2 posts tagged “new music”
Kate Havnevik performed at The Hotel Cafe tonight but I'm far too congested to be out amongst the LA music snobberati. The Hotel Cafe is where you go when Nic Harcourt of KCRW likes you and Havnevik totally fits that mold. This track was a KCRW "Today's Tune" earlier this month and everytime it plays, I mistake her voice, momentarily, for Imogen Heap's.
On this track, "Unlike Me," she tries to out-Frou Frou the lead Frau. It is reminiscent of "Hide & Seek" in tempo and haunting rhythm but it is lighter. It has some of the whimsy of some of the more popular tracks off of Frou Frou's details.
This is not a bad thing. I might have to pick up the full length Melankton. It'll hold me over until Bjork's new record comes out later this year.
On this track, "Unlike Me," she tries to out-Frou Frou the lead Frau. It is reminiscent of "Hide & Seek" in tempo and haunting rhythm but it is lighter. It has some of the whimsy of some of the more popular tracks off of Frou Frou's details.
This is not a bad thing. I might have to pick up the full length Melankton. It'll hold me over until Bjork's new record comes out later this year.
I keep seeing the Money Mark banner ad at the bottom of VOX pages and I received this album from some music pr nerd a few weeks ago and actually really dig so I figured it was worth a post.
Money Mark's solo work isn't anything flashy. It's just some stripped down folk music with some soul undercurrents. There's little hint of his ability to create wonderful bombast (He's one of the key architects of my favorite Beastie Boys' Album - "Check Your Head") but the solid song creation is here. It's also quite raw and honest. He's baring his soul here which is maybe why he doesn't feel the need to break out the synthesizer, fender rhodes, or drum machine.
What he's laid down is enough.
