It's been a little while since I've purchased any new music, but I do know of three discs on my radar that I'm dying to pick up.
The first is the long-time-coming second album from Kenna - the follow up to his amazing first effort, "New Sacred Cow." He crafts some pretty hot e-rock-tronica, and I'm champing at the bit to get my hands on "Make Sure They See My Face." You can hear some samples on his website.
Additionally, I realize now that with the release of "Prog" this year, I'm two albums behind on The Bad Plus' studio music catalog. I'd like to remedy that by picking up the jazz trio's 2005 effort, "Suspicious Activity?" as well as their latest CD. Naturally there are some excellent covers as is their tradition; I'm more interested, however, in their originals, especially considering the fantastic "And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation" and "Dirty Blonde" from 2004's release, "Give."
If I have time this afternoon I'll have to swing by Plan 9 music in Carytown, since I'm sure they're the only store in the area likely to stock such obscure musicians.
The first is the long-time-coming second album from Kenna - the follow up to his amazing first effort, "New Sacred Cow." He crafts some pretty hot e-rock-tronica, and I'm champing at the bit to get my hands on "Make Sure They See My Face." You can hear some samples on his website.
Additionally, I realize now that with the release of "Prog" this year, I'm two albums behind on The Bad Plus' studio music catalog. I'd like to remedy that by picking up the jazz trio's 2005 effort, "Suspicious Activity?" as well as their latest CD. Naturally there are some excellent covers as is their tradition; I'm more interested, however, in their originals, especially considering the fantastic "And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation" and "Dirty Blonde" from 2004's release, "Give."
If I have time this afternoon I'll have to swing by Plan 9 music in Carytown, since I'm sure they're the only store in the area likely to stock such obscure musicians.