now im on wordpress
bit of a spur of the moment decision
but it's offering me a better service and layout
new url is http://horrorshowtunez.wordpress.com
it might not look that good right now, it's amidst editing so bear with me
Was sent recently this track from a reasonably new indie two-piece, it's the lead single off of their forthcoming 2009 debut album. They're from Sweden, they're called the Sweet Serenades. It's really good, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the outcome if Abba decided to take an indie direction with their work. And that's not solely because of their shared port of origin, this music is genuinely up-beat and feelgood. It makes me very happy.
MP3: Mona Lee
Also thought that I'd post, on the subject of Sweden, about Lykke Li, she's someone I sort of ignored through 2008, now i have her album though, and upon first listening it's really good, if I had heard it earlier I might have included it in my best of year list. Well on first listen my favourite track is "Breaking It Up". the lyrical story of which I've ended up on the other side :/ but its a great song!
Lykke Li - Breaking It Up
She's also starred in the recent big triet with kanye west and santogold on the track "Gifted", it's pretty much on every blog, so not really much need to post it again, though you can find it here
DMCfuckingA!!!
I don't understand why they need to take down posts without notifying me first, i have a perfectly good disclaimer to my right. As it states, I would remove any track immeadiately. I have a sneaking suspicion of what caused it out of the ten tracks but i'm not going to be risky. I'm rather pissed off as it deleted all of my analytical musings as well!!
Here's my list but bereft of mp3s. I still want it up
10. Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement
9. Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid
8. Late of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
7. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
6. Noah & The Whale - Peaceful the World Lays Me down
5. Foals - Antidotes
4. Bloc Party - Intimacy
3. Vampire Weekend - S/T
2. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
1. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
I've been listening to a few good remixes recently, having a good dance about. I'm only going to post the one today though. One I was sent earlier that it is actually surprisingly goood. It is by a dj/remixer of the name "Death to the Throne" who sent me this in an email, its actually something good that has been sent. I have to admit his other tracks sort of fall short in comparison, no offence to the guy just this reworking of Chromeo's fancy footwork is actually one that does not diminish the songs quality.
here it is:
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Death To The Throne Remix)
be sure to check him out on MySpace:
Death To The Throne
I feel like posting some songs, just because of the great lyrics
"Wouldn't it be great to be Dorian Gray, just for a day?"
The Libertines - Narcissist
A lovely question, wouldn't we all want to be that man of beauty from Oscar Wilde's novel. Its a great book which although overtly gay does conjure up some amazing imagery, coupled with the characterisation of the central character as this lustful, passion-desiring man who would sink to the lowest of lows and commit the most heinous acts for no fear of reprisal. I don't think i'd want to be him to be honest, there is such a lack of restraint and his nature is despicable
"It was all a dream/I used to read word up magazine"
Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
Possibly the best opening line ever. Rhyming dream and magazine makes it a winner which although i guess is not a hard rhyme, just stuck out at me as a good'un. The song also mentions super nintendo and the sega genesis consoles. Which is coooool. Also can't wait to see the Notorious film coming out next year.
TRAILER:
"Loooooooooovvve me, wherever you are"
Razorlight - Wire to Wire
Ok, basic chorus but still I find it touching. The song is also very good, even coming from a band which are decidedly hit and miss with me. I absolutely hate Borrell, i'm sure of that but the band just produce good song after good song. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't actually involved in the rest of the song. The song's also been stuck in my head for a while now so I thought it best to include here.
Ok, it's gone and past now, but couple of days ago i was listed in the hottest blog section on hype machine :) to prove look left for the pic. Well I might not have been at the top, which I would like to one day but it was a good advancement and my hits are nearing 25,000. Which i like to be fair.
Anyway, I want to post a few tracks that I've been enjoying recently
Cut Copy - Far Away
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Los Campesinos - Death to Los Campesinos!
Wow I actually received something good in my email inbox yesterday, sorry to the people who send me stuff, but mostly it is not to my liking, yeah there have been a few good tracks here and there.
Well I've heard of Spinto Band somewhere before, either an enthusiastic friend/magazine article but my memory deceives me. Anyway the two songs I was given were from their recent album Moonwink and they are pretty awesome
I actually want this album now, based on the strength of these songs
The Spinto Band - Summer Grof
and also their new single and generally awesome song
The Spinto Band - Pumpkins and Paisley
I just listened to the new Justice live album, "A cross the Universe" and god darn it's very good. Just an amazing recording of a show I would very much liked to have been at.
It's got great tracks on it throughout. There are a few bands that I have yet to see that I seriously long to. Justice are one of them, this just affirms their amazing live shows like i've seen before on tv from their glastonbury and reading fest sets.
Well I recommend you buy it on it's release this coming monday! Here's a preview
Justice - We Are Your Friends (Reprise)
Justice - DVNO
blog has had like two recent layout changes, I'm stick with this one I think, it's rather interesting, abit different and well I just cannot be arsed anymore, i spent an hour making a logo earlier for it only not to show up on the blog page when i tried to insert it. goddamit!
oh well
now, I'm over that testing of my patience, it's time for some mussickkkkk
two covers today that I can't stop listening to, they're faaaaaaantastic
Vampire Weekend - Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
Noah & the Whale - Girlfriend in a Coma (The Smiths Cover)
Because I haven't done a Tuesday Tuneage post in a while I thought I should post this for good measure. Just the three tracks though, don't want to post too much music as i've had a post the last couple days too.
Lil Wayne - Mrs Officer
I like this? I don't even know why specifically. 'Tis good and as more and more hip hop enters into my musical habit it can't be a bad thing, broadens my cultural palette and all that.
Foals - Astronauts 'N All
Just another Foals song that's rather good. I love the band, definitely on the list of 'have to see live'
Justice - DVNO
My favourite Justice song, Cross is just an album I can continually go back to, it's very easy to listen to.
Side note - Good at design? Not got anything to do?
Design me a logo please
use photoshop or something just send it in a jpeg file, so i can upload it, try to get the same shade of red if you can
the hex code for the red is #cc0000
Just a little post about some albums I've been listening to recently, bit of a mixed sort and definitely older. These are some tracks I've never posted before I do believe.
Kanye West - Homecoming feat. Chris Martin
I'm a sucker for a good pop song every now and then, this pulled me in when it was released, I'm surprised i never mentioned it before. Now with his latest album on the verge of release and the surprisingly good sung song "Love Lockdown" out and about, what better time than to revisit the last of Kanye's bear cover albums? This song is a personal favourite of mine, it does work really well, especially Chris Martin's chorus.
Beck - Girl
The 2003 album Guero was what first got me into Beck, I just pretty much loved it and this song, Girl is definitely a highlight, if not THE highlight of the album. From the Gameboy sampling beginning this song is great.
ffffffffinally, some old Panic At The Disco
I actually really liked their first album, bit of a guilty pleasure, but at the end of the day musically the album was really good, yeah it's a bit emo and all abit over the top with its long titles but I just really enjoyed when i first got it. Whatever you say won't disuade me, they had balls to change direction recently and it paid off but seriously I wouldn't have minded a second album of similar stuff
Panic at the Disco - The Only Difference Between Martydom and Suicide is Press Coverage
Keane just seem to be getting forever better with each album, I liked them when they started, the first album was a good, slow & melodic LP and the 2nd just seemed to better that, they gained even more popularity to the dismay of NME. I can't help liking them. There is just something about this band that screams a likability, yes it was funny that the lead singer was on drugs, he looks so innocent!, but musically these guys are geniuses. Their latest effort "Perfect Symmetry" is actually quite good. On first listen I really like it, are they the only modern band whose follow-ups better their previous works?
