I can’t pretend that we’ve been playing the Bob Dylan album that much, but a bit of interesting Dylan news did surface this week; that a previously unreleased song from the “Bringing It All Back Home” sessions called “California” is set to appear, with characteristic weirdness, on something entitled “NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack – Vol. 2”.
Of course, once you’ve heard Dylan sing “O Come All Ye Faithful” in Latin, nothing else much measures up. That apart, though, some good things in this list, especially Etienne Jaumet, Matias Aguayo and Real Estate.
1 Bob Dylan – Christmas In The Heart (Columbia)
2 Glass Rock – Tall Firs Meet Soft Location (Ecstatic Peace!)
3 Etienne Jaumet – Night Music (Versatile)
4 Eno Moebius Roedelius – After The Heat (Bureau B)
5 Gonjasufi – Kobwebz (Warp)
6 Grizzly Bear Featuring Michael McDonald – While You Wait For The Others (Warp)
7 Real Estate – Real Estate (Woodsist)
8 The Next Uncut Free CD
9 Blakroc – Blakroc (V2)
10 King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King (Panegyric)
11 Various Artists – Celestial Mass (Finders Keepers)
12 Max Richter – Memory House (130701/FatCat)
13 Michael Hurley – Ida Con Snock (Gnomonsong)
14 Flaming Lips – Embryonic (Warner Bros)
15 Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew – Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew (Domino)
16 Vampire Weekend – Horchata (XL)
17 Final Fantasy – Heartland (Domino)
18 Matias Aguayo – AY AY AY (Kompakt)
19 Felix – You Are The One I Pick (Kranky)
20 The Dells – The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke’s Greatest Hits (Dusty Groove)
21 Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy (Matador)
22 Various Artists – Cosmic Balearic Beats Vol. 2 (Eskimo)