My Music This Month

This month has been a reasonably quiet month for me with new music. 2011 on a whole has been fairly quiet to be truthful. However, I have heard some great stuff from towards the end of last year and others. My favourite being The Naked And Famous. They have really caught my imagination and their stuff is great! Other bands which I have really enjoyed recently have been The Gaslight Anthem, The New Pornographers, The Boxer Rebellion and Frightened Rabbit. All very good listening indeed.

The Naked And Famous – Passive Me, Aggressive You: This album is extremely different from anything I usually listen, probably why I enjoy it so much, but it reminds me of MGMT. The songs ‘Young Blood‘, ‘Girls Like You‘ and ‘All Of This‘ have been on my iPod non stop and I recommend you get this album because it is certainly worth the money!

The New Pornographers – Together: This was a Christmas present from my father actually! And it has been very enjoyable, also a bit different from anything I normally listen to so a welcome change for me. Really liking ‘Moves‘, ‘Silver Jenny Dollar‘ and ‘Up In The Dark‘. Give it a listen, you won’t regret it.

The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang: This album has had a lot of success with the critics but I must confess it did take me a while to get into it. But when I did start enjoying, oh boy, this stuff is amazing. If you like raw rock and roll then this is for you. Their last album (The ’59 Sound) isn’t bad either. There are so many songs on this that I could recommend but if you’re going to listen to one then give ‘The Diamond Church Street Choir‘ a listen, it’ll rock your world.

Also worth a mention this month are Beady Eye, Iron and Wine, Adele, The Joy Formidable, Wolf Gang and Bright Eyes. All relatively well known but still check them out if you need some good music.
All is well here in Atlanta so hope it is wherever you are, enjoy the blog.