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July 16th, 2009 · Posted by Skuds in Music · No Comments · Music

One thing that has torpedoed my intentions to catch up on music I avoided the first time round is the sudden flurry of good new music on Spotify.

This week I have listened to the new albums by Amadou & Mariam and the Dead Weather, plus a new single from Arctic Monkeys.  All very good, but I was most taken with the Dead Weather album, probably because I didn’t know what to expect from them.The Dead Weather is yet another Jack White band so I knew it would be lo-fi and probably a bit raucous but beyond that I wasn’t sure, because this time he is not the singer/guitarist but the drummer.  Sorry to re-cycle the old Ringo Starr joke, but it turns out that Meg White was not even the best drummer in the White Stripes!   I do actually like her as a drummer – but Jack shows a lot more variety.

After all that I have started listening to Boston’s second album from 1978 and so far its nothing special.  Not that it is bad, just that it is a bit generic for me.  Nothing to make me want to sing along like More Than A Feeling.  I had a little dip into their 4th album (Walk On) and it sounds a bit better.

Maybe I’ll try Blue Oyster Cult tomorrow.

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