Vedantha and I, what with our surprisingly non-overlapping music tastes (in terms of bands – there’s a big genre overlap), finally decided to do an album swap, recommending five albums each.

Vedantha’s choices were:

This Desert Life – Counting Crows
Back to the Top – Van Morrison
Away We Go (Soundtrack) – Alexi Murdoch
Third Eye Blind – Third Eye Blind
I Am a Bird Now – Anthony and the Johnsons

My choices were:

Becoming a Jackal – Villagers
Without You I’m Nothing – Placebo
Isla – Portico Quartet
Lateralus – Tool
Asleep at the Back – Elbow

I’ve already really enjoyed the Anthony and the Johnsons, and am now listening to the Alexi Murdoch, which is nice. If you think our choices are stupid, or you like them, or wonder why we do, OR you would to suggest albums for us BOTH to listen to, PLEASE DO SO, on our FACEBOOK WALL or otherwise. We’re trying to broaden our musical horizons, but wanted to start with some of each other’s favourite music, so that we can try to understand each other’s style of song-writing. NEXT time, Vedantha can expect some industrial garage renaissance folk… and acid jazz even.

(Incidentally, the Villagers album is brilliant… just saying…)

Ned

28/08/2012 - Mine and V's album swapping...