New Music Post!

It's been a while since my last post! I figured it was time to keep everyone updated with what I'm listening to!

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero



Totally embracing everything that once made rock fun, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs unleash the wonderfully retro "Zero" as the lead-off to their brand new album, It's Blitz! This track is going places, and is one of the best songs from them I've heard. Hope you enjoy!

2. Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone



OMG this track is so hot! The video is adorable, Calvin's voice has never sounded better, and his adaptation to this new trancey sound (not new in general, just new for him) works so well it hurts.

3. Shiny Toy Guns - Ghost Town

Ghost Town


They lost me as a listener with their major label debut. To me, it sounded as if they dropped everything that made them enjoyable to support a more appealing commercial album, i.e. they sold out. Whether or not that still holds true, "Ghost Town" is a message that I picked up on: Shiny Toy Guns still has some glitter and gusto left yet.

4. Chris Cornell - Part of Me



Wow, this is different for him. Remember Soundgarden? That was fantastic music, grunge at its best. Then Cornell went solo, then joined up with the band from Rage Against the Machine and became Audioslave. Since Rage reformed, Chris is performing solo again. Worth it? I'm not sure yet but this track is so dramatically different from his entire catalog of work that I'm sort of still in musical shock.

5. Gabriella Cilmi - Save the Lies (Good to Me)



Gabriella Cilmi is a young Australian artist who was tagged as one of the "New Amy's" along with Duffy and Adele after the public downfall of Amy Winehouse. Her powerful soul voice along with general mellow lounge club voice makes "Save the Lies" an interesting disco departure from her other tracks. Love it.

6. Pomplamoose - Hail Mary



Shown to me by my friend Chris, Pomplamoose is the romantic collaboration between singers Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn. Each of their tracks is accompanied by what they call a "VideoSong". A VideoSong is a visual depiction of everything happening in the track, as it happens. The rules are detailed in the video above. Revel in their collective genius and ponder, as I do, how some label has not snapped them up yet.

7. Lesley Roy - Unbeautiful



Melissa Etheridge meets Max Martin in the body of a 21 yo Dubliner. Lesley Roy rocks this song. Check out Mike Rizzo's fantastic remix.

8. The BPA feat. David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal - Toe Jam



That's really all you need to know. Keep watching. And then wrap your head around the fact that you can't see what they're not covering, but you also can't see what they ARE covering. I need a drink.

9. Matt & Kim - Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare



Hand-clappy goodness! I don't know what else to say.

10. The Bird & The Bee - Love Letter to Japan



This track is phenomenal. Inara George and producer Greg Kurstin continue to demonstrate why they rule. Thank you.

11. Lily Allen - Not Fair



Lily Allen's tribute to her man's lack of skill in screwing her. I love the homage to old music videos; the hair, the fades, the backup singers, the light starring out like that. It's adorable.

12. Royksopp - Happy Up Here



Praise Jebus! Space Invaders!

13. BoA - Did Ya



"Toxic" pt. 2? Maybe. Britney herself, along with longtime Britney producers Bloodshy and Avant had a lot to do with BoA's First Album, her first English album in her career. Most of it is disposable urban pop, but a few tracks shimmer when most are dull. This is one of the best.


Thoughts on the songs posted? Please comment!