Tuesday, April 22, 2008

"black metal": soothing?

Listening to this album is kind of like wearing noise cancellation headphones. Which is, I guess, how I relate to a lot of black metal, especially in a cafe, or when a group of talkative undergrads is sitting at a neighboring table at the library.

Listening today
Torche, Meanderthal
Tortoise, TNT
The Wire on Air, 3 April 2008
V/A, Smithsonian Folkways Sampler
V/A, A Raga for Peter Walker
Ulaan Khol, I
Swirlies, They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World
St. Vincent, Marry Me