December 19, 2009

Christmas time, Snowstorm has descended and left the world white. The past few weeks have been busy ones but time keeps on rolling along. The end of the year brings retrospectives of what music has been important over the past year. Here are some songs that I've enjoyed hearing.

Satellite Skin - Modest Mouse

Sick Muse - Metric

French Navy - Camera Obscura

You are the Blood - Sufjan Stevens

Say Please - Monsters of Folk

Eet - Regina Spektor

Wilco - Wilco

Hand Me Down - Visqueen

Blood Part 2 - Buck 65

Take a Minute - K'Naan

I am a Pilot - Fanfarlo

Kettering - The Antlers

Winds Dark Poem - Mt. Airy

Blue Skies - Noah and the Whale

Coast of Carolina - Telekineses

November 19, 2009

Time Flies, Music is always there, but the impetus to post isn't. Here are a few songs, some old faves, some brand new finds.

Your Personal Penguin - Davy Jones (My daughter's favorite song)
Domino - The Big Pink
Velvet - The Big Pink
Smile Like You Mean It - The Killers
Losing Touch - The Killers
Strawberry Swing - Coldplay (Live from LeftRightLeftRight)
Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Mercy Now - Mary Gauthier

August 24, 2009

Whew. Time is just flying by. Today our baby girl turns 4 months. I'll list a few notable events of the past few months...

• Lots of Baby Stuff
• New roof on our house
• Started up our fishtank again
• 2 of my fave people spent 9 weeks away in Europe
• Attended Green Day Concert in Philadelphia with one of my best friends
  
• Have enjoyed reasonably stable outlook all summer.
  
• Lots and lots of music... some of it listed below.
  

Help I'm Alive - Metric
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived - Weezer
Fix You - Coldplay
Kristy, Are You Doing OK? - The Offspring
The Mountain - Heartless Bastards
Dustland Fairytale - The Killers
Last of the American Girls - Green Day
21 Guns - Green Day
Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Rake Song - The Decemberists
Sons and Daughters - The Decemberists
The Calculation - Regina Spektor
Laughing with - Regina Spektor
Study War - Moby
Zombie - The Cranberries
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns

May 23, 2009

Busy busy months. On April 24 our daughter was born. Since then life has been a blur of middle of the night feedings and too many things to reach around to. Lots of good music to contemplate though, I'll try to list a few that are working for me right now.

Missy - Airborne Toxic Event

You're moving on - Airborne Toxic Event

Wishing Well - Airborne Toxic Event

The Wanting Comes in Waves - The Decemberists

The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists

Annan Water - The Decemberists

15 Minutes Away - K'Naan

Viva la Vida - Coldplay (Live from LeftRightLeftRight)

March 29, 2009

It's so refreshing when new music pops up and you realize that there are still songs being written that you can identify with and let yourself go and enjoy them... Avidly followed a lot of the music and podcasts out of SXSW and heard a lot of great stuff there. Also took advantage of a CD laying around from one of my dear SIL's friends, ripped it, and fell in love with the album. so...

Poison - Shiny Toy Guns
Money for That - Shiny Toy Guns
When did this storm begin - Shiny Toy Guns
Blown Away - Shiny Toy Guns
Frozen Oceans - Shiny Toy Guns
Fuck You - Lily Allen
Furr - Blitzen Trapper
White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
The Mountain - Heartless Bastards
Dreamer - K'Naan

Feb. 4, 2009

So January flew by, but 2009 has started with some amazing times. Some songs below are included with a nod to the inaguration of a new president, some reflecting improved family and emotional stability, and some just 'cause I like 'em.

Bruises - Chairlift

Yellow - Coldplay
The Scientist - Coldplay
Spaceman - The Killers
Rivers of Babylon - Boney M
We shall overcome - Pete Seeger
This land is your land - Pete Seeger
We are the champions - Queen