Microcosmix

Happy hour at your place before a night out? Here’s the perfect record. Amy sounds good, real good. Definitely some jazz diva influence there. She’s so fine. Explicit lyrics, groovy rhythms and nothin’ here but soul, baby. This is number two from Back to Black.

Transparent Things is a rockin’ good album. I’d say this Brittish duo has released something to the likes of LCD Soundsystem and Stereolab, complete with cerebral melodies and good vibes overall. Numero cinco.

From his 1959 vinyl release Sketches of Spain, Miles does a complete 180 with style. This album was actually arranged for an orchestra. Have a listen to the first track, Concierto de Aranjuez.

The 2003 German release Advance Into Unknown offers some pretty good electro/industrial tracks. The first, A Passage Beyond, seemed appropriate for Friday the 13th.

Have you ever thought about something so much, to the point where it no longer made any sense? Total analysis paralysis. Well a great musician named Thom Yorke felt compelled to write a song about it.

Without a doubt, this is one of my favorite tracks on The Eraser. The rhythm has that Yorke bedroom-rocker syncopation feel to it. Though it’s minor tone is typical of something from the depths of Thom’s mind, in addition to the yearning, oppressive lyrics, the synths soar and drift about as the bass just walks all over the place. A fine composition I must say. He feels quite helpless here, and I can relate.