Cancion Brava!

What I'm listening to:



John Vanderslice-Pixel Revolt

Jordan you are so right. Oh god. I never knew I needed this until I needed this. What the hell is the brilliant second song "Plymouth Rock" about? A Native American war party told from the point of view of a young man? At first, humourously enough, I thought it said "My first Rave/dressed up like a Shawnee brave" and that totally made sense too.



Kate Bush-Ariel

This is an amazing album. Very much more ambient and listener-friendly than her albums in the past, but still dangerously silly (she sings the digits of Pi in one song). The first song is about Elvis, and so gorgeous. I guess in her age she has mellowed out and gotten rid of her small army of snorting singing dwarves and anthropomorphic lynxes.



Patrick Wolf- Lycanthrope

I am extremely drawn to this indie-gothic-experimental-British-boy-genius because of his wierdness (I love my British Eccentrics!) and the fact that he is totally hot and waifish and plays accordion and fiddle. It doesn't hurt that he casually talks about uncomfortable subjects in his songs a la Nick Cave, sort of like the listener is actually a GROWNUP and can handle hearing rape or murder mentioned in a song.



The Waxfire

This Olympia band opened for Garrett at his CD release show. Fronted by a singing girl with a cello, they built a lush and beautiful wall of melancholy sound, much like, oh, I don't know, Godspeed You Black Emporer, if said band was fronted by Milla Jovovich. If that sounds bad, it aint. Seeing them live is better than the CD, but the CD is so Good-they-deserve-fame.



Os Mutantes

Zina, queen of Latin American music, turned me on to this some time ago. However, I haven't gotten anything by this pyscadelic Brazilian band from the 70's until now. I love them. My housemates love them. I notice that Brazilians can't help making mellow and groovy music no matter what genre they make music in. Except, of course, Pantera. Haha.