Konichiwa bitches.
I ‘ve been listening to A LOT of music lately, especially since I got back from the legendary Sasquatch Music Festival! AMAZING. Out of this world. I only like to rub it in cos it was awesome.
That festival, well all music festivals in general to be honest, open me up to new music every single time, without fail. Thats is mostly because I like to check out the new indie bands! what a concept. Despite that it seems every year since my university days I’ve been losing my edge on the latest greatest musical happenings. I would usually know every band that was performing, but this time no idea. So thank God for music festivals as they reaffirm my faith in modern music. Plus it’s nice to see hot girls actually dance to decent tunes, not just to the latest club crap phenom. Kid Cudi day and night does my head in.
The other thing is there is just so much music available out there nowadays. YEAH I said it! So stop listening to the radio! I recently checked out my last.fm account and I listen to about 514 artists apparently. THAT BLOWS MY MIND!! I could only go in detail for about 20 of those bands, as I used to buy cds by them… Remember those? Its funny when you buy a cd you actually feel like more connected to them, or at least I did. You would sit down and really appreciate the music more, learn about the band, probably because you invested money in it so better be half decent. I’d only buy it anyways after downloading the tracks. Thats a different topic for another time. Anyways back to there being so much god damn music out there ….there are bands popping out of every freaking corner of the Earth. There could be skinny kids in a garage right now in Bumhole, America uploading the “next” sound onto their myspace page, you know a little dash of Neds Atomic Dustbin and Devendra Banhart. Mad fer it.
BTW: Devendras remix of of Get Off Your High Horse Lady by Oasis is unreal, Noel sounds like a sherpa shouting from the Himalayan mountain tops. EPIC.
Which reminds me, I love the buzz I get when I hear a killer tune for the first time. Nothing beats it, always feels like a sound from another universe. The first time I heard Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles, despite the tune being 40 years old, my jaw dropped. Well okay it didn’t literally drop, but I played it 20 times after that in a row. It was a definite whoa experience. And thats whats it all about, not the soul destroying music they play on the radio. I need to get XFM….
my itunes playlist: Mostly all new tracks, but also a lot from 2008 and 2007.
- The Music – The Spike
- Young Knives – Up All Night
- The Tough Alliance – Something Special
- Franz Ferdinand – Lucid Dreams
- The Fratellis – My Friend John
- Oasis/Devendra Banhart Mix – (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady
- Shearwater – Red Sea, Black Sea
- Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were Made For You
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life
- Herman Dune – 1 2 3 Apple Tree
- Okkervil River – Lost Coastlines
- Noah and the Whale – 5 Years Time
- Black Kids – Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo)
- The Raconteurs – Many Shade of Black
- Caribou – Melody Day
- Office – If You Don’t Know By Now
- M. Ward – Never Had Nobody Like You (ft. Zooey Deschanel)
- Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head – Me + Yr Daughter
- Dent May & Magnificent Ukulele – Meet Me in the Garden
- Gogol Bordello – Start Wearing Purple
- Arthur & Yu – There are too Many Birds
- Grizzly Bear – On A Neck, On A Spit
- Fleet Foxes – Blue Ridge Mountains
- The Dutchess and the Duke – Reservoir Park
- The Submarines – You, Me & The Bourgeoisie
- Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes
- Beach House – Used to Be
- Bishop Allen – Middle Management
- John Vanderslice – The Parade
- Loch Lomond – Northern, Knees, Trees and Lights
- Blk Jks – Lakeside
- Deadmau5 – Ghosts N Stuff
- Girl Talk – Still Here
- Santigold – Unstoppable
- Silversun Pickups – Growing Old is Getting Old
- Ra Ra Riot – Each Year
- Kings of Leon – Crawl
- Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – Anchors Dropped
- Devotchka – The Clockwise Witness
- Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer
- Bon Iver – For Emma
- The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight
- Deerhoof – Offend Maggie
- The Decemberists – O Valencia
- St. Vincent – Now Now
- Passion Pit – I’ve Got Your Number
- Viva Voce – When Planets Collide
- The Dodos – Ashley
- Of Montreal – Heimdalsgate like a Promethean Curse
- Vampire Weekend – M79
- Hockey – Too Fake
- Doves – Kingdom of Rust
* I could make this into playlist that is downloadable if there is any interest. woo
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