Modest Mouse

Saw Modest Mouse at the Royal Albert Hall last Wednesday. Excellent gig! I love the Royal Albert Hall, although I think one of their sound crew must have been fired afterwards cos there was way too much feedback for a professional concert like that.

Loved the band, they're amazing musicians, and had two drummers which was quite impressive. Was great to see Mr Marr on stage too! Isaac fell over his monitor speaker towards the end of the gig whilst going a bit crazy. I was somewhere between annoyed and impressed that they managed to get the crowd to applaud for at least 10 minutes before they came back on for the encore.

One of my favourite songs on the album is the new single "Dashboard".



I'm also loving "Missed The Boat".



More info on Modest Mouse:

Website: www.modestmousemusic.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/modestmouse

Buy the album "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank" from Amazon here, or from the iTunes download store here.

Hawksley Workman

I've just been getting into the music of Hawksley Workman, and although I've got a long way to go I thought I'd just do a little Like Minded People introduction for those that aren't yet aware.

Up until this year Hawksley has been a huge star in his native Canada, but sources tell me that the next step is to try and break into the UK market. And why not I say.

Here's my current favourite song:

"We Still Need A Song"


To my ears, the guy has a great voice with touches of Bono in there, but definitely with a unique stamp. From what I've heard so far, the songwriting talent is fantastic, and definitely makes me want to hear more. I managed to miss his live dates in the UK a few months ago, but from what I hear he's a born entertainer.

Also loving the video for his song "Jealous Of Your Cigarette"


More information on Hawksley Workman:

Website: www.hawksleyworkman.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/hawksleyworkman

Buy Hawksley Workman tracks from iTunes here.

Willy Mason - We Can Be Strong (feat KT Tunstall)

Little behind on this one, but am loving it! Great, simple video too.



More info on Willy Mason:

Website: www.willymason.com (there's a free download here too)
Myspace: www.myspace.com/willymason

Buy Willy Mason's music from iTunes here.

Second Person - Gone Fishing

Check out the video for Second Person's "Gone Fishing", taken from their forthcoming third album.



The video was created by Katy Davis of Goblynne Animation. Check out her other work at www.myspace.com/gobblynne.

More information on Second Person:

Website: www.secondperson.net/
Myspace: www.myspace.com/secondperson

Buy Second Person music from iTunes here.

Feist - One Two Three Four

I've been a little out of the loop for a couple of weeks, so am now playing catchup. Thanks to Julian over at the newly launched 110bpm for pointing this one out to me. I love the song, taken from the new Feist album "The Reminder", and the video is pure class!



More information:

Website: www.listentofeist.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/feist

Buy "The Reminder":

iTunes
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com

Cherry Ghost - People Help The People

I first heard this song on a particularly great show on Radio 2 by Stuart Maconie (fast becoming my favourite radio DJ). Far greater, in my humble opinion, than the single "Mathematics", this is "People Help The People". Get it now before it becomes horribly overplayed!

This is the only youtube vid of this I could find, and it's well worth checking out - a performance on Later With Jools Holland.



More info on Cherry Ghost:

Website: www.cherryghost.co.uk
Myspace: www.myspace.com/cherryghostband

Quickies.....

No youtube vids for these yet, but here's a couple of links of some tunes to check out:

Nerina Pallot's new single will be a cover of Steely Dan's "Peg" (which the eagle-eared among you will notice formed most of the backing for De La Soul's "Eye Know"). The bonus being it's produced by Richard X, one of my favourite producers.

Listen to it on Nerina's Myspace Player here.

Heard this one on Annie Mac's Mashup on Radio 1 last night and loved it as soon as it came on. It's LAOS, with "Panda Style". Check it out on their myspace player here.

Buy "Panda Style" from iTunes here.

Late entry, and this one IS a youtube vid. Currently loving the new Manic Street Preachers single "You Love Alone Is Not Enough", which also features a vocal performance from Nina Persson from The Cardigans.



Buy "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" from iTunes here.

Zoot Woman - Grey Day

I'm a huge fan of Les Rhythmes Digitales, and Stuart Price's work in general, but his "Zoot Woman" project seemed to pass me by somewhat.

As part of a class I'm taking at the moment we were asked to suggest a track for everyone else to check out, and one suggestion this week was Zoot Woman's "Grey Day". After listening to it I instantly went out and got the album.



Recommended tracks: Half Full Of Happiness, Hope In the Mirror, Maybe Say.

More information on Zoot Woman:
Website: www.zootwoman.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/zootwoman

Buy Zoot Woman:
iTunes
Amazon