Keane - Spiralling
First single and immeadiate highlight of the album, being the opener
Also for those who don't remember their sophomore album,
Keane - Nothing In My Way
It's definitely my favourite song off that album, Under the Iron Sea
the blogger police
I had a post deleted due to thew copyright reasons apparently. I'm rather annoyed they didn't actually contact me and they went straight throught to blogger about it. As stated on the right hand side, I will remove any track if it bothers people, they don't have to go and get rid of my intellectual musings goddamit!
Well anyway I think I can guess what the offending track was now, so that is an artist I won't post anymore of, (if you want to guess, it begins with a 'Run' and ends with a 'C')
I think it shouldn't've been offending copyright holders, think I would have piqued alot of interest for that song again with the 100+ people who viewed my blog recently. I'm going to continue to blog and stick it to the man,so there.
Depeche Mode - People Are People
The Clash - Train in Vain
Willy Mason - We Can Be Strong
In my 100th post and on Halloween especially, I present the 5 scariest songs ever! And not the ones that are just shouting!
Radiohead - National Anthem
It spooks me out as soon as that sinister bass line kicks in, there's something evil in the track and Thom Yorke's vocals don't help out, been amplified with a weird metallic effect, he sounds like a squealing robot and i mean a robot IN PAIN. Plus singing "everyone's got fear" is just scary enough.
Arcade Fire - My Body is a Cage
The church organ does it for me, the lyrics are sinister and foreboding enough, but the organ, god damn it sounds evil and damning, like this tale leads to hell. The drum beat as well, what's that about? it sounds like it could jump out and attack someone
Justice - Stress
You'd be forgiven for thinking you were suddenly in some highly tense movie. The beat is just freaky, ain't it? building and building like danger is round the corner, I would not like to listen to this while out at night.
The Zutons - You've Got a Friend in Me
It's not the music here, but the sinister stalker lyrics, it's just frightening the prospect of what the singer describes.
We Are Scientists - Ghouls
I chose this basically because of the title, that's scary, right? It's got a slow, mellow but also frightening beat, the questioning lyrics sung almost monotonously add to the suspense/tension
So there you have it, I hope you're significantly more frightened than you were say half an hour ago.
100th post CELEBRATION TIME - waheeeeeeey what a milestone!
is this possibly the weirdest two tracks posted together at any one time?
Monkey - Monkey Bee
This is a brilliant track off of the Monkey musical soundtrack, there's a live action impressive vid for it, slightly edited version of the song though I think, well i love the chinese dance vibe it gives off, great!
Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
This song i heard the other day and remembered it's inclusion in Big Fish by Tim Burton. It fits in really well with the scene and is a generally good song.
I need to blog more, 6 so far this month is just poor.
If you're familiar with this blog you may have read me going on about Feral Mare a fair bit, well their drummer and a friend of mine, Tom Clements has recently joined this other band who I'm liking very much. The name is run, WALK! and people who listen to XFM may be familiar with them as they were recently part of that uploaded thing right? well they could've won the chance to support the subways and unfairly lost out.
But anyway, they're really good, saw them the other day in the railway inn in winch, £5 entry you can't go wrong. The songs sound much better live aswell, it may be because the recorded tracks don't have tom on them, he's been described as changing the band "from the white stripes to death from above on crack" a observation fairly made.
run, WALK! - GOD! I hate old friends
In other news, I love itunes, it may because i'm using a mac now but i was once adversely against apple's music player. It does have downsides but majoratively its awesome, the genius feature is bona fide ingenuity. Well my last played on itunes are:
Girl Talk - Don't Stop
Laura Marling - Captain and the Hourglass
The Streets - Fit But You Know It
don't have a cold and or flu, just been really cold today especially shopping in b'stoke, surprised that it didn't rain. But I had fun today, got some new clothes, spending my hard earned wages. Felt like posting the following that I've recently listened to.
GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT!!!
Amerie - 1 Thing
one of my favourite songs of recent years, if only all r&b sounded this good.
Jamie T - Dry Off Your Cheeks
The Who - I Can't Explain
I can't explain why this fits so well in the trailer for new adam sandler film 'Bedtime Stories
also has elvis costello's 'pump it up'
We Are Scientists - Cash Cow
I like white denim, listened to their album more in the last few days and it is actually pretty darn good. A couple of songs stick which to be honest are so starkly different it's a bit surprising they are by the same artist.
Well go buy the album - Workout Holiday - it's pretty intense
White Denim - Sitting
White Denim - Shake Shake Shake
Just some filler music for the mid-week time. I feel like blogging, just get some old tracks out and about. Stuff I haven't posted before most likely and things that have come back to me from a while ago.
Kings of Leon - Genius
Possibly my favourite Kings of Leon track, it's just something that's great.
The Zutons - Confusion
Not my favourite ever Zutons track, but one of the best, lovely slow pace and charming lyrics.
Jamie T - Pacemaker
Who's hoping for new Jamie T material soon? I AM!
Dizzee Rascal - Pussyole (Oldskool)
Blud, don't make me get old school
CLASSIC. hope you like 'em
I've been sent a lot of stuff. At first the submissions I wrote about them all, but well now its getting a bit too much, I always have a quick listen, yet a lot of it just doesn't appeal to me at all. Well here's one of the first highlights of my emails I've had in a long time. When a song is named after an actor so great, its hard not to like if I'm very frank.
The Pale Corners - Steve Buscemi
I shouldn't really be blogging, have a lot of college work to be getting on with. I've got a great assignment in Art, to copy one of Jean Michel Basquiat's pieces. This is the one I've chosen. Now to draw/paint it.
Keep forgetting to blog at all. I've been incredibly inactive on here in the past few weeks. There has been a lot of stuff happening recently seeing as I've been starting college and the workload stemming from that has piled quite quickly. Also still working so that cuts out time for me to write.
Well I'll try to do more! Starting here, this month I've got another article planned already which is of a good band I kind of know.
Today, a smattering of older songs, all from a few years back now, still pretty brilliant.
Death From Above 1979 - Go Home Get Down
We Are Scientists - Worth The Wait
Archie Bronson Outfit - Cherry Lips
I just realised I haven't ever really gone into detail about how much I love Archie Bronson Outfit, the album 'Derdang Derdang' is amazing. Just purely fantastical.
N*E*R*D - She Wants To Move
This song is a case of hearing it but not knowing the artist, till the other day when I saw the video for the first time. It's a great song that you need to hear if you haven't
Till next time
Just a couple of songs, I've been listening to both of those alot recently, they're tony the tiger grrrrrrrrrrreat!
Bit obsessed with both, this girl talk remix first is just so amazing! intensely relaxing and surprising piece of remix work from gregg gillis
Peter Bjorn and John - Let's Call it Off (Girl Talk Remix)
Love this foals old single i think, it missed out on the album release proper, made it to a bonus disc though so it's not that bad.
