In the past few months I’ve been buying/downloading/listening to a lot of music. Most of it has been New Zealand music - which is as good as anything else - however, I’ve been listening to some international stars, too.

I can only be arsed to write about two of the newest CDs I’ve purchased…so without any more key-tapping here we go.

…And you will know us by the trail of the dead - Worlds Apart

I discovered this band years ago - about the same time I discovered At The Drive-in. Since then, At The Drive-in turned into Mars Volta (their new album is totally mind-blowing) and I finally purchased a TOD CD: Worlds Apart.

In a word: WOW!

These guys are really fucken good! This album is a bit of change from their previous work, which is very loud and very noisy - ala Pixies. Worlds Apart is a plunge into a prog-rock/epic-orchestral world that is seeded with unexpected breaks and symphonic interjections.

I recommend this album to anyone. No matter what sound you’re into at the moment this album will most definitely meet your business needs!

Butch Cassidy Sound System - Butches Brew

And on the other end of the scale we have this wonderful album.

Butch Cassidy Sound System is a 26-year-old musician, writer and producer called Michael Hunter. This dude put a lot of time and effort into getting this album to sound as if it was made in the early 70s. In my opinion he got it spot on!

Butches Brew sounds as authentic as any of those 70s reggae or soul albums you used to be able to find in op shops before the Kingsland hipsters bought them all. Michael Hunter plays all the instruments on most of the tracks. Not only that, but he also mastered the album from two inch tape, to achieve the authentic organic sound often missing from other dub soundsystems.

Don’t expect just reggae, however. This album covers most of the arse-shaking genres from rare hip-hop and r’n'b grooves to funk and modern day house music.

Another highly recommended album - especially for you Kiwis who are often up for some skankin’ reggae!

4 comments on “…and you’ll know us by the trail of the dead”

1. On March 16th, 2005  suze said:

   I like cd recommendations from you. Please continue this :-)
   I liked the first TOD cd, so I will have a listen to Worlds Apart.

2. On March 16th, 2005  Darren said:

   other music you may enjoy includes:
   The Doves - Some Cities
   Pluto - Pipeline Under the Ocean
   Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

3. On March 16th, 2005  suze said:

   Ah…thanks…already have frances the mute…will add the others to my list

4. On March 18th, 2005  Sean said:

   I would like to check out the above bands but I’m so broke you could put an “out of order” sticker on me and call me a beerfridge.

   I love Doves (there’s no ‘the’). I got the first two. Have you got ‘Some Cities’ Daz? Can I bribe you with some vinyl for a copy? Maybe an old Joy Division 45 or JJ Cale

   You know, for all the iPod/iTunes phenom, I can’t burn a frickin’ CD, damn proprietary software.

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