Fun New Tunes For Ears Wide!

I hope you, whoever you are, can enjoy my new favorites!!

• Hella - Welcome To The Jungle Baby, You're Gonna Live!
• The Sound of Animals Fighting - Prayers On Fire
• Polysics - TV'S HIGH
• Voxtrot - Soft & Warm
• Portugal. The Man - AKA M80 the Wolf

The Hella song has been a frequent play on my iPod for quite some time now. Your expectations will be fooled in this song with intricate drum patterns and a mix between simple and tech guitar riffs. The song ends with some distorted 8-bit mush. Good mush though!! I don't know about you, but I love the gameboy timbres incorporated into music. A link to The Devil Isn't Red, from the Hella website, reveals that the album can be purchased for $10.

"Prayers On Fire" will be unpleasing to unbroken-in American ears. The sounds are very alien to us, different culture!! But to the open minded listener, this song will be a nice groove. Got some Indian feel to it, some sweet arrangements, and it's the Sound of Animals Fighting, so it's good! Lover, The Lord Has Left Us can be purchased here.

Polysics is a very fun electro-spazzy-pop band from japan. "TV'S HIGH" is such an energetic crazy song. I love it much! I don't want to spoil it much more! (Polysics' website)

"Soft & Warm" is a catchy song. The vocal pattern is especially pleasing. The rhodes riff sounds pretty nice too. The song is mostly powered by the good vocals. Voxtrot just released an LP. Their music can be purchased from their website.

"AKA M80 the Wolf" is such a good song. I have loved Portugal. The Man for quite some time. This is one of the only good bands I've had the honor of seeing live. It was a nice show!! This song is so good with the mysterious mood that Celebration and Blood Brothers are known for and a catchy chorus. Take a listen for yourself though. Waiter: "You Vultures!" can be purchased for under $10 at CdConnection.

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This british film has sparked a lot of controversy. Some of this controversy is actually surfacing the mainstream. I recommend you watch this, especially if you've already seen Al Gore's "An Inconvient Truth".

Breakthrough memories and recent favorites

I have a lot of space from the hosting site FileDen so I decided I would make another blog entry. I am already eager to share more music with anyone interested.

• The Fiery Furnaces - My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found
  
• Blood Brothers - You're The Dream, Unicorn!
• Architecture In Helsinki - Spring 2008
  
• Death Cab for Cutie - We Laugh Indoors (Alt Mix From The Single We Laugh Indoors)
  
• Arcade Fire - I'm Sleeping In A Submarine

I woke up this morning from a dream with "You're The Dream, Unicorn!" stuck in my head. It is an interesting Blood Brothers song from their latest release Young Machetes. The song borrows a punk appearance with the band's spastic experimental type of music. Young Machetes can be purchased from MerchDirect as linked from Blood Brothers' website.

Architecture In Helsinki's "Sping 2008" has stuck out in my music library for awhile. I remember when I first listened to the album Fingers Crossed I had never heard a band make a song like that before. Very outdoor-sun-pop feeling. The choice of instruments used by Architecture In Helsinki has always been a quality I found in them. Fingers Crossed can be purchased from the band's online store.

"I'm Sleeping In A Submarine" is a breezey pop song lead by an acoustic guitar, female vocals, and a bass drum that amplifies during the chorus. The song is unique for its mixing. The acoustic guitar is mixed into the background causing it to sound like a 8-track recorded it or a toy guitar was used. The vocal pattern is especially nice. Arcade Fire can be purcashed at Arcade Fire's online store.

I remember laying in bed one morning and first hearing The Photo Album. I always consider it the middle point of Death Cab for Cutie's transformation. When the third track from the album came up, "We Laugh Indoors", I was confused. I never would have expected this from Death Cab with only the experience of hearing Transatlanticism. It was an eerie song with an emotional dissonant climax. It was a breakthrough in music for me, because I had never heard anything like that before. The mix of "We Laugh Indoors" I posted is a revised mix from the single We Laugh Indoors. The single can be purchased from stores like Amazon.com.

I almost forgot "My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found", which was what inspired me to make another blog entry. The song is very interesting. It is blues-type chord progressions beginning on a grand piano and works through electric guitar, unique timbres from electronic effects, and a poppy vocal pattern. The song's tempo slows down as the guitar comes in, but the vocals almost sound to go the same speed. You have to hear it, the line "My dog was lost but now he's found, my dog was lost but now he's found" was stuck in my head all of yesterday. Blueberry Boat can be purchased from sites like Amazon.com.

Just Created This Blog

Hi, I just created this blog. I want to use this as an mp3 blog to spread some good music around. I will include links to places where you can purchase the artists' album(s). Some of the following songs I've just discovered and some are just ones I've been listening to over and over lately.

• The Polyphonic Spree - Little Boxes
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan Said Dance
• Squirrel Nut Zippers - Wash Jones
• Page France - Elephant
• Of Montreal - Oslo In The Summertime

"Oslo In The Summertime" and "Satan Said Dance" are two dancey songs. They have a cool vibe of energy patched with various sounds and electronic processing. "Elephant" is a folk song with an interesting twist. The chord progression is not a usual one of folk music, while keeping true to the vocal patterns found in other Page France songs. The instruments varry from acoustic guitar, to tambourine, to overdriven bass guitar. "Little Boxes" is a song set in 3/4 with a kind of voyage rhythm and driven by vocals and horns. The lyrics, I think, are about people who are products of their enviornments. "Wash Jones" is a retro swing song that keeps a bopping mood while bringing your imagination into the 1920s or 30s. All these songs are unique and should be heard. If you enjoy these songs then visit these blog in the future for more music along these lines.

You can purchase The Inevitable from CdConnection for cheap. I think you have to register an account with them. Some Loud Thunder can be purchased at here. This is the store that is linked on Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's website. You can buy Islands' album Return To The Sea from Amazon. Albums by The Polyphonic Spree can be found there as well. You can purchase Hello, Dear Wind by Page France from their record label.