singles you should know
April 7, 2008
When Poison ruled the world…and my pants. It’s painful to watch Rock of Love now, knowing what once was.
singles you should know
April 5, 2008
Who doesn’t have love for Styx?
singles you should know
March 14, 2008
02-shes-my-man.mp3
I have no idea why the Scissor Sister’s second album Tah-Dah got no love. But this is my favorite track from it. Elton John should sue them for stealing his voice.
The Von Bondies
March 12, 2008
I am luh.ving. the new EP from THe Von Bondies, We Are Kamikazes Aiming Straight for Your Heart. It’s weird because it sounds totally different from their original stuff, which was very bluesy. With each release, they sound more and more and more traditional indie rick. That could be bad, but they do it well. In the sea of musical mediocrity, it is nice to hear a release (albeit only 4 songs) where it is riprocking awesomeness the whole way through. It sounds like Interpol meets The White Stripes.
01-pale-bride.mp3
02-21st-birthday.mp3
03-wake-me-up.mp3
04-i-dont-wanna.mp3
just ’cause
March 10, 2008
Some random good songs.
the-strokes-new-york-city-cops.mp3 (The Strokes b-side)
05-tropicana.mp3 (Ratatat)
tell-me-this-night-is-over.mp3 (The Ark)
08-make-your-own-kind-of-music.mp3 (for all Lost fans)
2-06-strawberry-fields-forever.mp3 (the only good song from Across the Universe)
02-i-want-to-hold-your-hand.mp3 (another one)
06-going-to-pasalacqua.mp3 (one of my favorite Green Day Songs)
08-jar-jason-andrew-relva.mp3 (Green Day)
We should be dead.
March 2, 2008
I’ve been hating music lately, and I’ve even resorted to listening to Cyndi Lauper’s greatest hits because I am bored with all my crrent music. One band that has stood out for me is the Irish band We Should Be Dead. Not of the pretentious noise-pop hipster stff, it’s just a throwback to pop and bbblegum music, played on indie instruments.
I’ve uploaded the album “Forget Romance, Let’s Dance” here but I’m taking it down in a few days.
MGMT
January 25, 2008
I really was trying to ignore the band MGMT, and now I have let my guard down and this album really should have been in my top ten of 2007. I have tried to not like it because I actually know the band. Not that they could pick me out of a lineup, but I have interacted with them when they went to school at a place a I used to work. I found them to be stand-offish and a little bit hipster elitist. (Exhibit A) The one guy was shirtless and wearing a fur stole, for one. But, their stuff is just too good to resist. Their album Oracular Spectacular is a perfect blend of radio-friendly pop melodies, electronica and quirkiness. These two songs are the best on the album. You’ll want to listen to “kids” on a loop. I did.
01-time-to-pretend.mp3
05-kids.mp3
good cover
January 14, 2008
I just had to post this song
January 7, 2008
because it makes my crappy little life just a little more bearable.
It’s Lily Allen covering ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky”.
01-mr-blue-sky.mp3
2008- looking good already
December 29, 2007
I’ve already heard several great albums from 2008, and this is one of them. Funny, I never really liked the Magnetic Fields before this. Stepen Merritt, the brainchild behind the MFs, is kind of an overrated songwriter. It was kind of an indie-rock staples that I never really understood. Arguably this album sounds very similar to their others, but it’s the only one I like and it’s frigging good. You know how I am bad at decribing music, but it sounds kind of like a modern synth-pop version of the Beach Boys.
Also, I am deleting the link in a few days. Click here and change the “xx” to “tt.
come on feel it feel it
December 28, 2007
I had to post this because I just heard it on the radio on my drive home.
Um, when you think about it, the song is actually pretty fucking fantastic. Who woulda thunk we would have gotten an Oscar-nominated actor out of that one?
for all the goyim
December 24, 2007
I mentioned this Xmas rap song a while back, but someone pointed me towards a video of it. THe boys have the same message to all of my Jesus-worshipping friends as I do: have a funky, funky Christmas. I really meant it.
I love the nineties
December 9, 2007
02-volcano-girls.mp3
04-guns_n_roses-dont_cry_original-iro.mp3
05-jennifers-body.m4a
04-santa-monica.mp3
boom-boom-i-want-you-in-my.mp3
ghetto-superstar.mp3
02-say-youll-be-there.mp3
The only Xmas songs I can tolerate
December 3, 2007
Having never celebrated Christmas, there’s a lot I just don’t get. Don’t you ever get sick of Christmas music? Hearing the same songs year after year? Do you realize that they are terrible? I want to kill whoever wrote “Jingle Bell Rock”….I just checked Wikipedia. It’s some guys from the !960s. And everyone who sings “Silent Night” is totally out of tune- that’s a hard key to sing in. Aren’t there any new Christmas songs that catch on and become tradition? I thought it would be “This One’s For the Children” but I guess I was wrong. Okay, Okay, there are three songs that I can stand to hear during Christmastime. I would love to see
U2, christmas-baby-please-come-home.mp3
Yes, I know this is a cover. But back when U2 weren’t making ipods they made it really kick ass.
Mariah Carey, all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you.mp3
I think this song was designed by scientists from Nasa to make it impossible to hate it.
No Doubt, oi-to-the-world.mp3
If you can believe it, once upon a time, No Doubt was a ska band and Gwen Stefani’s ego was not as big. If all Xmas music was like this, I’d put on my checkered suspenders and docs and totally convert.
list: underappreciated New Kids on the Block songs
November 13, 2007
I recently acquired the digital albums of the days of yore. Realizing that there are some gems on these that didn’t get ENOUGH airplay. I am here to bring these to the surface! It’s only fair!
