Albums of May

So, May’s coming to a close and I have to say there hasn’t been a tonne of new records flooding in, but all the bands that we thought would be on everyone’s lips are seemingly keeping their end of the bargain. MGMT, No Age, Yeasayer, Bon Iver and Fuck Buttons are proving to be massive favourites on the current summer circuit. I heard 60s garage pioneers The Sonics are back together and playing Primavera Festival in Spain. Holy S**t. If I could catch them playing “Have Love, Will Travel” live I could die on the spot.

Speaking of harking back in time, Weezer’s Red album is leaking out slowly, reminding us all of the Blue album of the late 90s. It’ll probably never scale the heights of “say It Ain’t So” et al, but how could it? A not so new band (well still really new I guess – ha) that is intriguing is Fleet Foxes, from Seattle. They’re this basement brooding, indie-folk bunch of fellas who have a debut out. It’s kinda like Midlake in parts, plus they draw from the traditions of folk music, pop, choral music and gospel, baroque psychedelic, sacred harp singing, traditional music from Ireland and Japan, and film scores. Awesome stuff.