Swag review

I listened to all of the CDs I got yesterday at the radio station and here's my review of them:

Okay I admit it, I chose this one because of the good looking woman on the front cover. I also chose it because these cats looked like an alt country group that I might like. After giving this one a listen I can honestly say that I don't like them, I fucking love them. They've got a great diverse alt country sound. At times their songs are moody little country infused ditties, at others they sound like playful less exuberant clones of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, and on other songs they sound like some retro folkie types. The songs alternate between the guy doing the singing and the gal doing the singing so one doesn't get tired of either of them. She's got a great melodic voice and the guy's voice has a nice country-esque feel to it. If you're into roots music, folk, country (and I don't mean current country radio top forty country), alt country, or just good music then you'll enjoy this CD. I highly recommend the Little Country Giants.

I picked up this CD because I thought it was going to be one of those rockabilly type of groove thing CDs that I love so much. I could not have been more wrong about it. Instead of being a rockabilly guitar driven CD it's more of a piano/trippy singer songwritery CD. And it's damn good as well. Smith tells some great stories in his songs and the songs themselves sound really cool The music is at times pop sounding, and or trippy and dreamy and it's always compelling listening. I particularly liked the songs "Good Folks Bad Folks," "Mario," "Bad Cop" (there is a version of this song on You Tube), and "Curtis On The Corner." All in all this is a keeper and I also recommend it.

Ick. Hated it. I turned it off after the third song.

This one is horn based modern jazz. I rather liked it because it wasn't all experimental on my monkey ass. It didn't feature long ear splitting horn sax solos, the most of the music was melodic and fun. A couple of the compositions went on a bit long but one gets that with jazz. I found myself scat singing along with some of the music, and it's a good thing none of you heard my jazz vocals.

I realize that these may not be out for sale in all music stores since I got them at the public radio station but I'm sure you can find copies of them if you try hard enough. Thanks again for the free music you guys at WETS!