Music for the jilted [me], August 2nd
In keeping with my previous Xanga-based commitment to list my top 10 or top 5 songs of the week, here are 10 songs that are getting me through studying, songs which I will in the future be unable to listen to without spasming.
In no particular order:
Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" - The first time I ever heard this song, Jeff Buckley was already long-dead. The slow guitar and the spacy vocals make it sound like he's singing to you from beyond the grave. Probably had the same effect when he was still alive.
Feist "One Evening" - This artist has literally done it all, musically speaking, and this album reflects it. Recorded in Paris, the variety of styles ranges from lo-fi folk to, like this song, really smooth and sexy R&B, all the songs sounding like one uniform style, which is hard to manage. Her style isn't that she has no style, it's simply style. This song almost makes me want to meet someone new. Almost.
Metric "Succexy" - I'm a sucka for corn-rows and manicured toes... and chick singers fronting an alternative band (ho).
The Engineers "Forgiveness" - Calling them the shoegazing version of Coldplay is a really unfair comparison; these guys are nothing short of amazing. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but for those of you that are fans of really spacy, melodic, uplifting dream rock, and yes, Coldplay, then you'll most likely dig this track. My song of the week.
Sia "Don't Bring Me Down" - Australian singer who's worked with Zero 7 on numerous singles. If you like Zero 7... I'll let you figure out the rest.
Thursday "Autobiography Of A Nation" - Stop dishing on these guys and give them a chance. Despite what everyone says, they manage to stand out from the rest of the crowd (you know which crowd) for being pretty original. Either way you look at it, this song is pretty epic.
Longwave "Wake Me When It's Over" - Shoegaze is and was a pretty maligned form of the underground rock scene. Once again, probably not for everyone. But, it's for me. The guitar riff in the beginning has been stuck in my head since 3:14pm on Sunday. If the Killers had a love child with Brian Eno and Kevin Shields, it'd probably be pretty fucked up. But allegorically speaking, it might sound something like this.
David Pajo "Ten More Days" - Former guitarist for Slint and Billy Corgan's post-Pumpkins band Zwan, although you can't really tell. Fans of Elliott Smith will dig the hell out of this song. I'm a big Elliott Smith-head, so I already did some shoveling of my own.
The Evens "Crude Bomb" - This yet another one of Ian MacKaye's numerous side projects, this "band" which basically consists of him on guitar and vocals, and Amy Farina from The Warmers on drums, while not exactly delivering the lost Fugazi album I'm waiting for, nevertheless delivers that same-stripped down post-hardcore folk that I've come to associate with MacKaye and his legacy. Just don't compare them to the White Stripes. Unlike Jack White, who says he hates fame and then appears on the covers of three different mainstream music publications to talk about how much he hates being famous and promotes the shit out of his new album, MacKaye expresses his distaste towards fame by (surprise, surprise) keeping a low profile, issuing discs for under ten dollars, and charging no more than eight bucks for a show.
Tom Petty "Time To Move On" - Always will be one of my all-time favorites. Expect to see this on the list whenever I'm a bad mood. Which is always. But for sake of argument, let's just say this song helps me out in my bad spots.
In no particular order:
Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" - The first time I ever heard this song, Jeff Buckley was already long-dead. The slow guitar and the spacy vocals make it sound like he's singing to you from beyond the grave. Probably had the same effect when he was still alive.
Feist "One Evening" - This artist has literally done it all, musically speaking, and this album reflects it. Recorded in Paris, the variety of styles ranges from lo-fi folk to, like this song, really smooth and sexy R&B, all the songs sounding like one uniform style, which is hard to manage. Her style isn't that she has no style, it's simply style. This song almost makes me want to meet someone new. Almost.
Metric "Succexy" - I'm a sucka for corn-rows and manicured toes... and chick singers fronting an alternative band (ho).
The Engineers "Forgiveness" - Calling them the shoegazing version of Coldplay is a really unfair comparison; these guys are nothing short of amazing. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but for those of you that are fans of really spacy, melodic, uplifting dream rock, and yes, Coldplay, then you'll most likely dig this track. My song of the week.
Sia "Don't Bring Me Down" - Australian singer who's worked with Zero 7 on numerous singles. If you like Zero 7... I'll let you figure out the rest.
Thursday "Autobiography Of A Nation" - Stop dishing on these guys and give them a chance. Despite what everyone says, they manage to stand out from the rest of the crowd (you know which crowd) for being pretty original. Either way you look at it, this song is pretty epic.
Longwave "Wake Me When It's Over" - Shoegaze is and was a pretty maligned form of the underground rock scene. Once again, probably not for everyone. But, it's for me. The guitar riff in the beginning has been stuck in my head since 3:14pm on Sunday. If the Killers had a love child with Brian Eno and Kevin Shields, it'd probably be pretty fucked up. But allegorically speaking, it might sound something like this.
David Pajo "Ten More Days" - Former guitarist for Slint and Billy Corgan's post-Pumpkins band Zwan, although you can't really tell. Fans of Elliott Smith will dig the hell out of this song. I'm a big Elliott Smith-head, so I already did some shoveling of my own.
The Evens "Crude Bomb" - This yet another one of Ian MacKaye's numerous side projects, this "band" which basically consists of him on guitar and vocals, and Amy Farina from The Warmers on drums, while not exactly delivering the lost Fugazi album I'm waiting for, nevertheless delivers that same-stripped down post-hardcore folk that I've come to associate with MacKaye and his legacy. Just don't compare them to the White Stripes. Unlike Jack White, who says he hates fame and then appears on the covers of three different mainstream music publications to talk about how much he hates being famous and promotes the shit out of his new album, MacKaye expresses his distaste towards fame by (surprise, surprise) keeping a low profile, issuing discs for under ten dollars, and charging no more than eight bucks for a show.
Tom Petty "Time To Move On" - Always will be one of my all-time favorites. Expect to see this on the list whenever I'm a bad mood. Which is always. But for sake of argument, let's just say this song helps me out in my bad spots.
posted by 99thdream at 8:18 PM
3 Comments:
dude, what's this "what everyone says" about Thursday nonsense. everyone who is anyone knows they are fuckin talented as hell. that's right, bitches, i said it. this is sounding so much angrier than i intended. at any rate, thursday has gotten me through some tough times, and godspeed on it helping anyone else. good luck on your paper and finals robert. and for the record, summer school can off itself with a spoon.
XOXO.
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