March 11, 2014

More of the Austin 100. More new music. It's a good offset, one I need, to the stress of the average workday.

Comfy Coffins - Demitasse
Green - Diane Coffee
Messidona - Driver Friendly
Are You OK? - Dum Dum Girls
Possessed - Eagulls
Satellites - EMA
How Good Does it Feel - Empires
Gouge - Eternal Summers
Hot and Cold - Ex Hex
Goal - Football Etc.
Medusa - GEMS
We Are Alive - Golden Youth


There's more to come...

March 10, 2014

Music from NPR's Austin 100. Others that I've come across recently. There are a few occurrences of EDM, Trance, DnB, whatever you want to call it. This remains a genre that I enjoy upon occasion. I'm not completely gone into only that, but throw a little in for energy and dancing and it's hard to beat.

Also, the majority of these groups are brand new. I love throwing up a list that is 100% new artists to me. This one is. There's always new bands, new artists, new sounds.

Keep on listening.

Black Me Out - Against Me!
Divisionary (Do the Right Thing) - Ages And Ages
Endless Fantasy - Anamanaguchi
Hi-Five - Angel Olsen
Only So Much You Can Do - Archie Powell and the Exports
Going Home - Asgeir
On That Day - Asgeir
Summer Guest - Asgeir
Cold Chicory - Brass Bed
Are You With Me Now - Cate Le Bon
I'm Not Part of Me - Cloud Nothings

We got through the letter "C". More to come.

February 20, 2014

Just listening through a bunch of random songs and decided to start logging the ones that stuck out. I do my best to avoid any repeats.


Someday - Future of Forestry
Untitled #8 - Sigur Ros
Let Yourself Go - Green Day
Never Let Me Go - Florence and the Machine
Two Sides of Lonely - The Lone Bellow
Out the Airlock - Paul Dempsey
Through the Dirt and the Gravel - We Were Promised Jetpacks

January 8, 2014

New St. Vincent. New Bruce. Too many things going on at work. Life continues. and some more music that caught my ear.

Birth in Reverse - St. Vincent
Digital Witness - St. Vincent
Huey Newton - St. Vincent
Silver Timothy - Damien Jurado
Past Life - Lost in the Trees
The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen w/ Tom Morello (Wow!)

Finally posting a week late, but such is life.

It's Thanksgiving Eve. Stressed out from a super heavy workload, and from the prospect of spending time with family and all the difficulty it represents. Going out tonight to blow off steam, and working on Friday, so I'm not sure what the family time will be like. I always dread the worst in the hopes that I'll be surprised that it's not that bad. This time is no different. Seems highly unlikely that it will be good. And that makes the stress worse. Sigh. Happy Thanksgiving.




All You Need is Love - The Beatles
No Surprises - Radiohead
Even if We Try - Night Beds (Repeat - but it's too beautiful to not include)
Please Pass the Biscuits - Jimmy Dean
A Case of You - Joni Mitchell
Come Walk with Me - M.I.A.
So Rock On - Luscious Jackson
We Sink - CHVRCHES
Suddenly - Anna Calvi
Smug - Polica
Someone Who Can - Yuna
Truly Freaking Out - Tim Kasher

November 18, 2013

A chance to listen to the radio for a bit more than usual, in fact something I rarely have time for, yielded some good tunes, both old and new. Life continues to be about as busy as it can get. Thanksgiving and the holidays are around the corner. Some of these songs carry specific meaning to me, others caught my ear and seemed worth the listen and noting that I liked them.

(Flagpole Sitta of course contains the unforgettable and oh so appropriate lyric "... been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding...")


Harlem - New Politics
Hurricane - Ms Mr
A Matter of Time - The Killers
Little Black Submarines - The Black Keys
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
Misery Business - Paramore
Come Together - Sons of the Sea
I wanna be sedated - The Ramones
Is Your Love Big Enough - Lianne La Havas
Carry My Home - Hey Rosetta!
Open Season - High Highs

September 19, 2013

It's been a busy couple of months. Lots of things going on. Not enough time for much music at all. But there have been a few shiny new songs by some of my absolute favorites, and some new albums dropping soon. Anyway, here are those new ones, along with a bunch of obscure, but pretty decent stand-alones I found.

Reflektor - Arcade Fire
Hell and Back - The Airborne Toxic Event
Shot At The Night - The Killers
Maps - The Front Bottoms
Waterfall - The Fresh and Onlys
Hannah - Freelance Whales
Traveler's Song - Future of Forestry
Up, Up, Up - Givers
Hey Grace Hey Tony - Grace and Tony
Pulling on a Line - Great Lake Swimmers
Easy Come Easy Go - Great Lake Swimmers



There will be more....