Number 9: Feist "The Reminder"
Playlist, thirteen tracks: 1. So Sorry, 2. I Feel It All, 3. My Moon My Man, 4. The Park, 5. The Water, 6. Sealion, 7. Past In Present, 8. The Limit To Your Love, 9. 1234, 10. Brandy Alexander, 11. Intuition, 12. Honey Honey, 13. How My Heart Behaves
"Leslie Feist is an obvious companion for anyone who just wants to count loudly (in tune, mind you...) from 1 to 10 like it is a completely natural thing to do in public places, melodically cure hang-overs by the dousin like it is a perfectly normal state to be in, or merely wander quietly through a park watching birds. Or you can also choose to dance. If that´s what you prefer..."
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Feist (Leslie Feist) is a Canadian artist that also have performed in the band Broken Social Scene. "The Reminder" is her third solo-album [Nice!]. The album was released April 23, 2007 outside the U.S. and May 1, 2007 in the United States and Canada.
Det er typisk norsk å...eh...et eller annet; Eirik Glambek Bøe from Kings of Convenience adds vocal to "How My Heart Behaves".
http://www.listentofeist.com
Number 10: Beirut "The Flying Club Cup".
Playlist, thirteen tracks: 1. A Call To Arms, 2. Nantes, 3. A Sunday Smile, 4. La Banlieu, 5. Cliquot, 6. The Penalty, 7. Forks And Knives (La Fete), 8. In The Mausoluem, 9. Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route), 10. Cherbourg, 11. St. Apollonia, 12. The Flying Club Cup, 13. Untitled
"The perfect soundtrack to a pit-stop in a Parisian "Boulangerie Paul" enjoying black coffee and a mille-feuilles, waiting for the evening train to the west of France about to enter Gare Montparnasse with rhythms from the Balkans. This is "modern" folk-music, blending various instruments, voices and languages."
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Beirut is Zach Condon. Beirut's second album, "The Flying Club Cup" was leaked on the internet at August 25, 2007. Subsequently it was released in shops October 9, 2007.
http://www.beirutband.com
Before launching "my-albums-of-the-year-list" in this tiny corner of the internet I provide this list of favourite songs from 2007:
1) Re: Stacks | Bon Iver (For Emma, Forever Ago)
2) Run Off The Road | Ola Podrida (Ola Podrida)
3) Virtute The Cat Explains...| The Weakerthans (Reunion Tour)
4) Green Gloves | The National (Boxer)
5) Saro | Sam Amidon (All Is Well)
6) So Lonely Was The Ballad | Jamie T (Panic Prevention)
7) Ceremony In The Basement | Kill The Lights (Buffalo Of Love)
8) Mr Brightside (Jacques Lucont's...Remix) | The Killers (Sawdust)
9) 320 | Project Jenny, Project Jan (XOXOXOXOXO)
10) 2080 | Yeasayer (All Hour Cymbals)
11) Favorite One | Revival (Horses Of War)12) Palest Form Of Sabotage | Kill The Lights (Buffalo Of Love)13) We´re Not Alone | Dinosaur Jr (Beyond)14) Sonol | Will Stratton (What The Night Said)
15) My Moon My Man | Feist (The Reminder)
16) Please Read The Letter | Plant/Krauss (Raising Sand)
17) Jigsaw Falling Into Place | Radiohead (In Rainbows)
18) The Beginning After The End | Stars (In Our Bedroom...)
19) A Beautiful Place | Robert Wyatt (Comicopera) 20) Sett Deg Ned | Leieboerne (Følg Oss Hjem, Ole Paus)
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Songs in bold are also represented in my top-10 list of albums of the year.
It is Christmas Eve today and it seems like a good opportunity to update this weblog. Just watched "Reprise" again this evening – a treat for anyone like me; who enjoys scenes from bleak parks, the city of Oslo, snapshots from Paris, people who are mostly wearing black, talking about films, music and literature. In addition to other subjects of life-saving of course. I´m also working my way through the Book Thief by Markus Zusak which is rather entertaining (...must hurry this post and get reading again, as I know I will commence reading my xmas-present tomorrow night...). I have (as usual) chosen the book I will receive myself. Still exciting to unwrap it though. Quality is a requirement, then I am easily pleased.
Also finished "Ensemble, c´est tout" since last posting here, and it is a book I can recommend to anyone. Feel-good book, but not at all in a bad way! Missed the film at the cinema, so I will get the DVD whenever it is available for approximately NOK 100. (Me...? I hardly ever buy a film for more than that...)
All the best for the holidays – and for 2008 – to anyone who should happen to swing by this corner of the internet. Quite pleased about the fact that it was exactly you who became the reader. Feel special - you are almost all alone.
I have also recently bought the books "Bikubesong" by Frode Grytten, "Eg vil at nokon skal vente på meg" by Anna Gavalda, the film Infernal Affairs by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak.
I think it´s going to be a nice break - - -
(and psst...it is still Kill The Lights with "Buffalo of Love" who´ve released the best record so far this year. All other bands must hurry! A revised list from me will be published here early next year.)
