Geof’s New Music: 17-30 Dec 2006
There was no new music last week. Last week … sucked. We had a roof leak at the office that opened up right over the IT server room. You can just imagine. As a result, it was a fractious mess all last week—we made it through, of course—but I was too wiped to mess with music, so I didn’t. Here’s the new queue of stuff, a bunch of stuff that’s going to finish out my year right:
Over the Rhine’s Snow Angels. Man oh man, is this ever good.
Snow Patrol’s Eyes Open.
Five for Fighting’s Two Lights.
M. Ward’s Transfiguration of Vincent.
The Fray’s How to Save a Life.
Jeff Buckley’s Grace.
As you can see, that’s a lot of new music! I expect to chew on this stuff this week and next; I’ll be spending a large part of next week out-of-town, obviously, so these will be my last new adds for 2006. [That'll make doing a best-of year-end list easier to do if I'm not adding new stuff at the last minute, eh?]
Here’s what I had two weeks ago:
- 15 Mar 2006 [Meridian, MS, USA] concert bootleg of Wilco. Of the two shows, this had better energy from the crowd and the band. Three-and-a-half stars.
- 10 Oct 2006 [Oxford, MS, USA] concert bootleg of Wilco. This had less energy but more new songs.
- 6 Nov 1992 [Cincinnati, OH, USA] concert bootleg of Over the Rhine. One of two old-school OtR boots that Jeff gave me for my birthday, and one that I’ve really appreciated. I’ll likely never get to hear Ric-Brian-Karin-Linford-era OtR, but this gives me an appreciation for it. Also, they’re playing the home crowd, and that’s always fun. Three-and-a-half stars.
Posted December 20th, 2006 in Musiclogging by Geof F. Morris.
I couldn’t help but gape a bit that _Grace_ is new to you… and I’m jealous.
I’ll never forget how I felt the first time I heard his version of “Hallelujah,” and it still ‘gets me right here’ but there’s nothing like that first time.
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