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2008 -The best so far?

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Another, oh five months or so, and everyone’ll be making their lists of the best of the year.

As 17 Seconds progresses, I have heard about seventy new albums this year alreadt, as well as masses of tracks, and face the task of trying to put it all in order for the end of the year. It does feel like it’s been a good decade for music so far, in fact; BTW did the nineties ever go through a phase of being out or was it accepted that it had been pretty good overall? There have been one or two rubbish albums -I never want to hear the Black Mountain album again, frankly, but there has been some great stuff.

Anyway, this is a Top 10 tracks of the year so far for me:

1. Wedding Present – ‘The Trouble With Men.’ mp3
2. MGMT – ‘Time To Pretend.’ mp3
3. Santogold – ‘My Superman.’ mp3
4. Jamie Lidell -‘Another Day.’ mp3
5. Kills -‘Cheap and Cheerful.’ mp3
6. Dom DeLuca -‘Birds Of Worry.’ mp3
7. Hayman Watkins Trout and Lee -‘Sly and the Family Stone.’ mp3
8. Vampire Weekend -‘The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance.’ mp3
9. Neon Neon -‘I Lust U.’ mp3
10.Rustie -‘Mic Of The Year.’ mp3

See what you make of it, comments welcome, but do not assume that it will be the same come December. Oh, and anyone who thinks that there is only ever white middle class indie boys with guitars on this blog is not paying attention!

Hope things are drier wherever you are than they are down here…

Album Review: Dom Deluca

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Dom Deluca -‘Birds Of worry.’ (Independent)

Canadian Dom Deluca’s first album is a joy from start to finish. A twelve song collection of self-penned songs, I’ve enjoyed the several listens I have had of this album.

If less is more, then the sheer simplicity of much of this album makes for something of pretty high stauture. Often just himself and an acoustic guitar, this is a quietly very effective listen. Driving around town in a mood that could be described as very black, the lightness of touch of the musicianship, the songs and his voice, couldn’t fail to lift my spirits. He clearly wrotes from the heart, and his affection for Toronto and Canada comes through on this album, without any petty nationalistic concerns, which is particularly admirable.

The album doesn’t re-wrote the rock hand book, and I’m even less sure what ‘folk’ means with every year that passes. As Morrissey once sang ‘and I thought that if you had an acoustic guitar/that it meant that you were/a protest singer.’ Dom Deluca is not a protest singer, I don’t want to pigeonhole him, other than to say: File under damn fine singer-songwriter.

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Dom Deluca -‘Birds of Worry.’ mp3

Dom Deluca -‘Toronto.’ mp3

Presenting…Dom DeLuca

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More amazing music which turned up in my inbox.

A couple of days ago I got a second email from Dom DeLuca. I had received an email from him a little while ago, which had joined the pile of stuff to be reviewed (a slight case of ‘be careful what you wish for,’ I think. I used to dream of getting sent stuff, now it seems every day another CD, CD-R or mp3 turns up and it takes me ages to deal with it). His second email spurred me into action, and i’m glad i did, because I think these three tracks are absolutely gorgeous.

Dom DeLuca seems to be filed under folk. He is based in Toronto, Canada and his album is available on iTunes and emusic in the UK, though I couldn’t find a listing at Amazon.

See what you make of these…

Dom DeLuca -‘Birds Of Worry.’ mp3

Dom DeLuca -‘It’s A Sad, Sad Day.’ mp3

Dom DeLuca -‘Toronto.’ mp3

Make friends with Dom at Myspace then buy the album if you like these.

Ed