I’m going through all the music that I liked as a little kid. I still knew all the words to this.
Shock Nagasaki - Get High On Low Society
Isle of the Damned (Chrono Cross OST by Yasunori Mitsuda)
One of the best game soundtracks of all time.
Little Bit - Lykke Li
Genre: Pop, indie rock, electronic
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Next Step: I’m Good, I’m Gone; Get Some
This is in the queue so I can criticize it. Normally I like Lykke Li and indeed, I’m impartial to almost all female vocalists and music with a light, airy sound. However, this never really connects. There is no moment that sucks you into the experience and thus the piece suffers by becoming a bit of mental background fluff.
Listen and see if you don’t agree.
“Music on headphones has the power to change monotonous daily walks home or to the grocery store into a secret cinematic, meaningful adventure of which the listener is the only one aware. I’ve often thought about that with my headphones on – how a certain song can infuse so much meaning into a homeless person begging for change, the cars passing by, or a crowded downtown sidewalk, for example – but I’ve also thought it funny that no one has any idea about the world of meaning I’m currently swimming in. It’s sweet to be able to share that feeling, for once, by watching this video.”
Yes it is.
Woods aren’t just a band, they’re a thriving industry. Singer Jeremy Earl runs the semi-legendary Woodsist (Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, Wavves) and Fuck It Tapes labels. Guitarist Jarvis Taveniere has played with Wooden Wand, and tape manipulator G. Lucas Crane indulges in a side…
Maybe I will start doing reviews soon.
don’t look back. | telepopmusik.
Been tripping on a lot of acid all day, and I must admit. Telepopmusik is a w e so m e .
I love the airiness of this.
I just got the idea, how I can hear the same song, but completely differently depending on the medium in which I am listening to that song. For instance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI2zR_gMaTc&feature=player_embedded#at=32
That ^^^ is a link to a NOFX song. If you listen with or without…
This is music 101, but I’m reblogging it because people so frequently forget to realize how different a song can sound when played through one medium or another.
This is what Daft Punk used to do. It’s what they should be doing now, but instead this guy is doing it. I think we should crown him the new king of being the old Daft Punk.
Axwell-Heart is King
Merrie Melodies
I really hate when my friends say that my music isn’t happy. I don’t consider 99% of those mainstream songs to be happy. They’re just about “love” and “sex”. Are those really happy? Or are they just reminding you of something you don’t have. Listening to The Smashing Pumpkins for a couple hours makes me the happiest person ever. So how isn’t it happy? I think we all need to try out a genre of music that we don’t consider to be good music.
I think it’s all about how emotions overlap for people. Pop is obsessed with romance and sex because 98% of people have positive emotions associated with that. Genres like punk on the other hand, satisfy people who are able to associate happiness with things like anger or violence (and really, who can’t on some level). Metal works for people who like “metal” experiences and so on and so forth.
I remember when I was just a boy, I utterly despised any kind of modern music until I was 11 or 12. I would wail and ask people to shut it off because, quite frankly, it hurt my ears. But I think the reason I hated it so much was because I couldn’t relate. I didn’t understand the machismo of rock or the passion of bad pop music because I hadn’t had those experiences. When my life broadened a bit (ie, my parents finally stopped censoring the world for me) I was able to comprehend a broader range of music and the first thing I fell in love with was punk… because I associated it with getting revenge on the kids who bullied me in middle school.
I said modern music by the way because, interestingly, I was just fine with classical stuff. Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, and the rest were apparently great for me perhaps because they were so neutral but more because their music revolved around natural themes, I think, which is something any child should be able to relate to.
Of course, this theory of mine has just one gaping hole and I’ll try to cover it up before I leave. What about sad music? Sad experiences obviously aren’t ones that have good feelings associated with them, so why do people enjoy music about misery? My guess is that the music emulates not the experience itself but that of sympathy. It’s much like talking with someone who has suffered in the same way you have… which might be why some teenagers describe certain bands as “their best friends” and become so utterly devoted to them.
So there you have it. I think being able to love a wide-range of music is the mark of a broadly experienced individual but if you happen to love only one or two, there’s nothing wrong with that. It might just be a sign that you’re a person with singularly strong emotions.
EDIT: I reblogged you twice because I accidentally put the first post into my main blog. I trust you’re not offended, beyondthelook.
Yonkers - Tyler the Creator
Tyler the Creator is probably the rapper that feels the most “authentic” to me. In no way does he seem over-the-top or exaggerated except in the ways that he chooses and that suggest he works with complete artistic liberty to me.
The Big Pink- Dominoes
Back in the good old days (early 2008 to 2009) indie darlings Vampire Weekend were involved in something of a kerfuffle just a month after releasing their first album and were forced to spend most of the year recuperating. These guys (the Big Pink) were one of the groups hailed as their replacements by the likes of Pitchfork. Of course, it never happened, but the song is still fun to look back on, in a way.
