before i get into this months album i want to say that i totally mixed up the covers of the last one. the album i was talking about was indeed the last one from Au Revoir Simone, but the cover i uploaded was the one from the remix album, which is pretty shite. changed that today as you can see below. before chosing the one for August i already had one in my mind, but unfortunately not every artist (in this case Ty) is able to keep up the good work. artists who definitely always exceed the expectations are The Arcade Fire. i have been waiting for their next album for so long and here it is. brilliant as or even better than its predecessors. what, you never heard of them before? shame on you and run to get this and the older ones. they are worth every penny. and if you accidently have them playing at a place near you…..i don’t really have to say this, do i? Enjoy!
As it is still quite hot (thank god), it is also time to get a bit chillier and listen to some easy going music. The latest album by Au Revoir Simone is some nice piece of electronic pop. Some might have stumbled over this artist last year when the remixers of the moment Aeroplane had created an amazing rework of “Friendly Fires - Paris” featuring Au Revoir Simone. Believe me it is worth a try, i really enjoyed it!
Nothing much to be said about The Nextmen apart from being an amazing DJ and producer duo. If you ever drop into a club where they are playing then don’t hesitate entering and start feeling the vibe of funk, soul, disco and most of all real hip hop paired with amazing turntable skills. This album reflects all that. Props!
as i am by far not as good as others on the internet in writing musical reviews i will from now on display links in case i find interesting ones. the new Caribou album that i want to recommend this month is a classic example of something laying somewhere in between deep house, disco and electronic pop. very warm sounds, vocals that remind oneself of kelley polar or the junior boys sometimes, but before i just copy please click on the cover. 
very sad reason but nonetheless justified this months “album of the month” comes from one of the true hip hop legends. if you haven’t listened to it while he lived, do it now after he passed away. raw and reduced hip hop from one of the best dj-mc-combination ever to be seen on the music circuit. enjoy - RIP Guru!
some of you might think ‘what is he on about?’ but when i heard the new groove armada album for the first time it made me smile immediately and did that again and again (the 1.000.000 times i repeated it). i wonder whether they might be playing that album as a live band as it could sound even cooler when played with live instruments. try it out - interesting to hear your opinion.
nothing special to say about this particular album - just that it is absolutely stunning and there is nothing i look much more forward to right now than their live gig at the end of feb. just give it a try and you will hopefully feel the same way about it.
this section seems to become rather something of a retrospective as the recommendations tend to be as old as the internet. strangely enough i got back into many old albums in the past few months and there is no reason to hold them back but share those jewels with you. One for All is the debut album by east-coast hip hop group Brand Nubian. it was released on Elektra Records on december 4, 1990. the album was highly acclaimed for its politically charged and socially conscious content. unfortunately or maybe fortunately sales never matched the wide acclaim—the album has only sold 350,000 copies to date—but it has remained in print since its 1990 release. it has everything a good hip hop album needs, soul, beats, groove and lyrics. love it (if only for the cover shot) or leave it, i love it!
Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
CFCF - Continent
