Girl talk by a guy

Listened to the album Feed the Animals by Girl Talk, who is actually a guy. He's a dude that works as an engineer during the day and mixes at night. His whole album is samples of different songs mixed together and really is an enjoyable album. Best part about it is, it's ready to go for a party, no need to skip, and no need for variation because he provides it.

I also listened to the album Ga Ga Ga, by Spoon, who is a band that is Austin-based. I thought the album was awesome, especially because they don't mind bringing in the sound of a number of different instruments. The song "My Little Japanese Cigarette Case" is a song that sounds unimpressive in the beginning, but then turns out to be a great composition after the introduction of Spanish guitars and it's the album pick.


--Mahmoud

Harvard

So I was listening to the debut album of Chester French, Love the Future. Even though they have a rather uncreative title for their album, one should not write them off so quick. The band consists of two members D.A. Wallach and Max Drummey, both of whom are Harvard students (is "both of whom" even gramatically acceptable?). I can only describe their music as just general alternative. They are multi-instrumental and show their Harvard intellect in the way they construct their music. However, sometimes it seems like they try too hard, but one should not judge them only by this album. They're still young and I predict that they will be able to strike a balance in the future. Song pick: Jimmy Choos

Another album I listened to was the singles collection of the Hoodoo Gurus. They are an 80's power pop band from Aussie land. It's sort of hard to give this album a coherent review, maybe I'm not very good at reviewing 80's power pop albums. The collection was is not very hard to listen to, but to me, there was nothing special about it. Song pick: Good Times