A week of concerts

This week I'll be going to both Bloc Party (Tuesday) and OK GO/Snow Patrol (Friday) concerts.

I have to admit that I'm not as into Bloc Party's second album, A Weekend In The City, as I was into Silent Alarm.  The overall feeling of the album is much heavier and darker and while it maintains a lot of the energy of their first album, I don't feel that this album will be as timeless or will be on as heavy rotation in my iTunes as its predecessor.  Having said that, I think there are a few excellent songs on the album like "Sunday," Uniform," "Kreuzburg," and "I Still Remember," which I'm attaching.
Enjoy,
-Z
Bloc Party - "I Still Remember" 

You can never go wrong with DJ Shadow

My friend introduced me to this song back in October and I've been listening to it on and off ever since.  Even though DJ Shadow's last album is pretty mediocre compared to his insanely good earlier stuff, "Backstage Girl" stands out on The Outsider.  Phonte Coleman's lyrics are outstanding: the MySpace reference gets me every time.  If I had to pigeonhole this song, I would say that its somewhere between Mos Def on a really good day and the greatest stripper song of all time.  Actually, its probably closer to the latter.

DJ Shadow feat. Phonte Coleman - "Backstage Girl"
-Z

Not so new, but still good

I've liked Black Rebel Motorcycle Club since I saw them open for Oasis at Finsbury Park, London in 2002.  They've always had a darker, grittier sound to them that could only come from a British band, but their last album Howl had a huge Southern Rock feel to it.  This song, "The Weight Of the World," is one of my favorites from that album.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weight of the World"
If you want another great song from this album, get "Shuffle Your Feet."
-Z

They just don't make trip hop like they used to

I haven't been able to stop listening to this song for the last two weeks.  I really like the trippy guitar and horns.  Check this song out, I'm sure you'll like it.
RJD2 feat. Copywrite - "June"
-Z