OK, enough of this Tom-Foolery. I’ve been neglecting my duties as the resident music snob and I’m sure you are all suffering because of it. So let me look down my nose at you while I talk in a bored yet semi-knowledgeable air about Tom Vek.
Vek, who has by far the coolest last name – ever – yet an exceedingly tedious first name, is a 24-year-old kid from London, England. He began his music career noodling with a four-track recorder in his teen years while rocking out in the garage with his dad.
Vek’s new album, We Have Sound, shows off this DIY mentality and his influences or just his ability to ape other people’s styles (which ever you want to believe is fine).
I’d be more critical but Vek played every instrument on his album, aside from the obvious drum machine tracks. But it’s that electronic beat that gives We Have Sound the all-important swing so many albums seem to be missing these days.
Vek is currently on tour in the States right now. Check out his website for a full list of dates or to purchase his new album We Have Sound.
Website: www.tomvek.tv
Stuff to Sample: From Tom Vek’s We Have Sound “C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)†and “A Little Word In Your Earâ€
What is DIY mentality?
[1] Do It Yourself.
Much like this little foray into online media conglomeration we have going on here. Horray for us!
Is it just me, or can anyone else not open "The Fire in Me"?
I love A little word in your ear. Funkalicious.
Whoops. Thanks for the notice. The link works now.
your music snob neglection resulted in me buying the “get rich or die tryin†soundtrack. can i get reimbursed???
[5] No. In fact you should send me $15.99, or whatever you paid, for making me conjure the image of Fiddy and the first three lines to "In Da Club" when I was having a perfectly happy day.
On a related note, I encourage all of you to e-mail me before you purchase music to make sure you aren't about to buy something that would lessen my opinion of you (anymore then it already is).
my self respect is worth a lot less than $15.99 thank you very much!
I added up my self respect last month. $9.22. Yup. $9.22. Can't even sell myself into the movies. Could get three gallons of gas. But where would I go with no self respect and three gallons of gas? Loserville? Already there.