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Barenaked Ladies - All in good time

So I've been listening to this album since approximately tuesday morning when it was released. And for me at least, this is a darker album than their previous efforts, and there is something less, I don't know, juvenile than their previous albums. Perhaps it's the subject matter because to my ear, there are more than a couple of tracks that deal with the loss of Steve Page. There are a couple of album standouts to my ear, namely:

• Summertime
• Every Subway Car
• Golden Boy
• All in Good Time

There are other good tracks, "You Run Away" appears to be explicitly about the relationship with Steve. In the end, much like the way I still loved Fleetwood Mac even w/o various members as that band has evolved over the years, I still love BNL, I just think that they're stronger together than they are apart. Good album.

Rating: B

Jonsi - Time to pretend

It was bound to happen; a MGMT cover. Here is Jonsi's version on piano of time to pretend. I'm actually kind of hooked on it. Very very cool. I don't think you can actually find that track on the album below, just on the stream.

http://stereogum.com/309621/jonsi-time-to-pretend-mgmt-cover/mp3s/

Neon Indian - Sleep Paralysist

So while the track I have here is not available on the album proper (search the interwebs and places like elbo.ws to find a copy) the musical style is very interesting. think the next incarnation of the MGMT style. The intro is amazing, and in a way reminds me of the denouement from revenge of the nerds (yes, the first one). Or, hit play below to hear it on youtube.

Weekly Top 20s

Ish - so I've been really bad about consistently posting on my non-photo blogs. My bad. Here's a little taste of what I've been up to though. 

No surprise here, we were getting ready for St. Patty's day so there was much Gaelic Storm to be had including their new track, raised on black and tans. Good stuff, the trend will likely continue through this week :-)

Mike Doughty - looking at the world from the bottom of a well

This is totally stuck in my head right now...for all you soul coughing fans out there!

Oh My God - Ida Maria

This is seriously infectious in a good way. go watch this, now.