Who was Maurice Starr fooling? This is basically New Edition’s “Candy Girl” made for white kids.
08-i-wanna-be-loved-by-you.mp3
The boys really spill their hearts out in this one. Each one gets a whole section to themselves, and they tell us their astrological sign and a lil more about what makes them tick. Highlight: Joey M. is all “I’m just a kid”. You can hear him thinking, “Mom, I don’t want to be in the band anymore! Take me home!” Also, I was so pumped that Donnie and I are both Leos. Who am I kidding? I still pumped about that!
Everyone needs a song that explains the raison d’etre behind their band. And one with some very bad rapping.
Omg, not only the best NKOTB songs ever, but maybe one of the best songs ever. This was a hit, but it wasn’t crazy huge, like all the ones that Jordan sang. It has a rocking guitar solo too. And it actually is pretty good, for a pop song.
I always liked this one. It seemed…really intense.
This was showed how mature the guys were. They also stray from many NKOTB canons that we have come to know and love. Firstly, an intro on a mandolin. Then, they sing about the trials and tribulations of being famous, and reminiscing about their expansive career. Then, a full orchestra backing up the chorus! Highlight: “See the girls with the curls in their hair/the buttons and the pins and the loud fanfare”. It’s very Kafka-esque for them to acknowledge their own fame and cultural mark. Trippy.
Jon Knight was getting mad that he really never sang or did anything useful in the band. So they gave him a solo song, and figured they had to give him something simple. It’s not the Happy Birthday song you are thinking of; it’s a blatant ripoff of “Earth Angel”. Why did no one ever pick up on that?
I listened to the shit out of the Xmas album, much to the chagrin of my Jewish parents. This one gives me the biggest douche chills when I listen to it now. Yes, it’s a rap about Christmas. Complete with one of the guys talking is stupid funk voices, which is actually a bit racist. I can’t really make fun too much, because when I was in synagogue choir, we also did a Jewish rap song, about being “Holy…Holy…we shall be holy.” I know my brother can back me up on this one.
Bedouin Soundclash
November 1, 2007
What is with all these AMAZING albums I am discovering at the end of the year? It’s messing up my list. Bedouin Soundclash is fantastic. I guess I would call it ska-reggae-indie-pop hybrid. I just made up a genre. I have been listening to it nonstop.
[BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH; Street Gospels]
totally blowing my mind right now.
October 29, 2007
This may seriously take my #1 of the year spot. Maybe I am just totally in lust with it. Think Beirut (Zach Condon plays on a few tracks) times a thousand times more awesome. Even the name of the band/album name is the most awesome thing I’ve heard in years.
songs of the day (Brit version)
October 24, 2007
02-judas.mp3 (THE CHARLATANS UK)
02-in-your-world.mp3 (MUSE)
19-twenty-years.mp3 (PLACEBO)
03-passover.mp3 (JOY DIVISION)
new and awesome
October 20, 2007
[COBRA STARSHIP; Viva la Cobra!]
Also, Bloc Party already have a new single circulating- “Flux“. Didn’t their last album just come out about five minutes ago? Why am I complaining?
In
October 18, 2007
Great albums have been popping up in the last few weeks, which is great but it is totally throwing off my end of the year list. Here’s some recs.
Kenna, Make Sure They See My Face
Totally blows my mind. Some electronic, some punk, some pop. 03-loose-wires_blink-radio.mp3
The Hives, The Black and White Album
People are going to rip this a new one, but the Hives will alwsys be in my heart. This one is a bit more produced than their previous stuff, but it sounds good really loud. 03-you-got-it-all-wrong.mp3
The Mary Ornettes, The Mary Ornettes
I don’t know if this band is even signed yet. 09-the-mary-onettes-under-the-guillotine.mp3
Say Hi to Your Mom, The Wishes and the Glitch
She Wants Revenge, This Is Forever
This one is kind of a guilty pleasure. This is what it would sound like if Interpol and Evanescence formed a supergroup.
Other stuff that is supposed to be good but not that good actually:
The Dykeenies, Nothing Means Everything: great name, boring stuff.
Metro Station, Metro Station: If this were 1989 and I lived in New Jersey, I would love it.
Foo Fighters, Echoes Silence Patience & Grace: Why the fuck are the Foo fighters still releasing albums?
Gravy Train!!!, All The Sweet Stuff; all the kids in Misshapes love it.
song of the day
October 10, 2007
Seriously, I don’t understand the Future Bible Heroes. I can’t even say that I can listen to an album of theirs the whole way through. Something about this one makes me keep coming back. I want to form a band immediately and perform it.
06-im-a-vampire.mp3 (FUTURE BIBLE HEROES)
song of the day
October 9, 2007
death-cab-for-cutie-little-boxes.mp3 (DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE covering the Weeds theme song)
01-lloyd-im-ready-to-be-heartbroken.mp3 (CAMERA OBSCURA)
10-let-me-sleep-next-to-the-mirr.mp3 (IDLEWILD)
by request
October 8, 2007
Seriously…only because it was requested. Not like I would listen to it or anything….
songs of the day
October 7, 2007
cobra-starship-guilty-pleasure.mp3 [COBRA STARSHIP][It's from their upcoming album. I likes it.]
08-glamorous-indie-rock-roll.mp3 [THE KILLERS][This was not on either of their albums, but it should be. Despite Brandon Flowers douchiness, he's got one hellavuh voice.]
06-im-a-vampire.mp3 [FUTURE BIBLE HEROES][This song is kinda wtf. But eerily good.]
