This isn't exactly "this week" but these are the bands that I have gotten into recently. Hammock, more specifically their most recent album Departure Songs. It is a sort of crazy long post-rock/ambient album. My favorites from it are: Ten Thousand Years Won't Save Your Life and Tape Recorder Dead Rat Orchestra, again post-rock (I guess it might be that time of year?). I first heard about this band when they toured with Godspeed You! Black Emperor earlier, and never really gave them a listen until recently. You can find their bandcamp here. They've also released what was supposed to be a soundtrack recently, but I can't find anywhere easy to stream music from it. I'd recommend taking a listen to this Finally, after seeing Les Miserables I definitely went and downloaded a version of the musical and have been really enjoying listening to that.
Recommend Seam, "The Pace is Glacial" - similar overall vibe but with a bit more energy and some actual, y'know, songs ;)
I checked out the links. Listened to Dead Rat Orchestra for a bit and found it sounding both ghostly and familiar. Don't think its my "bag" but I still appreciated it. You know, I've never seen or heard any of the music from Les Miserables. Is it wonderful? I suppose it must be given all the praise it has received over the years. How was the film?
The movie was really rather incredible. I went into it not really exactly sure what to suspect, I had grown up occasionally hearing music from Les Mis played by my parents but am by no means a musical person. The music was great and the visuals were spectacular. The only downside is that it is rather long, and I was sort of expecting it to wrap things up quicker than it did. A few of my fav songs: Master of the House, Red and the Black, and I Dreamed a Dream
Thanks for the links.The movie was really rather incredible.
That's good to hear because I think my wife is interested in seeing it and I would like to surprise her by taking her. I actually really enjoy a good musical. I never seek them out but when they find me, I'm glad for it. I guess it's because I grew up watching Mary Poppins and the Sound of Music on a weekly basis. Give me a good narrative through song any day.