A happy-go-lucky English rambler dude goes to New Zealand for a year. Here he interfaces with some of those he left behind and details his nefarious activities. Or summat.
Recently clicked on MP3s - 7th June 2005 The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
Jens Lekman - When i said i wanted to be your dog
The Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting
Teenage Fanclub - Man Made
Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Eels - Blinking Lights
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Partly inspired by the fact that i'm getting a little bit bored by the selection on my MP3 player, and partly just out of nosiness, i've begun conducting an international survey of current musical tastes.
Whenever i meet people who i deem worthy of listening to on the subject of music, i question them on what bands they're currently grooving to - ideally ones from their homeland, but with the Dutch interviewees, i've given them licence to pick other countries bands too (If you're reading this - Sorry Dutch Music Industry!).
I present my current findings here.
Swedish interviewees 1 & 2
Ebba Forsberg
The Ark [Apparently a Gay, Swedish version of The Darkness - potentially the best Rock Band on the planet?]
Looptrop
Christian Kjellvander
Dutch Interviewee 1
The Travoltas
Soundsurfer
Yggdrasil
French Interviewee 1 [French Handwriting is very stylish, and i may have mis-read some of these names]
Mylene Farmer
Saint Germain
Noir Desir
Louise Attaque
Les Hurlments de Leo
Les Orgues de Beulaque
Dimitri
Jaques Brel
Swedish Interviewees 3 & 4 [Including interviewees' notes]
Bright Eyes - really good emotional pop, the song "Lets not shit ourselves or to love and to be loved" is one of his greatest!
Desaparecidos - smart and rough political rock with awesome lyrics.
Jose Gonzalez - a swedish sing and song writer.
Jens Lekman - another swede with more instrument and rythm.
Bloc Party - good funkrock
Sophie Zelmani - a swedish lady who sings beautiful
The Plan - a swedish rockpop group.
Hakan Hellstrom - A swede who sings happy popsongs in swedish.
Niccokick - a very promising new swedish band.
I've not actually managed to download or listen to any of these bands, so i can't vouch for any of them yet, but "A swede who sings happy popsongs in swedish" can't be bad surely?
