hearts and their guts out in front of all and you like … and you like this done beautifully, then you’ll probably love this.

I can’t stop listening to this.

You can stream the album here. As always, if you can spare (I think its only about 35 mins) the time and have some headphones, it’s worth listening to in isolation, if you can find the lyrics online then that is worth it too.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/12/perfume-genius-announces-sophomore-album-put-your-back-n-2-it/

 

Continuing our conversation about Hip Hop, or lack there of that is accesable; this is worth getting into. For some reason I didn’t fully get into this when I bought it about a year and a half ago but I’m loving it at the moment.