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I can stop buying CDs any time I want, dammit.

Purchased today at HMV’s huge sale:

  • The Sounds — Living In America
  • Talking Heads — Speaking In Tongues
  • Klezmer: A Rough Guide
  • Patsy Cline compilation
  • Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys compilation

YOW! Am I ECLECTIC yet?

All good CDs, but I need to rave a bit more about href="http://www.the-sounds.com/">The Sounds. This
Swedish quintet — Ivarsson, Anderberg, Nilsson, Bengtsson,
Rodriguez? — cranks out rough-edged indie power-pop with just enough
new-wave FM synth mixed in to make you wonder if Blondie’s back
on the scene again. If that’s your thing — and I know you people! –
then I’d encourage checking these guys out. I’m not sure how much
radio traffic the first single, Living In America, is getting, but
this is worth checking out — there’s video and audio available
on New Line
Records‘ website.

And don’t get me wrong, despite how Maja Ivarsson sounds (and
href="http://www.the-sounds.com/jpg/soundshiss.jpg">looks!)
like Debbie Harry, The Sounds aren’t any Blondie clones. The influence
is there, but they’ve got their own sound and style which recalls
new-wave without leaving the current power-pop world.

Comments 10

  1. zhixel wrote:

    Good God! My dream come true, Debbie Harry reincarnated into a hot young woman again!

    I wish bands today would stop looking like they just stepped out of the 70s or 80s though.

    Posted 03 Aug 2003 at 1:08 am
  2. yumpopstars wrote:

    I love the Sounds as well!!!!! I bought the cd a month ago and I can’t stop listening to it.. :O

    Posted 03 Aug 2003 at 6:36 am
  3. odradak wrote:

    I don’t suppose you could recommend some groovy groovy klezmer, could you?

    Posted 03 Aug 2003 at 6:46 am
  4. Rich wrote:

    I can’t! I bought that CD after passing some klezmer-playing street musicians, and it’s a compilation because I didn’t know what to buy. It’s a neat one, though — each tune appears twice in a row, first from an old European recording, and then from a contemporary American recording.

    Posted 03 Aug 2003 at 8:51 am
  5. electricwalrus wrote:

    Nice icon.

    Posted 03 Aug 2003 at 5:04 pm
  6. electricwalrus wrote:

    I can’t, but I can recommend some groovy FINNISH KLEZMER-CHAMBER-METAL.

    http://www.vasarat.com/

    Posted 03 Aug 2003 at 5:08 pm
  7. Rich wrote:

    Hee, thanks. Have you met Happinesstogo?

    Posted 04 Aug 2003 at 6:10 am
  8. electricwalrus wrote:

    No, though I used the same picture of Girl for my community, .

    And have you met Dadafountain?

    Posted 04 Aug 2003 at 6:26 am
  9. Rich wrote:

    I hadn’t! But there’s nothing like a fresh bucket of paint.

    Posted 04 Aug 2003 at 10:59 am
  10. frankthebunny43 wrote:

    hey i love The Sounds, where’d ya get the pic?

    Posted 28 Jan 2005 at 7:55 pm