What The Hell Am I Listening to?!?
SXSW Bands are invading my Ipod and CD players now that I am back. There are so many to look into, but a few albums from the bands I managed to catch have stood out as some of the best of 2008 so far:
Kaki King
Originally from Atlanta, Kaki King is singer/songwriter/guitar player Katherine Elizabeth King. Her guitar work is an interesting style that is very percussive using slaps and taps. Her newest album, Dreaming Of Revenge, has been in my heaviest of rotations since catching her in Austin. It is about half instrumental ethereal post-rocky stuff, half fascinating and alluring pop songs. This release seems to be a little under the radar right now in hype-land, but it is too good to stay that way for long:
Plants And Animals
photo by: Caroline Desilets
While doing my 2007 year end research and digging, Plants And Animal‘s With/Avec EP was one of the best discoveries I came across. One of the things I love about this band is they attempt to make each and every song a monumental event. Their debut LP, Parc Avenue, takes everything great about their short release and expands it on this tremendous album.
Buy Parc Avenue Here
Plants And Animals Myspace
Bon Iver
Since everyone on the Internet has rightfully fallen for this album and sung its praises for ages now, I won’t go on a tirade about, but just make sure to check it out if you haven’t because it lives up to the hype:
Buy For Emma, Forever Ago here
Bon Iver Myspace
- Posted by Davy Minor on March 24, 2008 at 2:33 am
