My Art : Born to Die

Just another 'bad art' from me.
Influenced by Lana Del Rey's Born to Die album.

This is one of my favorite albums this year.
Most people hate it anyway.
I like Lana.
There's a somber mood throughout the album.
I know the lyrics are just bad, little girl stuff.
Watch the videos below :

Music : Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore – Yokokimthurston

In my previous post, I was telling you guys about the band Sonic Youth, releasing an album called Goo back in 1990.

Now, in 2012, 2 band members from Sonic Youth : Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore just released an album called Yokokimturston, the cover above.
It's a collaboration with Yoko Ono (you know, John Lennon wife).

Goodness me !
This album is freakingly strange !
It's so strange & this is my recview :

Music : Sonic Youth - Goo

Sonic Youth is an alternative band from USA.
It's not a new band & they've been releasing records since 1980.
I remember reading about their records in music magazines but I couldn't get any of their records then before it's not available in my country, Malaysia.
I was like bawling, feeling angry of not able to listen to something that I wanted to.

Life before Internet was like that.
You read things in magazines & books but not able to actually touch 'the real thing'.

So, they signed to a major label & released an album called Goo.
It was released in my country & I got it right away !

At first, I hated it.
Simply because I had never heard anything so strange.
I mean it's a noisy record & I love noise in music but not musically strange noises !

The more I listened to it, the more I started to feel strange.
I was asking myself if this is what 'alternative' band was all about.
I mean radios won't play their music.

Anyhow, long story but now it remains one of my favorite albums.
The album just grows on me, again & again.

Watch some of these videos :

Music : The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now

It's likely that my best album this year (2012) is this great melodic album from Sweden.
It's a man show but he's known as The Tallest Man on Earth.

This is already his 3rd album.
People say that he's sounding like Bob Dylan.
The singing, the song writing.
It's not wrong.
But the more I listen to it, the more it's sounding different than Bob Dylan.

 I'm showing some videos below.
These videos made me liking him as a performer.
I think if you want to get to know an artist, watch their performances.
Sometimes, just listening to the music is not enough.
We need some kind of visual to go with the music as well.
It's easy to discover music these days as we have Youtube to go to.

Music : PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

My favorite album last yeas was Let England Shake by PJ Harvey.
The cover below.

PJ Harvey is not a new singer.
She's British & she has been releasing albums since like more than 10 years ago.
When this album was released last year, everybody gave good praises.
Me, I just wanted to wait.
I don't want a good album to be influenced by what other people say.
So, I started listening to it end of last year.
Just like all albums by PJ Harvey, it's not an easy album to listen to.
I mean she's not exactly singing pop music.
It's more indie pop than pop pop, you know.

Music : Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard

I love music. Now I want to talk about this Jazz album, piano-laden music.  

Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)
 

I love the simplistic cover.
Bill Evans was a pianist.
I think most people (maybe non Jazz fans) would regard this album as 'Dinner' music.
You're not wrong.
In fact, this album was recorded live.
So, we could hear the clanking glasses & people talking to each other.
For me, I just playing this album in the background.
Sometimes tapping my feet.
Slow-moving pace for me.
The music doesn't sound old although it was recorded in 1961.