Bonde Do Rolê - Tropicalbacanal

Decent album. Definitely a different feel than their first album. I like the new singer just as much as the singer they booted after the first album.

Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia, Mediterranean Sundance from Friday Night In San Francisco

Incredible guitar work!

Enjoying a lot of Grimes live performances on YouTube tonight. Try this one out:

Grimes - Vanessa by Ian Perlman at Pianos, CMJ 2011

She's pretty tame in that one, but I also love the ones where she's just a spaz. I'll have to see her in person sometime.

An Emily Wells session on Daytrotter. It sounds really good, and it includes a track that hasn't been released except in videos on YouTube (and which I heard in concert), but I had to sign up for their trial to listen, and I have to actually purchase a membership to be able to download it. Debating.

Listened to Green Day's Uno! on YouTube. It was OK, meh. More of the same, circa their 1990s and early 2000s sound. I don't see a reason to buy it. I could just listen to Warning or Nimrod again to get the same effect.

Not sure if anyone is interested but you can listen to the full The Hobbit soundtrack online for free for a little while.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35757

Doh, seems to have expired already.

Sixx: A.M. This Is Gonna Hurt

WXPN World Cafe - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

From the GPN blog - "Seriously, how could you have heard this in 2006 and not understood what was up here?"

Includes a couple songs not on the albums, some engaging banter, and Grace in amazing voice.

Yes, I feel like I am approaching CV/Regina post-count territory, but I just don't care.

They look much heavier in the album covers than they actually sound. 2 songs so far and they remind me of NickelBack.