Foals -Hummer
finally got my macbook :) made the transition pretty easily, love it now and i just need some software to be honest.
Okee dokee, time for some songage this fine Tuesday!
The Doors - Break on through to the other Side
I don't really have a reason for choosing this, it just stuck out of my mind and I really felt like listening to it. Brilliant!
Late of the Pier - Broken
Something off their recently released debut, Fantasy Black Channel, listened to it just now and rather enjoyed it. So thought it fitting to post here.
Biffy Clyro - Semi-mental
My favourite Biffy song, I love these Scots and really do need to delve into their back catalogue.
The Strokes - The End has no End
To be frank, it doesn't does it? This more mellow Strokes song features a vocally subdued Julian and all round a brilliant song. Love it!
Babyshambles - French Dog Blues
Just a bit of Pete to round off the week. This was the title of their second album till it changed to, not as good in my opinion, Shotter's Nation.
Yeah, a bit electic this week but oh well, all are rather good tracks. Enjoy!
Well I'm getting Rock Band and my macbook soon. I tend not to be so materialistic but I want these things. I have done for a while now. Maaaan got paid and it was less than I imagined but due to the timeframe system, most of my work so far will get paid the following month and thereafter. I only received one weeks wages.
Really felt like posting these. Both are available as rock band dlc so I'll be defo downloading them. Such great songs! The guys at Harmonix know the greats, but they've treat europe a bit shit!
Pixies - Debaser
The Clash - Train in Vain
Also in the mood for some old school KOL
Kings of Leon - The Bucket
Well I thought I'd write it early, haven't done one for a couple of weeks anyway.
Feral Mare - Christopher
Ok, I do know the drummer, Tom (pictured above), I love this song though. Seeing as I now have a hypem listing I thought I should post this is an effort for the band to get a little more attention. There is a rather big amount of promise there I think.
Myspace
Arctic Monkeys - Flourescent Adolescent (acoustic)
I don't know how/why, but Alex Turner's vocals on this sound much, well human. If that makes sense. There seems to be more behind his voice and the cough he has is just humbling. He's no god, just a great musician/lyricisst. The whole mecca dobber/betting pencil line is hilarious.
Armand Van Helden - You Don't Know Me (GRUM Remix)
Now this is my favourite remix ever, they took a personal favourite dance track and spiced it up, making it ten times better and I just love every second of it. It's just a song that deserves a second, third and fourth consecutive listen. Too me I can see a Justice influence, but I could be wrong. Well done, GRUM
Radiohead - 15 Step (Live @ Lollapalooza 2008)
Regular readers may have read before of my love for Radiohead, I love the band, one of my ambitions is to see them live. This track is a favourite of mine that just somehow sounds amazingly good live, even on recordings, which you have to admit can never compare to being there.
Foals - Olympic Airways
Quite like this new single of Foals, the video is an almost certain head-trip mind-fuck of the Oxford band, it's competely non-senseical but still looks good, Yannis painted black is actually rather interesting, like, how could he have not got it on his face when they're thowing it at him.
I'll be on the college bus by the time this is posted (thanks again to scheduled posting) EEK! I ca't wait for college! YEAH
Well I just watched one of the best films I've ever seen
Dead Man's Shoes, directed by Shane Meadows and starring Paddy Considine, with a screenplay written by the two of them. For this film, Considine has been called Britain's answer to Robert De Niro. You can see why. He is astounding throughout this film. His last speech is superbly chilling, just amazing acting to behold. His character is so multi-faceted, you can empathise to an extent but by the end you will see his reasoning for what he does. It's packed with a few surprises that I won't risk spoiling. However, the scene of Sonny, Herbie and that tall guy trippin' is one of the best pieces of cinema I've seen.
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Also I start college tomorrow YAY! I've been waiting all week to start! Man, I actually can't wait for it! I know that the learning is going to most likely be way more intense but I just want to meet new people and have a good time.
Knowing a few people here and there means that I'll have some friends at least, thats the only thing inducing nerves, if I can't make friends which is something I'm not going to worry about.
Justice - New Jack
Cold War Kids - Red Wine, Success!
Also realised that hypem is only picking up savefile links, not Zshare, so it's back to savefile for me.
I've finally oh finally been listed on Hype Machine! YEAH!
Some reason, it's picked up only a few of my older posts so far. I don't personally understand the process of it picking up all the different tracks but I'm sure it will eventually work better (if thats the right word)
This is a celebratory post. I'm writing at 11 when I was just planning on checking emails, now i'm posting and i have work in 10 hours.
Just put these songs on my phone, they're rather good and I like them alot. So they fit. AHA
Friendly Fires - Jump in the Pool
Lightspeed Champion - Tell Me What It's Worth
We Are Scientists - Impatience
My hits have just gone over 10,000 too, noice!
Well I've decided that every two months I'll do a recap of my favourite mp3 from each post. I did this after the first two months so now I'll do it for months 3 & 4. It's for those in case they missed out on a track here or there.
Lots of songs and I've just passed 9000 hits! Woohoo and all that jazz
01. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercule's Theme (Couldn't find my You Belong mp3)
02. Dizzee Rascal - That's not my name (Ting Tings Cover)
03. Kings of Leon - Fans
04. Bloc Party - Mercury
05. Pharell & Co, - My Drive Thru
06. The Banshee - Kicks Up (radio edit)
07. House of Pain - Jump Around
08. Elbow - Grace Under Pressure
09. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
10. Death Cab for Cutie - Cath
11. Radiohead - House of Cards
12. Ringo Deathstarr - Down on You
13. Feral Mare - Christopher
14. Arctic Monkeys - Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts
15. LCD Soundsystem - New York, I love you But you're Bringing me Down
16. Liam Finn - Lead Balloon
17. Hadouken - Crank it Up
18. Death Cab for Cutie - I will Possess your Heart
19. Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack
20. White Denim - Let's Talk about it
21. The Strokes - Juicebox
22. The Cribs - My life flashed before my eyes
23. Albert Hammond Jr - Gfc
24. Volcano! - Africa Just wants to have fun
25. Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light
26. The Rascals - Bond Girl
27. LCD Soundsystem - All my Friends
28. Metronomy - Back on the Motorway
29. Pendulum - Violet Hill (Coldplay Cover)
30. Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner (Live Radiohead Cover)
31. Conor Oberst - Danny Callahan
32. The Libertines - What became of the likely lads?
33. Thom Yorke - Skip Divided (Session Version)
34. Fuck Dress - Suburban Nietzsche Freak
35. Laura Marling - You're No God
36. Metronomy - Heartbreaker
37. Beck - Gamma Ray
38. Be Your Own Pet - Damn Damn Leash
39. Metronomy - Holiday
40. Razorlight - Rip it Up
41. Conor Oberst - Milk Thistle
42. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at my House
43. Bloc Party - One Month Off
44. Foals - Hollaback Girl (Gwen Stefani Cover)
45. Yo Majesty - Club Action
46. Young Knives - Part Timer
Enjoy the tracks...
And lastly, watch this awesome vid of Seasick Steve in action at Reading Fest
Well I mentioned I have a job now, it's actually pretty fun at the moment, yeah it has it's slow moments, but overall I'm enjoying it, can't wait for my pay day!
