And now for something, etc...

So on a blog that I once kept, ages ago, I used to put up album/movie/book recommendations to the joyous applause of the masses. Along those lines I felt like putting up some new albums (came out in last 6 months or so) that I've liked in the hopes that maybe you'll give some a listen and like them too.

1.) kings of leon - only by the night
2.) fucked up - the chemistry of common life (one of the best bands I hadn't heard of until a month ago)
3.) dj shadow and cut chemist - the hard sell (part three in the brainfreeze, product placement, etc... series)
4.) tv on the radio - dear science (and seriously you should still be listening to the last two tv on the radio's)
5.) the streets - everything is borrowed (better than the last but can't touch either of the first two)
6.) new mitch hedberg - do you believe in gosh? (though he died in 2005 so it's just new to us)
7.) Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust Iceland's coolest band does it again... get "( )" (their second album) right now if you don't have it already
8.) Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight ....(if you like the shins or anything in that vein) seriously find me a better album put out in the past 7 months. If you do it, you win a special treat from the land of cows, moustaches, and curry.
9.) Calle 13 - Lost de atras vienen conmigo. Not just a great reggaeton album... in fact it's hardly a reggaeton album at all.... perhaps this album is to traditional (e.g. Daddy Yankee) reggaeton as the slim shady lp was to gansta rap. Anyway, give it a listen and you'll definitely like it.
10.) Flowering Inferno - Death of the Revolution... best dub album i've heard in a looooooong time. Dub meets Stan Getz.
11.) The Black and White Years - The Black and White Years ... a bit like talking heads/modest mouse. Nothing spectacular but worth a listen.
12.*) Santogold & Diplo - Top Ranking - no idea what it will sound like... great new artist and great producer on a record that has only existed in rumor until this summer and is still hard to get
13.*) Mighty Underdogs - Droppin Science Fiction .... just look at the line-up: Lateef the Truth Speaker and Gift of Gab messing around with DJ Shadow, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, The Alkoholiks' Tash, Jurassic 5's Chali 2na, Julian and Damian "JR Gong" Marley. Epic.
* - Haven't heard these two yet, but I recommend them knowing that they will be incredibly awesome.

and perhaps most amazing of all, the release on cd of
14.) Rodriguez - Cold Fact.... perhaps the greatest "lost artist" of the 1960s.... a spectacular album that rivaled anything put out in the decade but was eclipsed by captain beefheart's - trout mask replica (another all time greatest) which came out around the same time.

oh and if any of you happen to be deftones or slipknot fans, check out:
15.) the hollywood undead - swan songs ... but seriously if you don't know who the deftones are or are mildly afraid of adult men in cheap masks don't get this one.


Ok, that's it for now.

Enjoy.