Friday Free-Style

Last weekend I caught Nomem Novum (newest project from Moorish Idols) at ParkGrounds and it was pretty cool. Here’s a few pics and a vid:

Baroness will be at The Masquerade on March 20th. Even Pitchfork don’t know that.

Stone Temple Pilots are playing Wisconsin’s Rock Fest.

The new Gnarls Barkley album, The Odd Couple, comes out April 8th.

Chris Rock, one of my favourite comedians, has been added to the Bonnaroo line-up and will be performing on the main stage. Awesome. How about a music video:

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Ohmpark’s Top 50 Best Albums Of 2007

2007 was an incredible year of music and there were so many albums I really liked that didn’t make this list. I noticed that most of the lists I pay attention to were very similar to one another this year as opposed to last year. Also, I’ve found myself in more of a disagreeance with those lists than last year. If there is any theme to be taken out of this list, I think it’s that I feel like too many great albums were underrated by the blogosphere elites, and that they were way in love with some albums I think are overrated. This list represents my personal assertions more so than the rest of the Ohmpark crew, but I worked hard to get every one’s opinions and influences in this thing. Feel free to comment on how much you hate or love it. I feel like every album on this is an essential one from last year, so go listen to some new music:

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What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

Some international flavor for today:

The Cinematic Orchestra (UK)

This is a band that’s name describes them perfectly. Their new album, Ma Fleur, is a really beautiful piece of work that I’ve been listening to constantly. It’s amazing how much emotion and mood great music can evoke. Don’t miss this one:

The Cinematic Orchestra Myspace

Buy Ma Fleur here

Justice (Paris, France)

This duo does rave-style dance music with the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll. I’m usually not the biggest fan of House music, but this album, Cross, is just too fun to ignore. If you want something to dance to, this is it:

Justice Myspace

Buy Cross here