The Crane Wife by The Decemberists LD 2746
Rowden White LibraryEver been so struck by a story that lush music bursts from the page into your head?
Articles tagged with music
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Rowden White LibraryAnd the git-tar bands just keep on comin’! Current NME darlings, the Arctic Monkeys’ first album is a rockin’ debut that fits right in with the second wave of whatever it is we’re calling the style the Franz and The Killers and Bloc Party are purveying these days.
Problems
Rowden White LibraryIf you like your hip hop funny, frenetic, infused with funk, electro and punk and delivered by men in grubby jocks, then Problems by Bluejuice may well tick all your boxes.
Dustbowl Ballads
Rowden White LibraryThese are tales of the Depression in the Southern US States set to guitar & harmonica music.
Richard D James Album
Rowden White LibraryAphex Twin (aka Richard James) has been described as the Bach of the music world; a pretty extravagant statement, but one which carries a certain element of reason.
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Rowden White LibraryWhen I first bought this CD, I listened to nothing else for three weeks.
Rockabilly Psychosis and the Garage Disease
Rowden White LibraryForget Elvis. Forget sideburns, grease and leather pants. If any one record can dispel all the images normally associated with rockabilly music, this is surely it.
Termite Grooves
Rowden White LibraryGanga Giri’s music is a synthesis of electronic beats and live yidaki (didjeridu) playing.
Sex
Rowden White LibraryReleased in 1996, Sex infuses itself into soul and mind, much like the insistent rhythm that underpins this lengthy (56:08 mins.) piece of intertwined piano, drums, percussion and bass.
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
Rowden White LibraryReleased in 1969, Arthur loosely tells the story of a quintessential “little man” in Britain after the Second World War and the various strands of his disillusioned consciousness.
