In what may be the fastest zero-to-best-album-EVAR trajectory in my personal history, I present to you my love for Beirut's Gulag Orkestar:
- April 20, 2006: I read about Beirut (for the second time, but this time, it registers) on The Catbirdseat.
- April 21, 2006: Sean @ Said the Gramaphone lists the Beirut album in a list of his top 5 albums (so far) of 2006. And since anyone who loves Destroyer's Rubies is okay by me, I downloaded the two tracks.
- April 22, 2006: I listened to the two tracks from StG, then downloaded two more from the Beirut website.
Done: now I, too, am in love with Beirut.
Some sample tracks:
Interesting... not sure I really like them, but they intrigued me enough to put them on my "Current" playlist so I can give them a fair chance.
btw thanks for the heads up on the Hype Machine. That's a great site. I made it one of the link providers for the Trizzle Project.
- djchall
Posted by: djchall | April 23, 2006 at 11:27 AM
So why does Amazon say the album is not yet released?
Posted by: Barak | April 25, 2006 at 11:53 PM
I also recommend Devotchka or Tin Hat Trio if you like Beirut. He is playing in NYC very soon, something like the band's third show ever.
Barak, the album comes out May 9th, but you can get it mail order directly from Ba Da Bing Records.
Posted by: kathryn | April 29, 2006 at 10:31 PM
I'm starting to like these guys more, as it comes up on my ipod nano, which is now almost exclusively loaded with music from 2006. I guess I should buy the album since I'm still listening to the free mp3s I got from the hype machine.
Posted by: djchall | May 11, 2006 at 01:22 PM
Holy crap. I just heard this for the first time today. Wow.
Posted by: King of VOX | August 11, 2006 at 12:02 PM