I'm only working part time, but still I think it's better than having nothing and I'll be needing the money for college soon anyway.
Wickes is all about DIY and great customer service. Having watched all of the training DVDs + working there now for nearly two weeks, I've gotten to know the store and it's rather annoying when someone asks me a question and I don't know the answer. Hopefully soon enough I'll get better at it and maybe learn a thing or two about DIY
It's a 12 hour per week shift I'll be doing once starting college and I'm hoping I can balance it with college well. People I know who have office jobs are quite content, they'll be able to get away with doing some studies while working, whereas working the shop floor I doubt I could read and annotate a text while facing an aisle.
Young Knives - Part Timer
Also got to say a thanks to anyone who has linked to me. I know of two such blogs pointing towards me, which I'm grateful for.
I'll repay the favour.
Well firstly, the not too distant Ed Cressdee and his Hypem listed blog, Not Ed's Blog, I commented one of his articles and thus started discussion in which we found out that we both have very similar listening habits + interests. Great blog too!
This blog, Donny is Smoking Now!, did a review of my blog as well as including a link to my page in her sidebar. I've spoken to the writer and have to say she has a pretty good taste music! As well as most probably have been to more gigs than I. Her writing is about her life so it's autobiographical in a sense, as well as throwing in her opinions on certain matters. Thanks again Sophie for your review!
Now just tie this up I'll post this awesome track from Esser.
Esser - I love you
Better than Headlock? You decide
Just thought I'd post this. Been working and have not thought of anything good to post recently to be perfectly honest. Plus this is something really good that I stumbled upon, more than good enough to qualify for PDA
Foals - Hollaback Girl (Gwen Stefani Cover)
Not much more I can say other than: This shh is Bananas - B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
Enjoy
Well new Bloc Party album. It's really good. I already love it after my first listen. It's really succesful at its attempt to blend the different aspects of the music that Bloc Party have made previous to this. These new songs remind of both 'Silent Alarm' and 'Weekend in the City' and that's good. It shows maturity too, they haven't opted out to produce an album of Flux-alites, that song became very popular and this shows that it was just a creative springboard into this amazing album.
They're not isolating their oldest fans which is good, I mean the ones who were turned off by Flux or Mercury although the latter's inclusion may be enough to discourage people. It's a good song, don't get me wrong, but I can understand some people will not be entirely happy with their recent direction change. However they should still pick up/download this album. It does show that Bloc Party aren't just trying to be a Dance-Rock act but that they still have that Indie guitar sound sensibility about them.
In essence I love Bloc Party, I'm also insanely jealous of the people who will be watching them this afternoon at Reading fest. Bastards. I think the band have only ever gone from strength to strength, ok the first album is probably still my personal favourite but I heard it as I was really properly getting into the decent sort of music I listen to now. Also heard it 6 months before release (no money for guessin' how). This album is at least as good as their previous work. Just listen to it
Bloc Party - Halo
Bloc Party - One Month Off
It's gcse results time!
Today I'll be getting them and hopefully fun times will ensue!
It's gunna be funfunfun, as I've said to a friend there will be crying and booze whatever the outcome. Also it will be FUN.
Here's a song to get in the party-ing mood!
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at my House
And a couple of related in some way songs
Radiohead - The Headmaster Ritual (Smiths Cover)
Scarlett Johansson - Boys Don't Cry (The Cure Cover)
Thanks to scheldueld posting, this should be published as I am receiving the results. If not just after/before. I'll be sure to do a brief update when i get the chance. Probably about READING fest which I am not going to :( (LUCKY BASTARDS! if you have a ticket that is) there's always BBC3 at the end of the day.
Good luck to anyone else who will be receiving results today!
There was a boom of singer-songwriters a couple of years ago, the undeniably pants James Blunt really brought that about but there always have been amazingly good singer-songwriters. Like Willy Mason. He's just amazing, each song of his I think I really do enjoy.
Willy Mason - When the River Moves On
Willy Mason - Save Myself
I'm liking more and more, the individual indie types. For instance Conor Oberst's new album is actually rather good, I listened to it and latched on pretty quick, I did indeed like it straight away. He's definitely a talented musician
Conor Oberst - Milk Thistle
Also Laura Marling and Lightspeed Champion, they're both great and I've covered them on here before. They've both got a unique indie sensibility and also in Laura's case a voice which sounds like it's from someone so much older, which is not a bad thing! It's a fantastic voice!
One of my many favourites of her work:
I work in Wickes now bludz
pretty fun time I've been having so far, ok well not FUN per se, but better than my expectations and it's both good pay and a good working environment.
Let's give out some moooooosik
The Futureheads - With Every Heartbeat
Don't like the original but was pleasantly surprised by this, it's a good cover, listen to it, the Sunderland-boys vocals sound better than Robyn's whine.
Monkey (Damon Albarn) - Monkey's World
Impressed by the BBC olympic opening and also this song, now I really want to get the album that Albarn made that was adapted from his and Jamie Hewlett's musical. Supposedly rather brilliant.
For those who may have missed the BBC olympic coverage:
Metronomy - My heart rate rapid
Still I'm really impressed by this album, just really consistently good. I love this song, it would have actually been better to atrribute to the review to be perfectly honest.
Razorlight - Rip it Up
Johnny Borrell is such a plank. HOWEVER, this is song is just amazing, IMO the best Razorlight song, I mean if they wrote more music like this, they'd be better off, the 2nd album is too much of a mellow affair I think. Songs like this and Stumble and Fall really appealed to me with their fast nature and Borrell's actually decent singing.
The Strokes - Take it or Leave it
Not really sure why I'm including this, just listened to it and thought it ties things up nicely. Now, the Arctic Monkeys cover, which I'm sure I've posted before in some ways I think is better, maybe because on this track Julian is not singing as shouty as usual, if that makes sense.
I like Metronomy, quite a fair bit. Funnyily only started listening to them recently and I've been really impressed with most of the output that I've been able to listen to.
Now I've heard the album and it's good, very consistent throughout in keeping with the same sort of sound and electric beat. After the intro, I'd prefer to say that The end of you too is the opening track, it's better me thinks. Well it sets a nice standard for the rest of the album
Metronomy - The end of you too
Although it has ALOT of instrumental stuff, I really like it, it's alot like how Foals build up their live sets with instrumental openings. Or it comes across in the same good way. I'm guessing that there is alot/more of in the Metronomy live act too.
Only downside I can think of is the incessant high whining of "girl singing" on the track "A Thing for me", it becomes really annoying after a few listensand I don't see it as necessary to be honest. It just brings this otherwise pretty awesome song down. I'd post it but I already had on another post and I refrain from double posting. So here is a better track
Metronomy - Holiday
Well I recommend this album, it's rather different to anything else I've heard recently and it's also really good. Which helps. They're definitely an act I'm going to look out for in the future to see if I could possibly see them live soon.
Ahhh man, a mate of mine told me Be your own Pet broke up! We were talking about Reading and he mentioned that it would be his last chance to see them and I was like WTF!
Well I really like them, such a fresh, raw sound I thought and as an amazing bonus I think Jemina Pearl is probably the most attractive front-woman ever! Sooooooo hot! 
