I really liked this climbing video of Natalija Gros (or in Slovnglish).

There’s lots of good climbing films around, but many or most of them feature fairly “Xtr3m3” soundtracks – some are OK, but sometimes they can be a bit lame. The soundtrack to this video is entirely different, and it really suits the style of the filiming too.

Not to mention the climb, phew! Even if you’ve never lead a climb it should be pretty obvious that your instinct is always to clip into any protection you get near, so I love the way she takes her time, has a nice rest, gets some chalk and then clips in – a pro at work.

Cause you’ve all been following me on last.fm you’ll already know this .. but I am really loving these albums.

At some point, it might even have been in the car driving back from Sydney, we heard one of the new Kings of Leon tracks and loved it. I notice with some trepidation that they’re from Tennessee, which I flamed a few posts back, but oh well I’m sure they’re top blokes. I don’t know their earlier stuff that well, but there is some seriously good song writing on this album.

I had to get the Muse album after listening it to a bit in Freiburg with Nahd, not to mention my obsession with playing Knights of Cydonia on Guitar Hero. In fact “Exo-Politics” is a great song to play on the (real) guitar, Cydonia is not bad but a lot of the best bits are actually keyboard.

Meg and I both loved the last Emilíana Torrini album, and I think this one is even better. It’s just a bit more varied and upbeat than the last, including the awesome dubish title track, and the very fun Jungle Drum which I think they’re playing on the J’s.

And for cute lyrics and singable melodies you’ve gotta love Josh Pyke. His newie is awesome, also better than his last I think, which is often hard for a second album but I think he’s done it. Great to play along with, though some of the guitar is trickier than you’d think. I’ve been a fan of his for a while now, nice to get another installment.

Oh and did I mention he’s playing at Woodie, rock!