I went to the nearest Archambault to see if they had guitar strings, but they didn’t and instead directed me to their other Archambault which was a good twenty-minute walk away. I’ll swing over there eventually, maybe tomorrow, ’cause the strings on my guitar now are seriously dead. They sound like crap.
I did take the opportunity to browse, though, and spent a lot of time in front of various listening stands checking out artists I’d never heard of before. I keep meaning to get a subscription to Spin. One of the artists I enjoyed (and consequently am listening to right now), was Kate Nash, an up-and-comer from the British pop market. She’s got a nice voice with a brit accent, which is all well and good, but I’m more attracted to the lyrics themselves, which are story-telly and dryly humorous, and to the complicated beats that go on behind the songs. One of the more amusing songs begins (and often refrains):
Why you being a dickhead for?
Stop being a dickhead.
Why you being a dickhead for?
You’re just fuckin’ up situations.
I find this endlessly amusing.
If you know who Nellie McKay is, and you like her, you’d probably like Kate Nash. She’s got a little Lisa Loeb in her too, and maybe some Feist. All in all it’s not the best album I’ve ever heard, but I certainly do like a few of the songs on it, and recommend it to anyone looking for a new, poppy female music artist with some funky beats behind her.
Listen to Kate Nash – Foundations
[audio:https://www.ahniwa.com/blog/uploads/foundations.mp3]