Our rock music club met this week and what a chaotic mixture of music on display! Of the eleven offerings, I made a note to get hold of The Hazards of Love by The Decembrists, an outpouring of rock/folk songs, and the driving Kingdom of Rust by The Doves. I took along Elbow’s The Seldom Seen Kid. Other albums were:
- The Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack – great soundtrack in the movie theatre, a bomb on the stereo
- Jason Mraz’s We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things has songs I’ve heard but is too Jack Johnson for me
- Cardinology by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – another heartfelt effort
- Shane Nicholson’s Familiar Ghosts – earnest Australian country blues
- American Hearts by A. A. Bondy – such a great name, the solo songs sounded fine but low-key
- The Firekites’ self-titled album sounded interesting
- The Beautiful World by Eliza Gilkyson, who had played at the recent Port Fairy Folk Festival
- We even heard Music Inspired by the Game – The Witcher