December 18, 2014

2014 drawing to a close. Work has been demanding enough of my focus that I haven't been able to listen nearly as much as I would like.

Lots of music on NPR top album lists, top 20 lists etc... Here are some that caught my ear.


Traces of Our Tears - The Rentals
Coffee - Sylvan Esso
Carissa - Sun Kil Moon
The Body Electric - Small Town Heroes
Morning - Beck
Sparrow - Joe Henry
Full Stick - Herzog
Palace - The Antlers
Two Weeks - FKA Twigs
Dark Side of the Moon - Chris Staples
Small Window - Luluc
Archie, Marry Me - Alvvays
Soon Come Soon - Young Fathers
Cleopatra - Weezer

October 22, 2014

A handful of songs to jot down. Listened to the early stream of The Flaming Lips song by song recreation of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. Such a wonderful mixture of weird experimentation, Interesting Collaborations, and a fresh take on this much loved and familiar music. Worth a listen for any fans out there.



On The Rocks - The Rural Alberta Advantage
Paradise Girls - Deerhoof
It's Our Game - Helado Negro
Jackie and Wilson - Hozier
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Flaming Lips
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Flaming Lips
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Flaming Lips
Getting Better - The Flaming Lips
She's Leaving Home - The Flaming Lips
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite - The Flaming Lips
When I'm Sixty-Four - The Flaming Lips
Lovely Rita - The Flaming Lips
Sordid Affair - Röyksopp

October 13, 2014

I like ice cream a lot. I can eat ice cream about as fast as anyone I know. It is a talent / quirk / genetic predisposition. It is so tasty and creamy and rich, and sometimes gives you a headache. I've been listening to a log of EDM music lately, especially when I'm heads down working, concentrating on something else, Bass thumping in my brain and no need to concentrate. That's like ice cream - especially the headache part... It's tasty, It's enjoyable. but when you take in nothing but that for days on end after a while you start to get tired of it. I still like the lazy energy and catchy electro-sounds in EDM, I'll still enjoy it from time to time, but today I flipped over to a pandora channel spun from the National. As those first crunchy guitars, forlorn horns, and above all, lyrics with depth and meaning I realized again that this is more my speed / more of what it takes to keep my brain in the right place.

Here's a few songs, some new to me, some old favorites.



Take me to Church - Hozier
Satellite - Guster
Neigborhood #3 (Power Out) - Arcade Fire
For Emma - Bon Iver
Gospel - The National
Gone for Good - The Shins
Neighborhood #4 (Kettles) - Arcade Fire
Family Tree - TV on the Radio
1901 - Phoenix
We're Going to be Friends - White Stripes
Fiery Crash - Andrew Bird
Holocene - Bon Iver
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate - The Flaming Lips
New Slang - The Shins
As Tall As Cliffs - Margot and the Nuclear So and So's




Plenty more to come in the days ahead.

October 7, 2014

Way way too busy. Pressure raising a bit at work. Have just completed a pretty intense 2 month long period where I couldn't listen to music much at all. Getting just a little these days. Will drop some that I found interesting lately below....

Interesting Mix from ASC. Some electronic twists in there. Not necessarily my favorite, but interesting to say the least.

Little Maggie - Robert Plant
Taranta - Mina Tindle
Nose Grows Some - Thom Yorke
CIRCLONT14 [152.97] [shrymoming mix] - Aphex Twin
The Night is Young - The Two Bears
The Way He Looks at Me - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Form by Firelight - Jon Hopkins
Come Unwound - The Bulls
What You Think I Am - The Choir
Two Clouds Are One - The Choir
White Knuckles - The Choir

August 27, 2014

Weird mood. First week of school, Occasional bursts of strong emotion. Chance to work with headphones blaring out the outside world. Stumbled upon the 100 best alternative songs from 1994. There are a handful I really like. A bunch I don't. Interpol has some shiny new music that comes out soon. Here are a few songs that caught my ear.




Loser - Beck
Undone-The Sweater Song - Weezer
Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins
My Desire - Interpol
Everything is Wrong - Interpol
Ancient Ways - Interpol
Tidal Wave - Interpol

More later.

August 18, 2014

Busy several weeks, haven't had a great deal of time for music. Had a few minutes this morning and found myself enjoying the latest EP from Sonic Youth, that glorious fuzzy music that washes over you and gives aid to the aspects of wistfulness and distraction that never seem to clear up. My Bloody Valentine may be added to the playlist quickly.

Been feeling like life is flashing past at far to high a rate of speed to keep up with. Music lets my enjoy what moments I can in real time before they are all too quickly gone.


Firecracker - Sonic Youth
Wild Roads - Sonic Youth
You Know Where to Find Me - Imogen Heap
The Listening Chair - Imogen Heap
Minds without Fear - Imogen Heap
The Devil is All Around - Shovels & Rope
Bridge on Fire - Shovels & Rope
Evil - Shovels & Rope
After the Storm - Shovels & Rope
I'm Leaving - Low Roar
Tonight Tonight Tonight - Low Roar

July 31, 2014

Tough couple weeks. Not getting as much music as I wish. Getting lost in music is important for me and when I don't have that chance things are harder. It's the way I lose myself for small bits of time. The songs that seem to be catching my ear today are unfamiliar songs by favorite and comfortable bands. Ready for the weekend!


Think You Can Wait (From the Film "Win Win") - The National
Anna Freud - The National
Little Faith - The National
The First Song - Band of Horses
Love Like a Sunset Part II - Pheonix
Lasso - Pheonix
Eyes - Rogue Wave
Phantom Limb - The Shins
When I'm Small - Phantogram
Under the Milky Way - Starflyer 59
Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) - The Pixies