Posts Tagged ‘ Music ’

A Bit Haunting

I’ve been a fan of the music coming out of Sweden for a number of years. Peter Bjorn and John, Jose Gonzalez, Robyn, Jens Lekman, Miike Snow, and the list goes on and on. Lykke Li has been performing for many years, but her recent album Wounded Rhymes is particularly good, and very catchy. Here [ READ MORE ]

Every Hit Ever

Ahh, the Internet. Where else could you dig up treasures like this? Hugo Keesing created Chartsweep, a tremendous amalgamation that takes 5 seconds of every #1 Chart-topping song since the 1950s. Served up in two installments, ending 1992(?), you will take a sprint down nostalgia road listening to these. &nbsp[ READ MORE ]

Slow down a bit

While not all that new of an internet meme, I do think there is some musical resonance in the area of music slowdown. Everyone from Justin Bieber to Mozart has ‘been slowed’.  Result is a very slow burn, a symphonic sound that can be really calming and oddly reassuring.  I think this particular cut works [ READ MORE ]

Favorite Albums of 2010

I am not a sanctioned music critic. I don’t have expert knowledge of obscure new releases, or thrive on finding the most underground acts. I do know what I like, and here’s a sampling of my favorite albums of 2010. Most of them have impacted me emotionally, resonating enough to be played over. And over. [ READ MORE ]

iTunes

Good ‘ol Steve Jobs announced a new version of iTunes today, the music software so ubiquitous that using anything else would seem….exotic. With that announcement came the expiration of the old icon, which indeed featured a CD in the background, a product we use less and less these days. Also announced was iTunes Ping, a [ READ MORE ]

Mykonos in paper

A great, artistic stop-motion music video for Fleet Foxes’ Mykonos[ READ MORE ]

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