January 3, 2012

I love when a song stops you in your tracks and begs you to go get the album so you can hear more. Sometimes music grows its way into your heart, and sometimes you just know that you are destined to love it for a long time. A lot like people I suppose. And also like people, music comes and goes. Sometimes you're close to it and what it says and means is very real to you, and other times there is distance. I always love when music closes the distance and speaks directly to my soul. (again - like people)

You want the Candy - The Raveonettes

Cruel - St Vincent

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - Coldplay

Teeth - Lady Gaga

There are always more, but I wanted to throw a few songs up and I'll get back to it and hopefully post sooner than later.

September 28, 2011 (Part B)

Couldn't help but jot down a few more as they came across. There's so much good music out there, and I only have the time and ability to learn a small amount of it, so when I hear it I want to make note of it right away.

Silence - Herzog

Tongue Tied - Grouplove

Begin to Begin - REM

Crystal Meth Christian - Teddybears

Kids - Wilderness

Act on Impulse - We Were Promised Jetpacks

The Sea - Exit Music

Halfway - Milagres

September 28, 2011

Wow. I don't do this enough. Music lately has ended up on the back burner as I focus on getting through the rest of life, something that has been going mostly ok. My belief though is that music can help you through the ups and downs of life, and I need to take the time for music, for thinking, and for writing much more than I have recently. Anyway, here are a few songs, new to me, that I have enjoyed. Thanks again to NPR's All Songs Considered.

Home - Lisa Hannigan

Come to Mary - Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

Hysterical - Clap your Hands Say Yeah

By Your Hand - Los Campesinos

Chair - Big Deal

Twins - Gem Club

Video Games - Lana Del Rey

Mona Lisa - Atlas Sound

Terra Incognita - Atlas Sound

It's Real - Real Estate

My Day - Cosmo Jarvis

Keep Time - Gauntlet Hair

Replicate - Fanfarlo

December 13, 2010

Missing loved ones who are far away, wishing things would happen for some loved ones closer, and waiting to see other loved ones at the holidays. It's always a good time for music. These all (with the exception of Jonsi) are brand new to me, Thanks All Songs Considered.

Apply - Glasser

I'll keep it with mine - Dean and Britta

The Bold Arrow of Time - Tame Impala

The End - Best Coast

A Room where your Paintings Hang - Lost in the Trees

Go Do - Jonsi

I Get Nervous - Lower Dens

Love More - Sharon Van Etten

November 5, 2010

Remember remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot...

Quote referring to the Guy Fawkes plot and used to great impact in the graphic novels and movie "V for Vendetta". Well that's today. I remembered it, but didn't mark it with a bonfire or anything other then doing a bunch of chores around the house. But this blog is about music and I'll post a few songs that have knocked my socks off recently. I'm always trying to find music that I've never heard before. Much of it is forgettable, but there are myriads of songs that speak to me now and many more that will in the future, I just haven't heard them yet.

Gasoline Heaven - Bellflur

Arcade - The Capitalist Youth

Never Ever Ever Ever Again - Siskiyou

Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons

All is Love - Karen O and the Kids

Gaze - Suuns

The Disaster - The Kopecky Family Band

A More Perfect Union - Titus Andronicus

It's Okay - Land of Talk

Reprise - Sherlock's Daughter

August 9, 2010

Well a lot of time has passed, and while I haven't had much to say in this space, music continues to be a profound influence in my life. I've listened to lots and lots, liked much of it and will list some of it here. Some music has been there during some low, depression filled times, and some has helped me get through it and keep going even when it would be easier not to. My suggestion would continue to be listen to as much music as you can, like what you like, and always see what else is out there.

This next week looks like it holds more challenges in trying to keep a good face forward. I'm sure music will be as important as ever. Anyways... here's the list.

Pink City - Secret Cities

SDP - The Kissaway Trail

The Cave - Mumford and Sons

Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells

Born Free - MIA

I get Nervous - Lower Dens

Coquette, Coquette - Of Montreal

New Goodbye - Hey Rosetta

And he slayed her - Liz Phair

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