Music Monday 1.18.10

A few albums I'm just getting into and really enjoying so far...

Here's Fanfarlo with "The Walls Are Coming Down". Very Beirut-ish. Follow the lyrics --> "The preachers and books of your empire will fight here alone / some day they will be forgotten and die one by one"...

Molly and I will be seeing Brandi Carlile on Thursday night. We saw her last year and it was a great show. Her albums will be playing around the house a lot this week, especially Give Up The Ghost. Here's a live (mediocre quality) version "Looking Out." --> "Some people get religion / some people get the truth / I never get the truth"...

Vampire Weekend's new album, Contra, is just great. Way better than I expected. Here's "Horchata" from the Craig Ferguson show...