Also there's a Nathan in the band and he also has a, dare I say it, magnificent afro like myself, as I am told of course. Most of the time I'm not too fond of it, my hair that is.
This is a bad misfortune, I really liked them since hearing debut single
Damn Damn Leash
And also the debut album was rather good, as my mate said, it does sound demo-ey but thats not exactly a bad thing,it makes it sound really raw and interesting me thinks, Jemina's shouty vocals are rather good too
1st album highlight - IMO it was Let's Get Sandy
Also another favourite of mine is this, now their swansong and a convincing tale of teenage homicide.
Becky
Ok well try to ignore the last two posts. I've talked to her and everything is all sorted now, we're remaining good friends. She did apoligise, there was a greater misunderstanding on my part, and I as much as I wanted it to be more, I don't mind us staying friends because, as much as I was upset I'd rather we stay friends and I would never want to throw that friendship away. I feel that I've been horrible in what I've written in the last two posts. A-polly-ology!
Also become aware of other events at the party. Involving me, I really had drunk too much. Let it be a lesson to me. I'm saying never again! But it's sort of a foregone conclusion that ill be drinking soon
Anyway time for some music
Beck - Gamma Ray
Franz Ferdinand - Lucid Dreams
Taking it's toll on me, that depression is. I'm still feeling shitty and really badly upset. Yeah she text me but how could i reply with no credit? The 2nd text sounded pissy, like she's the one upset. YEAH RIGHT. Try standing in my shoes! Not moaning at all but I just love it that she had to go and kiss some guy she met there, practically a stranger and it's even more ironic that all this would never have happened if I hadn't told my mate to invite her. It's like just trying to rub in the fact that I can't be with her. Brush me aside, someone who genuinely cares for her, chose him over me, someone who is on the rebound looking for fun. I'm not trying to horrible to her but she was just manipulated, I can see him and his mate laughing about it in the morning. HE don't give a shit about her. I do and I get nothing but misery. Yet she just seemed happy about meeting this guy, her friend said to me that she's just going to get her hopes up and be disappointed, how d'you think I feel?! I actually hopes she is now, so she can see how I've been feeling these last couple of days. Overall that night has been possibly the worst of my life. Thanks, you've made me feel so much better about myself! NOT!
I'm feeling that my self-esteem is at a possible all time low. I try not to let stuff drag me down, but this is succeding at it already. GOSH!
I know this is like incredibly personal but I just need to vent it all out right now. I can't think straight enough to conjure up anything else to write about. I know this like a turning point, a definitive part of my life that I will probably never forget. As depressing as it is, things can only get better right?
Radiohead - 15 Step (Live on Jools Holland)
Liam Finn - Lead Balloon
I need to see my mates and be cheered up. I need to have some fun.
Metronomy - Heartbreaker
meh
my life's just taken a big u-turn, it seemed like it wasn't going foward and now I know why, she didn't want it to. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCKKKKKKKK!
Thanks for messing me around! Building my hopes up and then just knocking me down! GREAT ONE! *Big thumbs up!!!!*
Funny thing is, never felt this way about any one before and it never builds to anything yet this turn of events wrecks me inside badly. I'm not a happy bunny. Has all that time of mine been wasted? Doing nice things for her, buying stuff for her, almost NEVER turning down an invitation and in turn inviting her to all the parties I'm invited to even if she knows no one else.
I know I've made a good friend and I don't really want to lose the friendship BUT I wanted it to be more, the (now apparent) false inclinations and the constant changes of heart just feel like she's taking the piss.
If love is just a game how come I've never won?
The Cribs - You're Gonna Lose Us
Laura Marling - You're No God
Kings of Leon - Wasted Time
Comments to cheer me up?
I was sent this a few weeks ago, forgot about it completely! I should be more willing to post up my submissions.
Any way the band is the rudely named Fuck Dress from Norwich and this is their debut single;
"Suburban Nietzsche Freak"
Also a genuinely funny video that spoofs the best of the Radiohead videos
To be perfectly honest, on first listen I didn't really like it alot, the vocals let it down for me, I wished they could perhaps sounds more angst driven, or in more of a scream. However now the track has grown on me and I mean that honestly, couple more listens and I kinda really like it. It's beat is rather good, if that makes sense, it may be simple musically it still however makes for quite a good edge to the song that made me like it. Well it's really interesting stuff, that in all it's Radiohead worship is like on the opposite end of the musical stylings spectrum.
Thom Yorke's The Eraser
My favourite album ever? I'm not sure but it comes pretty close. It's barrenly depressing though, which as a downside makes me love this album. Thom's vocals, the electronical sounds masterfully constructed to be incredibly beautiful music.
It's depressing in a good way. Trust me! Well if you've never heard any of it, you need to, it's definitely in my opinion an essential album of the 21st Century. Maybe not comparable to Radiohead's best work. It sets Thom apart to show him as both a rather good musician and vocalist of a beautiful magnitude.
It's just perfect, each song is brilliant, there is no weakness I see. It's only nine songs altogether but still makes this sound in the best meaning, undescriably beautiful.
Thom Yorke - Analyse
Thom Yorke - Black Swan
Thom Yorke - Skip Divided (Live Session Version)
listened to a song and realised its brilliance even though you may have heard it like a thousand times before? Well I may be exagerating there but I mean that hearing a song again after a long time re-invogitates it, makes it sound alot better than you thought it once. It's like listening to it for the first time again albeit with a sense of deja vu.
>.<
happens to me all the time.
Right now,
Arctic Monkeys - If you were there, Beware
Killer of an opening hook, I personally am looking very foward to t'Monkeys' 3rd album.
Kings of Leon - The Bucket
Imma gonna show the way
The Libertines - What Became of the Likely Lads?
Best lament of a relationship ever? the crumbling of Peter + Carl is there, peharps more apparent than in Can't Stand Me Now. What became of forever?
I do like the hypem hearts system. You can see my profile favourites on the right hand side, it's a good way to hear new stuff if you're tracking people with similar taste. Like I'm following freddo92 amongst others and he has hearted a fair few songs that I now like alot. Thanks! Well here's a recent recomendation per se of his.
We are Wolves - Magique
Also I do love the hype machine to hear stuff I've never heard before and i heard this yesterday
Conor Oberst - Danny Callahan
also links back to zshare - its a generally better service
Here's my 5 tracks for the week
Devo - Whip It
Ah this track is great, can't beat the original. There's something about it that I like, even though the lyrics are quite bizaare
The Strokes - The End has No End
Listening to alot of the Strokes and this is another one I like.
Girl Talk - Bounce That
Possibly my favourite Girl Talk song. It's just an amazingly perfect, daceable tune that has been constructed (or should I say recycled?) effectively. I just love this song and if I ever hear it on a dancefloor, I would dance my heart out.
The Cribs - I've tried Everything
Just for when you're at wits end and I think this is a depressing song, due to it's lyrics. Lamenting no relationship? I'm not entirely sure but saying something's missing insuates to me a lack of girl. It's something I can relate to
Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner (Live Radiohead Cover)
I'm hoping for C-Lo and Dangermouse to do a studio recording of this. This audio is half-decent and you can hear the amazing C-Lo vocals, but I think if they record it they can give it more of a Gnarls Barkley twist.
