I haven't really had such a musically adventurous week. I've just been delving deeper into discographies I already own bits of. For example;
^ I needed a couple of his 70s albums to complete his discography; New Skin For the Old Ceremony and Recent Songs, from which this song spawns. The latter's probably my favourite of the two (with the above being one of new favourite Cohen songs), but both represent an interesting middle-ground between his earlier, acoustic folk and his more grandiose interpretations of it in his later years.
^ Head Injuries is definitely the best product of the Oils' much more punk-oriented early years, and was an album I'd been looking for for yonks.
^ Wrecking Ball is another album I'd been meaning to get for a while now, being one of her most acclaimed albums as it is. It's probably the best I've come across too - finds her moving away from her roots in traditional C & W and towards a much darker sound.
^ From kicking off the Australian punk scene to this. After guitarist Ed Kuepper left the Saints singer Chris Bailey completely made the group his own and took them down a very different musical path. As I expected, it's completely different from their early work, and not really as good either. This song (and album) are alright though.
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