Some cool new CD's that are Out

I listen to a lot of music and a lot of that music has come out fairly recently. Here are just a few of those CD's.

1. City and Colour - "Bring Me Your Love". This CD from Canadian artist City and Colour came out just yeaterday on February 12 and I already have a copy! For those of you who don't know City and Colour is a solo artist named Dallas Green. I interviewed him last summer at the Calgary Folk Fest and he explained that he called himself City and Colour because his name is Dallas - like the city - and Green - like the colour. Though City and Colour is a softer genre of music Dallas Green also plays in the rock band Alexisonfire. His latest CD has songs like Forgive Me, Confessions, Sleeping Sickness, Body in a Box and Constant Knot. To learn more about City and Colour and listen to some songs off his new CD visit his website.
2. Stars - "In my Bedroom After the War". Stars is also a Canadian band and their new CD "In my Bedroom After the War" came out late last year. The CD's songs are haunting but at the same time peacful. Stars frontman Torquil Cambell asks, “What is the darkest possible situation that I could try to turn into a beautiful pop song? That was sort of my mission with this record. If you could make horror movies that were like love stories, that would be my ultimate genre.” The first song on the record - "The Beginning After the End" is escpecially dark and haunting as there is a poem that starts half way through the song replacing the music with a haunting voice. To hear more songs visit their website.
3. Manu Chao - "La Radiolina". Manu Chau is a French artist of Spanish origin and, even though his music is mostly in French and Spanish, it's great. It was released in September 2007 and is a great source of world music. In La Radiolina Manu Chao sings of politics all around and world issues in the form of tuneful world music. Some songs are upbeat and fast while others are slower and softer. To hear more of Manu Chao's music visit his website.
4. Buck 65 - "Situation." This might be my favourite artist and CD in this list, but it also might be because I haven't got a chance to get used to the other three. Buck 65 is a rapper from eastern Canada. Yes Canada, here's another great artist from Canada! Even though he is a rapper he's not all serious and mean and stuff like that. He's actually pretty funny and nice I imagine if you get to know him. There are songs like "Cop - Shades", "Shutter Buggin'" and "Spread 'em." My favourite song on is new album is "Way Back When." It has clever rhymes and lines like, "Old days. Golden. Covering the bases. Back when we used to punch each other in the faces." Buck 65 is very smart and clever with his lyrics and this is a great album. To listen to more of his songs go to his website.

I hope you like these new artists and CDs and I encourage you to try their music out!