So surprised I haven't seen this blogged yet. Brilliantly superb cover version that dare I say it surpasses Coldplay's now sickening original! (I've heard like a million gazillion times through both radio and television) Just sit back, listen and enjoy! And that's an order!
Pendulum - Violet Hill (Radio 1 Live Lounge)
sidenote - all new links now on yourfilehost, they're direct!
I'm not ususually a fan of remixes, I normally prefer the raw track, I like to listen to it how the artist intended. BUT there are some out there that don't actually ruin the original tracks. Plus dancey/electro music has been creeping slowly much more into my listening habits. Thats pretty much because of Girl Talk. Though does his stuff count as a remix or a recycle? Like this ace track off of his old album 'Secret Diary'
Girl Talk - I Want You Back
Well here's one that I recently found which is just amazing! Purely an amazing remix which makes this Goldfrapp track at least 10 times better and I thought it was good to begin with.
Goldfrapp - Happiness (Metronomy Remix feat the Teenagers)
And as it's by Metronomy it's just fortified my new found love of this electric band.
Love this track which just plunges in with an opener reminscent of the Zelda 16-bit era games and then make me think of loads of games from that point in time. Plus the topping of the modern electro lyrics brings an amazing fusion to the fore.
Metronomy - Back on the Motorway
You may have heard that Jack White and Alicia Keys are doing a duet for the new bond film "Quantum of Solace". Now I think this sounds rather promising as long as Jack is given a bit of free reign to write something good, like that coke ad, that was a pretty good song.
Well before I heard this announcement I thought I had already heard the best song to be used in a bond film and that is
The Rascals - Bond Girl
For those who thought the Last Shadow Puppets orcheastral stylings likened them to a Bond score (see song below) this song is Miles Kane building upon that, just with a bit of an indie twist. I could see this as the perfect song for the trailer. It seems action packed and does have a bit of a punch.
The Last Shadow Puppets - In My Room
Also for the Portugese localisation, what about this from Bondo Do Role? I don't know what they are saying but it sounds great! Just makes me want to shout out with it.
Bondo Do Role - James Bonde
I wanted to put up a selection of songs that are very important to me. Songs that will always mean something to me. I think a few of them may well have shown up before.
Favourite Song. EVER = Radiohead - Reckoner
1st Single I bought = Outkast - Miss Jackson
1st Album I bought = White Stripes - Elephant (MP3 - I just don't know what to do with myself)
1st Album I really, properly enjoyed (and my favourite song from it) = Kings Of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood (MP3 - Red Morning Light)
Song I can remember listening to heavily in my Youth = Fatboy Slim - Rockafeller Skank
Song that will always makes me dance = House of Pain - Jump Around
Song that will always makes me feel better = Willy Mason - So Long
Song that can make me cry = Editors - When Anger Shows
Song to make me think = Elbow - Grace Under Pressure
Song to help vent off some anger = The Vines - Get Free
Song to remind me of school = The Metros - Education Pt. 2
Song to make me scream and shout = Foals - Cassius
Song to reminisce to = The Libertines - Don't Look Back into the Sun
Hope you enjoy 'em!
I was sent my 2nd ever submission (thanks to BaDaBing Records!)in the form of band volcano!, being compared to Born Ruffians is no mere suggestion they do have much more than a passing resemblance in sound. The song I was sent -
volcano! - Africa Just Wants to have Fun
is actually rather good, and it's both more original and in my opinion better sounding than Born Ruffian's hit "Hummingbird". I recommend it highly, the singing particularly is a highlight bringing something sounding different and the guitar supporting the vocals work so well in this song. It makes for something really interesting, definitely the chorus is the best part.
To summarize, this song is a bit out there, though it's rather brilliant in it's execution.
I like the solo works of the Jr Albert Hammond. Rather good! the new single from his 2nd album (2nd! Where's the strokes new material?!) is actually brilliant. Shows his greatness with song writing.
I heard '101' was it? off the 1st album when it was released and didn't think it was anything special but Hammond has obviously matured and improved with this album, which I'd rather like to check out about now.
Albert Hammond Jr - GfC
Side note - I noticed the other day my hit counter surpassed 5,000 - and as i celebrated 500, I planned on having a celebratory post again but before I could it was already another 100 in. So I missed that opportunity.
The Cribs are a band I'm at odds to my opinion, I love some of their music, their recent Kapranos-produced album - "Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever" just sounds better every time I listen to it.
I also find Ryan Jarman one of the funniest musicians ever, see one of his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, by the way is that his REAL voice?
Though I don't like their increased ramblings about remaining indie, they've had a few stabs at former best band mates (both are from Leeds), The Kaiser Chiefs. At the end of the day only the music matters, not how little major label support they have, right? Anyway The Cribs continue to make rather brilliant music.
The Cribs - My Life flashed before me eyes
The Cribs - Don't You Wanna be Relevant?
Shit! I forgot to do Tuesday Tuneage yesterday! Ah, man!
I realised again how much I love The Strokes! Listening to their 3 albums and hoping very much for a 4th, I thought I'd just share a few of my favourite tracks.
The Strokes - Hard to Explain
Love this because of both the opening and the lyrics, with which one line was used for this post's title.
The Strokes - 12.51
It's rather good, an equally brilliant Tron inspired video helps too
The Strokes - Juicebox
Love it, it was the debut single from 3rd album, "First Impressions of Earth" and blew me away, when I first heard it, great video too.
I really like the song for the new Channel 4 "Generation Next" ad as well as they way the ad begins, that literal jump into the tune works well
The song as you may already know is by White Denim. Check it out below
White Denim - Let's Talk About It
I just watched the Ray Charles bio-pic "Ray" and it's such a goddarn good film!
The music performances are rather brilliant, though it is Jamie Foxx who shines in his portrayal. He just is so convincing as Charles, and as a blind man, he most of done alot of practising to get that edge right, he looked and behaved how most blind people do which is just rather amazing.
Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack
OK I've heard song I had not heard before.
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
8 minutes long and the first half is purely an intro. Normally I wouldn't like this BUT this song, those 4 minutes of music that build up this song are dare I say it, some of the most beautiful minutes and seconds of music I have ever heard. It's eargasm inducing! I know how stupid that sounds but for me, every once in a while I hear a song that I want to never end and I will listen to it constantly, it happened with 'Reckoner' and it's happening with this now.
The lyrics are also so incredibly amazing, both beautiful and belivable with a twist of arrogance that is brilliant.
"How I wish you could see the potential
The potential of you and me
It's like a book, elegently bounded
in a language that you can't read,
just yet
You gotta spend some time, love
You gotta spend some time, with me,
I know you will find love
I will possess your heart"
The intro also reminded me of Joy Division (specifically Heart and Soul)
To put it plain and simple I love, no adore this song.
Just thinking about Bands that appreciate video games, there's one that everyone I know, knows of and that's Hadouken. Naming your band after a Street Fighter move was juts simply a classy move.
They are reasonably good, the music is hit and miss for me, there are a few tracks that I really like, and some I'd rather not existed. I heard about them a little while before they struck it big, through a new bands feature on the NME website, this was still when you could download tracks from their myspace so I did just that and had 'That Boy That Girl' on repeat alot. Klaxons were fastly upcoming and weirdly this lot were touted as the 'next klaxons'. They've sort of changed direction since.
