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First music of 2007

Soon I intend to review all the music I heard in 2006 that was released in 2005 and was thus ineligible for that year's round-up.

First, I have heard these two 2007 releases.

The Good the Bad and the Queen by the Good the Bad and the Queen

Another Damon Albarn supergroup, this time with The Clash's bass player, The Verve's guitar player, that Danger Mouse kid, and (most importantly) Fela Kuti's drummer.

I like this quite a lot. I like the sound (DM seems far better at producing other people's songs than at writing his own) and the songs, while not exceptional, are fun. Yay.

Afro Samurai soundtrack by the RZA

They FINALLY release one of Bobby's soundtracks properly! I haven't seen any of this brand-new cartoon (apparently starring the voices of Samuel L. Jackson & Ron Perlman) but the music is great. Lots of cool moody instrumentals along the lines of the stuff RZA did for Ghost Dog & Kill Bill, and good vocal tracks featuring the likes of Talib Kweli & Big Daddy Kane. Four Bobby Digital tracks are tacked on to the end, and they're about as good as you'd expect (I love BD but most people don't seem to).

Posted by pearce at February 6, 2007 9:15 PM