Currently listening to . . .

4.22.09

1. M. Ward's Hold Time
Recommended track: "Stars of Leo"
This is like hushy-hushed indie rock with groove.

2. Conor Oberst and MVB's Outer South
Recommended track: "Ten Women"
Not released yet! Shh!

3. Bajofondo's Mardulce
Recommended track: "Borges y Paraguay" (Borges!)
Sexy, playful Spanish music fronted by Gustavo Santaolalla, the dude who wrote all the music for Babel (!!!)

4. Devendra Banhart's Cripple Crow
Recommended track: "Luna de Margarita"
Sounds like dirty, slow sex on a Venezuelan beach — all night long.

5. Beirut's March of the Zapotec
Recommended track: "La Llorona"
Most of this just Condon's singing loosely interrupting a 16-piece bando from Oaxaca, Mexico. Yes!

6. Lily Allen's It's Not Me, It's You
Recommended track: "Never Gonna Happen"
Cure Brit-girl pop. Not as good as Kate Nash, though.