Here are the songs and albums I've been listening to or returning to quite a bit recently.
Newer stuff:
Owen Pallett's new album Heartland: beautiful instrumentation and storytelling, favorite new album at the moment
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck's song and video for Heaven Can Wait: Just watch it. Hard to listen to this song just once. I've listened to the whole album once or twice through (when it was out on NPR) and thought it was very good.
songs from Surfer Blood's new album (listened to on their myspace page)
"Steady Love" by DC band Title Tracks (myspace page): plain pop
"Friendly Ghost," "Sometimes," and "Beautiful and Very Smart" by Harlem (myspace)
The Antlers' "Epilogue" on Hospice: last track from an album about loving someone who is dying of cancer; because the album is so sad, I shouldn't want to listen to it, but it's arresting.
La Blogotheque's videos of Phoenix in Paris
The Thermals' songs "I Might Need You to Kill" and "At the Bottom of the Sea": neither are the best songs on their albums, but they both capture the fun of the band (the body the blood the machine is a rocking album)
Also, I've enjoyed Vampire Weekend's new album and a few cursory listens of Beach House's new album
Older stuff
John Doe's song "The Golden State"
Sufjan Stevens' "Vito's Ordination Song" on Greetings from Michigan
Video of Stevens covering Lakes of Canada
Josh Ritter's album Golden Age of Radio
Rolling Stones' "Let It Loose" from Exile on Main Street
Video clip of Gui Boratto's song "Beautiful Life": I love the expressions on the people's faces. The full version of the song (no video) builds for 8 great minutes, and I enjoy getting lost in it.
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