Original video located here. Accessed 10th June 2013
Song title: Diane Young
Artist: Vampire Weekend
Year: 2013
Why I like this song:
Very strange but kinda fun.
And I'll give Vampire Weekend credit for clearly not wanting the same stuff twice.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Choon of the Month: Diane Young
Friday, March 8, 2013
Nineties Revisited: Time Machine
Original video located here. Accessed 22nd February 2017
Song title: Time Machine
Artist: Joe Satriani
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
This came out during the height of grunge. It may have stuck like an anachronism at the time but I will argue this has aged better than a lot of what was popular at the time. Largely because nothing says 'off to new adventures' quite like this.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
This Song Rocks: Thickfreakness
Original video located here. Accessed 6th March 2013
Song title: Thickfreakness
Artist: Black Keys
Year: 2013
Why I like this song:
Given my recent interest in the Black Keys, it would be inevitable that I would come to their debut album. The one that announced them to the world and was, famously, written, recorded and produced in the space of fourteen hours.
The rawness is unmistakable and that's what makes it so compelling, lurching out like a behemoth crushing all in it's path. Certainly sounds worlds apart from their more recent material - and naturally the less refined approach packs a greater punch.
Monday, March 4, 2013
The Asian Connection: Sound Life
Original video located here. Accessed 4th March 2013
Song title: Sound Life
Artist: Aja
Year: 1998
Why I like this song:
Some songs set a particular mood. This is one of them.
....Wandering a desert as the sun is coming up.......
Friday, March 1, 2013
Nineties Revisited: Help Me To Believe
Original video located here. Accessed 1st March 2013
Song title: Help Me To Believe
Artist: Moby
Year: 2012
Why I like this song:
Play may have given Moby an enormous hit album but did it inspire anyone to seek out some of his earlier stuff?
Well, I did: I hunted down his first album based on hearing some positive things about it.
And it took me by surprise: Certainly it sounds very much a product of it's time - early nineties techno - but it sounds very different from the stuff that would win him success. It's energetic but there are moments, like the one above, where it is more subdued - kinda suggesting the point where ambient electronic music began.
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