By all accounts Bon Iver delivered in their 3 Glastonbury performances but this one seems to have people talking. It's about half of the set from the Sunday afternoon (I think) and culminates in a great version of "Wolves".
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Jay Z will release Blueprint 3 in September and I didn't think that, after his total destruction of Glastonbury and then hearing "Jockin' Jay Z (Dope Boy Fresh)" (an instant classic!), I could be more excited. I was wrong. It's not 'vintage' Jay Z in terms of hooks but in terms of subject and lyrics - it's great. You gotta love anyone who's gonna attack the way that, like, 80% of today's records are made.
There are many artists tipped for the top in 2009 and, in my honest opinion, most of them sound fucking terrible (I'm looking at you Florence and The Machine). However, there are a few things to be excited about and the debut album from Here We Go Magic is one of those things. It's the brainchild of musician Luke Temple who with the aid of a guitar, a few analog synths and a 4-track recorder has managed to craft a record that sounds in part like Grizzly Bear ate Sigur Ros.
In 1995 Raekwon became the third member of the Wu-Tang Clan to release a solo record when he dropped "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...". It marked a shift away from the RZA's trademark sound - comprising of dark dirty beats and kung-fu samples - into slightly more cinematic territory with strings replacing the grime and a gangster motif running through the middle of the album. It became a critical success and paved the way for mafioso themed hip hop albums by the likes of Jay Z (Reasonable Doubt) and Nas (It Was Written). It was this album which also began hip hop's love of Cristal with references to the high life synonymous with the drink peppered throughout. The RZA's production technique of speeding up soul samples would resurface in Kanye West's debut album (The College Dropout) and be described as 'chipmunk soul'. A hugely influential classic album.
