Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2005 | laugh at time
bmg rides again
maybe you don't care, maybe i'm just showing off, but here's the second installment of 'new music i heard at work today'. these cds brought to me by bmg music club. yes, bmg.
lila downs - una sangre (one blood)
ornette coleman - skies of amerca
cynic - focus
buddy holly & the crickets - the "chirping" crickets
yes - close to the edge
neil young with crazy horse - everybody knows this is nowhere
as for the day before, well, that music was all very cool. tonic may have meandered a bit, but band of gypsys blew my mind properly. bodysong is a soundtrack to visual weirdness, so it sounds pretty weird, but it's mostly cool. i have to hear synkronized in more of a dance/party setting to get it, i think. up the bracket is disarming. i heard all this hype, then felt disappointed because it wasn't as rough as i expected, then noticed the detail and decided it's an awesome album. gorillaz is good, but albarn gets annoying after a while. critical beatdown? yes. ced-gee and kool keith take on all comers. sucka mc's betta just drop the mic now.