Hadouken - That Boy That Girl
Also another of their tracks of which I enjoy is 'Crank it Up' which is a superb socially commentary on the way music is distributed and heard, it namechecks msn and bluetooth as well setting the song as the default ringtone. Pretty much with my friends this is what happens. They're on the ball, see?
Hadouken - Crank it Up
The song has a rather good video too:
I'd say musically the band is nothing special, they just know how to write both an accesssible and danceable tune, the lyrical content shows lead singer James Smith's intelligence and keen eye, no Alex Turner, per se but very clever all the same.
PDA stands for pretty darn awesome, and it's going to be the name of the article for whenever I find something randomly that I think fits the title.
It's Liam Finn. I'd never heard of this guy, this soloist is rather good, hearing the frankly amazing song, Lead Balloon has made me adore this guy's music, head over to his myspace
Liam Finn - Lead Balloon
It's seriously like The Vines meeting The Dandy Warhols and producing a love-child :
I want to be back in the city that never sleeps
5 days and I loved every second of it, that was back in February and hopefully I'll be back there soon! In fact, if I had the money I'd be off right now
LCD Soundsystem - New York I Love you, but you're Bringing me down
Ah, this song reminds me so much of that great week
Side note - LOTS of posts coming up very soonly,
Ok, first in a while, I need to try and attempt at some regularity. First off, here's my 5 essential tracks for the week.
I think this week the tracks are rather diverse, but I love 'em all.
Sufjan Stevens - Dress looks nice on you
Although I've heard alot ABOUT Sufjan Stevens, this is the first song that I actually HEARD. It's a rather astounding acoustic piece of romantiscism that I really like.
Arctic Monkeys - Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweathearts
A track of Turner and co that was missed off of the debut album, unfairly I thought, it has some very sharp, intelligent lyrics that houses a story I think most guys can relate to, one of my favourites of their back catalogue.
Santogold - Guns of Brooklyn
I love the Clash original, Guns of Brixton and this is an inspired cover, I think it increases the reggae in the song. "You can crush us/You can bruise us/You can even shoot us/But you'll have to answer to/OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh the Guns of Brooklyn"
Black Kids - Love Me Already
The Black Kids, haven't heard the album yet, but not sure if I want to, they've delivered a couple of reasonably good singles, stormed the airwaves and do I want to hear more? Well I like this track I heard literally mere minutes ago.
James Brown - Get up Offa That Thing
TUNE! You've got to love this song, it's simply an amazing track that can get anyone dancing, made me this morning. It does indeed make you feel better.
A while back I did a feature post on a band I know, Unexclaimed, and there is another band now that I've sort of come in contact with. I met one of the people in it and after listening to the music, I'm quite fond of the two songs up on their Myspace right now.
The band is calledFeral Mare and I knew that I would like this band after reading their list of influences;
"Bloc Party,
Death From Above 1979,
We Are Scientists,
Damn Arms, Foals,
Tokyo Police Club,
Bag Raiders,
The Subways,
Rage Against the Machine,
Foos,
Daft Punk,
Wolfmother,
Kotki Dwa"
Majoritively bands that I myself like! Well, enough talk! Here's the mp3s, bear in mind these are from their demo.
Feral Mare - Christopher
Feral Mare - Cindy
I prefer Christopher, there's something about it that is rather good.
There are some good band names, and alot of bad ones (the Kooks and the Pigeon Detectives for prime example) but nothing can compare to this band's name.
Ringo Deathstarr
In a moment of pure genius, the band, or whoever came up with the name, successfully combined two elements of popular culture that is both hilarious and curiousity inducing. It made me listen to their music. And it wouldn't work with any other star wars related or beatles member - would it? I mean pfft Darth Lennon Vader don't work, (actually.....)
Luckily I quite like the music, I heard the song Down On You through HypeM and enjoyed its, as a friend of mine described, drowned out sound.
They aren't the best band ever but definitely hold the title of the best band name I've heard this year...so far
HELL YEAH! 50 posts!
2 and a 1/2 months of blogging, and 50 posts down the line, I've enjoyed it and still do, as I love music I love blogging about it. It's just something that has already become a big part of my life and I truly wish I had started earlier in the year.
Also to be honest rather annoyed that I'm not listed with Hype Machine, I mean, I meet the criteria! Ah well, fingers crossed I will be soon.
Wanting to post a few songs, totally unrelated, but they are rather liked by myself
Flight of the Conchords - Ladies of the World
Radiohead - House of Cards I'd post the amazing video, but undoubtedly it is abound amongst blogs right now, I personally need to find somewhere other than Youtube to watch it as the version there is rather grainy.
Roots Manuva - Buff Nuff I love this song's chorus.
I think I have pretty good taste in music for a 16 year old, I hear new music pretty much everyday, of course I am a bit picky with my music, but do have quite an open mind, more so recently becasue of the music I have been listening to. Ask me last year and I probably would have said Jay Z was shit, but after the awe-inspiring Glastonbury set, I now indeed mightily respect the CEO of hiphop.
Jay Z - Izzo (H.O.V.A.)/I Want You Back (Live at Glastonbury 2008)
Moving on, Death Cab for Cutie were a band I heard the name of and then quickly steered clear of, thats rather stupid behaviour, you can never judge a book by its cover. I just heard the song 'Cath' and really like it.
Death Cab for Cutie - Cath
Someone else that I've just started to listen to is Seasick Steve, he's amazing, heard him on Jools Holland Hootenanny before and was dumbstruck by how good of a musician he is, now I've started to listen more properly, I do indeed enjoy his music.
Seasick Steve - Cut My Wings
I do indeed just feel ultra supreemo happy at the moment. And its down to one person. Thanks to her.
Well I can think of a few songs to relate.
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
The Last Shadow Puppets - In the Heat of the Morning (David Bowie Cover)
Noah and the Whale - Five Years Time
As a sidenote, I haven't done a Tuesday Tuneage piece for a while now, I plan to bring back that feature next week. Not entirely sure what will be in it though.
I think there is some really beautiful music out there, and there is one band I know of that you can rely upon to produce deep, touching songs, songs that make you think, stop still and ponder life for a few moments. Well at least, that is the effect they have upn myself. The band I'm talking about is Elbow, Guy Garvey and co have in the last few years made some of the best songs I have ever heard.
To prove my point, you only need listen to arguably their best album Cast of Thousands, there are songs there that exemplify the beauty of their music.
Elbow - Ribcage
Typical of Elbow, build the song from an almost silent start to a crescendo of sound that is possibly the best album opener around.
Elbow - Grace Under Pressure
This is an anthem, Guy Garvey's vocals are simply stunning, the gospel choir backing helps to lift this and
Both of the above songs are just so touching, they can give me goosebumps.
Of course there are other songs in the world that hold a beauty, are musically beautiful works of art, though some can hold a mere beauty in the words, in the voice of the singer and the best examples of this are my most loved bands, Radiohead and Joy Division.
Radiohead - Idioteque
The lyrics are chilling, the music almost mechanical yet to me this song is beautiful, Thom Yorke's voice building the song with the beat and unique electronice sounds accompanying his amazingly talented voice.
