Random Ruminations

These albums are going to make my Best of 2008 list:
Santogold S/T
Friendly Fires S/T (please start touring the U.S.)
Bloc Party Intimacy

I am really enjoying the debut from British pop-rock group Royworld. Man In the Machine represents what I love best about British music: melodic and accessible, yet left-of-center. I've not detected any buzz about this band. They at times sound like Keane, but with more muscle, often sounding very dramatic. I plan to make this the featured album of the week on 11/22.

I am already looking forward to hearing new music from Mr. Hudson & The Library (Kanye West has apparently "discovered" them) and The Rumble Strips in 2009.

I am enjoying the deluxe New Order remasters. 1989's Technique is their greatest album. Every home should have one.

I enjoyed reading the Tennessean review of the Girl Talk show at Mercy Lounge. Wish I could have been there, yet kind of glad I didn't.