I used to make a hell of a lot of compilation CDs for friends. I still do occassionally and used to enjoy getting horrific album covers to compliment the music within. “God Squad” album were always easy pickings as pictured below.

Mulligan and O’Hare?

I felt recently I was running out of amusing material for the compilations covers and scowered the net for any new material and man did I find a good sight. For the worst albums covers ever click here, this is a data base of the entire master works.

Check out this beauty entitled Reborn by Orion……….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nacho Libre?

There are 155 more where that came from too……if you know of any more please let me know.

 When not making cracking mid-field performances for club and country local lad makes nice tunage………

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes plus another Yes! N0rthern B0y rocks well lounges at least. N0rthern B0y is a project by Gary Bell well, is him really. Another local lad, but this will appeal to anyone with a touch of Royksopp here and a dash of Air there.  His slinky grooves should don films, adverts, TV screens and elevators across the globe like a fine feathered chapeau (or is it chapeaux? A f**kin bad-ass flamboyant hat anyway). Really, Really great check him out by clicking here.

Sitting in boxershorts in front of computer screen usually means only one thing for most gentleman of leisure, however, it’s not what your thinking for this particular blogger. I spend a great deal of time and conscious effort scouring I-Tunes Music Store for good new music. Those 30 second previews of each track are usually enough for me to condem the bands to a very fiery plateau of hell or download entire collections. Usually, and to my dismay, the ammount of MOR stuff that is churned out is so vast that over a two hour stint of listening I’m lucky to find any wheat in the dense chaff (sorry that was a bit poor). I love the experimental, but I’m still a sucker for melody, Beck is obviously a hero then….. I enjoy the diversity of styles and the fact that production adds to the asthetics of French bands Air and Phoenix. I can’t forget to mention the Strokes, Kings of Leon, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kraftwerk, Beastie Boys, DJ Shadow, Super Furry Animals, Lo-Fidelity All Stars, Royksopp, De La Soul, Nouvelle Vague, Echo and the Bunnymen, Saint Ettienne (breathe), Sigur Ros, Sly and The Family Stone, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, The Kinks, Blur, The Who, Lalo Schiffrin, John Barry, The Cure, The Smiths, The Charlatans, The Stone Roses, The Beta Band, Belle and Sebastian, The Bee Gees (really! Saturday Night Fever is a cracking album – discuss….) Johnny Cash, The Boss (again, really! I think so anyway!?) Otis Redding, Nina Simone, Aretha Fraklin and…….out of breathe, I could go on but you get the picture. I still like the odd bit of Sh**e, we all do, past purchases include Kim Wilde albums, Roachford and sin of all sins Stefan Dennis’s “Don’t it make you feel good” (Paul from neighbours play that funky music white lad!) 

 Sigur Ros – Experimental? Maybe

Beck, genius – Probably

Air – French? Definitley!

Back to the plot, I’m in my kegs thinking – it has been a while since I felt inspired by new tunes, in particular a whole album, I’m a sucker for the mix tape/CD/Mp3 playlist nowadays as a consequence of this lack of quality Long Players….

Thanks then must go to Band of Horses whose “Everything All the Time” Album is great on the whole. If you like bands like My Morning Jacket and Great Lake Swimmers, this will be right up your Americana Alley (Ouch!). Blending breezy, yearning and heart-felt vocals that are reminisent of The Band with slacker rock and accoustic country folk providing the grooves. Band of Horses brings to mind Neil Young: beautifully fragile this record stinks of class. It subtle though so for some it may take a few listens……If anyone knows of any other band of this ilk then I’m interested?