28th March 2013: Jake Thackray

A guy at an open mic where I sang "Chicken Farm" said my lyrics reminded him of Jake Thackray.

Judge for yourself...

27th March 2013: Tuvan Throat Singers and Paul Pena

I'm posting this because of this documentary:





Here is Paul Pena's throat singing (the documentary is about him):





And here is more of Paul Pena's music, more bluesy for sure:

26th March 2013: Niche Constructions

I can't embed today's post. You'll have to follow this link to hear Tom Besley's recordings of the Malagasy rainforests.

25th March 2013: Lou Reed, Live show, Paris '72

Another album I bought for 3€ and then listened to for three years.
"This is a song called Wild Child. It's about a Wild Child, funnily enough."
The album is completely mislabeled, and in fact, Wild Child is not even on this playlist.
You'd be missing out, so I found it on Youtube:

24th March 2013: Kafff - another soundcloud find

23rd March 2013: Melanie

Someone on soundcloud said I reminded her of Melanie, so I made a playlist.
I've mentioned Melanie before in this blogpost.
Some of the songs are a mix of Marianne Faithful and Devendra Banhart and the Shangri-Las. Maybe I'm wrong about that.

22nd March 2013: Franz Ferdinand

I bought this album in 2006 from an HMV.