Music review
Jul. 4th, 2006 01:16 amDo you buy things from the iTunes store? If so, check out an album called "Penny Candy," a compilation of 15 tracks from various "alternative" (aka everything from folky singer-songwriter types to electronica, so not so much "alternative" as "various unknown") indie-type artists. The very best part is that it's only $3.99 for the whole album, which was what convinced me to buy it. Well, that and it has one of the songs from Hem's forthcoming album on it, which is how I heard about it in the first place.
It's got a lot of spiffy music on it from people I'd never heard of. I think I may have to become a fan of The Weepies, a husband-and-wife singer/songwriter team who do stuff in the folky, not-quite-rock-but-not-country-either style I have a particular love for. At their website, you can hear the song included on this compilation, "World Spins Madly On," if you click forward twice in the player at the bottom. This song is totally going to become a Rose song if a rather dour version of one of the outcomes I think is possible for next week's episode comes to pass. Check out the lyrics (scroll a bit). See what I mean? Given what was revealed in "School Reunion," it could work for a Sarah Jane post-Hand of Fear song as well, come to think of it.
The song by Sara Valenzuela, "Para Continuar," is dreamy and pretty and downloadable at her website. (Go to Galeria-->Extras: Downloads.) "Download This Song" is reminiscent of the BareNaked Ladies and is freaking hilarious. "Peace and Hate," "The Compromise," and "And We Lean In" are also excellent, and of course there's the Hem song, "Not California." (IMHO, not one of their better ones, but I don't think they can write/perform a bad song, so...)
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It's got a lot of spiffy music on it from people I'd never heard of. I think I may have to become a fan of The Weepies, a husband-and-wife singer/songwriter team who do stuff in the folky, not-quite-rock-but-not-country-either style I have a particular love for. At their website, you can hear the song included on this compilation, "World Spins Madly On," if you click forward twice in the player at the bottom. This song is totally going to become a Rose song if a rather dour version of one of the outcomes I think is possible for next week's episode comes to pass. Check out the lyrics (scroll a bit). See what I mean? Given what was revealed in "School Reunion," it could work for a Sarah Jane post-Hand of Fear song as well, come to think of it.
The song by Sara Valenzuela, "Para Continuar," is dreamy and pretty and downloadable at her website. (Go to Galeria-->Extras: Downloads.) "Download This Song" is reminiscent of the BareNaked Ladies and is freaking hilarious. "Peace and Hate," "The Compromise," and "And We Lean In" are also excellent, and of course there's the Hem song, "Not California." (IMHO, not one of their better ones, but I don't think they can write/perform a bad song, so...)
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