Kill the Music, Vol. 2 (2007)
Chris: The Blue Method is a funk/soul band that borrows heavily from the legends in those genres. I first heard them a couple years ago on WPRB but I only just got my hands on this album. On "Let Me See You" they do a great job of emulating James Brown's style, but the real treat comes at about 3/4 through the song-- watch out for it.
Boris - Ibitsu
Akuma No Uta (2003)
Neil: Boris is one of the best hard rock bands to really come into their own in the last decade. Yeah, they're a hard rock band, and don't let those hipsters tell you different. Boris is great because they're so goddamn eclectic. Their music has elements of sludge, post-rock, drone doom, stoner metal, shoegaze, and pretty much everything else you could think of (ok, the last one's not true.) Anyway, you should get all their albums so you can be ready when they decide to release an avant jazz freak-folk album of trip-hop covers. Or something.
Nawal - Hima
Putumayo Presents: Women of Africa (2004)
Tony: I heard this CD playing at an Ethiopian restaurant. There's just something really intriguing to me about listening to music in other languages.
Paul Motian - Osmosis Part III
I Have the Room Above Her
Elliot: This is a beautiful song from a wonderful trio recording entitled 'I Have The Room Above Her' (2005). Paul Motian (on drums) has an incredibly unique and expressive sound, and is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio in the 1960s. Four decades later he is still making some of the best music of his career. Joe Lovano on tenor sax and Bill Frisell on guitar.
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