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Happiness-Church

I don't think its THAT Church. This isn't the Australian band that has been around for 25 years and had a big hit in the 80's with "Under the Milky Way". That's The Church. This is Church.

And that's all I know, except this is very reminds me quite a bit of "Gobbledigook" by Sigur Ros. Or Animal Collective. Its definitely 2 minutes of a freak-folk party. Makes me want to hear more, which is always a good thing. I tried Googling them, but all that brought up was Christian rock band after Christian rock band. Which I'll avoid. Although I do have a very cool Stryper t-shirt I picked up at a resale shop....

Spiralling-Keane

Boy, did this catch me off guard. In a good way, a great way. I'd always relegated Keane to the C level. They are not Radiohead. They aren't even Coldplay, who has seemed to make an entire career recyling "Fake Plastic Trees" and "High And Dry". They do it well, but they kinda bore. Keane was even more boring...until this.

With the "whoops" and dancey groove, this sounds like nothing I've ever heard from the band. I could see hearing this in a club and going up to ask the DJ who it is. And then, like I was when I heard, I'd be floored that it was mopey ole Keane. I thought they would just spend the rest of their career scoring substandard WB shows. Congrats!

This-Brian Eno

Off of Another Day On Earth, his last solo record (he and David Byrne have a new one out, a followup collaboration to their widely influential Life In The Bush With Ghosts). What can I say....its Brian Eno (its a blog, so I guess i should say something). Insanely brilliant...not much there, but beautiful, haunting, kinda creepy even. Just a weird skittering beat, somebody reciting "This" over and over....and Brian Eno singing. Don't ask me why it works, or why it works better than most anything else out there. Again, he's Brian Eno. You gotta hear it to understand...