Joy Division - Isolation
It's not the music that makes this special, it's solely Ian Curtis singing. It's indescribable how much this amongst the other Joy Division songs affects me, it's here there is an admittance of self loathing and his regret shines through, "Mother I tried please believe me/I'm doing the best that I can/I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through/I'm ashamed of the person I am" The music may sound a bit dated but still.
I've put the labels as happy and depressed because these songs bring forth both emotions I think, they're contemplative, making any listener really think I believe. These are no badly written pop rock songs to storm the charts, this is music of the highest calibre.
Well I meant to post this like not last week but the week before, better late than never I suppose, going on holiday seriously affects my organisation.
Prom was last week and it was very guuuud fun, lots of bad dancing to bad pop songs, although it was great when they played "Jump Around", "Wearing my Rolex" and that song that has "Whoop! There it is" in the lyrics, is that the title? Well the DJ did attempt a few mashups that worked well, though they mainly consisted of the track turning into another one. He was no Girl Talk.
Also he lost ALL credibility by playing Nickleback's 'Rockstar' as the last song.
House of Pain - Jump Around
Hot Chip ft. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (Live @ Glastonbury 2008)
Wow, my first ever submission, thanks to Monica from Suiteside, an italian indie label. The band is The Banshee and it is regarding their newly released "Kicks Up" EP, which I was sent a download copy of. It even came with a Press sheet! Now I feel journalistic, I'm going to review the EP as a first for the blog.
The album from which the single is, "Your Nice Habits", was produced by Luke Smith from Clor who also produced a love/hate band of mine, To My Boy. The EP itself makes for interesting listening and I do quite like it, the title track has an edge not too dissimilar to Gary Numan, I mean that as a compliment as well. I also can see similarities to To My Boy, it may be the style of production, but the music itself is a similiar brand of electro-pop. However, The Banshee do carve out a unique sound with 'Kicks Up', I like the track and on the EP the remixes compliment it very well.
I do indeed recommend it, the press sheet includes Devo and New Order as similar artists and you'd probably like it if you like those and I'd also say again To My Boy, if you're a fan of that electro pop outfit, check out The Banshee. Go and buy the EP, it's priced at 2,50 euros! On the conversion rates currently for us brits that is small change.
The Banshee - Kicks Up (radio edit)
I'm not into scoring so I rate this as "Unique, Very Good"
Well, My Drive Thru now has a spangly and incredibly commercial video. The track is brilliant, the fact that Converse funded it doesn't detract from the music but it does in this video, there are a few shots that really are just ads. It's still an amazing song to dance to. I do love it and the video is good, just IMO disappointing.
MP3
I missed the big Bloc Party countdown unveiling which ended up being in my opinion brilliant track, Mercury. It's great, such a good, dancey track. A hell of a lot of blogs have been saying they never liked Bloc Party BEFORE their new direction, that is what happened when Flux came out. I've always liked Bloc Party, love both albums to this day, I may go and listen to Silent Alarm.
I was following the countdown and unfortunately went on holiday on the final day. Here's the track.
Bloc Party - Mercury
I'm going on holiday today, so for 4 days I will not be able to post any music at all. But I thought just before I go I'll post up a few tracks, some good ones at that as well. The weather may be bad here, its currently raining but that doesn't mean our holiday won't be good!
Kings of Leon - Fans
Feeder - Just a Day
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Enjoy!
PS Anyone see Wimbledon? Nadal was just amazing! This probably means that he will dominate the game for the next few years, if Federer retires that is, and he probably will, Roge has nothing left he can win really, except the french and he just can't beat Nadal on clay.
Haven't been posting, I'va had alot on! Well, this track will make up for it and plus got a couple more posts in the pipeline that will be up soon.
Dizzee Rascal - That's Not My Name (Ting Tings Cover)
They call me blud! They call me Rudeboi!
It's a brilliant cover
I went to Peter Symonds College today for a taster day, GOSH it get's on my nerves soooo much when people don't speak. I mean, in the majority of these taster classes I was with no one else I previously knew, I always attempt at conversation, some people are just quiet, I mean, they're never going to get anywhere if they don't sell themselves, make yourself known!
Anywayz time for a couple of songs!
Hercules and Love Affair - You Belong LOVEIT!
so reminiscent of 90s dance music that however bad, I am usually quite fond of. At least I think it's 90s dance. It don't really matter, this song is just great
These New Puritans - Elvisss (Demo)
Also a great song! Found on an NME free CD from a surprisingly long time ago, man I should pay more attention to those freebies! The whole lyrical hook is just very clever, I know it's just repeated alot but still it's TUNE
This is my 2-month recap of my blogging activities, well my mp3 postings to be precise. I am going to post my favourite track from each blog post so far. Nearly 3000 hits later and here I am, hopefully soon after this the blog will be listed on hype machine too! (That's my main aim, I crave abit more recognition and Hypem would hopefully grant it)
I've enjoyed my time in the blogosphere so far and hopefully it will continue for a good old long time. I like to post up these tracks and this recap reminded me how many great ones I've posted so far!
I re-upped the tunes I chose from my earlier posts, as they were either yousendit or fileden (my account was suspended), so now all are on savefile, except for the latest posts using EZArchive AND additionaly being a bit clever I opened another fileden account with an alternate email ;) so the last track is upload to that new account.
01. Joy Division - Leaders of Men
02. Vampire Weekend - A Punk Live on Later
03. Hot Chip - Hold On
04. Stone Roses - I Wanna be Adored
05. The Metros - Education Pt 2
06. Fighting with Wire - Everyone needs a Nemesis
07. Audioslave - Cochise
08. Joy Division - Disorder
09. The Libertines - Don't look back into the Sun
10. Radiohead - Reckoner *Probably my favourite song of all time*
11. Plugs - That Number
12. CRS - US Placers
13. The Vines - Get Free
14. Klaxons - Not Over Yet
15. Jack Penate - Got My Favourite
16. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
17. Tokyo Police Club - In a Cave
18. Late of the Pier - Focker
19. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
20. Born Ruffians - Hummingbird
21. Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
22. N.E.R.D. - My Drive Thru feat Santogold and Julian Casablancas
23. Panic at the Disco - That Green Gentleman
24. Airbourne - Running Wild
25. Klaxons - Magick
26. Bill Bailey - Das Hokey Kokey
27. LCD Soundsystem - No Love Lost
28. Laura Marling - My Manic and I
29. New Order - ICB
30. Girl Talk - Hands in the Air
31. Elvis Costello - Pump it Up
32. Five o'clock Heroes - Who feat Agyness Deyn
33. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
34. Be your own Pet - Fill my Pill
35. Foals - Cassius
36. Black Ghosts - Repition Kills You
And in light of the god darn brilliant Jay Z set at Glastonbury, I thought it fitting to post one of the songs up here, I mean it WAS awesomeness. I wish I could have witnessed it in person, not through a screen. Also to prove his amazing star power, I had never heard ANY of his songs other than Encore before and of course some of the ones he sampled like 'Back in Black' and 'Rehab', I loved every second of it, I think I need to get a couple of Jay Z albums.
37. Jay Z - 99 Problems/Back in Black (Live at Glastonbury 2008)
Enjoy!
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