Playlist : April 12th - 16th, 2010

I have foregone watching a film tonight to get this playlist done. I will most likely pop over to The Mixtape Club during the week in addition to this list. Speaking of lists;

• Jazz Liberatorz - Clin D'oeil : Some Jazz Hop that will no doubt go down well on Friday.
• Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville : Phair's answer to the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street and a whole mess of sass and snark.
• Tim Easton - The Truth About Us : Funny enough, the artist from this week's Song of the Week turned up with a second hand CD for $2 at an Op Shop today.
• Palace Music - Viva Last Blues : WIll Oldham with an album critics have been recommending for years.
• Tim Rogers - What Rhymes With Cars and Girls : Saw Tim on a Spicks & Specks clip show on Easter Sunday. Made me realise this LP wasn't on my iPod. Personal favourite. All about broken hearts and booze.
• Various Artists - Beat Street OST : Started reading And It Don't Stop tonight; a book of journalism on Hip Hop through the years. It instantly made me want to listen to some Old School.
  
• Hole - MTV Unplugged - Thanks to @sunky 's SOTW, I have chased down this interesting gem.
• Prince - Sign O' The Times : Today I bought the accompanying concert film for this classic double LP at the Op Shop for AU$1. Check the link. It's on Amazon for US$95.95. Bargain...?

Happy listening. Stay tuned for reviews.

Playlist : April 5th - 9th, 2010

A short week this week with Easter Monday. The week's playlist, in no particular order, looks like this:

• Silver Jews - Bright Flight : An Alt Country melancholic way to start the week.
• InI - Center of Attention : More of the Jazz Hop I have been exploring lately.
• Paw - Dragline : Includes the great track Jesse that made the first JJJ Hottest 100 list.
• Stanley Cowell - Equipoise : Some instrumental smooth Jazz.
• M. Ward - Hold Time : An M. Ward album with guest vocals from Zooey Deschanel of She & Him.
• Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black? : Funky soul tunes about class and race from 1970.
• Nas - It Was Written : The follow up to Illmatic and not an LP I've heard yet.
• Soundtrack - Jackie Brown : An underrated film and a great soundtrack.
• VA - Stolen Moments: Red Hot and Blue : Benefit LP featuring Jazz Hop artists.
• The National - The Virginia EP : Bundled with the A Skin, A Night DVD I recently purchased.
• Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights : Added after hearing the new album on NPR last week.

On Friday night I hope to post Song of the Week and have one of these albums reviewed before Sunday night when the next list will be published.

Welcome to Work Tunes

While creating a new post for my movie blog Make Films Not Movies, it occurred to me that I should have a blog to review my other passion - music.

I am lucky enough to have a great job where I can listen to music all day while completing my duties - no contact with clients and minimal phone calls. Being a music tragic with eclectic tastes, I take a different playlist of albums in every week. Occasionally this means a new release I have bought or an old favourite I haven't heard in a while.

I have started this blog to hopefully review an album a week, or just when one inspires a post. I think music is easier to review than film, but we'll see, won't we. Posts will be linked on my Twitter feed (@coreyj) as they are published. I hope you'll check any out that interest you and maybe leave a comment.

Stay tuned for the next thrilling installment of Work Tunes next week when I'm back at work.