It’s not often I get on here and chat about stuff other than Sierra but I have to say this Fall has dumped upon me, the motherlode of good music so I figured I should let you know about some good tunes.
The National – Sleep Well Beast
This might be my favourite National album since Boxer.
Matt Mays – Once Upon a Hell of a Time
Matt Mays does it again with a solid rocker of an album. He spends a lot of years in between releases but it pays off as it ‘s all killer, no filler. Sentimental Sins and Faint of Heart are on heavy rotation right now.
Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton – Choir of the Mind
Emily Haines is generally found in her band Metric, but once in awhile she puts out a solo album (this is her second). It’s a fantastic piece of work with piano and layered vocals. This is stuff I would like to attempt to write.
William Patrick Corgan – Ogilala
Ok, you all know I’m a big Smashing Pumpkins fan so I’m going to add a new Corgan solo album on the list. But it’s really good. Stripped down piano, acoustic tunes show off how Billy is an incredible writer underneath his usual layers upon layers of production.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Vietnam War soundtrack
I get excited every time a new Reznor/Ross collaboration comes out and I especially love listening to this album just driving down the country roads seeing the leaves fall.
Roger Waters – Is this the life we really want?
Could this be the best post-Pink Floyd album? Yep. Get it now.
Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
I wasn’t expecting much from the new BSS album and it blows me away. It’s probably in their top three.
The Dears – Times Infinity Volume 2
Hey, speaking of albums that I wasn’t expecting much from and then it sneaks out with a ninja attack on my psyche and makes me want to listen to it every day for the rest of my life…