Playlist : Jun 8th - 11th, 2010

Tonight's post was mostly written on my iPad. I wrote it in Pages and then was going to paste it into Blogspot, but for some reason, the Compose window wouldn't take a paste. So I emailed it to myself in Word format and I'm going to paste it in here. Did I mention how much I'm loving the iPad... any less than a bazillion times? Best. Birthday. Present. Ever. Thanks to my wonderful wife. < / iFawn> To the list!

• Ryan Adams - Orion : Released on clear vinyl, Orion is a metal / rock sci-fi concept album / probable satire. Adams in the past has tried country punk, noise pop thrash and everything in between; this is Radams does Metal.

• Ozi Batla - Wild Colonial : Distinctively voiced member of Oz Hip Hop outfit The Herd, Ozi has recently released his latest solo joint.
  

• De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State : More jazzy grooves from De La Soul this week and another of their albums I only just discovered.
  

• Roy Ayers - Evolution: The Polydor Anthology : Sampled extensively throughout a lot of good hip hop tracks, Ayres makes jazz that errs on the side of Funk. We Live In Brooklyn has been used in a hundred songs by now.
  

• Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan : A then 20 year old Bob Dylan's debut that sounds like an 80 year old blues man signing off. In the bluesier tracks, you can hear where Led Zeppelin might have taken some influence - either from Bob or the same legends he was emulating.

• Toad The Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea : Another old favourite that saw a lot of walkman play in the 90s, I'm spinning it to see how it's held up. If you've never heard them, Toad are a sort of more subdued R.E.M. with the slightest touch of The Smiths.

• Elastica - Elastica : Formed by two departing Suede musicians, Elastica were a part of the Brit Pop scene of the mid-90s.
  

• VA - Dark Was The Night : Double album of indie acts for charity from the people who brought us Red Hot & Blue and No Alternative. Stand out tracks include a duet version of Lua from Conor Obst and Gillian Welch as well as The National singing about Pavement in So Far Around The Bend.

That's it for this week. Long weekend well under way. Play safe out there kids.