Starting up with a OOP 1956 release munched off Loronix with only piano and drums and all original compositions and ending with a classic by the Luiz Bonfá from the soundtrack of Black Orpheus / Orfeu Negro from 1959.

The commencement of 2009 was barely worthwhile with a few 4 star LPs and slight disappointments from trusted artists. Animal Collective’s much hyped album is at most mediocre, if you aren’t preaching to the hipster choir, Alela Diane’s album is kind of bland after her brilliant sophomore and so is Tim Hecker’s. Here’s a quick recap of what to come in March and a best of selection of the first two months.

Six song selection featuring Finnish nujazzers The Five Corners Quintet, two tracks from recently released Tru Thoughts LPs, Brownswood Bubbler Arun Ghosh and Christian Prommer’s tech house remix of The Dining Rooms.

Let’s start off the week with a five song indie rock / folk selection:
+Bon Iver +Dame Satan +Day Sleeper +The Uncomfortables +Wavves

A selection that’ll work for all involved in the Valentine’s fest today, the lovers & the brokenhearted & the lustful and the addicted.
with +João Donato +Ciccone Youth +Buzzcocks +Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon

Another Five Star Monday selection sees Jamaican roots pioneers The Congos, Lalo Schifrin covering Bahia, Dabrye’s remix to King Midas Sound, free jazz from HDV Trio and Working Nights, a lovely disco piece from UK’s Trus’me.

Finally we dug deep in our mailbox to reveal the cream of the crop we got sent in the last months, prepare for the nujazz, electronica, indie and world music attack in 2009.
+ Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, + Xylos, + The Whitest Boy Alive
+ The Jazzinvaders, + Laura Vane & The Vipertones
+ The Bran Flakes, + Mascot Fight

Blissful drone from the tree of life.
+ Stephen Mathieu
+ Machinefabriek
+ Aidan Baker
+ Taiga Remains
+ Stars of the Lid