i am too exhausted to purge the net for exciting new music tonight. blame the rain, or a new work schedule. so take comfort in the old. even the old can reveal wonders that new music just can’t match sometimes.
Big Star - Femme Fatale
a favourite of mine off third sister, i think the despondency that […]

The Dead Trees - Shelter
The Dead Trees - Second Hand Drugs
Few songs in the past few months have gotten me quite like Shelter has. It’s just cool. If cool was dirty, dusty, tight. If cool was unpretentious fun, with scrapes and shakes and whistles. If cool was rocking out and desperate.
Of course sounding like […]

Plastic Operator - Folder
Plastic Operator - Peppermint
“Hello Operator….a Plastic Operator? Why that makes you sound quite soulless, a degree or two off being metallic and cold! Cheap and functional almost. Yet, if i can be frank with you, you leave me with a warm feeling inside, like maybe you’ve gotten a bit hot and […]

Blonde Redhead - Publisher
Blonde Redhead - The Dress
Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking
2007 would like to posthumously claim Blonde Redhead’s 23 as part of Zeina’s Top Whatever of 2007.
I admit. I didn’t actually get the album until the start of 2008, but I had been meaning to do so before that! If intentions count for anything.
23, […]

Well, last year computer woes (and in part my own procrastination) prevented me from posting my favorite albums list.
This year… I’d almost forgotten. Anyway, without further ado, here are my favorite records of 2007, in no particular order.
Bat For Lashes - Horse & I
Trophy
Natasha Khan’s album feels retro, mythological, soothing but still her characters sometimes […]