Listenings - Pantha du Prince, Local Natives, Memory Tapes, Love is All

	Black Noise by Pantha du Prince (2010) I've never actually listened to a full techno album before this so I'm not even sure after listening to it what to say about it. Sounds like lounge music to me and possibly dance floor material. I'm probably going to say this quite often: this is an album that can only do it's thing as background noise, at least for me. I doesn't feel appropriate for me to review this album either. No score... more info video (Stick To My Side)
	Gorilla Manor by Local Natives (2010) Fun sounding album with little hook. At least give us one or two memorable tracks so that we could have a reason to listen to the rest. I don't want to feel like it's a chore to appreciate an album (and this happens quite often indeed). I did not have a lot of patience for this album and I wanted it to end quickly. It still feels like they're having fun on this record... although it's the kind of party that I'm not sure I want to go to unless I want to get bored. 5/10 more info video (Airplane)
	Seek Magic by Memory Tapes (2009) A one-man solo album by Davye Hawk. It's a mix of different genre: dance, eletronica and a little bit of funk and rock. It's like if Hawk wanted to put in one album all the different genre that interested him. It all flows well though, it's not a compilation of random genres. The only problem is that it never actually lifts up! It's perfect music for a relaxing sunny afternoon though and for some reason I think it would play well in a cafe! There's also an extra track on another cd titled Treeship which is 22 minutes long (somebody made a 7:30 vid). While listening to this I was thinking that somebody should make a short animated movie with this track as background music. The whole song creates a narrative with only music. Something like La Planete Sauvage would be interesting. 7/10 more info video (Stop Talking - live but not a great vid)
	Ten Thousand and Ten Injuries by Love is All (2010) Great indie pop rock (yeah I know indie and pop don't really go together!) from this happy bunch of Swedes. The album sounds great (something to do with production I guess), the saxophone is an interesting addition to what we could call a punk-revival band, the length of the album is just around 34 min. which is like the perfect timing for an album in my humble opinion. If you did not know this band start with this and listen to their previous album as well (A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night). Thoroughly enjoyed this album. 8/10 more info video