watch it....it's awesome.....i liked it more than eternal sunshine........i totally identified with the way the main character is crazy and full of self doubt and fantasies.......and i know for a fact a few of you out there are the same way......plus gael garcia bernal is awesome........now onwards to the tunes:
Bloc Party - "Pioneers" - i know they just came out with a new album, but i haven't gotten it yet, and i was listening to the old one, and this song is awesome.....simple cool lyrics......i group them together in my head with interpol and JEW because i think all of those bands do a great job of layering simple individual guitar lines over each other to make a great sound; ps - some band called Tunng also did a cover of this song that was in an episode of the OC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52jWkrfjakk (bloc party version)
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You" - up for a grammy....typical R&B love song....total guilty pleasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QAN7NOqXX4
Gomez - "How We Operate" - DJ introduced me to them......as i understand it they have multiple lead singers in the band......upon a little research on wikipedia....i just learned that they won the mercury prize in '98 which is a british music prize....... the list of nominees each year is a good place to discover new bands: here's an example of some from the past to prove my point (arctic monkeys, muse, coldplay, MIA, franz ferdinand, the coral, doves, portishead)
here's the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Music_Prize
anyway this song rocks......and it has banjo!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK-S70zfMw0
The Shins - Album "Wincing the Night Away" - the album is good; if you've heard and enjoyed their other two albums, you'll like it.........i don't find the album very original which is disappointing, but i like their old stuff so much that it's not that disappointing
while listening to Australia, Phantom Limb (1st single), and Red Rabbits I had the distinct feeling that i had heard this song or part of this song before - it almost sounds like they're ripping themselves off......but i guess that's the price a band pays for having a unique sound - all their songs sound different from other bands, but similar to each other.........Sea Legs is original sounding, but not in a way that i particularly enjoyed..........Turn on Me is my favorite song on the album by far, i love the repetition..........Black Waves and Spilt Needles and Girl Sailor are good tracks that are semi-new sounding
Warren Haynes - "Lucky" - cover version of the radiohead song on OK Computer...........warren haynes is a guitar/vocalist of Gov't Mule and Allman Brothers Band.......if you like his voice at all on this cover, check out The Deep End vols. 1 and 2......there's a great story behind these albums........basically their bass player in Gov't Mule died: "The inspiration was really not knowing how to continue forward. When Woody passed away, we were in the middle of preparing for what would be the next Gov't Mule record anyway. We didn't know how to continue that process - we didn't want to start auditioning bass players to try to find a permanent replacement. So the idea came about that all of our favorite bass players might be too busy to join the band, or even do a whole tour, but maybe they wouldn't be too busy to do one song. All these guys are different from each other, and the array of influences really covers the whole gamut, but they're all people who influenced us, especially Woody. They are all people who found their way into his playing."
some of the bass players on the album are from bands such as: red hot chili peppers, who, phish, allman brothers, metallica, dave matthews band, p-funk all stars, primus - all good peeps
Sufjan Stevens - "They Are Night Zombies! They Are Neighbors!......" - no arguments....listen to it......it's on the album called Illinoise
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