Monday's Leaky Faucet

I'm not even going to attempt to try and spell out or pronounce the name of the new Sigur Ros album. Instead I will refer to it as album from here on out, or record, or Sigur Ros' new one. I hope that doesn't offend you guys, but it would take me like an hour to find all the html accents for that title and instead of wasting that hour looking for them I'm gonna listen to the album and write about it a bit. Anyway, the new album is pretty stellar. Opening track "Gobbeldigook" is a pretty album with a steady drum beat throughout giving the album the slight air of an Animal Collective record. And it kind of continues from there, with distant vocals, elegant keys, and steady, constant percussion in each track. But its obviously not a copy cat record, it's just influenced a bit by what the Animal Collective do. For the most part though this is a true Sigur Ros album with pretty vocal harmonies and perfectly planned music, it's a really good indie pop album from start to finish. I've only gotten the chance to listen a couple of times but I am in love with everything I'm hearing here.
Sigur Ros - "Daginn"
Sigur Ros - "Festival"

Albert Hammond Jr. is single handedly keeping alive the memory of The Strokes. Though his solo stuff really has no resemblance to the band whatsoever, he alone has kept making some good music since the last we heard from The Strokes. It's a bit odd, I think most of us would have expected Julian Casablancas to perform that role, but instead Hammond has already released one pretty good record and now he's following that up with another solid release. ¿Como te LLama? is another solid record, it's not quite spectacular, or ground breaking but it's really good. Albert Hammond Jr. plays a really strong guitar throughout the album. It's powerful and awesome on every track, but his vocals could be worked on just a little bit. Still, while the world has been waiting for a new record from The Strokes, Hammond is here putting out some good music and if you're willing to forget The Strokes for a bit you might really like some of it.
Albert Hammond Jr. - "GfC"
Albert Hammond Jr. - "Borrowed Time"

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The Weekend Is Over, Here's Some Links...
- Bon Iver did a Take Away Show!
- Music Snobbery interviewed We Are Scientists!
- P.S. 1 added to the summer show calendar with the announcement of their DFA heavy Warm Up shows! (via Fader)
- Daytrotter did a session with some little old band known as Spoon!!!!
- Pitchfork interviewed Black Lips!!!