Album of the Day: Christian Löffler - A Forest

Something nice and laid-back and lounge-y for Sunday you say? We can do that.

Playlist of the Day: The Beta Band, We Miss You

These guys by rights should have been as massive as Radiohead, if you ask me. Instead they broke up. I never even got to see them live! Gah. Steve Mason has gone on to a solo career and several of the others are now playing in The Aliens, and in both you can hear echos of the Beta Band; well worth a listen to too if you haven't heard them before. Anyway, enjoy some of my favorites of theirs.

Album of the Day: Sin Fang Bous - Clangour

Sunny Sunday demands music riot. Densely layered weirdness from Iceland, fun stuff from the excellent Morr Music label.

Album of the Day: Medeski Martin & Wood - Shack-man

Lazy Sunday is lazy. So kick back and relax with this classic MMW record.

 

Rating: *****
Comment: Holy smoking Hammond jazz fusion, Batman!

Album of the Day: Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

Califone's unique sound is easy to detect but hard to pin down. Twangly is one of the words which comes to mind. Oh, that isn't a word? Deal with it. Clamorous is another. Freaking awesome, too. Wait, that's two words. Anyway, this 2009 album is less "out there" than their 2006 album Roots & Crowns, also a favorite of mine. More coherent. More... folky? Eh, whatever. Like I said, it's a unique sound, and it demands a few listens.

 

In fact, here is Roots & Crowns too, because it's Friday and I'm a nice guy and you really should listen to it. A couple of times at least.

Rating: *****
Comment: in a class of its own.