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!