Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

Recorded in Topanga Canyon in the Santa Monica mountains. This is now a bit different from Banhart's pyedecelic folk works expect two or three song. Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon is much like a classic rock record, you'll hear long great guitar driven rock songs, for example the key track "Seahorse" where memorable electric guitars work hard. Some songs are influenced by latin or tropical music like previous Banheart songs...Luna de Margarita, Santa Maria de Feira and Devendra adds another weird song to these, it's Samba Vexillographica. Banhart's audience continued to expand, And he loves Elvis Presley that's why he's trying to sing like Elvis on song named Shabop Shalom. Good try Mr. Banhart. This is quite old school, Smokey Rolls Down... deserves a listen, though.

Devendra Banhart - Shabop Shalom
Devendra Banhart - Bad Girl

Band of Horses - Cease To Begin

Rating: 9.0
Holding strong my umbrella, with thankfully smile to the faunders of those little mp3 players, Band of Horses on my headphones, i'm walking to my way. Is there anything i can do if there is a good record in front of me, surely i can't do anything. That's my the weakest side, that's my weakest side if it's playing emotional good music. The previous record Everything All the Time was great, but this is another great record. Second records don't always come like that good. "The Funeral", "Our swords" and "Wicked Gil" are the keytracks of the previous record. We now have "Is There a Ghost", "Ode to Lrc" and "The General Specific" ! Everybody plays guitar, but believe me this kind of broken, bitter voice is one of a kind.

Band of Horses - No One Is Gonna Love You

MM picks: Is There a Ghost, Ode to Lrc, The General Specific

Ultravox - Vienna

Ultravox - Vienna

Vienna

We walked in the cold air -
Freezing breath on the window pain
Lying waiting

A man in the dark in the picture frame
So mystic and soulful.
A voice reaching out and a piercing cry

It stays with you until
The feeling is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna -

The music is weaving -
Haunting notes pizzicato strings

The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings a cold empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky

It fades to the distance.

The image is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me
This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna -

This means nothing to me
This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna.
Vienna

Midlake - Oak and Julian EP

On September 4th Midlake will release a digital EP called Oak and Julian, a small collection of rarities and b-sides from the last few years. The EP does include the older track, “Mornings Will Be Kind,” off of the Balloon Maker 7¨. The song, which my brother-in-law (and Midlake superfan) always refers to as “Follow You Around” because of the repeated refrain, is a throwback to their Bella Union debut, the lo-fi, Grandaddy-esque Bamnan & Silvercork. You'll fall in love with this new acustic version of Roscoe.

Tracklist:
1. Roscoe (Acoustic Version)
2. It Covers The Hillside (Acoustic Version)
3. Marion
4. Mornings Will Be Kind

Something new for the ears

1. Andy Lewis & Paul Weller – Are You Trying To Be Lonely

2. Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance



3. HIM – The Kiss Of Dawn

4. Edwyn Collins – You’ll Never Know

5. Bloc Party - Hunting For Witches

6. Turin Brakes - Stalker

7. White Stripes - You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)

8. Six Nation State - We Could Be Happy

9. Dead 60s – Stand Up

10. Damien Rice - Dogs

Something for the ears
Tori Amos - I'm Not Stupid Lyrics
Jennifer Lopez - Brave Lyrics
Michael Jackson - Mamacita Lyrics
The Donnas - Don't Wait For Me Lyrics
Busta Rhymes - Clear The Air Lyrics
David Banner - Get Like Me Lyrics

PJ Harvey's White Chalk

Like every new record, White Chalk leaks! My advice would be, listen the leak version first then you go to nearest cd store to buy this brilliant record. Yep, this is one of the coolest women rock vocalist, PJ Harvey! Anyway, you'll love her voice, it's been smooth listening even if my mother says 'How weird she's singing that song!', and i share the opening and closing song for only few days. Be quick and grab the tunes, don't tell to your friends where you stole The Devil and The Mountain. Love you PJ.!

White Chalk Tracklist:
01 The Devil
02 Dear Darkness
03 Grow Grow Grow
04 When Under Ether
05 White Chalk
06 Broken Harp
07 Silence
08 To Talk To You
09 The Piano
10 Before Departure
11 The Mountain

for more PJ:
PJ Harvey - The Peel Sessions