Good Winter

Bon Iver's music, especially the 2007 debut For Emma, For ever ago, is the kind of stuff that makes me want to share my thoughts here.

This review of his latest album, Bon Iver, makes me wonder if I should be writing at all.

Brilliant stuff, both the review and the music.

footastic!

Enjoyed a great Foo Fighters concert the other night.

Dave Grohl really is an entertainer and seems to have a big heart and large sense of humor.

Was struck by how the Foo Fighters remind me of the Pixies, more so live than on album.

Apparently, Dave has a drinking problem:

Going bananas about monkeys

The Arctic Monkeys' latest album "Suck it and see" is brilliant!

I know it sounds like a cliché, but they really have "grown up"! (And presumably, so have I, since I get it.)

Sound and lyrics clearly illustrate the passing of time compared to their first two albums. They even managed one or two Beatle flirts...

Singles so far:

Franz's offspring

Might be an illegitimate child.

Pretty cocky, at any rate.

This is what you get when parts of Franz Ferdinand meet up with others: Say hello to Box Codax!

Great coffee, shitty croisant.

A good friend put me on to My Morning Jacket long ago, but for some reason I didn't react.

Now I've suddenly discovered that they're behind loads of good stuff.

But,

their albums aren't solid. Pity.

This is brilliant, though:

Those dancing days

Saw the Charlatans yesterday.

The band were pretty much as I remembered them: a Stone Roses / Oasis / Happy Mondays mix and as much as I enjoyed the concert it's not what I brought home from the evening.

When the band finished their set a DJ took me on a trip down memory lane. Hit after hit from the indie / alternative scene time stamped "90's" filled the dance floor and I remember thinking of a few tracks he didn't play that I needed to dig up when I got home:

Looking for hot stuff

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are on the move! According to this article on Rolling Stone a new album will be out later this summer - new guitarist and all...

Event though I imagine that they have their best years behind them I'm curious to hear what their new sound is like.

While we wait: three classics!