Oh, and Finds of the Last Few Weeks

My mind may have been too busy/constipated to make a new post in a while, but my ears haven't been too busy/constipated to listen to new music!

First is Fucked Up Friends by Tobacco. It came out a while ago, but it's wonderful, and it just came out in the UK so there. Awesome psychedelic solo project by the frontman of Black Moth Super Rainbow, where keyboard melodies replace guitars with trippy results. Side 8 is my favorite song, but they're all good. Also, Aeesop Rock raps on one of the tracks.

Next is Tiny Sun by Bad Daughter. I'm gonna quote the original post that I got this from, since they described it better than I could:

:I know a lot of people probably look at my whole thing with Mandarin-language music and the bands I'm constantly splurging about and go "oh yeah look it's another indie band cribbing the western indie formula. cool, how exciting." That's probably a valid assessment of certain bands, but Bad Daughter's second and final album is not just good among Taiwanese indie pop, it's hands down one of the best indie pop records I've ever heard. Every song on this album is pretty much perfectly constructed, the sentimentality is never laid on too thick, and despite some of the tracks being relatively long for pop songs, they never overstay their welcome. There hasn't been an indie pop record this good out of Taiwan since it was released in 2003 and unfortunately this was Bad Daughter's final record before disbanding in 2006. So listen to it because it is amazing ok.

Then is Meanderthal by Torche, an awesome melodic sludge band from Georgia. They're metal, but they're reeeeeeeaaally awesome and accessible and they're playing the 26th and I really want to see them but I have no one to go with :(

Lastly is Skywriter by DatA. Now, I know a lot of my reader like DatA, so here's what I assume is his newest album. Haven't listened to it, but I know you'd want it, so here it is :)