Broken Boy

22 May 2006

I haven’t talked about music here in a while – at least music that I’m not working on at least – so here you go!

Obviously on heavy rotation is the Raconteurs album, “Broken Boy Soldiers”, which came out last week. It’s very, very good – not as good as the early White Stripes albums, but certainly better then their last. Of course it’s not a White Stripes album, but does sound exactly like you’d expect from a combination of Jack White and Brendan Benson. The best track is the title track, if you want to download it.

Also in my playlist at the moment is the new Hot Chip album, “The Warning”. It sounds pretty much like their first album, which is no bad thing at all. In addition, a new band called Tapes ‘n Tapes is also worth checking out – they were apparently the hot thing at this years SXSW. Oh yes, I mustn’t forget the Metric album as well, it’s brilliant and if you can’t be bothered to get the whole album at least seek out the single “Monster Hospital” – possibly the best song I’ve heard this year.

As well as some good albums, I’ve also come across some real duds; don’t check out the new Pearl Jam or The Walkmen albums; both are disappointing (as was the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, but not to the scale of the other two).

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22 May 2006